Insufficient balance

  "My first wish is..." Lin Dong suddenly hesitated, and decided to go home and take a bath before saying anything else. The events of tonight were too strange.

  Lin Dong returned home and took a cold shower on purpose. Then he found out that what happened earlier was not just a dream. He looked down at his right hand's little finger, which was indeed wearing a white jade ring. Lin Dong tried to take off the ring but unfortunately failed.

  "Wish and luck ring? If that person didn't cheat me, it should be real, otherwise a living person would say it's gone just like that." Lin said to himself, he suddenly felt like he had stumbled upon a great treasure, could it be that the heavens were smiling upon him and gave him this ring on purpose?

  Lin Dong sat on the bed at this moment, flicking his fingers. He remembered that person saying it was possible to fulfill one's wish within two hours? True or false, but he didn't tell himself how to use it?

  Lin Dong cursed. He was about to get up and pour a glass of boiling water, but as soon as he stood up, a warm current flashed through his fingers like an electric shock. The next second, Lin Dong found himself in a white world, where everything was white and hazy. Wait, no, there's someone in front of him, about 25 years old, with a guitar on his back, and a not-so-handsome face with a bright smile.

  Lin Dong's mind went blank as soon as he saw this person, the face was too familiar. Huang Jiaju. Didn't he die? Is he in heaven now? Damn it, he didn't even sleep with a woman before dying like that?

  "You're not dead yet, you've just entered the space of the White Jade Ring. Welcome." Huang Jiaju smiled and explained.

  That's right, it must have been the warm current that brought me into this ring. Lin Dong thought to himself, feeling as if Huang Jiaju's gaze had seen through his inner thoughts.

  Huang Jiaju continued: "You are now in a two-dimensional space, and the time you spend here is different from the outside world. To put it simply, if you stay here for a year, only two or three minutes will pass outside. So don't worry about not being able to leave; you can leave at any time. By the way, I'm already dead, and what you're seeing now is just my soul."

  Lin Dong digested the chaotic thoughts in his mind, calming down: "Is it true what that person said, that this ring can bring good fortune and fulfill wishes?"

  "Not bad, this is a wish ring, with it you can change your own destiny. The person who gave you the ring is called Tang Xiao, and he also lives in this ring."

  Tang Xiao? Lin Dong's mouth twitched, was that vagrant Tang Xiao? The first richest man on the Hurun List five years ago, Tang Xiao. He knew about Tang Xiao from TV news and entertainment gossip. This person had shown incredible business acumen since childhood, had been apprenticed to stock god Buffett, was a new generation of stock gods in China, but died young, heard it was cancer, although he lived a short life of twenty-five years, had been with countless female stars in the entertainment circle, known as a thousand people killer.

  Lin Dong had an urge to strangle himself to death. This super rookie actually dared to shout loudly at the richest man, but this was also understandable, who would have known that he was the richest man?

  Lin Dong stabilized himself and asked: "Is it really a ring that can fulfill any wish?"

  "Yes."

  "I want to have your unique voice and guitar skills." Lin Dong blurted out, becoming a singer like Wong Ka Kui would also fulfill one of his childhood dreams.

  "You can, but your time is only two hours. After two hours, you will automatically turn into Lin Dong." Huang Jiaju explained, "Before you can achieve your wish, you must go through a series of tests to make your wish come true. There's no free lunch in this world."

  Lin Dong suddenly came to a realization, indeed there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. He asked himself a question that even he thought was stupid: "What if I don't pass this series of tests?"

  "Sorry, you only have an hour's time."

  He didn't see the hint of playful smile in Huang Jiaju's eyes.

  Lin Dong muttered to himself: "An hour's time? That'll do, it's better than nothing."

  Huang Jiaju heard Lin Dong's words and immediately crushed the lucky idea he had just thought of: "Actually, this hour doesn't have any special meaning for you, maybe your wish can't be fulfilled in this one-hour time?"

  Lin's face darkened for a moment, but soon ignited the fighting spirit. Anyway, with this ring in hand, he didn't believe he couldn't pass these tests: "Alright, I can start accepting the trials now."

  Huang Jiaju said: "You have twenty minutes to pass this test, goodbye."

  Lin Dong didn't even have time to call out to him, mainly because he still wanted to ask some questions. The next second, he found himself appearing in a teahouse drinking tea. There were men and women, old people and children in the teahouse, some eating, some chatting, and some playing the erhu. It was a harmonious scene, and every person here looked like they were filled with a happy and calm joy.

  If Lin Dong hadn't mentally prepared himself beforehand, he would have definitely wanted to travel back in time to ancient times by now.

  "Could it be that this ring was actually developed according to the game, and only by upgrading and passing tests can one's wishes come true?" Lin Dong thought to himself, it must be like this. But what task did he need to do after entering this game space? He had played many online games before, and his favorite was "Dream Journey to the West", where even beginners started from scratch, and now he was a super beginner.

  "Your mission is to assassinate an outsider, on whom you will find the information and some silver you need." Huang Jiaju's voice sounded again, reminding Lin Dong, "Be mindful of your time."

  A piece of paper and two silver ingots appeared on the wine table.

  Lin Dong picked up the note and took a look.

  Name: Yan Hong

  Gender: Male

  Weapon: War Sky Axe

  Personality: Arrogant, haughty, calm

  Weaknesses: Women, Alcohol

  "Is that all?" Lin Dong had an urge to scold loudly, what kind of weakness is this? Which man doesn't like women and drinking?

  Lin Dong stayed gloomy in the inn for a few seconds before settling the bill.

  Yan Hong doesn't know where to live, killing is useless. Besides, someone who uses an axe as a weapon must be very strong, and fighting with an axe is like pushing oneself into the fire pit.

  He is not Sima Yi, who kills people at will.

  "Ah, I'm really an idiot. Maybe there's a Ximen Blowsnow here, or maybe even a King of Assassins Zhongyuan Little Red. Lin Dong shook off his earlier gloom and immediately grabbed a middle-aged woman to ask, "Auntie, do you know this person Ximen Blowsnow?"

  "I don't know."

  "A red dot in the Central Plains."

  "Oh, it's on the next street over."

  "Thank you, thank you." If it weren't for seeing that Auntie is older, Lin Dong really couldn't help but give her a hug to express his inner excitement.

  It says that Yan Hong must be killed, but it doesn't say that we can't hire someone to do the job? Hahaha, Lin Dong couldn't help but burst out laughing, this little cleverness of his was still useful.

  Lin Dong indeed saw Zhong Yuan's little red after crossing a street.

  But this Zhongyuan Yidian Hong is not that Zhongyuan Yidian Hong, it's a signboard for selling baozi.

  Because the boss of this shop will put a red dot on each bun when selling it, so it's called Zhongyuan Yidianhong.

  His nose is going to bleed, it seems there's no such thing as a free lunch.