Shen Yue's poker face turned solemn the moment he heard the continuous floods of mechanical sounds. It was as if Shen Yue was a drunk man who suddenly found himself in a perilous situation and instantly sobered up.
This matter....seemed not simple!
Shen Yue was the type of guy who thirsts for knowledge, reading as many books as he can in his free time. Having a photographic memory, Shen Yue would simply flip a thousand chapters in one go and read them while sleeping; such ability had even mobilized the weebs into action as they readied up their gears, kneeling in front of the Great Shen Yue to accept them as disciples.
Naturally, he wasn't wholly ignorant of systems. As a book enthusiast, he knew that transmigrators such as him would be protected by the halo of the 'System', and embarked on a journey thorn by perils and hardships as he saved humanity from its destruction.
Shen Yue planned not to play by that book. Yet before he could even begin his big dream, cold water was splashed in his face, completely rinsing him awake...
Damn...Antagonist!
I've become a novel's antagonist!
No wonder they say 'Love your life, you never know you'll end up like a pig in a shaft.'
Damn, this bro becomes a stepping stone for the success of this so-called protagonist.
Shen Yue took in a deep breath, trying to calm his wrecking nerves. Jesus Christ, how did I even ended up dying in the first place. Is this a dream? Hello, can somebody wake this bro up?
Shen Yue gnashed his teeth. He was naturally happy that he had a system, but the problem was no matter how hard he recalled this novel with a protagonist named Nie Li, he couldn't recall reading it.
Despite the believers was rapidly losing their belief about the earth was flat, Shen Yue's belief in his photography memory wouldn't cease to exist nor would it extinguish in the smokes. Since the memories of this particular novel weren't stored in his brain, that only meant he had never read it. That simple.
While keeping his composure at the moderate level, Shen Yue inquired some questions to the system. "As the antagonist, this bro wants to learn the information about the Protagonist. Can I have the information?"
[Access Processing]
[Access Granted!]
[Information]
[Full Name: Nie Li
Age: 13 / Previous Age: 300
Status: Regressor
Hidden Nickname: Child of Destiny
Destiny's Blessing: A dog could die, but not a man who's destined to dominate the heavens. Ten thousand experts? A snack. Powerful enemies? Passive buff: Undying Cockroach.
History: Within the lands of the St. Ancestral Mountains, there lived a silly young boy. The three-star fighter named Nie Li lost his close ones on the invasion of demonic beasts. Originally a person with worthless skills, he was one of the thousand lucky dogs to escape from the annihilated Glory City. He somehow hit up with the great beauty Ye Ziyun along the journey as they consummate the forbidden fruit. On a certain day, however, Ye Ziyun a gold-ranked demon spiritualist had her stomach pierce by a weak rhinoceros. As if luck has alighted, the rhinoceros just nodded its head before stomping away, leaving Nie Li who was mourning nearby.
(A/N: This is what you call plot armor. Oh well)
Now without the halo of Ye Ziyun, Nie Li journeyed aimlessly all over the world, finally encountering a dog-shit opportunity where he picked up the Temporal Demon Spirit Book. With it, he becomes a super expert, capable of standing toe to toe against Sage Emperor. Sadly, he died, but his passive skill undying cockroach activated and now he's back on his younger self to change his destiny.]
After reading all Nie Li's information, Shen Yue was speechless for a long time.
"What a thick plot armor, can I eliminate this guy?" He hissed. "System, can I learn the storyline?"
A dull reply silence Shen Yue.
"No!"
Shen Yue's mouth twitch. Although this was within his expectation, it still pains him to know his second chance wasn't an easy one. God knows why he was given this opportunity.
Although it takes time to describe, Shen Yue's thoughts merely lasted for about a minute, as he stood up and cleared his throat.
As if the voice was a magnet, everyone in the room turned to stare at him.
Shen Yue wasn't flustered by the stares as he calmly looked around. He noticed a purple-haired girl. If the system wasn't lying, this Ye Ziyun seemed to be the Protagonist's heroine.
When the gaze of Shen Yue stopped on her, Ye Ziyun snorted as she turned her head away.
Shen Yue pinched his nose seeing that, but he turned around to the spiky-haired youth and said, "Nie Li, right?"
Nie Li stared at Shen Yue with bafflement. He was naturally aware of Shen Yue since this guy was the previous incarnation's Ye Ziyun's fiancee. According to the previous patterns of Shen Yue, this guy wouldn't speak like this to him. Yet when this happens, Nie Li felt a little surprised, but he did reply. "This one is indeed Nie Li..."
Shen Yue hung a smile on his lips as he said, "Fellow student Nie Li, you name so many lands that everyone here is unfamiliar with..."
"And?" Nie Li frowned.
"And may I know if you can prove that those lands existed?"
Nie Li was stunned. He opened his mouth, but couldn't find a word to say.
Tell them that I return from the future?
Nie Li wasn't that foolish to reveal his secrets.
Seeing that Nie Li was struck speechless, Shen Yue nodded and sighed. "It looks like you're just bragging and lying through your teeth. Frog in the bottom of the well, that's indeed a nice word to say."
The students began murmuring. Shen Xiu no longer look pale and her face had a trace of smugness. Seeing the student who had tried to embarrass her had lost his voice, Shen Xiu was extremely delighted by her nephew.
"Look, it seems Nie Li is out of words..."
"Don't tell me he's lying?"
"I guess so...You can't expect someone from a declining aristocratic family."
"Attention-seeker. Hmph!"
Now the tables had turned, Nie Li frowned. Although Nie Li was displeased by Shen Yue's actions, he couldn't understand why this arrogant guy had suddenly changed. Truth be told, he merely say those words on a whim but didn't expect someone to be intelligent in this room to pick up the loopholes in his words.
"As far as I know, Endless Deserts, Toxic Forest, and Blood Moon Marsh...These places did exist in history books. However, the ones you randomly mention, Heavenly Luster Mountain...Northern Snow, you almost had me believe in you...Coming up with this name impromptu, Fellow Student Nie Li I admire you," Shen Yue added salt on the insult.
Ye Ziyun, Xiao Ning'er, Shen Xiu, Li Piao, Du Ze, and the students all had the same thoughts. How could a thirteen-year-old Nie Li have heard of those lands? As the matter of fact, this boy was deceiving them with honey words. Although young, they knew that transversing the land beyond St. Ancestral Mountains was courting death. Unless the young Nie Li had actually gone there, the lands he mentioned could only be a lie!
With these thoughts in mind, everyone's impression of Nie Li diminished. They felt that Nie Li was an attention-seeker. Especially to the girls, they crashed out Nie Li from their future boyfriend's list.
However, only the nobles thought of that. Despite the fact they believed Nie Li was lying, the commoners weren't ungrateful creatures. Nie Li spoke out to defend them, so they felt warm inside.
Shen Xiu laughed.
"Brat, fighting against our Sacred Family...You wouldn't know how you'll die!"