[Ding! Idiot with Ancient Qi detected]
[Attempting Synchronization....]
[...]
[Attempt failed...]
[Ding, Ancient Qi detected]
[Attempting Devouring Process...]
[1%...3%...ERROR!]
[ANOTHER SOUL DETECTED!]
The moment it detected a soul— a soul that was blocking him from devouring those juicy ancient Qi which is rarely present in this era— even more so, a powerful one.
The entity trying to devour the Qi got angry— so angry that it's surrounding started trembling, the surrounding trees being reduced to dust in a matter of second.
However, just before it could send any alerts to the residents of this realm, the system stopped and in a heartbeat, the trembling, the surrounding being destroyed recovered, the trees who were reduced to dust regrows, at a place visible to even a mortal eyes.
[Accessing Soul Data...]
It then attempted to look into who the soul was, what it had to offer to the system... And what he found completely shattered this pre-programmed system.
[Name: Zeta]
[From: Earth | Forbidden Realm]
[Age: 25]
[Cultivation: Null]
[Talent: ??? (LOCKED)]
[Current Talent: Pseudo-Emperor Rank]
[Bloodline: Null]
[Artifacts: The Heavenly Soul Transfer Talisman]
It wasn't shocked by the soul being from another realm, there were multiple realms so, for him, it was nothing new as it could be from some unknown realms that are still undiscovered.
However, what really shattered his reality was— the question marks beside his overall talent!
One had to know that, being such a godly system, he had access to everyone's status Screen in every realm.
And even the current god emperor, Fang Yuan, the strongest in all realm doesn't have question marks beside his talent, which made him subconsciously feel a deep sense of fear— and also an opportunity.
And being ungraded in his potent scanning system could only mean one thing— it surpass the grading— that It was too powerful for even him.
And not to mention the artifact— it was the very thing that attracted him to come here.
It's smell and powers were potent enough to summon a system of his caliber.
[Ding... Suitable soul detected worthy enough to be the host of this system....]
[Soul Synchronization In Process....]
[1%....22%.....45%...67%.....89%.....99%...]
[Ding, Soul Synchronization Process Completed]
***
[Zeta's Pov]
Pain
A sharp, sudden jolt hits his brain like a truck ramming itself into his brain, which made his eyes snap open!
"Huh?" He let out a confused growl.
The smell of dirt, the smell of earth— something which he shouldn't be capable of because of the public execution he faced just a moment ago.
"...what the hell!?" He puts his hands on his chest as he felt a burning session in it, and at the same time, his limbs ached, as if the feeling of being hit by a truck he felt earlier were real.
"Haah...!" He let out a deep breath, attempting to calm himself down as everything he was witnessing was putting his brain at a strain—
"Argh!" Just as he spoke of his brain— a sharp pain assaulted him.
And then, unknown memories flooded, filling his brain.
And... He saw—
The harsh beating, the loneliness Lin Tian felt, the anger, all those questions Lin Tian asked himself while crying—
Everything! As if he didn't just inherit the memory and actually lived as Lin Tian.
"Lin....tian?" He muttered the name of the child who's memory he just witnessed.
And at that moment, it was proved—
He hadn't died, he had reincarnated and now he was no longer just Zeta, the criminal but also Lin tian, the child who wasn't allowed to be a child.
He then dug a small hole out of the grave like place he was in, before sitting on the ground, just beside the hole.
"A cultivation world...huh?" He muttered to himself. Dirt started falling off his robe, the moonlight shining brightly under the dark night.
Muttering that world, a small smile formed on his face.
Cultivation world, a world built on the rules of the survival of the fittest!
A world filled with opportunity's, powers, beauties.
A world made just for someone like him who had no morals, where there were were no rules— just strength.
"Hahaha!" He let out a small laugh, laughing at how blessed he was— to be granted a second life at a place where he has the highest chances of thriving and getting to the top of the power hierarchy.
But just as he was happy, he remembered something— this world wasn't easy.
Death lurked in every corner of the world, it was a world where countless spoiled brats with sects or powerful families backing could crush him, just for as something simple as looking at them and they didn't like it.
"Tch, dammed if I do, dammed if I don't!"
"Mmmmm" he took a deep breath, his eyes flickering with newfound clarity.
"Since you gave me your body, and knowledge that could save me... I'll return this favour... I'll return this favour by killing the bastards who killed you." He vowed while nodding to himself— satisfied with his own choices and behaviour.
"Well... Only after getting strong... Strong enough to crush them easily."
As he said that, a quiet wind blew past him.
And unseen to him, Lin tian— his predecessor, who was still lingering around the edges at the unfairness, finally smiled wholeheartedly, and let go of any unresolved grudges he had hold that stopped him from heading to the afterlife.
[Ding, Congratulations— title unlocked, "The Vowing One", "Grateful Criminal".]
[Warning: titles are just decorations. You get no buff.]
Hearing a robotic voice talked from inside of him, zeta blinked twice.
"Huh?" Question marks formed around his head.
And only now did he realized that the robotic noise, that he had been hearing previously while still being unawakened, were real and not a hallucinations.
And right now, in front of his eyes, a translucent, purple screen hovered.
"A system...!?"
A system, something that's quite common in fiction, something he had read about back when he was 22 year old punk reading webnovel's to kill time while waiting for people to take his scam baits.
He never thought he'll see one in real life—
[Greetings, Host. I am what you mortals call— System!]