Ch 1: The Malevolent Monster Just Wants To Farm

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

As you can see on NU, there’s NO ROMANCE tag. So don’t expect that. There is a ML but MC (because of his true nature) isn’t very into romance at first.

Please only continue to read if you can accept the lack of romance. So many reviewers complained about this, so I had to put a warning.

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Everything happened very suddenly.

Jiang Lin’s bewildered gaze was fixed on Xue Nan’s gentle face, which carried an apologetic expression.

This person, with such an expression, had just personally pushed him into the zombie horde along with others.

“Damn it!” In the last second before being overwhelmed by the zombies, only one thought remained in his mind.

He had considered Xue Nan as a close brother.

They had known each other since they were children, practically since they wore split-crotch pants. Growing up together, Jiang Lin’s parents passed away early, and the Xue family had taken care of him a lot.

Later, when the apocalypse came, Jiang Lin awakened a superpower, while Xue Nan was an ordinary person.

Jiang Lin had a domineering and fierce personality, and he was very protective, like an old mother hen, keeping Xue Nan safe.

But he never imagined that by giving everything, he would raise an ungrateful wretch.

If he had a chance to do it all over again…

Jiang Lin thought expressionlessly: “I would definitely smash that bastard’s head in advance!”

[Ding!]

[A qualified host’s soul has been detected.]

[Binding host’s soul…]

[Binding successful!]

Jiang Lin only felt that his gradually fading consciousness was being pulled by a tremendous force, gathering together once more, and was suddenly poured into some sort of container.

He abruptly opened his eyes!

In his sight was a spacious cave.

However, this cave was broken and filthy, with thick dust on the ground and weeds creeping in from outside.

Where is this?

And what did those words in his mind just now mean?

Jiang Lin pondered as he sat up from the ground.

A grating sound that made his teeth ache echoed.

He paused for a moment and looked down, only to see that what greeted his eyes was not his familiar body but… a skeleton.

Jiang Lin: ?

A skeleton?

So, is he dead or alive?

[The host’s body is indeed dead, and there is no resurrection yet. You have now crossed over.]

A pleasant voice sounded in his mind, and at the same time, a huge amount of information was suddenly poured into his brain.

After about an hour, Jiang Lin finally understood all the causes and effects.

Shortly after his death, before his soul completely dissipated, he encountered this system searching for a host.

The system made a deal with him; he needed to follow the system’s instructions to complete tasks in various worlds, and in return, the system would re-condense his scattered soul.

In other words, he made a deal with the system, signing a contract in exchange for a chance to live.

Jiang Lin fell silent for a moment, feeling that this was beyond his comprehension, and he asked, “Why did you choose me?”

The system replied, “You have a connection with my master.”

Jiang Lin asked curiously, “Your master?”

The system said, “The technique you practice was created by my master.”

Jiang Lin’s expression suddenly became subtle: His family had an heirloom, an extremely fine jade ring, said to be an antique from a thousand years ago.

Later, when his family was in trouble, he even considered selling the jade ring, as objects are just objects. However, before he had the chance to do so, the apocalypse came.

When he nearly lost his life in an accident, the jade ring hanging around his neck suddenly began to glow, pulling him into a strange space.

It was in that mysterious space that he received certain inheritances.

Everyone thought Jiang Lin had awakened a plant-based superpower, but only Jiang Lin knew the truth: he hadn’t awakened any superpower, and his abilities didn’t rely on zombie crystals for evolution.

He had obtained a cultivation method, just like the immortal cultivators in fantasy novels, allowing him to cultivate by absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, after the first time Jiang Lin entered that space, it could only store plants and inanimate objects; he himself couldn’t enter anymore. If he could, he wouldn’t have ended up being pushed into the zombie horde by that bastard Xue Nan.

The thought of Xue Nan brought a trace of hostility to his face.

“System, you said that if I complete all the tasks, my wish will come true, right?”

The system in his mind answered, “Yes.”

“Can I go back and kill Xue Nan?”

System: “…If you wish, it’s possible.”

Jiang Lin asked again, “Who is your master?”

He had only recently started practicing this method, but his strength was already quite impressive among superpowered individuals. Surely, the person who created such a method must be an incredible figure?

The system replied, “I won’t tell you.”

Jiang Lin: “…”

Is it really okay to say something like that in such a serious tone?

As it stood, Jiang Lin had already started the task.

He had now crossed into the first task world.

This skeleton was his identity in this world.

White Tiger Ridge, the White Bone Spirit.

A rather familiar name.

Jiang Lin took some time to figure out his current situation.

After understanding it, his expression became somewhat subtle.

“System,” he called out to the entity in his mind that was supposedly bound to his soul, “is this what you meant by a great demon who can command the winds and rains, possessing vast power, a vast territory, and many underlings?”

The system replied confidently, “The White Bone Spirit does indeed possess great magical power and rules over the eight hundred miles of White Tiger Ridge. All the demons in White Tiger Ridge are under his command. What’s the problem with what I said?”

On the surface, there was indeed no problem.

Except that he had crossed over a bit too early.

The White Bone Spirit was originally an ordinary person who accidentally died in this cave on White Tiger Ridge. His bones lay in this Yin Sha land, absorbing its dark energy for a thousand years and being baptized several times by imperial essence before transforming into a demon.

Thus, as soon as he took on a physical form, he possessed considerable strength.

In the original story, when the monk Tang Sanzang from the Tang Dynasty of the East came to White Tiger Ridge, the White Bone Spirit had already ruled there for hundreds of years, with a notorious reputation.

However, now…

Jiang Lin had crossed over just after the White Bone Spirit had become a demon.

Not to mention Tang Sanzang, even the Tang Dynasty itself didn’t exist yet.

In other words, the tragic plot where the Great Sage Sun Wukong fights the White Bone Spirit three times was still several hundred years away, so he was quite safe.

As for the White Bone Spirit, perhaps because he was born from a corpse, he had a lot of resentment at the time of his death. Although the White Bone Spirit had long lost his memories of his previous life, his temper was extremely violent. Shortly after taking on his form, he started causing trouble for his neighbors whenever he wasn’t cultivating.

There were indeed many demons in White Tiger Ridge, most of whom were plants or animals that had taken human form. They were innocent and naive by nature, living quietly in the forests of White Tiger Ridge. How could they be a match for the White Bone Spirit, who had absorbed the dark energy of a thousand years?

There were quite a few demons who had been beaten by the White Bone Spirit. If he was in a good mood and the other party begged for mercy, they might be spared.

But if he was in a bad mood, the demons who fell into his hands would…

So, the White Bone Spirit wasn’t yet the lord of White Tiger Ridge.

But his brutal and bloody reputation had already spread far and wide.

Jiang Lin: “…”

He was just about to say something to the system when he suddenly sensed someone approaching.

After becoming the White Bone Spirit, he had also inherited the magical power of this body, and his senses had become extremely sharp.

He was about to move when he suddenly remembered something. He looked down at his body, and with a thought, he transformed from a skeleton into the appearance of a young man.