Chapter 1

Majestic Great Jin, mighty Jiuhua!

This Jiuhua refers to Jiuhua City, a grand and imposing city in Great Jin that combines military might, culture, and commerce. It is also the core hub of southern Great Jin.

The sun hung high in the sky, and outside the city gates, one carriage after another, pulled by heavily laden packhorses, carried goods from all over the land.

Beyond the thick city walls, shops lined the streets, and the passageways were filled with a sea of people, their clothing a colorful tapestry.

Under the shade of green willows by the roadside, a few martial artists rested under the trees.

On the wide road, carriages with feathered canopies and dragon horses galloped by, carrying accomplished cultivators.

Occasionally, the curtains of the carriages would be lifted, revealing faces with the air of immortals.

Martial artists were everywhere, and cultivators were abundant. The bustling crowds made this a rare sight even in the entire Great Jin.

Not to mention, the grand opening day of Lingyun Academy was approaching, and countless martial artists from all over the land, drawn by its reputation, made the city even more prosperous and lively!

However, at this moment, in a corner of the eastern district, there was a small shop. The shop owner sat at the door on a wooden stool, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, his eyes eagerly scanning the street...

Although the city was bustling, the shop on the outskirts was in a rather remote location, far from ideal. But this was the only property left to him by his deceased father after Fang Qi's穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in this context, but it can be translated as "穿越" or "穿越" depending on the context. Here, it refers to Fang Qi's穿越 to this world).

The shop originally sold various items like healing ointments and ordinary weapons, but most of these items, except for a few unwanted ones, had already been sold off.

Fang Qi had been considering whether to transfer the shop.

But now, he had changed his mind.

Because...

Look at the sign above his head: Origin Network Club!

The name sounded quite impressive, but... this was a cyber cafe!

A cyber cafe in a different world?

This story began two days ago.

...

Let's go back to the morning of two days ago.

"Another boring day..." Fang Qi stretched, scratched his messy hair, and got out of bed.

At that moment, he seemed to hear some strange sounds.

He couldn't tell where the sounds were coming from, as if they were coming from inside his head!

He was startled: "Am I hallucinating?!"

He focused and listened carefully, and he heard:

"System activation successful. Do you want to activate it?"

"System?!" Fang Qi was overjoyed. This was like getting a pillow when you were sleepy. No matter what kind of system it was, he would activate it first!

"Beep! System activation successful!"

"Yes!"

Fang Qi punched the air, extremely excited. It seemed he had finally become one of the chosen ones with a system!

But he didn't know what his system was for.

"Arrogance and humiliation system?"

"Super alchemy system?"

"Or a super martial artist system...?"

Thinking of the future, where he would dominate the world, beat up anyone he didn't like, and attract all the heroes and beauties, he felt a surge of excitement!

At that moment, another voice sounded in his head.

"Super cyber cafe system activation successful!"

"Huh!?"

The air suddenly became strangely quiet.

Fang Qi was stunned for half a minute.

He then asked, somewhat puzzled, "What kind of system are you?"

"Super cyber cafe system," the electronic voice in his head replied.

"!!??!!"

"What did you say?!" Fang Qi suspected he had heard wrong and asked again.

"Super cyber cafe system," the voice replied calmly.

"..." Fang Qi was completely dumbfounded. If it had been a weapon shop system or a medicinal shop system, it would have made more sense, but a cyber cafe?

What kind of cyber cafe could he open in a different world?

And did this world even have the internet?

Maybe... if a local network counted.

"Damn system!" Fang Qi cursed inwardly.

"Please do not insult the system." The electronic voice in his head spoke again, "Considering this is your first offense, this time it will be a warning. If you insult the system again, there will be punishment."

"..." Fang Qi was speechless. However, the system's threat made him a bit wary, so he asked, "Tell me what you can do first."

"The system has already issued the first task. The host can check it in the task interface."

"Task interface?" Fang Qi thought for a moment, and immediately the task interface appeared before him. Sure enough, there was a task in the task list.

Newbie Task: Open a cyber cafe

Task Reward: Four sets of computer equipment, one copy of the game "Resident Evil 1 VR Remake"

Task Uncompleted: The system will seek a new host

...

That's basically what happened. Having finally obtained a system, he couldn't waste it. Now, he was the owner of a cyber cafe, not just any cyber cafe, but one opened in a different world using the Super Cyber Cafe System!

The cyber cafe was set up and cleaned two days ago, and he played games all day yesterday. So, the cyber cafe was officially opening today.

Looking through the glass door, the interior of the cyber cafe was quite well-decorated. The thick wooden floor, the snow-white walls with white ceramic tiles, and in the center, four luxurious computer desks and chairs, neatly arranged with various computer devices reflecting a dark metallic sheen. He even saw something similar to the most advanced VR glasses from his previous world.

According to the system's explanation, these were called virtual instruments, key components for virtual reality games.

Although there were only four machines, the equipment was top-notch, and the environment was quite good.

Clearly, this world did not use electricity, but the computers were on, without any sockets or power cords.

On the desktop, there was only one icon, a pale-faced zombie from the game "Resident Evil 1."

On the wall by the entrance, there was a small blackboard about half a person's height, clearly stating the internet price and the rules of the cyber cafe.

Opening a cyber cafe in a different world wasn't a big deal, after all, it was a new thing, and there would always be people willing to try it out.

But it was this small blackboard with a few lines of text that caused the entire cyber cafe to be empty except for Fang Qi:

1. Business hours: 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

2. Internet usage: 2 spirit crystals per hour. To activate a "Resident Evil 1" game account, 5 spirit crystals. Maximum usage per person per day: 6 hours.

3. Play if you want, leave if you don't. No disturbances or insults to the owner. Violators will not be served.

4. Play with good manners, or bear the consequences.

If it only cost a few copper coins or even a few silver coins to play for an hour, Fang Qi believed there would still be people willing to try it out. But the price for internet usage in his cyber cafe was—2 spirit crystals per hour!

It didn't stop there. Not only did it cost 2 spirit crystals per hour, but to play "Resident Evil," it also required 5 spirit crystals to activate the account!

5 spirit crystals? 5000 gold coins!

Are you kidding me?!

Just to play a game, 2000 gold coins per hour? 5000 gold coins to activate the account?

And the system had given him a task: Fill the cyber cafe within three days!

Fang Qi was at a loss for words. Although the system's products were always top-notch, the problem was that no one was willing to try it out!

Fang Qi pushed open the thick glass door, walked into the shop, and sat down at the computer desk: "Should I... play another round myself?"

Just as Fang Qi was considering whether to play another round, a chubby teenager, about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a dark blue brocade robe, rushed in anxiously.

His clothes, though custom-made, still tightly hugged his plump body, his belly protruding, and the buttons on his shirt strained, making one fear they might pop off at any moment.

But in fact, the fat boy walked very lightly, clearly not the kind of fat person who lacked exercise.

The fat boy walked in and immediately fixed his eyes on Fang Qi: "Qi, what day is it today that you still have the leisure to watch the shop? And why didn't you tell me you changed the shop's appearance? At least let me come and support you!"

Fang Qi naturally recognized the fat boy. He was Wang Tai, the son of the owner of Huaxianju, a neighboring tavern, and one of the few friends of the original body.