[Seriously, bro, you actually died like that? You must be brain-deficient hahaha!]
Shen Ru's eyebrow was twitching as he listened to the system yammer about his own death. It had been a few minutes since he had arrived in this empty black space, all alone with a floating hologram displaying the system's voice.
It was just a Big Mac, they said. Nothing bad would happen, they said. It was all Liang Peng's fault, he shouldn't have even taken that stupid dare in the first place. Now he's stuck with a system with the most annoying Chipmunk voice.
"Are you done making fun of me yet?" Although the hologram only showed the words 'The System is speaking…' with a visualization of the system's voice underneath it, he willed himself to give it his biggest glare.
[You actually tried to eat a Big Mac in one bite and choked to death on it, I really thought that this kind of thing only happens in comedies, I'm definitely telling this to my system buddies hahaha!]
"Okay, okay, I get it, I died like a fucking idiot. Now, can you just let me rest in peace?" Shen Ru sighed.
[Nah fam, you're not resting in peace just yet. I'm the Fairy Tale System, yo!]
Shen Ru was silent for a few moments before responding, "And so?"
[Are you actually brain-deficient? I'm the legendary system in novels, I can be your golden finger and give you a harem of women!]
"Nah fam, I'm gay."
[…]
[Okay, then, how about a harem of male beauties? You can be the domineering CEO and have a hundred starlet lovers!]
"I'm 0 [1]."
[…]
"…it would be nice though to have a harem of men, we could have some 5P play [2] hehe."
The system was utterly shocked. […You're too shameless!]
"Why do you think I ate a Big Mac in one bite in the first place? Now, tell me what exactly you are." Shen Ru rolled his eyes.
[As I said, I'm the Fairy Tale System. You're the randomly chosen person to become my host. I can transmigrate you into different fairy tale worlds, like Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and others. In these worlds, you have a mission. For every mission completed, you can get points, which you can use to buy items from the system.]
Hearing that, Shen Ru was now more interested. "Can I be brought back to life?"
[It is possible to be brought to life. Transmigrators have leaderboards. The more points earned from missions, the higher you are in the leaderboard. This leaderboard is refreshed every 250 years to give newbie transmigrators a chance. If you can get the top spot in the leaderboard three consecutive times, Lord God will resurrect you.]
"What is my rank currently?"
[Currently, you are at #91895, the last place.]
Shen Ru frowned. Now, this was definitely challenging. He didn't expect that there would be that many transmigrators. "With how many transmigrators there are, you could have a city with them."
[Wow, host, how did you know about that? After every season, transmigrators can stay in Hua Jia City for a week to celebrate the leaderboard results. Of course, if Host does not wish to stay there, you can continue transmigrating into worlds in advance.]
Shen Ru continued to ask a few more questions, about this so-called 'Lord God' and what the system exactly was, whether it was some alien technology or something the gods made. Unfortunately, he couldn't get many answers, since the system said that he lacked administrator access to those information.
One thing he found out though was that the system was practically omnipotent in the knowledge of every world. He didn't need to talk to the system mentally because the system had a sensor that allowed it to detect if there was anyone in a certain range. It made contacting the system much more efficient and secure, preventing the possibility of being overheard by outsiders.
In the end, he said with finality, "Quick, what's my first world? If you keep delaying me from entering, I will report you to your manager."
[Host, you were the one asking questions in the first place…and I don't have a manager.]
"Shush, don't you know the customer is always right? Just transfer me now."
Although the system was a bit dissatisfied, it followed his orders anyway.
Soon, the words in the floating hologram turned into 'Transferring to World 1…'.
The cycle of fate had turned.
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Footnotes:
[1] Bottom/Shou
[2] You-know-what with five people >_>