Future Mail, I'm Dead?

What is this?

Lu Xuan looked around, finding his fellow workers busy as usual, seemingly oblivious to the mail icon before him.

A cheat?

He had read many web novels in his past life and was no stranger to this kind of thing.

But after eighteen years without any sign of awakening, he had stopped paying attention.

Shifting his gaze, he noticed the mail was still there.

Lu Xuan confirmed he wasn't hallucinating and left his workstation, heading to an empty corner with a nervous heart.

Right now, his parents needed nutrient solution to maintain their vital signs.

His sister needed a large amount of Spiritual Items to supplement her vitality for her push to become a Martial Artist.

He couldn't let go of any opportunity to change his fate.

He clicked on the mail, which contained only a letter filled with text—

[This is Lu Xuan. By the time you read this, I will already be dead...]

[This is a special cheat I awakened before my death. I call it a Fate Convergence Point. Before dying, I can transmit part of my inheritance back to the time node of my previous fate choice, thereby changing the initial choice until I find the most perfect timeline... Simply put, I am your future self, sending you a will before I die.]

Lu Xuan quickly skimmed the beginning of the letter.

His future self?

He wrote a letter to himself?

"No!" Lu Xuan suddenly realized something. "I die in the future?!"

He reread it carefully and finally understood the situation.

Simply put, the current him made a certain choice, but that path didn't work out, leading to his future self's death.

This letter would be sent back to the point of choice that led to his death before he died.

"Hiss~ So, I'm definitely going to face a difficult choice next. The 'me' in this letter chose one path, which led to my death."

Lu Xuan stroked his chin.

This seemed to be some kind of temporal paradox. The future would branch out into countless possibilities based on a choice made in the present, some successful, some failed, or perhaps leading directly to death.

And this email was from his deceased future self.

But as he looked at it now, the choice he faced was nothing more than a matter of making money.

Could that cost him his life?

With a sense of doubt, Lu Xuan continued reading the letter.

[Extraordinary Calendar Year 2030, May 6th. Facing my parents' high medical expenses and the vitality Spiritual Items my sister needed, I had to find a way to make money quickly. Thus, I chose between "taking out a loan" and "adventuring with Martial Artists."]

[May 7th. Fearing for my own life, I chose the safest option: a loan!]

[May 7th. I took out a 3 million loan from the Federation Bank.]

[May 8th. I paid the hospital, hoping to use Earth Dragon Essence Blood to treat my parents. Soon, the doctor informed me that the hospital had acquired the latest Earth Dragon Essence Blood, which could be used for my parents within three days.]

[May 9th. I contacted my sister's homeroom teacher, Shen Liyue, and gave her one million to help her purchase some resources for my sister's attempt to become a Martial Artist.]

[I thought my parents would recover, my sister would embark on a promising future, and our family would welcome brighter days. But I was wrong.]

[Firstly, due to the massive loan, even though my parents received effective treatment, they suffered even more after recovering, needing to help me repay the loan, which caused their newly recovered bodies to collapse again.]

[Secondly, my sister, despite being nourished by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items, did not succeed in breaking through to become a Martial Artist. In fact, this attempt damaged her foundation, making it impossible for her to break through to Martial Artist for the rest of her life!]

"What?!" Lu Xuan exclaimed subconsciously.

Indeed, he had already considered taking out a loan before this.

Adventuring with Martial Artists was extremely dangerous, and a single mistake could lead to death.

But what he never expected was that taking out a loan would cause his parents to collapse again, and his sister would fail her attempt to become a Martial Artist because of it?

What on earth happened?

"No, there must be a hidden reason." Lu Xuan continued reading the letter.

[I guess you must be wondering now if there's a hidden reason.]

[As expected of me, you guessed correctly. Someone was indeed setting a trap in the dark.]

[First, regarding my parents' condition. Logically, Earth Dragon Essence Blood should be enough to change an ordinary person's physique. Even if they didn't become Martial Artists, they certainly wouldn't be so frail.]

[August 1st. I investigated the hospital's channel for purchasing Earth Dragon Essence Blood and found it was a company called Monster Potion Company. The monster essence blood they sold was not pure essence blood of a specific creature, but a mixture of essence blood from ordinary mutated chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep, greatly reducing its efficacy!]

"No wonder..." Lu Xuan trembled, an uncontrollable rage surging within him. "Monster Potion Company?"

But he quickly suppressed his anger. After all, he was alone and powerless. Even if he knew this company had problems, there was nothing he could do.

He could only silently remember it.

"What about Xiao Ying?" Lu Xuan raised his head. "Why did she fail her breakthrough?"

"Could it be that the homeroom teacher tampered with it?" He continued to browse the rest of the letter's content.

[Second, the reason why my sister failed to break through to Martial Artist.]

[May 9th, after receiving the money, my sister's homeroom teacher immediately bought her vitality drugs to help her break through the bottleneck.

However, the homeroom teacher felt that she could accumulate more foundation, so she was not in a hurry to let her sister take it.]

[May 10th, my sister came home. She told me that besides cultivating at the teacher's house, there was another person there.

That person's name was Jiang Xi, a classmate with good grades. I didn't pay much attention at the time, I just casually told my sister that if the other person had good character, she could befriend her. But it was this sentence that led to the tragedy later.]

[May 20th, my sister was preparing to break through the Martial Artist bottleneck. Jiang Xi, out of classmate friendship, gave her a vitality pill.

[The vitality pill was fine, but the box it came in was problematic. It was made of a special substance that could confuse a Martial Artist's mind, thus causing breakthrough failure.]

[Jiang Xi vehemently denied it was her doing because the company she bought the pills from had packaging made entirely of this special substance. However, I discovered later in my investigation that this company had a hidden connection with Jiang Xi.]

[In other words, my sister's breakthrough failure was absolutely intentional on Jiang Xi's part!]

"Why?!" Lu Xuan's heart filled with anger upon reading the contents of the letter. He clenched his fists tightly. "Her family background is clearly better than Xiao Ying's, why would she do this?"

Jealousy?

Lu Xuan didn't know.

But he knew one thing clearly at this moment: he had to prevent this from happening.

"This hasn't happened yet," Lu Xuan suppressed the grief and anger in his heart. "This is a future wrong choice. As long as I don't choose it, I believe I can forge a different future."

Yes, since the me on that path died.

Then I'll take a different path.

He must have left behind other important information.

Lu Xuan hurriedly checked the rest of the letter.

[August 10th, I died.]

[I died while investigating the truth. I was killed by Martial Artists from the Monster Potion Company.]

[I am so unwilling to accept this!]

[Originally, my parents' illness could have been cured, and my sister had a bright future. Even if I worked harder and endured more hardship, I could feel that the future was promising, but all of that is gone now.]

[I know that not everything can be changed just by making choices.]

[But if you don't become a Martial Artist, you will always be an ant!]

[Therefore, I am sending out this will.]

[I am an ordinary person, and because I was investigating the truth, I didn't pay attention to more useful information. The content I can send out is very limited, but I believe it's enough.]

[To my past self, if you see this letter, please remember the following points:]

[May 6th, at the monster disposal warehouse where I was, a monster had a final burst of energy. There was a bead in its abdomen, its purpose unknown. It was once auctioned for a high price of 2 billion Federal Coins.]

[Get it!]

[The monster was a Night Tiger. Strong light can restrain it!]

[Secondly, choose to follow Martial Artists on an adventure. On May 10th, there was a fortuitous encounter in the wilderness of Jinling City's Satellite City No. 3. The specific location was the former Building 3 hospital's Pharmacy No. 007.]

[The news at the time reported that an ordinary person who followed Martial Artists on an adventure broke through to Martial Artist in one leap after swallowing a fortuitous item... The fortuitous item seemed to be a Bronze Gourd with dragon horns.]

[Sorry, this is the only useful information I've managed to note.]

[Don't be discouraged, because there are countless possibilities in the future. Once a certain future ends in death, you will receive a will!]

[Be bold and act!]

[We would rather make mistakes than do nothing!]