A few hours later, Li Mu Chuan arrived at the company.
"I'm here to process my resignation."
Li Mu Chuan had directly printed out his resignation letter. Because of the transmigration incident earlier, he had had no time to spare for resigning.
Now that he finally had the time, he hurried to get his resignation handled first.
There were still two days until his next transmigration. During those two days, Li Mu Chuan had to carefully consider what he should prepare for the next trip.
"You really want to resign?"
The supervisor watched as Li Mu Chuan submitted his resignation without another word.
He could not help frowning. Li Mu Chuan had worked here for several years, after all. If such a capable employee left just like that, finding a replacement would be troublesome.
"Mm."
Li Mu Chuan nodded, looking completely determined to leave.
Seeing this, the supervisor had no choice but to sigh and approve it.
There was not much of Li Mu Chuan's stuff at the company. When payday came, his wages for the past half month would be deposited into his card, so there was nothing to worry about.
After leaving the company, Li Mu Chuan checked his balance.
Thirteen thousand yuan. That was only because the company had recently paid out its half-year bonus. Without it, his savings would not have reached that amount.
His monthly pay was pitifully small. After deducting food, rent, phone bills, electricity, transportation, and all sorts of other miscellaneous expenses, there was practically nothing left to save.
He had once thought that this was how he would spend the rest of his life, forever unable to afford a house or a car.
But he had never expected such a good thing as a cheat ability falling from the sky.
The unknown worlds were dangerous, but they also held opportunities. Whether he could change his life depended on this.
At that thought, Li Mu Chuan's heart, which had somewhat settled down, immediately surged with passion.
Based on his previous two transmigrations, aside from the clothes on his body, everything else would be left behind during the crossing.
The same was true when he returned.
Even if he tucked things inside his clothes, the result was the same.
He had already tested that.
However, he did not know whether equipment like body armor fell within the range of what he could carry.
After thinking for a moment, Li Mu Chuan decided to buy a set of protective gear. He could not carry cold weapons, but he could at least try bringing protective equipment.
With that in mind, Li Mu Chuan spent a small fortune on a soft armor shirt. It looked no different from ordinary clothing.
It simply had some added resistance against stabbing and slashing.
Still, it was not cheap. It cost Li Mu Chuan more than two thousand yuan.
After buying leg guards as well, Li Mu Chuan's balance immediately bottomed out.
Seeing that he had less than ten thousand yuan left, Li Mu Chuan gritted his teeth and made a trip to a gold shop.
He did not know what world he would be heading to this time, but whether it was ancient or modern, gold should be exchangeable for money.
No matter where he went, he would need at least a little startup capital.
As long as he did not land in the wilderness, gold should be useful.
With that thought, Li Mu Chuan made up his mind and put his remaining two points into space.
This brought Li Mu Chuan's personal space up to three, enough to hold gold slightly thicker than chopsticks.
Li Mu Chuan bought thirty grams of gold and placed it in his personal space.
Those thirty grams cost him over nine thousand yuan, leaving Li Mu Chuan with only a few hundred yuan.
Looking at this, Li Mu Chuan suddenly felt like crying without tears.
The little money he had painstakingly saved was now almost completely gone.
By the time Li Mu Chuan finished all this and returned to his rented apartment, night had already fallen.
July was about to end, and rent would soon be due.
If he got nothing from this trip to the New World, he would really be sleeping on the streets.
That night, Li Mu Chuan lay on his bed.
Though it was not yet time to transmigrate, his unease and curiosity kept him awake.
Li Mu Chuan scrolled through his phone, trying to see whether he had overlooked anything.
On WeChat, he had already been kicked out of the company group.
It was a normal procedure, nothing surprising. A few colleagues had probably deleted him as well.
Li Mu Chuan could not be bothered to check who had deleted him.
In the university group chat, a bunch of former classmates were boasting away.
They had worked for a few years, bought cars and houses, and achieved financial freedom.
Some showed off their cars, saying they were vacationing in Sanya. They had rented a yacht and brought along five or six tall, shapely girls.
The girls' faces had not been photographed, as though they had accidentally appeared in the pictures.
But judging by their figures, their looks were probably not bad either.
The person who posted the photos was a male classmate from university named Gu Mingqiu.
He and Li Mu Chuan had been fairly familiar in the past. Not long after graduation, Li Mu Chuan heard that Gu Mingqiu's family had received a considerable sum from demolition compensation.
Thus, a young man from an ordinary family had suddenly become a genuine wealthy man.
After that, Li Mu Chuan's relationship with him gradually became much more distant—more like they had suddenly drifted apart.
Back in university, whenever they saw rich second-generation kids flaunting their wealth, Gu Mingqiu would most often say, "If I had their money, I'd be even more arrogant than them."
He did not resent the wealthy. He even thought there was nothing wrong with showing off wealth.
Now it seemed that Gu Mingqiu truly practiced what he preached. After becoming rich, he showed off in the group chat rather frequently.
Li Mu Chuan shook his head at the man's smug manner.
Then he glanced at the countdown before him, wondering whether this cheat ability of his could let him surpass Gu Mingqiu.
Gu Mingqiu: "I'm saying, nobody really comes out to chat anymore. If we don't talk more, our friendship will fade in no time."
Li Mu Chuan: "Everyone's probably busy. We all have to work, unlike you, who doesn't need to worry about the rest of your life."
Li Mu Chuan had nothing better to do, so he rarely popped up to say something.
Gu Mingqiu: "Oh? You haven't said anything in ages. Where are you working lately? How's the job?"
Li Mu Chuan...
No wonder nobody wanted to talk to this guy. Showing off his wealth normally was one thing.
But the moment he opened his mouth, he asked about work. If someone's job was going badly or their pay was low, why would they want to answer?
Li Mu Chuan: "Just a dead-end job where I'm muddling along. Nothing worth talking about."
After replying, Li Mu Chuan stopped paying attention to the group and continued focusing on the far more important matter of transmigration.
Finally, amid Li Mu Chuan's anticipation and unease, two days quietly passed.
As the red countdown before him finally reached zero, Li Mu Chuan took a deep breath.
After a bout of dizziness, when Li Mu Chuan opened his eyes again the next moment, his rented apartment was no longer before him.
He looked around, only to find that his surroundings had completely changed.
The sight of barren land stretching as far as the eye could see made Li Mu Chuan's heart jolt.
Could he have arrived in ancient times?