On the day the Imperial Court’s illusionist qualification exam ended, the royal family announced the marriage of the crown prince, Jun Yuzhou. Along with the excited and enthusiastic verbal accounts from some of the spectators at the exam site, the entire empire was shocked!
They had just discovered the genius illusionist Xu Yin yesterday, and today, the crown prince had already proposed to him—in front of so many people!
This… is too thrilling!!!
But perhaps because Xu Yin had already fully demonstrated his abilities before the news broke, this was the first time in history that when the royal family announced that the heir to the throne would marry a male partner, there wasn’t a single voice of doubt from the public. All that was heard were exclamations of amazement, acceptance, and blessings.
Three months later, the two held their wedding.
The wedding didn’t invite the media, but the Queen personally captured a scene of the couple kissing.
Xu Yin was holding a pink flower in Jun Yuzhou’s hands after exchanging rings; it was a small gift Jun Yuzhou gave to Xu Yin.
People were very curious because Xu Yin smiled when he received the flower, and it wasn’t a surprised smile at all.
Later, he remembered something and quietly asked Jun Yuzhou, “Have you ever had a dream about me?”
He thought that the fact that his Lao Gong started dreaming about him in the previous world wasn’t a coincidence. This must be a sign that something was changing in him.
As he had expected, Jun Yuzhou froze for a moment, and his ears turned red.
Xu Yin raised an eyebrow and asked, “What did you dream about?”
Jun Yuzhou was silent for a moment, his ears growing redder, looking somewhat embarrassed, clearly having difficulty saying it out loud.
However, Xu Yin didn’t plan on letting this go easily, so he kept looking at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
In the end, Jun Yuzhou gave in under Xu Yin’s gaze.
He helplessly leaned toward Xu Yin’s ear, paused for a moment, and in a low, hoarse voice said, “I dreamed… that you and I were role-playing.”
Xu Yin: “?”
“CEO and a small celebrity, high school desk mates, base guardians in the apocalypse, and one… world with very strange gender divisions,” this man, whose ears were so red it seemed like they might bleed, still said seriously, “We kept playing these roles, and while doing so…”
He whispered those two very discordant words.
Xu Yin: “…………”
Role-playing, my ass.
For a moment, Xu Yin didn’t know what to say. When the man moved a bit farther away, then looked at his reaction, and leaned in again, crossing a boundary to ask, “When can we try it in real life?” Xu Yin finally couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
Jun Yuzhou: “?”
Xu Yin covered his lips, shaking with laughter, unable to control himself.
Not only did he think those were just role-playing scenarios, but he even wanted to try them in real life…
Oh my God.
Xu Yin laughed and thought, how could this man be so cute?
Jun Yuzhou was a bit confused, but seeing Xu Yin laugh made his ears turn even redder. After a moment, he looked at Xu Yin and slightly raised his lips, smiling too.
Xu Yin laughed so hard that tears nearly came out, and it took him a while to calm his breathing.
His Lao gong is so cute; he has to be spoiled.
So, he nodded and said, “Alright, when we have time, we can… try each one.”
Jun Yuzhou’s eyes lit up.
…
The ultimate task Xu Yin received in this life was “to become the Kingdom’s top illusionist.” Just being an “S-grade” illusionist wasn’t enough to complete the task, so after marrying Jun Yuzhou, he spent a lot of time immersed in the imperial illusionist group, while also conducting research and promoting the “Special Wave Energy Flow Method.”
At the age of forty-five, ninety-five percent of illusionists in the empire had mastered this skill, marking a technological leap on a nationwide scale.
It was also on that day that he earned the points for completing the ultimate task.
Another ten years passed, and Jun Yuzhou abdicated the throne. The third prince took over, and the Kingdom entered a new era…
On that day, 018 froze time.
As usual, Xu Yin left over ten thousand points for himself, just in case, and used the remaining 150,000 points to fix the bugs.
018: “Fixed 65%!”
With the repair progress finally over half complete, Xu Yin sighed with relief and gently glanced at the elderly man lying on the bed, deep in slumber.
One day, they would complete this long, wonderful, somewhat romantic, and happy journey together.
Xu Yin asked again, “What’s the reward this time?”
His tone was playful, but 018 seemed much calmer this time: “Hehe, check the task bar.”
Upon hearing that, Xu Yin immediately opened the task bar and noticed, in the corner, in addition to the original little snowflake and water droplet icons, there was now an icon resembling a small reservoir.
Xu Yin clicked on the icon to check the details and saw that the name of this icon was “Energy Pool.”
018: “The energy inside your body in this world can be taken with you, and after you take it, it can even change its nature once!”
018: “To put it simply, if you don’t change the energy, it will remain in the form you understand now, and it might not be useful in future worlds. But if the next world involves abilities, you can transform that energy into whatever kind of ability you desire.”
Oh, this is quite fascinating.
Xu Yin pondered for a moment and then asked, “Is there only one chance to transform the energy?”
018: “Of course! After all, it’s such a powerful ability—there’s no way it can be used endlessly!”
I see, Xu Yin understood and nodded before saying, “Got it.”
“Then let’s jump to the next world,” he said, gently kissing the old man’s forehead.
—
When Xu Yin’s vision shifted from darkness back to the colorful images of a new world, he found himself curled up on a shabby little bed.
He wasn’t sure how long he had been in this position, but just moving a little made his body feel incredibly sore.
Slowly sitting up, Xu Yin surveyed his surroundings without revealing any expression.
It was an extremely cramped, dirty, and chaotic room.
The floor was littered with trash—tissues, food wrappers, and dirty clothes that hadn’t been washed in who knows how long.
The room, apart from a bed, desk, and wardrobe—simple furniture—had nothing else. There were no windows, just a small ventilation hole. The environment was very oppressive.
Xu Yin rubbed his forehead and tidied the memories that had entered his mind.
As before, the original host’s name was Xu Yin, and his appearance was exactly the same as his.
This was a world set in a starry, intergalactic background. The original host had once been a citizen of Anluo Xing Guo. His father was a respected five-star general, famous for his military achievements and shining with glory. The original host had once been a young nobleman, full of ambition.
Although border wars occurred from time to time, the original host’s father was
able to command the entire army and maintain control over the battlefield, so the Xu family had always led a stable and peaceful life.
—Until two months ago, during a battle, the army led by the original host’s father was suddenly defeated. Soon after, his father was accused of having ties with the enemy faction. The power center of Xing guo—the Xingyun Council—ordered that his father be arrested and brought back.
In the following month, the Xu family experienced a complete upheaval.
The original host’s father, the pillar of the family, was thrown into prison and subjected to numerous rounds of interrogation.
The original host and his mother couldn’t see him, and their house was searched several times as the Xingyun Council sought “evidence.”
The original host’s mother was struck hard by the situation, falling ill and unable to recover. She was sent to the hospital but was still under the surveillance of the Xingyun Council.
The original host, once a lively, pampered, and proud young man, instantly became silent and withdrawn.
At just 18 years old, the original host attended a military academy. Despite his father being a famous war general, the original host had no talent for battle—his physical abilities were poor, his mental power weak, and he was terrible at piloting mechas. Therefore, the original host had never considered following in his father’s footsteps to fight on the battlefield. He simply wanted to study well, live a peaceful life, and eventually work a civilian job.
No one had ever said there was anything wrong with his thoughts.
He was always surrounded by people. Whatever he did, they would support him and praise him.
It wasn’t until his father was thrown into prison that he realized that, in the eyes of others, he had always been “General Xu’s disgrace” and “the Xu family’s useless son.”
He was still the center of attention in the crowd—yet no longer the center of admiration, but the focus of gossip, pointing fingers, and low whispers of mockery.
The original host had been so well-protected in the past, but after the blow, he instantly lost all his spirit and rapidly became dejected and self-conscious.
Oh, right—Xu Yin recalled this part and couldn’t help but shake his head, marveling at how melodramatic it was—the original host had always secretly admired a boy named Ming Yi.
Well, not exactly secretly. He had openly pursued him, and everyone in the academy knew about it.
And Ming Yi’s father was one of the chairmen of the Xingyun Council.
After the incident, the original host had sought out Ming Yi to ask what was going on.
—Although Ming Yi had never accepted the original host’s pursuit, and in fact, everyone in the academy thought Ming Yi was much closer to another boy named Xue Yuanqing, Ming Yi had always been gentle with the original host, never showing him any coldness.
But now, things are different. When the original host confronted Ming Yi, Ming Yi only sighed and said, “I’m not really sure about the situation. My dad doesn’t tell me these confidential matters. Xu Yin, you… should just wait at home for news.”
After that, the original host never had the chance to ask Ming Yi again.
Ming Yi had started avoiding him.
Later, rumors spread throughout the academy that Ming Yi and Xue Yuanqing seemed to have gotten together.
The fortress inside the original host’s heart crumbled again and again. He could no longer hold on, and in his pain, he applied to suspend his studies.
Whether it should be said that the Xingyun Council didn’t torment the Xu family for too long, or that they decisively pushed them into the abyss…
—One month after the original host’s father was imprisoned, the Xingyun Council made a decision.
The Xu family would be exiled to a D-level border planet for fifty years. Only after fifty years would they be allowed to return to the main star system of Anluo Xing Guo. Even in this interstellar age, when dealing with certain sensitive matters, the center of power in the country still chose the seemingly ancient punishment of family exile.
Fifty years.
How many fifty years does a person have in their life?
How could the original host’s parents have lasted fifty years?
On the way to the exiled planet, the original host’s father passed away from a severe illness.
When they finally arrived at the exiled planet, his mother completely lost her sanity. She became delirious, raving and rambling.
The original host thought to himself that it might have been better to go mad, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
So, day after day, he avoided the mining tasks given to him as punishment, locking himself in this small dorm room, listening to his mother’s occasional insane cries from the living room. He would cover his head with the blanket, living like a tortured ghost.
At this point in the memory, Xu Yin let out a long sigh.
So, now, he had been curled up on this bed for a full seven days. During these seven days, he had survived on instant convenience food, hadn’t changed his clothes, and hadn’t bathed. Xu Yin could even smell the unpleasant odor coming from his own body.
018, trying to be clever, said: “It’s fine, your body scent came along with you!”
Xu Yin replied: “Hey, I saw there’s an item in the store that lets the system and the host share sensory perception for fifty minutes—”
018, both shocked and angry: “Save some points!!”
Xu Yin chuckled teasingly, and 018’s chat bubble seemed to shake in response.
018, quite alert, said: “Aren’t you going to think about your situation? How are you going to find your Lao Gong?! This exiled planet doesn’t even have networks or communication devices!”
The attempt to change the topic was quite obvious.
Of course, Xu Yin wanted to find his Lao Gong, but it was true that he had no clue where to start. More importantly, he needed to familiarize himself with the current environment.
So, Xu Yin got out of bed and walked to the door. He opened it.
