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Chapter 1 [Dao Linjun's Arrival]
Amidst the vast forest, a slaughter was taking place!
It was like a scene from a movie, with a group of warriors in leather armor chasing after someone, their armor gleaming with a metallic luster, clanging as they ran. Their fierce postures and grim faces were terrifying. Some of them held butcher knives, the blood grooves on the blades still glistening with a shocking red!
A woman was running ahead, her originally frail body now leaping over thickets of shrubs with incredible agility!
Her face was smeared with blood, obscuring her original appearance, but her eyes were unmistakably silver, astonishingly bright and eerily luminous!
Her leather armor tightly hugged her slender and graceful figure. As she ran, she occasionally turned back, drawing a sharp longbow. With a twang of the bowstring, one of the pursuers would fall into a pool of blood with a scream!
Soon, the pursuers and the fleeing woman reached the lakeside.
This was a vast and tranquil lake, its surface as smooth as a mirror. The atmosphere of slaughter disrupted the peaceful lake. The woman with the bow leaped into the water and swam away like a fish. The group of warriors who had been chasing her rushed to the lakeside, cursing loudly.
The woman in the lake suddenly turned and fired an arrow, instantly piercing the throat of the most vociferous warrior cursing by the lake!
The scene of the bright red blood spraying out was as if it were right before one's eyes!
All of this... left Chen Daolin stunned.
Blood! This is real blood! Real killing!
And... for heaven's sake, why can't I understand a single word they're saying?!
At this moment, Chen Daolin was standing behind a large tree not far from the shore, his left hand holding a bucket of Uni-President Lao Tan pickled cabbage beef noodles, his right hand gripping a pair of chopsticks, and half a pack of Fuling pickled mustard greens in his mouth. He stared in shock at this astonishing scene, drenched in cold sweat, his legs trembling, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
This, this is... the legendary...穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which translates to "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "time travel" or "穿越" in a fantasy setting)?
Before the story begins, let's introduce the protagonist.
Full name: Chen Daolin. English name: Dao Lin Chen.
Graduated from a certain university—this name is not important, just know that it was a mediocre school with a mediocre major.
After graduation, he stayed at the school as a counselor, earning a decent but not overly generous salary, living in a small but clean single dormitory.
He had two girlfriends, but both became exes.
His first love was very ordinary.
"The girls nowadays prefer to cry in a BMW rather than laugh on the back of a bicycle," his girlfriend said.
"But, only beautiful girls have the right to make such demands..." Chen Daolin was helpless, glancing cautiously at his girlfriend, who just met the standard of being economically suitable.
"Alright... I don't need a BMW, a Polo will do. If that's not possible, even a QQ will do."
"What QQ? Nowadays, everyone uses WeChat and Momo..." Chen Daolin smiled sincerely.
Thus, his first love ended in a rather俗气 (俗气 means "俗气" in Chinese, which translates to "俗气" in English, but in this context, it means "俗气" or "俗气" in a colloquial sense, which can be translated as "俗气" or "俗气").
His second girlfriend was someone he met after starting work. One day, a few months later, Chen Daolin suddenly discovered he had been "cheated on." Then, he found out it wasn't just "cheated on," but he was the "third party." Later, he realized he wasn't even the third party, but probably the fourth or fifth...
Finally, he understood that he wasn't even the fourth or fifth, but the legendary "备胎" (备胎 means "备胎" in Chinese, which translates to "备胎" in English, but in this context, it means "备胎" or "备胎" in a colloquial sense, which can be translated as "备胎" or "备胎").
When they broke up, Chen Daolin wasn't particularly sad, just a bit regretful: he hadn't even had the chance to sleep with this girl...
If nothing had happened, Chen Daolin would have been just an ordinary guy, a bit shameless, a bit mediocre, a bit cunning, and a bit lecherous. Not a complete loser, but a bit of a homebody. Not evil, but mildly manipulative.
Everything started on that night.
The night before, Chen Daolin stayed up late with the guild leader to farm a dungeon until 3 AM. When it came time to distribute the loot, a female mage kept whining, and the guild leader, trying to impress her, inevitably favored her. Chen Daolin, who had been scolded by the department head earlier that day for a student fight, couldn't hold back his frustration and made a few sarcastic comments.
Then... he was kicked out of the guild and chased until dawn.
"Damn, I curse you to meet a shemale when you go out for a one-night stand!"
With a belly full of frustration, Chen Daolin found a Japanese adult film to watch to calm down, then went to sleep.
He was woken up by a phone call while still half-asleep, reluctantly saying goodbye to the actress named Rola Takizawa in his dream. He finally struggled to sit up, looked at his erect state, and considered whether to take care of it while it was still hot... but his phone kept ringing.
The call was from a friend at the school, a guy named Da B... just from the name, you can tell he's not a good guy. He ran a small supermarket in the dormitory area, and Chen Daolin had become friends with him through card games. The supermarket had expanded and needed someone to manage the warehouse. Chen Daolin originally wanted to introduce a student for a part-time job, but it was summer break, and the dorms were empty.
Later, Da B mentioned that the warehouse was right behind the supermarket and could receive free WiFi.
"What?!" Chen Daolin was immediately excited!
The few hundred dollars a month for the part-time job was a minor matter, but the free WiFi was a huge attraction. Sitting in the warehouse with a laptop was much more comfortable than going to an internet cafe.
Chen Daolin immediately agreed to the job.
Today seemed to be his first day of work.
He quickly answered the phone, chatted a bit with his future employer Da B, then jumped up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and put on his clothes, running out the door.
The supermarket was not far from his dorm, just a few steps away. When Chen Daolin arrived, Da B was busy on his phone, using WeChat to search for nearby girls—Chen Daolin couldn't help but maliciously guess that this guy opened the supermarket in the dormitory area just to search for nearby girls in the dorms?
Seeing Chen Daolin arrive, Da B didn't waste any words, just threw him a set of keys and said, "You can eat anything inside, just keep track of it and deduct it from your salary at the start of the semester." Then he hurried off.
The warehouse was right behind the supermarket, about a hundred square meters in size. Most of the dorms were empty during the summer break, and the supermarket was temporarily closed. The warehouse was filled with goods but was quite cool.
Chen Daolin brought a chair, took out his second-hand Lenovo laptop, and sure enough, found the WiFi signal.
After testing the internet speed, Chen Daolin was moved to tears.
When he saw a new SOD film download in just nineteen minutes, Chen Daolin was already in tears.
"This summer, I have something to do." Chen Daolin felt incredibly happy, lit a cigarette, and trembled as he thanked heaven: "Rola Takizawa, Hikari Minase, Aki Sato, Yui Hatano, Asa Akira! And of course, the eternal Aki Sato! I'm coming!"
With tears in his eyes, Chen Daolin made himself a bowl of Lao Tan pickled cabbage beef noodles and opened a pack of Fuling pickled mustard greens.
Just as he was about to find some vacuum-packed ready-to-eat dishes to go with his meal, he noticed a dismantled door frame in the corner of the warehouse.
It seemed to be an old door frame that had been removed during the renovation of the warehouse. The old wooden door had its lock and handle already removed.
However, the brown door was covered with countless symbols—mostly school-related phrases.
For example, "The teachers in the XX department are bastards."
Or, "The XX professor has failed countless students."
And, "I love the XX goddess..."
Chen Daolin found it interesting and took a closer look. At the bottom of the door, he suddenly noticed a strange pattern.
A delicate tulip blooming in flames!
The flames seemed to be alive, flickering before his eyes, and the blooming tulip had a strange charm in every line.
"Damn, what strong brushwork. It must be the work of a senior from the art department," Chen Daolin sighed, staring at the tulip in the flames, lost in thought. He subconsciously reached out and gently traced the carved lines on the door...
At that moment, perhaps due to the force, the door suddenly opened, and Chen Daolin, caught off guard, stumbled and fell inside!
A step away, two different worlds!
Chen Daolin felt as if he had emerged from a bone-chilling cold water, shivering, the air around him seemed to distort for a moment, and when he looked around, he was no longer in the original room!
The door frame was originally leaning against the wall, how could it be pushed open? This doesn't make sense.
Chen Daolin started to feel nervous.
Before him was a vast forest, the trees lush, the air filled with a fresh, vibrant scent.
This air definitely doesn't have any PM2.5 or other pollutants—this was Chen Daolin's first thought.
After the initial shock, he instinctively looked behind him... the door was still there.
Just as Chen Daolin was at a loss, he heard a scream! He instinctively hid behind a large tree and witnessed the chase and slaughter.
The man who had been shot through the throat fell to the ground, and the agile woman in the lake leaped up, her bowstring sounding like a rapid-fire machine gun. The warriors on the shore were hit one after another, their screams filling the air.
The warriors scattered, some severely injured and lying on the ground, their moans making one's heart race.
Only a few managed to escape, fleeing into the forest and disappearing.
The woman in the lake slowly walked to the shore. Her soaked clothes revealed her graceful figure, but Chen Daolin, hiding behind the tree, could only see the bodies on the ground, with no interest in the exposed skin.
The woman walked to the shore, put her longbow on her back, lifted the hem of her long robe, and pulled out a gleaming short knife from a sheath on her thigh.
Chen Daolin watched in shock, his mouth open, his throat making a "gagging" sound, but he couldn't make a sound.
It wasn't because he was excited by the sight of a beautiful woman's thigh... purely out of fear!
Because, the woman, with a cold and calm demeanor, walked to the shore and methodically stabbed each person on the ground, each stab aimed at a vital point!
Then, with the same calm, she used her slender fingers to cut off the heads of each body, her movements gentle, slow, and composed!
Throughout the entire process, she didn't say a word, showing no emotion. It was as if the people under her knife were not living beings but pigs ready for slaughter.
Chen Daolin was terrified!
His legs turned to jelly, and more shamefully, his pants were slightly warm.
Heaven above, in his 24 years of life, Chen Daolin had never seen such a brutal scene in real life, only in movies.
If it were you, you would have peed too!
Finally, Chen Daolin's grip on the bowl of noodles weakened, and the already soggy noodles spilled onto the ground, the hot broth scalding his hand, causing him to cry out.
With this cry, the woman by the lake's eyes narrowed, and she quickly turned her head, her gaze accurately locking onto the tree where Chen Daolin was hiding. Before he could cry out again, she leaped over and, while still in mid-air, threw a cold blade at him!
By a stroke of luck, Chen Daolin's legs gave out, and the blade just grazed his head.
The short knife embedded itself in the tree behind him, the handle trembling.
Chen Daolin finally reacted, he let out a loud cry, jumped up, and ran like a madman toward the cursed door!
He crashed into the door, not even feeling the pain, and tumbled inside, quickly slamming the door shut behind him.
He felt his body rise and then fall to the ground with a thud!
He opened his eyes in tension, feeling a sense of relief.
He was back in the small warehouse behind the supermarket, and the old wooden door was quietly leaning against the wall, the door closed.
Chen Daolin's heart was racing, and he struggled to move his legs to the door, pressing his ear against it, but heard nothing.
He leaned against the door, panting heavily, and looked around... back? Really back?
The relief of surviving a near-death experience was quickly followed by a strong shock!
If I wasn't dreaming or going crazy...
Then, I must have encountered the legendary "穿越" (time travel)!
Chen Daolin, deeply shaken, trembled as he took out a cigarette, lighting it after several failed attempts. He took a deep puff, then started coughing uncontrollably.
He almost passed out from coughing, feeling his body go limp, his arms and legs completely drained of strength.
He collapsed to the ground, kneeling.
He smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and after about an hour, he gradually calmed down, then suddenly burst into laughter!
He laughed uncontrollably, his laughter filled with emotion, madness, and abandon, tears streaming down his face!
Time travel! Time travel! I actually encountered time travel!
His eyes suddenly lit up with an unusual light, and he fiercely threw the cigarette to the ground, stomping it out, his eyes filled with determination!
He found a wrench in the warehouse, gripped it tightly, and cautiously returned to the old door frame. He took a deep breath and silently prayed, "Heaven, please, don't let this be a dream."
He forcefully pushed the door open...
The fresh air rushed in, the lush forest stretching out before him, and he could faintly hear the chirping of birds in the distance.
"No, it's not a dream, it's real!"
At that moment, Chen Daolin was moved to tears! He quietly closed the door again, took a deep breath.
"Damn! Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!!"
He didn't know how many times he cursed, his legs giving out, and he directly knelt in the small warehouse... tears streaming down his face!
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