There was nothing on the rope, yet it felt unbearably heavy.

Faced with this abnormal phenomenon, Zhang Ruobing was stunned: "What is this... what is it?"

A chill ran up Chen Feng's spine; he knew all too well what it was.

An invisible Water Ghost that had slaughtered everyone in the internet cafe!

Chen Feng turned to Zhang Ruobing and shouted, "Shoot quickly, aim at the rope, don't let it come up, hurry!"

Zhang Ruobing was confused: "What?"

Chen Feng was frantic: "No time to explain! Water Ghost! The Water Ghost is coming up, don't you understand?"

Zhang Ruobing tried to calm Chen Feng down: "Don't get excited, explain slowly."

Explain slowly, my foot.

Good advice is wasted on a stubborn ghost. Seeing that Zhang Ruobing was still clueless, Chen Feng turned and ran; he had no intention of dying with this fool.

Almost the moment Chen Feng left, Zhang Ruobing felt the rope in her hand lighten, and a bone-chilling cold surged up.

Was it because the rain was too heavy, soaking her clothes and causing her body temperature to drop?

Before Zhang Ruobing could figure out what was happening, a pair of completely soaked, unnaturally slippery, and incredibly strong invisible hands gripped her throat.

Could this be... the Water Ghost Master mentioned!

"Ah!"

She didn't even have time to scream.

Zhang Ruobing's throat was crushed with a crack, and she fell powerlessly to the ground.

At that moment, a police car suddenly roared onto the scene!

It turned out that after leaving, Chen Feng didn't choose to drive away but instead turned around and aimed at Zhang Ruobing.

The most terrifying thing about the Water Ghost is its invisibility; you never know where its attack will come from, so there's no way to defend against it. But now, there was only one person outside the car, and Chen Feng was convinced the creature would target Zhang Ruobing.

The moment it harms someone is also the moment it reveals its position!

Eliminating the Water Ghost could earn three points, which rounds up to three lives.

Fortune favors the bold.

With the roar of the engine, Chen Feng floored the gas pedal and crashed into the area emitting the chilling aura.

With a loud thud.

Blood splattered across the windshield, and the car's hood caved in significantly!

Chen Feng was thrown forward violently, his head spinning from the impact with the airbag.

Damn! Forgot to fasten the seatbelt.

Truly, safety is the first rule of the road; driving recklessly brings tears to loved ones...

After a while, Chen Feng regained his senses.

Is it dead?

Chen Feng summoned the system, and upon opening his eyes, he saw that the task to eliminate the Water Ghost was still in an incomplete gray state, and his heart sank.

It didn't die from that? Then what's the point of me living?

Chen Feng shivered.

Of course, it wasn't because the air conditioning was too cold, but because that thing had gotten in.

Chen Feng heard the sound of the car window shattering, and then a pair of large hands gripped his neck.

These hands are so slippery, is that oil on them?

They say Water Ghosts can float on the water's surface, turns out it's like ducks, using oil to swim.

Lost in his wild thoughts, Chen Feng lost consciousness.

-----------------

In front of the same internet cafe, with the same Boss Lady.

He Ting bent down and said, "Handsome, you don't look well, you'd better find a place to shelter from the rain before it starts."

Chen Feng opened his eyes and shook his neck.

Compared to the Water Ghost's 360-degree neck-twisting technique, the Boss Lady's method of killing is a bit more painless.

"No need, I just like getting a little wet in the rain."

Chen Feng waved goodbye to He Ting and then began to summon his system.

As expected.

The number of times he could load a save was now down to six.

Dying three times on the first day, this otherworld is a bit too strange, no wonder so many predecessors failed.

The Great Philanthropist System was gone.

But surprisingly, the tasks from the Great Philanthropist System remained.

[Task One: Destroy Happiness Internet Cafe]

[Task Two: Eliminate the Water Ghost]

Then came the box selection phase.

Aside from the DS-01-DER and LS-02-SHSG that he didn't choose last time, this time the box in the first position was numbered TY-03-SLD, and it said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, a river is formed by the accumulation of small streams."

By now, Chen Feng had almost figured it out.

Now, every time he loads a save and is reborn, he can choose a new system, and whatever the previous system left behind will also be retained.

As for which box to choose...

Chen Feng asked the system what the abbreviations meant.

The result was that the first abbreviation represented the system's origin, for example, DS is Urban System, LS is Historical System, and TY is Sports System.

Urban, Historical, and Sports?

Chen Feng couldn't help but complain, "These all feel like trash, if only there were XH for Xuanhuan or XX for Xianxia, or at the very least, LY for Paranormal."

As for the second number, it represents the type of system.

01 is a pure task system, specifically for issuing tasks to earn system points, like the Great Philanthropist System.

02 is a pure exchange system, providing a system shop for users to exchange points for items, like the common apocalypse resource exchange system.

03 is a hybrid system, with special functions that don't belong to 01 or 02, like Chen Feng's own Save and Load System.

The last number is the abbreviation of the system's name.

"I don't have any points right now, so the box numbered LS-02-SHSG is definitely out."

"Should I take a gamble and open the box numbered 03? Forget it, that box comes from Sports, if it's a system that specializes in improving basketball or soccer skills, it'd be a waste."

"I'd better honestly choose a task system first to accumulate some points."

After much consideration, Chen Feng ultimately chose DS-01-DER.

[Ding! Congratulations on successfully activating the Great Villain System]

[This system will help you earn a large number of system points, grow quickly, and achieve the grand dream of world domination]

[Task discovered!]

[The girl Zhong Jielian doesn't want to go to school, and to scare her parents, she stands on Cihang Bridge pretending to jump into the river to commit suicide]

[Task objective: Since she seeks death, let her die]

[Task reward: 1 system point]

Zhong Jielian?

Isn't that the girl pretending to commit suicide on the bridge?

Chen Feng's eyes lit up. This was exactly his kind of quest—even if the reward was a bit stingy. To be completely honest, after witnessing that girl’s subhuman cruelty that got Old Li killed last time, he would gladly take her out for free.

"Officer, I'm from out of town... just looking for a meal."

Using the same excuse, Chen Feng got into Old Li's car.

Next, the radio should go off.

Chen Feng pondered whether to smash the radio in advance, as long as they didn't receive the task, they wouldn't have to save the suicidal girl and face that terrifying Water Ghost.

But after thinking about it, it still wasn't safe enough.

If the radio broke, others could call on their phones.

And, just like how smart kids don't cry when their parents aren't around.

From the task prompt, it seemed that the girl surnamed Zhong was standing on the bridge because she didn't want to start school, not because she really wanted to die, so if no one went to save her, she wouldn't jump into the river, and Chen Feng's task would inevitably fail.

So this trip was a must.

Old Li had just hung up the radio when he heard Chen Feng say, "I'm not hungry, Officer Li, you go ahead with your work."

"Huh?"

Old Li was stunned, he hadn't said anything yet, how did the other party already know to answer?

Zhang Ruobing asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

Old Li said, "Someone's trying to commit suicide on Cihang Bridge again."

Chen Feng feigned surprise: "Cihang Bridge? But there's a Water Ghost down there."

We are "pawread.co𝑚", find us on google.

How does he know about the Water Ghost?

Old Li looked at him in surprise, wasn't this kid claiming to be from out of town? How does he know so much about Cihang City's paranormal tales, and: "Young people like you actually believe in ghosts?"

Zhang Ruobing also mocked, "Have you ever seen a ghost? You're just making assumptions."

I've not only seen them, but I've also been killed by them.

Chen Feng, using what he just learned, said, "Hmph, when it comes to ghosts, it's better to believe they exist than not. Here, let me tell you a story about a Water Ghost."

Old Li was starting to doubt his life: "He's using my lines!"

---

Proofreader: Peter Pan