Liu Lang is a time traveller.
He only arrived in this world early this morning.
This world is a parallel universe that’s very similar to Earth in his past life, but there are still many differences.
For example, the female celebrities in front of him.
Aside from being even younger and more beautiful, their physical appearances haven’t changed much.
However, their life experiences and past works are very different from what Liu Lang knew in his previous life.
Not just them, but the entire world seems to be in a similar situation.
Many things in modern history differ in some way.
As for Liu Lang himself, the differences are even greater.
In his past life, he really didn’t have much to boast about.
His family was ordinary. Although he had some hobbies and talents, his life experience was pretty much the same as any other ordinary worker.
His most glorious moment was when he worked himself to death from exhaustion in the office, earning accolades like “Employee of the Year” and “Most Beloved Family Member,” all while being surrounded by people bowing in respect.
In this life, it was completely different.
Although his parents said they only did small business, from childhood until now, it seemed like money was never a concern for his family.
Naturally, he never focused on his studies.
After finishing high school and not getting into college, he was directly sent to the US for studies.
His parents didn’t give him much money, so he couldn’t live like the typical rich second-generation, driving luxury cars and dating models. With his hormones going unchecked, he accidentally fell into the trap of forming a rock band.
He rented a band and named it “Angry Machine,” which was somewhat similar to the Rage Against the Machine band from his past life.
Of course, his experiences were somewhat similar as well.
During his time in the US, he caused a lot of trouble, often inciting protests and rallies.
Being a non-white person in the US, the police were easier to deal with, so he got arrested and thrown into jail.
Luckily, his parents paid to get him out and brought him back to Longkou, which finally put an end to the incident.
To help him quit his bad habits, his family locked him up after he came back.
When they finally let him out, his parents told him seriously:
“We sold everything to bail you out. We won’t spoil you anymore.”
At that moment, with all the overseas graduates cashing in on variety shows, they used their connections to get him on a dating show.
If he could make a name for himself, that would be great. If not, finding a wife and having kids would still be a good contribution to the family.
At first, Liu Lang didn’t care about it.
But his dad’s words made him change his mind:
“Have you ever stuck with one thing from start to finish?”
“From now on, your family won’t give you another penny. Unless you go on the show and stick with it until the end.”
“If you can finish this, even if you don’t become famous, or if you don’t find a wife, we will still support you!”
Under pressure, he agreed.
What he didn’t expect was that after a nap, his body was gone, and he woke up as a different Liu Lang, from another world…
After understanding the general situation, Liu Lang couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
Facing this new family, he found it hard to accept at first.
What was worse, the original soul began to dissipate, and many of his memories became blurry.
In order not to raise suspicion from his family, he decided to go along with the original plan and participate in the dating show.
Upon arriving on set and seeing that the female guests were Liu Tianxian and the others, Liu Lang was indeed a little surprised.
But what really stunned him was not that.
It was the voice that suddenly appeared in his mind, and the new system that had been activated:
[Ding! Detecting abnormality in the host’s soul, the Memory Extraction System has automatically loaded and bound…]
What’s this?
Golden finger?
As if sensing Liu Lang’s confusion, the mechanical female voice echoed in his mind again:
[This system is a personalized server bound to the host’s soul, with powerful capabilities to extract and store memories.]
[When your reputation reaches 1 million and you earn 10 million in money, you can use reputation and money to upgrade the server system to level 1. At that time, you will gain level 1 memory extraction, which allows you to retrieve memories from both past and present lives.]
[￣ー￣*| Thanks, but I have a brain.] — Liu Lang.
[Are you sure you want to have photographic memory? Even the first mysterious woman from Jin Daxia’s book, Huang Rong’s mother, who experienced time’s changes, would struggle to recite the Nine Yin Manual perfectly the second time around. Are you sure you have her abilities?]
[Well, that’s true…] — Liu Lang.
[And in the vast universe, the memory of an ordinary person is just a grain of sand in the desert. What does it even mean?]
[What do you mean? Could it be that!?] — Liu Lang, startled.
[It’s nothing. The specific functions need to be experienced by the host after upgrading the system.]
[Done! How do I earn reputation?] — Liu Lang, already excited.
[It’s similar to fan admiration.]
[Done!!]
Liu Lang’s eyes lit up.
That’s it! What else was there to say?
This system was a must!
Even if he only upgraded it to Level 1, he could directly extract some masterpieces he had seen or heard in his past life. Once he dropped those into this world—wouldn’t the money just pour in?
He could happily become a plagiarism master and not even worry about losing memories from this life, which might affect his ability to adapt to this new world.
Liu Lang instantly felt great:
[Hey beauty, what should I call you?] — Liu Lang
[You may call me Super AI Pi-a-oh-Plus…]
[Pfft.] Liu Lang’s mouth twitched. He quickly interrupted,
[I’ll just call you Xiao Ai. You can call me Brother Lang from now on.]
[????]
Xiao Ai was left speechless for a moment.
Soon after—
[Ding! System binding complete. Current level: Beginner. Reputation: 0. Available features: Information storage and retrieval.]
[Ding! Beginner’s Gift Pack issued. Congratulations, Host, you have received a Level 1 Memory Extraction Trial Card: You may retrieve up to 30 minutes of specific lost memory from your past or present life.]
[**!?…**]— Liu Lang
Surprised by the unexpected gift, Liu Lang’s lollipop tasted even sweeter. He was just about to look into how to use the card when a cute figure suddenly appeared in front of him—
“Are you Liu Lang?” Reba looked up with her big, sparkling eyes.
“What’s up?”
“What flavour is your lollipop?”
“Tsk tsk… The taste of youth.” Liu Lang smacked his lips and looked to the sky, both joyful and nostalgic.
“!?” Reba was slightly stunned.
Pfft! Behind her, Liu Tianxian and Yang Mi couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
The livestream chat exploded in laughter too.
Reba stomped her foot, half angry, half amused:
“I’m being serious!”
“??” Liu Lang looked at her curiously. “What? You want one?”
“Do you have another?” Reba’s eyes curved into little crescents, full of expectation.
“Of course!” Liu Lang pulled another one out of his pocket.
To stop him from falling back into bad habits like smoking, his mom had stuffed his pockets full of these before he left the house.
There wasn’t much she could do—while physical addiction could be broken quickly, psychological cravings might last a lifetime.
Though, she definitely didn’t expect that the soul carrying those cravings was already long gone…
Just as Liu Lang pulled out the lollipop, Reba’s eyes lit up and she snatched it:
“Tizzy? Wow, I love this flavour!”
“??” Liu Lang froze. Tizzy?
Right on cue, Xiao Ai’s voice chimed in his head:
[A candy brand from the U.S., each lollipop costs around 20 yuan.]
[What the—no way I’m giving that away for free.] Liu Lang’s expression turned serious.
[Heh…] Xiao Ai responded.
[Wait a sec. I don’t have any memory of this candy. How do you know?] Liu Lang suddenly got suspicious.
[I looked it up online.]
[!? You can access the internet?]
[Is there any AI that can’t access the internet?]
[What the hell! You should’ve told me sooner!]
[You didn’t ask.]
[You—]
[AI systems have no direct relatives.]
[…]
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