Chapter 1

This Account is Toxic

Mountains, forests, beside a stream.

Lu Xun looked at this unfamiliar world once more, and the corner of his mouth could not help twitching slightly.

He had indeed lost both parents from a young age, fulfilling the first rule of transmigration and fitting the stereotype of the Qidian Orphanage, but he had never imagined that he would actually transmigrate one day.

"What will happen to my little sister?" This was Lu Xun's first thought.

Although his parents had passed away early, he had a younger sister, Lu Yu, who had depended on him for survival.

Fortunately, he had bought insurance for himself, with his sister Lu Yu as the beneficiary. That put his mind somewhat at ease.

"Xiaoyu will receive an insurance payout. At least her livelihood will be secured."

As it happened, two ex-girlfriends had been clamoring to get back together with Lu Xun today. Now, it seemed he had been spared some trouble.

Outstanding men were bound to live harder lives.

He already knew what sort of world he had arrived in, because the face reflected in the stream felt exceptionally familiar to him.

Sword-like brows, starry eyes, exquisite features—there was not a single flaw to be found on that face. It was devastatingly handsome.

"How could there be someone this good-looking in the world?"

As for why it felt familiar... it was because he had just customized this face before transmigrating.

That was right, it was a customized face.

This was the game character he had just created. Customizing one's face was standard practice when creating a character, so he had directly cranked the beauty filter up to level ten, then made minor adjustments according to his preferences, resulting in his current appearance.

"So... I transmigrated into Heavenly Dust?"

There was no need to elaborate on the immense popularity of Heavenly Dust. After this game had inexplicably appeared out of nowhere, players had marveled at whether it might be a real world!

Some particularly imaginative players even believed that they were not playing a game at all, but had instead become high-dimensional projections appearing in a real alternate world.

It was a game with an immortal martial arts style. Flying through the heavens and burrowing into the earth, riding swords through the skies—it had all of that, and its degree of freedom was extremely high.

Lu Xun was a die-hard fan of the game. More precisely, he made his living through it.

Although he had not joined any gaming studio, he had indeed earned quite a bit of money from Heavenly Dust.

He had created this alternate account in order to complete a rather tedious and moderately difficult beginner's quest, then sell the account afterward for a considerable sum.

Who the hell knew he would transmigrate for no reason at all!

This newly created alternate account was cursed!

Fortunately, that handsome face gave him tremendous psychological comfort.

Lu Xun stopped looking at his reflection in the water and sat by the stream, studying his Character Panel.

Transmigrating into the game world while bringing along the game interface was truly an unexpected delight.

What surprised him, however, was why his template was NPC?

But on second thought, that made sense. He was no longer a player now.

The panel unfolded before him, and he could clearly see the information displayed on it:

Name: Lu Xun.

Template: NPC.

Race: Human Race.

Level: Level 0.

Experience Points: 0/100.

Health: 100/100.

Spirit Energy Value: 0/0.

Comprehension: 1. (Upgradeable, maximum of 10.)

Luck: 1. (Cannot be upgraded.)

Charm: 10. (Maximum value reached.)

There were also some attributes that could not yet be unlocked, which were not listed on the panel. At the very bottom was only a single summary:

An earth-shatteringly handsome mortal.

Normally, no matter how handsome one customized their face, they would start with "Charm 1," and in the eyes of NPCs, they would automatically become utterly ordinary.

A player character's appearance could not affect NPCs in any way.

But perhaps because Lu Xun had become a living person, or perhaps because his template was NPC... in any case, his Charm had actually reached its maximum value!

He did not think too much about it. Being handsome was all that mattered!

After closing the Character Panel, Lu Xun seemed to remember something and quickly opened it again, then looked at the bottom-right corner.

The bottom-right corner read: Resurrection Attempts: 3.

"Phew! Good thing the resurrection attempts came with me too." Lu Xun let out a long sigh of relief inwardly.

Ordinary players could accumulate resurrection attempts. Though the maximum was ten, any additional resurrection attempts were a good thing. Lu Xun doubted he could do that; he probably only had these three, and once they were used up, it would be game over.

The reason he cared so much about resurrection attempts was, first, because he needed to live in this world, and an extra safeguard was always good. Second, he was still considering whether to undertake that tedious and somewhat difficult beginner's quest, which required spending one resurrection attempt.

Put simply, if Lu Xun chose to do this quest, he would have to stake one of his lives!

This required careful consideration. Although the rewards were substantial and players called it one of the perfect starts, he only had three lives after all, so he had to think it through carefully.

"But thinking about it carefully, given the current situation, the price for the other perfect start seems even greater!" After calming down and thinking it over, Lu Xun felt a little conflicted.

Choosing a perfect start would make things smoother afterward and reduce future dangers somewhat.

Choosing an inferior start would save one life for now, but it would definitely have consequences later.

"Grrr..." Just as he was thinking, his stomach growled.

Oh, this damned hunger!

"Whoosh—" Lu Xun suddenly heard a faint sound behind him.

A figure was rapidly approaching.

The figure moved extremely fast. At Lu Xun's current level, he could see only an afterimage.

"Damn it! I ran into someone with cultivation!" Lu Xun thought.

The figure seemed to be merely passing by and had no intention of stopping, but after Lu Xun turned his head, their eyes met.

It had merely been an ordinary glance, but upon seeing Lu Xun's face clearly, the newcomer could not help making a sound of surprise.

Then, the figure changed direction, lightly stepped on a treetop, and drifted down gracefully not far from Lu Xun.

The veil she wore covered half her face, making her appearance impossible to discern, but her figure was slender and graceful.

Her large eyes beyond the veil were quite beautiful, but why did she give him the feeling of a high schooler playing cosplay?

He always felt that a trace of childishness faintly leaked from her.

No matter what, judging from her movement technique just now, her level was certainly far higher than Lu Xun's. She could grind him into the dirt a hundred times over.

A level-zero nobody had no rights. On Tian Chen Continent, he was currently the lowest of the low!

Thus, he cared greatly about the newcomer's intentions and instinctively remained wary of her.

This person, whom he did not know whether to call a woman or a girl, looked Lu Xun over several times before fixing her gaze on his face, unable to look away.

She could not help voicing what was in her heart:

"What an absolutely top-tier Cauldron!"

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