System Activated

On the southwestern frontier of the Heaven Dou Empire, in an unnamed little village.

Piercing screams, along with the stench of blood in the air, shattered the tranquility that had belonged to the early morning.

Su Chen lay pressed tightly behind the crack in the door, his eyes fixed on every movement outside as he cursed madly in his heart.

"Damn heavens! I only wanted to lie low and live out my life in peace. How could I run into Wolf Bandits massacring a village? How could my luck be this bad?!"

Outside, more than a dozen Wolf Bandits were slaughtering people with wild abandon.

One had to know that even the most ordinary Wolf Bandit possessed strength comparable to a Soul Grandmaster. This was simply not something a small village without even a single Soul Master could resist.

Su Chen held his breath and stared outside, not daring to relax for even a moment. Only when the screams gradually faded and deathly silence enveloped the entire village did he dare move.

"Wasn't I discovered? Looks like I still have a little luck..." Su Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, though the clothes on his back were already soaked through with cold sweat.

Yet in the next instant, he saw a Wolf Bandit's gaze settle on the wooden house where he was hiding.

"Roar—!"

Accompanied by a furious howl, that Wolf Bandit charged straight at him.

"Damn it!" Su Chen instinctively tried to grab a wooden stick to block it, but for an ordinary person without even a trace of Soul Power, any struggle before a Wolf Bandit was futile.

"Boom!"

With a deafening crash, the wooden door exploded into pieces. The terrifying impact flung Su Chen through the air until he slammed heavily into the wall.

"Pfft—"

Su Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. At that moment, he felt as if every bone in his body had shattered.

Looking at the Wolf Bandit approaching step by step, his eyes were filled with unwillingness.

"Damn it! I finally transmigrated once, and I'm going to die this miserably at the hands of this beast?!"

That was right. Su Chen was a transmigrator who had come to Douluo Continent twelve years ago.

When he had first transmigrated, he had been incredibly excited. He had imagined awakening heaven-defying Twin Martial Souls like the transmigrator seniors before him, punching Trash Xiaogang and kicking Little Tang San, while taking in the charms of countless beauties.

Yet all those fantasies had been shattered in the year his Martial Soul awakened.

The Martial Soul he awakened was a faint speck of light. His Innate Soul Power was an even more pitiful zero.

With a start like this, he was even worse off than Yu Xiaogang!

In the Douluo World, where bloodline and talent determined everything, having no background, no cheat, and zero Innate Soul Power made every step impossibly difficult.

With all hope lost, Su Chen could only abandon those unrealistic dreams. He found this remote little village, farmed the land, raised chickens, and thought that living out the rest of his life in peace would be enough.

Who would have thought that even this final sliver of hope would be utterly destroyed today?

Watching the Wolf Bandit open its bloody maw, Su Chen used the last bit of strength in his entire body to roar at the sky, "To hell with you, heavens!"

At that very instant, a cold mechanical synthesized voice suddenly exploded in Su Chen's mind without warning.

[Ding! It has been detected that the host is facing a life-and-death crisis. The Life Simulator has been activated.]

[Current simulation attempts: 2.]

[Would the host like to begin the first life simulation?]

As a seasoned veteran reader, Su Chen immediately understood what was happening. His cheat had finally arrived.

However, Su Chen could not help but reveal a bitter smile as he cursed inwardly.

"You xxx system, what xxx use are you showing up now? I'm about to die, so what the hell am I supposed to simulate!"

The system seemed to have heard Su Chen's inner complaint.

[It has been detected that the host is in desperate circumstances. The System Space will be automatically activated. From now on, all of the host's simulations may be conducted within the System Space.]

As the system's voice fell, Su Chen's body was instantly enveloped in white light and vanished from where he stood.

Inside the System Space, Su Chen touched his perfectly unharmed body and could not help but erupt in delight.

"Ha ha ha! System bro, please don't take offense. That was my alternate personality just now. I personally have absolutely one hundred percent respect for you!" Su Chen immediately changed his attitude and gave the command without hesitation. "Start the simulation!"

[Simulation is commencing. Drawing this simulation's traits for the host...]

[Traits drawn this time: Purple trait: Scientific Research Maniac (You possess an almost pathological obsession with researching cultivation methods and exploring the essence of becoming stronger).]

[Golden trait: Absolute Rationality (You will cast aside nearly all emotional interference).]

[Traits loaded.]

[Host's identity for this simulation: Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, son of Yu Yuanzhen, twin brother of Yu Xiaogang.]

[Simulation begins!]

As the system's prompt faded, Su Chen's consciousness sank into chaos.

Almost at the same time Su Chen began his simulation, earth-shaking changes also occurred in the outside world, on Douluo Continent.

Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.

At this moment, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others had already assembled on the training ground.

Before long, everyone saw Flender approaching with Yu Xiaogang and several teachers.

Flender then introduced the teachers of Shrek Academy one by one.

Finally, Flender walked over to a middle-aged man with a crew cut, threw an arm around his shoulders, and spoke with a proud expression.

"Today, I would like to solemnly introduce an important figure to you! This man is Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, the one who proposed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and is hailed as the number one theorist in the Soul Master world! He is also my good brother!"

Hearing Flender introduce him like that, Yu Xiaogang could not help raising his chin slightly, his face full of pride as he prepared to receive the admiring words of these genius students.

However, at that very moment.

"Rumble!!!"

A tremendous boom suddenly came from the sky. Immediately afterward, an indescribable mighty power descended upon the entire Douluo World.

The wind stopped. Fallen leaves hung in midair. Everyone remained frozen in the movements they had made a second ago. Only their consciousness could still think, and their mouths could still speak.

Under the shocked gazes of billions of living beings across the continent, the heavens were torn apart, and an enormous light screen stretching across the entire sky slowly unfolded.

Large golden words appeared on the Sky Screen as a grand voice resounded through every corner of the continent.

[Douluo World Comparison Exposure!]

[The purpose of this Sky Screen's videos is to compare the different experiences of similar individuals across different Douluo Worlds!]

[Rule One: During video playback, time on the continent will remain relatively still. The bodies of all living beings will remain relatively stationary. They may only remain where they are and cannot move.]

[Rule Two: Bullet-screen interaction has been enabled. Those at Soul Sage rank and above possess unlimited speaking opportunities each day; those below Soul Sage rank possess ten speaking opportunities per comparison. Direct relatives and related parties of the compared individuals are exempt from these restrictions and may speak without limit.]

[Rule Three: After the video finishes playing, ten lucky viewers will be randomly selected from among all humans and Soul Beasts on the continent to receive rewards. Rewards include, but are not limited to: Martial Soul Evolution, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, resurrection, and more.]