After jumping a few times, Shen Yi felt his entire body becoming incredibly light.
Compared to before, it was as if a layer of weight had been lifted from him.
Walking to the bathroom, he looked at himself in the mirror and noticed significant changes.
Shen Yi's current physique resembled that of a long-distance runner he'd seen on television.
His muscles were streamlined, not bulky but rather form-fitting, giving him an overall appearance of agility.
"Wait a minute, I think I've grown taller..."
The mirror in this rental apartment was mounted quite low, something he had previously complained about.
Now as he looked at his reflection, he noticed the mirror seemed even lower than before, with his hair extending beyond its frame - clear evidence that he had grown taller.
Although he usually claimed to be 1.80 meters tall, his actual height was only 1.78 meters without shoes, reaching his claimed height only when wearing them.
Looking in the mirror, Shen Yi couldn't determine exactly how much he'd grown, but he estimated it was at least two or three centimeters.
After turning around a few times, Shen Yi felt quite satisfied with his current condition.
He went back, pulled out some shorts and a t-shirt to change into, put on his shoes, and prepared to go running.
The apartment was too cramped for proper exercise, so he needed to go outside to fully test his enhanced physical abilities.
After heading downstairs, Shen Yi started jogging along the path without planning any specific route.
Perhaps due to the August heat, there were very few other night runners out.
Initially, Shen Yi kept his pace moderate, only gradually increasing his speed after getting warmed up.
After several adjustments, he settled into a comfortable rhythm.
Though this "comfortable" pace was already faster than most people's sprint speed.
With the cool breeze on his face and scenery rushing past on both sides, Shen Yi grew more excited as he ran, feeling increasingly happy and completely free of fatigue.
He maintained this pace for nearly an hour without slowing down.
Eventually, he came to a stop, not because he was tired.
But because he was hungry.
The enticing aroma led him to sit down at a barbecue stand, and Shen Yi finally understood why those internet jokes about night runs and failed diets were so true.
He ordered all his favorite skewers and a bottle of ice-cold cola.
It had to be regular cola, not diet, since he wasn't trying to lose weight anyway. As for beer, he didn't care for it.
While enjoying his skewers, Shen Yi took out his phone to calculate how far he had run.
The results shocked him.
The app showed he had run for 57 minutes, covering nearly 20 kilometers.
While Shen Yi wasn't sure about professional standards, a quick calculation suggested this performance would be impressive even among athletes.
However, the most important point wasn't about speed - it was that Shen Yi hadn't felt even the slightest bit of fatigue.
He had only stopped because he was hungry.
In other words, if he wanted to, Shen Yi could have continued running, even faster than before, as long as his energy consumption could keep up.
Taking a sip of his soda, Shen Yi marveled internally:
"This is the power of the system. I need to work harder to conquer more targets."
Perhaps due to his improved constitution, Shen Yi's appetite had increased significantly.
After casually consuming what would normally be enough for three people and leaving a pile of bamboo skewers on the table, Shen Yi patted his still-flat stomach and stood up to pay.
Despite being far from home, Shen Yi decided to run back.
This test run had made him realize that with his 2 points in stamina plus his talent boost, this level of exercise was barely different from taking a walk.
Back home, Shen Yi took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and lay down in his bean bag chair with the air conditioning on.
"Simulator, activate!"
The familiar interface appeared before his eyes.
[Text Simulation] [Scene Simulation]
Suddenly, a flashing light in the lower right corner of the screen caught Shen Yi's attention. Upon closer inspection, he noticed it was an envelope icon.
Driven by curiosity, he reached out to open it. The envelope flew up before his eyes and expanded.
The envelope scattered into numerous pink magpies dancing gracefully, creating spectacular rainbow halos.
A short arch bridge formed at both ends.
[Night silver candles autumn light, willow tips bright moon shine, Weaver Girl meets Cowherd divine, magpies sing their joy sublime.]
[A thousand miles of fate connected by a single thread, Qixi Festival special promotion.]
[Click for details.]
The unexpected display caught Shen Yi off guard, as he had originally intended to do a casual scene simulation.
After all, Fu Nanzhi's image and voice were still vivid in his mind, and his previous experience had left quite an impression.
"It really is a game system, even having special events?"
Shen Yi found this fresh and interesting, reaching out to touch the screen.
Given that it was mid-August, it was indeed close to the Qixi Festival, so having an event wasn't too surprising.
When Shen Yi selected to learn more, the magpies dispersed, revealing detailed information.
[Qixi Special Event: Make Your Dreams Come True.]
[Embark on a dream world adventure with your romance target!]
[Explore endless worlds, create your own love story, change character destinies, and begin an epic adventure!]
[Random worlds, random matching, role-playing, perfect conquest unlocks limited achievements and rare rewards.]
[Click to begin.]
[Love Dating Assistant Friendly Reminder: Dream World experience involves full consciousness simulation.]
"This promotional text has such a third-rate web game vibe..."
Shen Yi grimaced while commenting.
However, despite his criticism, he didn't want to pass up such an interesting holiday event.
Unlike regular simulations, Shen Yi figured this dream world must be an entirely new world constructed by the system. Even if not for pursuing romance targets, it would be worth experiencing just for the novelty.
Shen Yi guessed this dream world would be similar to those described in classic novels about full-immersion virtual games, where consciousness enters another world to level up and fight monsters.
Except in his case, he would be pursuing romance targets.
Without much hesitation, Shen Yi chose to begin.
With his hand still suspended in mid-air, Shen Yi felt an irresistible drowsiness overcome him, his eyelids growing heavy as his consciousness began to sink.
"So quick... I haven't even hung up the clothes in the washing machine..."
Shen Yi's last conscious thought faded as he fell into a deep sleep.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a brilliantly lit space, surrounded by pure white.
In the void, a massive roulette wheel appeared.
[Beginning random world selection...]
The bronze-colored wheel began spinning continuously, emitting a low humming sound.
The countless words on the wheel transformed into black lines, making them impossible for Shen Yi to read clearly.
Gradually, the spinning slowed, and Shen Yi could barely make out some options.
"Martial Arts World", "Female-Dominated World", "Immortal Cultivation World", "Ancient World", "Adult World"...
The long list made him dizzy.
All sorts of worlds rolled past on the wheel, their variety impressive to behold.
The wheel's momentum continued to decrease until it finally came to a complete stop, with the pointer landing on...
[Apocalyptic World!]
[World has been anchored.]
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
