Give Me an Invincible System in My Next Life

"What would my golden finger be? A ring with an old grandpa living inside it, a woman in white living inside a sword strip, or something else?"

Chen Ze checked himself from head to toe. He had nothing but his lone self.

"None of those? Could it be a system?"

Chen Ze cautiously asked the empty air, "System, are you there?"

After asking, Chen Ze waited for a long time.

There was no response in his mind, nor did any interface appear before his eyes.

"Looks like it's really over. I don't even have a system."

"Goodbye, this lousy immortal cultivation world. This opening is just too hard. I'm done playing."

As he spoke, Chen Ze began searching the room for something he could use to kill himself.

There was no need to turn the place upside down. The entire room could be taken in at a glance. There was not even a length of rope, so hanging himself was out of the question.

"Ram my head into the wall?"

Chen Ze looked at the walls around the room, shook his head, and dismissed the idea.

The walls were covered in spiderweb-like cracks. He was afraid that if he slammed into one, he might not die before the wall collapsed.

"How about filling a basin with water and drowning myself?"

A set of battered pots, bowls, and ladles was the only equipment Chen Ze could find in the room.

Chen Ze casually picked up a basin and took a look.

"Damn it, it leaks."

"Is dying really this hard?"

"Huh! How did I die in my previous life again?"

Chen Ze began sinking into memories of his past life.

A moment later.

"Damn, I still can't remember anything."

"Forget it. That isn't important. I should think about how to escape this sea of suffering first!"

Chen Ze walked to the broken bed. "How about suffocating myself with this ragged quilt?"

Chen Ze hesitantly reached out for the ragged quilt. The moment he bent down, a stench rushed straight into his face, sending him staggering back again and again.

"Holy shit, it's gone sour."

That step back would have been fine, except Chen Ze felt himself trip over something and fall straight backward.

All he heard was a bang! as the back of his head hit the ground.

Chen Ze felt a burst of searing pain, as though something was flowing out.

His vision went black.

"Did I just die like that?"

Chen Ze had never expected dying to be so easy.

Still, he was free.

Who knew how long passed before a voice sounded in Chen Ze's mind, while white light flickered before his eyes.

"Ding. The host's fate has not yet run out. This world is still waiting for you to save it. Myriad Things Space System binding successful."

Hearing that voice, Chen Ze immediately opened his eyes and rubbed the aching back of his head.

"This world is waiting for me to save it? I think it ought to save me first!"

"Myriad Things Space System? Never heard of it!"

Immediately afterward, an interface appeared before Chen Ze's eyes.

Name: Chen Ze

Cultivation: Qi Refining Second Layer 50/100

Talent: Earth-element Low-grade Spiritual Root

Cultivation Method: Xuantian Record (Beginner) 1/100

Spell: Ignition Art (Beginner) 1/100

Myriad Things Space: Level 1

"There is always a way out when heaven bars every road! System, you finally came."

After looking over the system interface, he found it was still the same familiar routine, the same familiar recipe.

"System, are you there?"

There was no response.

Chen Ze shook his head. "Looks like it's a system that can't communicate. I can only figure it out myself."

He already knew about cultivation and talent from the original owner's memories, so there was no need to look at those.

"What do Beginner and these numbers mean?"

"Should I test it?"

Chen Ze stared at the system interface, deep in thought.

Then, Chen Ze began recalling the original owner's memories.

"Ignition Art... I think this is how it's used."

This Ignition Art was the only spell the original owner had learned at the Qingyun Sect. He had been taught it solely so he could conveniently light fires for cooking.

Chen Ze used the Ignition Art according to his memories. A tiny flame immediately appeared on the index finger of his right hand.

"Holy shit, isn't this just a lighter? That's it? This counts as a spell?"

"Forget it. It doesn't matter. With a system, why would I have to fear not getting high-level spells later?"

Then, Chen Ze opened the system interface again.

Name: Chen Ze

Cultivation: Qi Refining Second Layer 50/100

Talent: Earth-element Low-grade Spiritual Root

Cultivation Method: Xuantian Record (Beginner) 1/100

Spell: Ignition Art (Beginner) 2/100

Myriad Things Space: Level 1

"So that's how it is. Every time I use it, the number increases by 1.

Looks like Beginner refers to proficiency, and the number afterward is the number of times it has been used. Once I use it 100 times, this Ignition Art should be able to level up too."

Having figured that out, Chen Ze did not rush to keep using Ignition Art.

That was because, at the very bottom of the system interface, there was still the line, "Myriad Things Space: Level 1."

Chen Ze remembered that when the system had bound itself to him, it had called itself the Myriad Things Space System.

"Then this 'Myriad Things Space' must be the most important thing."

"But how do I use it?" Chen Ze wondered inwardly, trying to picture it with his thoughts.

At that moment, a passage of text appeared before Chen Ze's eyes.

"Notice: Myriad Things Space can contain all things. The host may choose to enter Myriad Things Space with consciousness to inspect it, or may choose to enter Myriad Things Space with their physical body or living objects.

Host, please note: When the physical body or living objects enter Myriad Things Space, 1 Low-grade Spirit Stone will be consumed every 10 minutes.

Myriad Things Space can also be upgraded. The next upgrade requires 1,000 Spirit Stones."

Looking at the notification on the system interface, Chen Ze pondered inwardly.

"My physical body can enter Myriad Things Space too? That really is a good place, an excellent place to preserve my life.

But is it really this expensive? One Low-grade Spirit Stone every ten minutes? That's daylight robbery."

Chen Ze remembered that when the original owner left the Qingyun Sect, he had possessed only ten Low-grade Spirit Stones in total.

Those ten Low-grade Spirit Stones had been painstakingly saved by the original owner over fifteen years, scrimping and saving.

Unfortunately, even those ten Spirit Stones had been spent by the original owner on wine.

Chen Ze shook his head and sighed, choosing to inspect Myriad Things Space with his consciousness.

Chen Ze's consciousness entered Myriad Things Space, and it was as though a whole world appeared within his mind.

He seemed to be standing within that world as well, though his body appeared exceptionally illusory.

Above him were blue skies and white clouds. Nearby were flowers, grass, and trees, while mountains and rivers lay in the distance.

However, the distant mountains and rivers were shrouded in a layer of mist, impossible to see clearly.

The area he could see clearly was only around five hundred square meters.

Within those five hundred square meters, a single two-story antique pavilion alone occupied nearly three hundred square meters.

Chen Ze wandered around Myriad Things Space once. Aside from that pavilion, there was only a patch of farmland.

Whenever Chen Ze tried to inspect other places, he was blocked by a layer of mist.

That mist was like a natural barrier, keeping him outside.

The patch of farmland was divided into ten plots, each one meter long and one meter wide. They had all been cultivated already, but nothing had been planted in them.

Seeing this farmland, Chen Ze found it all too familiar.

When the original owner had farmed at the Qingyun Sect, the high-grade medicinal fields he had seen were divided in exactly this way.

Only one spirit herb was planted in each plot, so that the herb could fully absorb its nutrients.

The original owner's dream had been to plant spirit herbs in those high-grade medicinal fields.

"Am I going to farm again? The original owner already farmed his whole life. There's no future in farming!"

Chen Ze withdrew his gaze and looked toward the only pavilion. Carved beams and painted rafters adorned its exterior, making it look exceptionally imposing.

As his view drew closer, he saw that the small building's doors were tightly shut. Between the first and second floors hung a plaque bearing four large characters: Myriad Things Shop.

Two couplets also hung on either side of the doors.

Trade reaches the heavens; choose as you please.

All things are bought back; none who come are refused.

"Myriad Things Shop? Looks like this is the system shop, only materialized."

Those two lines on the couplets already made it perfectly clear.

Myriad Things Shop sold everything, and it also bought back all items.

With a thought, Chen Ze prepared to open the doors of Myriad Things Shop and go inside for a look.

At that moment, another notification appeared before his eyes.

"Activating Myriad Things Shop requires the consumption of 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones."

The instant Chen Ze saw that notification, his face darkened.

"Forget it. Destroy it all!"

"This Myriad Things Space System is completely a Spirit Stone monster!"

"Everything requires Spirit Stones. Where am I supposed to get Spirit Stones?"

"It asks for 100 the moment it opens its mouth. Why don't you just go rob someone?"

"Give me an invincible system in my next life!"