Cheat Ability

"Brother Zhou, wake up. Get up and move the corpse."

"Quit messing around. Why would we be moving corpses so early in the morning?"

Thinking he was still dreaming, Zhou Yi muttered as he groggily opened his eyes. The moment he realized he was lying in a bamboo house, he instantly sobered up.

"Huh? Where is this?"

"Brother Zhou, did you sleep yourself silly? Where else could this be? It's your home, of course. Hurry up and move the corpse, or someone else will snatch this job away."

Zhou Yi looked at the young man speaking. Just as he was about to ask a question, a flood of memories surged into his mind, making him stagger for a moment.

Seeing Zhou Yi sway, the young man suddenly asked with concern, "Brother Zhou, are you feeling unwell? How about I go move it by myself today?"

"I'm fine, Ling Liang. I just woke up. Go wait outside first. I'll wash up and come out."

"Alright, Brother Zhou. I'll wait for you outside."

With that, Ling Liang walked out of the room.

"I... I transmigrated?"

Still not quite recovered from the shock, Zhou Yi sat up from the bed.

From the memories, he learned that the person he had transmigrated into was also named Zhou Yi. Whether it was coincidence or fate, he had arrived in this world. The world in his memories was terrifying beyond measure—strange entities actually existed here, appearing every night. Compared to life on Blue Star, he wanted to go back ten thousand times over.

"Brother Zhou, are you ready yet?"

Hearing his childhood friend call out, Zhou Yi came back to his senses. He answered that he was coming while thinking to himself, Forget it. Since I'm already in this world, I should deal with the problem in front of me first. Maybe I'll find a way to return someday.

From this world's Zhou Yi's memories, he learned that the original owner seemed to have come from a scholarly family. His life had been quite comfortable when he was young, but for some unknown reason, a stretch of his memories had gone missing. After that, he had ended up in Qingzhu Village. It was not that the original owner had never considered returning home, but whenever he thought about those missing memories, his head would ache, and he could never recall where his home was or who his family were. To survive, he had remained in Qingzhu Village.

Qingzhu Village's green bamboo was a specialty product. It was said to be a material for certain talismans, so it was fairly valuable. However, green bamboo was extremely difficult to fell. Even a strong young man could only cut down one stalk a day, and it had to be preserved by a special method. Zhou Yi did not know that preservation method. Given his status, he had no way to learn it. He only needed to cut down the bamboo and hand it over to the village merchants.

Zhou Yi was one of the bamboo cutters. A day's labor was only enough to keep food on the table, but at least there was no danger to his life, so he could get by. As for moving corpses, that counted as extra income. After all, who knew whether a corpse touched by strange entities would be dangerous? Not many people were willing to do it.

"Let's go."

With that, Zhou Yi and Ling Liang headed toward where the corpse had been placed.

At the village entrance stood a huge statue of a person in the square. Its material was neither metal nor wood, nor was it jade. Zhou Yi did not know what it was made of, only that the memories called the statue Baoxiang. At night, it emitted silvery-white light that shrouded the entire village, protecting its safety.

An old man stood beneath the statue, while a corpse lay at his feet. The corpse's face was twisted in agony, its eyes still open and filled with bloodshot veins. Its exposed flesh was blue-gray, making it look like a dried corpse.

"Steward Wu, is this the corpse we're moving?" Zhou Yi asked softly as he walked up to the old man.

Zhou Yi knew this old man. Steward Wu usually took good care of him, thinking of Zhou Yi whenever there was extra work to be had. In turn, Zhou Yi would sell the green bamboo he cut to Steward Wu at the first opportunity. Steward Wu was one of the village's merchant stewards, a major figure to someone of Zhou Yi's status.

"Yes, this one. By the way, Zhou Yi, how old are you this year?"

Though Zhou Yi was puzzled as to why Steward Wu was asking his age, he still answered truthfully.

"I'm already fifteen."

"Then you're just the right age. Let me tell you something: the village Patrol Team is recruiting again. It used to be two people to a group, but now it'll be changed to three. If you're interested, tell me and I'll get you a spot. Whether you can make it, though, will depend on yourself."

"Steward Wu, can you let me think it over?" Zhou Yi did not immediately agree after hearing Steward Wu's words. After all, according to his memories, the fates of those who joined the Patrol Team were never very good.

"That's fine. Come tell me once you've made up your mind. Besides, there's no guarantee you'll even pass the Patrol Team's assessment. I'm only mentioning it. Alright, you two should go deal with the corpse first."

"Alright, Steward Wu," Zhou Yi answered quietly.

Zhou Yi suppressed his nausea as he and Ling Liang lifted the corpse. Waves of stench assailed them, yet Ling Liang showed no reaction at all. He had probably grown used to it.

Yin energy +1, yin energy +1, yin energy +1, ...

A mechanical voice rang out, and a translucent screen suddenly appeared before Zhou Yi's eyes.

Name: Zhou Yi

Race: Human

Strength: 0.6 (1 for an adult)

Speed: 0.7 (1 for an adult)

Constitution: 0.8 (1 for an adult)

Spirit: 1.2 (0.8 for an adult)

Cultivation method: None

Martial arts: None

yin energy: 5

Looking at the screen before him, Zhou Yi was extremely shocked. This was the cheat program he had used while playing games in his previous life. Its function was extremely simple: it let him add points to a character in a game. He just did not know what use it could have in this world.

"Ling Liang, why do I see some light in front of me? Can you see it?" Zhou Yi asked tentatively.

"Let me see. No, I can't. Brother Zhou, are your eyes playing tricks on you?" Ling Liang replied doubtfully.

"It's nothing. Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me." Zhou Yi answered in relief.

Luckily, I'm the only one who can see the cheat program, Zhou Yi thought silently. Then he and Ling Liang carried the corpse toward the corpse-burial grounds to the east.

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