Chapter 1: Transmigration to Ancient Times
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In the middle of a dense, ancient forest.
Dawn Moon felt her leg cramping. Looking up at the endless forest, she couldn't help but complain, "System, couldn't you have dropped me off on a normal road?"
Heaven knew she had been walking in this forest for four days already!
A Little Sprite wearing a green dress with transparent wings, perched on her shoulder, replied, "Sorry, Host, this is a random drop set by the System. I can't change it."
The soft and cute Little Sprite spoke to her with blinking, beautiful eyes, which instantly made Dawn Moon lose her temper again.
Damn it! Why does the System have such an adorable shell!
"System, can you really not change your shell? Like a Cockroach or a Fly?" That way, she wouldn't feel any burden when hitting it.
The System's vast knowledge base instantly displayed pictures of those two creatures.
The pretty Little Sprite: "... Such ugly things, it doesn't want to have such a shell!"
"Host, if you accumulate enough faith points to upgrade, you can change the System's shell," the System sprite said.
Dawn Moon looked at the zero in her faith points column—a number so low even a dog would scorn it—and fell silent.
She was a female university student who had graduated two years ago. After experiencing workplace difficulties from her superiors, exclusion from colleagues, and difficult clients... In short, after experiencing all the harsh blows of society, she finally bought a lottery ticket, became rich overnight with over two hundred thousand, and was preparing to angrily resign and switch companies to continue being beaten down, when she was hijacked by a System.
Ah no, she was brought to this world by the System to get rich.
According to the System, as long as she accumulated faith points in this world, she could return to modern times, to the exact moment she left, and receive a modern bank balance equivalent to the faith pointsaccumulated.
The System would transfer this money to her account through reasonable, legal, and compliant channels.
She checked the required faith points to return to modern times: ten billion.
Very good. After completing the mission, she would have ten billion.
Holding onto beautiful expectations for the future, she temporarily reached a cooperative relationship with the System, and then was dumped into this dense, ancient forest.
But after walking for so many days, she was utterly exhausted. Even though the body the System created for her didn't need to eat, drink, defecate, or bleed or get injured, the mental exhaustion was unbearable!
"Can I really not get a skill on credit?" she asked.
The skill gifted in the beginner's gift package was Star and Moon Accompany.
This meant that as long as it was nighttime and she appeared, all the stars and the moon would follow her, showering her with light without reservation, and they would have a spiritual connection with her.
It sounds awesome—I can summon the stars and moon to appear or disappear in the dark. But—what's the use of that?
The moon isn't the sun. If I make the sunlight harshly shine on someone or someplace, I can even cause them damage. If the moon and stars shine on someone, besides illuminating them in the dark, what else can they do?
Could they make the stars fall from the sky and smash someone to death?
Dawn Moon paused, suddenly doubting the feasibility of this method.
The System was unaware of Dawn Moon's dangerous thought and dutifully replied, "The System settings do not allow for credit. However, Host, don't worry. As long as you reach a town and do good deeds, helping your neighbors. Or, relying on your current appearance, we can go into palace intrigue and become the Empress, ruling over all. Then you can earn faith points to exchange for skills."
Dawn Moon: "... I want to exchange for a skill that lets me leave this godforsaken place right now!"
Moreover—
"Who said I want to do good deeds or become the Empress through palace intrigue?" Dawn Moon spoke.
According to the System's logic, helping people around her one by one to accumulate faith points, or engaging in palace intrigue to become the Empress—with that little faith, when would ten billion ever be reached?
If I'm going to do it, I'll go big!
The System was momentarily stunned, then alarmed: "Host, you don't have to engage in palace intrigue, that's fine. But please don't think recklessly and give up by doing bad things! Although accumulating ten billion points by doing good deeds is difficult, if it takes ten years, we'll take a hundred; if it takes a hundred years, we'll take a thousand or ten thousand years. I will always be with you!"
A thousand or ten thousand years... Dawn Moon choked up, unable to help but wonder, "Did previous mission takers really take thousands or tens of thousands of years to accumulate enough faith points to go back?" Otherwise, why keep mentioning doing good deeds?
The Little Sprite's beautiful big eyes widened in confusion. Realizing it had let something slip, it immediately covered its mouth with its hand and shook its head frantically.
I absolutely cannot tell the Host! That would scare the Host into committing suicide right where they stand!
Towards the System, which was far more advanced than modern technology, Dawn Moon felt pity.
Although it's very capable, it's really not that smart, System.
"Be good, System, tell big sister what happened. big sister has been quite bored these past few days and can use this to pass the time." Her face was full of smiles, and her tone was gentle.
The System, however, felt the Host was acting strange right now, very much like the big perverts in some TV dramas.
It was a System fresh off the assembly line, so why did it encounter a Host who seemed to have perverted tendencies?
It hadn't noticed anything during their interaction over the past few days!
Looking at the perfectly exquisite face, fabricated by the System, that was infinitely enlarging in its sight, the System flapped its transparent little wings, wanting to Fly away from Dawn Moon.
In the next second, it was caught by Dawn Moon's hand. The force was gentle and caused it no discomfort whatsoever, yet the Systeminexplicably felt a hint of fear.
Clips of serial killers from various horror movies flooded its mind, making this young and weak System tremble involuntarily.
"Wuwu, don't kill me, I'll confess everything!" The Little Sprite said, its eyes teary.
Dawn Moon was momentarily stunned, then felt even more tender affection for the System.
It has abilities, but it's just a newborn baby!
Its courage is too small. Whose heart is so carefree to send such a little system out to complete missions, aren't they afraid of being tricked out of body and heart?
The little system quickly finished explaining the whole story between sobs.
The little system's number was 002. Before it, there was the first System off the line, 001. That one was produced at the same time as 002, and it was also a skill System.
Originally, the main system intended to send both Systems out, but out of caution, they chose to release 001 first to undertake the mission.
001 was bound to a man in an ancient plane. That person's beginner gift package was the accompaniment of the Scarlet Sun.
This meant the sun of that world was controlled by that person.
That person didn't know what a System was, nor what advanced civilization and technology were. He only believed he was the reincarnation of a sun god descended from heaven, and immediately declared his intent to rebel and become king during an era of peace and prosperity.
That man was just a commoner, and he had a wife and two sons at home. When he told his family he was going to rebel, his wife, for the sake of her and her two sons' future, smothered him to death while he slept that very night.
The Host died before the mission could even succeed.
Because of this, 001 almost suffered an identity crisis.
After all, it was the first System it had created, so the main system, for 001's sake, decided to reverse the timeline of that world, allowing the man to be reborn two days earlier, which was the moment he obtained the System.
Warnings for this novel:
1. The female lead plays the role of the Moon Goddess in a fictional era; she is not Chang'e or any deity from Chinese mythology. Please stop comparing her to Chinese mythology and dictating how the story should be written.
2. This is an ancient setting. Capable and useful women are all confined to the inner quarters. In the early stages, the female lead only has men around her. Only after several dozen chapters of plot development will women start appearing by her side.
3. The deity the female lead portrays is neither aloof and distant nor completely approachable. She is capricious and acts on whims, and she will not be schemed against or morally blackmailed.
4. The female lead is an ordinary modern girl merely playing the role of a deity; she is not a true god. She cannot kill without batting an eye, so please refrain from calling her a bleeding heart. Evil people who deserve death will not escape, and there is no need for the female lead to personally take action.
5. People have different views: some revere the deity, and naturally, some admire or attempt to scheme against the deity. Please refrain from unnecessary criticism.
P.S. The female lead does not casually give away items. There will be characters with one-sided affection for the female lead, but she will not date anyone! There will be no romantic subplot either.
7. The female lead also appreciates handsome men and beautiful women. Later chapters will include discussions with the System where she admits she likes good-looking people, but this is only discussed privately with the System, and it is strictly appreciation! She will not show this to anyone else! If you interpret this as being a pervert or engaging in wish fulfillment, please leave quickly; we are simply not compatible! Do not leave unwarranted criticisms in the comments section!
8. If you must criticize, please be merciful with your words [Pleading]
9. This novel will feature plotlines about improving the status of women. I ask the small minority of male and female readers to read rationally. After reading, do not leave negative reviews saying that improving women's status equals 'fighting for feminism,' nor should you say that women's status should not be raised and that women are only suited for staying home and raising children. I am giving you this warning in advance. If you cannot accept it, you may leave now, so I don't have to report and delete such comments one by one later on [Tired] [Lifeless