EXTRA: Xue Zi Xuan Chapter 1 PART 1

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Chapter 1 PART 1

Translated by Moonlightfrost

“Warning, warning, please go back immediately and wait for the allocated task, or you will be terminated!”  The cold machine-like voice sounded in his mind, and the boy sitting on the tractor remained unmoved until severe pain engulfed his body, then he finally asked, trembling. “Hai Zi-ge, can you stop at the side of the road, I don’t want to enter the city.”

“Why? Forgot something? Hai Zi-ge will bring you back to take it, no trouble…” The young man driving the tractor heartily replied.

This place was a sandy desert, lacking water, lacking electricity, lacking food, lacking people, everything was lacking- except the bone-piercingly cold, northwest wind and an abundance of dust. The county always talked about helping the poor, but after helping for decades, the conditions in this mountain still hasn’t gotten any better. The old people have stayed here their entire lives, and despite working day and night they still couldn’t collect much food.  The young people couldn’t stand this place, and all those who could run ran away, leaving their young children alone in the countryside.

Over time, the land and the villages here became absolutely desolate. Unless it was necessary, the people in the village rarely left and the people outside rarely came in. The teenager waited months for Hai Zi-ge to arrive, who came here to transport the wild olives. He thought that he could finally escape, but was once again stopped.

“I suddenly remembered that I left my family’s millet out in the sun, it’s already afternoon, and I don’t know how long I’ll be busy. Hai Zi-ge, you still have to deliver the goods, so please go ahead first. Don’t worry about me.”

Although the youth’s tone was calm, the hands in his sleeves were trembling. The system’s threat of termination was no joke; the pain in his body had long passed but the soul tearing still continued. He had no doubt that if he forcefully left this place, the next second his soul will be scattered.

“I didn’t expect you to be so careless and forgetful. Never mind, Hai Zi-ge will send you back.” The man turned the tractor around and headed towards the village. The wheels stirred up the yellow sand, which was then blown away by the cold northwest wind.

The teenager clenched his teeth and looked at his wrist. Apart from him, no one else could see the watch-like thing on his wrist. It was called the “villain system” and it was directly tied to the youth’s soul. If the youth failed to complete the system’s tasks, his soul would be terminated.

The youth stared at the incessantly flashing red watch, his expression heavy. As long as the red light blinked, the punishment would not stop. Evading a task was a heavy offense, according to the usual procedure, the pain would continue for an hour or two. But then something bizarre occurred. The characters on the screen suddenly became distorted, then the screen went completely black. The pain in his body and soul also receded like the tide.

The youth froze in surprise. Pretending to re-arrange his cuffs, he discretely fiddled with the watch, wanting to see whether or not it was truly dead. It’d be good if it died, he’d already had enough of this so-called “villain system.” He had no idea what kind of bad luck hit him, but one minute he was just browsing the Star Network, then he was suddenly transported into this “Lord God dimension”, and forcibly bounded to the system before being sent to different parallel worlds to complete tasks.

To call it a task was not really accurate, the Lord God didn’t care whether or not the final result was successful, as long as he didn’t try to escape, he could still be rewarded. Therefore, he more and more felt like he is was just going along with the plot, because the system gave him the role of the “villain”, and the villain only has one ending, being destroyed by the protagonist. As such, he has completed many tasks; and perhaps at first his schemes seemed to go off without a hitch, but in the end, all his efforts would go to waste.

In the last world, he died with many grievances. After the story concluded, the Lord God rewarded him five points. The more points he has, the stronger his soul would get. If he manages to collect 100,000 points, he’ll be able to leave the Lord God’s dimension and return to the real world. If it was anyone else, they might be completely convinced by the Lord God’s promise, but this youth was different, he was smart, very smart. He’d only completed a few tasks before he realized that the so-called points were not awarded by the Lord God itself, rather, every reincarnation he completed, the power in his soul slowly accumulated.

In other words, the Lord God tossed him into a strange dimension, and let him experience all kinds of hardships, in order to enhance his soul power. This reminded him of locusts, pigs, and livestock, regardless of what species, they’re all animals to be fattened up before the slaughter. He believed that once he accumulates the 100,000 points, his prospects would definitely not be pretty.

So he must save himself.

As for how exactly to accomplish this, he was still trying to figure that out. The system on his wrist was a shackle, but at the same time, it was the key to breaking through the restrictions of the Lord God. Each time he completed a task, the system would take him back to the Lord God’s dimension and contact the Lord God to get information on the next mission. The youth took advantage of the moment when the system integrated its soul power into the Lord God’s system to also integrate his own soul power.

 

Now, although his soul was still under the system’s complete control, by relying on that soul power link, he could perceive the system’s internal state. Once he finds out how it works, it’ll only be a matter of time before he hacks into it.

After pressing several buttons, the system still didn’t show any reaction; it really had crashed. This was extremely rare. If you don’t know, every system was directly controlled by the Lord God, the system dying meant that there was a problem with the Lord God. Exactly which great expert managed to destroy the central system of the Lord God? Sure enough, there really are people outside of people and skies outside the sky!

While the teenager inwardly admired this unknown expert, he did not know that the person who destroyed the Lord God was his future self. And his own fate has changed from this moment onward.

The youth didn’t have the time to rejoice before the watch “brii brii” rang twice and rebooted. The boy’s bright eyes quickly dimmed and he ruthlessly rubbed his wrist. Fortunately, the previous punishment remained canceled, which prevented him from suffering for several more hours.

The tractor traveled towards the entrance of the village; further inside was a narrow road which only allowed one-person to pass through at a time. The man pulled over to the side and patted the dejected teenager, smiling, “Okay, head home quickly.”

“Ay, I’m leaving, Ge, you be safe while driving.” The boy jumped out of the tractor, his lips drawing back to reveal a row of snow white teeth.

The man nodded in response then turned around and left. The wheels of the tractor kicked up a lot of yellow sand, which was then swept by the wind and flung into the teenager’s face, causing him to let out a few sneezes in a row.

Pei, I’ve eaten so much sand today, I don’t even need to go back and eat anymore.” The teenager spat out the dust, then walked slowly toward his house.

To call it a house was overstating it, it was nothing but a cave with a single stove, where the teenager lived alone. The boy’s real name was Zhou Yun Sheng, but this body was called Huang Yi and he was a left-behind child.

When the body was six years old, Zhou Yun Sheng was transferred into this world by the system and lived for ten years as Huang Yi.  A lot has happened in that ten years. First, the original body’s parents died in a car accident, and his paternal grandparents, who couldn’t stand the blow, followed them.

Two years ago, his maternal grandparents, who were responsible for raising the original body, passed away and left this cave for their grandson.

The original body also had two uncles and an aunt, who were fighting for custody of the child, but Zhou Yun Sheng rejected them. They had no interest in raising him earlier, but after the person who killed his parents paid out $70,000, all of them wanted to raise him, the motive was clear.

Zhou Yun Sheng was not a weakling waiting for someone else to come save him, so he packed up his bank book and was preparing to leave Xiao Liu Village, but was still stopped by the system.

Pushing open the rickety wooden door and sitting down on the cold mat, he closed his eyes and started thinking: The system wouldn’t let him leave Xiao Liu Village. It seemed that the plot required him to stay here, but for what reason? Could it be that this world’s son of destiny was in Xiao Liu Village, and was waiting for him (ZYS) to oppress and set him up?

Zhou Yun Sheng wiped his face and felt that this guess was ridiculous. The population structure of Xiao Liu Village was very simple. Besides the elderly and children, all the young people left home to work. He wasn’t very narcissistic, but of all the children in the village, he was the most outstanding. The rest couldn’t leave Xiao Liu Village, head out into the world, and eventually reach the peak of society.

To say further, Zhou Yun Sheng never thought that he was inferior to any of the so-called sons of fate. If the villain system didn’t always issue him some braindead tasks, and manipulate the field to let the protagonists gain advantages, how could he have such miserable outcomes? Know that in the real world, he was the type of person who could call down the wind and the rain, what couldn’t he accomplish in a virtual world?

He shouldn’t think about his glorious past, whenever he thought of it, he felt so much hate that the roots of his teeth ached. Zhou Yun Sheng rubbed his cheeks and walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. There was nothing in the pot, but in the cupboard, which was nearly rotting, there was half a pack of flour and a head of cabbage. At least he could make a bowl of noodle soup.

Zhou Yun Sheng washed his hands, poured the flour into the basin and mixed it with water. Once he was done, he put it aside, and started chopping the cabbage. Suddenly, there was a flurry of footsteps outside his door, like many people were approaching.

Yi-Zi, people from the city are here to visit you! Come out!” A sharp voice rang out, then the kitchen door was pushed open. A group of people rushed in and dragged Zhou Yun Sheng, who was still cutting the vegetables, to the hall next door.

“Who’s here? I don’t have any relatives in the city…” The rest of the words were stuck in his throat, and no matter what, he couldn’t spit them out. Zhou Yun Sheng must admit that he was indeed overwhelmed. In his dilapidated, dusty earthen cave, stood a man dressed in a high-end silver-gray suit.

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T/N:

Ge- elder brother in Chinese

People outside of people and skies outside the sky- basically means for every talented person there is someone else somewhere more talented.

Pei- sound of disgust

Left-behind child- children in China who are left in the village while their parents work in the city

Xiao Liu Village- name of village which ZYS lives in

Son of destiny- refers to the protagonist of the novel

Call down the wind and the rain- very powerful person

Yi-Zi- ZYS’ name in this book is Huang Yi so whenever someone says youth, young boy, Yi-Er, Yi-Zi it all refers to him

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violet_.
violet_.
1 year ago

I don’t get why XZX has an extra w/ MC even if it’s an alternate reality or something of that sort. i want to see big bro happy just… not with him ._. I would’ve love this if it was anybody other than yun sheng ._. they don’t suit each other idk

Awl
Awl
2 years ago

I jumped here right after reading that arc. Thanks for linking it at the bottom, I’m looking forward to this.

Blaze
Blaze
4 years ago

OMG ~~~~~~~~~~!!!!!!!! Thank you for making this Extra author !! And thank you for translating this !!! That story really embedded to me and can’t help feel so much sorrow for Xue Zi Xuan, I think I’m really gonna love this !!!!!!

Yalimar
Yalimar
5 years ago

I wanted to read this extra but thinking better I don’t, see that ZYS is governed by the system of villains, I stop calling my attention, in this stage of history, apart from the fact that ZYS will not be able to move freely, as it is its second reincarnation doesn’t have much experience, and the absolutely unique extravagant personality of ZYS I’m afraid it won’t appear and that leaves me very discouraged, as his personality was what brought me from the novel in the first place, for me to read this would be like seeing the mediocre part of my favorite character and that I can’t stand ?

Yalimar
Yalimar
5 years ago
Reply to  Yalimar

my favorite scenes have always been when ZYS hits everyone’s face, and knocks down their plans with their excellent skills, in the ABO bow was the open field test, in the King of music was the concert, in the Riches of second generation was recorded the announcement with roses and when he threw money to the face of the imbecile boyfriend, and in this bow was the competition in Vienna. I love how he builds his whole plan step by step, with methodical actions, until it’s time to show who’s boss and then everyone falls at their feet, suffering their fate, in a perfectly designed trap where he is the author. Automatically when ZYS appears In each reincarnation, I feel an indescribable emotion that tells me that “destiny is going to change”.

Lilly
Lilly
3 years ago
Reply to  Yalimar

So did u read the extra? I know it’s been 2years since this comment but I’m curious cause I don’t really have the courage to continue reading the extras

May
May
3 years ago
Reply to  Yalimar

He doesn’t have all of the new lives we saw after he made 007 but he is still a hacker and his personality was always defiant and face-slapping. That’s why he was able to bide his time and build 007 in the first place. Before he was sucked into the Queen’s system he was a hacker on the run from the government. His personality won’t change that much lol

LingMomo
LingMomo
2 years ago
Reply to  May

Totally agree. People seemed to forget that ZYS himself was badass even before reincarnations. Through reincarnations and experiencing human beings at their worst, he himself became more vicious and it in turns enhanced his knowledge and personality even more. But he was able to survive the villain system, that proves that he is one tough cookie. So he won’t change much in this extra apart from being cautious because of the villain system(which will also not function normally) and perhaps still a little immature cause this extra is only his second reincarnation and he’s only 16 years old in the real world. Its to be expected that his mind is gonna be young and still new to people’s schemes. But his knowledge of being a tough top hacker and mechanical engineering still remains. And yes, his personality won’t change much, also this young ZYS has never been in love, some changes are only to be expected cause his soul isn’t old yet. In the last reincarnation, which is shown in arc 13, it seemed his character also died early, so his mind is definitely still that of a 16 year old boy. But he’s still gonna be a genius here, only slightly restricted by the villain system plus his young and open self, which is yet not refined by years of reincarnations and a soul that is yet not in love. I personally cannot wait for a young alternate ZYS to be tgt with a rebirth XZX. But i’m gonna read extra 4 first.

Moon
Moon
4 years ago
Reply to  Yalimar

I totally agree, as much as I want to see XZX happy, I don’t want to see an unknowledgeable ZYS

XanXan
XanXan
5 years ago

I guess this is Xi Zuan being reborn? And get with past ZYS?? After all our hacker alreasy got his hubby

Zeng
Zeng
4 years ago
Reply to  XanXan

Yeah, I think it is like that but I’m really confused as to how come there’re two ZYS????

SystemActivated
SystemActivated
5 years ago

What? An update? I must be dreaming! Who would have known that my casual check-up would reap such an award! Finally my patience has paid off, and I can finally have some hope for the future.
I will patiently wait for the next update.
THANK YOU!!!!

Keisotsuna
Keisotsuna
5 years ago

Omg, I’m so glad I visited my “Finished” reading list and saw an update!! ? I miss you so much, Zhou Yun Sheng!!! ??

Je
Je
5 years ago
Reply to  Keisotsuna

Sameeeeeeee

Zencasra
Zencasra
5 years ago

My dream comes true!!! ?

XiaoTianBao
XiaoTianBao
5 years ago

So glad I never removed this from my reading list!

lovely author
lovely author
5 years ago

Omggggg !!!

Nightz
Nightz
5 years ago

Frequently checking the site has paid off!!! Thank you!!! I’m so excited for this 🙂