Bound to a system without his consent, our MC begins his world-hopping journey.
In the first world,
MC: Oi, you said I am taking over an actor's body.
System: *trembles in fright*
MC: Then why am I fucking cat?!?
In the second world,
MC: Oi, you sai...
[Not dead.] A mechanical yet slightly childish voice interrupts his thought. It seems to come from the small red orb floating on his side. Where did this thing come from? [I am not a thing. I am a system. I have always been here.]
"You can read mind?" inquires a slightly stupefied and still confused Li Ming. "Never mind. More importantly you said I am not dead. Is that true?"
[Yes.] the thing, no, the system replies. [Li Ming. Age, 25 years old. Sex, Male. Orientation, Gay. Birth place, Mainland China. Language spoken, Mandarin, English, and French. Occupation, Mechanical Engineer. Hobbies, daydreaming and ogling at men's abs.]
"HEY!" yells a red-faced Li Ming.
[Favorite food, take out. Favorite song, Him and I. Favorite animal, cats.] the cute voice keeps spouting information out of nowhere and Li Ming is alarmed at where he gets those private details from.
"Stop!" commands Li Ming. "What is going on? Where am I?"
[Right now, your soul is outside your comatose body.] informs the small red dot. [I am a system that has bonded with your soul. I have tasks for you to complete and each of them has corresponding points. When you accumulate enough points, you can trade this for a pill that can restorre your physical body to a hundred percent perfect condition before the accident. Or a time machine that rewinds time. Or a new body where-]
"I don't need it," interrupts Li Ming. "I don't need those." After hearing that his body is left in a vegetative state, he doesn't know how to feel. Frankly speaking he doesn't feel anything. If death is coming, so be it. For as long as he can remember he never fears death. If he dies, then he dies. Unlike other people who form attachment to the materialistic world and emotions to loved ones, Li Ming feels no such thing.
Regrets? None. Oh there is one. That voice at the end of his recurring dream, Li Ming very much wants to know the owner; wants to know their relationship; wants to hear it one more time.
[Host, you don't want to continue living?]
Who's your host? "There is no point," calmly answers Li Ming.
The systems quietens for a minute. [What if I help you unveil your dream?]
Li Ming quickly turns his head to glare at the system. His usually bright and charming large eyes turn to slits while warning the red orb. "Do not read my mind."
The system feels wronged somehow but chooses to abide his host. A harmonoius relationship is more favorable. [H-Host, I promise I will never read your thoughts again. J-Just please agree to do the tasks I give you.] The system can see his host's expression darkening so he bites the bullet and drops the bomb. [We are already bonded. So disagreeing means getting stuck in this void for eternity. And by agreeing, you can get points and rewards. You can even choose to directly drink Old Meng's soup and be on your merry way to reincarnation.]
Li Ming considers what the little ball of red light says. Well whatever. There is not much option to choose from anyway. "Fine, I will agree on two conditions."
The system is so happy it bounces up and down. It looks like a pingpong ball, only it's red. [I agree! I agree! No matter the condition.]
Li Ming quirks his lips in a smile. "Firstly, you must unconditionally listen to my orders. Secondly, you must never lie to me. Understand?"
[Yes, master!] the red system agress happily.
"By the way what should I call you?"
[Master, I am a world-hopping system. Serial number, 008WZ7709. You can call me Little Red or Little Ball.]
"Xiao Hong then," decides Li Ming. Slightly getting dizzy from watching the small red ball from bouncing nonstop, he observes the space they are currently in. He doesn't like what he sees or does not see. This space is indeed a void. Getting trap here for eternity is something he doesn't intend to do. "Xiao Hong, explain to me what needs to be done."
[Yes, Master. As I said before, I am a world-hopping system. Our mission is to save the fate of certain mob characters or cannon fodder from being sacrificial lamb during the protagonists' climb to the zenith of their world.]
Interesting. "And how do we accomplish that?"
[By directly taking over their persona or possessing another character in that world and indirectly saving them.]
Li Ming smirks. He suddenly looks forward to this world-hopping adventure he's thrust in to. Well between getting pressured by an obese balding man to finish his work and a small red ball sweetly calling him Master, it's not really a hard choice.
"Xiao Hong, let's do our first mission."
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