In a luxurious villa in City G.
"This Tang San really was a piece of work! How many girls' hearts had he broken?" Zhao Zilong had just finished watching the latest episode of the Douluo Continent anime and could not help mocking Tang San.
As Douluo Continent became increasingly popular, more and more comments like "Defeat the evil Tang San" and "Spirit Hall will win" appeared.
Zhao Zilong was eighteen years old. His parents had died when he was young, and he had been raised by his aunt. However, he had never been welcomed there. Before he had even finished elementary school, he had crawled out to work at construction sites.
In fact, Zhao Zilong had another identity: transmigrator. In his previous life, Zhao Zilong had been a Huaxia native on Earth, but he had died in a car accident and been reborn in Flower Country on Blue Star, a parallel world.
At that moment, a ravishing beauty lay on the bed, her slender jade arms wrapped around Zhao Zilong's body. She spoke tenderly, "A'Long, what was so good about this anime? What time was it? We..."
Feeling the beauty's warm breath against his ear, Zhao Zilong's blood surged. He said ingratiatingly, "Sister Lian, let's talk business first. Remember to tell Brother Hu to hand all the West Street turf over to me, understand?"
"Don't worry, you rascal." The beauty gave a coquettish cry and lightly punched Zhao Zilong's chest with her delicate fist. "Leave it to me! Once I gradually transfer Hua Nanhu's business under your name, I'll arrange an accident to take care of him. Then all of Hua Nanhu's assets will be ours."
"I'll be counting on you, Sister Lian."
"Alright, come on already!"
Zhao Zilong checked the time and said, "Another day, Sister Lian. Brother Hu will be back this afternoon, and I still have to go out with him. Next time..."
"Fine then!" Sister Lian did not press him any further, but her slender jade arms remained draped around him.
Zhao Zilong was very ambitious. This woman was Hua Nanhu's favorite woman, yet Zhao Zilong had hooked her. As long as he made good use of her, once the time was right, he could take all of Hua Nanhu's forces for himself.
Just as Zhao Zilong was about to begin, the front door suddenly flew open. Hua Nanhu glared at the two of them with furious, vajra-like eyes, startling both Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian.
"You bitch, you adulterer—**." Hua Nanhu looked at them, then pulled a pistol from his waist and aimed its icy muzzle at them.
In that instant, Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian, who had still been caught up in their passion, panicked and explained, "Brother Hu, calm down! Calm down, it's not what you think!" "Brother Hu, I only asked A'Long to come over and help me install a lightbulb. It absolutely wasn't what you think!"
"Install a lightbulb? You installed it all the way onto the bed? Huh? And you were both stark naked! Do you take me for an idiot?" In his rage, Hua Nanhu pulled the trigger. With a series of gunshots, more than ten bullets struck Zhao Zilong and Sister Lian. Soon, both of them showed no signs of life.
Just as Zhao Zilong's consciousness gradually began to fade, he suddenly heard a voice in his mind. "Host detected to be on the verge of death. Transmigration will commence immediately..."
What the hell...? As Zhao Zilong was bewildered, he discovered that his consciousness, which had been gradually sinking into darkness, was slowly becoming clear again. When he opened his eyes wide, he was immediately terrified. He was high in the air, plummeting rapidly from what seemed like the height of more than a dozen floors.
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!!" At such a height, Zhao Zilong was scared out of his wits and immediately screamed.
"What's going on?" Below, Master Yu Xiaogang, who had been preparing to head to Shrek Academy, heard the sound above him. The moment he looked up, he saw a black mass rapidly growing larger. With a boom, a cloud of dust rose from the ground.
"Ugh, ugh, ugh... It hurts! I'm not dead?" Zhao Zilong regained consciousness and immediately felt around his body, only to find that he did not seem to be injured.
Very quickly, Zhao Zilong discovered that he was sitting on a middle-aged man. He immediately got up and said, "Sorry, are you alright?"
Zhao Zilong reached out to check the middle-aged man's breathing. He was still alive, which made Zhao Zilong breathe a sigh of relief.
However, upon taking a closer look, Zhao Zilong suddenly found that the man lying on the ground beneath him as a cushion looked familiar. He cried out, "This is... Yu Xiaogang?"
At that moment, a voice resembling that of a mature woman sounded in Zhao Zilong's mind. "Welcome, Host, to the world of Douluo Continent. I am the Protagonist Deprivation System, specially designed to serve you. I can allow you to deprive the original protagonist of his fortune and make you the protagonist of Douluo Continent..."
"Transmigrated again?" Listening to the voice in his mind, Zhao Zilong was not surprised at having transmigrated, since he had already done so once before. However, this transmigration had even come with a system. That was practically standard equipment for transmigrators!
After all, Earth and Blue Star were highly similar, so there were naturally plenty of transmigration novels to read on both worlds.
"My body got smaller." Zhao Zilong looked at himself. He had originally been eighteen years old and over 1.9 meters tall, but now he seemed to be only a little over 1.6 meters tall. He looked much shorter.
After realizing this, Zhao Zilong asked, "Douluo Continent... then am I a Soul Master now?"
Host Panel Name: Zhao Zilong Age: 12 Martial Soul: Not Awakened Innate Soul Power: Level 0 Soul Power: Level 0 Item: Spirit Gift Pack...
"Was this supposed to be a beginner's gift pack?" Zhao Zilong looked at the translucent panel floating before him, then reached out and tapped the Spirit Gift Pack.
"Spirit Gift Pack opened. Obtained Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass; Innate Soul Power: Level 1..."
"No way, only Level 1 Soul Power? Was I really this low-tier despite being a transmigrator?" Looking at the changes on the panel, Innate Soul Power Level 1 and Soul Power Level 1—was this a joke?
The system's mature female voice sounded again. "Beginner mission issued. Master Yu Xiaogang discovered. Would you like to sign in..."
Zhao Zilong looked at the translucent panel before him and selected "Sign In." The panel quickly changed.
Character: Yu Xiaogang Age: 49 Martial Soul: Luo Sanpao (Low-grade Martial Soul) Innate Soul Power: Level 0.5 Soul Power: Level 29 System Evaluation: Tang San's teacher, the first love of Pope Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong's husband, and a contradictory, arrogant yet self-abasing, greasy middle-aged uncle.
"Option One: Deprive Yu Xiaogang of his Level 29 Soul Power and Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power. Reward: two 999-year Soul Rings; Option Two: Give Yu Xiaogang your Level 1 Innate Soul Power, allowing him to break through the Level 30 barrier. Reward: 50% favorability from Yu Xiaogang..."
Zhao Zilong looked at the choices and said speechlessly, "How was this a two-way choice? It was completely one-sided. Option one..."
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