A former cannon fodder trying to rewrite his life - Part 1. Please add to your favorites, muah!
Chen Xia, an ordinary post-90s girl from a rural area in Henan Province, studied diligently for more than ten years and, through her own efforts, was admitted to an ordinary second-tier university.
It wasn't that she didn't work hard enough, but rather that her natural talent was limited, coupled with the hellish difficulty of the college entrance examination in Henan Province. To be able to fight hard among millions of candidates and get into a second-tier university was already an extraordinary achievement, considering that the school she attended was just an ordinary high school in a small county.
After graduating from university, she found a job in the provincial capital, working to earn money while studying for the civil service exam.
If nothing unexpected happens, she will pass the civil service exam in a few years, or fail and continue working odd jobs. Then, under her parents' arrangement, she will find a suitable marriage partner and live an ordinary, peaceful, and happy life.
But the accident happened so suddenly. That day, she arrived at the company at 8:10 as usual and took the elevator upstairs. When the elevator was about to reach the tenth floor, it suddenly went out of control and plummeted.
Chen Xia quickly pressed all the buttons from the first floor to the ninth floor, but to no avail. The elevator plummeted straight down, and by the time the rescue team arrived, she had become a ghost.
Chen Xia floated in mid-air, watching her body being pushed into the incinerator for cremation. The company and property management reached a settlement with her parents, brother, and sister-in-law, and paid them a large sum of money in compensation.
After a brief period of grief, the parents used the compensation money to buy her brother a fully furnished apartment in the county town, and transferred their nephew and niece to a better-equipped private kindergarten.
Her death brought good fortune to her brother Chen Li's family, enabling them to become wealthy and live a comfortable life. Chen Xia couldn't quite describe how she felt about this outcome.
At first, I was indignant, but after drifting around for a while, I came to terms with it. She's dead; the dead can't be brought back to life. Those who are alive must move on. It's for the best. She has repaid her parents' kindness in raising her, and there's nothing left for her to cherish in this world.
As Chen Xia turned to float away, a shooting star streaked across the night sky and struck her squarely on the forehead.
Chen Xia was stunned. As a ghost, she had stopped feeling pain from the moment she died. Now, some ghostly thing that flew out of nowhere had smashed a big bump on her head. It was really too much of a bullying for ghosts.
"Who? What the hell is throwing this at me? This is so unfair to ghosts..."
"Ding, a soul matching the binding criteria has been detected. Would you like to bind with the system?"
A strange mechanical voice suddenly appeared in Chen Xia's ear, startling her. She looked around and asked, "System? What kind of system are you? Why are you bound to me?"
"I am the Working Class System, a legitimate system produced by the Underworld Quick Transmigration Bureau. I have detected that your soul is suitable for binding with this system. You are already dead, and if you do not bind with me, your soul will soon dissipate. Would you like to bind now?"
Chen Xia thought about it. In any case, she had nothing left to lose. If she didn't bind to the system, her soul would dissipate. If she did bind to it, she would have a glimmer of hope. Although she could face death calmly, who would want to die if they could live?
Seeing her remain silent, the working system grew anxious: "Host, I'm not lying to you, I really am a legitimate system produced by the Underworld. After you bind to this system, you'll have the opportunity to become a formal employee of the Underworld, the kind with a permanent position, you know. Host, don't hesitate, take action..."
"Okay, I agree to the binding!"
After three beeping sounds, the system spoke again: "Dear host Chen Xia, hello, the Underworld Worker System is officially bound to you from today."
You have been randomly assigned to the cannon fodder group of the Underworld Quick Transmigration Bureau. Your mission is to travel to countless small worlds, try your best to live and complete tasks for those cannon fodder who died unjustly, and try to live to a ripe old age.
You will earn points and merits by completing tasks, which can be used as currency to purchase anything you need in the system's shop.
Life is tough, Chen Xia sighed. In her previous life, she worked for capitalists and was more tired than an ox or a horse every day.
I thought death was the end, but little did I know that death is not the end. Even as a ghost, one doesn't find peace and continues to work for the underworld. It truly proves the saying: "Working people, working souls."
Although she was grumbling to herself, when the system asked her if she wanted to claim her newbie gift pack, she quickly chose to claim and open it. Being able to live a different way was better than drifting aimlessly; she still preferred the feeling of being grounded.
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained a personal space x1, a bottle of Power Pill, one spin on the lucky draw, and 1000 initial points."
With the help of 996, Chen Xia performed a soul recognition ceremony for the space. The space initially consisted of two acres of land, a thatched hut, and a well. The well water did not have the immediate effect of the spiritual spring water, but long-term consumption could strengthen the body.
After the soul recognizes its master, the space can be manipulated by thought, upgraded with points, or upgraded with rare and precious materials.
One bottle of the Power Pill contains 10 pills. Use it after entering the small world. Although it cannot move mountains and rivers, it can still uproot willows. It is an essential artifact for rural areas during the Cultural Revolution.
The prizes on the spinning wheel were dazzling. Chen Xia clasped his hands together and prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky before pressing the draw button. After the pointer spun around a few times, it stopped on the multi-functional processing machine.
Chen Xia took a deep breath, received the package, and clicked to install. The universal processing machine was then connected to the warehouse, where it could be operated directly from the warehouse panel.
1000 initial points sound like a lot, but when she opened the shop, she saw a dazzling array of items, but after seeing the prices, Chen Xia decisively gave up. She couldn't afford any of them.
Clicking on the sorting menu and selecting from low to high, she finally found items she could afford. Considering she didn't have many points, Chen Xia browsed through the list but ultimately didn't buy anything.
New players need to complete three tasks to become official members. Each task earns 1000 points, and receiving a 5-star review from the wisher earns an extra 500 points and a chance to win a prize. Triggering and completing hidden tasks also grants generous point rewards.
"Host, are you ready? The beginner quest is randomly assigned and cannot be selected. Do you wish to enter the small world?"
"yes!"
After receiving the plot, Chen Xia rubbed her throbbing forehead: "996, is it always this painful for me to receive the original owner's memories? Isn't there a painless version?"
996 was speechless: "No, your soul power is weak right now. Once you've traversed more small worlds, receiving memories won't be so painful. After entering a small world, the host has one chance to sign in. Do you want to sign in?"
"Sign? There's such a good thing? Of course I'll sign."
"Sign-in successful. Reward: a gift package containing 500 yuan in cash, 200 jin of national grain coupons, and other receipts."
The sign-in reward has been placed in the system's built-in storage slot. Please check it. To conserve energy, the 996 System will soon enter a dormant state. To awaken this system, simply call upon 996.
"Okay, 996."
The original owner, Chen Xia, is nineteen years old this year and a fourth-year student at the Beijing Radio Vocational School.
Beijing Radio Vocational School was a secondary vocational school under the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry. It was very famous at the time. Graduates were assigned jobs in Beijing and worked part-time while studying, so there were many applicants. Among all secondary vocational schools, its admission score was the highest.
Chen's parents both worked in a machinery factory. There were five children in the family, and she was the third child, with an older brother and an older sister, and a younger brother and a younger sister.
With many children, there will always be one child who isn't favored by the parents. That's normal; after all, even ten fingers aren't all the same length.
The original owner of this body, Chen Xia, was the one neglected by her parents. Her father, Chen Weiguo, held deeply ingrained patriarchal views and favored his eldest son, Chen Shan. He believed that daughters would eventually marry out of the family, and once married, they were no longer considered part of the Chen family.
The mother, Song Daju, doted on her eldest daughter, Chen Yang. Chen Xia, on the other hand, was neither loved by her father nor her mother and never got any good things. However, her mother would always think of her when it came to chores.
The fourth child, Chen Feng, and the fifth child, Chen Man, are a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. They are much older than the first three children, so although they don't hold the same place in their parents' hearts as Chen Shan and Chen Yang, they are more important than Chen Xia.
The original owner of Chen Xia always felt that she hadn't done enough to win her parents' favoritism. In order to please her parents, she knew how to help with housework from a young age and was one of the top students in her class. Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't compete with Chen Yang's sweet talk.
After graduating from junior high school, the original owner was admitted to a vocational school with excellent grades. Chen's father valued his reputation, and the fact that the original owner was admitted to a vocational school made him look good among the neighbors.
Most importantly, vocational school doesn't require tuition and even provides subsidies. Thirteen yuan a month is enough to earn as much as a temporary worker's salary, and the salary will be even higher after graduation. Chen's father thought it was profitable, so he agreed to let the original owner go to vocational school.
Chen's mother had planned to have the original owner pay ten yuan of subsidies every month, but she only found out after the original owner went to school that vocational school students did not have tuition fees, but they needed to pay ten yuan and fifty cents of living expenses every month.
This fee was deducted directly from the subsidy. After deducting living expenses, the original owner's subsidy was reduced to two yuan and fifty cents.
Having failed to gain anything, Chen's mother told the original owner that since she received a monthly subsidy for going to school, the family would not accept the subsidy and would not give her a single penny.
During the years the original owner studied, she lived frugally, but fortunately, she studied radio, and she was able to put her knowledge to practical use by learning how to assemble a semiconductor radio using purchased parts.
She was timid and lacked connections, so she couldn't buy radio parts. She usually earned a small fee for her work, and over two years she saved up a little over a hundred yuan in secret savings.
After graduating, the original owner was assigned to an electronic instrument factory. After becoming a regular employee, his salary was 37.5, which was higher than that of a technician with 10 years of experience. This caused Chen Yang to be extremely dissatisfied.
She worked as a temporary worker in the textile factory for several years, with no prospect of becoming a permanent employee in sight. Her monthly salary was only a dozen yuan, while the original owner of the body earned more than twice as much. How could she possibly swallow this insult?
At Chen Yang's instigation, Chen's mother demanded that the original owner give 30 yuan to the family every month. When the original owner refused, she went to the original owner's factory, crying and making a scene, and spreading rumors that the original owner was unfilial.
The original owner could no longer bear it and decided to find a partner and get married as soon as possible. Under Chen Yang's brainwashing, Chen's mother said that whoever wanted to marry her would have to give a dowry of 1,000 yuan and would have to give half of her salary to her family after marriage.
The harsh conditions scared away all the families who wanted to marry the original owner, and the original owner wasted year after year like this.
She resisted, contacted the Women's Federation, and called the police, which were not entirely useless, but not very effective. It is said that even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes, and some people even advised her that there are no parents who are wrong, and that she should be more understanding of her parents.
Later, the original owner could no longer bear this suffocating life and chose to commit suicide. After her death, Chen's father and mother cursed her a few times, went to the factory where she worked, made a scene, and even threatened to hang herself. In the end, Chen Shan's wife successfully took over her job, and from then on, the family lived a harmonious and happy life.
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