Level up you hear it here, there, lot a of RPG yeah... Well I try to think going down in this thing. There still level up so I can't go.

Curly Hair worked even harder in order to advance from his learning console to a game console. However, there were some things such as reading comprehension and writing essays that were really too difficult to learn.
Curly Hair wasn't even able to obtain a C each time and didn't know whether he was making any progress.
After yet another test, Curly hair had to defend himself when Fang Zhao checked his learning progress.
"I feel I have made great progress. Not far from a C- now."
Because of this sentence, Fang Zhao changed the grading system to score from 100 marks. On the next day's test, Curly Hair's reading comprehension received a grade of 21 marks.
He wasn't even able to meet the passing criteria of 50/100 marks.
The weather was fine. Nanfeng and Zuo Yu had been looking at a few houses for Fang Zhao and came over to report their findings. Upon entering the dormitory, Nanfeng saw Curly Hair crouching in the corner with his head drooped. There were clearly tear marks beneath his dog eyes.
"Why is our Little Curly Curls crying again?" Nanfeng was about to say "Did you receive a scolding again?" but caught sight of Fang Zhao from the corner of his eyes and changed his tune. "Feeling heaty again? Here, have some fruits."
Nanfeng then brought out a paper box filled with little fruits. He saw Fang Zhao looking over and explained hastily, "Got them from the fruit store outside of HuangArt. I asked already; dogs can also eat these fruits. They are rather cheap too. One box only cost 21 dollars."
Curly Hair cried even harder.
With that, Nanfeng could only have Zuo Yu bring Curly Hair out for a walk. If the dog wasn't in a mood, walking one round would make him feel better. If that wasn't enough, then two rounds was needed. As for everything else… what could he say as an assistant?
Whoever paid the wages was the boss!
Curly Hair didn't seem to be in better spirits after walking two rounds. However, the dejection of scoring 21 marks was quickly forgotten when he regained his self-confidence after taking a math test at night.
The learning console also had reference books compiled by various teachers of various continents. Unless the user loved doing questions, most students would simply have psychological scars from those reference books.
Curly Hair had similar sentiments, but his were slightly more complicated. Practice questions in the sciences were a piece of cake. He could do ten sets of science practice questions in the same time he took for a reading comprehension question. Even then, he might get the reading comprehension question wrong.
After Curly Hair finished the primary school curriculum, Fang Zhao looked through Curly Hair's grades. Curly Hair scored close to full marks on math and science. The only blip on his report card was a narrow pass on language, but overall, it was good enough for him to start the secondary school curriculum.
To celebrate graduating primary school and being one step closer to his own personal terminal, Curly Hair happily devoured five kilograms of dog food.
Secondary school curriculum was more complicated. Fang Zhao added some money to the account to purchase some of the online classes. After watching a few videos, Curly Hair chose the online classroom of a very popular teacher.
The microphone was also turned on.
Sometimes, students would have questions. Of course, there were also students unwilling to turn on their mics and would just type questions out in text.
This type of classroom mode was rather novel to Curly Hair. This was the first time in his dog life that he was acting as a human. He needed to be on his best behavior.
Curly Hair pretended that he was a secondary school student and started his journey of attending online classes.
However, this unique student still gave teachers some headaches.
For example, when a certain teacher that specialized in tackling test and examinations questions said, "Encountering a tough question is like a stumbling block in the middle of a road. How would you go about solving it?"
Curly Hair: "Eat it up!"
"Can this student please be more serious?"
As the other online students roared with laughter, the teacher took note of the online student ID [Little Curly Curls].
Afterwards, Curly Hair felt that the stuff this teacher taught was too simple so he went over to the next classroom and stumped the teacher with his questions.
He wasn't purposely causing trouble. Even though he asked seriously, the kind of questions he asked were either from unorthodox perspectives or were beyond the scope of the syllabus.
For students, those that could stump teachers by asking questions had a "cool" halo in the eyes of others. Some students also took note of [Little Curly Curls]. But, this bookworm seemed to not like accepting friend requests.
It wasn't that Curly Hair was unwilling to add friends. Rather, he remembered what Fang Zhao had said. 
"No adding friends before 'graduating from university' or scoring at least 85/100 for a language examination." Fang Zhao was worried Curly Hair would reveal his identity in a fit of carelessness.
The teacher of this classroom didn't know this. He had spent the past few days studying this student who had asked many crafty questions. Although there was a voice, the student couldn't be seen. The voice sounded young, and the questions were sometimes very naive.
Nonetheless…
There would surely be a vile and sinister face behind this innocence! A wide mouth and sharp teeth were just waiting to bite a huge chunk of his flesh!
Some people were just the best at pretending to be innocent!
"Don't think you can deceive me!"
A question solving genius? He didn't believe it!
How could there be so many geniuses in the world. If this were really a genius, he would have been snatched up long ago. Those at schools weren't stupid. Nowadays, every continent and district were competing for talents. There was no way such a talent would use a learning console's platform to attend classes.
Therefore, it definitely had to be a professional troll!
This sort of situation was commonplace. Currently, competition among online classes was intense. Mutual sabotage occurred frequently. He reckoned that surely this ID had been sent by someone from the same industry. He couldn't keep this fellow any longer!
Right now, what he needed was to think of a reason to kick this person out of the classroom.
After another round of questions left him stumped, the teacher sent a private message to Curly Hair. The main idea was this: You are already very impressive. I have nothing more to teach you. I can recommend you a teacher, for example XXX[link]. Since you have only attended half of the scheduled classes, I will refund you the remaining half.
Don't bring me down. If you want to harm others, then go ahead, the teacher thought to himself.
Curly Hair was also surprised when he saw the message.
"This teacher is really great! Introducing a new teacher and even giving a refund! Woooo!"
The refunded money could be used to buy dog food!!
Curly Hair felt that this transaction was rather worthwhile and agreed to leave the original classroom. He even sent a red packet to that teacher as thanks when he left the classroom. It was mentioned in literature that one must respect their teachers.
That teacher was thinking of agreeing to a full refund if the other party didn't agree. He could only count himself unfortunate this time. He never imagined that the other party would really agree. When he glanced at the classroom's online enrollees, he no longer saw [Little Curly Curls].
There was even a virtual red packet attached to the private message that wrote, "Thank you teacher! You are a really good person!"
The teacher: "???"
Is there poison in this red packet?
Curly Hair didn't know what the former teacher was imagining. After exiting the classroom, Curly Hair clicked on the link the previous teacher had recommended and entered another online classroom.
The new classroom mainly targeted the upper secondary students. There were many people in this online classroom, and more than half had been attracted by the teacher's background and experience at a university that had many essays and lots of lecture videos. A large portion of the introductory web page displayed various awards and honors the teacher had received. These online classes were just a part-time job for him.
Parents were very satisfied with the awards and honors of this teacher, but students were different. They felt that listening to this teacher's lessons was very tiring. Every lesson touched on complex knowledge that left them blank ank unable to keep up, especially when the teacher threw out complicated and rare jargon that wasn't in their secondary school textbooks. Every concept and formula required a lot of time to absorb. There were also many questions that combined the covered material. The students simply couldn't keep up when the teacher spoke too quickly.
However, for Curly Hair, such content was easy to receive. Thus, after adapting for two days, Curly Hair once again started to hunger for more knowledge and had a debate with the teacher over his question response that was marked wrong.
After that, on his third day at this new class, Curly Hair was kicked.
The teacher had forcibly kicked him out of the classroom and left a message. "I will return the money. Leave."
Curly Hair left rather happily.
"You are a really great teacher for teaching without accepting payment!"
Fang Zhao said, "… The newly released 'New Reading Compilation' has good short essays. Go take a look at the first ten."
As before, Curly Hair still couldn't distinguish certain words and sentences. He was also unable to perceive some words with derogatory connotation. However, speech was fine for him. Outside, Curly Hair could listen to someone's tone, mood and body language to determine whether the other party had any malicious intent. However, Curly Hair was still particularly sluggish when facing written words.
While Curly Hair drooped his head and analyzed the short essays, Fang Zhao received a call from Mo Lang.
"The dissertation committee list has already been finalized. The time slot to to defend your thesis will also be set in the next few days. According to the sequence of submitted applications, you will be the first. Prepare early."
There was still time before the dissertation. However, Fang Zhao would the first postgraduate from the advanced studies course to defend his dissertation. Furthermore, there could also be pressure from various other sources, so Mo Lang was worried whether Fang Zhao would be nervous. It was easy to make mistakes during the dissertation defense if one was nervous. Thus, he had informed Fang Zhao beforehand so that Fang Zhao would be able to mentally prepare himself.
Fang Zhao wasn't nervous. The dissertation touched upon his thesis that was completely written by himself. Points that needed to be taken note of had already been discussed with Mo Lang already. Fang Zhao was sufficiently prepared.
Mo Lang then analyzed the dissertation committee chairperson and the members of the committee before hanging up.
Fang Zhao brought up his virtual calendar and checked his schedule. Nanfeng would indicate if there were any new work related matters or things to take notice of. However, there was a period coming up without any events. Many people knew that Fang Zhao would be defending his dissertation. They wouldn't seek him out if it wasn't anything important. Other small matters could be handled by Nanfeng on his own.
Fang Zhao marked out a row of dates on the calendar. This would probably be the period where he would defend his dissertation.
While he was doing so, he received another call notification.
Fang Zhao picked up the call and had yet to speak when the other party shouted, "Hello, Fang Zhao! It's me, Samoyed!"
Fang Zhao: "…."
What sort of stimulation had this Zaro child received recently?


"Every time background music plays in my head, I feel like there is nothing to be afraid of." —Fang Zhao
Toward the end of the apocalyptic period, Fang Zhao lost his life. However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner's dreams.
Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer before that period, Fang Zhao uses his talent, wits, and knowledge to make his mark in the entertainment industry of the future.

The sun rose up in the sky, representing noontime.

Song Shuhangl had woken up, did his daily routine, and left off to his classes with his phone.

'' Classes are such a bore when I already know everything their teaching, maybe I should get an online degree? Nah " Song Shuhang dismissed the thought, and entered his class.

" Long Ming? " The teacher was calling out names, but he ignored it and opened up his chat app.

He saw the number of unread notifications beside the Nine Provinces Number One Group chat group, and opened the chat to see what the members had been saying although he already knew some of it.

The chat log from morning appeared before him.

Questions about the newcomer by Northern River's Loose Cultivator, Thrice Reckless Mad Saber seeking death, and the interesting Spirit Butterfly Island's senior. There was also a guy who claimed that he had calculated his affinity with Shuhang, True Monarch Yellow Mountain.

Looking at the chat logs, he slightly chuckled.

'I wonder what True Monarch Yellow Mountain had gotten out of his divination, it should have changed from my arrival'

"Song Shuhang?"

He responded with a "here, and continued on reading.

"Can you put the phone down Shuhang?" The teacher asked.

" No mam, this is important and my grades aren't suffering from this...so no" Song Shuhang's response made the teacher huff in anger, but she didn't do anything else but start the class.

Scrolling through the chat, Song Shuhang wondered if he should finally respond back.

He really wanted to join in, and yet wanted to make the plot go regularly.

He sighed, he was gonna wait another few days.

✨✨✨

Ten days had passed.

June 1st, Saturday, Children's Day.

Song Shuhang's roommates were all staying part-time at the dormitory. That is to say, they would stay in the dorm from Monday to Friday and return home during the weekends. Therefore, he was left alone in the dorm whenever weekends arrived.

He had some potato chips on his side, and was waiting for the text message with the recipe. This had been his routine thing, watching and reading the Nine Provinces Number One Group.

He had tracked the days, and concluded this was the real start of everything.

Lurking for more than ten days, the majority of the members was discussing about their adventures in the secret territory and their harvest, or where did the evil spirits and demons appear at, and how they would subdue and kill them while speaking as if it was all real. Song Shuhang had slowly written an online novel called the Dragon Emperor's Chat Group, which was basically the novel he was in but slightly altered and was pretty famous online.

True Monarch Yellow Mountain—the admin—rarely appeared, or the two managers, Daluo Sect's True Monarch Rain Moon and Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue, that had never appeared since he had joined the group like previously.

The ones usually online were 'information-gathering' Northern River's Loose Cultivator, the expert in seeking death Thrice Reckless Mad Saber, Su Clan's Seven who only spoke about fighting whenever he opened his mouth, and Medicine Master whose words were as precious as gold.

There was another lurker named Wandering Monk Profound Principle inside the group. Even if he were to appear, he would only send some emojis or punctuation marks. It was said that this senior monk was in a silent meditation. He didn't talk, nor type any words and the most he could do was to send an expression.

Lastly, there was Spirit Butterfly Island's Soft Feather who seemed normal, her messages were pretty normal. He had wondered if he should pursue her, have only one person, or have a harem. Honestly he didn't know, but he just might if he ffelt the desire to.

✨✨✨

Opening Nine Provinces Number One Group chat's window, the first thing he saw was Medicine Master's message.

"Improved a foundation liquid recipe." It was a rare thing for Medicine Master to speak.

This was a sentence of five words and a full stop. Ever since Song Shuhang had entered the novel, he had forgotten all the recipes so he read it with enthusiasm.

His message was sent during wee hours.

"Simplified Body Tempering liquid recipe: Ginseng 150g, Wolfberry 215g, Morning Dew Mysterious Grass 50g, Rising Sun Stone 150g, Maiden's Fragrance 65g, Fresh Overlord Branch 50g, sliced Nine-Yang Scarlet Flame Bamboo 200g…"

A series of forty-five different ingredients—with the familiar ones such as ginseng, wolfberry, and such, and also uncommon ones like Rising Sun Stone along with a few ingredients that were totally unheard of such as Morning Dew Mysterious Grass, Fresh Overlord Branch, Nine-Yang Scarlet Flame Bamboo, and more in the normal world.

"Following the ratios in the recipe, add the ingredients one by one into the furnace, simmer for five minutes; add the new medicinal ingredients, and continue to simmer for around five minutes. Do pay attention to fire's temperature! Repeat this cycle until the medicinal liquid becomes a paste. After that, the completed product should be black, transparent, and exude a strong smell."

Shuhang's memory cleared and he finally remembered everything.

Out of the over forty ingredients' names, more than thirty were all common traditional chinese medicine, the type used for replenishing qi and blood.

The were fifteen other ingredients such as Morning Dew Mysterious Grass, Overlord Branch, Scarlet Flame Bamboo and so on that wouldn't be sold normally so he waited.

''I already know my body is stronger than normal, so would the liquid even affect me that much?" Suddenly, his wisdom answered for him.

{The Body Tempering Liquid would only increase your percent by two, but if you add Dragon Dew it can increase to thirteen}

"Dragon Dew?" He curiously asked his Wisdom.

{Dragon Dew is a plant found in places with miasma and spirits, it is usually found underground and is shaped similarly to ginger but with three roots longer than normal. The more mature, the more black spots they have which is ten at the most mature. They are usually mistaken for rotten ginger by mortals, and thrown away}

Shuhang thought of places, and wondered if a grave will do.

{No, only places without the bodies of the dead, but still having miasma and spirits}

' I can only think of one thing, but I'll have to wait for Soft Feather ' Shuhang sighed, and continued reading the chat, sure enough, Soft Feather had already followed the recipe to refine the medicine at around 2 a.m.

Spirit Butterfly Island's Soft Feather: "Compared to the older version of body tempering liquid, several rare ingredients were removed and the concocting process has been simplified drastically. Senior Medicine Master, to what degree should the heat be controlled? I have just attempted it earlier on but failed during the process. Also, what's the difference in efficacy between the old and new versions?

"Effect 2:1," Medicine Master replied.

The medicinal effect was only half of the one before, after all many precious ingredients were removed. However, with such common and mass-orientated ingredients being sufficient to concoct a body tempering liquid, it was already worthwhile.

"Heat control and specific timing have to be grasped by oneself and can't be explained," once again, Medicine Master had sent another long text. It was only when questions regarding pills appeared that he would type more. "Also, if your heat control is lacking, it's recommended to use fire control treasures."

"Thank you, Senior, I shall try it again." Butterfly Feather sent a 😊 and went offline.

The last message sent by Spirit Butterfly Island's Soft Feather was at 2:30 am.Shuhang released a Yawn, and got a drink of water before reading on.

His computer shook and a 😄 popped up within the chat window.

This was from an administrator of the group—named Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue—that had yet to appear since he had entered the group. "This recipe is pretty good. I have consecutively tried out seven furnaces and successfully concocted it without much trouble, the success rate is also on the high side. Although the medicinal effect is roughly 50% of that of the old recipe, its difficulty has decreased by more than ten times. Despite this being the lowest-grade body tempering liquid, precious ingredients are getting scarcer and scarcer due to the thinning of world's spiritual qi and to us, this is a good thing. Medicine Master, continue to work hard. If you could simplify a recipe of third grade and above, it would really be a virtuous achievement.

P.S. "Most importantly, the concocting method's difficulty was greatly reduced, such that it can even be passed to trainees to concoct."

Venerable Seventh Cultivator of True Virtue was a renowned big senior within the group and his strength was a tier above True Monarch Yellow Mountain's. Furthermore, he had extremely deep attainments in concocting pills, therefore it could be said that he was an authority with regards to pill refining. Thus, his praise would naturally encourage a junior like Medicine Master.

"Thank you Senior, I shall work hard!" Medicinal Master excitedly typed a sentence of more than six words, furthermore with a fast speed.

Shuhang developed an idea.. what if... he began to double the world's spiritual qi?

Shuhang, was walking along the street, only for a old man to asked him his three wishes as a question.

He answered truthully, and left after giving the man some cash. Only to find out he wasn't on his world, but in the world of the Cultivation Chat Group.

Feeling that the vibe was now awkward due to his stupidity, Dave decided to check the experiment tab that Eros mentioned.

"Open."

With that command, information started to appear in front of Dave and soon a message came on as well with what sounds like a robotic voice.

Bing!

"Welcome to Eros experiment, please register your name."

Amazed by the development, Dave exclaimed "Wow, this is like one of those systems i read from the novels online where the main character get a system then become super powerful."

With that revelation Dave quickly register his name "Dave"

Ba-ding, messages started to pop up in front of him.

"Name Dave have been register, full body scan commencing."

"Memories of host have been collected."

"Blood successfully extracted."

"DNA match 10 historical individual."

"John Holmes have been chosen due to host lustful personality."

"The purification of host DNA and bloodline will begin now, the host will feel symptoms of drowsiness, intense pain, and agony during the process."

Reading the messages Dave was first happy because he knows exactly who John Holmes is from his past research. John Holmes was the legend in porn, rumors has it that his dick was estimated to be as long as 16 inches!

But he was also surprise because Dave don't recall the information speak of John Holmes having any kids so how did he end up with the man DNA.

Before Dave could think further, he was horrified by the sudden pain that strike his body.

Thud!

Dave immediately fell to the ground but this time veins are visible all over his body and he is red as a tomatoe. Especially his lower area around his dick, a burning sensation so hot make him feel like he set his own dick on fire could be felt.

"aaarrrggghh!!!"

Just like that an hour pass, by now Dave is already laying on the floor looking like Clifford the big red dog but with lots of veins and having a stroke.

Then the vein start to disappear, his skin went back to normal, and the same robotic voice could once again be heard in his head.

"Purification of host DNA is complete, the host will now have the best traits of John Holmes."

Feeling exhausted Dave muster the remaining strength to move his hands and touch his dick to feel what are the change that happened.

What he felt was a slightly bigger dick, for sure its no longer the pathetic 5.5mm but also not enough to "wow" women to the point of wetting themselves. But it is more firm so he couldn't complain this time instead Dave decide to check with the robotic voice.

"Is it possible for me to check my status?"

Beep

"Yes, host just need to say the command."

Glad that he had experience reading those novels beside porn Dave said "Please show me my status."

Beep

"Name: Dave
 Status: In Pain
 Occupation: Horny lonely rich kid
 Achievement: None
 Fear: Dying a virgin
 Joy: Any that have pussy and tits
 Dick size: 1 inches long
 Dick health: Healthy
 Dick level: 1 (0/100)
 Dick power: 10
 Dick grade: Transcendent
 
 Skill:

 Finger of the sadistic monk (lvl:1): originated from one of the most ancient group of holy monks that have stray off the path of the Buddha. This skill allows one to experience Buddha's love and reach nirvana.

 Tongue of the saint (lvl:1): it was known that back in the past St. Thomas Aquinas use his tongue to bring salvation towards the world. One lick to bring bliss for the body and soul, two lick will cause temptation to be born, three lick will cause the receiver to fall from grace into damnation. Use with caution.

 Lips of mother Teresa (lvl:1): legend has it that lips of mother Teresa is so sweet and soft that cause men to become monks just for a chance of receiving a kiss from her. A kiss that can win the hearts of the world.

 Dick of Cratos (lvl:1): in ancient Greek mythology that speak of Cratos as the divine personification of strength in all aspects, the power of a god will bless those that worship him. The power to satisfty or destroy all life. WARNING! USE ONLY WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE.

Quest tab available.

Shop not available until host dick is level 10."

Seeing the stats Dave asked "how do I level up my dick and will it grow bigger? Do I really need to do Quest? Also is the grade for my dick a final grade? Besides that, what up with the skills?"

Bombarded by questions the robotic voice answer slowly "Indeed, host need to complete a variety of quests in order to gain experience points for leveling up and with every level will result in the growth of the dick."

"The host dick grade is not the final form because as the host level up to a certain level will cause it to further evolve."

"Skills were taken base on the host DNA, since John Holmes best traits is from the usage of his finger, tongue, lips, and dick. You as the inheritor have received his best traits but it was further reinforced by the experiment."

"Thank you!" Dave who was listening to the explanation have a broad smile on his face that is more dangerous than any devil.

At this time, women around the world started to shiver for an unknown reason.

Dave is a typical young man like any other, finding their place in the world while managing an enormous amount of hormone that need to be released regularly.

He released so much that he end up worshiping the goddess of lust Eros.

But his worship didn't go to waste. Follow Dave as he make good use of God's gift to do what he does best, F**k his way to the top of this world.

NOTE: THIS IS MAINLY FOR OPEN MINDED ADULTS. STAY AWAY KIDS ;)

Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's words, Ko Gohon's eyes instantly lit up and he anxiously said, "Uncle Kazuma, I've realized my mistakes. Quickly teach me, what do I have to do?!"
"Currently, the previous bet is already over. We'll just ignore it and not consider it any further." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "So, now, we mainly have to focus on the online novel website.
"According to your bet with Hong Dali, the person with the most number of daily updated books two weeks later wins. If it's according to your idea to increase the flat fees of the authors at the novel website and find ghostwriters to increase the number of novels, all these can more or less be done, but it's still far from enough!
"In this day and age, channels are the king.
"Number one, get through all the possible channels of the novel website and liaise with our joint venture companies in Heavenly State. As long as they are enterprises related to the internet, they must all advertise on the novel website.
"Number two, liaise with the telecommunication companies in Heavenly State and get them to send messages to prompt people to read our novels!
"Number three, liaise with all the web portals in Heavenly State, including Weibo, and open all channels to read our novels.
"Number four, hold a free of charge reading day to attract those readers that are used to reading free of charge books.
"Number five, hype things up and expose our Feng Yun website's remunerations for our authors on all the websites related to novels!
"Number six, liaise with the TV stations to interview our authors and create more exposure for the website!" 
Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's suggestions, Ko Gohon's face glowed as he firmly smacked his thigh. "Understood. I'll get these done right away!"
…
In the next few days, advertisements about Feng Yun website suddenly emerged everywhere. Advertisements for Feng Yun website were all over all the various websites in Heavenly State.
"Feng Yun website is the largest local reading base, free of charge reading and downloading of the novels. No pop-up ads, simple and clean webpage. Come to Feng Yun website to find good novels!"—Haoche Website. 
"Feng Yun website is an online novel website with no pop-up ads, providing the latest and best novels for all novel lovers. Come to Feng Yun website to read novels!"—Dream Paris.
"Feng Yun website provides you with various literature works with no advertisements to spoil your reading experience. It's a website which creates an elegant environment to read novels for all friends who are literature lovers, and the content includes various popular novels."—Guodian Online. 
…
On smartphones.
Countless people throughout Heavenly State had received messages about Feng Yun website's novels.
"We welcome you to the free of charge reading column, Feng Yun website provides all kinds of awesome and exciting novels." 
"[Urban] Personal Show: My Best Grade Missy."
"[Military Affairs] Special Operation of the Falcons: Special Force Number One." 
"[History] Great Waves Again in the Court: Big Fatuous Ruler."
"[Urban] Exceedingly Beautiful Superior: Pretty Tenant."
"[Fantasy] Wuzun Sword Slashes The Vault Of Heaven: Wudao Vault of Heaven."
Countless curious readers clicked on the advertisements, and after taking a few glances, they were satisfied with what they saw. "Mm, these book recommendations are not bad. It's quite good to kill time. This Feng Yun website is quite brilliant!"
Of course, there were those unimpressed as well. "Tsk, such a tacky way of promoting books. Now that there is the smartphone reading app produced by Young Master Hong Dali, who would still want to read these. Zhong Dian website is the king!"
…
On Xinhai Weibo—
Drunk and leaning on the fence of the pavilion, Meng Ziying Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novel 'Yifan's trouble' is very well written. I like how Yifan bullies Shaowan, serves him right for bullying Xiaochao… Mm, amusing as usual, this work is quite good." 
Douban Doujiao Doubao Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novels are quite good. I read novels there the whole day today. The books are not bad! Worth taking a look at them, I strongly recommend!
@Tangdou-like unlucky person: Feng Yun website is not bad, quickly gather and take a look @Dark Building Lonely Spirit 
@Dark Night Vigilante 
@Zuiyu Changwan_Shifu Calls Me Xiaowan @Muying Huange_Little Angel Of The Wolf Master 
@Fleeting Time At Finger Tips."
"Feng Yun website rises strongly, regarding the rise of online literature."—Soulang.
"Earth-shaking big scheme, about the counterattack of Feng Yun website."—Easy Net.
"Small online novel, big wealth! Feng Yun website's powerful rise!"—Dongfang Wealth.
"Read novels, go to Feng Yun website. Write novels, still go to Feng Yun website."—Tianjing's Plaza.
…
In the various readers' group chats.
"These two days, there are so many free books to read on Feng Yun website. I've discovered a few good ones."
"Really, then I'll go and take a look too."
"Of course it's true, it writes that the books are free of charge for a limited period of time!"
"Not bad, not bad. This website is doing pretty well!"
…
On the largest local online novel forum.
"Overwhelming amount of subscriptions! Feng Yun website with all kinds of awesomeness!"
"Zhong Dian or Feng Yun? A newbie feels that Feng Yun is still better!"
"Please help, a newcomer wanting to know whether it's better to go to Feng Yun or Zhong Dian? I personally feel that Feng Yun is better, I can earn quick money."
"Zhong Dian wants to defeat Feng Yun just by relying on a smartphone app, does Feng Yun know about this?"
…
At the TV station.
"Hello, hello, as a Great God-level author on Feng Yun website, may I know how much can your monthly earnings reach?"
"Earnings, this… Around 20 to 30 thousand per month is still fine."
"So much? Then you must be one of those people with the highest earnings on Feng Yun website, right?"
"No! How is it possible that my earnings are so high. My fingers are not nimble, so I type considerably slower. We have people who can type fast and are able to write 10 to 20 thousand words per day, and their remuneration is at least 50 thousand and above per month. There are even people earning 100 thousand!"
"So much?!"
"Yes, Feng Yun website's perks are very good."
…
In Tianjing City, the tallest television tower, in the top floor revolving restaurant.
"Young Master, Chief, the latest totaled reports of Feng Yun website are out!" The bodyguard was shivering with fear as he looked at Shiroishi Kazuma whose back was facing him and was standing in front of the window with his hands placed at his back. This time, he really saluted him. "According to the latest reports, currently, the site traffic of the website has already increased to 2.4 million and above for daily independent IPs. These two days, large batches of newcomers have started writing new books, and the number of updated books in three days have already reached 3,600 books!" 
"So fast!" Ko Gohon exclaimed, "Uncle Kazuma, your idea is really useful!"
"So-so." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm. "How many daily updated books does Zhong Dian website have now?"
"Chief," The bodyguard's expression and voice were filled with respect. "At the moment, there are approximately 4,500 newly updated books daily."
"Mm, we still lack 900 books." Shiroishi Kazuma said with satisfaction, "It's still within our control. If things continue progressing this way, probably in no time, we will be able to overtake Zhong Dian website. After all, the authors are after all the benefits and perks. As long as there is enough advertising, and the money is sufficient, it's not difficult to attract authors over."
Ko Gohon fully looked up to Shiroishi Kazuma now, as he anxiously asked, "Uncle Kazuma, then, do we continue like this? Why don't I get more ghostwriters to write more books? It's fine as long as it can surpass Hong Dali. I don't plan to earn much money from it."
Upon hearing Ko Gohon's words, Shiroishi Kazuma shook his head and slowly said, "No, if Hong Dali can earn money, why can't we?"
"Ah?" Ko Gohon said in surprise, "Uncle Kazuma, you're planning to… seriously run this Feng Yun website?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma nodded, yet he didn't continue talking about the novel website but instead looked out of the window, saying, "Young Master Gohon, look at the night view of Tianjing City. How beautiful is it? It's not lacking compared to Tokyo in our Jaban Empire, isn't it?" 
It was night right now. The night view of Tianjing City was extremely beautiful. Neon lights were flashing, and it was especially comfortable to stand from high up and look down, coupled with the gentle night breeze.
"It's very pretty." Ko Gohon agreed. "I haven't really noticed it previously."
"Yes, we haven't noticed it previously." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm, as he slowly stated, "It's the same for our Toyoda Conglomerate. As the top 16 in the world, the funds of our Toyoda Conglomerate are ample. You normally don't care about this, so you won't care about how much money you spend. You just feel that all the money is there for you to take it."
"I understand, Uncle Kazuma." Upon hearing this, Ko Gohon instantly understood what Shiroishi Kazuma meant.
Actually, he wasn't a stupid person. It was just that in the midst of fighting with Hong Dali, he had always been at the losing end, thus his conflicted mind.
Toyoda Conglomerate was indeed very rich. Just like the night view of Tianjing City, though it was pretty, one wouldn't notice it after looking at it for many times. But no matter how rich it was, after all, it had been built up bit by bit, and it didn't just drop down from the sky.
In that case, as long as they properly operated this Feng Yun website, then they could earn money. So why don't they do it properly and well?
"Uncle Kazuma, what should we do next?" Ko Gohon asked.
"Now since the popularity has already been increased, then next, we'll take in all the good ones and eliminate the bad ones." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "Eliminate all those poor-quality books and get them to finish writing them as soon as possible. Secure those good-quality books and do your best in nurturing their authors. At the same time, slightly change the welfare benefits policy and slowly convert the severance method to giving out dividends. After the novel website has entered a stable phase of operation, it would then be a virtuous cycle." 
"Uncle Kazuma, you are brilliant!" Ko Gohon was elated. "Then, after the website has entered a virtuous cycle, we can earn quite a lot of money, right?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma smiled. "Don't belittle online novel websites. All the profits from the adaptations of films, online games, merchandises and so on are actually huge. I truly admire Hong Dali. The things started up by this lad truly have very big prospects!" 
"After hearing what Uncle Kazuma just said, I realized that this Hong Dali is very brilliant!" Now, Ko Gohon finally had to admit that Hong Dali was indeed brilliant. "I haven't thought about all this!"
Speaking up to this point, Ko Gohon recalled his bet with Hong Dali. "But Uncle Kazuma, my bet with Hong Dali…"
"Hehe, there's no hurry on that." Shiroishi Kazuma wasn't worried at all about the bet and insipidly said, "Since I've come, of course I have a way to help you win. Wait for a few more days, let's see first whether Hong Dali's side makes any moves."
Shiroishi Kazuma assured Ko Gohon, then instructed him, "Remember, leave your trump card for the last. Don't take them all out at once. Or else, what will you have left to fight him by then?"
"I understand!" This time, Ko Gohon was really convinced. "Thank you for your advice, Uncle Kazuma."


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


It had been a day since Ciel left the Belle Estate to visit his mentor. While he was away, Kate and Chloe spent their time studying for Saint Claire Academy's entrance exam under Andrea's tutelage.
Claire didn't need to study because she passed the exam a year ago. She spent her time in the library of the manor reading some of the novels in their collection.
'No good, I'm gonna die at this rate.' Kate frowned. She was looking at the Math textbook in her hand and she felt an approaching headache.
[You're exaggerating. Just look at Chloe.] Stella hinted at the young girl seated beside Kate. [She has difficulty seeing because of her eyes, but she still persists in studying. Why don't you try a little harder?]
'Ugh...'
Kate glanced at Chloe who had a look of concentration on her face. She was trying to solve a math problem that Andrea had given her. Her head was bent low, almost a hand width away from the book. It showed how difficult it was for her to read and write at the same time.
Stella was right. Compared to Chloe, her whining seemed petty in comparison. Kate picked up the Math textbook once again with renewed determination. The numbers and formulas flashed before her eyes making her dizzy.
'God, I hate Math. I give up!'
[Tsk!]
'Stella, you know I'm not a genius. I won't be able to pass the exam at this rate.'
[J-Just try a little harder. Don't you want to spend a happy school life with Ciel and Chloe?]
'I can handle the other subjects, but I'm weak in Math. Looking at these numbers makes me dizzy!'
Kate grumbled to no end leaving Stella no choice but to take over. The two of them switched and Kate decided to take a nap in their shared mindscape, while Stella studied in her place.
"The only things you are good at are eating and sleeping," Stella muttered helplessly. She gazed at the Math problems and started to solve them one by one.
Andrea was paying close attention to Kate. She noticed that the girl was having a hard time solving the Math problems she prepared for her. On the surface she was calm, but deep inside she was very worried. In order to pass the exam, Kate needed to get high marks in all subjects.
If she failed even one of them then she would not be able to enter the Academy. Andrea knew that she was not a qualified teacher. Since Kate was having trouble learning from her, she would just hire a Math Tutor instead.
She was about to leave the room to make a call when she noticed Kate's hand suddenly moved. She was jotting down formulas on her scratch paper and solving the problems on the worksheet.
Stella and Chloe solved their questionnaires in silence. Only the sound of their writing pens resounded in the room. An hour passed and both of them put down their pen at the same time.
Chloe closed her eyes and massaged her temples, while Stella stretched her arms from side to side. Andrea picked up the bell near her desk and shook it. Half a minute later, a maid entered the room.
Andrea asked her to bring the children to the terrace and serve them their afternoon snack. She didn't forget to ask them to pick up Claire from the library so the three girls could take a break together.
After the two children left the room, Andrea started to mark their answer sheets. A quarter of an hour passed as she blankly stared at Kate's answer sheet.
"Eh?" Andrea tilted her head in confusion. "Are you for real?!"
Kate got full marks on her quiz, which made Andrea think that she made a mistake when marking her papers. She double checked and triple checked them to make sure that she didn't made a mistake. A few minutes passed before she finally put the paper down.
She gazed at the ceiling with a complicated expression. "Either she is a math genius, or she has a knack for tests with multiple choices."
When Ciel told her that he was unable to win against Kate in chess, she thought that it was just beginner's luck. However, her son insisted that the two of them played three games in a row and he was unable to win even once.
Looking at Kate's test results, Andrea was starting to believe Ciel's claim.
"It's still too early to come to a conclusion," Andrea said as she massaged her forehead. "These are just simple math problems. Even Chloe got a near perfect score as well. I will have to raise the difficulty for the next set of questions."
If Ciel were to check these "simple Math problems" that his mother prepared for the two girls then he would have a complicated expression on his face.
The test Andrea prepared for Chloe was for "Year 9 Students."
The one she prepared for Kate was for "Year 11 Students."
(A/N: Year 9 is equivalent to the 8th Grade in America, while Year 11 is equivalent to the 10th Grade).
Andrea couldn't be considered a very intelligent person. She just thought that making the girls answer questions way above their "Year Level" would help them handle anything that the examiners threw at them. Still, after seeing the tests results, she deemed it best to hire a professional tutor for the two girls.
-----
"Big Sister, is something wrong?" Chloe asked. "You seemed different compared to your usual self."
"Oh? You're thinking too much, Chloe." Stella replied with a smile. "Make sure you eat a lot. You're still growing so your body needs a lot of nutrients."
"But, If I eat a lot of cake, wouldn't I get fat?"
"Nonsense! There's always room for desserts. Here, have one more slice."
Claire ate unhurriedly beside them. The novel she was reading a while ago was on top of the table. Stella glanced at the title of the book and read it aloud.
"The Webnovel Writer's Chatgroup. Such an interesting title. Is it any good?" Stella asked.
"Well, it's an amusing story," Claire replied with a grin. "It's a story about an amateur writer who started writing for the first time."
"Oh? Is he any good?"
"No. He sucked big time."
"Eh? Then why did you say it was an amusing story?" Stella stopped eating her cake and waited for Claire's answer.
"Because this novel is a true story." Claire giggled. "According to the author, the story is about the everyday lives of authors in an online chatroom."
"Online chat room?"
"Do you know about the internet?"
Stella shook her head. It was the first time she heard the word internet. She was quite curious about what the word meant.
"Do you know about computers?"
"Compu what?"
"Computers," Chloe repeated beside her. "They are like machines where you can play games, type stuff, and talk to people from far away places."
"Is it similar to a telephone?"
"Yes and No," Claire patiently explained. "It is like a telephone because you could communicate with people. However, you communicate through written text."
"Sounds interesting!"
"I believe there's a computer in Grandpa Arthur's study. If we ask him nicely, maybe he'll let us use it."
"Let's ask him when Big Brother comes back."
"Alright, that sounds like a plan."
Claire patted the book gently. "If possible, I want to meet these authors as well and talk with them in the Webnovel Writer's Chatgroup."
-----
Somewhere in a certain writer's chatroom...
"You bastards! How dare you slander the name of this refined, elegant, and charismatic author?" An author using the pen name Ely typed in fury. "Why are you ruining my image?"
"Image? Do you even have one?" An author replied with a ridicule emoji.
"Shut up Fro Fro!" Ely replied in disdain. "Stop procrastinating and write your goddamn story already!"
"Fro Fro! Ely!" An author with the pen name Jhact spammed hug emojis. "Hug please!"
"Refined, elegant, and charismatic author? That's a funny way of spelling the word 'delusional', Ely. xD!" A female author that has the username Nurie joined the conversation.
"SMH! Nunu, who's side are you on?"
(A/N: SMH = Shake my head. )
"Of course, I'm always on my side."
The authors of popular novels were up to their usual antics in the chatroom. Little did they know that they would be meeting a new member soon, and this member would give them the surprise of their lives.

Kate once had it all. Clothes, food, a place to stay, and a loving family. However, it all ended when her parents were murdered by a mysterious organization. Stella, her split personality, was the reason she barely made it out with her life. Living and hiding on the streets was a very difficult thing to do for a nine-year-old, but Stella helped her along the way.

A few years passed as she lived everyday in desperation. Tired, hungry, bitter, and on the verge of collapse, she was saved by a young boy when things took a turn for the worse. His name was Ciel Summers, her future dearest one.

Things were going smoothly until she managed to pass the entrance exam to the prestigious Saint Claire Academy. Hidden schemes played behind the scenes as a serum capable of awakening the latent powers of anyone below the age of 15 was developed.

They set their eyes on the elite students of the academy, and kidnapped Ciel, who became an unwilling test subject. It was the beginning of a series of events, which led Kate to discover the name of the organization that killed her parents and the secrets that were buried deep within her body.




[Disclaimer: I will be changing POV's from time to time. This is how I wanted this story to be written. So please, bear with me. Thank you.]

Updates: 1 chapter a day.

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The forums for 'The Pirate King' was created less than 24 hours ago. Even though Alvin knew that this game would be very popular, he didn't expect it to be a sensation so soon!

When Alvin logged into the official forums under the Username: 'Insane_Leveler', he realized that there were more than a million people currently logged in! 

Everyone was sharing their experiences on their initial two days in the 'One Piece world'. Even though Alvin knew that those who really mattered, that is the children of the huge Aristocratic families wouldn't share such valuable experiences on such forums, but reading through would provide him a gist of the general levels of players in the game.

After reading through most of the comments, Alvin came to a realization that most of these players were still stuck on Level 0 and had not even leveled up once.

The reason for that is that the difficulty in killing even the simplest Level 0 beasts is beyond imagination even for the most experienced players. One had to know that the attributes that all players started out with was weaker than even a Level 0 beast. Therefore, unless a player is exceptional gifted in some skill, or very experienced, it is very difficult to hunt alone.

At this point of the game, it is very difficult to form teams to hunt considering players do not even know their own locations let alone find other companions to form teams.

Another reason that had made leveling up become so difficult for these players is that the skill that every player was given, i.e. [Force Fist] was too weak to effect any damage to the beasts that had very hard skins.

 Alvin knew that the main effect of this skill is to train and not to fight. That is why its battle efficiency is so low.

But as he continued to read, Alvin found something interesting!

There was a player under the username 'Silent Killer', who claimed to be the first player to log into the 'Pirate King' world. Because of this, the system awarded him with a better Bronze grade fist skill called [Golden Iron Fist] and a movement skill [Wind Walker]! Surprisingly, like Alvin, these skills were automatically upgraded to the peak of the first stage when they were awarded to him.  Because this player was a profession gamer who had accumulated a lot of experiences in hunting in VR worlds, with the help of these two skills, he was able to struggle to Level 1 on the second day. 

The player also stated that because he was using a pretty advanced VR set with a synchronization rate of 20%, when he woke up, he felt that his whole strength had increased. He even posted the results of strength measurement equipment before and after the game which really showed that his overall attributes had indeed increased.

This player had a very big reputation in other VR games so thinking he was in a very big lead ahead of other players, he decided to announce his achievements to gather fame.
With this, other professional players also started announcing their achievements with some claiming to have successfully hunted Level 1 beasts! But there were very few who had actually been able to level up on the first day.

But from the experiences of those who had leveled up, everyone got to know the effects of the synchronization setting of the VR game leading to its popularity reaching an all-time high!
After these comments were posted, a lot of people started to invite these famous players to form teams with them in the future. 

As Alvin continued to read on, he realized that more and more people started to flatter the player 'Silent killer' claiming that they wanted to form teams in reality to share experiences.
A lot of promises were made with some even promising him £1,000,000 to just form a team with them. What made Alvin more speechless as that this 'Silent Killer' actually posted his private chat address online.

If this player had a big background or had very strong strength, this wouldn't be a problem. But Alvin could guess that this player was from an ordinary background since he was foolish enough to post such an achievement online for everyone to see.

Alvin knew that if it was really true that this guy was an ordinary person, he would be surely targeted.
True to this, after just four minutes of posting his address, this player suddenly stopped posting! Alvin looked at the time of log off and he was shocked! It took only four minutes! Even though he knew that this guy would be targeted, he didn't expect it to be this fast.

However, Alvin did not close the forum but kept on waiting, waiting for what will happen next.
Sure enough, after a few minutes, 'Silent Killer's' account logged on again posting this comment,

[Sorry, I'm too tired today. I will contact all my fans again later! I want all those who have similar experience with me to PM me so that we can form a team later. See you later]

Seeing this message, Alvin was instantly convinced the guess and couldn't help but feel a little shocked. These guys are too fast.

Sure enough, there are no stupid people in the world. A lot of organizations who know the impact of this VR world would not give ordinary people a chance to rise up.

After all, Urahara Kisuke had stated that this is a new evolutionary direction for humanity. The information revealed by Ares Corporation on their website was also released by the government. For powerful Aristocratic families, it is very simple to get these basic information in advance.

So how can they allow power to drift away from their hands and allow ordinary people to rise up. As soon as someone is noticed, they will be immediately taken out!

It took just four minutes for this guy to be taken out. Alvin could imagine the determination of these higher ups to hold on to their power.

Alvin began to rejoice that he had used a different name and changed his appearance in the game so nobody would recognize him. 

He realized the kind of crises he would have found himself in if he had let on any clue about his current level and abilities.

The new VR game, ‘The Pirate King’ is born at a time when humanity was on the brink of extinction! Players can now synchronize part of their strength with reality in this new amazing world. Humanity now has a chance to fight on an even footing with the demonic beasts! But behind this game holds some mind blowing secrets that could even shake the fabric of the universe!

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"Awaken?... Am I finally awakening my system?!!" said Cade excitedly. His potential was low and the chance for him to awaken naturally was slim. It not only happened to him but all humans with low potential had low chance to awaken. 

80% of humans were born with low grade potential. The low-grade potential was people with grade E potential, the lowest grade listed in the system. Humans with grade E potential had a super low chance to awaken their system. 

People with this potential rarely awaken and even if they awakened, they will be the weakest among the explorers. The only thing they can do was being another explorer's porter or servant or slave if they intended to survive as an explorer. 

Cade sat on the sofa and waited until the meter bar was full. It took about ten minutes for the meter to fill and Cade patiently waited for that. 

Ten minutes later, the system sent Cade a few notifications. Cade was too excited and did not read the notifications. He thought it was a normal procedure for the system to do that when someone awakened and he said yes to all. 

After a few times of 'yes', there were no more notifications. Cade opened his stats and new stats were shown in the system. 

Name: Cade
Age: 20 
Lifespan: 60 
Potential: E
Level: 1
Stat Points: 0

Vitality: 10
Strength: 3
Endurance: 3
Dexterity: 3
Wisdom: 5
Luck: 1

Skill: Link Growth, Level: -, Grade: Special, Effect: Anything link with user can grow stronger. 

Cade had a lifespan of 60 years, that meant he will die of old age at the age of 60. However, that did not matter now as he had awakened. 

All explorers will be able to increase their lifespan as they level up. How many years will they get was based on their potential. The higher their potential, the longer they will live. 

However, lifespan will only reflect their death due to old age. If they were in an accident, had a fatal illness and killed by monsters or people, their lifespan will not affect that. Even when they were surprise and shocked to death can cost their life. 

However, in the age of magic and technology, resurrection was possible. With the right conditions, it was possible to bring back the dead to life.

Cade had E grade potential. With this grade, every time he leveled up, he will gain 10 stat points. People with higher grade of potential will gain more stat points when they were leveling up. 

This was the reason Cade's family kept his birth a secret from the public. No matter how high his level was, he cannot be on the same power as people of higher grade but same level. 

The stats difference between explorers of different grade were like heaven and earth. They were too far apart especially when they were in higher level. 

Other than his vitality, his other stats were really bad especially his luck. Out of the six stats, luck was the only stat human incapable of leveling up with their stat points. With only 1 point of luck, Cade will have a super hard time getting a monster drop and landed a critical hit on them. 

Upon seeing his stats again, Cade sighed. Even if he had awakened, he was still part of the loser group. However, an awakener was still an awakener. When he became an explorer, the explorer title was enough to give him some fame to his name. 

Then, Cade looked at the skill he got from awakening. Everyone who awakened will automatically got a skill. The skill got was random. If they were lucky, they will get a good skill.

Cade looked at his skill and he smiled when he saw the grade of his skill. It was a special grade skill. Special grade skill was not that rare. Many awakeners got special grade skill and most of them were different with each other. 

Just like the grade implied, the skill was special. Everyone with this skill will usually made a name in society… if they had a high potential.

Cade might not be able to made his name known in the universe but he was happy nonetheless with the special grade skill he got. At least, his 1 point of luck favored him this time. 

"Link growth, anything linked to me can grow stronger?? Hmm~ I wonder what kind of link the skill meant?" Cade was thinking what the skill meant. Did his skill considered to be something linked to him? 

Cade opened his skill list and out of three skill slots he had, one was occupied by link growth and the other two empty skill slots was glowing in blue. Upon seeing the blue glow, Cade was happy. 

He read online that there was no such thing as the skill slot emitted some kind of color happened to anyone. Cade concluded that that meant he can make his skills growing stronger. Upon thinking of doing that made him excited. 

Cade was done viewing everything when he accidentally opened his storage slot. To his surprise, six out of ten slots of his storage were also glowing in blue. Cade was happy to see that. He can grow things he put in his storage… was his conclusion until he saw that the glowing slots were filled with things he currently wore. 

However, all the things he wore were obviously not inside his storage. Upon closer look, the picture of items in that slot were faded. 

"Hmm? What is happening?" Cade wondered and then he tried to bring out the item out of his storage. Unfortunately, it cannot be taken out. Cade tried to move the items to other empty slots but it was not moving. 

Cade had bad feeling about it. Cade put his cardboard short sword into the storage and the slots where a faded cardboard short sword was located gained its color back. Cade tried to move the cardboard short sword to another slot and just like before, it was not moving. 

However, the system pulled out a new screen and upon reading what was written on the screen, Cade's face went white. 

Cardboard Short Sword (Link)
Level: 1
Next Level: 5 Level 1 magic crystal
Durability: 1
Attack: 1

"No way! No way!! No way!!!" Cade went panic. Cade stored back his black hoodie, white t-shirt, black jeans, cardboard round shield and cardboard mouth mask. He tried to move them out of the glowing slot but they were not moving. 

The stats of all of them were shown in front of him and they were all linked to Cade. The level, durability and other stats of them were seriously the worse he had seen in his life. All of them had 1 point. Only 1. 

"....." Cade with only his underwear on his body sat silently on his sofa while looking at the white floor. He was silent for almost ten minutes until he snapped back to reality. 

Cade finally remembered that earlier, he got lots of notifications from the system and he suspected that that notifications were asking him about linking what he wore at the time. 

Cade felt like crying. He should have read it first before saying yes. Cade walked back to his room and took some clothes to wear and he suddenly got some ideas. 

Cade took out the cardboard equipment and burned them to ashes. He thought that if he destroyed them, the link will be broken. However, to his surprise, the faded picture of the cardboard equipment was still there in his storage. 

A minute later, they were restored. Cade blankly looked at his storage. He closed his system and lying on his bed. A few minutes later, he fell asleep. 

An hour later, Cade woke up and checked his storage and they were still there. He went to sleep because he thought that that was all a dream and when he woke up, it will not be as bad as his dream. However, it was not a dream. 

Cade started accepting his fate. He loses his mood of doing anything that day and all he did was lying on his bed blankly staring on the ceiling of his room. He felt like his luck stat said it all about what had happened.

For the next few days, other than going to class, eating and using the toilet, Cade did not do anything else. Cade thought that he will finally be able to change his life but his carelessness cost him a lot. He regretted not reading the notifications properly. 

However, what was done cannot be undone. No matter how much Cade regretted it, he cannot change it. 

Cade stared at his storage and then he realized something. 

"That's right! All of this equipment, no matter how weak they are, I can make them stronger. Equipment drop from monsters cannot grow stronger but my equipment can. I can still become stronger if I grow my equipment properly," Cade suddenly came to his realization. 

With that sudden realization, Cade eyes were burning with passion.

In an age of magic, space travel and explorations, humans had far surpassed what they were capable of in the past. 

In a small planet located in a small star sector, a young man name Cade was living his life peacefully. 

One day, Cade was playing around with cardboard and he suddenly awakened his system. However, an accident happened and the cardboard he played with became part of his power. 

Followed Cade's journey in making his name as an explorer in the universe.

Jenny arrives home first and informed their butler she eat at her room. The butler bowed before leaving her to proceed with the task instructed to him. She opens the door to her room and does her shower regimen before proceeding with her school works.
Back at the wedded couple, they just arrived home. They went to their room to change their clothes before staying at the study room working on their respective tasks. Vince is reading through Edward's reports on Stones' Enterprises while Yve is studying for her quiz tomorrow while waiting for the revisions her team mates will send. They stayed quietly that way until Yve received the articles from her teammates. She decided to print them out and while waiting for it, she went to the kitchen to prepare some tea for both of them. When she came back she served a cup to her husband while saying,
"Here's a cup of tea for you, Mr. Gray."
Vince smiled at his wife before replying,
"Thank you so much, Mrs. Gray."
Team Bravo was shocked to see their boss so in love and caring. They also caught a glimpse of their Lady Boss that Team Alpha was just talking about. Vince noticed the reaction of his subordinates and so he coughed a little to get their attention. They all stopped and turned serious again but this sudden action made Yve worried. So after removing the printed papers she asked,
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. No need to worry. Just go on with your homework." Vince answered.
"Okay." Yve smiled and continued with her homework.
Yve browsed through the reports with a pen in her hands. She made some necessary corrections before sending them to Lester. In their chat group, Lester immediately replied,
"I received the files. I will work on placing them in our final output."
Yve with the rest of the team replied,
"Thanks. Just send a message when you're done."
Upon reading Lester's response, Yve  
Yve continued reviewing for her test tomorrow.
In Jenny's room, she's still working on revising the articles as she isn't satisfied with their work.
'How can they make these low quality articles when I already gave them the lay-out for the articles?!' Jenny disappointedly exhaled as she finally finished the last article.
 As soon as she finished, she starts to prepare their output for submission. She plainly prints the articles while attaching some wonderful designs on the side. When the output is finally finished, Jenny filled up her group mates' evaluation from her.
'They were useless so why don't I give them a lower grade than they expected. Anyways, they can get it back from this final output's score.' Jenny thought as she continues to type reasons to back up the scores she typed.
Yve's team finally received a message from Lester informing them that it's finished. He sent them a soft copy of the layout in pdf. They all browsed through it and found nothing which needed changes. Contended with the output, they send individual messages,
"Great job, Lester!"
"Thanks for a great layout, Lester!"
"We can all sleep well tonight, Lester! Thank you for working hard. I hope you're ready for the exam."  
However, Yve decided to give Lester a personal message.
"Thank you for an excellent layout, Lester. I hope editing and making the final output didn't jeopardize your time to review for tomorrow's test. Let me handle the printing of this project. By the way, if you have any questions feel free to ask. I will be online until midnight."
Yve extended a hand to her teammate and took note of his efforts in their group project. As promised Yve stayed online until midnight while reading her notes but Lester didn't message a thing. She was about to review her the business reports from Stones when Vince stopped her,
"Mrs. Gray, you have finished your homework so you need to go home now."
With a deep sigh, Yve replied, "But I need to check on these daily reports on my project for Stones."
"You can do that tomorrow. Everything's fine. I got a summative report with a message that you're right on schedule."
"Hmmmmm, that's correct. I was in a meeting with them early tonight."
"See? So why don't you get some sleep. It will be of great help if you will rest. You will have enough energy for tomorrow." Vince tries to convince her to sleep.
"Will you continue to act this way until I go to bed?" Yve curiously asks her husband.
"I will if that's what it takes for you to sleep." Vince answered.
"Vince…."
"You woke up early this morning to confess your secrets to me. You haven't slept well." Vince reminded her of what happened early dawn that day.
"I'll be fine." Yve plainly answered.
"Remember what I told you? I don't have any problems with getting busy juggling in your tasks as long as you will not forget yourself."
"….."
"Sleeping and eating are two of the things I would insist you won't miss." Vince stood firm in his decision leaving Yve with no other option but to obey.  
"Okay, you win!" Yve smiled at him.
"That's good. So I will leave you here to clean up your desk while I get ready for bed." Vince informed her and started to walk away.
As Yve is about to open the folder she just put away, Vince turned around and reminded her,
"Please no more sneaking or else I'll do something you'll be quite surprised on what I'll do."
Giving up to her husband's warning and scared on what naughty thoughts he might do to her, Yve closed the folder and starts placing her folders inside her suitcase.
In a short while, the couple is finally resigning for the nigh which is quite opposite of Jenny's. She's still reviewing the notes she wrote for the topics involved in the quiz. She's quite into it when Steve knocks on her door.
"Come in."
"I thought you might have gone to bed with the lights on again, Jenny."
"I'm not going to bed yet. I need to finish reviewing for a test tomorrow."
"Is the lesson difficult for you to still study until this time?"
"It's not that difficult. I started studying late because I needed to finish the project I talked to you about."
"Oh, I see. Now, I won't disturb you much longer." Steve casually answered before leaving her alone.
'I need to get a higher score than Yve for both the project and the test. Tomorrow, Yve will face a great defeat.' Jenny smiles as she imagines Yve's devastated face.


Today is another busy day for me. Work and home are the only places I go to for the past 3 years. The end of THAT relationship ended my happy, easy-going life. But then, when I think about it, it was not his fault but mine. My friends would tell me that I need to move on. I HAVE MOVED ON. It's just I don't want any side trips anymore in my life. I have my dreams and I am working hard for it. Little did I know what the destiny has installed for me.

"Mom, I still love her. She ended the relationship without any valid reason and I didn't agree."

"But son, what if the reason is that she doesn't love you anymore? Isn't that a reason valid enough for you?"

"I have to know it this time, mom. I did try to go out on dates but still failed. I think meeting her again will help me know what is happening with me."

"I guess I have no other choice. But remember, don't let her disrupt your plans and the family's business."

"I know, mom. Steph, book my flight to the Philippines tomorrow."

"Vincent! Why are you in so much rush?!"

"Because I believe that the early bird gets the worm."



Just wait for me, Yve. I will get you back by hook or by crook.

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