1 System startup failure

Zhou Bai, at this moment wearing pajamas and slippers, ran quickly through the long, dark corridor, with a horrifying roar echoing from behind him.

'Damn!' Zhou Bai's mind was in chaos, with all sorts of thoughts flashing through his consciousness.

'What the hell!'

'Why was I just sleeping at home, got up in the middle of the night to use the toilet, and somehow ended up in this place and met some inexplicable monster?'

He simply kicked off his slippers and ran barefoot. Due to his intense panic, he didn't even notice his body growing younger, gradually transforming from a man in his twenties to a teenage boy of seventeen or eighteen.

Seeing himself running slower and slower, his lungs felt like they were on fire, and the roars behind him grew louder. Zhou Bai's gaze focused as he saw he had reached the end of the corridor, and a large open iron door appeared in front of him.

Without time to think, Zhou Bai rushed through the door, finding himself in a small room less than ten square meters, with no second exit in sight.

'Damn!' Zhou Bai cursed, the increasingly closer roars making his scalp tingle with fear. He hurriedly closed and locked the iron door, feeling a little safer.

'I wonder if this iron door can hold him off...'

But even if it could, Zhou Bai knew he couldn't stay in this empty room forever.

Sweating profusely and fretting over what to do, a female voice suddenly sounded in his head.

"You are Zhou Bai?"

"Who?" Zhou Bai looked around but saw no one.

"Stop looking, you can't see me." The female voice continued, "Do you want to survive?"

Zhou Bai hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yes!"

"Then take this, and remember, don't resist or reject it."

As she spoke, a white light appeared from the void and floated in front of Zhou Bai.

Just then, a loud boom echoed from behind, startling Zhou Bai. He turned to see the iron door being pounded and gradually deforming. In panic, he asked, "What is this?"

"Your plug-in. With this, you might be able to defeat the guy outside."

"A plug-in?!" Countless scenes from novels, anime, and games flashed through Zhou Bai's mind. He hesitated but reached for the white light.

Instantly, a series of white characters floated in his consciousness.

Please wait...

The Heaven and Man Nine Disasters Auxiliary System is starting...

... ...

Please practice safely under the guidance of the Auxiliary System.

"The Heaven and Man Nine Disasters?" Zhou Bai was excited. "The name alone sounds awesome; it must be powerful!"

Startup failed. The system encountered an error (connection timed out)

For details, please refer to (click here).

Seeing the words floating in his mind, Zhou Bai was speechless, "Damn it!"

"A system that encounters an error?!"

"And the details can't be clicked at all!!"

The female voice came again, seemingly unaware of what was happening in Zhou Bai's head, and asked in confusion, "What happened? What's wrong?"

"It said the system encountered an error and failed to start!" Zhou Bai shouted, "What should I do? What should I do?" He looked towards the door, seeing it severely twisted out of shape; a pale hand had squeezed through, scratching the wall and tearing off large chunks of plaster.

Zhou Bai's head throbbed, then he suddenly turned, evading, yet still felt something continuously knocking on his head.

"Don't dodge!" the female voice said, "It's me knocking."

Zhou Bai exclaimed, "What are you doing!"

"Let me see if I can fix you."

Zhou Bai retorted, "Do you think I'm an appliance?! This is too reckless!"

Ignoring his complaints, the female voice continued, and Zhou Bai felt several hard knocks on his head.

System startup successful...

"Damn!" No time to complain about the system, Zhou Bai quickly studied the contents that appeared in his consciousness, looking for a way to win.

The Heaven and Man Nine Disasters Auxiliary Cultivation System assists and guides cultivators in practicing the Heaven and Man Nine Disasters.

Current status:

Daoification: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 0

Divine Diagram: Heaven and Man Nine Disasters

Laziness: 0

"What the hell are these!" Zhou Bai couldn't make sense of the things appearing in his head, while the large iron door in front of him already had a huge hole, and a thick white arm reached through, making the door creak as if it could break at any moment.

The female voice asked again, "What happened? What do you see? Is it working?"

"Working my ass!" Zhou Bai hurriedly explained what he saw, panicking, "What should I do next?"

The female voice replied, "Daoification is your realm, Primordial Spirit Value is your power, the Divine Diagram is your cultivation method, but what about this laziness? Let me check the manual..."

Zhou Bai looked at the tottering door, listened to the constant roars, and sweated profusely, "Are you kidding me? There's no time to look at a manual now!"

The female voice responded, "There's no explanation here about laziness... try focusing your mind on those words."

Zhou Bai tried to focus his attention on laziness, and a series of messages floated into his consciousness.

"Laziness is a human's nature, but if everyone could turn laziness into a treasure, it could bring prosperity to our race for generations.

This is the first disaster of the Heaven and Man Nine Disasters: Laziness. Enhance your cultivation by absorbing laziness.

Methods to obtain laziness points, example 1: Lying down… the rest are too lazy to explain."

Zhou Bai: "???"

The female voice asked, "How about now? Any solutions?"

Zhou Bai explained what he saw, and the female voice quickly said, "Then what are you waiting for! Lie down immediately! Remember, increase the Primordial Spirit Value first; that's your power. Daoification is your realm; you can't use it for fighting right now."

Despite his confusion, Zhou Bai obeyed and lay down, seeing the increasingly fragile door being battered.

As he lay down, the number representing the laziness value began to increase.

Laziness +1

Laziness +1

Laziness +1

With an average of one point per second, it quickly reached 10 points.

As the laziness value increased, plus signs appeared next to Daoification and Primordial Spirit Value.

Recalling the woman's advice, Zhou Bai focused on the plus sign next to Primordial Spirit Value. Moments later, the original value of 0 jumped to 1, and the laziness value reduced by one point.

At the same time, Zhou Bai felt a loud bang in his brain, an indescribable, mysterious power emanating from his head, then retracting.

With a start, Zhou Bai yelled and sat up.