"…What the FUCK?"
Li Wang rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was hallucinating.
[Stop rubbing your eyes, doofus, you are not going mad.] An old voice sounded in his head, filled with mockery and disdain.
"Who are you?" Li Wang questioned, voice filled with curiosity and skepticism.
[Glad you asked,] the voice replied.
[Behold, for I am the Great Creation System, the ultimate prize for any being.] The old voice was filled with pride and self-centeredness.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, but what the fuck am I doing here?" Li Wang questioned, and before the voice could reply, he continued, "I remember, I was crossing the road and suddenly there was a bright light, and I think I lost consciousness."
"But the question remains, what am I doing here… looking at this area, it is similar yet somehow feels different from Earth."
"Did I have a heart attack and fall into a coma? And this is all my imagination?"
"But that shouldn't be…"
[Are you done rambling?] As Li Wang was going down the thought spiral, the old voice interrupted him, filled with annoyance.
The sudden interruption also led Li Wang to look at his surroundings, finding his body covered in dirt and the insects crawling over him, which filled him with immense disgust.
He quickly sat up and shook off the dirt and insects from his body.
[Just this was enough to disgust you? You should have seen the maggots crawling in your body before I healed it.] The voice interjected again, still filled with the previous self-centeredness.
Hearing the voice again, a vein popped on Li Wang's forehead, and he snapped, "Will you shut the fuck up for a few seconds?"
[Please repay the loan in the next 24 hours, failure to comply will result in a gruesome death.] Suddenly, a robotic voice sounded in Li Wang's head, startling him.
"What the fuck do you mean, repay the loan? When did I take a loan? And from who?" Li Wang questioned aloud.
….
After waiting for a few seconds and hearing no reply, Li Wang's expression turned from annoyance to exasperation, "Really? You are that petty?"
….
"Alright, you can talk now."
….
"Sigh, fine, I apologize, now will the great creation system grace me with its explanation?" Li Wang finally let out a deep sigh and said in a half-truthful tone.
[Seeing that you are so sincere, I'll let bygones be bygones, anyway, the charges are for healing your wounds,] the Creation System replied, its voice filled with sarcasm.
"What wounds? I didn't have any wounds." Hearing the Creation System's reply, Li Wang replied, voice filled with surprise.
[Do you really think that you had a perfect body before you got here? Naturally, you have to pay for your treatment.]
"I was not the one who asked… what the fuck? Why am I talking to my hallucinations?" Li Wang was about to retort angrily to the voice, but paused mid-sentence, confusion covering his face.
"Have I truly gone mad?" He asked, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
[Sigh, I was thinking about waiting till you got accustomed to this world before releasing your memories, but since it came to this, so be it.] As Li Wang started to go hysterical, the old voice of the creation system let out a faint sigh.
The next second, Li Wang clutched his head as various memories started to appear in his head, some happy, but mostly filled with pain and suffering.
The pain from the sudden surge of information was so intense that Li Wang once again fell down, his body convulsing continuously as phantom pain rippled through his body.
After about fifteen minutes of constant convulsing, Li Wang's body finally started to stabilize, but after spasming for such a long time, he didn't have enough energy to lift his hands.
He took a deep breath as his body lay there, in the same pit he had removed himself from.
"So I've transmigrated, huh?" Li Wang thought to himself, "Never thought the childish dreams I used to have in my teen years would come true."
As a Chinese person on modern Earth, Li Wang had also read a few of those cultivation novels when he was young, and like every teenager out there, he also dreamed of transmigrating into another world, like those badass MCs, and covering the heavens with one hand.
It's just that as he grew older, his priorities shifted and his startup business started to take most of his attention, leaving less and less time for other hobbies.
And now, when he was finally a successful businessman, someone truly from the elite class, having his childhood dream come true was not only not a source of joy, it even made him frown.
"I finally had everything," Li Wang said, his voice barely suppressing the anger in his heart, "after struggling for so long, after spending countless nights working, after sacrificing every single hobby, everything I enjoyed, I finally had everything."
"AND YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT IT'S ALL GONE?" Li Wang finally couldn't suppress his anger anymore, "ARE YOU FUCKING TELLING ME THAT I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AGAIN? FUCK YOU AND FUCK THE ONE WHO CREATED YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!"
[I'll take that as a compliment, but you need to understand that not a lot of people get a second chance at life, so you better cherish it, or I'll start charging you for every time you curse me.] The Creation System replied, its voice indifferent with a hint of amusement.
[Oh, by the way, here's your first task.]
[Mission objective: kill the grave robber coming to rob your body.]
[Mission difficulty: Pathetic (but you're corpse-flavored tofu, so...)]
[Mission Reward: 20 CP.]
[Failure Penalty: Organ's harvested in the most brutal way possible}
[Targets ETA: 3 minutes]
Hearing the system's words, Li Wang was stunned for a moment, then he gradually controlled his anger, a skill he picked up during his years as a small-time businessman.
"What do you mean a grave robber is coming, and I need to fight it?" He questioned, clearly aware of the direness of the situation at hand, "I can't even move anything other than my mouth."
[It's good that you are finally thinking rationally. For starters, you can claim your daily sign-in reward to help with the current situation.]
"How do I do that?" Li Wang questioned the system, confused.
[Just think about it in your mind, also you don't need to talk loudly to chat with me, just think about it in your head, I can hear it.]
"Alright," Li Wang replied in his mind as he thought about claiming his daily reward.
The next moment, a translucent panel appeared before his eyes, it had 30 boxes, 29 of which were grey, and only the first one was glowing in a soft golden glow.
Seeing the panel, Li Wang's thoughts moved, and information about it started to appear in his mind.
"So every day I claim a reward, and it gets better than the previous one every time I claim one? I would also get a rare prize every seven days and a grand prize every 30 days?" Li Wang questioned the system in his mind.
[Precisely, aren't I the greatest?] the system replied with its previous narcissism.
Li Wang just rolled his eyes at the system's narcissism and focused his thoughts on the golden box, which started to vibrate for a few moments before exploding into glittering particles.
[Congratulations, host, for drawing 1 x healing potion - yellow grade.]
[1 x random talent roulette ticket]
[Spiritual Roots - Heaven Grade]
Looking at the dazzling rewards listed before him, Li Wang's eyes almost popped out.
After all, he had also read cultivation novels in his previous life as well as the original Li Wang's memories, so he had a basic understanding of what was listed before him.
Judging by the names, the yellow grade healing potion should be able to heal his basic injuries and relieve fatigue, and the Heaven Grade Spiritual Roots should help him in recovering his spiritual essence.
As for the random talent roulette ticket, he wasn't quite sure yet, but looking at the other rewards, he guessed that it must be something extraordinary.
"How do I claim these rewards?" Li Wang asked the Creation System in his mind.
[ It's quite simple, you just need to pay a small fee of 20 CP to claim these,] the system replied in a flat tone.
Hearing this, Li Wang's face contorted as he barely stopped himself from cursing, still remembering the system's previous threat, "Why don't you just directly tell me to kill myself?"
[Haha, just kidding, it's simple, just like how you thought about opening your daily sign-in reward, you just need to think about claiming it and it will automatically work,] the system replied to Li Wang with a soft chuckle, clearly very amused.
"You…" Li Wang was left speechless at the system's antic though he could only endure it for now.
Shifting his focus, Li Wang thought about claiming the healing potion, and the next instant, he felt a warm current spreading through his body.
Floating spiritual essence started to appear in his eyes, and the pain and fatigue started to wash away as the potion took effect.
Simultaneously, a roulette with thousands of different talents appeared in front of his eyes, and with a single thought from Li Wang, it started spinning.
After spinning for about thirty seconds, the wheel gradually began to slow down, and as the needle moved toward the 'Spearman ship Talent - Immortal grade' in the wheel, Li Wang's heart beat got faster and faster.
As the needle crawled past the 'Immortal sword intent,' grazed 'Dragon-taming Charisma,' and then hovered toward 'Spearman ship talent - Immortal grade,' Li Wang's breath got caught in his throat.
"This changes everything," he thought to himself.
Click
With a soft click, the wheel stopped.
[Oh Dear….]