I Set a Goal, and It Will Be Accomplished

At dusk, the evening glow spilled down, bringing Small River Village traces of summer coolness.

"Er Gou, Er Gou!"

Chen Xuan vaguely heard an anxious voice by his ear.

"Who's disturbing my sweet dreams so early in the morning?!"

Chen Xuan had just wanted to flare up when he suddenly felt his throat go dry and sour fluid surge up from his stomach.

Hungry. So hungry.

An unimaginable hunger flooded every corner of his senses.

"Fuck!"

"How long did I sleep?!"

The thought flashed through his mind. He was baffled—he had only taken a nap, so why was he this hungry? It felt as though he had gone days without food.

The moment the doubt arose, his vision gradually cleared, and a dark, swarthy head filled his sight.

"Er Gou, that's wonderful—you're finally awake!!"

Seeing him open his eyes, the dark-headed boy spoke excitedly.

"You are?"

Chen Xuan was somewhat dumbfounded. But at that very moment, a sharp pain pierced his brain. Streams of information poured into his mind like a tide, nearly making him pass out again.

Only after a moment did his consciousness gradually return.

Yet once he recovered, a bitter smile could not help appearing on his face.

"Damn it, this transmigration!"

Chen Xuan cursed inwardly.

That was right—he had transmigrated, from the twenty-first century into the body of a fourteen-year-old brat in a place called Small River Village in Ji Bei Kingdom.

Of course, if that were all, he would not have smiled so bitterly.

Transmigration was something countless people dreamed of.

But the key problem was the state of this world after transmigration.

His previous life had been miserable, but at least he never lacked food or drink. In this world, though, people truly could starve to death.

Not to mention anything else—just yesterday, someone in this Small River Village had starved to death. In the memories he inherited, people starved to death almost every year.

And this year, because the crops in the fields had suffered a disaster, even more people had starved to death.

The original owner of this body had also had no food left at home, forcing him to go into the river to catch fish. Yet he caught no fish. Something seemed to have grabbed his foot, and combined with his prolonged hunger, he had no strength at all. Unable to break free, he had drowned alive, which was how Chen Xuan had come to transmigrate here.

"Are you all right, Er Gou?"

The dark head leaned close again, his expression worried.

Only now did Chen Xuan clearly see the owner of that dark head. He was a dark, skinny youth nearly a head taller than this body, and much sturdier as well.

The moment Chen Xuan saw him, his identity naturally surfaced in his mind.

Chen Er Zhuang, this body's cousin.

It was also Chen Er Zhuang who had dragged him ashore with all his strength.

"Second Zhuang Brother, thank you for saving me this time. I'm fine now. Let's go back!"

Chen Xuan spoke as he struggled to rise.

But the instant he stood up, his body swayed, and he nearly fell to the ground. He barely managed to steady himself.

"Oh, oh, oh. Let's go, then. Otherwise, Third Aunt will worry too!"

Chen Er Zhuang nodded with a simple, guileless look.

The two immediately headed toward the village.

After entering the village,

they parted ways, and Chen Xuan headed alone toward the home from his memories.

Meanwhile, he continuously sorted through the original owner's memories.

But clearly, the original owner had merely been a village brat and knew very little.

The only thing he knew was that this place was called Ji Bei Kingdom and their village was called Small River Village. Beyond that, he knew nothing.

"Ji Bei Kingdom... this probably isn't a historical era."

Chen Xuan murmured. He searched through all his memories from his previous life but found no country in history bearing the name "Ji Bei." Without question, this was an entirely new world.

And that was undoubtedly not good news.

If it was not a historical era, that also meant it would be even more unfamiliar to him.

"Sigh, I should think about how to fill my stomach first!"

Shaking his head, Chen Xuan could not help murmuring.

And just as his words fell,

"Buzz!"

A ripple spread out. The next moment, a line of golden words appeared before him.

Objective: Eat until full (pending confirmation)

Setup complete

"Loading!"

"Loading successful!"

"Path One: West City Pharmacy in Green Mountain City needs an Herb Gathering Boy. Reach Green Mountain City within three days, join West City Pharmacy, and become an Herb Gathering Boy."

"Path Two: Fierce Mountain Hall in Green Mountain City is recruiting members. Reach Green Mountain City within two days and offer one tael of silver to Steward Chen to join Fierce Mountain Hall."

"Path Three!"

The words flickered rapidly, while waves of information rushed into Chen Xuan's mind at that instant.

Chen Xuan's stepping motion froze in that moment.

"This... this is?"

His expression first went blank, then quickly turned into wild joy.

Especially after fully absorbing the information, he could no longer suppress his delight.

Conceptual Ability.

At this moment, along with his transmigration, his Conceptual Ability had arrived right on schedule.

And his Conceptual Ability seemed extraordinarily heaven-defying.

That was right, extraordinarily heaven-defying.

His Conceptual Ability had only one function: he could set an objective, and it would provide him with a path to accomplish that objective.

No matter what the objective was, no matter what the requirements were, the Conceptual Ability would provide a path.

Just like how he had thought about eating until full, and the system had immediately given him a path—an extremely feasible path, at that.

Such an ability was undoubtedly outrageous.

And terrifying as well.

In theory, so long as he wanted to achieve any objective, the Conceptual Ability could provide him with a feasible method.

With a thought,

the words flickered the next moment.

Objective: Become a god (pending setup)

Setup complete

"Loading!"

"Loading successful!"

"Path: Seven days from now, lightning will strike for three days a hundred li outside Small River Village. Remain beneath the lightning. If you do not die after three days, you may become a god."

As Chen Xuan's thoughts shifted, the words changed accordingly.

But looking at the change, Chen Xuan could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth.

A hundred li. Lightning for three days.

Survive three days without dying.

All right. If he truly followed that plan, Chen Xuan felt that his chances of dying were ninety-nine percent.

With another thought, new words appeared.

Objective: Safely become a god (pending setup)

Setup complete

"Loading!"

"Loading successful!"

"Path One: Three thousand meters beneath the Endless Sea Region lies a green lotus that sustains unextinguished life. Obtain the green lotus and bathe beneath lightning for three days to become a god!"

Objective: Safely become a god through a method I can accomplish now (pending setup)

"Loading!"

"Loading successful!"

"Path One: Seven days from now, lightning will strike for three days a hundred li outside Small River Village. Remain beneath the lightning and use your divine soul to contemplate the lightning. Comprehend the true intent of lightning after three days, and you may safely become a god."

Line after line of text appeared, and Chen Xuan's mouth twitched more and more.

After trying again and again, Chen Xuan understood that achieving this at his current level was probably wishful thinking. If he added a condition, the system would add one too, creating an endless loop.

Shaking his head, Chen Xuan understood that this was likely a limitation of the system's ability as well.

It was best not to set objectives too high. Otherwise, the chance of death would rise along with them.

For him right now, even eating until full actually came with no small risk of death.

Green Mountain City was not so easy to enter.

It was roughly eighty to a hundred li from Small River Village, requiring about two days of travel.

To arrive within two or three days, he would basically have to set off now. A little brat leaving at dusk—Chen Xuan felt there was a high chance he would not live to see tomorrow's sun.

But that was perfectly normal. His objective was not merely to eat until full once, but to keep eating until full in the future. Given his family's current circumstances, that truly was very difficult.