AMRWFA -Chapter 256 The System Appears

System: 【This woman… haven’t I seen her somewhere before?】

Wang Yukai: 【Any pretty woman looks familiar to you!】

Coincidentally, Wang Yukai also wanted to see what kind of person Lu Rulan was—and take a look at her boss as well. So he didn’t refuse Ruan Yaoyao’s suggestion and let her join the meal.

As for who would pay…

Wang Yukai, being rather chauvinistic, decided he’d quietly settle the bill later.

When he, Wang Yukai, went out to eat, how could he let a woman pay?

It wasn’t like he lacked money.

After everyone sat down, even the bodyguard, Ruan Zhihe, had a seat.

Wang Yukai glanced at Ruan Zhihe, thinking that rich people really loved putting on airs—even for a simple meal. If he didn’t have something to deal with, he might’ve already flipped out.

Ruan Yaoyao pretended not to notice.

【Doesn’t someone love showing off in front of his girlfriend?】

【Then let him keep it up for a lifetime.】

【I’ve got “Papa Nation” backing me—why would I be afraid of you?】

Ruan Zhihe: …

Maybe… Aunt Xu, you should be at least a little afraid?

We’ve always relied on you as our backing!

With Ruan Yaoyao around, the meal was anything but peaceful.

Lu Rulan didn’t dare speak freely in front of her superior; Lu Baojing was worried that saying the wrong thing might affect Lu Rulan’s job; and Wang Yukai had his own ulterior motives.

So at one table sat a whole web of schemes.

Only Ruan Yaoyao quietly took the opportunity to flip through Wang Yukai’s “profile page,” confirming just how dangerous he was.

【Tsk tsk tsk… so that’s how it is!】

【Turns out he got bound to a system back in high school.】

【And after all these years, the authorities never noticed?】

【Well, makes sense. Most of his activity happens in the trial space. In the real world, he’s pretty “well-behaved”—aside from having multiple girlfriends and spending only cash when he goes out, so it’s hard to track him.】

The so-called “trial space” was a separate world where system-bound individuals were pulled in to complete missions. Wang Yukai was a “catastrophe trialist,” so naturally, he faced all kinds of disasters there.

Extreme cold, scorching heat, ocean worlds, desert worlds…

Since time flowed similarly in both worlds, completing a mission could take years. He had to frequently travel back and forth; otherwise, staying too long in the trial space would’ve driven him insane.

He had good luck—his first world was a desert.

The water he carried was worth its weight in gold there.

He built his fortune on that, eventually becoming a regional power.

Oh—and he also became a live-in son-in-law.

The reason was simple: his water resources were too valuable, and too many factions targeted him. For self-preservation, he had no choice but to “endure humiliation.”

Ruan Yaoyao: 【…】

【Are you sure it wasn’t because she was beautiful and you fancied her looks?】

【She even bore him a child.】

【So in the real world, Wang Yukai is just an ordinary “white-collar worker” (in Lu Baojing’s eyes), but in that other world, he’s already a father—with multiple wives and concubines, living like an ancient emperor.】

【Well, it is a disaster world. Social order has collapsed, survival of the fittest rules—if you’re strong, you make the rules. Having multiple women is nothing. You could even carve out territory and declare yourself king, as long as your fists are strong enough.】

【So Wang Yukai knows full well—Miss Hu only had his child to “tie” him down. Otherwise, in a world with scarce resources, why would the daughter of the mighty Tiger Gang risk her life to bear his child?】

【With the child, he has to look after their gang in the future.】

【She even sent him other women to keep him tied down. As long as he fooled around outside, she turned a blind eye—but if any woman got pregnant, she had to be brought back…】

【Because she’s the main wife, and all children must acknowledge her as their mother.】

…

That was the disaster world—different rules, different morals. Ruan Yaoyao could let it slide.

But what she couldn’t understand was: since Wang Yukai already had multiple wives there, why did he still mess around with so many women in the real world?

【Does he find it exciting?】

【Well… it is pretty exciting.】

Glancing at Lu Baojing, Ruan Yaoyao thought:

【If she finds out, that’ll be even more exciting!】

The most curious part was that currency between the two worlds was interchangeable—except that transactions in the disaster world had to be done in cash.

That explained why Wang Yukai had so much cash but never deposited it in a bank.

Why bother?

He didn’t need the interest.

And storing money in a “vault” in the disaster world was safer—he could access it anytime.

Even thieves couldn’t steal from him.

As for the time someone swapped his wallet—sorry, Wang Yukai hadn’t even noticed.

Ruan Yaoyao pondered:

【If that’s the case, this Wang Yukai seems a bit… lacking. I thought someone who survived so long in a disaster world would be extremely alert.】

【Alert enough to notice me spying on him immediately.】

【If he didn’t even notice his wallet being swapped, then…】

She began to doubt his true capabilities.

【Logically, someone who’s experienced disasters for years should have razor-sharp instincts and combat skills comparable to special forces. But this Wang Yukai—he seems alert, yet not quite alert enough. Why?】

【Could it be that his system’s “cheat abilities” made him overconfident?】

Scrolling further, she saw his repeated travels between worlds—recruiting followers, sleeping with beauties, living out a classic overpowered protagonist fantasy.

Compared to Ma Aotian before him, Wang Yukai had it far better.

Two worlds!

In one, he controlled all water resources; in the other, he was an invisible ruler.

Since he started as a live-in son-in-law, did he even need combat skills?

No.

His schoolyard fighting skills were enough.

After becoming a son-in-law, others protected him. Plus, the items he could exchange from the system made him virtually unbeatable.

【Life-and-Death Talisman: A charm that controls others’ lives—he doesn’t even need to be present; a mere thought can decide life or death.】

【Luck Talisman: Swaps fate—steals someone’s good luck and transfers misfortune to them…】

【Why does this feel familiar?】

Ruan Zhihe thought to herself: Of course it does—wasn’t Ma Aotian’s ability also about swapping fate?

Pretty similar.

Ruan Yaoyao realized it too.

【Both involve fate-swapping… this Luck Talisman is basically the same as Ma Aotian’s cheat ability, isn’t it?】

【If Wang Yukai didn’t have so many types of talismans, I’d think they came from the same source.】

As she continued reading, she finally figured out how Zhong Daqiang had managed to distort the truth.

Wang Yukai had a talisman called “Ghost Blinding.”

Yes, that was literally its name.

It could invert black and white, conceal the truth.

It even twisted the relationship between Zhong Daqiang and Lu Rulan.

To put it simply, Wang Yukai found Lu Rulan annoying—she kept bothering his girlfriend—so he “assigned” her to Zhong Daqiang.

As for why he liked Zhong Daqiang so much?

Once, when he lost his wallet, Zhong Daqiang paid for him.

He thought Zhong Daqiang was a good person, so he took him in as a “lackey.”

And as a lackey, of course he’d be given a girlfriend.

Ruan Yaoyao: 【Heh! Lu Rulan must have had the worst luck to run into a lunatic like you!】

Ruan Zhihe: “…”

You’ve got quite a lot of lackeys—do you even have enough girlfriends to hand out?