Chapter 865

【Congratulations Host mission completed, earned 2000 points, total 27900!】

【Currently transmitting to the next world……Transmission successful.】

The winter in the south is always damp.

Like a defocused telephoto lens, in the chilly air, even the breath is a freezing mist.

It's the weekend, with continuous overcast rain and a temperature of five degrees.

Pedestrians on the road hurry, either wanting to find warmth and comfort in a café, or simply wanting to go home and enjoy the warmth of roasted sweet potatoes.

In short, there's hardly anyone in the park today.

On a damp, water-soaked dark green bench lay a man wearing a jacket and overcoat, his obvious early-autumn outfit making him stand out from the surroundings.

So Jin Chen was woken by the cold.

He sat up, only to realize he was about to be soaked by the continuous drizzle, and sat there stunned for a second.

Within that second, a child holding his grandmother's hand, seeing his miserable state, took out a steamed bun from his pocket and placed it beside the bench.

"This is a steamed bun, it's hot."

The little girl spoke in a childish voice, then ran off timidly, catching up again with her grandmother's steps.

Jin Chen: "……"

He looks like a vagrant, doesn't he?

He lowered his head, glanced at his outfit, and fell into Silence again.

He grabbed the steamed bun and started chewing, then simply found a chair to shelter from the rain.

【Oh yeah Host I'm here! Transmitting the plot!】

【You'd better not have arranged a beggar role for me.】

Jin Chen's tone was Youyou.

【Maybe not! Super cool!】

【Currently transmitting plot memories……Transmission successful.】

0731 is also right, this is indeed a very cool character setting.

Because he doesn't even belong to this world.

He is merely the protagonist under the villain's pen.

The villain of this world, Yishen, was born into an ordinary middle-class family in a small southern city; he should have had an equally ordinary but stable life, yet he possessed an extraordinary ability.

Everything he says comes true, even if it's just a casual complaint sometimes.

Moreover, the probability of bad things coming true is over a hundred times that of good things.

This ability was discovered by his parents when he was young; after a chaotic incident, Yishen was forced by his parents to stay silent, not allowed to speak, and was even regarded as a freak by relatives, who kept their distance.

Two years later, his parents had another son; the protagonist, Yixi, is a very normal ordinary person.

The little affection given to Yishen was even less, all of it going to his brother; but Yishen never complained, knowing he was special and that being too close to others would bring harm.

When he was young, a neighbor moved in next door—namely, the protagonist's love interest, Xuyuchuan.

Xuyuchuan has a gentle nature and treats both Yishen and his brother well; even after learning of Yishen's ability, he shows no disgust or fear, merely encouraging him, after his surprise, to do what he likes.

For a long period of time, Yishen regarded Xuyuchuan as a confidant and close friend.

But things could not go so smoothly.

After graduating from university, Yishen moved out and lived alone; he was aloof and spoke little, but his inner world was rich, putting all his imagination onto paper and creating many beloved stories.

At the age of 26, Yishen wrote a novel titled 《Frigid Winter Sea Poems》, using his inner self as the prototype.

The novel's protagonist, Jin Chen, has a personality completely opposite to his; he yearns for freedom, lives unrestrained and carefree, dares to break all constraints, and goes wherever he wants.

With the fame accumulated over the past few years, plus the wonderfully varied story in the book, 《Frigid Winter Sea Poems》 received widespread acclaim upon publication, but the story's turn also began then.

A major author on the same website publicly accused Yishen of plagiarism, listing a detailed timeline on social media, showing that all drafts were completed before Yishen's.

He also promoted Yishen as his good friend, saying they used to often discuss writing together, and it was then that his draft was stolen by Yishen.

Once this matter was exposed, Yishen's reputation was utterly ruined.

Netizens and fans hurled endless insults; before he could clarify, further accusations emerged of private dealings with fans involving many improper transactions.

Yishen never knew these people.

But he also didn't know where that major author got the documents that predated his own draft.

Yishen sought help from Xuyuchuan, who is the general manager of a publishing house, but everything had become completely different.

Xuyuchuan not only gave no investigative results, but also joined forces with Yixi, who had disliked him since childhood, to burn all the manuscripts that could serve as proof.

They forced Yishen to give up his pen name and leave the city, and Yixi's repeated calling him a jinx seemed to come true.

His pen name was banned, and the name Yishen was forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

After that, Yishen grew increasingly unlucky.

By chance, he ran into Xuyuchuan chatting with someone who claimed to be a member of the Time Exchange.

Only then did Yishen learn the whole truth.

But by then it was already too late; he had no ability to contend with the Time Exchange, and his Fortune Value had dropped so low that simply going out for a walk would cause a traffic accident.

Finally, Yishen dressed in his finest clothes, returned home for a visit, and deliberately chose a day when Xuyuchuan would be there.

He set the house on fire.

He wanted to take everything with him, even his own life, burning away in this world.

But the only ones who died were his foolish parents; at the last moment, Xuyuchuan used Yishen's remaining Fortune Value to protect himself and Yixi, keeping them safe.

Jin Chen, having finished the storyline, opened his eyes in puzzlement.

【What secret did Yishen discover?】

Could it be that Xuyuchuan is not a person of this world either?

【Members of the Time Exchange can use Fortune Value to cross timelines; Xuyuchuan and they are in a cooperative relationship, using Yishen's innate Word Spirit Fortune, selling it to the Exchange, in turn to increase their own Fortune, defy fate, change destiny, and achieve wealth and smooth success.】

So hateful.

Jin Chen hissed, "You're really getting better at choosing roles."

They didn't even arrange something useful for him.

To say something unpleasant, I don't even have an ID in this world, let alone being able to help Yishen.

【Hehe, this role is so interesting.】

0731 gave a silly laugh twice, 【The current progress is that after the plagiarism was exposed a week later, everyone is waiting for Yishen to produce evidence.】

——

Dong dong dong—

The knocking sound rang once, then again.

Yishen finally opened the door, still remembering Xuyuchuan saying he would bring an editor and publishing staff to come to the door to solve the problem.

But what he saw was not Xuyuchuan, but a stranger.

Still a stranger with no sense of boundaries.

"Hi!"

Jin Chen waved at him, "Hello, my creator."

Yishen: "……"

Bang.

The Main Gate closed again.

【Detected the villain of this world's plot, triggering Blackening Value; currently Blackening Value 60, mission requires Blackening Value to be cleared to zero, to change the villain's tragic ending.】

【Detected the villain triggering Heartbeat Value; currently Heartbeat Value 10.】

【Hahahaha, Host, you really just seemed to have that big illness.】