Chapter 1

"Classmate, what are your aspirations after graduation?"

At the end of the graduation ceremony for the 2019 class at Nanxi Music Academy, a rather pretty girl asked the boy next to her.

"Aspirations?" Li Han looked at the girl beside him and, after a moment, said, "Of course, I have aspirations. For example: to earn enough money, then return to my hometown and open a small shop or a farm. Find a wife and have a child. Happiness!"

"Oh, that's... quite... practical." The girl said, her expression a mix of surprise, regret, and disdain. "A handsome young man like you, with such simple aspirations, it's a waste of your good looks."

Not just the girl, but the other boys and girls around them also felt a bit disdainful after hearing Li Han's aspirations.

For a music student, the aspiration to return home and open a small shop or a farm was indeed somewhat disappointing.

But Li Han didn't care; he was already a deadbeat.

If the girl had asked him this question an hour earlier, he might have given a different answer.

Because an hour earlier, this Li Han was not the same Li Han.

Li Han, an Earthling, was already in his thirties.

An hour earlier, for some unknown reason, he was reborn to ten years ago, right now.

At 21, he was about to graduate from Nanxi Music Academy and was currently attending the graduation ceremony.

After an hour of dazed confusion and struggle, Li Han finally began to calm down.

Just as he was calming down, he heard his classmates talking about their aspirations.

The girl next to him, perhaps because she found him handsome, also asked him about his aspirations.

She wanted to hear grand aspirations, like making a name for himself in the music industry.

This was once his own aspiration.

In his previous life, after graduating from Nanxi Music Academy, he was young and ambitious, determined to become a prominent figure in the music industry.

However, the reality proved that he lacked the talent, and after wasting over a decade, he remained unknown, not even selling a single song.

Now, reborn, would he have the talent?

Nonsense!

He still didn't have it.

No different from his previous life.

Since that was the case, why bother chasing after those elusive dreams? Why bother retracing his old path?

The ten-year fruitless pursuit of his dreams in his previous life had left him tired and weary.

Even now, reborn, he could still feel the weariness from his previous life.

Since that was the case, he might as well earn some money and go home.

Being a deadbeat, living a simple life, was also fine.

Celebrity? Fame?

Forget it, those are just illusions!

...

"Beep! The system has detected that the host's aspirations contradict the system's service principles. System initialization failed!" A voice, devoid of emotion, suddenly echoed in Li Han's mind.

Li Han was startled.

What does that mean? A system? Does he have a system?

Having read a lot of web novels in his previous life, he naturally understood what a system was.

With a system, even a deadbeat could potentially reach the pinnacle of life.

Although he had already decided to be a deadbeat, if this deadbeat could have a system, why not?

He didn't need to reach the pinnacle of life or become famous; just making the life of a deadbeat a bit better would be fine.

But the system initialization failed—

What kind of operation is this?

Li Han didn't have time to be excited; he became confused again.

He had never heard of a system failing to initialize.

So, does he have a system or not? If this initialization failed, will it ever initialize again?

Hmm, wait, the system seems to have explained the reason for the failure.

Aspirations contradict the system's service principles?

Could it be that the system disapproves of his deadbeat aspirations?

Then, what are the system's service principles? What kind of aspirations would not contradict them?

Why don't you tell me! I'll change my aspirations.

"Hey... system," Li Han tried to communicate with the system in his mind, "I was just joking earlier. My aspirations aren't like that. How about I change my aspirations, and we try to initialize again?"

After a long time, there was no response.

"My aspiration is to become a big shot in the music industry? A superstar in the entertainment world? A martial arts master? The greatest poet? The top internet personality? A pillar of literature? The world's richest person? The world's biggest star?..."

Seeing that the system didn't respond for a long time, Li Han actively listed a series of aspirations in his mind.

Anything he could think of, he said.

Unfortunately, the system still didn't respond.

In the end, Li Han had to give up for the time being.

He was quite disappointed. If he had known earlier, he would have changed his aspirations, and the system might have initialized successfully.

Initialization failed—

This operation—

Well, it's not the system's fault; it's just that his previous aspirations were indeed too deadbeat.

But... there's nothing wrong with being a deadbeat, right?

Besides, if you had told me about the system earlier, bro.

If you had told me about the system earlier, I would have changed my aspirations to what you wanted.

I wonder if the system can initialize again? What are the conditions for reinitialization?

Changing aspirations in my mind? Probably won't work; I tried so many different ones just now.

Or maybe the aspirations I changed to just now weren't my true heart, and the system didn't recognize them.

"System, at least tell me what the conditions are for reinitialization," Li Han asked, somewhat unwillingly.

This time, the system finally responded, "When the host achieves the current aspirations, the system can attempt to initialize again."

Hmm, achieve the current aspirations?

What are they?

Earn some money? Then return to my hometown and open a small shop or a farm?

Hmm, it should be this; this is what I was thinking just now.

This... doesn't seem too difficult.

Earning some money, without specifying the amount, a few thousand, ten thousand, twenty thousand, it's still money.

Opening a small shop or a farm, without specifying the size, even a small stall should count as a shop.

After achieving this, the system can initialize again?

I can be a deadbeat with a system?

Great! Perfect!

"Ha ha ha!" Li Han laughed in his mind, grateful for his previous deadbeat aspirations.

Otherwise, if it were a grand aspiration, it would still contradict the system's service principles.

Then, the system would never initialize successfully.

...

The graduation ceremony ended.

Li Han returned to the dormitory he had been away from for over ten years, feeling a mix of daze and reality.

"Xiaohan, we are officially graduated now. What are your plans for the future?" Liu Can, his dorm mate, asked.

Li Han said, "Not much, I just want to earn some money and then go back to my hometown to open a small shop or a farm."

"This..." Liu Can was somewhat surprised and then sighed, "Well, that's fine. None of us have the talent for composing, so we won't be able to make a living from it. If I had known, I wouldn't have chosen to study composition, now I don't even know what I can do in the future."

Li Han agreed with this. Why did he choose the composition major in the first place?

"Everyone, look at this. There's a movie called 'The Fox Spirit's Plight' that is looking for a theme song, with a reward of 100,000. It's very tempting! Unfortunately, we can only watch." Another dorm mate, Zhou Hai Ming, said.

"'The Fox Spirit's Plight'? What kind of movie is it?" Liu Can asked.

"It's about a thousand-year-old white fox and a scholar. It's probably about love and romance. You can guess that much." Zhou Hai Ming said.

"Forget about the theme song; we can't write it anyway. Let's think about what we can do in the future. We really chose the wrong major." The last dorm mate, Zuo Xiao Dong, said.

"Ai!" The three of them sighed.

Li Han found it strange and said, "I remember a song that would be perfect for the movie's theme song. Why are they offering a reward? Can't they get the copyright?"

"A song you know?" Liu Can asked, "Xiaohan, which one?"

Li Han said, "The 'White Fox and the Scholar'! The one sung by Chen Rui and Gang Hui."

"The 'White Fox and the Scholar'? Is there such a song?" Liu Can shook his head, "I've never heard of it."

Zhou Hai Ming and Zuo Xiao Dong also shook their heads; they had never heard of it either.

Not only had they not heard the song, but they had never heard of the singers Chen Rui and Gang Hui.

"What about 'The White Fox'? Sung by Chen Rui alone."

"Never heard of it?"

Ignorant?

Li Han was puzzled. All three of them had never heard of it, which seemed unlikely.

The song came out in the early 2000s, and it was now 2019. Although it wasn't a classic, it was quite popular at the time.

Hmm... wait!

Could it be... this is not Earth?

Not only have I been reborn, but I have also traveled to another dimension?

This is serious!

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