The green light gradually coalesced into a screen of light, and a voice suddenly rang out: "[You, from the 21st century, died from overworking; I brought you here.]"
Chen Yunyun asked in confusion, "Who are you?"
In your human terms, you can call me the System.
"Then why did you help me?"
You are a descendant of the Chen family, and my mission is to protect the Chen family for generations to come. You are the second person in thousands of years to activate my power.
The system's voice was calm and even, but when it spoke the last sentence, its tone carried a hint of nostalgia.
Chen Yunyun followed up his question, "Then who was the first one?"
The system didn't answer; instead, a book floated out from the light screen and landed in front of Chen Yunyun.
She was somewhat puzzled, but she still took the book and began to read it. The more she flipped through the pages, the more serious her expression became, until finally she even gritted her teeth.
"This is my end?! This is a book?!"
It turns out she didn't time travel, but rather transmigrated into a book.
She even transmigrated into the body of the wicked stepmother of a villain who had turned evil.
To highlight the villains' evil and cruelty, the book focuses on depicting the scene where the three villains take turns torturing the wicked stepmother.
Just reading the words made Chen Yunyun's heart pound and her liver and gallbladder tremble!
Then she got angry again, thinking, "How could she have died so tragically!"
[Host, don't worry, nothing has happened yet. You can change everything.]
Chen Yunyun tried to calm herself down. The system was right. The three kids were still young, and she could turn them around as long as she taught them well.
Keeping the little one away from the original male and female protagonists in the future should help avoid the tragic ending of his previous life.
That's right, those three little brats died in the end too, and their fate wasn't much better than hers as their stepmother...
Chen Yunyun sighed repeatedly, her stomach aching even more.
Please confirm the main quest.
The system's emotionless voice rang out.
Chen Yunyun looked up and saw the light screen clearly.
Main Quest 1: Change the Original Owner's Tragic Fate
Main Quest Two: Rescue the three cubs and stop them from turning evil.
Below the taskbar is a line of small text: [Task complete. You can return to your original world.]
Upon seeing the small print, Chen Yunyun's spirits lifted; she wanted to go home! She wondered how heartbroken her parents would be in some other world upon hearing the news of her death.
The sooner she finishes the task, the sooner she can go home. With this thought in mind, Chen Yunyun selected "confirm".
[Mission successful! You have received a newbie gift pack and 100 bonus points.]
Chen Yunyun locked the kitchen door, opened the newbie gift pack, and found rice, flour, cooking oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and salt inside, enough to last about half a month, which guaranteed her basic living needs.
She opened the system's store, and sure enough, it was a points redemption platform with a wide variety of goods.
There are even cultivation manuals?!
It requires 1000 points. Sorry to bother you.
Chen Yunyun exchanged some daily necessities, a quilt and mattress, and some common food items, stuffing them all into her system inventory.
It was half an hour later when I came out of the kitchen.
As darkness fell, the eldest child, who had left early in the morning, still hadn't returned.
The eldest son of the Xu family was named Xu Jingrun. The book says that he was deep-thinking and ruthless. He massacred a village when he was young and treated human life and the law as worthless when he grew up. He was a reincarnation of the King of Hell.
But he is only seven and a half years old this year, which is the age of just starting primary school in the 21st century.
The things the original owner did couldn't change the fact that he had turned evil.
[Mission issued: Find the frightened Xu Jingrun. Mission failure will cause Xu Jingrun's corruption level to reach 30%. Mission success will reward 500 points and 1 chance to win a prize.]
Looking at the sky outside, Chen Yunyun stopped dawdling, fed each of the two children a bowl of milk powder, and hurriedly ran up the mountain.
Xujia Village is located in a mountain basin, surrounded by mountains and peaks. Chen Yunyun entered the mountains based on her memory.
As soon as she entered the mountains, her vision went dark.
The trees blocked out the sky, and a cold wind blew.
Chen Yunyun kept walking, always feeling something behind her, but every time she turned around, it was pitch black, and all she could hear was her own breathing.
She turned her head and continued walking along the mountain path, her steps becoming increasingly hurried.
After walking for an hour, she was already sweating profusely. The cool mountain breeze made her clothes stick to her back, making her feel both cold and sticky.
How much longer until we arrive?
[After walking another half hour, Xu Jingrun was not in good condition.]
Chen Yunyun nodded, leaning against the tree beside her, and continued forward.
Fortunately, she had eaten something before coming, otherwise she probably would have died of exhaustion on the way.
This mission is worth a full 500 points, which shows that it is very important.
Moreover, in the original book, Xu Jingrun was a cripple. The author did not write in detail about the specific reasons, only vaguely saying that he was bitten by wild animals when he went up the mountain to find food as a child.
Chen Yunyun guessed it was this incident that made her realize the seriousness of the problem, and she quickened her pace.
[Host has arrived, please be careful.]
The system's voice was cold and flat, without any inflection.
Chen Yunyun perked up and looked around. It was already completely dark, with only sparse moonlight filtering through the gaps in the trees overhead.
How can you find your cub in the dark?
Chen Yunyun could only make a soft sound and call Xu Jingrun's name in a low voice.
Two or three meters away from Chen Yunyun, a small figure was hanging on the tree trunk. The lush foliage concealed his thin body, making him completely hidden.
The boy's face was pale, his forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat, and his lips were dry and chapped.
He hadn't had a drop of water from morning till night and was constantly chased by wild boars. If he hadn't learned to climb trees with the village children, he would have been eaten by the wild boars long ago.
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