How Could It Start So Soon?

"Insufficient permissions! Insufficient energy! Insufficient resources!"

Seeing those three deficiencies, Li Yu shook his head helplessly.

"So... this is a Blank System!"

In the System Mall, resources were blank, energy was only at one hundred, and his permissions were merely Level 1. Everything had only just begun. He was still a long way from the life of a tycoon who could "use one and toss one."

"Mission activated! Main Quest issued!"

"Main Quest: The user shall become a System Supplier renowned throughout the Myriad Realms, making the Myriad Realms System Shop worthy of its name!"

"Initial Quest: Create a system and sell the created system within the Myriad Realms. Time limit: one year. Quest reward: permission upgrade."

"Huh? There are missions too?"

A string of missions suddenly popped up in his mind, startling Li Yu. "And what exactly do these Myriad Realms refer to?"

"The Myriad Realms are the destinations where the user may sell systems."

"Initial Quest activated. Please draw an Initial Quest destination."

"It's starting this soon?"

Li Yu curled his lips and waved a hand. "Draw it, then! Let's see what kind of worlds these Myriad Realms contain!"

"Drawing destination..."

A roulette wheel appeared, with a pointer at its center and countless fan-shaped sections around its edge.

"Shrouding the Heavens? Battle Through the Heavens? Xian Ni? Jade Dynasty..."

Seeing the words displayed in those sections, Li Yu's mouth fell open and would not close for a long while. "These... are all places where I'm supposed to sell systems?"

Those worlds were all incredibly dangerous! And every one of them was full of ruthless killers. Was I really going there to sell systems, or to serve myself up on a platter? With the strength of an ordinary person like me, wouldn't I be casually crushed to death after arriving?

"Whoosh..."

The roulette wheel began spinning at high speed. It turned so quickly that the entire wheel blurred.

"Stop!"

He had to choose one anyway, so he might as well try his luck. Li Yu shook his head helplessly and casually called out, "Stop."

The instant his words fell, the roulette wheel stopped abruptly. Its pointer suddenly pointed toward...

"It's actually this world? The waters in this world run far too deep!"

Seeing where the pointer had landed, cold sweat broke out across Li Yu's forehead.

A faint white light began glowing around his body, and an invisible pulling force enveloped him. Li Yu jolted in alarm. "It's starting already? I... I haven't even brushed my teeth!"

"Buzz..."

A flash of white light flickered, and Li Yu's figure vanished instantly.

Before him stood a bustling modern city.

The city lights had just come on. Pedestrians streamed along the sidewalks, traffic filled the roads, and brilliant neon lights painted the night in every color.

"What a familiar feeling!"

Li Yu stood in the street, looking at the familiar sights before him and listening to the surrounding clamor and car horns. His heart suddenly stirred with excitement. Even the smog blanketing the sky felt strangely dear.

"What a pity..."

Li Yu let out a long sigh. This world looked very similar, but it was not the world he held in his heart.

"Beep! Beep!"

A car horn sounded again. A man's voice immediately followed. "Hey! You're blocking the road! Are you going to move or not?"

"Huh?"

Li Yu froze, only then realizing that he had been standing in the middle of the road and blocking the car behind him.

"Ye Fan, it's fine. We're not in a hurry!"

A woman rolled down the car window, revealed a smiling face, and spoke to Li Yu. "Student, are you all right? It's dangerous to stand in the road like this. Go home early!"

Li Yu looked only to be in his teens, so the woman naturally took him for a student.

"Uh? Sorry! Sorry!"

Li Yu finally came back to his senses. He hurriedly apologized to the people in the Mercedes-Benz, stepped back to the roadside, and cleared the way.

"Why's he dressed like that? Middle school kids these days... tsk tsk!"

The driver called Ye Fan glanced at Li Yu, shook his head, and sped away.

"I..."

Hearing that, Li Yu was so depressed he nearly spat blood.

Looking down at his robe of green cloth, Li Yu sighed helplessly. "What kind of lousy system is this? It teleported me without even a warning. At least it could've let me change clothes first!"

"Huh? Wait! Ye Fan? Could that be the protagonist? The one who later became the Heavenly Emperor?"

Li Yu looked at the Mercedes-Benz already disappearing into the distance, and a faint smile rose on his lips. "Ye Hei, Ye Hei, do you know that just because of that one remark, an unparalleled lucky opportunity slipped through your fingers?"

Li Yu's task in coming to this world was to sell systems.

Originally, Li Yu had considered selling a system to the protagonist, Ye Fan, so that his journey would go more smoothly. But after being mocked by Ye Fan, Li Yu immediately abandoned that idea.

"I've never been a kind person! So, Ye Hei, you won't be getting a system."

Li Yu chuckled a few times and hurried away beneath the looks of passersby who regarded him as a lunatic.

"According to the original plot, this should be the time when Ye Fan was attending a class reunion and then taking his classmates to the hotel. In other words, there are still three days before the real story begins."

As he walked, Li Yu pondered in his mind.

As for the strange looks the passersby gave him, Li Yu did not care in the slightest. What was wrong with wearing green robes? They might be a little old-fashioned and a little uncommon, but...

"I'm filming a show! I just haven't changed out of my costume yet!"

Well, after several children surrounded him and circled around him, Li Yu had no choice but to explain. Fortunately, the children's parents soon carried them away, allowing Li Yu to escape.

"Since I've come to this world, I naturally need to grow stronger as soon as possible. The most urgent matter is creating the system first."

Li Yu found a bench by the roadside, sat down, opened the system workbench, and prepared to create a system.

"First, I need to give the system an impressive name. Without an impressive name, half its prestige disappears instantly."

"So... the system shall be named the Supreme Heavenly Book. Since it's a heavenly book, its form shall be that of a Purple Bamboo Scroll, crystalline like jade."

Following Li Yu's command, a Purple Bamboo Scroll instantly materialized on the workbench. The jade-like scroll bore four ancient, powerful seal-script characters: "Supreme Heavenly Book." It exuded a mysterious, ancient aura.

"Very good. This appearance is already intimidating enough."

Li Yu glanced at the scroll and nodded. "Next comes the system's functions."

"It must have missions. As a mastermind behind the scenes, how could I command the host without missions? But the mission objectives must also align with the host's life goals. Then... Main Quest: Path of the Great Emperor."

On the Purple Bamboo Scroll, a faint glow lit up on one bamboo slip as the system mission began to be entered.

"Mission description: The Path of the Great Emperor begins with conquest. Behind the success of a single general lie ten thousand bones. On the Path of the Great Emperor, there is only advance, never retreat. Only by treading upon countless corpses can one ascend to the pinnacle of this world."

Once the Purple Bamboo Scroll had recorded the Main Quest, Li Yu smiled faintly.

"The Main Quest has been entered. As for the remaining side quests, I can arrange them however I like. I can add them whenever the time comes."

"The quest system is complete. Next, it's time to set up the other functions."