Prologue: Many people pursue the same things: power, wealth, beauty. Who in the world doesn't want to have these things in their life? However, while they seem to be within reach for a minority, for most people, it's like trying to touch the sky, an almost impossible action. This leads to frustration for ordinary people, who fill that void with material things or constantly seek success in an insatiable way, causing endless conflicts and fights. That's the world we live in, but it raises a question: if you could choose to change your destiny for a much better one and become an enviable existence, which one would you choose?
Year 2024. In one of the most prestigious universities in China, a group of young people from rich families enjoyed their youth sitting in the university cafeteria. While enjoying each other's company, joking and pying a PvP game in LOL, one of them, after losing a match, remembered something very funny.
"Hey guys, do you remember the incident from two days ago?" said one of the guys pying LOL.
Upon hearing about the "event," the group almost couldn't help but ugh. But in the midst of the ughter, one of them asked: "What event?"
Hearing that it was a serious question, everyone turned to look at him and asked: "Are you kidding me?"
"I didn't come to school two days ago because I didn't feel like it," he replied.
"I heard about this 'event' everywhere, but it didn't occur to me to ask."
"Okay, no problem, I'll expin it to you," said Yu Shing, and began to tell Shen Xi'an about what happened two days ago.
Two days ago, the poor student Zheng Chu met with An Mu, the beautiful "Ice Queen" of the campus and president of the student council. He asked her to meet him on the university rooftop after css, where he pnned to confess to her.
According to what everyone saw, he confessed in an extravagant way, releasing heart-shaped balloons and using fireworks to make it more eye-catching.
Honestly, most of us at that moment admired his courage, since An Mu was known as the "Ice Queen" not only because she didn't socialize much but also because her family was the richest in the country.
It was said that her family line covered or controlled most of the country's businesses. Practically 70% of China's economy was managed by her family.
That's why most guys, no matter how rich they were, didn't dare to confess to her.
But about a month ago, An Mu had seen Zheng Chu very sick in his physical education css and took him to the infirmary.
She didn't do it because she liked him, but out of simple kindness towards a cssmate.
From that day on, Zheng Chu pursued An Mu non-stop, always wanting to chat with her to thank her, becoming a "licking dog."
Although everyone at that moment felt envious seeing how An Mu, despite never responding to him, didn't seem uncomfortable around him.
We all resigned ourselves to making a move, not wanting to risk being seen as a rival by Zheng Chu and incurring An Mu's dissatisfaction.
If that were the case, any move from her and her family could destroy everything we had.
That's why most of us, seeing his confession, could only say: "Good luck," but not because we liked Zheng Chu, but to see if he could survive An Mu's punishment.
According to rumors, Zheng Chu was bluntly rejected.
But he didn't give up after the failure and said at that moment that, as a proof of his sincerity, he would stay on the rooftop waiting for her response until 00:00.
He also promised that if she didn't come after that time, he would accept her action and never bother her again.
"And what happened after that?" Shen Xi'an asked, somewhat stunned.
"What else could happen? She never showed up," they replied.
"Not only that, it's said that Zheng Chu was punished with a 7-day suspension. But since An Mu didn't care about anything Zheng Chu did, she asked for the suspension to be lifted."
"Currently, it's said that Zheng Chu was hospitalized due to his weak constitution, and he got seriously ill from staying on the rooftop all night," they added.
Shen Xi'an, impacted by what happened two days ago, could only sigh and say: "Guys, let's just keep pying. Honestly, the story isn't that funny."
Thus, with the comedic atmosphere over, each of them connected to LOL and continued pying.
In the Beijing Public Hospital, a young man who looked somewhat malnourished and pale y in a hospital bed.
This was Zheng Chu.
Although his appearance wasn't the best in the world, he wasn't ugly either; he was an average-looking guy.
Currently, he was checking a holographic screen that only he could see. On that screen, he could see a list of completed missions:
[[Completed Missions: 1. Become An Mu's licking dog for 30 days. 2. Confess to An Mu. 3. Be cruelly rejected. Reward: Access to the System's Identity Vault.]]
Seeing that he had access to the Identity Vault, Zheng Chu felt extremely happy. "Finally, my hard work is rewarded," he thought to himself.
After accessing the vault, he saw a vast catalog of identities and a message from the "Ultra-000 System":
[[Welcome, host, to the System's Identity Catalog. As a reward for completing your first mission, you will be offered the option to choose a new identity provided by the system. Warning: after selecting an identity, there is no refund, and you can only choose one.]]
Seeing this, Zheng Chu didn't care; he just needed an identity, and that was it.
Among the identities avaible, he saw many interesting names: "Mercenary King", "Dragon General", "Underworld King", "Hacker No. 1", "The Richest Man in the World".
Honestly, if Zheng Chu were a normal person, any of those options would have satisfied him before.
But now, he was looking for more; if this was his only chance to change his destiny and live a better life, he wouldn't waste it.
After 2 hours of searching, he found what he was looking for, and with immense happiness, he selected the option and clicked confirm.
Immediately, a loading screen appeared: "From now on, I, Zheng Chu, will be a supreme lord".