This is my first book and is a sci-fi detective story please review if you want more like this.

First off, I would like to point out that this is a fannovel of a popular (and loved by myself) military sci-fi shooter called Halo. Most Characters, Settings, Weapons and Locations within this book, are respectfully the property of 343 Industries, I do not own any of the aforementioned, this is a fan project dedicated towards this amazing franchise, not for profit nor publicity.

 I would like to thank Bungie for creating such an amazing game series that has been around for nearly two decades. And thank the wonderful people at 343 Industries who push on hard to uphold the Halo series today. 

I would like to also thank a particular inspiration to me as certain people may be able to infer from the cover and title of this fanbook. Eric Nylund, a great author and one who helped to breathe life into such an amazing franchise, even before Halo CE was released, loved by Halo Fans everywhere. I would also like to thank, and credit Fred Van Lente, who created the four main characters used in this fanbook, Van Lente created the main characters, and I hold no ownership over them. Fred is a great comic and book writer, making amazing works on not just Halo, but numerous Superheroes from the MARVEL franchise.

I would like to thank my parents, for always being there for me. And driving me to where I am today, looking after me, listening to me, and just generally how well you guys do your jobs. You have my eternal gratitude and thanks.

Lastly, I dedicate this to all Halo fans, whether casual or hardcore, like me. Halo has given me my very own "Great Journey" through the years of my life on Xbox, meeting amazing people through the common love of a great franchise of a military sci-fi shooter. Here is to nearly two decades of Halo, and two decades more!


It is the twenty sixth century, humanity has expanded across the stars, culminating in hundreds of worlds that colonists call their homes, safeguarded by the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command, having struggled beneath its weight under the insurrection which plagued throughout the colonies. The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) launches the SPARTAN II Program to stomp out the insurrection, but with the arrival of a new enemy, the Covenant, an alien empire caste who see humanity as an offense to their religion, and are bent on one thing. The extinction of the human species. Humanity’s only and best chance for survival now lies on the SPARTAN II Program. Now, In 2552, after 27 years since first contact with the Covenant,  they have now arrived at Reach, humanity’s fortress amongst the stars. Outnumbered and Outgunned, the defense of Reach, now rests on a squad of the hardened and battle armored SPARTAN IIs known as “BLACK Team”

hi it's me the author, shiorijinku ! i wanted to clear some things up since this book is so close to 1K !

this web novel was originally suppose to be a oneshot book just for me to go beyond my comfort zones since the only two books i have up are a,

Fairy Tail High School Fanfic that has an OC & a Sci-fi Novel called Tokyo's Demon: Unspecified [東京の悪魔:不特定] that isn't really that great. 

My Fairy Tail High Fanfic has over 2K while TD:U/東京の悪魔:不特定 has only 99 views.

Anyways, I decided to create this chapter to inform my viewers that the characters in this oneshot honestly don't have anything going for them. i feel as if this is a knockoff version of the popular manga/anime series Naruto - especially since the main 3 cast are quite similar to them - especially Ciana and Yawata.

I'm telling you all this because I want to make something out of these cheap characters & expand on them.

I'm working on a whole other web novel called, "7EVEN セブン" that already has 3 chapters finished it's just unpublished 

Haha I've gotten so off track from my original goal: to inform you want will happen to this web novel.

I will keep the 3 one shots of the characters past, but this book will be changing. I want to write- no create a whole other story using these three main characters(they may or may not be main characters but will impact the story in some way). Yes, you will see some of the adults from those flashback chapters but they may or may not have a big or important role.

Oh and the titles will be changed from 'NANO PULSE' to something else:) you may ask why am I doing all this. Why just not make a whole other book

It is because I feel like all 800 of you loved these characters and what they could be. And I just don't want to take that away from you, but I also want to write a book I love and take interest in as well

Finally, I will leave the story's original description right here:











"It's the year x303, technology and magic combined causing great advancements & chaos. Aliens, Androids, and Humans live in harmony. This harmony is only possible because of the 12 Mothers who watch each Cosmo, Galaxy, and Planet. These Mothers are the reason why people can use Nano technology - they have granted all living things Nano Energy. The 12 Mothers live in a Galaxy unknown and unexplored. Even Space Pirates cannot get find the Galaxy where they lie in. It is said  if you meet at least 1 of the 12 Mothers they can give you the gift of Rebirth or just anything you wish for.

[NOTHING IN THIS STORY SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, EVERYTHING WRITTEN IS UNPLANNED CAUSING PLOTHOLES & OVERPOWERED CHARACTERS. THIS IS JUST FOR ME TO LET OUT STUPID IDEAS I HAD.]"

Ninja, they are the definition of pure skill & stealth. Earth is a world full of citizens, samurai, and old fashioned guards. But Ninja? They go out to help escort important businessman or just go out to assassinate someone.

Whether the job requires your dog to be walked or need help with your carriage, Ninjas ranging from 12 to 90 will be there for your service. Momotsuki - a God who created this world is widely respected by many especially the Ninja. She created Chūshin, a spiritual energy in almost every living being. With this energy Ninja can learn powerful techniques from scrolls or just say chants to heal.

[COVER WILL CHANGE]

In Neddy's house, Neddy and Jake are on the bed laughing, while reading some manga.

"I didn't realize you were a fundashi", said Jake, with a book in front of her.

"Yeah, I've been reading Yaoi manga", said Neddy, then he shows Jake all the yaoi manga.

"You truly are my soulmate", said Jake, then hugs Neddy.

Neddy leads Jake to his closet, once he taps the top of the closet, the hangers on both sides move, opening a secret passageway.

In the secret passageway, there's purple wallpaper, couches, and on the side of the couches; there is a hallway full of bookcasez on the bookcases is yaoi manga.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Jake.

"Yup, this is my collection, school romance is on the left, first two bookcases, I also have fantasy,sci fi, sports, all kinds", said Neddy.

"Have any smut or one with Ampromorphic characters?" asked Jake.

"Smut is over on the right, fourth bookcase and six bookcases beyond the left", Neddy tell Jake.

"Any suggestions?" asked Jake.

Neddy takes Jake's hand, and they flick a red button, that shows a panel, together they put in two different codes, and two books land in both of their hands.

"Let's read them", smiled Jake.

"Good idea", said Neddy smiles at Jake.

Jake and Neddy lay on the couch beside each other reading their manga.

Neddy hug Jake, while reading his manga.

Jake rubs Neddy's hair with a smile on her face.

Yang Yun frowned when he saw the change in her expression. He took Mingyue's hands in his and asked, "Are you alright?"
"Un," Mingyue nodded. Her grip on that brown leather book tightened. Then, she continued to flip through the book and stopped at another scene. At this time, the main characters in the book were in a relationship. They have met each other's family and were going to get married soon. This time, the boy got himself injured while he was in his mission. The physician could not do anything. Then, Jiang Mingyue volunteered to do a minor surgery for the boy.
From then on, Mingyue continued to read the book silently, while the black cat curled at her feet as if guarding her.
Yang Yun sighed when he saw that Mingyue was concentrating on the book. Half an hour has passed, and it didn't look like Mingyue was about to stop reading anytime soon. Therefore, Yang Yun went back into the kitchen and brewed some tea.
When he came back with a tray of refreshment, Mingyue had put down the book on her laps, and she was seen massaging her temple.
"What's wrong?" Yang Yun put the tray on the coffee table and rushed towards Mingyue's side.
"I'm fine," Lin Mingyue said. "My eyes are a bit tired after reading for too long."
Yang Yun frowned. Of course, he did not believe her words. Earlier, he had seen how she had winced in pain. Yang Yun grabbed her hand to check on her pulse. Once he found that there was nothing wrong with it, Yang Yun let out a breath of relief.
"You're too worried," Mingyue pointed out. She forced a smile as another pain throbbing in her head. She did not know why, but the pain was starting to appear more frequent.
"You're my wife, if I don't worry about you, who should I worry about?"
Lin Mingyue stiffened when Yang Yun called her his wife. She wanted to say something about it, but Mingyue felt as if something got stuck on her throat. She can only look away as she suppressed both her shyness and excitement,
Yang Yun turned and grabbed a cup of tea for his wife. "Drink some."
Mingyue obediently took a few sips before she put it back on the table. Her eyes laid on the brown leather book on her laps. She closed the book and handed it back to Yang Yun.
"How-how was it?"
Lin Mingyue frowned as the thought of teasing him surfaced. But once she saw the anxious look on his face, the idea gradually vanished. A small smile appeared on her face, turning Yang Yun into a daze momentarily.
Throb!
She winced again at the throbbing pain in her head. She thought back to the story she had read. In the end, Jiang Mingyue disappeared, and the couple was separated. Lin Mingyue did not understand why Yang Yun would write something so sad.
"This is not the ending, right? Tell me there's going to be a continuation after the couple separated."
"Of course," Yang Yun nodded.
Hearing that the story has not ended yet, Lin Mingyue sighed in relief. She wanted to ask if the couple will someday meet again, but decided that she did not want any spoilers.
"You know," Mingyue turned her body to face him so that she could get a better look at his face. "This is an interesting story. I can see that you're a decent writer."
"Decent?"
Lin Mingyue laughed at his teasing smile. "Alright. Maybe a little talented." She rolled her eyes playfully at him. She laughed again when she saw the frown on his face.
Yang Yun looked up to study her face. A face he was so familiar with. Her gentle face. Her big, brown eyes. Her warm smile. Her laughing voice…Those red shades on her cheek that spread to her neck and ears when she gets embarrassed.
"Yang Yun?"
He snapped out of his trance.
Lin Mingyue looked at him uncomfortably. The red specks on her cheek were starting to get visible. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
He shook his head and forced a smile. When Yang Yun looked at her face again, a mixture of emotion attacked him all at once. He wanted her to know that the characters in the story were them.
Yang Yun pursed his lips, then he said, "What if… What if I tell you that the story isn't just a story?"
She frowned. "What do you mean?"
"The story that you read," he spoke. "Everything I wrote in that brown book, what if I told you that everything was real? That you and Jiang Mingyue are the same person? That the nameless boy in the story was me?"
Lin Mingyue frowned when she felt another jolt of pain on her head. She recovered quickly and laughed. "You're joking, right?" her frown deepened when she saw that he didn't look like he was joking. "You're saying that this story," she gestured towards the brown leather book on the table. "Everything in here is real?"
Yang Yun nodded. 
Mingyue shook her head. "You're out of your mind."
"Mingyue…" his voice sounded pleading. "You have to believe me. Everything in there is real. You lost a part of your memory when you came to this world. I wrote this story to let you remember your past and everything."
Mingyue sighed exasperatedly. "First of all, I don't believe in reincarnation."
"I'm not saying anything about reincarnation."
"Then what?" she raised a brow. "Time traveling? Are you sure you haven't been watching too much sci-fi?" She pursed her lips when he didn't say anything. "Let's see," she took the book and flipped through the pages. "You're out of your mind." She stood up and leaned towards him to place her hand on his forehead.
He flinched. "What are you doing?"
"Checking to see if you had a fever," she said with a sigh. "But, you seem healthy."
"I'm not sick."
"I know."
"I'm not crazy." Yang Yun closed his eyes when she looked at him in doubt. He had been searching for her for years. And right now, the love of his life was standing right in front of him. But she doesn't seem to remember him. 
She lifted her hand, and her fingers rested on his cheek. "I like you, Yang Yun." She drew her hand and frowned. "But I don't understand why do you want to force me to accept this?" She closed her eyes briefly. "Sometimes, I wonder if you really love me, or am I just a substitute to someone you knew in your past."


In their world, Jiang Mingyue is a promising female physician, serving the Crown Princess to find a cure for a dormant poison in the Princess's body.

In their world, Yang Yun is a promising captain of an Elite soldier. He vowed to love and protect Mingyue all his life. 

Until an incident tore them apart. The two were separated into two different worlds. He pledged to search for her no matter how long it’ll take him, no matter how many dimension he had to travel to. But when he finally found her again, she had no memories of him. What else can he do but to work hard and win her heart back?
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“First of all, I don’t believe in reincarnation.” 

“I’m not saying anything about reincarnation.”

“Then what?” she raised a brow. “Time traveling? Are you sure you haven’t been watching too much sci-fi?” She pursed her lips when he didn’t say anything. “Let’s see,” she flicked across the pages. She watched him nodded and shook her head in disbelief. “You’re out of your mind.” She stood up and leaned towards him to place her hand on his forehead.

He flinched. “What are you doing?”

“Checking to see if you had a fever,” she said with a sigh. “But you seem healthy.”

“I’m not sick.”

“I know.”

“I’m not crazy.” Yang Yun closed his eyes when she looked at him in doubt. He had been searching for her for years. And right now, the love of his life was standing right in front of him. But she doesn’t seem to remember him. It was as if her memories of the past, the memories of him have all forgotten. 

She lifted her hand, and her fingers rested on his cheek. “I like you, Yang Yun.” She drew her hand and frowned. “But I don’t understand why you keep telling me about these stories. Why are you forcing me to accept this?” She closed her eyes briefly. “Sometimes, I wonder if you really like me, or am I just a substitute to someone you knew in your past.” 

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Author's Note: The main genre of this story is Romance. But, there will be a bit of fantasy and political intrigue as well.

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Cover: an edited image from a picture I found on pinterest.
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Chapter 642: negotiation?

"are you sure he didn't do it on purpose?" gu kuangen's face was gloomy as he looked at shi cai ning and asked.

Shi cai ning nodded. "mr. yang tian had a very good evaluation when he was young. he was very easygoing, but there's a rumor that he has a weird habit. if he doesn't finish writing a book, he won't come out of seclusion. i think this rumor is true."

"shall we continue to wait?" gu kuangen frowned and said unhappily.

Shi cai ning pondered for a moment,"... you can send him some sci-fi blockbusters that haven't been shown yet, or you can send him something special to broaden his mind..."

"won't this backfire?" gu kuangen frowned. in the past, mr. yang tian never accepted gifts, and he had a very strange personality.

Shi cai ning nodded, "i've checked his information. although he's famous now, he donates a million dollars every year to some schools that need it. his heart isn't bad, and he's very low-key. besides, it's not like he's giving money. i think this method is feasible."

Gu kuangen smiled. he reached out and stroked her hair. "then we'll do as you say!"

When it came to sci-fi, old man gu loved to watch sci-fi movies the most. even though there were very few sci-fi movies at that time, he was very attentive. every time there was a big movie or a photo exhibition about the moon and the sun, he would keep a copy of the information.

Therefore, there was a thick notebook in the gu family. it was full of information that old man gu had collected. when gu kuangen was young, he had browsed through it and was shocked by the pictures.

Now, it was just the right time to use it. therefore, gu kuangen immediately went back to the old residence and found the large notebook that his grandfather had collected. he asked cheng li to send it to mr. yang tian.

Two days passed.

Gu kuangen was quite optimistic about the project in the field of film and television. if mr. yang tian did not sell the copyright, the project proposal that cai ning had painstakingly worked on would probably be scrapped.

Of course, he did not want such a large ip to fall into the hands of others. therefore, he had to take over the copyright of mr. yang tian's three novels!

On the third day, his assistant called cheng li again. his attitude was very good, saying that he hoped that they would wait for another three days.

Generally speaking, the big-name directors and producers could not stand such a rejection. in the past, many people had insisted on it four or five times, but they did not insist on it anymore.

However, gu kuangen continued to wait. on the fifth day, mr. yang tian's assistant finally told them a piece of good news. mr. yang tian had already come out of seclusion and could meet his guests!

Gu kuangen could not help but look forward to it and excitedly went to meet the guests as promised.

The place was set at mr. yang tian's home.

He was a person who did not like to go out, and gu kuangen understood him.

Shi cai ning did not go with him. when mr. yang tian saw gu kuangen, he immediately smiled and shook his hand, "hello, mr. gu! thanks to old mr. gu's notebook, i was able to complete the ending of the book in my hand! otherwise... i would probably have to go into closed-door cultivation for another month before i could complete it!"

Gu kuangen did not expect yang tian to be so enthusiastic. he maintained his smile and answered him in a neither servile nor overbearing manner.

"hello, mr. yang tian, i've finally met you!"

"hehe, young man, i'm really sorry, sorry!" yang tian laughed. previously, his assistant had said that gu kuangen wanted to buy the copyright of the novel that he had created. he had also asked his assistant to investigate.

He discovered that gu kuangen was the youngest person that the president had ever met. moreover, he was young and had a promising career. the performance of the newly acquired entertainment company was also on the rise.

Mr. yang tian and gu entered the study for more than an hour to discuss secretly. cheng li thought he would be able to take down the copyright of the novel.



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

Stories about immortals have shaped human history since the beginning of time.
Zeus and other gods of Olympus were immortals. Adam and other early human ancestors were written in religious books as humans who lived up to 900 years old. Adam (930), Set (912), Enos (905), Kenan (910), Yared (962), and the longest-living human in the world which was Methuselah who died at the age of 969.
In the scripture, following the epoch of Noah and the Great Flood, was a period of time where humans, as punished by God because of their evil ways, could no longer live past 120 years old. This had been my basis for writing the story of 'The Alchemists'.
Alchemy is a pseudoscience (considered as not real science) believing that the entire universe is moving toward a perfect state where gold, a metal known for its indestructible properties, is the most perfect substance.
With this principle, alchemists believe that by understanding the secrets of the unchanging gold, they would eventually grasp the key to warding off diseases and organic decay, thus creating humans with physical perfection: the immortals.
 The Alchemists tried to find or come up with the chemical formula for the Philosopher's Stone which functions to convert metals into gold and make the Elixir of Life/Youth,  a drug that cures all kinds of and allows them to live longer than humans in general.
Topics about chemistry, spirituality, and astrology became the focus of medieval alchemy. Until the 18th century, alchemy was considered a serious branch of science in Europe. Isaac Newton devoted much of his time to this field of study.
Other prominent alchemists from the Western world are Roger Bacon, St. Thomas Aquinas, Tycho Brahe, Thomas Browne, and Parmigianino. It was this alchemy that later became the foundation of 18th-century modern Chemistry.
WHAT IF, the alchemists actually succeeded in finding the formula for the immortality potion and restoring the human bodies into their original perfection, so they could be like their ancestors who used to live past 900 years?
This is the story of the Alchemist clan who discovered the elixir of youth and has lived as immortals since 1450, ruling the world from behind the shadows and at the same time spreading rumors that alchemy is a failed science.
Because time was in their hands, these immortals or semi immortals did not rush to find partners and only bore children when they were already hundreds of years old. In their long lives, they learned and gathered so much wisdom and knowledge that no modern humans, who only have dozens of years to do so, could compare.
Because time is in their hands, these perfect humans acquired a different outlook on life and society than today's regular people who tend to rush and pursue temporary pleasures in the modern world.
They became people who have finally found a way to manipulate the elements and make themselves perfect. They now have all the time in the world to do whatever they want, learn whatever they want, and explore wherever their feet could take them.
To conceal themselves from the general public, Alchemists spread rumors that alchemy is a failed science and that all fables about immortal humans are nothing but mere fairy tales. Yet in reality... they are among us, living with us, and ruling the world from the shadows.
***
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WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK SERIES?
In VOLUME 1 (254 chapters), you will be introduced to the Alchemists. The story is light-hearted and heartwarming. I intentionally started the series with romance to put us in a good mood before getting ready for the intense Volume 2.
In VOLUME 2 (350 chapters), you will meet more of the Alchemists and witness their internal conflict for power. This volume is quite intense but also passionate.
Later, we will have light hearted side stories (100 chapters) about the side characters before we continue to Volume 3.
In VOLUME 3 (approx 200 chapters), the Alchemists will face an enemy who found out about their secrets and wanted to destroy them. This will be the most intense part of the series.
Each Volume (except for the side stories) is an independent book, related to one another but can be enjoyed individually. If you like short novels, you can just read per volume. If you are into romance, go for Volume 1, if you like more action and sci-fi go for Volume 2. But if you enjoy reading long novels, you can just read the whole series. It's very flexible.
I could choose to write 3 different novels but opted against it because I am a practical person. Since the stories are connected, why not let readers have the whole series under one title? It is also for ranking purposes. Usually, once a novel is completed, the ranking will drop, I don't want that to happen so soon.
So, please bear with me and give this book a year to reach its final destination, starting in May 2019.  I intentionally only locked it from chapter 176 so you could enjoy so many free chapters and decide if you would like to invest more time and SS to continue reading.
I do hope you'll enjoy the first volume enough to continue to the next one. This book is originally written in Indonesian and most original readers who enjoyed Volume 1, cannot say enough good things about Volume 2.
They said VOLUME 2 is INTENSE, PASSIONATE, HEARTWARMING, and THEY LOVE THE ENDING!
I think the current original rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 2,800 reviews should speak for itself (you can see my author page and check the original version in Indonesian).
Thank you for giving this book a chance. Enjoy!


*How do immortals live in the modern world? One had been walking the earth for 438 years without ever falling in love. The other one couldn't get over the only woman he loved, even after 100 years.

**What happen when an immortal didn't know he was immortal? After living for almost a century, he still looked like he was 25. So, he thought maybe... maybe he was a freak, a victim of human experimentation during Hitler's time. Growing up, he came to hate humans and their fondness for war and destroying nature. He swore to one day rule the world and decide on which humans got to live. In his book, 'only the good, the strong and the intelligent should live'.

***The wealthiest tycoon was an immortal who was raised in the ivory tower by his overprotective parents. One day he decided to go undercover as poor photographer to make friends with regular people. Alas! Scheming people tricked him to sleep with the most notorious golddiger in Berlin whose only goal in life was to marry a wealthy and powerful man. When she was pregnant with his child, the undercover tycoon wanted to take responsibility but still pretending to be poor. Will he finally let her know that he was wealthy? Why was she so adamant to marry a wealthy and powerful man?

THIS BOOK HAS 3 DIFFERENT STORIES. They are connected, but you can read them as standalone.

1. The Alchemist
2. Aleksis & Prince Siegfried
3. Secret Identity


Volume 1 has fluffy romance, Volume 2 has action/adventure, Volume 3 has comedy, and Volume 4 is a revenge/redemption drama.

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For the aging Fang Ning, moving had always been a troublesome task because every time his rent increased, he would need to move…
After that was browsing through houses and choosing a place, then packing his belongings and getting a moving truck to transport his stuff. 
With the hassle of all these tasks—although he was a bachelor—he would need to spend three to four days to settle down. 
However, though they had a huge household now, it was surprisingly easier to move with over a trillion subordinates under his command. 
It was because all of their belongings were with Sir System—they would be wherever he went. 
That was why he never worried about getting robbed. 
After deciding to move out, the only thing needed was to inform Old Man Zheng who was on Earth, then fly directly to where the Seven Lunar Mansions of the Azure Dragons were and everything would be done. 
As the nodes for the Milky Way Nets Above Snares Below had fallen into place, it was also easier to fly over and land on a nearer node, then teleport themselves over after. 
This was the Milky Way Highway. 
"Where should we stay?" Sir System asked. 
"At the First Mansion of the Horn, of course, there's the beginning of everything," Fang Ning said as a matter-of-factly. 
"And I thought there was something more special to it, is it that simple?"
"It's always been this way."
As they spoke, the Azure Dragon arrived at the First Mansion of the Horn. 
As the long dragon appeared in this empty segment of the Galaxy, starlight had bouts of quivering. 
"Eh, that fellow still remembers me?" Sir System stared at the faraway magnitude 1 star, the First Mansion of the Horn and asked. 
"Can it not remember you? You became so big and buff at the time, you must've left a deep psychological trauma on its little heart," Fang Ning said, dumbstruck.
"I see, I should grow stronger then."
As he spoke, the Azure Dragon started growing bigger and longer and went specifically in front of the star and showed off its wings. 
As expected, the star started to tremble intensely as if it met its worst enemy. 
"No wonder, there are so many saints in the Upper Realm, it's so easy to fool this newly-born planet consciousness," Fang Ning said shaking his head. 
"Alright, it should submit by now," Sir System answered smugly. 
Then, the Azure Dragon flew to another planet and shrunk its body—but not by a lot.
Its dragon head was at the North Pole and its tail at the South Pole, every degree of latitude was circled by the dragon's body. 
"It's not been easy, I can finally stretch my body as I please now," Fang Ning said, satisfied, "Quick, let me see what your System Domain looks like?"
"It'll be done right away."
The entirety of the Azure Dragon's body started to emit rays of bright white light that surrounded the whole unnamed planet. 
"It's done," Sir System replied. 
"This, this is too fast. Are you sure this isn't a pirated version of the System Domain?" Fang Ning was shocked.
"You'll know when you head out and take a look."
Fang Ning floated out of the System Space and was met with a deserted terrain.
The surface of the ground was covered with rocks as a bone-chilling wind kept blowing, it seemed like it was quite a distance from the bright star, the First Mansion of the Horn. 
Over the faraway horizon shone a range of mountains—uh, it was his dragon body. 
"There isn't any difference?" Fang Ning said, puzzled as he looked left and right and found nothing special.
"Uh, sorry, I forgot to add a Dog Eyes buff for you." Sir System apologized. 
System Notification: [The System has unveiled "Spirit Gaze" to share its visual effects with the Host.]
Fang Ning was instantly stunned, after that, he looked down at a boulder nearby. 
As he reached out and swiped, the boulder became a neat stack of building stones. 
"Tsk, it became a world of codes?!" Fang Ning exclaimed in surprise. 
The solid entities before him that he originally saw had all become data objects. 
As an ex-programmer with ten years of experience, he quickly got familiar with it. 
With a mere simple touch of his hand, he managed to change the boulder's object properties to become building stones. 
"Hahaha, this is the extent of my System Domain's prowess, bet you didn't expect that huh? Ah, here, this is an exclusive System programming manual, get back here and quickly get familiar with it, I'll entrust you with the important task of building the System Kingdom," Sir System said proudly. 
A 10m meter thick book then fell to Fang Ning's feet. 
Fang Ning's face paled. 
He said faintly, "This is too sudden, why didn't you let me know earlier so that I can be mentally prepared for this?" 
"Nonsense, if I told you, wouldn't you have sneakily done some preparations?" Sir System was presumptuous. 
Fang Ning had no courage to open the ginormous book, he could not imagine that after going around so long, he still ended up with this impressive job as a programmer!
Truly, what goes around, comes around. 
At this moment, Heavenly Book baby in its bright golden glow similarly flew out of the System Space. 
As soon as it flew out, it pounced on the enormous book. 
A moment later, the huge book disappeared. 
Instantly angered, Sir System burst out. "B*stard, you stupid book, you're causing trouble for me again, that's my System programming manual! Spit it out right now, you know, five hundred experience points were consumed to compile this…" 
 "…" Fang Ning was at a loss for words. 
At that instant, a System Notification appeared in Fang Ning's mind.
[Mythical-level gamebook absorbed System Programming Manual, Mythical-level function, Game World has changed.] 
After that, the Heavenly Book flew into Fang Ning's arms.
"It'll be easier for you now, Master, I repackaged it for you," Heavenly Book baby said as it flipped open its pages. 
"Uh, let me see." 
Fang Ning was overjoyed, he took a look at it and found a game scene on the open pages. 
The scenery in the game corresponded with the view before him. 
No longer were there glaring codes and data and in their place was an actual game. 
Just like playing a simulation building game, he quickly started to build a house on that page. 
Before him, a house appeared simultaneously. 
Sir System muttered sulkily. "Damn it, you can't do this, you're cheating, you have to program with underlying codes, only then will it be effective, playing with these surface visual programming will just waste away your skills."
"What do you know? Visual programming is the trend now." 
"Mmm, I'll build you your System Kingdom right now, what style do you prefer? Gothic, Han and Tang Dynasty-inspired, sci-fi or mystery style?" Fang Ning squatted on a rock while holding Heavenly Book baby closely as he started playing excitedly. 
"I was so blind to have actually created a stupid book like you…" Sir System said weakly. 
"Stop grumbling over there, isn't this a way to encourage a happy working experience? I'll satisfy all your demands, so complain less and work more, are you unhappy to see me relax?" Fang Ning asked distastefully. 
"Build me a sci-fi style one then, I want people to be scared half to death when they see it, but it must also conceal my true nature. Star-destroying cannons, black hole weapons, Milky Way maelstroms…" Sir System finally let Fang Ning go and started listing his demands. 
"No problem, you sure have a lot of ideas, I'll do it for you now." Fang Ning quickly started operating on the game. 
As he operated, the deserted ground started changing unceasingly. 
Pieces of crystal-shaped materials appeared and then started building their future sci-fi base…


Procrastinator extraordinaire, Fang Ning, had lost his consciousness after banging his head on a night of celebration. He woke up to a realization that he no longer had control of his body, as a System had taken it over. Will he eventually regain control of his body or will he be trapped in his body forever? How does he maneuver this situation? What's in store for Fang Ning?

"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!!


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