Unknown Intrusion

Chapter 1 Awakening in the Rainy Night
"wake up!"

"Wake up!"

A hazy, soft white light entered my vision; I opened my eyes, feeling powerless, tired, and weak.

Memories are like those seen through a thick veil, feeling unreal. My mind is blank; I can't even remember my own name.

"what happened?"

Su Yu found himself in a small bedroom, about ten square meters in size. There were no electric lights, only candles, and the floor was fairly clean in the dim light. There was just a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf.
"Hmm? This doesn't seem to be from modern times?"

This sense of age is hard to ignore, especially the pervasive smell of decay, or rather, the smell of a funeral home.

A light rain was falling outside the window; you could hear it but couldn't see the raindrops because the thick, dark gray curtains blocked it out. Even a casual glance would immediately give you a chilling feeling.

"?"

"No, this is very wrong!"

Su Yu cautiously sat up and realized that he was lying on the bed. Just then, the curtains moved and the candlelight flickered. In an instant, the whole room became blurry and distorted.

A wave of dizziness washed over me, and I heard a series of murmured whispers in my ears!

The murmurs seemed familiar, but quickly faded away. When the dizziness subsided, Su Yu turned his head slightly. Although nothing had changed, everything in front of him felt familiar.

He turned his head slightly and saw the bookshelf, which contained dozens of books. He knew without looking that these were textbooks.

"this is my room."

"This is my room when I was 14 years old."

Su Yu's gaze swept across the window again, and he could hear the faint sound of wet, cool raindrops hitting the windowpane.

Memories rise slowly like a tide, as if suppressed deep within the soul; memories belonging to yet another world also keep emerging.

The two converged at one place.

After a long while, Su Yu muttered to himself in a low voice.

"So, I've been reborn? Is it May 3rd, 1855 in the Gregorian calendar?"

"As a time traveler, I am really not qualified. I have not awakened my innate wisdom in twenty-four years."

"If I hadn't died and been reborn... I probably would have become a native, lived my whole life as a native, and been completely assimilated by this world."

I instinctively stood up and trimmed the candle wick with small scissors.

Su Yu recalled his tragic experiences in this world after transmigrating.

"How pitiful!"

Reincarnation is a life with extraordinary advantages. Putting aside everything else, the experience, knowledge, and insights gained as an adult are a rich treasure.

Many people have the experience that even if they haven't studied for decades, when they pick up elementary or junior high school textbooks, they find them very simple—they can be mastered in a few days or half a month.

Even the smartest child needs to study for half a year.

This is the fundamental difference in thinking structure.

Even without any other cheat codes, even without knowing the words of this world, being a mediocre person is no problem—yes, mediocre people will eventually run out of talent, but he became famous in his youth, until adulthood, when his thinking structure lacked advantages and he became mediocre.

But it has already crushed millions upon millions of people!

However, the memories belonging to the transmigrator have not awakened for a long time. In this life, he was born just like a native, learning to read, going to school, and in his memories, he was 24 years old...

The inverted golden hourglass finally appeared just before his death, amidst intense pain.

In his field of vision, golden dust continued to fall, and the warm golden radiance gradually enveloped everything... The powerful force almost made him feel himself melting into it.

This became the last glimmer of glory in the indigenous people's memory.

The natives didn't know what it was, but they recognized it themselves.

Thinking of this, Su Yu subconsciously touched the back of his hand.

"System, are you there?"

As he murmured to himself, a faint golden light, like mist rising before his eyes, gradually condensed into a phantom-like, transparent golden hourglass, floating in front of him. The hourglass was only the size of a palm, its light dim yet transparent.

Upon closer inspection, extremely fine gray crystalline dust particles are visible below, only a thin layer covering them, barely noticeable unless you look closely.

Unlike the previous ones, which were full of golden dust, the fine gray crystalline sand felt very faint to him.

"This is a game that I designed overnight before I traveled through time."

Su Yu felt a mixture of confusion and surprise.

"The golden hourglass has the function of traveling through time and space, which can take the host back to the past and change the predetermined fate."

"It is the key to the courtyard, the core, and the symbol of the protagonist in the game."

However, this is merely a game setting; to put it bluntly, it's just a reason for opening dungeons in the game. It's said to be unique, but in reality, every player has one.

Why did it actually become a reality here?

No one answered this question.

There was only silence all around, the candlelight cast a dim glow, and beyond that dim light, there was an endless grayness that sent chills down one's spine.

Su Yu's heart skipped a beat; this place was not safe.

Open the character panel.

Without further hesitation, Su Yu lowered his gaze and saw a point of golden light that rapidly expanded into a faint white light floating in his field of vision.

Character Name: Su Yu
Residence: No. 128, Baker, Blackshire, England

Grade: 14 years old

Secular occupation: Third year of Qing Teng Middle School
Mysterious profession: None
Bloodline: None

Title: None
Vitality: 5/9
属性：力量9（-1）、敏捷10（+0）、体质10（+0）、智力15（前世思想结构+2）、感知13（+1）、魅力11（+0）

Skills: Yingguo Language LV2, Faguo Language LV0, Yingguo System Education LV2
Currently active passive skill: Courtyard Protection LV0
Gold holdings: 12 Silver Siren, 10 Bronze Starfish

"Based on the data, it does indeed revert to when the host was 14 years old. Is this the power of game cheats?"

The average person's data is 10-11 (+0). Since he is only 14 years old, his strength is not as good as that of an adult. His strength of 9 (-1) is very normal. His agility and physique are close to the weaker level among adults, which is also normal. His intelligence was originally 13 (+1), which means he is a little smarter than the average person. He is an excellent student in his class.

He also has a knack for perception, able to sense the mysterious, and his charm is that of a handsome young man.

Leaving aside the increase in the ideological structure of time travelers, the data is perfectly normal.

"Leaving all that aside for now, once I wake up, I'll face a real problem—the death of this native host is highly suspicious."

I gazed out the window, feeling the raindrops hitting the glass and the stench of a decaying funeral home in the air.

"And the crisis begins tonight!"

The time traveler revealed a sharp look in his eyes.

The indigenous boys who have not awakened may not see the problem, but they awaken memories of their past lives and look back on their lives once again.

Suddenly, I felt that everything was suspicious and something was wrong.

"In my previous life, I did not awaken and only lived for a short twenty-four years."

"But even without awakening my memories from before I transmigrated, I had quite a mysterious talent in my previous life, and normally I would have had a promising future."

就算没有阅历+2，智力13（+1）和感知13（+1），同样是不错的天赋了。

"However, we lost most of our troops right from the start..."

The transmigrator pursed his lips, his face slightly pale, as Su Yu recalled his past failures.

"This crisis is not difficult for adults, especially those with experience, but it is a severe test for anyone who is fourteen years old."

Talking about challenges without mentioning age (experience) is just being irresponsible.

(End of this chapter)