"Ding! The Salted Fish System is being devoured and assimilated. The host is temporarily unable to return to the real world!"
"Ding! Based on the host's preferences, the system will send the host into the world of Cherry Amber!"
"Ding! Transmigration in progress..."
"Ding! Transmigration complete. The Struggle System has issued a system mission!"
"Ding! Main mission: Not a single one can be left out. Reward: one emergency use of true qi, lasting one minute!"
March 1999
Jialin City,
Qunshan construction site
"Little Yue, you go on home first. Once Dad finishes welding, I'll head home for dinner."
Wang Qingshan spoke casually to Wang Yue as he welded with his electric welding machine.
Only then did Wang Yue snap out of it at the sound of Wang Qingshan's voice. He absorbed the memories and learned who he was.
That's right—the system had arranged an identity for Wang Yue in this time period.
Wang Yue was a typical child of the Jialin Power Plant. His father, Wang Qingshan, was a welder at the plant, while his mother, Zhao Meixin, was an accountant in the plant's logistics department. Because of the construction work, they had both been assigned to the Qunshan construction site.
To let its employees work without worry, the power plant had set up an elementary school at the site. Wang Yue went to school there, too.
Wang Yue sighed inwardly. It had been years since he'd been given an ordinary identity. He could only try to adjust, and he said helplessly to Wang Qingshan, "Dad, how long are you planning to stay here by yourself? You can finish tomorrow."
Wang Qingshan shook his head. "Uncle Liu went home to visit his family. If I don't get a little extra done today, I might not be able to keep