Chapter 41

The first thing Qin Yi did upon arriving in another dimension was kill someone. Though he had not done it himself, the feeling was anything but pleasant. Qin Yi's somewhat sorrowful expression made Qin Huai mistake it for exhaustion. Ignoring the crowd waiting in the hall, he insisted that Qin Yi rest first. Thinking of how Qin Huai had finally gained a child after going through that ordeal, Qin Yuanlie understood his feelings and immediately nodded in silent approval.

Thus, the second thing Qin Yi did after arriving in another dimension was go to sleep under someone's insistence. This was absolutely the strangest dimension-traveling experience he had ever had.

But he truly had many things to discuss with Andre, so he obediently nodded. He followed the ecstatic Qin Huai upstairs to his bedroom—

Ever since learning of Qin Yi's existence, Qin Huai had personally arranged this bedroom. Seeing the delighted look on his face, as though waiting for praise, Qin Yi sighed inwardly.

If Qin Huai learned that his son, "Qin Yi," was already dead, would the blow be too much for him?

Chapter 41

Chapter 41

Qin Huai draped an arm around Qin Yi's shoulders and rambled on, "This bed was specially shipped from Haring Planet and made from Millennial Jade Wood. It's wonderful for sleep. Sleeping on it for long periods can even increase your mental power. This optical computer was specially ordered from the Han Family laboratory. Using it to access the Virtual Network gives one hundred percent realism and does absolutely no harm to the body. This is..."

The more Qin Yi listened, the guiltier he felt. He immediately let his head droop bit by bit, pretending to be utterly exhausted. Qin Huai promptly stopped talking. "Rest first. I'll come upstairs to call you when it's time to eat."

"Thank you," Qin Yi said. Looking at Qin Huai's young face, he truly could not bring himself to call him "Dad."

"It's nothing! I'll head out first, then. Rest well!" Qin Huai said with a smile. He left the room and thoughtfully closed the door behind him. Once Qin Huai was gone, Qin Yi pretended to lie down on the bed and close his eyes, while his consciousness entered Andre's space.

"What do we do now?" Qin Yi asked.

"What do you mean, what do we do? Take it one day at a time." Andre rolled his eyes, speaking indifferently. "You should be thinking about how to increase your Faith Power! Qin Rong's seclusion will only last three years. If you can't return within two years..."

Qin Yi's furious glare silenced the rest of his words. "If you weren't this unreliable every single time, how could things have turned out so tragically?"

"Come on, it wasn't my fault we ran into a spacetime turbulence, okay?" Andre spread his hands helplessly. "You can't blame society just because your luck sucks!"

"You..." Qin Yi was left speechless.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and think of a way to gather Faith Power!" Andre repeated his demand. "As the saying goes, since you've come, make your peace with it. Why are you being even more long-winded than me now?"

Qin Yi rubbed his nose and withdrew from the space. He still decided not to stoop to the level of a young man who did not even have a physical body and was merely an empty image. He got up and walked to the table, picking up the optical computer Qin Huai had just mentioned and turning it over in his hands. He truly had no idea how to use this thing.

"Try sending your mental power into it. Maybe it works like a jade slip," Andre said coolly from within the space, sitting cross-legged in midair.

Qin Yi did as he was told. The moment his mental power entered the optical computer, the sudden scene before his eyes made him freeze.

He looked around. It really was a street, with towering buildings on both sides, mechas and hovercars darting through the sky, and crowds flowing endlessly past him...

This was the so-called Virtual Network?

Qin Yi swayed his head from side to side for quite a while, yet still could not figure out what was going on. He could only follow the great tide of people into a building roughly thirty stories high.

When he stepped through the doors, the first thing he saw were the four large words: Imperial Capital Book City. Beneath them was a counter, behind which stood a curvaceous girl in uniform. Seeing Qin Yi enter, she greeted him with a smile. "Welcome to Imperial Capital Book City. You're here to catch the new chapter of Chun Hua Qiu Yue's My Harem, too, right?"

Huh? What was this situation?

Without waiting for Qin Yi to reply, the girl went on, "There's still one empty seat at Row 869, Seat 7, on the right. Hurry over!" With that, she thrust a numbered card into Qin Yi's hand without allowing any refusal.

Qin Yi nodded in bewilderment and followed the number on the card deeper inside. The entire building resembled a library from his previous life, giving him a familiar feeling. He reached the designated spot and sat down. The large screen before him suddenly powered up, and after a moment displayed something like an internet page from his previous life. Qin Yi browsed it curiously and discovered that the pinned message read: "New chapter update for Chun Hua Qiu Yue's My Harem. Everyone is welcome to read!"

With a hint of curiosity, he clicked into it. But after reading only two lines, Qin Yi curled his lips and lost all interest. It was pure stallion fiction for the sake of stallion fiction, pure erotica for the sake of erotica, without the slightest feeling to it.

People were fighting to read this stuff? Qin Yi rolled his eyes without hesitation. He noticed that the data below showed 15,646,334,586 people had already viewed the post. He immediately felt a little sorry for their spiritual emptiness. With nothing better to do and an attitude of saving all under heaven, Qin Yi began studying the optical computer. He discovered that if he wanted to write something, he merely had to think it directly in his mind. In linked mode, the optical computer could synchronize his stream of thought into the Virtual Network. He immediately found the website where Chun Hua Qiu Yue published and registered an author account. When choosing a name, he thought of Andre in the space and shamelessly entered Andre Is the Bottom as his pen name. The page immediately displayed that the pen name Andre Is the Bottom had already been registered. Qin Yi frowned and thought for a moment, then changed it to Andre No. 1, only to find that it had also been registered. Anger rose in his heart. Every name from No. 2 to No. 123456 had already been taken. He rolled his eyes and, without much hope, entered Andre Is the Bottom as his pen name, quietly waiting for the system to inform him that it had already been registered. Yet after waiting for a long time, the page suddenly refreshed, displaying congratulations to Andre Is the Bottom for becoming an author on the site, and so on...

Qin Yi immediately froze. Feeling somewhat guilty, he looked around. Before Andre could react, he hurried into the backend and entered the first fifty chapters of The Legend of Qin in their entirety. Then he closed the page, got up, and left.

"Hm? Why are you leaving so soon?" Andre, who had been reading The Legend of the Armored Warrior in the space, turned around and found that Qin Yi had already left the bookstore. He immediately asked in surprise.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to look around. There wasn't really anything worth reading in the bookstore anyway! Those novels weren't as good as the ones in the space," Qin Yi said guiltily.

"That's true enough." Andre nodded in agreement. Then he stopped bothering with Qin Yi and lowered his head to continue reading.

Seeing that Andre did not press the matter, Qin Yi quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He casually looked over the street and noticed that a huge screen atop the tallest building nearby was showing a band performing. Qin Yi watched with great interest as the people inside played instruments he had never seen before, and soon found himself absorbed. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt a jolt. Qin Yi moved instinctively and opened his eyes, only to see Qin Huai looking at him with concern.

"I came to call you down for dinner." Seeing Qin Yi looking at him, Qin Huai immediately said with a smile.

"Oh." Qin Yi nodded and followed Qin Huai out of the room.

Author's note: Keep going~~~

Chapter 42: War Song Ritual

Chapter 42

Dinner was lavish. Ever since Qin Yi had brought everyone to the Rainbow Continent, he had not eaten such an abundant meal. He ate with great enjoyment. The only pity was that it was a Western meal, which left Qin Yi, accustomed to Chinese food, with a small regret. Somehow, he thought of the chicken stew with glass noodles Qin Rong used to make...

"What's wrong? Is there a dish that doesn't suit your taste?" Qin Huai, who had been watching Qin Yi's expression all along, noticed his face suddenly darken and immediately asked with concern.

"No, it's fine," Qin Yi said, raising his glass and drinking the last mouthful of red wine.

"By the way, Xiao Yi, have you thought about which school you want to attend?" Qin Jin suddenly asked from the side. Although she was Qin Yi's aunt by seniority, she was only twenty this year and had just been admitted to First Military Academy.

"School?" Qin Yi's eyes widened in astonishment. He had finally escaped Earth's environment after being reborn. Did he still have to go to school after coming to another planet?

"Yes." Qin Jin cut a piece of steak and put it into her mouth. "You're only fourteen this year, the perfect age to learn. You can choose either Imperial Capital Royal Academy or First Military Academy Affiliated School."

"..." Qin Yi fell silent. Could he choose neither?

"Yes, Xiao Yi. Whichever school you like, Dad can arrange it for you." Qin Huai's eyes immediately lit up as he looked at Qin Yi expectantly.

"Well..." Qin Yi set down his knife and fork, speaking hesitantly.

"What is it?" Qin Huai asked expectantly.

"Uh..." Qin Yi scratched his head. He found that he simply could not refuse Qin Huai's starry-eyed gaze.

"What is it? If you have something in mind, say it." Qin Yuanlie also set down his cutlery and spoke.

"Well..." Qin Yi thought for a long time, then looked at Qin Huai's hopeful expression and sighed. "Anything is fine. I'll listen to your arrangements."

Fine, he would just treat it as a game!

"Alright. Since that's the case, I'll arrange for you to enter First Military Academy Affiliated School." Qin Yuanlie nodded. "Which major would you like to choose?"

"Anything is fine." Qin Yi waved a hand. It did not matter which major he chose. As long as he gathered enough Faith Power, that would be enough. There were plenty of people at school; when the time came...

"What are you good at?" Seeing Qin Yi's unconcerned attitude, Qin Yuanlie frowned almost imperceptibly and asked.

"Good at..." Qin Yi fell silent, then asked Andre in the space, "What am I good at?"

"Eating," Andre replied casually.

"...I'm being serious!" Qin Yi rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Then choose mental power," Andre said after thinking for a moment.

"Alright." Qin Yi agreed, then told Qin Yuanlie, "I'm good at mental power."

"Mental power?" Qin Yuanlie repeated, neither approving nor disapproving. "I understand."

"Dad, leave this matter to me!" Once Qin Yuanlie and Qin Yi had finished speaking, Qin Huai immediately asked eagerly.

"Alright." Qin Yuanlie nodded indifferently.

After that, Qin Yi spent another three idle days at home. During that time, he copied out nearly two hundred chapters of The Legend of Qin. Then Qin Huai came bouncing in with delight.

"Xiao Yi, it's all taken care of." Qin Huai walked up to Qin Yi with an expression that plainly begged for praise, smiling as he said, "First Military Academy requires students to live on campus. Luckily, classes are only five days a week, so you can come home on Friday night. How about I take you over today to familiarize yourself with the place?"

"Thank you." Qin Yi nodded, casually shutting off the optical computer before following Qin Huai downstairs.

"Since you said you were good at mental power, and I was worried that the mecha department or other combat majors would be too exhausting, I chose the music department for you. What do you think?" Qin Huai asked after they entered the hovercar.

"The music department?" Qin Yi tilted his head to look at Qin Huai, then smiled. "That's fine. I quite like that subject."