NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 25
Chapter 25 Chapter 23 I Am Shocked, System!
Late at night, the bright moonlight penetrated through the gaps in the curtains and entered the room, the weak light gently landing on the tranquil face of the girl. If not for her wide-open eyes, it should have been a serene scene of a sleeping maiden.
The one sleeping was Yukinoshita Yukino, what did it have to do with Lin Qi?
After Yukinoshita Yukino’s consciousness fell into dreamland, Lin Qi forcibly occupied her body once again. After today’s battle, the tired girl slept soundly, completely unaware that her body had been usurped.
Of course, he didn’t intend to do anything bad; he just wanted to test an idea.
“Tree System.”
Lin Qi whispered softly in his mind.
“Error 400: Identity Verification Failure.”
“0: Identity Verification In Progress…”
“4: Identity Verification Complete. The Strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer System is at your service.”
As expected.
Seeing the floating blue semi-transparent screen panel in front of him, Lin Qi felt a wave of speechlessness.
When he had first穿越，woke up after crossing over, he had tried calling the system cheat code, but encountered identity recognition issues and received an error. Coupled with the strange sealing within Yukinoshita Yukino’s body, Lin Qi guessed the problem might be with his identity binding — his soul bound to himself, but his physical body recognized as Yukinoshita Yukino.
This led to the odd result where Lin Qi could call the system and see the error panel but couldn’t use it.
“What company manufactures such a defective system that malfunctions when identifying hosts? Bad rating! Must give a negative review!”
“System, explain why this is happening,” Lin Qi demanded sternly in his heart.
“Self-checking in progress…”
“Answer: Due to the time-space turbulence affecting system positioning during the journey to help the host cross timelines, the outcome is an incorrect result. The cause of this failed crossing is due to a fault in the system.”
Huh? Is this system directionally challenged?
Listening to the system’s explanation, Lin Qi was surprised.
The host is the system’s first bound user. To compensate for this fault, the system is willing to use its remaining energy to teleport the host back to the original timeline, the Heian Period. The host will replace Ryomen Sukuna and become the strongest jujutsu sorcerer a thousand years ago.
Confirmation to teleport?
So this is a new system. Does that mean I’m the system’s first love?
“Refuse, refuse. I don’t want to actually return to the past and turn into a thousand-year-old monster.” Lin Qi retorted. “I being sealed in Yukinoshita’s body is also due to positional errors?”
“Yes.”
“Are you still restricting my actions?”
“Yes… this is the system’s protection mechanism, aimed to prevent the host from being possessed by a too powerful entity, not a result driven by the system itself.”
It looked like he could forcibly occupy Yukinoshita’s body regardless of her wishes because his soul was bound to himself, reducing restrictions.
Most of Lin Qi’s confusion had been resolved. Now he wanted to see what the system could do.
From the content on the system panel, it was evident this was a brand-new and clean system, simple and straightforward. It was clear that he would earn points by killing cursed spirits or jujutsu sorcerers to exchange for various techniques and cursed tools. Completing tasks by killing a specific number of cursed spirits could also upgrade his attributes. However, these seemed to serve him little purpose.
Current Points: 600
Lin Qi felt that, with his current power, it would be hard to find opponents in this world.
But suddenly, he realized something and asked uncertainly, “System, do these improvement effects apply to me, or to Yukinoshita Yukino?”
Attribute improvements apply to Yukinoshita Yukino, techniques inscribed onto the host.
That’s reasonable. Simple attribute boosts wouldn’t benefit him much; perhaps, he could purchase some interesting techniques to try.
Wait, since I exist, over time Yukinoshita’s body will bear my techniques. Doesn’t that mean the techniques bought with the system will also be etched upon her, effectively granting me two sets of techniques for free?
Lin Qi pondered while browsing the redemption list.
System Task Update. A task panel suddenly appeared.
System Compensation Task: Kill one Special Grade Cursed Spirit, reward Reincarnation.
The reward is somewhat interesting, but not urgent.
Regarding regaining his own body, Lin Qi wasn’t overly eager. Once he practiced with Yukinoshita and Hikigaya more, sending them to hunt Special Grade Cursed Spirits seemed feasible — even if there weren’t many strong ones, there were plenty of weaker ones.
What mattered most was, without being able to extract himself from Yukinoshita’s body, he wouldn’t be able to sit in the VIP spot giving instructions. He had to admit, teasing that easy-to-take-issues-with teenage girl casually was quite fun.
“A fourth-grade cursed spirit grants 100 points, third-grade 500 points, second-grade 1000 points, first-grade 5000 points, and the special grade gives 10000 points… the same goes for jujutsu sorcerers/curse users.” Reading the points rules given by the system, Lin Qi felt curious, “Even among curse users, there is a disparity, am I only worth 10000 points?”
…
To Lin Qi’s surprise, his question made the system go silent, and unexpectedly, it quickly changed the point rules.
“Thank you for your suggestion. The point system has been revised to fluctuate based on opponent strength within the same grade: Fourth-grade cursed spirits/sorcerers receive 100-500 points, third-grade 501-1000 points, etc.”
Special grade fluctuation range: 10001-49999 points.
Current Points: 900
“Oh? Why is the special grade top value not a round number?”
Answer: There is no special-grade cursed spirit capable of reaching your level. 50000 points exclusive for you.
Upon hearing the system’s answer, Lin Qi opened his mouth in astonishment.
No way, though flattery is appreciated, isn’t this a bit excessive?
Is every system like this now? Or is mine unique?
In any case, it’s hard to evaluate.
Having figured out the system, Lin Qi returned to his realm of birth, relinquishing control of the body back to Yukinoshita Yukino. This entire process went unnoticed by the unconscious girl, akin to a dolphin switching between hemispheres for rest, sustaining continuous operation.
However, Lin Qi discovered his realm underwent a dramatic transformation.
“No…”
He observed the area growing ever more surreal, shifting to a hospital delivery room. A beautiful woman, despite her frail state, remained resolute, lying in bed with a smile. She held a newborn infant, joyfully watched by a middle-aged man. A little girl pulled at the man’s pant leg.
“Original ear.”
Was this Yukinoshita Yukino’s memory illusion?
Lin Qi quickly understood that he was watching Yuokinoshita Yukino’s life story through a third-person perspective, akin to VR movie viewing.
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After school, becoming a jujutsu sorcerer:
放学，然后成为咒术师