"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained one fourth-grade Return to Origin Pill."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained one hundred years of cultivation."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained three million Lower-Grade Spirit Stones."
Within a murky expanse of space, a chilly notification tone rang out from time to time. The voice carried not the slightest emotion, and its tone was identical every time it spoke.
No one knew how long had passed before Su Chen's consciousness gradually returned to clarity.
"System, how much time has passed now?"
System: "Ten thousand years have currently passed."
Ten thousand years!
Ten thousand mud horses thundered through Su Chen's heart. He felt as though countless ages had already passed, yet it was telling him that only ten thousand years had gone by?
He had originally been an utterly ordinary bricklayer on Blue Star. His family could not be called wealthy, but they got by well enough, and life had been fairly comfortable.
Su Chen had already resigned himself to his lot in life, but a car accident sent him transmigrating and activated the System.
As an avid internet addict, Su Chen had naturally been ecstatic over something like transmigration combined with a System. He had imagined the life of an online novel protagonist before.
Now that fantasy had become reality, how could he not have been excited?
But that joy did not last long before it turned into despair.
Because he had transmigrated, but not completely.
Though the System had activated, it had not activated completely either.
He was stuck halfway through transmigration.
The System said he could only transmigrate after it was fully activated, and the activation period was one million years.
In other words, he had to stay in this sunless, lightless place for one million years!
Perhaps because he lacked any real concept of one million years, Su Chen had initially thought it was nothing. He could just endure it, and it would pass.
But after merely one year, Su Chen had nearly gone mad.
Had the System not kindly unlocked a sleep function for him, Su Chen suspected he would have already broken down in this Chaos space.
This place was deathly silent. There was not a single sound, and he could not even make a sound himself. He could only communicate with the System through his thoughts.
It would have been fine if the System could keep him company with a conversation, but unfortunately, it only gave targeted replies. Meaningless questions received no response at all, so in the end, Su Chen could only sleep.
Although he fell into slumber, he could still sense the passage of time, only not very strongly.
This time, he felt as though he had slept for an incomparably long time, yet only ten thousand years had passed.
"Heavens!"
"Save me!"
Just as Su Chen wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves in his mind to vent his emotions, the System's icy voice sounded.
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained three thousand first-grade Energy Recovery Pills."
Su Chen froze slightly and opened the System Inventory to inspect it. It was already filled with a dazzling array of items, their quantities enormous.
He had obtained nearly three hundred billion Lower-Grade Spirit Stones alone, aside from all kinds of other treasures.
His System's functions were very simple. It only had a check-in function, allowing him to check in once every twenty-four hours and receive a random reward.
However, the more times he checked in, the higher the grade of the rewards became.
"What use are so many treasures? I can't even use them."
Thinking of how he had only passed one percent of the required time, his mood began to grow irritable.
Su Chen gave a bitter laugh. While his emotions were somewhat stable, he fell asleep once more.
Only the System's notification tone remained in this space.
Time flowed swiftly.
Three hundred thousand years later.
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Innate Human Sacred Body."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained five million Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Saint King Realm cultivation technique, Killing God Scripture."
Five hundred thousand years later.
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Ancient Saint Weapon Seven-Colored Exquisite Pagoda."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained one hundred thousand years of cultivation."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained one hundred million Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones."
Eight hundred thousand years later.
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Ancient Emperor Weapon Primordial Seal."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Primordial Immortal Body."
"Ding, automatic check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Ancient Emperor-grade medicinal pill, Nine Revolutions Universe Pill."
"System, how much time has passed now?"
Su Chen's calm voice echoed through the Void Space. Perhaps because he had stayed here for too long, he had adapted to loneliness. His emotions had also become much steadier, and he was no longer as despairing and broken as he had been at the beginning.
System: "Eight hundred nineteen thousand five hundred sixty-three years."
"Eight hundred nineteen thousand years already?"
A faint smile appeared on Su Chen's composed face. "About one hundred eighty thousand years remain before I can leave this damned place."
Over these hundreds of thousands of years, what had kept his mind from collapsing was the life awaiting him after he successfully transmigrated.
Su Chen had obtained far too many things through check-ins. Once he transmigrated, his life would surely be incomparably comfortable. Just imagining it was thrilling.
After fantasizing about that wonderful future, Su Chen fell asleep again with a smile on his face.
After spending nine hundred thousand years in the Void Space.
"Check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained one million Immortal-Grade Spirit Stones."
"Check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Immortal Rank Supreme Treasure Heaven-Slaying Talisman."
"Check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Immortal Rank sixth-grade formation, Immortal Slaying Sword Formation."
Nine hundred fifty thousand years later.
"Check-in successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Heavens and Myriad Worlds Expert Summoning Card: Exploding Heaven Gang Emperor Xu Xiaoque. Strength unknown. He can exist for ten breaths and assist the Host in dealing with any enemy."
"Check-in successful..."
The System's notification tones continued ringing out. More than forty thousand years passed like this, leaving only the final ten years before the System's activation.
Su Chen awoke.
At that moment, his face was filled with excitement.
It was almost one million years!
Finally... finally!
Before he knew it, tears had already covered Su Chen's face.
Do you know how I spent these one million years?
Even his heart, long as still as an ancient well, could not help but stir with fresh waves at this moment. In ten more years, he would be able to leave.
After quite some time, Su Chen's emotions settled. The first thing he did was check what good stuff he had signed in for over the years.
"What is this?"
He saw a silhouette in the first slot of the System Inventory. The figure's back radiated such overwhelming swagger that it seemed like an unrivaled expert.
"Exploding Heaven Gang, Xu Xiaoque?"
"Holy shit!"
Su Chen was instantly startled. He could actually check in for a treasure like this? If he summoned him directly, wouldn't he just slaughter everyone with ease?
Overcome with excitement, Su Chen did not sleep during the final ten years. From time to time, he asked the System how much time had passed.
Ten years were neither long nor short.
Under normal circumstances, ten years would have been easy for Su Chen to endure with his mindset. After all, he had withstood so many years of loneliness.
But with the System's successful activation so close at hand, Su Chen began to feel anxious and restless.
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, ten years passed, and the chilly voice echoed through the Void Space.
"System successfully activated. Beginning transmigration!"
As the chilly voice sounded, Su Chen's consciousness instantly dispersed. When it returned again, he abruptly opened his eyes.
"The Young Master is awake! Quickly, report to the Patriarch!"
A shriek of delighted surprise rang out beside Su Chen's ear.