Gun Kai

Chapter 3 World One

Chapter 1 "Why are you a bit late today?" Chen Xudong asked, jogging up to a meter away from Li Cheng颐 and continuing to bounce on the spot, warming up.

"Slept in a bit. Had a nightmare last night, didn't sleep well," Li Cheng颐 said with a sigh.

"You've been having nightmares every day lately, that's not good... You were panting after only a few laps the other day. Are you too weak or something?" Chen Xudong wiggled his index finger, a lewd smile appearing.

"Heh, could I be weaker than you? You, a fitness instructor, always hooking up with your students, and you have the nerve to talk about me?" Li Cheng颐's mind filled with information about his friend, and his speech began to sound more natural.

"Hooking up? Do you even know what business acumen is? Do you know what emotional value is? Buying my classes doesn't just get you a good body, it also lets you feel the long-lost warmth of love and care!" Chen Xudong shamelessly retorted, cracking his knuckles.

"Your skin is so thick it's unbearable. Where's Lin Sang?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

According to the memories of his predecessor, the three of them always exercised together for nearly ten years, with little change.

"Over there, talking with people." Chen Xudong pointed into the distance. "She told us to start running first, she'll be here in a bit."

Under the shade of a tree, a young girl wearing a light green, fitted tracksuit was chatting with a few young men and women of similar age.

The girl had a high ponytail, shiny black hair, and fair skin. The smile she occasionally showed looked sunny and outgoing.

"Okay." Li Cheng颐 turned away. "Let's get running?"

"Yeah."

The two of them started moving slowly, side-by-side, along the red running track in the park.

"Didn't you say you submitted your resume? How's the job search going?" Chen Xudong asked casually.

"Difficult." Li Cheng颐 was happy to chat, as it helped the vague memories in his mind become clearer.

"What's so difficult about it? Isn't your sister around? Ask her for help. She definitely has connections for your job search," Chen Xudong said carelessly.

"I don't want to ask her." Li Cheng颐 shook his head lightly. "You know I have a bad relationship with her."

"Even if the relationship is bad, she's still your own sister. Swallow your pride, lower your head, and you can get so many more opportunities than others, what's wrong with that?" Chen Xudong said dismissively.

"We'll see. I think I can rely on myself." Li Cheng颐 smiled. "I don't have great ambitions, as you know. I don't seek wealth and glory, I just want to live a simple life."

"Naive." Chen Xudong scoffed. "I think you've been suppressed by your sister into stupidity. In this day and age, there are actually people who don't want to climb up. People will laugh themselves to death if they hear you say that."

"I'm not a competitive person. It's a matter of personality." As Li Cheng颐 spoke, the memories in his mind gradually merged with those of his predecessor.

The various emotions, feelings, and values of two lifetimes also began to subtly merge with the stimulus of this sentence.

"What about Lin Sang? Haven't you always been a little interested in her?" Chen Xudong lowered his voice again.

"Was I? I was just joking before." Li Cheng颐 shook his head. It was the former self who was interested, not him.

The three of them had been together for at least ten years.

Lin Sang wasn't pretty, but she was very energetic and youthful. More importantly, she had a great figure.

When they were young, Li Cheng颐 and Chen Xudong had been somewhat infatuated, but as they grew older, they focused more on graduation and employment.

Their feelings for Lin Sang gradually faded.

"If it really doesn't work out, just come help me. My family's gym is still missing a receptionist," Chen Xudong joked with a smile.

"Okay, you said it yourself, remember to save a spot for me." Li Cheng颐 replied with a laugh.

Of the three, his predecessor had always had a good temper, was gentle, didn't compete with others, and often avoided conflicts.

So Chen Xudong knew that Li Cheng颐 wouldn't be angry at such a joke.

"Hey, Xiao颐, Dongzi, help me out." At this moment, Lin Sang waved at the two of them from a distance.

Lin Sang's appearance was quite distinctive. Sword-like eyebrows, large eyes, a high nose, and a small mouth. Individually, her features were fine, but combined, they gave off a stiff feeling. Even when she smiled, she gave off a cold feeling.

If it weren't for her curvy figure, this face might be more suitable for a man.

"What's up?" Chen Xudong led Li Cheng颐 over.

"Help me move these drinks to the car." Lin Sang pointed to two boxes of dark drinks on the ground.

Behind her stood a few men and women who had been chatting with her earlier.

These people's clothes were clearly more elaborate, the materials, details, and edges were very delicate, and it was obvious at a glance that they weren't cheap.

"Whose drinks are these?" Chen Xudong asked.

"Why do you ask so many questions? Just move them when you're told to." Lin Sang said unhappily.

When the three of them were together, the other two boys would always protect her and help her out. This wasn't the first time this had happened.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? After all, these are our own things." A man in a baseball cap among the others hesitated.

"What's inappropriate about it? It's just a small thing to help out with." Lin Sang replied with a smile. "Anyway, they come here to exercise every day, what's moving a box of water? Just consider it helping them exercise."

"Then thank you Lin Sang, and these two brothers." The baseball cap man said gently.

Li Cheng颐 hadn't moved yet, but Chen Xudong was the first to step forward and start moving things.

Seeing that he wasn't moving, Chen Xudong secretly nudged his arm.

Was he used to being pua-ed? (emotional manipulation)

Li Cheng颐 was speechless. He glanced at Lin Sang, who was standing beside the others talking. The girl's face faintly revealed a hint of flattery and eagerness to integrate into that circle, which was fully exposed in his eyes.

Without a word, although he frowned inwardly, he still didn't want to do anything that violated the habits of his predecessor.

He sighed and followed Chen Xudong to help move a box of drinks, a total of fifty bottles, to a black SUV not far away.

The car was parked at the edge of the park entrance.

Lin Sang didn't come back to exercise with them, but got into the car with the others. Before leaving, she waved to him and Chen Xudong as a farewell.

The baseball cap man also waved to them gently like a leader.

"Thanks, maybe we can exercise together sometime."

The others didn't even look at them from beginning to end.

This baseball cap man was considered the best-tempered of the group.

The car sped away, kicking up a trail of fine dust.

Chen Xudong stood at the park entrance and sighed.

"Miss Lin seems to have found a small goal." He murmured.

"What about you?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"Me... I'll inherit my father's business." Chen Xudong said. "The job market is so bad these days, what else can I do? As for you, you should just obediently bow your head to your sister."

"You don't understand." Li Cheng颐 shook his head.

"Don't understand my ass. That's just the way things are now, it's always better to bow your head to your own family than to outsiders," Chen Xudong cursed.

Li Cheng颐 didn't speak, but remained silent.

After finishing the run.

In half an hour, he and Chen Xudong chatted a lot.

He gained a deeper and more detailed understanding of many of the details of his predecessor's memories.

Back home, his parents and sister were not there.

Li Cheng颐 thought of what his sister, Li Cheng Jiu, had said yesterday about bringing home an important guest.

After hesitating for a moment, he got up and changed his clothes, checked the memo on his phone, and prepared to go out.

He had to go to school at this time. The memo said: Tutor Chen Shan.

When Li Cheng颐 saw the name, his mind quickly filled with the memory of a good tutor he had encountered in college.

He had once been an outstanding student valued by the tutor. Unfortunately... later, the tutor recommended him to a better university to participate in advanced studies and exchanges. On a stronger platform, during a training camp, he truly realized the limits of his intelligence.

His comprehension, thinking speed, and reaction speed couldn't keep up with the pace of the meeting, and he was even at the bottom of the pack among most of the participants.

In addition, at that time, the quarrel with his sister Li Cheng Jiu escalated. Both of these events made his predecessor feel a sense of bleakness about the future of his major, and he couldn't see any hope.

Since then, Li Cheng颐 had been devastated and depressed. In the end, he simply graduated from school as an ordinary undergraduate student and didn't even take the postgraduate entrance examination.

Looking at the memo on his phone, Li Cheng颐 steadied his mind. From yesterday to today, he finally had some time to truly understand the situation of this world.

And being in the information age, the best way to understand it was with the thing in his hand.

Closing the memo, he skillfully opened the phone browser and then immediately searched and entered: world map.

With a tap, the phone screen instantly refreshed with a large row of various information words.

'Latest World Map.'

'Global Satellite Map HD Download.'

'World Map Super Large Edition HD.'

'Global Map HD Paid.'

Rows of messy advertisements mixed with beautiful women's pictures were interspersed inside.

The black characters on a white background were dense and he didn't know which one to choose for a moment.

'Just pick one.' Li Cheng颐 clicked on a link that was the most simple and plain, without any decorative patterns.

The phone screen suddenly turned white.

Three words slowly appeared in the center: Wen Xin Tower.

In the lower right corner was the system used: Yi Nation Spirit Dragon Satellite Positioning System.

'Yi Nation?' Li Cheng颐 was stunned.

Soon, the white on the phone screen faded, replaced by a huge light blue planet.

The planet had landmasses and ocean areas, but what surprised Li Cheng颐 the most was the huge writing marked in the center of the planet.

——Earth Moon.

Not Earth!

Earth Moon!?

Related memories quickly surfaced in his mind.

Then, as if the network speed refreshed, a much smaller planet slowly emerged on the side of this huge planet called Earth Moon, a planet that was entirely grayish-white — White Star.

The two planets were strangely close together, with a distance similar to that of Earth and the Moon in his previous life.

But the size of White Star was clearly larger than the Moon.

Buzz.

At this time, an important news pop-up window automatically appeared at the top of the phone.

'The special plane carrying White Star Security Minister Teresa Osli has officially arrived in Aoga, the capital of Hiltistan, and will begin the fifteen-day Global Security Conference.'

'In response to the small-scale building aging and collapse incidents in the original urban area, the Yi Nation Housing and Construction Department issued an important notice, which will carry out engineering repairs and replacements for houses in the survey level reaching the fifth-level danger zone, in order to ensure the normal accommodation and living of citizens in the urban area.'

'Suiyang City started a new round of water and electricity planning for reconstruction, and city leaders visited the site to express their condolences to families in difficult housing situations and provided corresponding relief funds to a small number of extremely difficult households. www.

It is understood that after this planning and transformation, as many as 1,300 households will benefit, which will have an important role in thoroughly improving the appearance of Suiyang City.....'