Chapter 1 - System

Shenxia Parents, Qingyun City

In the quiet Qingyun night, lights flickered, illuminating vast areas of the capital of Xingyun province. The sky gradually darkened as an impending storm formed on the horizon, lightning cutting through the air, announcing its arrival with distant rumbles

Inside a simple house, which, although not humble, was not close to luxury either, a young man of imposing stature, about 1 meter and 80 centimeters, was lying in his room, with a tired expression on his face

His name was Jiang Ye, a young man of only 23 who had just graduated in finance from the renowned Xinghua University. His life was considered reasonable; he had gotten a job that paid 10,000 yuan a month right after graduating

However, his achievement was not so much down to exceptional ability. His grades, although not bad, weren't impressive either; he was an ordinary person. Jiang Ye got the job at Lotus Petal Investments thanks to his talent for building interpersonal relationships, namely by flattering a classmate who was the young master of Lotus Petal Investments during the last class meeting

If life were a romance novel, Jiang Ye would probably think he'd be that character who shows up to fawn over the villain in slapstick scenes

But life isn't a novel, and the fact that he "humiliated" himself in front of his classmate for one day guaranteed him a job that can pay all his bills and allow him to live comfortably. He didn't hesitate in that decision

He was never an impulsive person; he was orphaned young and had to work and struggle just to get food for himself and his younger sister. If he had the capital to be arrogant, he certainly would have been, but adult life had taught him to be humble in a cruel way

Looking at the storm outside, Jiang Yun sighed and said: "When I watched novels, I despised those who fawn over villains and settle for little"

With a deprecating smile, he continued: "In the end, I became one, but that's just it, life isn't like a novel where a golden finger appears and you reach the pinnacle of life"

[Ding, a compatible host has been detected, the system is being activated 22% 47% 82% 98%]

[Ding, the divine contract system has been successfully activated]

A mechanical voice echoed in Jiang Ye's mind as he lay in bed, pondering his fate. His heart leapt into his throat when, in a trembling voice, he asked: "System?"

Ignoring Jiang Ye's excitement, the system continued to speak mechanically

[Ding, this system is a divine contract system. The host can create contracts to negotiate about anything, tangible or non-tangible]

Jiang Yun saw that the system ignored him and didn't care, but he was a little disappointed. After all, what would a divine contract system be? Would he become a lawyer capable of making the best contracts for clients?

Of course, Jiang Yun only thought about it jokingly. No matter how bad a system is, it's enough to reach unimaginable heights

"System, what do I get for creating contracts and what are those contracts for?" Jiang Yun asked, expressing his biggest doubts at the moment

Immediately, the system replied:

[The divine contract system has a point system. These points can be used to fulfill the requirements of the other party to the contract. If there is a discrepancy between the amount spent and the amount received, the host will receive it. It is the host who will set the prices of the items in the contract, and can set prices extremely high or low enough to cause a profit or loss, as long as both parties accept the agreement and have enough balance to fulfill it]

[For example, one day of life is equivalent to one contract point. You can choose to give a day of life to someone in exchange for some of their intelligence, which is worth three contract points, thus receiving a profit of two contract points]

[Another example would be giving someone a day of life in exchange for 10,000 yuan. In this deal, as it's something tangible, you'll receive the 10,000 yuan, and one contract point will be deducted from your account]

"So powerful, even life expectancy and intelligence can be traded!" Seeing the information presented by the system, Jiang Ye was ecstatic

"Looks like my golden finger has finally arrived!" Jiang Ye laughed wildly on the bed, all his pent-up emotions released

After calming down, Jiang Ye asked doubtfully, "System, usually all systems come with gift packs for beginners. Where's my gift package?"

[Ding, This system is different from all the others. It doesn't have gift packs]

The system replied in a cold, mechanical voice

"You, damn it!" Jiang Ye immediately became angry and cursed, "How the hell am I going to fulfill my first contract then?"

[Ding, the system will leave it up to the host's creativity]

"You, forget it!" Jiang Ye wanted to be angry, but he couldn't bear it. After all, the system had come along to help him and without the system, he'd be just an ordinary guy

At that moment, Jiang Ye's thoughts were spinning rapidly. The first thing he thought of was trying to buy some people's life expectancy in exchange for money. But after looking at his bank balance of just 2,000 yuan on his phone, he quickly rejected this idea

"Damn it, damn it, I already have a system, why does it have to be so hard to get started?" Jiang Ye was furious with himself. He couldn't even come up with a simple idea of how to get his first contract points

After racking his brains for a long time, Jiang Ye gave up and said to himself, "Forget it, let's get a good night's sleep and see if I can get a clearer mind tomorrow"

Jiang Ye was already dying of sleep; he was tired before the system was even activated. Afterwards, he had an adrenaline rush and, when he finally calmed down and tried to think, he couldn't help but feel a huge headache coming on. He closed his eyes in an attempt to sleep