The best sci-fi romance you've been all waiting for

The audience was impressed by Qin Guan's hips. However, during an interview with audience members coming out of the cinema, a girl said that she wasn't quite clear about the meaning of the story.
"I'm clear about the plot, but the title of the film was really strange. The combination confused me."
"Exactly. We came here for the handsome protagonist. Maybe a more sophisticated person would get it. "
Eventually, some scholars gave an explanation for the common audience. Unfortunately, their explanation confused the audience even more.
Qin Guan received a call from Director Jiang Wen.
"Qin Guan, I have suffered a great loss."
"I'm sorry to hear that, Director Jiang."
"I stopped you this time. Without you, it would have been even worse. I think I have to lay low for a while. If I don't win an award in Venice, no producer will work with me in the next few years."
"Really?" Qin Guan adjusted his posture on the couch. "Did you forget your other profession, Director Jiang? You are a good actor!"
"You are right, Qin Guan. I'll collect some money for my next film by acting!"
Qin Guan didn't know how to comfort the man. As he had said, people wouldn't watch his films again anytime soon.
One had to prepare before getting to work. Qin Guan was shortlisted at the Venice Film Festival for his leading roles in both of his films.
It was hard to understand the judges' train of thought. After so many years of rejecting him, they had finally given him two important opportunities.
If he won the Best Actor Award in Venice, Qin Guan would achieve a Grand Slam in Europe.
He was in an unprecedentedly good mood as he took care of all his affairs and left his wife behind reluctantly. He would fly to the festival by himself.
Due to his fear of being forced out of work in China, he had accepted a new Hollywood film. Its title was "I Am Legend".
This would be Qin Guan's first sci-fi movie. Unlike his previous body double job, this time he would be the real hero of a post-apocalyptic movie.
Plus, this would be his first film with a budget of over 100 million dollars. According to the standards of the Screen Actors Guild, although he had already been a star worth a 10-million paycheck, he had never been involved in a big-budget film before. This would also be the first A-level film with an Asian protagonist.
Nobody could predict the film's box office success. The reason Qin Guan had been cast as the lead was that the film required outstanding acting skills. Qin Guan would basically be reciting a monologue. The other actors only played small parts in the film.
As the producer and the director had been looking for a young actor with extraordinary acting skills, a number of famous directors had recommended Qin Guan.
Thus, the lucky guy had gotten the part. His interpretation of the original version and the two previous adapted scripts impressed director Francis Lawrence.
Francis had been shooting sci-fi films for more than 10 years. He was basically obsessed with them.
Qin Guan convinced the picky director by sending him a video recording a man living alone in a post-apocalyptic world.
His back was against the sun. His eyes looked as blank as a piece of paper. Francis was so moved that he convinced the two producers to replace Will Smith with Qin Guan.
The producers approved the plan unanimously, as Qin Guan had a very good reputation in the circle. They were so confident about him that they invested 150 million dollars on the unique sci-fi film, which surprised Qin Guan. He wondered why a film with basically one actor would cost that much.


Qin Guan was reborn and sent back to his final semester in High School 18 years ago. Getting a second chance at life, he works hard to turn things around and eventually become a Prince Charming. What will his life be like the second time around? What will he have to go through? How will he succeed in turning from a loser into a Prince Charming? Read this story carefully and find out!

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10 Classic Superheroes, Ranked By Their Origin Stories

by Neeraj Kumar Prajapati 

Not everyone is born a hero. In the case of superheroes, it's a singular moment that typically sets the individual on the path to becoming a force for good. That's what is known as the origin story. Whether it's an alien with unbelievable powers or a regular Earthling who's just trying to do the best with their natural talents, each comic book protagonist has an experience that leads them on their heroic path. And boy, have there been a lot of these told for both classic and modern heroes. 

The comic book medium has been going strong for more 75 years, and over those decades hundreds, if not thousands, of superheroes have been introduced. Typically these origin stories have been seen across a variety of media by both passionate comic book fans and people who are just looking for a good tale. And just because a hero is successful doesn't mean that they got off to the best start with their origin stories, but when these tales are told right, they're the stuff of legend. Here are some of the most famous superheroes of all time ranked by how great and epic their origin stories are. 

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1. The X-Men

Of course, each individual X-Men has their own unique stories, but together the team's origin tale is a classic. As mutants, they were all born with their abilities rather than imbued with them by science, magic or aliens. Consequently, many of these people face mistrust and bigotry from the general population who view them as freaks of nature. However, despite their persecution, they still use their powers to protect the innocent. Brought together by Charles Xavier, the X-Men not only combat threats ranging from fanatical humans to fellow mutants, but their overall mission is to fight for the rights of their fellow mutants and usher in a world of acceptance and peace. So even though their overall story is based in a superhero world, it's memorable because their goals are similar to what many of us want to achieve in real life.

Seen On Screen: In Bryan Singer's initial X-Menforay, back in 2000.

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2. The Flash (Barry Allen)

In the 1950s, DC Comics decided to relaunch several of their most successful superheroes from the 1940s as new individuals. The Flash was the first to receive this treatment, being reintroduced in 1956 as forensic scientist Barry Allen. While working late in his lab one night, he was struck by lightning, which subsequently knocked him into shelf full of chemicals. After waking up, he discovered he could run at superhuman speeds, and donning the red and yellow costume that's become much more recognizable than his predecessor's, Barry became the new Flash and built a quite a supporting cast. Visually it's one of the best origins on this list, but it also has a distinct sci-fi feel to it that few DC hero origins had before it. Many non-comic book fans saw this origin told for the first time back in October on the CW series The Flash.

Seen On Screen: As mentioned, the best version of The Flash Can be seen each week on The CW.

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3. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Green Lantern was the second DC hero to be revitalized during the Silver Age of comic books. This time around, test pilot Hal Jordan inherited a special ring after it was bequeathed to him by a dying alien named Abin Sur who had crash-landed on Earth. Unlike the magical ring that the Golden Age Green Lantern wore, Hal Jordan's ring was a product of science that allowed him to use his willpower to fly and make solid constructs with his mind. Inheriting Abin Sur's legacy, Hal became the new Green Lantern of Sector 2814, and the first human to ever join the Green Lantern Corps. Like The Flash, it's memorable for its sci-fi feel, but also to due to how this Green Lantern inherited his heroic legacy from a mysterious visitor (which would later be repeated with Kyle Rayner) whereas his predecessor Alan Scott just sort of stumbled upon his power.

Seen On Screen: In the flawed, but right now only, Green Lantern origin movie with Ryan Reynolds, which hit theaters in 2011.

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4. Iron Man

Although the location for Iron Man's origin has changed several times throughout the decades, the story itself has not. While demonstrating some of his creations abroad, Tony Stark was injured and taken captive by enemy soldiers. While in captivity, he was forced to build weapons for these terrorists, but with the help of scientist Ho Yinsen, he built a mechanical suit that allowed him to defeat his captors and escape to freedom. With a renewed perspective on life, Tony uses his new armor to protect the innocent as Iron Man. Not only is it one of best redemption origin stories and full of action as Tony escaped his imprisonment, it also showed that not everyone who becomes a superhero starts out as a moral individual. Sometimes takes a nudge (or in Tony's case nearly dying from shrapnel in your heart) to discover your true potential.

Seen On Screen: Stark's destiny was brought to life by Jon Favreau in 2008's Iron Man, with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead.

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5 Captain America

Captain America's origin story wouldn't work well as an anti-drug PSA, but it's an excellent story of trumping over the odds. Steve Rogerswanted to serve in World War II, but his scrawny body and ill health prevented him from enlisting. Fortunately for him, he was chosen as the test subject for Project Rebirth, and after being injected with the Super Soldier Serum, his body became the epitome of physical perfection. Soon after the scientist who created the serum was assassinated by a Nazi spy, leaving the serum's formula lost and making Steve the only one of his kind. He subsequently became Captain America to not only to help defeat the Axis forces, but to become one of the most well-known superheroes in the present-day after being frozen for decades. As mentioned earlier, it's memorable for featuring the little guy rising up to beat the odds, but it also helps that it was an important reflection of the era he was created in and even inspired good to defeat evil in real life.

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In the darkest hours of the night. 

Inside a study room of an ancient castle, one can see two people, one being a handsome Japanese man with black hair and ice blue eyes, standing with his arms crossed.

In front of the man is a white haired European beautie with red eyes sitting at the desk, her eyes looking at the relative pile of books ranging from "Basic History" to "Harry Potter" with mild curiosity.

Irisviel: So i am to just read these books ?

Akihiko: Yes, for now read some before you sleep, don't read them all at once though and you can ask any questions you want.

It's been another month since i came to the Einzbern Castle but this month, i spend my time teaching Irisviel talking patterns and social interactions, the one teaching being the anti social me of course it wasn't perfect but she will have to fix those herself in time as we progress.

Irisviel: Why am i reading these ?

Akihiko: Because reading is fun ?

Irisviel: Then why aren't you reading ?

Akihiko: I have already read those, i just brought them for you and i am going to build a present for you while you finish them.

The books here are just lighthearted history, some slice of life novels ect. and yes HP counts as slice of life if you compare it to average life of a magus.

Irisviel: What's a present ?

Akihiko: It's a surprise someone gives to another for special occasions or just wants to give.

Irisviel: Can i get it early if i read really quick !

This reaction is what i am working towards, that glimmer of expectation, that light in her eye that's carrying emotions.

Akihiko: *Chuckle* Well, i asked you to read them slowly since the present isn't ready yet.

Irisviel: I see...

Aww, *Head pats intensifies*

Irisviel: That's somehow warm ?

I am going to make her addicted to head pats by the time we leave here. There's just something calming about patting heads.
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While my plan is in motion i have took an book out of the necklace for myself, while it may have been to just "create" a car that's running with prana, i enjoy the building process itself.

So for this i am further researching into runes in my head since i can finally use the shiny ones that needs divinity and i am also reading about cars and it's components, how does engines work, how the wheels gets wired to the steering wheel ect.

I am going to build this stuff from scratch while making a Prana/Chakra powered engine for it, it's going to work and sound like a car but it won't have all the nasty bad sides of destroying the environment.
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Our lives went along as Irisviel slowly read her books and i started to draw a concept look for the internal of the car.

At some point i finally decided to introduce her to movies, i didn't show her any Sci Fi or any fantasy ficton since her common sense is not at the point of differencing it from reality, i don't want her to think there are real Jedi out there... Well technically there are in a another universe but that's not the point.

So she got to watch stuff like Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, sometimes comedy, i really wanted to make her watch, Scary Movie(not horror it's the name of it) but i held back even i have no idea how that would effect her.

For the whole year she read books, watched movies and asked me questions about them and things she didn't understand and there were some deep questions there like, "Why people hurt each other" or "Why did they hit children" or "Why wars happen" like seriously even i don't know the answers for those, i just gave her my opinions on them while adding that these are my views and it could change from person to person.

She seemed like she was reaching to a conclusion with every anwser i gave her.
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At the end of the year in december. One could see Irisviel looking after some winter flowers in the garden of the castle.

This part of the garden is hers, she wanted to look after a living being, well she first asked for a pet but i gave the opinion of flowers.

I doubt a pet would stay as a pet here, up in the mountains filled with wolves and bears.

Anyway, i observe her as she took care of her garden then she stopped and turned to me.

Irisviel: Akihiko, may i ask something ?

She seems fidgety like she's embarrassed to ask whatever she's going to ask.

Akihiko: Sure, don't hold back.

Irisviel: Can i ask about your life ? ... I mean we always watched those movies and i am reading those books but i am starting to feel they don't really reflect reality, like i have watched people live their lives but even in those ones that set in medieval time doesn't reflect our lives.

After that she talked about the difference of the lives of people in fictional works and our own.

While she expressed that she wanted something "Genuine" i just had a brilliant smile on my face.

Finally she grew up and realized the difference. I didn't want to make her watch movies and just after that say "Hey those are not real" it's like Santa, child should realize that it's not real on their own. At least that's my opinion.

Irisviel: Mou! i am saying something serious here please don't laugh at me *Pouts*

Damn it, she's too cute, going to her side i just pinched her cheeks and patted her head.

Akihiko: hahaha i am not laughing at you, i was just happy that you realized what's different between fiction and real life.

Irisviel: You did that on purpose... that's mean! 

*Head pats*

Irisviel: That won't save you! You're going to feel my wrath!

She said that while punching my chest! so cute !

*Head Pats Intensifies*

If one were to observe from outside, one can see a man head patting a flustered women while the women in question is trying to ran away from her embarrassment by hitting the man even more.
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After Irisviel's awakening to common sense and her subsequent realization of what's real or not, i introduced her to Sci Fi and Fantasy genre's.

She wasn't all that exited about fantasy since you know we're living in a world with magecraft and magic.

On the other hand she started to ask stuff about my life, i have made a confusion barrier that surrounding two of us to make sure we're not being listened and filled her in on my real identity of Sixth Magician, there's no reason to lie to her.

She being a Homunculus came equipped with knowledge of important people and that of course includes me as well.

Irisviel: What! if you're the Sixth Magician why seek the grail ? doesn't your power alter reality ?

To her question i explained chakra and how i made them buy it Sixth Magic by the end of my explanation she was really amused at me fooling the whole moonlit world.

Irisviel: But then again, why seek the grail if you have such powers ?

Akihiko: Answer is, i am not seeking the grail.

Irisviel: Then why go through such long preparations to get hired and bother with the family head ?

To this question i pointed at her, this is going to be a cheesy line but there's just no other way to put it.

Akihiko: It's going to sound weird but i am just here for "you".

She halted for a while before continuing.

Irisviel: What do you mean ?

Akihiko: Don't misunderstand me, i am here for "you" not the grail.

Irisviel: I don't understand how did you knew about me back then to prepare for all of this.

Akihiko: Iris, you have just awakened your personality and you're already confused, i will answer all of your questions in time but can you shelve that question for now.

Irisviel: You're right, my head feels like there's lead inside.

*Healing head pats*

Irisviel: Thank you.

Smiling i kept patting her. Not like i can tell her that she was a anime character just yet, it would break the common sense i have strived to build. Just getting out of this world is going to blow hee mind.
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In the study room of an ancient castle, Irisviel von Einzbern is drawing the master piece of her life using a sketch book and pencils.

What she's drawing is a car... A car that's awfully similar to the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback in the Fast& Furious Tokyo Drift...
She didn't watched movie yet...

Akihiko: Really ? you want to car to be like this ?

At my mention Irisviel stopped drawing and turned to me with stars in her eyes.

Irisviel: Yes! look at that it looks awesome but*Finger at me* you have to make it fast as well got it!

Akihiko: Well i am happy to see you got some hobbies, it's better than gambling i guess.

At my grumbling Irisviel tilted her head not understanding why would i mention gambling at this point of conversation, i just shook my head not wanting to talk about it.

Akihiko: Well finish your sketching then i will start building it, now i need to go and see Acth.

I left the room while Irisviel waved me goodbye.
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It has been two years since i came here meaning there's 8 years left for the war, during this time i managed to "crack" Acth's head and got him to pack up everything Einzberns owned in a discreet manner.

Also since he's under my thumb i don't need the whole, "She needs to watch Star Wars Marathon to understand society" deals and excessive use of Kotoamatsukami.

Now days Acth could be seen acting polite even to his maids and being relatively humane, who would have thought he would became more humanlike after i messed with his head anyway.

The reason i want the Einzberns is that i have finally have a life supporting planet inside me Yaaay!

What that's about you might ask and here's the answer.

I already have the ownership of the Naruto World and i will own this one after my business is done but there's nothing better than your own creation.

In this case my plan is making a giant dungeon in Naruto and Nasuverse worlds that will spread my religion and those who get in and survive will be transferred to the "New World" 

My own world, where resources are plenty and chakra is dense, yes i am going with chakra and the dungeon itself will help people adjust to it, only those who pass through the challenges shall step on the "New World"

The beasts inside will be either be made by me or will be transferred from the two worlds but no peaceful beast shall be used as monsters. Peaceful races like faires get free tickets inside.

There's even a prize for being early, those who finish early will become the moderator gods of the place and those who reach the new world first and transferred into my version of Valhalla or Olympus or whatever.

Don't get me wrong when i say this though to go through the dungeon you need both physical and mental strength and i will make sure to cut the bad seeds before they bloom.

Not like i can end all evil but i can choose the what kind of evil i will allow.

What about the ones don't give a shit or can't participate, fear not. The dungeon is not mandatory.

Those who want to stay in their own world will stay in their own world. Living and dying reincarnating and eventually they will get in the dungeon.

After 10-100 generations whole Nasuverse and Naruto World will transferred to my own world, It's not perfect but this is the best i could come up with.

I am going to have the Einzberns Homunculus act like Valkyries but they will have their own will, they will just have set of rules that shouldn't be broken.

Not like i am arrogant or childish like the generic gods.
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Getting in the room of Acth i can see that he's coming up with a better way to make the Homunculus to make them more humane, like being able to bear children and such.

Akihiko: I see you're still going on it.

Acth: Sorry sir, it's just they weren't designed for this in the first place but don't worry with the resources you have brought and the Einzbern craft i shall achieve your goal.

Akihiko: Don't overwork yourself there are still time not like i am going to start right after the war we still have time until 2004.

Acth: Thank you sir.

Akihiko: Alright then i am leaving, i have something to build.

Acth: Sir!

Akihiko: Yes ?

Acth: We finally got the artifact for the summoning.

Saying this Acth got up from his seat and moved towards the safe and got the Avalon out.

Acth: Scabbard of the King Arthur, he will be a great choice for a servant.

Akihiko: Indeed she will be.

Acth: She ?

Akihiko: King Arthur is a women.

Saying my piece i left his room but something stuck to my head...

That scoundrel of a Magus still alive right ?

Getting back in i took Avalon and got back out.

Putting the scabbard to the ground i focused on it.

THERE!

"Summoning Jutsu" *Poof*

The man came out of the smoke is a young looking man with grey hair lavender colored eyes, wearing grey robes with purple flower motifs. Yes he's Merlin.

Merlin: I was wondering how long it would take for you to summon me hohoho.

Let's hope i didn't make a mistake.
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WARNING my stories generally lack spirit i write for fun and to free my head from this particular plot.

Expect inconsistency bullshit power ups and messed up logic and also don't expect good grammar.

Chapter 643: crash!

In the study room filled with the fragrance of books, gu kuangen sat opposite mr. yang tian and said with a faint smile, "mr. yang tian, your price is too high. according to what i know, mr. charles from abroad, his `tenth resurrection' only sold for 100 million. although your three novels are very well written, but 10 billion..."

That's right, yang tian offered 10 billion for the rights to the three novels!

Gu kuangen's worth was only a few tens of billions, not even cash. if he really bought the copyright, then he wouldn't have the money to invest. without money, even if he bought the copyright, he wouldn't be able to make a movie, right?

Yang tian sipped his tea lightly and said coldly, "mr. gu, you have to understand, my authorization is for 20 years. if you can't make 10 billion in 20 years, then it proves that your ability isn't good enough. if you can make a good movie, 10 billion in 20 years will be easily doubled back!"

Gu kuangen raised his eyebrows. this seemingly enthusiastic yang tian was actually not easy to deal with. no wonder the previous directors and producers were unable to convince him to sell the copyright.

"it's like this, mr. yang tian..." gu kuangen continued to elaborate on his point of view, hoping that he could really persuade this yang tian.

Half an hour passed. cheng li waited in the car for about two hours before he saw gu kuangen walk out with a dark face.

Cheng li felt that it was not ideal when he saw his expression. when he got into the car, he asked curiously, "boss, did you and mr. yang tian have a deal?"

Gu kuangen shook his head and said coldly, "he's too arrogant. he thinks that we will destroy his work. moreover... the royalty fees he proposed are astronomical. the three novels will cost 10 billion!"

"what?" cheng li gasped, "no wonder so many big-name directors have tried to contact him but failed. it turns out..."

It turned out that mr. yang tian had opened his mouth wide. although the world was much more advanced now, the most expensive novel had only been sold for 100 million yuan in royalties. that was the only time in history.

It was a sci-fi novel written by a famous foreign writer.

"let's go back to the company!" gu kuangen's face was very smelly as he said coldly.

Cheng li immediately advised him, "boss, don't be discouraged. maybe a miracle will happen?"

"a miracle? that's impossible. yang tian has a bad temper. it's impossible for us to buy his copyright. he said that he would rather have his copyright taken into his coffin than sell it at such a low price!" gu kuangen sneered, his eyes full of malice.

Cheng li shook his head, "boss, let's look for other copyright. i don't believe that other than him, we can't find anything better!"

Gu kuangen drove the car and left the yang residence with a gloomy expression.

At the second intersection, a car suddenly crashed into the left side of the road. a woman was sent flying.

It was a common traffic accident, but the driver was so scared that he immediately drove away. the woman was lying in a pool of blood. she stretched out her hand in pain and saw gu kuangen's car in front of her.

"save me..." the woman's blood-covered face looked at gu kuangen.

Gu kuangen's body trembled and his hand could not help but tremble slightly.

"boss... she..." cheng li rarely saw gu kuangen lose his composure. right now, his expression was a little ugly and the veins on his forehead bulged. however, before he could continue, gu kuangen had already pushed open the car door and walked down!



I'm not your slave, you bastard! She's furious! She's furious! I'm furious! WE'RE BREAKING UP! She's laughing like crazy! We'll discuss this in a hundred years She was her ex boyfriend, mother hated down and out, but he praised her as treasure, when Tsenin, you want my heart, my life, I can give you at any time

I woke up early than usual and reminded myself it's Christmas today and I could not feel any zeal of it, I never did. Christmas was meant to be a festival but for us it was different, every year it is used an event to promote sinful mafia businesses and that meant trouble every Christmas. And this year, I was the victim who has to undergo the wrath of fate or I should call wrath of my father. He  has always been selfish and I could not expect anymore from him. 
I brushed my teeth,took a long, hot shower and put my orange jumpsuit with stripes on.
I decided to leave my hair open and headed towards dining hall where everybody were having their breakfast. I thought I was early today but never mind!
I wished Merry Christmas to all and everyone wished me back expect Mr Costello. He doesn't have manners I guess.  my mother said, 

"Good morning, sweet heart.You are up early, today."

"Oh! but I think I'm the last person to reach here."

I stated and Franco's mother smiled and said, 

"Don't worry you are not late,we just gathered here come and serve yourself, El."

She is so sweet to believe that she is actually the wife of one of the most cold hearted men I know. Franco's nature must be inherited by her. 
I smiled and took my seat to breakfast. 
I served myself a toast, a pancake and a freshly brewed coffee. My father was reading newspaper and Franco's father was busy taking information about functioning of his business in his absence. Everyone was quiet,just Neel asking silly questions from Franco about his cars and all. 
After breakfast everyone left for their respective works. I did not wanted to go to my room and feel caged so I decided to walk around in our garden.Franco saw me,not going in the direction of room and came to me to ask, 

"Are you going somewhere?"

"Just to check out the new blossoms in the garden."

I replied. 

"Can I join you?"

He asked. 

"Why not? let's go."

The weather was perfect to have a walk. Franco walked with me and we noticed some fresh roses and Lilies growing.I showed to Franco the small purple iris plants which planted last year and they were starting to bloom. We also had daffodil,dahlia,etc. I told him about some rare flowers like Anguloa Uniflora, Floxglove,craddle orchids and few other of plants and he tried to grasp the information and said, 

"Wow you know so much about gardening."

"I have always loved plants,many of them I planted myself from my childhood till now. I love to have varieties of them in my garden and during spring this once looked like heaven."

I said,imagining the fragrance and view of this place during spring.

"The weather is good today, it's snowing now.Do you want to take a drive to enjoy the the great Christmas day?"

Franco asked. Yes I wanted to go with him but what if I was needed in the house and my father would be angry if he found me missing. 

"Yeah I want to but I don't think we can go now as my mother would be needing for the preparation of eve."

I felt bad,rejecting when he actually asked for the first time. 

"Never mind,we can go some other time."

said Franco. 

We went back inside and headed toward our respective rooms. The party will start at six in the evening and it was just eleven now. I was bored just roaming around in my room and regretted,not going with Franco. I decided to take a nap and it took me half an hour of struggling to finally fall asleep.
I was awaken by the knock on the door I noticed time,it was already two, I thought everyone must have had their lunch by this time,who could it be.I got up from the bed sleepily and reached the door rubbing my eyes,slightly shocked by discovering Franco on door he smiled and asked, 

"Did I disturb your sleep?"

"No,not a problem. Do you need something?"

I asked.

"No, you were just missing during lunch and I was bored without anyone's company, so I thought why not go to you."

"Oh! yeah, you are welcome."

I opened door for him and he entered my room for the first time. 

"Do you read these books?"

He asked noticing my book shelf. 

"Yeah I like reading especially sci-fi books."

I said. 

"I read a few books and I do like reading but don't get enough time for it under the burden of being future alpha."

He said with somewhat guilt in his voice and then smiled. oh! he looks so hot when he smiles.

We talked about books and his favourite movies which informed that he too is a big sci-fi fan and most of the movies we loved were common. 
We sat on my bed and he told me about events of his childhood. When he first held a gun and his hands shook a drilling machine,he got beaten up by his dad for failing on hitting his target which was a living human. I felt bad for him. He was just 15 when this happened.
I told him about my birthdays and how Cindy never leaves a chance to make them special since we were child and how we have grown together.
We talked and talked,laughed together and the  time passed it was already fou and we did not realise that we have spent so much time chatting. 
My mom came to inform, 

"You should get ready now, we have to go to the party."

Then she noticed Franco and asked, 

"You needed something?You should have came to me."

She said in an overly concerned voice. Stop acting for once,mom!

"No, I was just bored so came to get her company."

Franco said. 

"Oh! then it's good."

she replied and left after asking us to get ready fast. 

"So,bye for now.See at the hallway."

He grinned and left.

I, Elara Winthrop has always thought that being born with mafia blood in your veins is a sin itself. I hated my life more than anything else and the only thing I wanted was freedom from this life,but even i knew it was more than impossible for a wish like this to come true. 
I have become used to my life and started accepting what destiny plans for me.I am neither sad nor happy now. My life was going rough plain,until they entered my life. 

The most dangerous yet powerful future alphas of Chicago and Italy wants to conquer over me, not for love but as to become more powerful by creating good relations with Paris's alpha.

I am going to marry one of them soon, but who will it be? am I going to find love or would spend my rest life regretting to be born in the mafia world? 

Check out my story to find more.

"Work work work!" In an office building in the Timo Business District of Yoder City Center, a newly-listed game review company just began their busy day at work.
In this enterprise, there were over two hundred game reviewers. But evidently, they were still short-handed. It was normal for them to work overtime mainly because the game market was too large. In this industry, the number of employees had already reached the millions, yet it seemed far from being saturated. Every year, there would still be a large number of graduates joining this industry.
Ever since the founding of the D-Planet Federation in the twenty-third century, artificial intelligence had begun to spread extensively throughout the globe. Most jobs that required human labor were filled. Hence, the tasks humanity could do gradually became lesser, resulting in large amounts of idle time. On the contrary, the entertainment business became increasingly developed, and the improvement of the gaming industry, as one of the important parts of the entertainment business, naturally saw rapid progress.
"[Storm Tribe], [Imperial Conqueror], [Spirit Sword Sealing Demons Record], [Yin Yang Master 28]…" In the office, Little Chen who had just entered the office began to open up the list of games that needed to be tested. He glanced at this list of huge IPs as envy shone in his eyes.
These games were all products of large companies and big productions that had immense numbers of advertisements since two years ago. The company he worked for could actually get so many high-caliber games for testing. It seemed like its connections and capabilities were extraordinary. But sadly, these had nothing to do with him.
As a newbie, these huge IPs would never be given to him to review and test. Only experienced veterans would be invited to conduct accurate evaluations and risk estimations for these games.
And as for newbies like him, the games they reviewed were usually privately designed.
Because artificial intelligence had developed greatly, the gaming platforms, templates, and frameworks were extremely mature. The basic costing wasn't high, leading to many private gaming enthusiasts who didn't have a lot of money to create virtual games using their creativity. But because they sorely lacked a game creation team and art designing team, the privately designed games could only attract audiences if they had elaborate creativity.
After the barrier of entry was lowered, private games flooded the market. For quality privately designed games, it was rare to find one even in ten thousand games. The majority of the games depended on selling scantily-clad female characters or the BL (boy's love) genre. But even so, for such games, a portion of gamers who stayed at home also wouldn't buy them. In this world, those who could afford to stay home and do nothing but play games wouldn't lack money either…
Little Chen scrolled the screen, searching for some game products that were of slightly higher quality. All of a sudden, he saw a black-colored metal icon.
"The logo isn't bad!" Little Chen felt a little more energetic when he saw the game icon of 'Star Ocean'. The logo had a metallic feel to it and from its title, it seemed to be a game of the sci-fi genre. But sci-fi couldn't accurately describe it. Many major gaming productions wouldn't dare to touch the sci-fi genre, let alone private game designers.
Most of the sci-fi games were hanging the heads of sheep while selling dog meat, falsely advertising their content. Either some hot babes would accompany you to travel the universe, or it would be a hack-and-slash game like [Legend] that was covered under the guise of 'science-fiction' where one would level up while killing space monsters. Warriors and mages in normal hack-and-slash games would have their titles changed to origin force soldiers. The dragon-slaying saber would change to forcesaber—everything was just blatant plagiarism covered by new names and titles.
It was unknown how many people were still playing [Legend], and how many more generations of people would still be cheated by such a method?
With a heart like he knew everything, Little Chen clicked into the game. It was still better for him to test a hack-and-slash game like [Legend] early in the morning than to test a bunch of similar privately designed games. After all, there were many past examples that he could draw references from.
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"Welcome to [Star Ocean]. Come, sign the contract and become a subject under the authority of Overlord Xiye!"
A clear voice broke the dumb-founded look on Little Chen's face. He raised his head in a startled manner and stared at the unusually formidable-looking NPC. His entire person began to shiver.
"Damn. Is... is this really a privately designed game?"
"Isn't this model too realistic?"
Little Chen stared at the surroundings with disbelief etched on his face. The scene was a temporary military base fixed up with metal. Inside were all sorts of unknown instruments, robotic arms, and many pieces of equipment that he didn't recognize. He suddenly felt too excited to speak.
Right now, the highest-evaluated sci-fi game in the market was [Titan], created by the Rainstorm Company. [Titan]'s ID was sold at $8,800 federal dollars and was known as the most expensive game in the market. When he was still studying, he had to scrimp and save for three years before he could barely have enough money to buy an account. But the sense of reality projected by this game's design and the quality of the NPC model could basically trash [Titan]!
The details, the metallic feel, the NPC model, the lines of his face, the heaving rhythm of his muscles when he breathed in and out. The sense of reality was even more real when compared to sci-fi movies!
Could he really have encountered the 'legendary' divine work of the mortal world?
Little Chen involuntarily stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the NPC. But even before his hand came in contact, an imposing might suddenly gushed over. Little Chen couldn't react in time and fell onto the ground in fright. The sense of pain traveling up from his bum caused him to feel even more bewildered as he silently mused, "A 100% tactile feel? This game is too gusty!"
"You are not allowed to touch this overlord!"
"An all-intelligent NPC?" Little Chen drew in a deep breath. Right now, A.I. technology had matured, and so an all-intelligent NPC wasn't anything rare, but the personality of this NPC was pretty interesting.
After thinking about it, he didn't continue to antagonize the other party. This game had a 100% tactile feel. If he was somehow smacked to death by this NPC, that feeling would be extremely hard to bear. As he contemplated, he turned his gaze to a huge metal door at the side.
There was a window on the door. Through the window, he could see the scene outside the temporary base. It was filled with desolation, as the scarlet red ground had no greenery. This place should be built according to the scenes on Mars.
This would save some trouble in the creation process, but the details were extremely precise. The quality of the sand and gravel on the ground looked extremely real. The flowing effect of their physical interaction with the wind was also very good. There were no problems at all!
After thinking about it, he pushed his hand forward, wanting to open the door to see the outside world. But all of a sudden, he felt a shock current bouncing his hand back. Just when he was astonished, the NPC spoke, "Mortal, your current body can't survive on this planet. After signing the contract, this overlord will commence a biological modification for you. Once the number of people here reaches 500, this overlord will organize all of you into different teams to harvest resources outside to build your home base!" 
"Oh…" A look of sudden enlightenment flashed on Little Chen's face as he mused, "So it is still unavailable to the public!"
But after pondering, it should be the case. For a production of this quality, just the amount of work needed for the details of the different backgrounds and scenes alone would be enormous. Private designers naturally wouldn't have the ability to open up too many zones. After understanding this logic, he instantly knew that this was a semi-finished product!
Such semi-finished products weren't rare on the market. Many private designers had high standards, but they weren't able to finish the game due to a lack of funding. They would always first design an opening model to attract investors to fund their game.
When he thought of this, he immediately began to score the game professionally.
Game quality: Semi-finished.
Game scene performance: Five stars. Perfect details, excellent quality. Just from the scene alone, one can tell that this game will be one that can span across eras!
Game model: Five stars. Exquisite, detailed, fully exhibiting the talent of the art design team.
Game playability: Unknown. Temporarily unable to play. It is a game that's looking for investors.
Overall game evaluation: A semi-finished product that has very high potential. It has a very strong art design team. I believe that if there's a good game-planning team, this might be a product that can replace [Titan]. Investment risk: Three and a half stars. The reason being the content right now is too little; there's almost no content. This made me doubt if there might be completely no planning done for this game in the future. I suggest investors to ask the creator carefully first, or to hire a good planning team on their own terms!
After having a conclusion in his heart, Little Chen excitedly went to write his report. It was like finding gold in a shithole. This was already considered a good accomplishment.
But suddenly, he discovered that there was no menu popping up. He then glanced at the only intelligent NPC on the scene. "Might I ask how do I exit the game?"
This time around, the NPC didn't say anything at all. It expressionlessly pointed to a transmitter at the center of the base that resembled a transfer device in sci-fi movies.
The node exit system?
Little Chen was startled. Although it could make the game seem more real, it evidently was much more troublesome. In the currently fast-tempo entertainment game models, this wouldn't be liked. It seemed like this game truly lacked a good planning team.
After contemplating it, he didn't hesitate and entered the transfer device. After activating the menu, he chose the option to exit [Star Ocean]. He also took the opportunity to quickly hand up his report before anyone else discovered this game. He must not let credit for such an accomplishment escape him!
After that, a flash of light manifested, and Little Chen who was in the transfer device vanished completely. The NPC that had a look of arrogance on his face suddenly sat down after he saw that Little Chen had left. He removed his imposing metal helmet and revealed a handsome face!
"This overlord is so fatigued!" The NPC actually began to mumble to himself. "That silly fool finally left!" After that, he spoke to the air, "A.I., can we really get away with it by me acting like this?"
"Overlord, please rest your heart at ease!" An electronic voice rang out suddenly from within the base. "Overlord, you only need to wait patiently. Not long later, there would be an unending stream of subjects flowing in!"


Player: I'm a worker whose monthly salary doesn’t even hit $5,000. My monthly rental already takes up half of my salary, I don’t have a girlfriend and is reprimanded by my superior every day. However, I feel very happy because there has been a new virtual game recently. In the game, I have a powerful bloodline. Not only do I have my own fleet, I even have a powerful overlord that granted me a colonized planet. Although I know this is fake, but inside there, I found the meaning of my life!
Actually...the overlord who gave him the planet really wanted to tell him that this game wasn’t fake. (You really have your own fleet and colonized planet…) but the overlord knew that he couldn’t say this. Because, once he said it, these subjects who thought of themselves as ‘players’, would definitely not be as terrifyingly hardworking as now!!


For the past week, Andrew has been going steady with rehabilitation. He is driven by the thought of seeing his friends and family again, and May. Helen has shown him around the centre, and he is allowed to walk around for himself for the most part. A few days ago, the phone charged, but he wasn't able to use any services. All the apps were out of date and his phone number had been deactivated many years ago. Andrew is disappointed, but he decided not to bother with it anymore. The phone has been put back in the box as a relic of the past.

Andrew is in the cafeteria for breakfast.
"Good morning, Andrew." Helen walks up to him with her own plate.
"Morning." He responds.
"Lacking energy?" 
"I just didn't sleep well, that's all."
"Well, that's understandable." Helen responds. "So, how do you feel about living?"
Andrew looks at her, surprised by the random question.
"It's okay, I guess. The food is alright and the bed is comfier than what I remember from hospital beds."
Helen nods. "Anything else? Maybe about you know… " She pauses for a bit. "This timeline? If you know what I mean."
[I wouldn't really call it a timeline.]
"I like reading books, which is new for me too." Andrew responds.
"Nice, nice, which genres?" Helen says excitedly.
"History books, and sci-fi."
"Sci-fi huh." Helen says. "That's actually interesting, given science fiction in your time could be reality right now."
[And what about history?]
"Well," Andrew starts. "It's not actually that different from the past. Time and space travel stories still seem to be a thing. I've taken a better liking in history books, though."
"Why? I'd say they're boring."
"I thought so too, but it just interests me to read about things I could've seen happening, but didn't. I don't know why, exactly."
Helen shows a slightly worried expression, but quickly covers it up with a smile. But it was in vain, as Andrew had already noticed it.
"You look worried." He says.
[Calling it out directly works best, at least that's what I've read.]
"No, it's nothing. You should know the gist of it by now. Anyway, I should show you around the Recreational Area, where most patients spend their time throughout the day."
[Changing the topic I see, but I almost forgot there were other people here too. Of course there are, she mentioned them multiple times.]

They finish up their breakfast and walk to the recreational area. It is on the same floor as the cafeteria, and close to it as well. Helen opens the door and lets Andrew pass through first. He is greeted by a large space, with couches, chairs, tables, two televisions, computers, a large bookcase and an outside area. The glass obscures the things that reside in the outside area, so he can't make out what they are. There are a few people, definitely older than Andrew, playing a card game at one of the tables. Andrew and Helen walk up to them.
"Hey, guys! Playing Poker?" Helen says to them.
"Good morning Helen, and no, we're playing Hearts." One of them responds. "I see you're here to introduce us to someone."
"That's correct, this here is Andrew. He woke up a little less than two weeks ago. You're the only ones here this early, so I thought I'd introduce him to you."
Andrew shakes each of their hands.
[There's no need to say my name right? They've already heard it.]
"Mike."
"Wilhelm, nice to meet you."
"Chris, and this here is Joe."
The four men, probably in their thirties or forties, greet Andrew nicely and offer him a seat on the couch.
[Someone was also named Mike in my class, I wonder how he's doing. This definitely isn't him however. Way too old.]
Andrew sits down on the couch next to Wilhelm, while Chris gets another chair for himself. They put their cards down on the table.
"I'll be leaving now, hopefully you can get along and play a game together." Helen says. She leaves the recreational area, and walks down the hallway.
"Andrew, was it?" Wilhelm addresses him. He has a slightly German accent, one that Andrew has never heard before. Andrew nods.
"So, where're you from? Or I should say when, actually." The others laugh at Wilhelm's wordplay, although it wasn't even that funny.
"Twenty-nineteen." Andrew responds. "And you?"
"I died in 1999, only a month before the millennium change." Wilhelm says. "T'is a shame, I got impaled by a m… "
Andrew gets a shiver by the words coming from Wilhelm's mouth.
"Woah there Wilhelm, he doesn't need to know yet." Mike interrupts him. "Your death was the most gruesome of us four, so it'll be best to tell him last, when he's all good again."
"Ah, I'm sorry." Wilhelm holds Andrew's shoulder. "I'll tell you one day, kid, one day."
[He's a bit of an oddball, but he listens.]
"It's fine, I'll ask you about it when I can."
Wilhelm lets go of his shoulder.
"So," Andrew starts "why are you saying you died? All of you are still here."
Chris sits up right, signalling he is going to answer that question.
"About a month or two ago, we didn't feel estranged to the fact that we died anymore, so we decided it would be the best way to describe our accidents." Chris starts. He speaks every word formally and has thought every sentence through. "I understand why you're still a bit estranged by the fact of your death, and your arrival here."
[For such formal sentences, using estranged twice really jumps out.]
Andrew looks at Chris for a moment, processing what he just heard.
[Wait, two months ago?]
"How long have you all been here for?" Andrew asks.
"About four or five months, I don't exactly know." Mike says. "We all woke up at around the same time, and we didn't have anywhere to go, so we stuck together."
"So you're allowed to stay here?"
"We probably will for the rest of our lives, so yeah." Mike answers.
Suddenly, Joe rapidly makes movements with his hands, and Chris looks at it intensely.
[What is this, is he mute?]
"Joe asks how old you are, and what your accident was." Chris says. "Joe you know you can't really ask that, he woke up just two weeks ago."
Joe nods, and makes a few more signs to Chris.
"Oh, I see. We'll see what he responds."
[What did he ask?]
"Well, I don't know how I died, I forgot most of that day. I only know it was the day before we… "
Andrew stops his sentence, but leaves his mouth open.
[We were supposed to celebrate.]
Andrew is unable to continue speaking, as a throbbing sensation fills up his throat.
[We were supposed to celebrate, our two year anniversary, of being together.]
A tear wells up in his eye. Chris jumps up.
"Hey man are you okay? We shouldn't have asked that, I should've seen it coming." He says.
"Oh shit, sorry Andrew." Mike says.
"Mike don't swear in front of our new friend." Chris says.
Wilhelm and Joe are silent, with a guilty expression on their face.
Andrew wipes the tear away.
"No, I'm okay, it's fine." He says. "It just made me realise, something."
"It's okay, you don't have to tell us right now." Chris tells him.
Andrew lifts his face. "It's not your fault Joe, or yours, Wilhelm. I've just been a bit unstable for the past week."
"Well, if you say so." Wilhelm says. Joe makes quick signs with his hands.
"He apologises, and says we should talk about happier things, right?" Chris translates, and Joe nods.
"Yeah." Andrew says. "And I'm seventeen, if you don't count the past forty years or so."
"You're the youngest I've seen here." Chris says. "You look older, though, but only a little."
"Well," Wilhelm starts. "Let's play a game, you know the rules of Hearts?"
"Yeah, I've played it on vacation a few times."
Wilhelm starts shuffling the cards, and divides them across them.
"I'll make a team with Joe." Chris says. "You can't play it with five."
The cards are divided and they start playing.
During the game, they talk about their experiences from the past, about finding their pleasure in playing card games together, their friends, family. Andrew sheds a few more tears while talking about them, but this time, they are tears of joy thinking back to the experiences he had with them. He tells them he wants to see his friends and family as soon as possible. They play a few more different card games, and have lunch together at the cafeteria.
"You have lunch at twelve?" Andrew asks.
"You don't have lunch at twelve?" Mike returns.
"Well, I usually eat at around two or so, back at home too."
"Could be the difference in generation." Mike says. "If you want to keep eating lunch with us you'll have to adjust your schedule, sorry."
"No, no, that's okay."
[They all seem really apologetic here, Helen too.]

They all sit around a table of six, leaving one chair empty. The cafeteria is a large open space, with numerous tables, chairs and couches ordered tightly in the room. There are shutters around the tables, to account for privacy. Opposite of the entrance is a large window, just like in Andrew's room, and most of the other rooms around the centre. Right of the entrance is the self-service cafeteria, where you can place your order on a machine, and it'll be ready for you within minutes. The greater deal of the tables are situated left of the entrance.
Helen enters the cafeteria and notices them at their table. She places and takes her order before walking up to them.
"I knew I could find you here." Helen says. "Looks like you're getting along, were the games fun?" She takes a seat at the empty chair.
"Sure thing, nurse. He even won from Wilhelm once."
"That's something to put on your resume, kid." Wilhelm says. "If you were applying for Poker competitions in the seventies that is."
"Yeah, the professional card games scene has probably changed a lot." Mike adds. "Your talent could be noted in an old book somewhere, Wilhelm."
"If I were, I should've found it already."
Andrew looks at him with a questioning expression, and Wilhelm quickly picks it up.
"It was in 1977." He starts. "I was playing in the finals of the Poker World Cup."
[That existed? I've never heard of it.]
"Many say luck is the greatest factor in Poker, but I don't think that's true. While luck is a factor, it doesn't decide the outcome. You also need a great deal of predictive capabilities and memory, of your opponent's possible hands."
Helen leans in closer to Andrew and whispers in his ear.
"Wilhelm likes telling stories, and doesn't like being interrupted. Once he starts, he can't be stopped." She whispers.
[He was stopped when he started talking about his accident, but it depends on the context I assume.]
Wilhelm continues his long story about Poker, while the others continue their lunch.
"So, finally, I was able to be victorious over him, and won the Poker World Cup of 1977. Using skill, not luck."
"Well, I'd say I used all my luck on that one match then." Andrew replies.
"So it seems. Anyway, after that one victory, my life went downhill, and I ended up being im… "
"That's far enough, Wilhelm." Mike interrupts him.
"Ah, sorry. I'll tell you that part later."
[Yep, the context.]
They finish their lunch and leave the cafeteria.
"Looks like you're getting along, that's great." Helen tells Andrew. "I'll be going back to work now, my next patient is coming up, so I also won't be with you as often anymore."
"That's fine." Andrew replies. "I can find my way around and I found new friends."
Helen smiles. "You're recovery was quick, really quick." She says. "Before you leave here, we will read those letters together, okay?"
"Yeah" Andrew responds. Helen leaves for her office, and Andrew returns to Mike, who is the last one left in the hallway.
"The others already went to their rooms, and I'll be on my way too." Mike says.
"Ah, I see."
"If you ever want to play or talk with us again, just go the recreational area before lunchtime."
"Will do." Andrew says. "See you soon then."
"See you around."
Mike walks up the stairs to his room, but Andrew goes back to the recreational area. He walks up to the bookcase, picks out a fictional history novel, and sits down on the couch.
[I've probably read more in the past week than in the past three or four years.]
He opens the book.
[Past forty years, actually.]


Andrew Hillton is resurrected in 2056, by the technology of Cryogenics. The day before his second anniversary of the relationship with his girlfriend, May, he died of cardiac arrest. Now, 37 years into the future, he feels obliged to look for her. She still loves him, he is sure of it. Andrew meets family members and friends, who have all grown up to be adults. As the reader, you follow Andrew's thoughts as he perceives this new, challenging world.

The room Jie created was huge. He led the other three down stairs and left the three girls outside. In front of them was an area as big as a soccer field. They were amazed by it. Jie said with pride, “I didn’t know that you can change the room, but after figuring it out, you just have to focus and imagine on where you want to change while holding the room’s handle outside. God will also amend any imperfection you have. Just like this training ground.”

This training ground was separated into a few areas. There’s a target practice field, a long distance running field, an obstacle running field, and a close combat platform.

“Starting today, everyday from 8am to 12pm, 1pm to 6pm, and 7pm to 12am. We will train non-stop. We won’t see any results on our body with just these few days so we will start with shooting and close combat. You will also have to run and test your limits. Once you know your limits you can plan ahead in the movies. Anyway, there is a lot of training we have to do.”

Jie gave everyone a description of the purposes of each training area. Long distance running and obstacle running was obvious. Close combat was necessary, shooting was an important factor in sci-fi movies. Everyone agreed to his plans.

Zheng asked, “What about guns? Do we go exchange them for training? Or are we using your desert eagle?”

“Didn’t I say you can create anything in your room? It’s just that you can’t take many of these things out of the room. Go take a look at that storehouse. I exchanged a magazine on guns, then created them according to the descriptions. You can also test the power of sci-fi weapons. Even though they are expensive, you should probably exchange for one when you have the points.”

Xiaoyi exclaimed then ran toward the target practice field. Lan sighed. “You probably can’t create magical weapons in this room, right?”

Jie nodded. “No. I kept trying but couldn’t create them. God probably put a restraint on this.”

Lan touched her forehead. “The most difficult movies are probably the supernatural ones. God wouldn’t let us get familiar with this type of weapon to increase their difficulty. Anyway, if I have the points I will probably only get one sci-fi weapon and spend the rest on magical weapons. That’s what I am planning.”

Zheng and Jie nodded. Especially Zheng, that 1500 points didn’t go to waste.

Jie spent the rest of the afternoon teaching them how to use guns. Of course, other than testing out sci-fi guns for fun, they put their focus on normal guns, especially on their shooting accuracy. Lan and Xiaoyi spent the whole time doing target practice.

Jie led Zheng to the combat platform. Jie only spent 100 points on his gun and the rest enhancing himself. He probably was also in the army back in the real world. He’s much more experienced than Zheng in close combat. It only took a while for him to knock down Zheng.

Jie shook his head. “Not enough. Your speed and strength are there but you can’t keep calm. You have much more strength than before so you can’t control the punches you throw. Learn how to control your speed and power the first few days. Then you will have to learn to use your abilities. We will depend on you for the next movie.”

Zheng nodded. He definitely felt he couldn’t control his strength, and he’s rather curious on his Qi. Was it as amazing as the novels described it? The punches he received from Jie could knock a normal person out, but it was only painful at first then he felt a warm sensation moving through his body and the pain dissipated.

The four of them had dinner at Jie’s room. Then Zheng brought Lori back. On the way back, he was still thinking of the training. He figured out the function of Qi. Other than lessening pain, when he spread it through his body, his speed and strength would double. That was the only time he beat Jie in combat. Jie couldn’t even do anything against that kind of power. But then he could barely move for ten minutes. Seemed like this could only be used in danger.

Zheng still hadn’t figured out how to use the blood energy yet. Since it’s on the same rank as Qi, it shouldn’t be too weak.

“Ahem!”

It woke Zheng up from his thoughts. Lori was standing in front of him with a red face. She seemed mad at him. “You’re walking with me and your mind is elsewhere. Are you regretting you didn’t create another beautiful woman when you saw those two women? I am just a teen, mature women are more attractive, is that what you’re thinking?”

He held onto her hands and smiled. “I am thinking about this afternoon’s training. I will tell you everything if you want to know. Be confident with yourself. You know there were almost a hundred guys trying to date you in school. And you know I’ve always liked you, how could I have think about someone else?”

She looked at him for a while, then smiled. “Then you will tell me in a bit how you spent these years. You just said you will tell me everything right?”

Zheng was startled then he forced a smile.


“Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?” The world changes when you click YES. In God’s dimension, you have to keep getting stronger, keep evolving to survive one horror movie after another. Do you kill everyone in your way to reach the end as a lone king? Or fight along with your comrades and survive through the support of friends? Everything was just for staying alive. Until you find the secret of God’s dimension. Who is the real enemy? 

After hearing what Teacher Wang said, Hong Dali rubbed his chin and said, "This… How about this? You stand in as the Principal first. That should not be a problem, right? If you feel like it, you can announce the time, or you can just take a nap in the communications room. Do whatever you feel like doing. You are single with no dependents, so it doesn't matter where you stay, right?"
Teacher Wang gave it some careful thought. "That's true. Let's do it this way, then. I'll put my old self on the line and temporarily stand in as the Principal. Keke, Young Master Dali is a good man, you will definitely have good fortune."
Are you giving me the good guy card?
Regardless, the New Lanxiang Vocational School had a responsible and good Principal now. Hong Dali was satisfied with the appointment. He snapped his fingers and said, "Come, let's go take a look. Come to think of it, I have not taken a look at the school since construction started."
It was a procession with a group of people, a few cars, followed by Big Turtle the Black Tortoise and ending with more than a hundred security officers. They made for quite a majestic sight on the way, much like a Head of State surveying his country. Soon, they reached the location of the school.
Hong Weiguo found a rather good location for the New Lanxiang Vocational School that Hong Dali wanted to build. It had the outer area of Tianjing Mountain at its rear and covered a land area of tens of thousands square meters. The workers worked fervently and had already completed a few of the main buildings. The place was growing in size. The outer circumference was made of a very long wall, with canteens and dormitories further in.
To be honest, Hong Dali's father had been more than generous. This school was about as grand as Tianjing College where Hong Dali was currently studying. However, Hong Dali still felt that it was not enough.
It was his own land, after all, why should he not build it as majestic as he wanted?
Hong Dali stretched out his hand and touched his chin. He asked Ling Xiaoyi, "Xiaoyi, how much have we spent on this school to date?"
Ling Xiaoyi replied, "Young Master, we have only got the foundations and the basic structures of the various buildings ready. It's just the teaching building that's progressing quicker than the rest. To date, we have spent about four million yuan. We spent around 800,000 on the surrounding wall and have not actually started on the rest yet.
In actual fact, the most expensive things in building construction were firstly the land, and secondly the interior. The building itself was not that costly.
If it were a normal person, the most important thing would be to conserve capital. Hong Dali, however, possessed the Great Prodigal System, and saving on capital was the last thing he wanted to do. He still had a Main Mission to complete. If he failed, it would mean ten points off his sexual capability. That would be terrible. Heaven knew if it would still increase after it got taken off. Hong Dali shook his head decisively and said, "Not enough, it's still not enough!"
Tang Muxin, who still had the kitten in her arms, asked curiously, "Err. Dali, what is still not enough? This place is already not bad. Our Tianjing College is only about this size, this is still not enough?"
Hong Dali continued shaking his head. "Not enough, it's still not enough! This is our own school. How can it only be of this size? Xiaoyi, ask everyone to stop work first, we need to rebuild. Right, bring me the building plans as well, I need to take a good look at them."
Upon hearing what Hong Dali said, Teacher Wang twisted his body and asked in a trembling voice, "Young Master Dali, Don't tell me you intend to demolish and rebuild the entire school? That would waste a lot of money…"
Hong Dali scratched his head and said, "Yes. If I want to do it, it must be the best. I've even got the advertisement slogan for New Lanxiang ready. Learning how to flirt… Ah no. Learning technical skills, come to New Lanxiang. Eight thousand stainless steel beds, three thousand skilled female juniors!"
Teacher Wang was so shocked by Hong Dali's words that he fell on the floor on his bottom. He said dejectedly, "This is your slogan for the technical school? It's hopeless, hopeless!"
Hrm, eight thousand stainless steel beds, three thousand skilled female juniors…
That did sound rather improper…
Teacher Wang was a frugal man. He pointed at Hong Dali and shouted angrily, "What do you think you are doing, aren't you being a prodigal son now?" Then he pounded the floor and cried out, "I must have been out of my mind. How could I have thought of approaching a prodigal son like you… You have never wanted to set up a proper school from the very start. All you want to do is waste some money since you have way too much of it!"
It was understandable that he would behave as such. Almost five million had been spent on the school so far, and Hong Dali was going to abandon it on a whim. No one would be able to take it. It was especially hard for Teacher Wang as he was of an older, more conservative generation. He was an intellectual, and the greatest amount of money he had ever seen was probably less than tens of thousands. He was probably in relatively good health if Hong Dali's flagrant disregard for millions of dollars did not give him a heart attack.
Hong Dali did not get angry. He said passionately, "Teacher Wang, look, I'm sincere about setting up a school so that the children who come from afar have a good place to learn. I have already decreed that they will have free food and lodgings, as well as fees. I will even help them find jobs in the future. This school has to be well planned! Appearances, correct? Don't worry yourself over this."
Hong Dali said this sincerely. Teacher Wang looked up at him while seated on the ground. "You will really do that? You are not setting up a school just so you can burn more money?"
Hong Dali nodded vigorously. "Of course. I might be a prodigal son, but I'm still a reliable person."
Teacher Wang glanced at Big Turtle standing behind the group. Finally, he rose slowly to a standing position and said to Hong Dali, "Don't lie to me. If the kids' future is ruined because of you…" His face and voice grew agitated as he said this. "I will haunt you even if I become a ghost!"
Damn, I had no idea you were versed in the mystic arts.
As they were talking, Ling Xiaoyi came over with an engineer in tow. The engineer had a safety hat on and was in his forties. He recognized that the man before him as Young Master Hong Dali and immediately asked subserviently, "Young Master Dali, you are looking for me?"
Hong Dali chuckled. "Yes, right. This, this school of ours, exactly how big is it? Are there any building plans? Quick, let me see them."
"Building plans? Yes!" As an engineer, building a building without building plans was like eating rice without a bowl. He quickly took out the plans and found a place to spread them out. "This school of ours takes up a huge land area and has a strong surrounding wall. There's one dormitory block now. With four people to a room, it can house five hundred people. There's one teaching block that can hold one thousand six hundred students and one hall that can take up to one thousand students during student meetings with no problems.
"One student dormitory, two stories high. It will be able to feed two thousand people at a time without any issues. Rubberized track and field that's four hundred by three hundred. It's definitely spacious. Four basketball courts and an outdoor swimming pool—the pool is six hundred square meters. You can swim in it in summer, and in winter it can be an ice skating rink…"
To be honest, a school of such a scale would be an elite establishment no matter where it was built. It would definitely be more than enough to be used as a high school. That, however, would depend on who you were talking to. To some, this school was already lavish beyond imagination.
In Hong Dali's eyes, however, it was not lavish enough.
"Yes, not enough. It's still not enough!" Hong Dali rubbed his chin and looked around. This was the plains leading towards the outer area of Tianjing Mountain. There was nothing but emptiness all around. He thought about it and climbed onto Big Turtle's back. He shaded his eyes with his hand and looked around. Then, he took another look and started chuckling. This laugh of his became increasingly strange. The more he laughed, the more it made one feel goosebumps rising all over.
He continued laughing while everyone below almost collapsed from shock. He finally came down and, when he spoke, everyone was stunned. "I suddenly have a great idea. Haha! Throw away all these building plans. Yes, stop the work for the time being. Wait for me to get new building plans."
The engineer was thoroughly stunned. "This… The foundations we spent five or so million building, we are just going to abandon it?"
"Yes, no need to hurry, just leave it there. I will send some professionals over to deal with it." As he spoke, Hong Dali tapped on the communication watch on his wrist. It was a gift from Lin Chuyin, the super technological geek. "Chuyin, hello, is there any sound? Can you hear me?"
Lin Chuyin's voice came in over the watch. "Oh, yes. Is anything the matter?"
"Hmm, yes." Hong Dali grinned while speaking into his watch. "I intend to build a high-end sci-fi town. Are you free now? Can you come here? Oh right, remember to bring your notebook. We'll go all out this time!"
Hehe, now that the System has been upgraded, there are lots of things I can spend on. We might as well create a big sci-fi town. Wahahaha! That will be satisfying!
"Oh. Okay. Ten minutes." Lin Chuyin terminated communications.
Tang Muxin stomped her feet. "Dali, have you gone crazy?! Sci-fi town? School?! You want to build a sci-fi town in New Lanxiang Vocational School? How much will that cost? This is a non-profit school!"
"I know. So what?" Dali asked, questioningly.
This time, everyone was stunned. Really stunned.
Sci-fi town, with Lin Chuyin, the technological geek's aid in planning, this… without a few hundred million, it was unlikely that this would even be doable. Things were getting serious!
It was just as well Tang Muxin was well aware that there was no one on earth currently who could stop Hong Dali from trying to bankrupt his family. She didn't bother asking him and just secretly pulled Ling Xiaoyi over, asking, "Big Sister Xiaoyi, this sci-fi town that Dali wants to build, what kind of returns do you think it will have? It's not a small sum—hundreds of millions in all—and that might not cover it. If there is no profit to be had at all, then…"
This time, Xiaoyi really did not know how to calculate the cost. A sci-fi town was not a small project. She also had no idea what scale Hong Dali wanted it on. In the end, the two of them—three actually, including Li Nianwei—thought for a good while and concluded that they had better wait for Lin Chuyin to arrive before deciding on anything. From the looks of things, it would all depend on how generous Lin Chuyin was.
Soon, the low hum of a motor was heard. Lin Chuyin, with sky-blue colored hair tied in two ponytails, alighted nonchalantly from the car. She went to Hong Dali's side and said, "I'm here. The sci-fi town that you were talking about, what is it?"


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


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