Chapter 3

In the original timeline, Jin Xiantai was originally an orphan, with no family or relatives. He was essentially an ordinary person with no connections. Because of this, he could only live a simple and ordinary life, with no ambitions or extravagant hopes.

His wife, although both of her parents were alive, had also lost them early. Therefore, she could not provide him with any career assistance. Thus, the couple had to accept reality, not fantasizing about sudden success or becoming wealthy and influential, and lived a simple and hard life.

People can get tired from thinking too much, and it can even lead to losing hope in life. So, one must learn to be more open-minded, right?

However, now Jin Xiantai felt that he had an opportunity to become someone important, not just for himself, but also for his daughter.

If he seized this opportunity, he could give his daughter a higher starting point in life and a better living and learning environment, so she wouldn't have to experience the hardships he faced in his previous life, or even become a nobody.

As a parent, such thoughts are very normal; who wouldn't want their child to have a better future?

What's strange, though, is why Jin Xiantai believes he has such an opportunity?

Could it be just because he came to a parallel universe?

But if he really had such an opportunity, why did he spend half a year working as a car washer and a dishwasher at night?

At this moment, the slow laptop had finally booted up. Jin Xiantai glanced at his daughter, who was still sound asleep, with a loving expression on his face, his eyes filled with boundless tenderness.

"Wife, rest assured. Since heaven has given me this opportunity, I will seize it firmly and not let it slip away. I promised you that I would take good care of our daughter and provide her with the best possible conditions. Now I have this opportunity."

He retracted his tender gaze and turned his attention to the laptop screen, where the F drive was already open.

Inside the F drive, there was a solitary folder named "A Song of Ice and Fire." Jin Xiantai moved the mouse and double-clicked the folder, revealing several documents.

The contents of these documents were all chapters and paragraphs from "A Song of Ice and Fire," which Jin Xiantai had written bit by bit from memory during his free time after work at midnight.

It's worth mentioning that when Jin Xiantai was transported through the space-time tunnel by the alien elementary school student, he was also affected by the colorful and mysterious energy fields within the tunnel, resulting in some unexpected changes to his body after arriving in this timeline.

For example, his physical strength was now very good, and his memory was continuously improving. Although it wasn't an immediate and drastic change, Jin Xiantai could clearly feel the improvement every day.

The improvement in physical strength aside, the enhancement in memory allowed Jin Xiantai to recall all the books he had read in his previous timeline in their entirety, even reciting them word for word.

Isn't that amazing?

Yes, even Jin Xiantai thought so.

To put it simply, the enhancement in memory was a result of a transformation in brainpower. It was evident that Jin Xiantai's current brain intelligence was on a different level compared to his original self.

Indeed, it was a "transformation," and Jin Xiantai felt that this term was the most fitting.

Especially after his brain was affected by the mysterious energy from the space-time tunnel, not only did his memory improve, but his intelligence also increased significantly, making his learning ability very powerful.

Now, Jin Xiantai, besides mastering English, had started learning Spanish and other languages on his own. He also began exploring and learning other types of knowledge through self-study.

These things were relatively easy for Jin Xiantai now, although they were initially challenging. As time passed, they became increasingly simple.

Although no one was teaching him, he could digest all the knowledge on his own with his increasingly powerful intelligence.

Of course, this knowledge did not bring him any economic benefits at the moment, but Jin Xiantai was not concerned about it because he had another plan.

That plan was to write novels!

Yes, to write novels!

Although this was a parallel universe, the Earth here was called the "Earth Federation," and it seemed similar to the Earth in Jin Xiantai's original timeline, but there were significant differences.

For example, the area of the Earth Federation was ten times larger than the Earth in Jin Xiantai's original timeline. In other words, the entire universe was ten times larger, and all the planets, including the Earth Federation, were also ten times larger.

The increase in area led to the emergence of cities that Jin Xiantai had never heard of, changes in population, and other differences.

For instance, the population of China in the Earth Federation exceeded 10 billion, reaching 14 billion, which was astonishing.

Even the population of the United States, where Jin Xiantai now lived, reached 4.4 billion.

The increase in land area and population had various impacts, the simplest being that travel time became longer.

When Jin Xiantai bought a second-hand laptop, he searched for information online and learned that some single technologies in this world were more advanced than in his original Earth.

The simplest example was the aircraft engine, which had three times the power of the engines in his original Earth. Therefore, even with the land area being ten times larger, it was still possible to fly from Los Angeles to the Chinese city of Shanghai in 48 hours.

However, these were not what Jin Xiantai was most concerned about. What he cared about was that in this Earth Federation, all the political figures, celebrities, and everything he knew from his original Earth did not exist here.

Even the popular songs, movies, and novels from his original Earth did not exist in this timeline.

This did not mean that the Earth Federation lacked cultural and entertainment content. On the contrary, the cultural and entertainment industries in the Earth Federation were very developed, with many excellent novels and movies.

It was just that these excellent novels and movies were unfamiliar to Jin Xiantai.

Therefore, Jin Xiantai saw an opportunity.

Especially with the strict protection of copyright and personal cultural rights in this timeline, including in China, authors and celebrities lived very comfortably.

After some thought, Jin Xiantai believed that, given his current situation, pirating a novel from his original timeline to this timeline would be a good choice.

The world history of the Earth Federation was also different from his original timeline, with the turning point being after 1949.

After this turning point, the historical process of the world was completely different from what Jin Xiantai knew.

For example, the Soviet Union had not collapsed and still stood as a powerful nation, often causing minor frictions with China.

The Earth Federation's Japan, due to its development of high-tech, had a large number of advanced technologies, making its products very popular internationally and earning a lot of money.

The "Plaza Accord" that cut down the United States in another timeline had not occurred here, so Japan was very powerful and had a wealthy image on the world stage.

Even events like the Gulf War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and 9/11 did not happen.

It's important to note that the current time in Jin Xiantai's timeline was July 2015.

Although the United States had won World War II and became the ultimate victor, due to the different development after 1949, the United States in this timeline was at a disadvantage in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Japan was also restless, wanting to break free from American control and remove American troops from Japan.

In this timeline, the United States, besides its culture, economy, and technology, was far less powerful than in the other timeline.

According to Jin Xiantai's online research, the United States in this timeline was currently under a conservative political system, with the government controlled by conservatives, leading to the current situation, which was like a turtle's grandson.

When Jin Xiantai learned this information, he was initially surprised.

However, he soon became excited because he saw an opportunity to change his fate in this information.

Yes, he saw an opportunity.

Because his intelligence was continuously improving, his memory was also gradually getting better. In the early days, his memory was not so extraordinary, and he could not recall the detailed content and plots of various novels accurately.

But as time passed, some unexpected changes began to occur in Jin Xiantai. With the development of his brainpower, he could clearly recall the content of the novels he had read, which made everything different.

It was simple; according to Jin Xiantai's idea, he could "pirate" novels from his original timeline and publish them in the Earth Federation to make money.

Moreover, even if he "pirated" these novels, he did not have to worry about breaking the law or getting into trouble in this timeline.

Of course, Jin Xiantai could not devote all his energy to this task immediately, as he still needed to earn money to support his daughter and himself. Therefore, he could only use his limited free time after work to complete this task.

For example, a few hours after his midnight shift.

After turning on the old laptop, Jin Xiantai, with his extraordinary memory, wrote 30,000 words in an hour.

When he typed the last punctuation mark, Jin Xiantai sat up straight, stretched, and let out a comfortable sigh.

The novel he had chosen, "A Song of Ice and Fire" (also known as "Game of Thrones"), was finally fully "pirated" that night.

It took him five months to complete this novel, spending three hours each day on "writing," and the hardships were not known to others.

But now that the novel was finished, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The next step was to find a publisher to discuss the publication. If it could be published, Jin Xiantai could change his current economic conditions and living environment with this novel.

He believed that if this novel could become popular in his original timeline, it would also do well in this timeline, especially with a larger audience.

Jin Xiantai got up from the sofa and quietly walked to the stove, poured himself a cup of hot water, and then returned.

Sitting back on the sofa, leaning against the soft backrest, Jin Xiantai began to think about how to publish this novel and bring in substantial income.

His daughter was still sound asleep, completely unaware that her father had just completed a significant task that could change their lives.

Putting the cup on the coffee table, Jin Xiantai opened a web page and started searching for information about publishers, and began submitting manuscripts to their email addresses.

After completing everything, it was already 3 a.m. Considering he had to go to the car wash at 8 a.m., Jin Xiantai had to shut down the computer, push the baby bed back to the bedroom, and go to bed.