Chapter 4 System Activation
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Kang Lin glanced at the sky; it must be well past midnight!
"Never mind, I'll go back to my room and sleep!"
"I have to go to school tomorrow!"
Kang Lin went back inside and saw that he was dressed in tattered clothes—he looked like a beggar!
There was no hot water in the house, and it was raining heavily outside. Boiling water was impractical, so he just splashed some cold water on himself.
After the cold shower, Kang Lin changed into new clothes and felt much better. Exhausted, she collapsed onto the bed, panting heavily. After a while, Kang Lin felt slightly less tired, but she tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep!
"I need to check my records in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'!" he thought. "Without checking my records, I really can't sleep!"
Kang Lin tried to flip himself out of bed with a somersault, but… he used too much force and… he… he landed headfirst on the roof! What the hell happened?
Yes!
Kang Lin, with his head on the roof, didn't feel any pain at all. This… this… he had almost forgotten about this because of the system. Yes, he had just lightly leaped out of the water earlier.
Just now, he was only trying to do a somersault and jump, and he ended up on the roof. Kang Lin looked around; the roof tiles where he had come up were all broken. Kang Lin looked up at the rainy sky, because of the rain, he couldn't see any stars.
The roof was down! This is terrible! What would he do when his mother comes back?!
Kang Lin tried to pry the tiles near her neck with his hands, trying to get herself down.
Is this really her?
Kang Lin couldn't believe it; he had actually broken the tiles with a light pry. Then Kang Lin took a freefall and crashed down, boom... wood chips flew everywhere. Ugh... this was a real disaster!
There was no way to escape this time.
The wooden bed was smashed to pieces by his own powerful smash.
Kang Lin dusted himself off, got up, clenched his fists, and picked up the broken pieces of the bed. He wanted to test her strength. And easily, Kang Lin smashed the bed to pieces.
Forget about it. he'd better check her game logs!
Kang Lin carefully took out her game console and game cartridge. Why so careful?
Because he was afraid of damaging the console or cartridge.
After plugging it in, Kang Lin excitedly opened the game, only to see four words appear on the black and white screen: Login Failed.
Damn it, this is just one disaster after another! The roof's broken, the bed's smashed, and now my game data's gone—data I'd worked on for ages!
At this point, Kang Lin could no longer contain his anger and punched the center of the black-and-white television.
Boom… A loud explosion followed, glass shards flew everywhere, and the game console and cartridges were smoking from the power supply.
Then a 220-volt current struck Kang Lin directly.
Instantly, Kang Lin's body started smoking from the shock.
Ding… Signal received, system activation in progress… Activation 3/3, failed due to load shortage.
This electricity works?!
Why didn't they say so earlier? Kang Lin was so angry she felt like vomiting!
Wait… something's not right, what's this load shortage?
How come it failed to activate even at 3/3?
Just then, a notification sounded: Available load found, please select.
Then, a virtual screen suddenly appeared before Kang Lin's eyes. On the screen was an option that read, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2: Zhuge Liang's Biography."
Damn, isn't this my game cartridge?
How did it change to something else?
This… Kang Lin was completely confused again.
So Kang Lin decided to try clicking it anyway!
So Kang Lin extended her finger and clicked on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2: Zhuge Liang's Biography."
After clicking, a confirmation option popped up on the screen.
Kang Lin clicked "Confirm" without hesitation.
Ding… Loading.
Loading… 1% Loading… 15% Loading… % Loading… 75% Loading… 99% Kang Lin stared intently at the screen. Yes, it had already loaded to 99%, almost finished.
Kang Lin was very excited. Just what kind of system was this?
Loading... 100% Loading complete.
Ding... System activated, please check yourself.
Uh... Is that all? What a lot of noise, but so little action!
How am I supposed to check this myself?!
Kang Lin thought for a moment, and then the screen in front of her disappeared.
Then Kang Lin thought again, and the screen reappeared.
This... is this controlled by thought?
Damn, am I going to become a superpowered Nian?!
At this moment, Kang Lin concentrated and looked at the torrential rain outside. Suddenly, Kang Lin was surprised to find that the torrential rain outside had all frozen in the air.
Then Kang Lin relaxed his mind slightly, and then the torrential rain continued, seemingly unchanged!
This... At this moment, Kang Lin used his thought again to summon the screen from before.
Then Kang Lin clicked on the attribute, and Kang Lin's attribute data instantly appeared on it.
Name: Kang Lin Level: 01 Strength: 200 Intelligence: 200 Speed: 200 Attack: 0 Defense: 0 SP: 20 Troops: 200 Martial Arts: None Strategy:
Refining Fire Formation: Scatter Hmm… this stats look so strange…
This… this is the stat panel from *Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2: Zhuge Liang's Biography*.
I didn’t expect my initial attributes to all be 200; I’m actually an all-around talent.
Looking at my attribute stats, Kang Lin was quite satisfied.
So Kang Lin clicked on other options.
When Kang Lin clicked on the "Quality" option, he saw 5 pills lying in the "Quality" section.
They were: Crimson Heart Pill x3, Soul Summoning Pill x2. This… aren’t these pills from the game?
Could it be… could they be used in real life too?
So Kang Lin tried it, using his mind to retrieve the pill from his inventory. And...it actually worked! Looking at the bright red Crimson Heart Pill lying in his palm, Kang Lin almost wanted to eat it to see if it had any effect.
But Kang Lin wasn't injured!
Eating it wouldn't show any effect!
Forget it, I'll put it back for now, maybe another time!
He only had five of these pills in his inventory!
If he used them all up, how would he get more?
He didn't know how to obtain them yet, so he'd better use them cautiously!
Could that Soul-Summoning Pill really bring the dead back to life?
That's a bit unbelievable, isn't it?
How can a dead person come back to life? But so many things have happened today. Although Kang Lin was a little skeptical, he wasn't completely disbelieving, okay?
He should still try it when she has the chance, okay?
Only then did Kang Lin notice something in the upper right corner of the screen: "Eat Coins: 200"...is this the currency for buying pills? This is truly unbelievable.
Finally, Kang Lin discovered a "Teleport" button at the very end.
Where does this teleport button teleport him to?!
Curious, Kang Lin clicked the teleport button anyway.
Then, in a flash of white, Kang Lin disappeared from the spot.
(End of Chapter)
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