Ye Tiancheng took a deep breath, a pleasant air circulating in his lungs.
He wanted a life of leisure, that was his true life.
In this world, no one asked why you hadn't found a wife, why you weren't contributing to society…
All those questions he desperately wanted to avoid.
Here, all the problems of his previous world were no longer problems.
This feeling was wonderful.
He even felt that the people in his previous world were the real fools.
Day in and day out, only for money, becoming slaves to money.
But the wonderful feeling would disappear at times, after all, finding the raw materials for salt wasn't that easy.
After searching for a long time, he discovered there was no sea here.
"Damn, this barren land!" Ye Tiancheng was displeased. He felt he should be surrounded by material abundance, lying on the ground comfortably basking in the sun.
"Waaah!"
A strange cry broke his reverie.
He immediately looked towards the strange cry and saw a large bird leisurely pacing by a lake.
That guy wasn't hunting…
Ye Tiancheng realized the large bird was bathing.
And it wasn't sinking at all.
"Dead Sea?"
Ye Tiancheng burst into laughter: "Heaven truly helps me! Doesn't this thing contain salt?"
Ye Tiancheng hurried towards the large lake.
The strange bird was startled and flew away, flapping its wings.
Ye Tiancheng didn't care how resentful the bird was.
The bird's mood was cursing Ye Tiancheng's ancestors: I was bathing, and you disturbed me, I'll fuck your grandpa.
Although there was no pot, it could be dried by the sun.
He sprinkled the lake water on palm-sized leaves, and in a short while, they were dry.
A white frost formed on the leaves.
Ye Tiancheng excitedly licked it with his tongue; it was indeed salty.
"Success! Although the quantity is small, it's okay. Next, the dream of a salted fish will be realized."
Since it was still early, he began hunting nearby.
Still using the same method of waiting by the stump.
The harvest was still incredibly abundant, and a strong sense of satisfaction emanated from his heart.
But after eating for a while, he felt something was missing.
"I'm missing good wine!"
Ye Tiancheng thought about it, but then gave up. He knew that in this wild land, without grain, how could he brew wine?
So, after finishing his food, he lay down on the spot.
In the middle of the night, suddenly… a fierce wind raged, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
"It's going to rain!" Startled awake, he stood up and looked up. Lightning tore through the sky… the light of the lightning showed him that dark clouds had covered the entire sky. He then gave a wry smile, "Son of a bitch, do you still want me to enjoy a life of leisure, or not?"
Unfortunately, the rain didn't care what he wanted or didn't want. Merciless raindrops fell on him.
The cold feeling was extremely unpleasant.
There was no other way but to find shelter from the rain.
Otherwise, catching a cold would be completely fatal.
In this world, there were no antibiotics, no Chlorpheniramine, no Amiloride…
So, try not to catch a cold.
This guy had forgotten that he was once a remarkable Chinese medicine practitioner and could gather plants to treat colds. Reborn and transmigrated, he had forgotten everything from his past. Although the system wanted him to recover, this guy simply refused. He hated his previous world, and now that he could finally be a salted fish, only a fool would want to recover his past abilities!
The benefit of being a salted fish is not thinking about anything, not knowing anything.
Being a salted fish that lives in harmony with the world is happier than a living fish. Living fish have to strive every day, are constantly watched by higher animals, and can easily become their food. Therefore, being useless leads to a long life.
After running for a while, Ye Tiancheng finally discovered a problem: he was running around aimlessly.
He had no idea where to find shelter from the rain.
Running blindly would only lead to death.
"Oh no, I'm already soaked." Ye Tiancheng saw that his clothes were completely wet, and ripples of emotion surged through his heart.
No matter what, staying alive was more important than anything else.
Otherwise, the life of a salted fish couldn't continue.
After thinking for a moment, he cursed at the sky: "God, I'll fuck your ancestors for eight generations."
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the tree next to Ye Tiancheng was split in half.
Flames ignited along the split trunk.
And this was a primeval forest.
The leaves and dead branches on the ground were thick.
After being struck, the flames would ignite instantly.
The strong wind accelerated the burning.
In an instant, the place where Ye Tiancheng stood was emitting intense heat.
"Whoa, you really can't curse God casually." Ye Tiancheng bolted, heading towards a place without wind. Because no one was stupid enough to outrun the wind!
After a frantic run, he didn't know how long he had been running.
Gradually, he felt the threat of the flames disappear, and he noticed the rain had lessened.
He then stopped.
Exhausted, he began to pant heavily.
"I'm fucked by a husky…" Ye Tiancheng felt that being a salted fish was truly difficult.
This God really liked to play tricks on people.
"Complaining and blaming is absolutely unacceptable. To live, strive to become a god."
The system taunted Ye Tiancheng.
Ye Tiancheng's heart collapsed. What the hell was this?
"Damn it…" Ye Tiancheng didn't like the system's words at all.
He directly asked, "System… can you stop yapping? I like to be lazy, and it has nothing to do with you if I die."
"That won't do. If you die, I die too. This system cannot stand by and watch you become useless."
"Hmph!" Ye Tiancheng ignored whether the system was willing or not; he was happy as long as he was happy.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a pleasant, tingling sensation spread throughout his body.
Instantly, a rectangular crystal, about the width of a strip of dried meat and an inch long, flashed in his mind.
This crystal displayed various texts.
Among them, one script was familiar, and that was the Chinese characters from his previous world.
"The system will forcibly instill all the knowledge of this world and your knowledge from that world into you."
Ye Tiancheng felt his entire body expanding.
He was struggling against the system's power, wanting to break free from this damned system.
He didn't want the system, didn't want to become stronger.
He didn't want to do things or be the kind of person he disliked.
This was the quality of a salted fish.
But his strength was too weak, and in the end, the system successfully forced itself upon his body.
All sorts of knowledge flashed through his mind.
Including medicine, military strategy, and so on…
All sorts of things came one after another.
This was completely unwanted.
"Damn system, I'll destroy you once I become powerful."
"Then you'll have to become powerful first. For now, you are still my slave. Haha." The system laughed triumphantly.
Ye Tiancheng felt bitter, only he knew.
He thought that rebirth and transmigration would bring a different life as a salted fish, but all the damned things wouldn't let him go.
He felt very depressed and wanted to question what was going on.
But his depression was understood by no one, so it could only be hidden in his heart, forming a kind of evil.
If only this world could be destroyed, then he wouldn't have to work so hard.
A negative thought occupied his mind.
Perhaps this was dangerous, but for Ye Tiancheng, this was the state of consciousness he liked to see.
This dangerous consciousness gradually formed an obstacle in his heart.
Although he disliked it intensely, he couldn't escape it.
Let it be, damn system, find me a place, I need to rest.
"I'm sorry, you have already obtained the forest parameters here. Figure it out yourself."
The system refused.
Ye Tiancheng's mood collapsed. This was the most troublesome system in history.
"Your grandpa!"
"I'm sorry, your grandpa is not here." The system replied.
"Damn it!" Ye Tiancheng was speechless. This troublesome system was truly idle and foolish.
However, in Ye Tiancheng's heart, he could tolerate everything else, but there were some things he couldn't tolerate, which was that he didn't know where he had arrived.
It seemed that he had been here all along without understanding the terrain, unable to grasp the essential tools and laws for survival.
Otherwise, he would die without a burial place.
If he mastered everything here, he would know when it would rain and when the wind would blow.
Then, he could find a way to survive.
Otherwise? Wandering around blindly like this would lead to a quick death.
Death was impossible now. Death had become the most luxurious thing for Ye Tiancheng. Because the system would not allow him to die.
If he died, the system would also die.
This guy was very selfish.
But Ye Tiancheng felt he wasn't selfish at all.
Because he felt he should live as he pleased.
He shouldn't be controlled by anything in the world.
But he didn't know that even if he didn't want to be controlled, he would be.
He had no idea about the value and meaning of living for something.
In his opinion, these things were defined by others, not by him, and had nothing to do with him.
The only reason he was still alive was for the dream of being a salted fish.
No matter how the system pressured him in the future, Ye Tiancheng would not follow its intentions and let it succeed.
In any case, for him, being a salted fish was the most comfortable choice.
As long as he was comfortable, others had nothing to do with him.
Therefore, he decided. In this world where no one could control him, he would live as he pleased.
As long as he didn't die, the system wouldn't interfere, right?
Unfortunately, reality was harsh, and ideals were lofty.
What he thought was no longer what he thought.
After all, the system wouldn't watch Ye Tiancheng degenerate like this.
If that happened, he really didn't know how to awaken his heart.
Once a person's heart dies, nothing is left.
Moreover, Ye Tiancheng was in a state of just getting by and waiting to die.
In his previous world, he could live for several years in this state. After all, the superiors in that world liked to keep useless and idle people. In this world, if you are not strong enough, you will be eliminated.
This was a world of the strong.
He currently thought this was a barren land inhabited by a few natives.
But he was terribly mistaken.
He had been reborn in a place devoid of human habitation, where birds wouldn't even shit.
If it were another place, there would be city-states, superiors, powerful legions, and ruthless criminals.
In this place, there was no flame of civilization, and everything appeared so barbaric.
In the face of barbarism, you could only be more barbaric and stronger.
Therefore, a salted fish would die quickly here.
Some herb gatherers would come to the forest periodically. If they encountered Ye Tiancheng, they would definitely kill him.
Not for the items on him, but simply for pleasure.
Here, you could kill people if you were happy, and you could kill people if you were unhappy.
In short, this place was very different from what he had imagined.
How was it different?
If you came, you would know completely, so continue, young man!
The system told Ye Tiancheng all its thoughts.
Ye Tiancheng broke out in a cold sweat.
"My god! System, is what you're saying true?"
"Of course, why would this system lie to you?" The system said smugly. It had finally put Ye Tiancheng on the right track. From now on, it would be difficult for Ye Tiancheng to become useless!