This world’s Earth was Lei Ming’s home, not Chen You’s. He discovered that the cities here did not coincide with those from his memories.
“It would’ve been easier if I’d already known this. If we waited until the time of Lei Ming’s accident, you could’ve just sent me over at that moment to block the alien’s attack.”
“I could’ve straightforwardly accomplished the mission for you.”
“That would’ve felt nice.”
“…”
The system said, “Is it that easy to get an opportunity to revive from the dead?”
Chen You replied, “Not easy.”
The system added, “Is it so easy to go home and see your dad?”
“Not easy,” Chen You said, “It’s hard, too hard.”
The system stated, “These experiences are the cost of your rebirth, not mine.”
“Last time, I already told you. In order to fulfill your wishes of being ugly and having a big bird, I violated the rules, my bonus was deducted, and I was called out and criticized by my superior.”
Chen You asked, “Can you promise me, that on the matter of turning ugly and having a big bird, you won’t mention this again?”
The system said, “That’s not the point.”
Chen You listened attentively, “Then say it.”
The system continued, “It’s not just that. In the past three worlds, I’ve repeatedly helped you, making exceptions over and over again.”
Chen You quickly responded, “Big brother 4, I’m sorry. It was my fault. I was too greedy and kept wanting to get something for nothing. In the future, I’ll work harder.”
“It’s good that you know,” the system said, “I would’ve abandoned you long ago if you weren’t so cute.”
Chen You was surprised, “Didn’t you say that I’m stupid?”
The system explained, “Your stupidity is what makes you cute.”
Chen You thought about it, “…That makes sense.”
There are many hosts under the system’s leadership, both old and new, and the large majority of them are smart hosts. They would play tricks, exploit loopholes, entangle themselves with the mission targets, fall in love, become muddle headed before leaving, turn desperate, and lose control of their emotions. In the end, they would forget their original selves.
As a result, they had no way of regretting their final outcome. It was over.
The most clear-headed was this youngest little one. His goal was firm: to go home.
Who could’ve known that the one the system had been least optimistic about in the beginning, was now the one who performed the best.
Those various professors, scientists, presidents, and hosts with talents in every field all could not compete with a simple college student.
Even though sometimes he would blow up, behave noisily and cheekily, and seek to gain benefits from the system, he never made any grave mistakes. Compared to other hosts, he was very obedient.
This was merely its conclusion thus far.
Whether he would remain this obedient in the future, it was hard to say.
The system was very afraid that the good baby in its hand would one day turn into a sly old fellow and couldn’t help but remind him, “If you just focus on lowering the Evil value and clearing your missions, I won’t treat you unfairly.”
Chen You responded, “Big brother 4, I will.”
The system solemnly promised, “The day you complete all your missions is the day you go home.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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On the borders of a snowy forest town, the arrival of Lei Ming set off a great stir.
No one associated the small, broken child from many years prior with the noble, cold man in front of their eyes.
Lei Ming stopped the car and entered a small noodle shop with Chen You trailing behind him.
A spirit is unable to feel hunger or smell the fragrance of good food, but Chen You still felt like he was hungry and that the food smelled delicious.
People inside and outside the noodle shop were wildly gesticulating. An auntie wiped her hands on a dishcloth and brought over a menu, “Young man, what would you like to eat?”
Lei Ming glanced at the greasy menu and frowned, “A bowl of wonton soup.”
The auntie smiled, her eyes still on the stranger. The longer she looked, the brighter her gaze became, “Ai, ai, good!”
Chen You looked at the oily menu and didn’t disdain it. Instead, his eyes filled with tears. He really wanted to grab the menu, smell and rub it.
This was the kind of lifestyle he missed. It was very grounding.
He was an ordinary, common person and the restaurants he could afford to go to were around this level.
There would be oil on the menu, dirty marks on the table that couldn’t be wiped off, and the ground would be even more unspeakable. If not for the current season, there would also be flies accompanying.
Chen You floated from table to table, looking this way and that way. It was almost as if he had already returned home.
The wonton soup was swiftly served. It was in a large bowl and the soup had green onions, seaweed, and tiny dried shrimp sprinkled on top.
It was clear that the noodle shop owner must be an honest man. The portion size of the wonton soup was particularly ample.
Chen You floated by Lei Ming’s side, watching him eat the wontons. Blow on it before you eat, ah. The meat inside is very hot.
It seemed that Lei Ming didn’t know that it would be hot, since he directly sent it to his mouth without blowing on it.
The auntie was a warm-hearted, chatty woman and she smiled as she warned, “Young man, this wonton soup is fresh off the stove. You’d better eat slowly, so you don’t burn yourself.”
Chen You nodded, That’s right. He leaned over and looked at an exposed part of the man’s tongue. As expected, it was scalded red.
Not listening to an elder’s words! Stupid you, still eating after getting burnt.
Lei Ming turned a deaf ear to the auntie and the surrounding onlookers. His face was a little haggard, but his expression was stern and solemn. His invisible aura spread through the small noodle shop.
Little by little, the chatter faded away.
Lei Ming ate slowly, taking one mouthful at a time. Chen You swallowed his drool, “I tell you, even though this bowl is big, I could eat two bowls in one breath and only be half full.”
“When talking about wontons, my dad was the best at wrapping them. He made beautiful wontons with the meat stuffing mixed perfectly. After throwing them in the pot, the flavor would immediately come out.”
After a short time, Lei Ming put down his spoon.
Chen You continuously nagged in his ear, “Why didn’t you finish eating? There are still many left. How fragrant, ah. Once you enter the forest, you won’t even be able to drink hot water.”
Lei Ming looked at the soup bowl in front of him and his brows furrowed. Then, he picked up the spoon and finished the rest of the wonton soup.
Chen You was deeply satisfied, feeling as if he was the one who had eaten the wontons.
Lei Ming brought the boy into the depths of the forest. Under his footsteps, the memories of his past began to pour out bit by bit and with the fastest speed, they changed from indistinct to incomparably clear.
“Grandfather picked me up here.”
Chen You said, I know. I even know that at the time you were on the verge of death.
“You and I are not normal human beings.” As he walked, Lei Ming spoke to the child in his arms, “Here, maybe there will be a way.”
The reason he came here was because of this faint hope.
Chen You saw that the top of the man’s jacket had unfastened. Unthinking, he reached out a hand to button it up, but his hand directly passed through to the other side.
Alright, I forgot I was a spirit.
“Xiao Ming, lower your head and take a look. Your button is loose. Quickly fasten it. The wind is blowing and it’s too cold.”
Chen You started up nagging again. After a while, Lei Ming buttoned up the jacket.
The forest was shrouded in ice and snow. On the ground, there were many tracks left by wild animals. However, for snakes, they had long found caves to hibernate in for the winter.
Chen You suddenly asked the system, “I wouldn’t already be frozen, would I?”
The system answered, “Monsters are different from people.”
Chen You thought about it, “That’s true.”
He had never frozen from the cold nor melted from the heat. Looking at Lei Ming’s appearance, he would be able to tell.
Lei Ming walked for a bit and intermittently stopped. He turned distressed, “I’m lost.”
Chen You commented, I can see that. You’ve been wandering around for quite some time.
“444, where is Lei Ming trying to go?”
The system wasn’t quite sure either, “The place where he was born, ba.”
Chen You was taken aback, “Where is that?”
The system replied, “A cave.”
As soon as this location came out, based on his own reading capacity, Chen You came up with a million word plot all by himself.
Lei Ming sat down, leaning against a tree. He frowned and seemed to feel unwell.
Chen You remembered that in his original fate, when Lei Ming was locked in a life and death struggle with the aliens, something abnormal occurred in his body.
Then did that mean, within this period of time, Lei Ming was going to evolve?
Chen You became excited. If Lei Ming’s evolution was successful, he’d become extremely powerful.
In the future, he would be the strongest in the universe and his destiny would undergo earth-shaking changes.
Lei Ming bowed his back, his grip tightening around the boy, and an agonized sound came from his mouth.
His facial features twisted ferociously and his whole body fell to the ground, twitching and spasming. This strange scene was extremely terrifying.
Chen You saw the man in unbearable pain, as if his skin was splitting and revealing the flesh underneath. If he had followed his original fate, under these conditions, with no way out, it was no wonder he had been seriously injured to the point of dying.
“Can I give him something to relieve the pain?”
The system said, “Don’t stick your nose into other people’s business.”
Chen You pleaded, “I haven’t finished the task yet. I can’t ignore his life and death.”
The system stated, “This is something he needs to bear.”
“If you say it like that, ai. Okay. I didn’t say anything.” Chen You was silent for a moment and then asked, “I won’t also evolve, will I?”
The system replied, “Think beautiful thoughts.”
Chen You was speechless. If he didn’t think beautiful thoughts, then what kind of beauty would be left?
He floated next to him, guarding Lei Ming without fail from morning to night, until the break of dawn.
Lei Ming’s eyes remained tightly shut. Only half his face was exposed to the outside, revealing an expression of unbearable agony. He didn’t wake up.
Chen You lay in the empty space beside the man and spoke directly in his ear, “Lei Ming, you wake up. I’ve been pressed into the snow by you and frozen into a dead dog.”
The man was unresponsive.
Chen You continued to talk. In fact, he knew that his chatter, no matter how long he kept it up, was useless. The man would not be able to hear him. He clearly knew this, but he still wanted to speak, as if by doing this, a miracle would occur.
One must never give up hope.
“What’s the point of you bringing me all the way here if you’re just going to lie there, unmoving? Didn’t you say you were going to save me?”
He was uncertain of how much time had passed when Chen You felt something fall from the sky, shaking the ground. The weight of this thing was definitely not small.
He floated over to take a look. What the fuck, there’s a half-human, half- insect creature crushed under a branch.
It’s the alien king!
Motherfucker. This counterpart looked like it would soon be finished, maybe I can kill the boss.
“System, I remember that I have some Good points. Give me the most powerful gun and even a rookie like me should be able to fire at the target a hundred times without missing.”
“Can’t.”
“…” Chen You said, “Then just the fiercest one you have. When I return to my body, give me the gun and I’ll kill him!”
The man wasn’t that ugly. Half his face and neck were tattooed, but it was unclear what kind of insect he was.
Chen You noticed that his limbs were long and full of thin spines, many which were black and coated in solidified blood.
A heavy smell of blood emitted from his body. He was injured and seemed to have escaped here. After getting some intel from the Empire, he must have been looking to take revenge.
The man coughed strenuously and hacked up a mouthful of blood mixed with blood clots. He saw Lei Ming lying on the ground not far away and his eyes shone as he made his way towards the other step by step.
“Damnit, what the fuck do you want to do?”
Chen You floated to the alien king’s head, making empty kicks and punches. He calculated the time. Soon, in a short time, he would be able to return to his body.
Thinking of the system’s words, ‘people who are bound to die, will inevitably die,’ Chen You spit at this. He refused to believe this!
Luoshenhua: My favorite part in this chapter is when we get to see the system’s POV. Normally he’s this bully who seems to heartlessly cut down Chen You, but we find out that he does have significant restrictions and that he does care for Chen You. I guess 444’s a kuudere? (lol not sure if this is the right one)
A little update on the release of the last chapter in the arc: I didn’t pay attention and thought I was halfway through translating the chapter, but this last one is actually 3X the normal length 
, so I’ll be needing a few more days to actually finish it T.T
I want to know why Lei Ming does that….maybe the “death” of Chen You pains him…I really feel bad
I’m still confused on what Lei Ming did, can u explain???
I am sorry but I think I am wrong😅 as I read the story again it seems that Lei Ming is evolving while finding the cave where he is being pick up… The evolve process makes him unconscious . Also, Lei Ming want to bring Chen You to a cave maybe because Lei Ming want to revive Chen You..
Ooh, thanks. I thought Lei Ming collapsed for no reason
I still can’t bring myself to like the system🙈
Thanks for the chapter! Is next chapter going to be last of this arc?
Thanks for the chapter~
Guys this is super random but I’ve seen a lot of commenters mentioning this novel… it’s abbreviated as FOD. Can someone please tell me the name? I’m so curious… ㅠ ㅠ
It’s ‘Quickly wear the face of the devil’ and it’s really good ^ω^
Thank you so much~
:)))))
Welcome to help ^o^
I got the feeling that Lei Ming actually able to hear Chen You’s voice… 🤔
Thanks for the chapter! 😊
yo why people like using wontons as knives to my heart? Are wontons really that good?
thank you for the chapter ❤️
Omg the bad luck man, bad luck
Wow… If you don’t go to the plot, the plot will come to you.
Yup, last chapter blew my worries away… then reading this one it came back with vengeance 😓
I hope Lei Ming would gain his conciousness soon… i have a feeling that Chen You would have to stall for time trying to fight the alien king.
I wonder if that long last chapter have any info on their species? And where the rest of their kind are or how they went extinct? I hope there is… even just a tinnie bit 🙏
Thank you for translating 💐🙇♀️💕
I really didn’t expect the system to give off that kinda vibe, I think it’s because I never imagine systems with actual images, but I’m digging it.
😂 nunca pensé el punto de vista de los sistemas, por algo hay penalizaciónes jajjaaj