OFR – Chapter 1 Unemployed Youth

In a dark and damp basement on the outskirts of Nanjing City.

A young man of eighteen or nineteen sits on the basement couch, staring absentmindedly at the dim light of a small lamp on the table.

The youth is named Mu Bai, twenty years old, with no education, an unemployed youth. He used to work as a masseur, popular among female customers due to his handsome appearance and youthfulness, which led to his success in the massage parlor.

This job, where he could openly take advantage of, was naturally suitable for Mu Bai.

However, good times didn’t last long. The massage parlor got involved in illegal activities and was shut down, leaving Mu Bai jobless.

He became one of the hundreds of thousands of unemployed youth in Nanjing City.

Nanjing City is a leading metropolis with a population of millions. It’s an ancient capital of six dynasties. In the words of the elderly, this place is a treasure trove of mountains and rivers, where dragons and tigers roam.

Nanjing City indeed has many elites, but there are even more youths like Mu Bai at the bottom, lost and directionless.

Mu Bai has been applying to many massage parlors these days, but he’s been rejected each time because they only hire female masseuses.

What kind of discrimination is this? I’m a skilled masseur!

Though Mu Bai is frustrated, he has no choice. Now he’s considering looking into other industries.

But he lacks education and background. In a big city like Nanjing, it’s difficult for him to find a job that can sustain himself and even marry.

So, at this stage, Mu Bai is somewhat lost. He wishes he had endless money to spend.

“When will I have endless money to spend? When can I enjoy the life of the top elites in Nanjing City?” Mu Bai sighs, knowing that this might never happen in his lifetime.

But just as Mu Bai is feeling disappointed, the jade pendant he wears suddenly glows, and then he hears a mechanical voice, echoing directly in his mind.

”Ding! Virtual Tycoon System matched successfully. Congratulations, you have become the host of the Virtual Tycoon System.”

“What the heck?” Mu Bai jumps up from the couch, feeling like he might be hallucinating.

But when he stands up, Mu Bai sees several lines of glowing text in front of him.

[This system is the Virtual Tycoon System. Because it detects the host’s desires, it matched with the host automatically. The system is embodied in the jade pendant worn around your neck, which has the magical space capable of creating endless wealth for the host. The host can enter the jade pendant space according to their thoughts.]

Seeing these lines of glowing text in front of him, Mu Bai’s first reaction is that he must be dreaming. But when he pinches himself, he realizes it’s real.

Facing this surreal situation, Mu Bai is somewhat bewildered.

But after all, he is a modern youth who has been influenced by numerous online novels, so he quickly accepts the Virtual Tycoon System.

“There’s a magical space inside that can create endless wealth?” Mu Bai touches the jade pendant on his chest, feeling incredulous.

But when he thinks about entering this magical space, suddenly everything goes dark, and when he appears again, he’s not in the rented room anymore.

Instead, he’s on a piece of dark land about ten square meters in size.

At this moment, the glowing text appears in front of Mu Bai once again.

[The magical space, also known as the Magical Farm, is a farm where time flows ten times faster than in reality, allowing the cultivation or breeding of the most precious flora and fauna. Currently, the farm has two planting and breeding slots, but the host can upgrade the farm using jade stones. After upgrading, both the planting and breeding slots will double, and the time flow will also double.]

After Mu Bai finishes reading the glowing text, it refreshes, but this time the content is different, and the glowing text appears at the box in the jade pendant space where things can be stored.

[This is the Magical Warehouse and Shop. The warehouse can currently store one cubic meter of items, while the shop currently sells basic growth cards and basic nutrients. Other items require unlocking.]

“This…” Mu Bai is somewhat incredulous, but he still goes to try out the Magical Warehouse and Shop.

[Magical Warehouse]: Currently able to store one cubic meter of items.

[Magica Shop]

– Beginner Growth Card: 100 Network Copper Coins. It can accelerate the growth of animals and plants in the magical farm for one month.

– Beginner Nutrient Solution: 500 Network Copper Coins. It can slightly increase the aura of plants in the magical farm and significantly enhance the aura of animals and plants in reality. The aura enhances the nutritional value, ornamental value, taste, and so on of animals and plants.

Mu Bai looked at the opened page of the wonderful shop and found that besides these two purchasable items, all other items were blacked out, indicating they needed to be unlocked, as mentioned earlier.

Mu Bai has already accepted this virtual tycoon system from the bottom of his heart. However, what puzzles him is, aren’t tycoon systems supposed to directly grant spending quotas? Why does he have to earn money through planting?

“Ding! The host has two questioning opportunities to ask the system.”

Just when Mu Bai was puzzled, the system’s mechanical-like voice timely sounded.

“The tycoon system still needs money?” Mu Bai directly voiced his doubts.

“The host needs to know that money is strictly controlled by any enterprise or country. If the system directly gives money to the host, then strictly speaking, this money is black money in the market because it has no source. Black money will inevitably be investigated, and the host will be exposed. Moreover, imprisonment or even death penalty without parole is not impossible if the amount is huge.”

The system’s mechanical answer made Mu Bai somewhat understand. He continued, “So, the magical farm is a money laundering tool for me, allowing me to spend clean money without being investigated?”

“The host is very clever, and understanding is completely correct. The host has used up the two questioning opportunities.”

After the mechanical voice of the system disappeared, there was no more sound.

“What the heck, this also counts as a question.” Mu Bai complained somewhat discontentedly. However, after a few complaints, he had no choice but to accept this fact.

Fortunately, he now knows what he needs to know, and Mu Bai doesn’t dwell on it anymore.

“Phew! A virtual tycoon? I’m really lucky.” Mu Bai whispered softly in his heart.

He glanced at the two planting slots in the magical farm and decided to see if there were any plants in the rental house that could be planted.

With a thought, his surroundings brightened, and Mu Bai appeared in the rental house. He saw several pots of cacti and a pot of half-dead spider plants in the house.

He brought one of the cacti, which had a decent appearance, into the magical farm.

“Ding! Do you want to plant the cactus?”

“Confirmed.” Mu Bai nodded, and then the cactus in his hand disappeared.

At this time, a dynamic symbol of a cactus appeared on the planting slot of the magical farm, indicating that the cactus was absorbing nutrients from the farm and would reach saturation in about 18 hours.