Actually, I Don't Want to Lie Flat Either

Pain!

So painful!

A heart-wrenching agony surged from his chest!

"Ugh...!"

Yan Huan opened his eyes in pain, and the first thing that came into view was the stunningly beautiful face of Kafka.

Soft, wine-red hair fell onto Yan Huan's face, and a faint fragrance drifted into his nostrils.

Aside from that soft hair and an exquisite oval face, Kafka's eyelashes were also fluttering.

"What's going on? Why won't it go in?" Her voice, originally languid, sounded somewhat puzzled.

Kafka's delicate brows furrowed slightly as she struggled to push the Stellaron into Yan Huan's body once more.

According to Elio's script, this Stellaron should have gone in with a single press.

It shouldn't have been this much of a hassle.

Yan Huan was terrified by the pain; even though he was being held down by Kafka, he couldn't help but protest:

"Big sister, lady, mom! I'm already awake, and you're still pushing? Can you please respect the opinion of the person involved?"

"Shut up." Kafka ignored Yan Huan's statement. "Protest denied!"

"I don't believe this!"

Using every ounce of her strength, a flash of white light erupted.

The radiance of the Stellaron merged into Yan Huan's body.

"Ah..."

As Yan Huan was tossed onto the floor with a thud, a mechanical voice rang out in his mind.

Detected that the host has arrived in the Star Rail world, activating the "Effort System." As long as the host puts in effort, you can become stronger!

"Huh?" Inside his consciousness, Yan Huan rubbed his head in disbelief.

The moment he saw Kafka, he knew he had transmigrated into the Star Rail world.

But what was this "Effort System" supposed to mean?

MiHoYo only had a few games, and they were all heart-wrenchingly tragic.

Star Rail was likely no exception, and Yan Huan guessed that in the end, he might have to face an Aeon...

Perhaps, a deathmatch against a group of Aeons.

No matter how much effort he put in, the ending probably wouldn't be any better.

Please confirm the binding of this system, host.

"I refuse!" Yan Huan said decisively.

"My previous life was already exhausting enough; do I have to keep grinding after transmigrating?"

Yan Huan frowned. "Just kill me now. I don't want to put in any effort anyway."

After saying that, he lay flat on the ground, not moving a muscle.

System: ...

Outside, a girl with a high silver ponytail and chewing bubblegum walked up to Kafka.

She leaned down slightly, glanced at the motionless Yan Huan on the floor, and exchanged a look with Kafka.

"What's going on? Did you crush him to death?"

Kafka shook her head, feeling quite puzzled herself. "No, I know my limits."

"Then why isn't he moving?" Silver Wolf asked again.

"I don't know."

"Then he's as good as dead."

Kafka: "..."

Back in the consciousness space.

Please adjust your mindset, host. Working hard to get rich is a very simple truth.

Yan Huan was so angry he laughed. "If that's the case, how come I don't see any assembly line workers on the Forbes Rich List?"

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Fifteen minutes.

Twenty minutes.

The standoff lasted for a long time.

Yan Huan still showed no signs of movement.

The system didn't speak either, seemingly competing with Yan Huan to see who could hold out longer.

Another five minutes passed.

Detected that the host has a talent for lying flat, therefore replacing the system with the "Lie Flat" System!

"!!!"

Inside his consciousness, Yan Huan, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly looked up.

"It can actually do that!"

Good grief, it was a good thing he hadn't agreed.

Yan Huan asked loudly, "Can I really just lie flat? How exactly does the Lie Flat System work?"

Replying to the host, this system has no other abilities; it is purely for lying flat.

Given that you have already merged with the Stellaron, lying flat will increase the Stellaron's experience. Reaching a certain threshold will allow the Stellaron to level up!

Furthermore, lying flat for a certain number of days will grant additional rewards.

That sounded like a massive win.

That's right, this was the kind of system Yan Huan could approve of.

This system reminds the host that as the pleasure value increases while lying flat, the Stellaron experience gained will also increase, but...

If you exit the lie-flat state, you will be unable to gain Stellaron experience for 8 hours.

Yan Huan stroked his chin. "What counts as exiting the lie-flat state?"

Replying to the host, using the power of the Stellaron constitutes exiting the lie-flat state.

So, using his power would waste eight hours.

That didn't seem like much of a loss; he could just use it when necessary. It was only eight hours!

"Fine, I'll take this system!!"

Under the inspection of Kafka and Silver Wolf, Yan Huan clearly had no injuries, yet he had been lying on the floor for half an hour without moving an inch.

Suddenly!

His leg twitched.

"Look." Silver Wolf nudged Kafka's hand. "He moved."

"I told you, I know my limits." Kafka looked down at Yan Huan on the floor indifferently. "It's not my problem; it's his problem."

Yan Huan slowly opened his eyes, looking at the two of them blankly.

The one with wine-red hair had a lazy, teasing look in her eyes; she was the one who had been desperately shoving the Stellaron into his body earlier.

If he wasn't mistaken, that was Kafka.

The person next to her was shorter, blowing a bubble with her gum and hands in her pockets, looking completely indifferent.

That was clearly Silver Wolf, the hacker among the Stellaron Hunters.

Yan Huan swallowed hard and stood up shakily.

He asked in his mind: 'System, when does the lying flat start counting?'

It can start now.

Lie flat for 24 hours to receive the Novice Reward: learn the true martial arts of the Scarlet Kite Immortal (full set); and increase the Stellaron level to: Emanator Tier 1.

'Good!' Yan Huan nodded to himself.

Shortly after.

Inside the cabin.

Kafka and Silver Wolf heard a "thud," and the man lay down again.

He even groaned continuously:

"Ouch, my back..."

Resting, Stellaron experience +1 +1 +1...

Emanator level.

Yan Huan vaguely remembered that the Great-Eradicator of the Antimatter Legion was at the Emanator level.

This true martial arts of the Scarlet Kite Immortal should include the "Divine Sword of Taixu."

When the time came to use the power of the Stellaron to unleash a "Divine Sword of Taixu," he wondered how spectacular it would be.

Seeing Yan Huan lie down again, Silver Wolf, who was watching from the side, couldn't take it anymore and walked over to kick him:

"Hey, you're a grown man, is this really necessary? The lady next to me has been so worried about you that she's been dragging me along waiting here this whole time."

Silver Wolf sounded incredibly helpless: "Now that you're awake, what's the meaning of lying back down again?"

Everything that happened today was just too abnormal.

In Elio's prophecy, planting the Stellaron should have been a one-shot success, and Yan Huan should have recovered quickly as well.

Yet, look at him.

He just got up, only to lie back down again.

"I don't know," Yan Huan said with an innocent expression, "I'm an old man, yet I'm still here letting you toss me around. You kept shoving things into my body, and when they wouldn't fit, you shoved even harder. Wuwuwu... my innocence."

Kafka: "..."

The girl with wine-red hair had been silent since a moment ago, seemingly trying to recall which part had gone wrong.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't have developed like this.

"Hey, Kafka..."

While Kafka was lost in thought, Silver Wolf nudged her hand.

There was a hint of disbelief in her tone.

"What is it?"

"Forget about him for a second, look outside."

At this moment, Silver Wolf was staring blankly at the galaxy beyond the space glass.

Dense black dots appeared in her field of vision, and they were growing larger by the second.

"Antimatter Legion..." Kafka looked over as well, murmuring.

Those Voidrangers were surging toward this direction like a tide.

Overwhelming, covering the sky... tens of thousands of them?

No.

It was more than that!

Why were there so many Voidrangers charging over?!

Kafka stared at the rapidly approaching Antimatter Legion outside, her eyes filled with confusion:

"How could there be this many? Is this the same batch from the Herta Space Station earlier?"

Silver Wolf's mood was at an all-time low:

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Let's leave while we still can, otherwise we're going to run into the people from the Express!"

She pulled at Kafka, wanting to retreat immediately, but was shaken off by the latter.

"Kafka, what are you doing?"

"No." Kafka shook her head. "If we retreat now, he's a dead man, and Elio's plan will be impossible to execute."

Silver Wolf: "..."

Yan Huan lay leisurely on the ground, quietly meeting the gazes of the two Stellaron Hunters.

Yan Huan: "Ahem, so, you know, I'm very fragile."

Kafka and Silver Wolf were speechless.