After swimming for a while, Wu Wanghai finally reached a platform where people could continue onward on foot.
Only after arriving here did Wu Wanghai begin to notice scattered groups of people.
At a glance, nearly eighty or ninety percent of them were wearing formal suits and top hats.
Wu Wanghai was soaked from head to toe after swimming. Apparently, this anime world did not have the setting where one instantly dried off after leaving the water. It was awful.
I need to find somewhere to change clothes... Crap! Everywhere probably needs money, right? I definitely have nothing! I'm doomed, doomed, doomed!
This sucks. How was I supposed to start like this? How did the protagonists in those novels I read survive the early stages again? Don't tell me I had to start working construction like some anime character after coming to a new world!
Right! My cheat ability. I need a cheat ability. Please don't let it be one of those systems that requires weird conditions, only to finally take off years later! That would kill me.
Sure, I was sick of reading novels with systems in them. But when it came to actually transmigrating into another world... honestly, I was useless. Boohoo.
System, System bro, save me. How am I supposed to live without you?
Wu Wanghai really did drop to his knees and burst into tears. "Ah!!! Snowflakes drift~~~ The north wind howls~~~"
The scattered passengers waiting for the cruise ship nearby all turned their eyes toward Wu Wanghai. A young man being soaked through was not particularly unusual here.
What was strange was that he had suddenly knelt down and started singing. And honestly, the song was filled with emotion. It sounded utterly miserable.
How am I supposed to live without you! Please... help me! System brother! Help poor, helpless, weak little me!
Wu Wanghai was starting to miss home. It suddenly occurred to him that while another world might be wonderful, there were no phones or computers here. That would interfere with his anime-watching, gaming, and spicy-content viewing.
"I'm dreaming. The pain is fake, the explosion is fake. Wake up already! I saved up one hundred thousand Primogems to pull for the Hydro Archon! I even put up with Neuvillette's giant water pillar!"
"Ahhh! I'm going crazy! I'll die if I can't play with the Hydro Archon!"
This guy was broken. The surrounding passersby all came to that conclusion internally. Maybe he had suffered some sort of blow. Most of them could not understand what he was saying, but from the sound of it, was he seeking Furina's help?
The clothes that young man wore really did not look local. Maybe he was from another country.
One kindhearted young man could not stand watching any longer. He wanted to walk over and tell him that seeing the Hydro Archon was easy—he just needed to wait at the opera house, then make an appointment for an audience.
"Ahem, sir..." The passerby walked up to Wu Wanghai and cleared his throat.
"Huh?" The stranger's voice interrupted Wu Wanghai, who had been preparing to do whatever it took to summon his system.
Wu Wanghai hurriedly stood up. Looking at the young man before him, he also noticed quite a few people around them watching in his direction.
"Sorry for disturbing everyone." Thinking back on what he had just done, Wu Wanghai realized it would have been utterly outrageous even in his previous world.
His mind was filled with nothing but embarrassment, embarrassment, embarrassment. Feeling deeply ashamed, Wu Wanghai only wanted to flee as quickly as possible. Before long, he ran away, happened to pass a staircase, and headed downstairs along the spiral stairs.
"Hey, wait..." Wu Wanghai's actions left the young man dumbfounded again. I haven't even said anything yet. Why did this kid just run off? And he's taking the stairs instead of the elevator?
"Whew, whew. Finally, no one's around." He patted his cheeks with both hands, feeling as though his face was burning and needing to cool down.
No, this really sucks. I need you, System!
After looking around and confirming that no one was nearby, Wu Wanghai called out again. "I need you, System Daddy! Come out! I can't do anything on my own! Rage-fucking Dawei creates miracles!"
Sigh, transmigrating here was really no fun. I can't play with my waifus, and I can't even look at spicy stuff. What meaning does life have anymore?
In any case, Wu Wanghai had already decided that he would never work for anyone in this life. At worst, he could find some rich, beautiful girl and live off her. He had just seen that he was still pretty handsome in this world, okay?
Damn it, but I'm still a little unwilling... Even the ideal target to live off wouldn't be easy to find. My life is too hard! I really can't take this.
Wake up! Back off, back off, back off.
Come to think of it, if I rammed into that wall ahead, would I be able to go back?
Wu Wanghai was a little tempted, but he had definitely felt pain earlier. It would hurt like hell...
Forget it, forget it. Since he already knew for certain that he was in another world, going back before experiencing anything would be far too much of a loss.
If it came down to it, he could go work...
It was then that Wu Wanghai suddenly saw a rectangular screen appear in his field of vision. The virtual screen began flashing blue, and then dazzling gold filled his entire vision.
Although the intense golden light nearly blinded him, Wu Wanghai began laughing joyfully again. "Hahahaha..."
It really had been one twist after another. His emotions had been tossed up and down so violently that he had nearly broken down.
And once he started laughing, he really could not stop. He laughed loudly.
The cheat was here, so there was hope. The cheat was here, so the world... the world had become wonderful!
Hehe, this was more like it. Transmigrating with nothing would have been worse than not transmigrating at all.
A new life meant choosing the easiest difficulty, of course~ That was the only way his experience living in another world could be super enjoyable.
Refuse suffering! It starts with you, me, and everyone else!
"Loading successful!"
As the golden light faded, huge glowing words in seven colors appeared before Wu Wanghai.
Wu Wanghai stopped laughing and began seriously studying what kind of cheat ability—what kind of plug-in—would accompany him through his entire life in another world.
Combat, farming? Whatever it was, Wu Wanghai felt that he could handle it. His heart began to swell with confidence.
As the golden light dispersed, Wu Wanghai's vision returned to normal. The only difference was an icon resembling a phone in the upper-left corner of his field of vision.
Wu Wanghai reached out and grabbed at it. To his surprise, data-like fragments appeared in his empty right hand. Large patches of deep-blue squares flowed through his palm, and within seconds, they gathered into a phone with a deep-blue starry-sky design.
"Hm? Wow!" The corners of Wu Wanghai's mouth curled upward slightly. Not bad—it had actually turned into a phone.
Not bad. At least he could have a phone to play with even in another world.
He just did not know whether it could connect to the internet or whether it had games on it. Starting out with a phone-based system would be fine too; Wu Wanghai had seen plenty of that kind of setup.
At the very least, maybe it could shop for things. He could be a "supplies" delivery man!
With that thought, Wu Wanghai pressed the phone's power button. The black screen immediately lit up, but it was somewhat different from the normal phone interface he had imagined.
On the phone screen's blue starry-sky background, only the time, "11:33," was displayed. There was not even a date or weather forecast!
Below that, there were only two app icons: Character and Inventory.
That was it? That was all?
This phone system was way too barebones. It did not even have settings. Wu Wanghai broke into a sweat, then curiously tapped the Character icon first...
Character: Wu Wanghai
Age: 17(?)
Rank: 1-Star
Vision: None (requires rank increase)
Wait, wait. Hold on.
Wu Wanghai rubbed his eyes and looked again. The words "Vision" were still there.
Wu Wanghai's heartbeat instantly quickened, and his body trembled with excitement. An excited heart, trembling hands.
Why was it a Vision? This couldn't be some other fantasy world using a Genshin Impact template, could it?
Could this really be the world of Teyvat? Was it? Was it?!
Wu Wanghai carefully recalled everything he had seen earlier, then quickly stepped out of the stairwell.
The moment he exited, he saw a massive mechanical sphere operating in a huge pool of water. This was familiar architecture, and combined with the few signs he had seen earlier...
This seemed to be the Court of Fontaine!!!
Ohhh! Wu Wanghai felt unbelievably happy. Was this some kind of dream paradise? Not only had he arrived in another world, it was actually a game world. And it was the world of Genshin Impact, a game he had loved playing before transmigrating!
Wu Wanghai could not help slapping himself twice again. His face hurt, and so did his hands. But neither his mind nor his heart felt pain. He was so high that he could barely stop himself.
Whew, whew. Wu Wanghai took a moment to calm himself down. The most important thing now was figuring out his cheat ability. They would have plenty, plenty of time in the future to enjoy the world of Teyvat.
In a cheerful mood, Wu Wanghai picked up the phone and continued reading.
Level: 1/20 (Sealed) (requires rank increase) Experience: 0/1000 HP: 2000 ATK: 80 DEF: 200 SPD: 80 CRIT Rate: 5% CRIT DMG: 50% Energy Regeneration: 100% All Elemental RES: 0% Skills: None (requires rank increase) Weapon: None Equipment: None Constellation: 0 (requires special Eidolons to unlock, maximum 6)
The Character interface... Well, how should he put it? It was both Genshin and Star Rail, huh? So very HoYoverse...
Still, it looked straightforward and easy to understand. Overall, the stat panel was already quite concise.
But I'm in the world of Genshin Impact. What the hell do I need Speed for? To run faster?
And this Constellation actually didn't need Genshin's Stella Fortunas. It needed Star Rail's Eidolons instead.
But these current stats... They were so weak!
And why did so many things require increasing his rank? How was he supposed to increase it?
Why was his level sealed too? How was he supposed to level up?
And how was he supposed to get special Eidolons? Full of doubts, Wu Wanghai exited the Character screen.
There did not seem to be any intelligent assistant or anything to answer his questions. That was kind of lame.
One more thing was worth mentioning: in this newly born body, had his age become seventeen?
Not bad, not bad. He had gained ten years for free. As for the question mark after it, maybe it could tell that he had previously been twenty-seven, a student eater, or something.
Wu Wanghai thought happily. No matter what, anyone would be thrilled to suddenly have a body ten years younger!
After calming down, Wu Wanghai immediately opened the other icon, Inventory.
The expanded Inventory interface instantly occupied his entire field of vision. It was filled with dense little squares, and he could scroll far downward, but every single slot was empty. There were no materials, no items, not even gift packs!
Disappointed. So disappointed!
Wu Wanghai shook his head and tapped the X to exit the Inventory interface. Yet at that moment, the phone vibrated, and another icon appeared on the screen: Quests.
Huh? Was this a quest-based system? Was it going to issue world quests or something?! I just hope it doesn't give me weird tasks. I'm really not a fan of that kind of thing.
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