Chapter 1: The City Is Scary. I’m Going Back To The Countryside
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lishui District, Hangyuan City, Jiang Province, Huaxia.
In front of the entrance to Xiantai Village, a large bus stopped, and a young man disembarked with his luggage.
He was Su Yu who had grown up in Xiantai Village. After graduating from high school, he was accepted into a university in Beijing, and after that, he stayed in Beijing to further his career.
Five years of endless hustle in the city had exhausted Su Yu mentally and physically. The monthly bills and food expenses were more than enough to suffocate him.
Three days ago, Su Yu quitted his 10K job in Beijing and decided to return to his countryside village.
Under the glory of the setting sun, he stared at the village houses of different heights lined up in an organized fashion.
Su Yu felt at peace like never before. He dragged his luggage into the village and greeted the familiar acquaintances along the way.
Then, he arrived at the entrance to the front yard of his own house.
After his parents passed away, the house had been left vacant.
The front yard occupied a rather large space, and since it had been left vacant for a long time, it was blanketed with grass.
He stepped inside and sized up the worn-out place.
After a quick tidy-up, he dragged a chair out to the front yard and started up his ‘system’.
A translucent window glowing in blue appeared out of thin air in front of him.
[Host: Su Yu]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 26]
[Number of Streams: 0]
[Popularity: 0]
[You haven’t signed in yet!]
…
This system that he had was called the Countryside Live System.
It allowed Su Yu to broadcast his countryside life to his followers and earn all kinds of rewards through a daily sign-in system.
Excluding today, he had already signed in for three consecutive days and had gotten three different kinds of rewards.
[Flora and Fauna Identification Master]
[Animal Language Master]
[Spirit Well]
“I wonder what I’ll get today.”
Su Yu tapped on the ‘sign-in’ button.
[Ding dong! Congratulations on acquiring Superior Marksmanship!]
“Swift Accuracy? Is it related to archery? Sounds good.”
Su Yu decided to bring out all the rewards that he had gathered in the past few days.
[Flora and Fauna Identification Master]
“Extract!”
At the next moment, a vast amount of knowledge gushed into his mind.
As all kinds of never-before-seen animals and plants were revealed to his mind, their traits, characteristics, and a myriad of information were deeply branded into the deepest part of his brain. It seemed as though he had transformed into a veteran expert in flora and fauna in the blink of an eye.
[Animal Language Master]
“Extract!”
After tapping the button, Su Yu felt like he heard sounds from a distance away.
“Damn it! The land here is really tough! Thank goodness our brothers have tougher heads! Brothers, give it your best! We must loosen this piece of land by today!”
The voices of earthworms from deep underground were heard.
Further away, Su Yu also heard a couple of sparrows talking to each other.
He was able to listen and understand animals!
“Awesome! I can understand the animals! If I become a vet and open an animal clinic, I might be able to earn more than my parents and ancestors combined!”
[Superior Marksmanship]
“Extract!”
Su Yu’s pupils were covered by a faint purple veil. Then, everything before his eyes started to slow down.
A fly flew past his eyes. The fly’s rapid flapping wings were slowed down to the extreme before Su Yan. It felt as though if he wanted to, he could catch the fly with his fingers accurately.
Lastly, [Spirit Well]!
[Spirit Well] was not an ability but an item. According to the system introduction, it was a water source filled with spiritual energy.
It appeared in the form of a well. Su Yu could choose an empty spot, and the well would appear, but it would be fixed there for good.
The water in the well contained rich spiritual energy. Drinking it could cure all kinds of common illnesses. One would never have to suffer from backache or sore legs and could run up 15 floors in a single breath without pause.
In short, it was amazing.
Su Yu located an empty space in his front yard for the well.
“This is it!”
Su Yu extracted [Spirit Well].
In the blink of an eye, an old-looking well appeared beside his feet. Since it was summer, the well even had a frosty layer of mist on its surface. There was also a thin layer of ice around the entrance of the well.
It gave Su Yu the impression that the water was cool, and coincidentally, the day was rather hot, so he got a bucket and drew some water from the well to quench his thirst.
“Wow! It’s cool and refreshing. It even tastes a little sweet!”
The water from the well was surprisingly refreshing. Drinking it expelled the heatiness from his body and cooled him down from head to toe.
More importantly, the water tasted sweet. The sweetness lingered on his tongue even after he swallowed it.
The water from the well tasted even better than those heavily-promoted drinking water on the market like Nongfu Spring drinking water.
Su Yu even shuddered after drinking it and felt rather high.
He put the bowl down, and for some reason, he felt different—he felt stronger. He might be overthinking, but he also felt more energetic.
“So, is this why the system said the water is filled with spiritual energy?”
The spiritual energy from the water was changing his body for the better.
He had no idea whether drinking the water in the long term would grant him immortality, but he was certain it would at least extend his life expectancy.
After tasting the spiritual water, Su Yu prepared to go live.
Before he got the system, he would also go live or stream his daily life online.
It was simple to go live. Su Yu was actually a regular of Lion Fang, a streaming platform, so it would be natural for him to choose the platform that he was most familiar with.
He put his phone on the stand, set up the camera, and gave the camera app permission to go live.
Lastly, he had to insert a title for the stream and he would set to go.
After a quick thought, he named his stream ‘Su Yu’s Country Life’!
“It’s time to go live!”
As expected of the biggest streaming platform in the country, Su Yu had just gone live for a few minutes, and despite being a nobody, his stream already had a group of viewers.
“Wow, a new streamer? Handsome, are you an outdoor streamer?”
“Where are you, bro? The place looks awesome with the blue sky and the white clouds!”
“The scenery is beautiful. Are you in the countryside?”
Because it was Su Yu’s first time streaming on his phone, he clumsily adjusted the settings of his stream on the phone even after he went live.
After reading the comments, he started to reply to them one by one.
“Hello. Welcome to my stream. I’m Su Yu, and as you can see, today is my first time streaming, and I’m streaming from my hometown, a rural village in Hangyuan City of Jiang Province. Please support me and if you like the countryside life, you can tap the button and follow me for more updates.”
“Countryside life? Interesting, but are you in your own front yard? It’s quite big, to be honest!”
“Yeah, I’ve never seen such a big front yard in a rural village. Are you a landlord of sorts?”
“Why is it filled with grass though? Don’t you mow the lawn or something?”
Su Yu went through the comments before he answered, “Actually, it’s been a long while since I come back here, so the house has been vacant for years. I just got home today and plan to clean up the place, mow the lawn, or something!
“However, I don’t have any tools with me. Hold on, guys. I’ll go borrow some tools from my neighbors.”
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