Perhaps the most thrilling things in life are extreme joy and extreme sorrow.
However, what is even more thrilling than extreme joy and extreme sorrow?
Naturally, it is experiencing extreme joy and extreme sorrow again… after extreme joy and extreme sorrow.
This was Li Fan's state at the moment.
He was first sad because he had died in a car accident; he was unwilling and also somewhat vexed, always feeling that his death was not unique enough.
Then he was happy; although he had died, he hadn't completely died, because he had transmigrated, and to an otherworldly place with a magical aura.
After that, he couldn't help but feel sad again; he discovered that he had transmigrated with his body, so he was not only an ordinary person, but also penniless, and could only be an undocumented individual who couldn't even prove his identity.
Subsequently, he went crazy with joy, simply because the benefit of transmigration—the system—had arrived.
However, all of this was not over; the next second, he was sad again and again, because the system was called the Affinity System, and it could only be activated after establishing connections with other races.
Then came great joy; the system, not completely devoid of conscience, gave him a Newbie Gift Pack (newbie gift pack).
Then came great sorrow; the so-called newbie gift pack was actually a first-aid kit, containing only ordinary first-aid supplies.
Then came great joy; fortunately, the first-aid kit also included an Emergency Pill, claimed to be able to save someone even if they only had one breath left.
At this point, the cycle that made Li Fan exclaim his heart couldn't take it finally ended.
Afterward, this dog system began to paint a grand picture for Li Fan.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for binding the Affinity System. The purpose of this system is to bring peace to the various races in the otherworld and establish a beautiful world where all races can coexist peacefully and friendly. Please, host, establish friendships with other races as soon as possible and lead all races to live in peace. (Hint: The more other races the host befriends, the greater the reward.)"
Li Fan listened to the voice in his mind, his mouth twitched, and he immediately replied with elegant words, "What does that have to do with me?"
This dog system not only set activation conditions, but the newbie gift pack it gave was also just an ordinary first-aid kit; only that Emergency Pill was a good item, useful for saving his life in an emergency.
However, with just this little bit, is it meant to send away beggars? And it still wants him to risk his life as a peace ambassador?
Heh heh, dream on.
The Affinity System seemed to have already anticipated Li Fan's refusal and continued to speak.
"Ding, the various races include Elves, Beastmen, Dwarves, Merfolk, Dragons…"
"Joke, is it strange for an otherworld to have these races?" Li Fan replied with a sneer; he considered himself a stubborn man, and trying to easily persuade him was simply dreaming.
The system paused at this moment, and the next second, the prompt sound continued to ring out.
"Ding, the various races include beautiful Elf Race big sisters and young ladies, beautiful Beastman big sisters and young ladies, beautiful Dwarf big sisters and young ladies, beautiful Merfolk big sisters and young ladies…"
Li Fan was stunned, and all sorts of other-race young ladies suddenly appeared in his mind; they had bright eyes and white teeth, their smiles were like flowers, and their light, thin wings revealed large expanses of snowy skin, with every glance and smile full of endless charm.
Damn it, this dog system, in order to persuade him, actually shoved videos of young ladies into his mind.
Li Fan was very resistant, but his body was extremely honest, the kind of honesty that didn't even blink.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the man who liked to say, "It smells so good."
Alright, from today on, Li Fan would be an ambassador of peace, vowing to contribute his entire life to the great integration of other races; he was just that spineless.
…
"I must have been completely deluded to be fooled by this dog system."
Li Fan complained while laboriously swinging a hatchet to cut down a withered tree, as thick as his forearm.
It had been three days since he arrived in this world, and Li Fan had been cutting trees for three whole days.
Through these three days, he had a rough understanding of this world, known as the Magical Continent.
The Magical Continent is composed of countless different races, primarily five major ones.
Aside from the Merfolk who control all the seas, the Human Empire is located in the East of the continent, the Elf Empire in the West, the Dwarf Empire in the South, and the Beastman Empire in the North.
The Four Great Clans, in their struggle for resources, harbored mutual animosity and engaged in continuous conflict.
The place where Li Fan currently was happened to be the central intersection point of these Four Great Nations, named—Sinful Forest.
The Sinful Forest had become a buffer zone for the Four Great Nations and was notoriously a no-man's-land; those who could stay here were naturally not good people.
Fortunately, in the eastern area of the Sinful Forest, there was a Human Race stronghold; if Li Fan hadn't relied on this stronghold, he might have been killed by the magical beasts in the Sinful Forest long ago.
Thinking this, Li Fan finally cut down the withered tree in front of him, tidied up the dead branches on the ground, and after a day of hard work, Li Fan finally gathered a load of firewood, hastily picked it up, and walked out of the Sinful Forest.
At this time, the sky was dim, and it would soon be dark; at that point, the magical beasts would become extremely active, and no one would be foolish enough to remain in the Sinful Forest at that time.
Before the sky completely darkened, Li Fan finally reached the edge of the Sinful Forest, and after passing through a mountain pass less than ten meters wide, he entered a natural valley.
This was the Human Race's gathering place in the Sinful Forest—Sin Town.
Although very tired, Li Fan still desperately carried the firewood towards the residential area.
A moment later, he found a buyer.
"Five copper coins."
Humans in other worlds are just like humans on Earth, even their stinginess is exactly the same.
Li Fan didn't argue with the other party and decisively agreed to the transaction, exchanging the firewood he had collected all day for five copper coins.
In the Magical Continent, 1 gold coin = 100 silver coins = 10,000 copper coins.
And the price of copper coins was only slightly higher than RMB.
Thinking that a whole day's effort only brought in less than 10 yuan, Li Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
These 5 copper coins weren't even enough for him to buy 3 pieces of the lowest-grade black bread, unable to even guarantee his food for the next day.
And if he hadn't taken advantage of a family leaving their door open a few days ago and swiped a hatchet, he wouldn't even have earned these 5 copper coins.
In such a situation, the system still wants him to be a peace ambassador?
I think it's a peace corpse, isn't it?
Li Fan grumbled, but still carefully put away the five copper coins and walked towards the bakery.
…
Although Sin Town was called a town, it was actually just a temporary gathering place jointly established by a group of profit-driven individuals for the convenience of business.
Therefore, there weren't many people in Sin Town, but once night fell, a group of scoundrels who spent their days living dangerously would become like they were injected with adrenaline, starting their exciting nightlife.
Strangely, Sin Town was unusually quiet today, with hardly any people looking for fun on the streets.
Li Fan was initially curious until he reached the town square, where he finally understood.
It turned out that there weren't fewer people in the town; rather, almost everyone had gathered at the square.
Li Fan listened to the noisy sounds coming from the center of the square, thinking to himself if some melodramatic plot of a villain snatching an innocent person and a hero saving a beauty was unfolding.
Such things really happened frequently; Li Fan had witnessed two incidents in these three days, only unlike the stories, the reality was that the "hero" was severely beaten, and even lost his life because of it.
It was very realistic, after all, it was a world where the strong reigned supreme.
Li Fan eventually squeezed into the crowd to take a look and found that it wasn't a hero saving a beauty; the reason for the crowd's gathering was because of a merchant.
What was rather special was that the merchant was not selling ordinary goods, but a very peculiar commodity—people.
That is, so-called slaves.
This person was actually a Slave Merchant.