Weird, my gaming life

The three northern districts are quite different from other parts of the central district.

It lacks the dazzling hustle and bustle of a commercial district, and the cold, orderly solemnity of a residential area.

The buildings here are generally low and old, with a style that has remained from the previous era. The wide streets are paved with real stone slabs, rather than shiny alloys.

Occasionally, a few retro hovercars would glide by silently, adding to the unique charm.

The air is filled with the fragrance of plants; perhaps retro style is a noble act in any era!

Lin Yuan strolled along the sidewalk.

The treatment potion given by the middle-aged man had amazing effects. The pain in his right shoulder wound had stopped, and new muscle was slowly covering the bone. However, the fractures in the bone and the depletion of his true energy could not be completely repaired by just one dose of the potion.

He is now like a fine porcelain vase with its insides hollowed out; the outside may look fine, but it will shatter at the slightest touch.

The card with 10,000 credits in his pocket was his only source of confidence.

Following the directions on the electronic map on the street, he quickly found the so-called "noble fitness club".

It is located at an intersection, a three-story red brick building, elegant yet exuding a sense of the times.

Lin Yuan stood at the door, and in a daze, he felt as if he had returned to the familiar society of his previous life, to that peaceful and beautiful era.

After all, this area was just like the urban neighborhood he used to live in; it didn't have that much high technology or all those bizarre things.

Lin Yuan stood at the door, reminiscing quietly for a moment, before pushing open the heavy glass door.

"Creak—"

As the glass door opened, the entire room was revealed.

The hall was spacious, but completely empty.

The floor was covered with thick mahogany flooring, and all around were various heavy, purely mechanical training equipment, barbells, dumbbells, treadmills... each piece looked like it had been moved from a museum in the last century.

A figure was sitting in a chair by the window, with his back to the door.

It was a woman, dressed in a clean and simple tracksuit, her long, black hair casually tied back, revealing a fair and graceful neck.

She didn't turn around, but simply looked quietly at the tranquil street scene outside the window, her whole being like a lifeless statue, blending into the quiet gym.

Lin Yuan walked in, his footsteps echoing softly in the empty hall.

"Get out."

A woman's voice came through, clear and hoarse, carrying a weariness that came from life having worn down all the edges of one's being.

"I'm looking for Qin Wan," Lin Yuan said calmly as he stopped.

The woman slowly turned around.

Her face was beautiful, a kind of classical beauty with an aggressive edge, but her complexion was pale and she had faint dark circles under her eyes.

Those once bright and spirited phoenix eyes were now only as numb as still water.

She looked Lin Yuan up and down, her gaze lingering for a moment on his ill-fitting new clothes and his still disheveled face.

"That's me."

She curled her lip into a mocking smile. "Another one trying their luck? Wanting to inherit my family business? And then rise to the top?"

Lin Yuan ignored her sarcasm.

"I need a guardian, legal status, and a place to go to school."

He stated his purpose directly: "In exchange, I can help you revitalize your gym."

Qin Wan felt as if she had heard the funniest joke of the century.

She was stunned at first, then let out a low, suppressed laugh, her body trembling slightly.

"Revitalize the gym? You think you can?" She stood up, walked step by step to Lin Yuan, and looked down at him. "A brat who's not even as tall as my calf and has barely any flesh on his bones?"

"You haven't even used the most basic 'nutrient solution' in Nancheng. Your body is as weak as a chick."

"What makes you think you can revive my gym? With your naiveté?"

With each word she spoke, she took a step closer, her despairing aura of self-abandonment almost engulfing Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan raised his head to meet her gaze, his eyes showing no emotion.

"You can give it a try."

Qin Wan's laughter stopped abruptly.

Looking at the youthful yet unusually calm face before her, and at those eyes that were not like a child's, but deep and profound like an ancient well, she felt a sudden stirring in her heart.

These eyes... are so similar to the person in my memory, with an expression that seems out of place for someone my age.

One has eyes full of mature calculation, while the other has eyes full of the restraint of survival.

Qin Wan's breath hitched. The long-buried memories, like a ferocious beast breaking free of its cage, instantly breached the dam she had built with numbness and despair.

She has been reborn for three days.

For three days, she was like a walking corpse, locking herself in this gym that bore witness to the last glory of her family and all the humiliations of her past life.

She can't forget it.

She could never forget Lu Feng, the adopted son whom her scumbag husband had personally brought back from the slums and given to her, whom he had raised with all his might.

She treated him like her own son, taught him the Qin family's ancestral fitness methods, used all her connections to pave the way for him, and even broke off her marriage with her husband, with whom she had only ever exchanged interests, for him.

She thought she had found the hope of her family and a place to place her emotions.

The results of it?

As a result, at the height of her family feud with her husband, her most trusted "son" delivered the most fatal blow from behind.

He told her husband all about the Qin family's fitness methods, took all her assets, and personally sent her to that dark and desolate prison.

She only learned the truth from a prison guard who visited her during her death.

Lu Feng is not an orphan at all.

From the very beginning, he was just a pawn planted by her good husband! He was his illegitimate son who had been living away from home!

Overwhelmed by hatred and remorse, she made a vicious oath before her death.

If there is an afterlife, she will make that father and son pay for their blood debt!

Then, she awakened; yes, she awakened the strange lineage from their family.

That was a strange vein he had once listened to as if it were a legend: "Rebirth!"

Before her father passed away, he secretly called her into his room and told her a secret that only the successor family was allowed to know before the previous family's death.

That concerns the awakening of the Qin family's sinister lineage.

Unlike the trinity of destiny, the Qin family awakens by embracing death.

Only upon death does the Qin family have a one in a thousand chance of awakening their unique symbiotic and strange veins... Rebirth Ghost.

The Rebirth Trick is a trick that manipulates fate and time, but overall, this trick is not very powerful for these symbiotic awakeners.

Firstly, the chances of it awakening are not high, and secondly, it absolutely cannot die of old age naturally.

So this presents a gamble: whether you're willing to risk suicide or other crises for a one in a thousand chance of rebirth.

I believe most people wouldn't take this path unless they were driven to desperation.

Moreover, even if one awakens, a person only has one chance to start over.

However, if one awakens this strange vein in the ordinary world, it will naturally be very powerful.

You can use it to gather information and accumulate wealth in advance, but in this bizarre world, such trickery is not very useful in practice.

For powerful aristocratic families, wealth is merely a byproduct; in the true ruling class, power always reigns supreme.

However, the Rebirth Mystery can only regenerate a person, not provide them with strength. Even if Qin Wan is reborn now, she can at most change her tragic ending, but cannot improve her family's status.

Because once the Ghost Vein awakens, it determines your actual status. Compared to those awakened beings who can unleash world-destroying power, her reborn Ghost Vein is truly no match.

But that was enough for Qin Wan. Now that she had returned to the time before the tragedy began, all she wanted was revenge! She looked at Lin Yuan in front of her.

Same age, similar eyes... same, appearing when she was at her most desperate.

History, how often it repeats itself.

Moreover, in her past life, she seemed to have no memory of the little boy in front of her.

Qin Wan believed that even if she were incredibly stupid, she couldn't possibly have no memory of a boy with those eyes.

Was fate mocking her? Or... was it giving her a chance for revenge?

A crazy idea took root and sprouted uncontrollably in her heart.

In her previous life, she hesitated because she was unable to have children, and foolishly wanted to find an heir to continue the Qin family's glory.

In this life, she does not need an heir.

She needs a knife.

A knife that is sharper, more obedient, and more ruthless than Lu Feng!

She was going to use the same method to destroy everything that man was most proud of!

She wanted to personally cultivate a monster, a monster powerful enough to tear Lu Feng and the entire Lu family to shreds!

The numbness and sarcasm in Qin Wan's eyes faded, replaced by a burning and obsessive feeling that sent chills down Lin Yuan's spine.

Her facial expression shifted rapidly in a few seconds, finally settling into a strange smile.

"it is good."

She spoke, her voice no longer weary, but instead carrying a hint of excited tremor.

"I'll accept you."

She reached out and gently stroked Lin Yuan's head, her movements as tender as if she were caressing a rare treasure.

Her hands were cold.

"From today onwards, you are my son, Qin Wan's son, and the sole heir of the Qin family."

She looked into Lin Yuan's eyes and spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice filled with an undeniable determination.

I will give you everything you want.

"Identity, status, power... everything."

Lin Yuan did not move, letting her hand rest on his head.

He could sense that some kind of dramatic change had occurred in this woman that he couldn't comprehend.

That originally lifeless atmosphere transformed into a wildly burning flame.

The flame offered no warmth, only a sense of danger.

But Lin Yuan did not back down.

This is his only option now.

"My name is Lin Xiu."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath and told her the name of his fake identity.

Qin Wan's smile deepened, her eyes gleaming with fervent light.

"No."

"From now on, your name is Qin Xiu."

She slowly withdrew her hand, turned and walked towards the old-fashioned treadmill in the center of the hall, her voice echoing in the empty gym.

"come over."

"Let me see your foundation."

"Although this world belongs to the awakened, it doesn't mean that you ordinary people have no chance at all."

Gene warriors are the way out for ordinary people like you, while my Qin family's fitness method is a powerful fitness secret that can allow gene warriors to directly reach A-level.

Although A-level gene warriors are still no match for the supernatural beings, they are far stronger than the civilians in the lower city! Besides, the world has changed now…”

Qin Wan paused mid-sentence as she spoke.

He then thought of the rebellious son she had adopted in his previous life. Why was it that her Qin family, despite possessing powerful fitness secrets, was becoming increasingly impoverished?

That's because the noble families in the upper city look down on gene warriors.

Even the most powerful genetic warriors are nothing more than servants in their presence.

Only minor nobles who cannot awaken their demonic veins would value gene warriors, a profession that can only be found among the upper echelons of the city guard.

However, the emergence of the Ghost Masters has broken this situation, because the more powerful the gene warrior, the more likely they are to become a high-level Ghost Master.

This was also the reason why her husband in her previous life went to great lengths to obtain the Qin family's secret techniques.

Because A-level gene warriors are not easy to train. Without professional training methods, they could easily suffer gene collapse.

To cultivate the Qin family's secret techniques, one must endure immense hardship.

This is why she accepted the orphans from the downtown area that bastard brought with him.

Compared to children in the upper and middle districts, children in the lower district who have lived through hardship since childhood are undoubtedly more likely to seize this opportunity.

She just didn't expect to adopt such an ungrateful child.

Now she's going to test whether this child can endure hardship.