Discovering the Check-In System

The morning air was cool and damp.

The playground of Nuoding Primary Soul Master Academy was already packed with people.

Hundreds of newly enrolled students had gathered together, like a flock of sparrows let out of their cages, chirping and chattering noisily.

"What Martial Soul did you awaken? What's your Soul Power level?"

"Mine is an Iron Sickle, with innate Soul Power at level two. I'm going to become a Battle Soul Master and beat everyone who looks down on me into the dirt!"

"I only have level-one Soul Power, but my Blue Silver Grass is mutated. The village chief said I could become a control-type Soul Master someday."

The air around them was filled with these childish, excited discussions.

A new environment could always make people forget their troubles for a while. These children, fresh from their villages, were full of unrealistic fantasies about the future.

Su Yu stood at the edge of the crowd, looking out of place.

He didn't join in the pointless discussions, but quietly watched the platform straight ahead.

Tang Wu was like a docile kitten, pressed tightly against Su Yu's left side.

She wore clothes that had been washed until they were faded but were still clean. With both hands wrapped around Su Yu's left arm, she leaned half her body against him. Her clear, wide eyes warily watched the girls around them, afraid someone might steal her Brother Yu away.

On Su Yu's right, Xiao Wu stood with her arms crossed over her chest, her long, straight legs planted firmly.

Although she wasn't clinging to Su Yu as tightly as Tang Wu was, she stood very close to him. The rabbit ears on her head brushed his shoulder now and then, giving off a faint fragrance.

"Hey, Xiao San, could you stop sticking so close? It's hot enough already. Aren't you uncomfortable?"

Xiao Wu glanced at Tang Wu, speaking with a hint of big-sisterly authority.

Tang Wu bit her lip. Instead of letting go, she clung to him even more tightly.

She raised her head and glared back at Xiao Wu without backing down. "I want to stay close to Brother Yu. He hasn't said anything, so what's it to you?"

Xiao Wu was momentarily taken aback, then stared at Tang Wu with wide eyes. "Why are you so ungrateful? I'm doing this for your own good. Standing too close will slow down his draw. Get it?"

Listening to the two girls bicker beside him, Su Yu helplessly rubbed the bridge of his nose.

Ever since he'd subdued Xiao Wu yesterday, the two girls had inexplicably begun competing with each other.

The male students around them watched the scene with eyes red with envy.

They hadn't even held a girl's hand, so why could this boy in coarse clothes have a girl on each arm—and why were both girls so beautiful?

A few bold boys tried to come over and strike up a conversation, but one sweep of Xiao Wu's murderous glare sent them scurrying back. They could only stand at a distance and whisper among themselves.

Su Yu paid no attention to the envious, jealous looks around him.

As usual, he focused his mental power into his eyes. A golden light quietly swirled deep within them.

Eye of Truth, activate.

In an instant, the noisy playground transformed before Su Yu's eyes.

System threads of every color intertwined in the air, forming the true appearance of this chaotic world.

He turned his gaze toward the platform ahead.

Several instructors in charge of the academy's daily affairs stood there, preparing to host today's opening ceremony.

Su Yu's gaze passed over them one by one.

On the far left stood a gaunt male instructor wearing black-rimmed glasses.

A gray, translucent panel floated above his head.

[Strict Teaching System]

[Current mission: Reprimand three disorderly new students during the opening ceremony.]

[Reward: A slight increase in mental power.]

Su Yu glanced at it and looked away.

A low-level system that made its host play the villain for a meager reward wasn't even worth using the Conceptual Eraser on.

In the middle stood a female instructor dressed to the nines, with a pink panel above her head.

[Charismatic Mentor System]

[Current mission: Earn the admiring gazes of one hundred male students.]

[Reward: Skin whiteness +1.]

Su Yu sneered inwardly.

Douluo Continent really had been riddled with transmigrated systems. All kinds of oddballs were running around, and even a system with no combat ability could get its host a job as an instructor at a Soul Master Academy.

Just as he was about to look away, his gaze suddenly stopped on the far right of the platform.

A middle-aged instructor stood there.

He had a distinctive appearance: all the hair on top of his head was gone, leaving him with a classic horseshoe-bald hairstyle. His slick, shiny scalp gleamed in the sunlight.

He wore a loose academy uniform, but it couldn't conceal his prominent beer belly.

Among a group of proud, imposing Soul Master instructors, his appearance stood out like a sore thumb.

But what truly caught Su Yu's attention wasn't the instructor's looks. It was the panel floating above his head.

The panel shimmered with golden light.

Of all the systems Su Yu had seen, this one shone the brightest—even more brilliantly than the system that had possessed Tang Hao before.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes and carefully read the information on the panel.

[Invincible Check-in System]

[Host: Zhao Dabao]

[Binding status: Perfect]

[System description: The host need not undertake any dangerous combat missions. Simply visit a special location in the academy each day to check in and receive rich rewards, including pills, Soul Power, Soul Bones, and more. The more special the check-in location, the richer the rewards.]

[Current status: Waiting for today's check-in mission to refresh.]

[Rewards obtained: Three Ten-Year Soul Power Pills, one bottle of Primary Marrow Cleansing Liquid, and five hundred Gold Soul Coins.]

As he read through the information, Su Yu's breathing grew slightly heavier despite himself.

He licked his lips, excitement glinting in his eyes.

A check-in system.

This was one of the best-known top-tier cheats.

Unlike other low-level systems that required their hosts to risk their lives completing missions—and sometimes even threatened them with death penalties—the whole point of a check-in system was to get rewards for free.

All the host had to do was visit the designated place each day and check in. Then he could grow stronger without lifting a finger.

It had no dangerous compulsory missions at all. It was practically the most comfortable retirement cheat imaginable.

Watching Zhao Dabao standing carelessly on the platform, Su Yu began to make plans.

To Zhao Dabao, this system was his cheat.

But to Su Yu, who possessed the Conceptual Eraser, Zhao Dabao was a walking treasure trove of experience and resources.

Su Yu didn't need to steal the system.

He only had to use the Conceptual Eraser to make a slight change to the ownership of the rewards the moment Zhao Dabao received them, and he could intercept the rewards the system sent him.

It was a deal with enormous returns and almost no cost.

"Brother Yu, what are you looking at?"

Tang Wu followed Su Yu's gaze, but all she saw were a few boring adults on the platform.

Su Yu came back to himself but didn't answer her.

He turned and patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder.

Xiao Wu had been looking around, bored. Feeling Su Yu's touch, she immediately turned to look at him.

Without saying a word, Su Yu raised his hand and pointed toward the instructor with the beer belly and bald crown. A meaningful smile curled his lips.