Chapter 2: Dahe City

The room is small; aside from the bedroom, there is only a kitchen and a bathroom, and they are all unfinished raw rooms, with some newspaper pasted around, and the floor and ceiling are just exposed concrete.

Really, I'm a bit down on my luck!

Chen Shoushan looked over his surroundings and couldn't help but sigh, these conditions are really too poor! In his previous life he was at least a noble; not to say rich enough to rival a country, but he had no worries about food and clothing, and had many maidservants.

Chen Shoushan didn't complain too much, because all this is temporary; he believes that soon power will return to his hands, and then he can live wherever he wants, and who dares bb.

Closing his eyes, Chen Shoushan felt the feedback within his body; his abilities were unchanged from his previous life, and once again he became Sequence Six of the Lawyer pathway—the Corrupted Baron.

Sequence 9 - Lawyer

Adept at finding and exploiting rule loopholes and opponents' weaknesses, skilled at using order to strike foes, possessing extraordinary eloquence and persuasive ability, and able to some extent twist or guide the target's thinking, making one feel amiable and willing to believe.

Sequence 8 - Barbarian

Terrifying power, strong physique, outstanding resistance, and some resistance to mental attacks.

Sequence 7 - Briber

Core ability—"Bribery".

Bribery is divided into four types:

Weakening: The prerequisite for using this ability is to give the target something, after which one can greatly weaken the target's attack, defense, or control against oneself for a period of time;

Charm: By giving actual or symbolic "bribery," the target develops strong favor, making hostile intentions hard to arise, and even unwilling to fight the target; if conditions are suitable, the bribed target has a tiny probability of attacking allies in reverse;

Arrogance: By giving actual or symbolic bribery, the target becomes proud, arrogant, with reduced intelligence, leading to misjudgment;

Connection: By giving actual or symbolic bribery, a link is formed between the two parties, establishing a connection.

Sequence 6 - Corrupted Baron

Seemingly following the rules, but actually twisting them, constantly drawing order power to serve oneself.

Distortion: By twisting the meaning of a target's words, actions, and intentions, one constructs an order favorable to oneself, thereby achieving the goal of restricting or influencing the opponent. It can also twist the direction and target of attacks.

Corrosion: It can make the minds of people within ten meters gradually grow dark, become greedy, and prone to making irrational choices.

These are all the abilities Chen Shoushan currently possesses.

Although he has returned to Sequence Six, Chen Shoushan discovered that his previous progress in digesting the magic potion had completely vanished, meaning that if he does not want to lose control or wants to further improve himself, he must re-digest his magic potion thoroughly.

So the main task now is to quickly digest the magic potion completely, then take the next stage's magic potion, so that he can survive in this dangerous world and gain control of his fate.

Opening his eyes, Chen Shoushan silently thought

The whole morning, Chen Shoushan didn't go out, but rather unfamiliarly used his phone to look up information about this world, after all the book Mysterious Revival was read two lives ago, and besides, the book doesn't give a clear timeline.

So he could only use his phone to see how far the plot had progressed; according to the book's situation, someone like him, an ordinary person, would hardly find any useful supernatural information online.

But this also proves that if he can now see a sky-full of supernatural world online, it means the plot has reached the later stage, the headquarters can no longer contain the situation, and Boss Qin is probably gone.

However, Chen Shoushan searched online for half a day and saw no supernatural events; he felt a bit disappointed yet also relieved, not knowing exactly when, but it seems he still has time to develop.

Chen Shoushan deliberately checked on Yang Jian's location in Dachangshi, but found no special news.

"Dahe City?"

Searching his memory, Chen Shoushan discovered he was in a city that never appeared in the original work, somewhat distant from the protagonist's Dachangshi, but quite close to a nearby city—ZS City.

The original owner was an orphan, and coincidentally, the original owner's name was the same as Chen Shoushan's—both called Chen Shoushan.

Opening the wardrobe door, Chen Shoushan intended to go out and have a look, after all seeing things in person is better than guessing wildly at home.

"Damn it! This lazy good-for-nothing! Not a single washed piece? Even the clothes I used to give my servants were cleaner than this."

One hand pinching his nose, the other holding a hanger, he lightly rummaged through the messy pile of clothes in the wardrobe, and Chen Shoushan muttered darkly with an unpleasant expression.

As for saying he would wash clothes himself, ha, letting a future immensely great emperor squat on the ground, lift his buttocks, and personally wash clothes—just thinking about it is blasphemy!

After searching for a while, he barely found a cheap suit that seemed to have been bought when he graduated high school; of course, for the original owner this already counted as one of his few luxuries, so it was kept in relatively good condition.

Chen Shoushan had no choice; although he still looked down on it a bit, he reluctantly put it on, after all he couldn't go out bare-assed.

Opening the door, the hallway outside was piled with bags of garbage; fortunately the door opens inward, otherwise without some effort one couldn't think of going out.

"Chen Shoushan!! You damn well should die!"

Chen Shoushan gritted his teeth, and the veins on his forehead faintly bulged.

Chen Shoushan hesitated whether to personally pick up the trash and throw it away, anyway there's no one around here.

Smack!

The neighbor's door opposite opened, and a girl with a satchel walked out.

The girl wore a long-sleeved white shirt on top and black women's suit pants below, exuding a cool aura, a career woman's vibe hitting one face-on.

Whether in looks or demeanor, the girl was no inferior to Chen Shoushan's former concubines, and indeed, because of this professional aura, she surpassed them.

Upon seeing Chen Shoushan, the girl also froze, for since she moved in she had never seen this neighbor; if not for noticing the garbage piling up at his door, she would have thought the opposite unit was empty.

"Hello!"

The girl's voice was somewhat cool, carrying a faint sense of distance yet not lacking courtesy.

"Good morning, beautiful lady!"

Chen Shoushan instinctively wanted to do a hat tip, but realizing he was penniless and had no hat, he just grabbed at emptiness.

For a noble aspiring to become a black emperor, being close to the people is unavoidable; one may disdain cheap goods or shabby lodgings, but toward subjects one must be amiable and approachable, at least on the surface!

After all, one comes from the masses and goes to the masses! Chen Shoushan deeply understands this principle, so in public and in private he is two different faces.

Chen Shoushan responded oddly, causing Chen Qingjing to blink in surprise, but out of politeness she still nodded as a response.

After exchanging greetings, Chen Qingjing was about to leave, after all there were still a pile of things in the shop awaiting her handling; if she hadn't come back to pick up something, she would already have been at the shop.

(End of Chapter)