1 Chapter 0. The mob of the novel
Chapter 0. The mob of the novel.
[The immortal cultivator]
A web novel platform filled the screen of a old smartphone. He scrolled down and then up again. How many times have he been doing this?
"Really? This is the end, huh?"
He looked again, and the 'discontinued ' was unmistakable.
The story was over.
He don't have a reason to write it more.
[The immortal cultivator]
Author: Lycan
VOLUME. 4
'[The Immortal cultivator] was a modern fantasy novel in which a high school boy who was in debt found a old dusty ring by chance and embarked on the path of cultivation.'
It is the novel he had written.
He have been steadily writing this novel since his high school.
During the time when he was bullied by delinquents, when he ruined his entrance examinations and had to enter a local university, when the girl he was chasing decided to go out with his friend, when he repeatedly switched jobs and now is working a part time job in a convenience store… Damn, let's stop talking about this.
Anyway…
[Author's words: Thank you so much for reading the [The Immortal cultivator] till now. I am sorry for discontinuing it.]
Those were the last words he had written. He wanted to continue it but he had a writer block for a long time and his story is also not famous. It was a complete flop story with a rating of 1.3 star. He don't want to write a novel which no one reads.
From the end of childhood to adulthood, he had written it over a huge period of 10 years, my speed was not great, he often had writers block and the length of the chapter is also low. There are many plot holes and cliches in the story. In the middle part of the story, he also made the mc somewhat crazy.
He did not write the story to be interesting. He started writing depending on his mood. When he got betrayed by his friend, he will write about mc killing his friend for no important reason, when he will feel lonely, he will write about mc banging the heroines one after other, Because he wrote depending on the mood, the mc character become more and more crazy and lecherous.
He somewhat wrote the story to the 4th volume but his story had become pointless at this point.
As a reader he will not like to read the novel even If he have nothing to read.
He opened the comment box and read the last comment many times.
-GOD007 : Writer, thank you for everything in the meantime. I am sad that the story will be discontinued but I am looking forward to your next story.
They were sincere sentences. He don't know who he is but he is his most loyal and only reader. He had been reading this novel since the day the first chapter was published. He would have stopped this novel long ago if he hadn't been my loyal reader.
For thanking him for reading this till the end, he wrote him a small thank you letter in the comments.
There were many words he wanted to say but he couldn't write them. He don't know how to thank him.
-An average of 1.3 hits per chapter.
-An average of 1.01 comments.
This was the average popularity index of [The immortal cultivator]
The number of views for the first chapter was 1,200, but it fell to 110 for the 10th chapter, and then 8 for the 50th chapter. By the time it was the 100th chapter, it was only 1.
Hits= 1.
He was overwhelmed by the feeling he got when he saw the numerous '1' that appeared next to the list of chapters. In some cases, there was a '2', but it was likely someone pressing the wrong button.
'Thank you.'
-Author : I wrote a novel with 4 volumes in a period of 10 years. I know it was the worst novel but thank you being with me. Thank you for reading this novel for the past 10 years.
'If I remember correctly the first comment was also written by him'
He wrote his sincerest thoughts to his only reader.
After a while he saw that he had received a message..
-GOD007 : Thank you.
A message flew in from out of nowhere. It took him a while to grasp the situation.
-Me : You are my only reader. Why are thanking me?
GOD007, he was his only reader.
-GOD007: I am thanking you to let me read the story till now, it was not the best of the novels but it was a good story.
He couldn't believe it.
It was the first time someone had told him that his story was good.
He still remembers that one time the girl he had a crush on had said that she will like to marry a author.
He had shown his story to her thinking that she will be impressed by it but she started ignoring him from the next day saying that his story was one of the worst story she had read.
He was heartbroken by his comment.
'I had spent my entire month living expenses on her'
It was one of his bitter experience in life.
After a while another message came.
-GOD007: I would like to send a special gift to you as a thank you.
-Me : Gift?
-GOD007 : It is thanks to the author that this story has come into the world. So, I would like to give you a gift.
He gave his reader his email address as he asked.
-GOD007 : I will send you the gift, tomorrow.
-Me : Yeah, okay. Thanks
There was no reply from him afterward. He logged out of the site. Then he felt the pessimism sink in later.
The reader left but he was curious about the gift he talked about.
'What type of give he will give me'
"Will he give a thank you card? It would be good if it's some money."
At that time, He was thinking naively. He didn't know anything about what would happen to him the next day.
.....
When he woke up the next day, he feels something wrong. There was a sweet fragrance in air. Everything on his skin was feeling warm and he was having trouble opening his eyelids.
I.....don't want.....to wake....up.
He pulls the fluffy blanket right under his face and sigh. "Hahh…."
He gets up, the blanket covering him still. He had no other company but his own. It's a lonely life. Speaking of which, the alarm didn't go off, so here he is, sitting still and lethargic.
He knows he's late for work, and soon the image of the convenience store manager come into his mind.
"Sigh…" Rubbing his eyes, the haziness disappears and his vision returns to normal. Then, his mouth widens as he finds himself sitting on a luxurious bed. The view knocks him off guard and he paused for a moment of breath.
The room is spacious, decor full of luxury. Even it's mere sight alone makes him tremble.
The window between the curtains is huge like he's looking at a gate––a big cathedral gate. Across the bed is a giant TV set made of ultimate luxury materials. He only knows because he's read about it once in a news article. If he's not wrong, the price should be around 100,000 USD.
This… This is not his studio apartment. It's not his small studio apartment, he owns that's filled with mold and moist dampness.
"Where am I…?" He can't understand what's going on, but then, he suddenly remembers the last memory he had. "Kidnapped…? A hidden camera…? A dream.....? What the hell…?"
His mind aches. The memory pains him…The last thing he remember that he had gone to sleep.
Thinking so, he looks down then sighs in relief.
'It's look like no one had touched my body yet'
'Wait, something is wrong, my body feels younger'
He looks down on his body once again. He found out that his skin had become whiter and his thin arms had gotten some muscles.
His eyesight which had gotten weak due to using internet too much had also became better.
'I can see without using the glasses now'
He don't what is happening to him but he knows he isn't dreaming cause dreams cannot be this realistic.
He looks up at the wall again. The clock shows the time. It's past 6 A.M. The craft of the clock is of fine quality. It looks expensive.
He shook his head. The first thing is to grasp the situation around him. He quickly gets out of bed and puts on the slippers lying neatly on the floor.
'Huh, even the indoor slippers are looking like some luxury items. They're expensive for sure'
Knock!
He staggers back, slightly surprised by the sudden knock on the door. Not sure what to do, he stays still.
"I'm coming in."
It's the voice of a lovely woman. It's soft and small but he could feel the power inside.
The door opens with a powerful sound. It feels like it could fall off at any moment.
A stunning beauty appears. She's dressed in a black regal suit, but it feels like he's looking at a soldier instead because she's holding a cold impassive look.
She looks at him with a slight surprise but quickly shakes her head. "I've bought your clothes with me. We will
leave in an hour. Get ready and come down for dinner"
"….."
With that, she places his clothes and a yellow drink on the table. He had never seen such type of drink. The truth is that he had not any other drink except tea and coffee.
He doesn't even drink alcohol as his father was a drunkard and often beats him when he was drunk. So, he hates alcohol.
And because he doesn't know how to react, he stands still.
"Well?" Her eyebrow raises up seeing him like this. "If you're going to stay like that, you better start moving fast."
She knows him.
But he doesn't know her.
Yet, she's familiar. The kind of familiar where you haven't seen your best friend for many years let alone meet him.
"Well?
He nods carefully and speaks out, thinking it might be better to answer. "Ah… yes…"
"What?"
"Um… yes… I see…"
Did he answer wrong?
She looks at him, eyes indicating a form of embarrassment. She must think of him weirdly.
She quickly changes her facial expression and walks to the curtain. She opens it wide, and soon, the strong rays lighted the room bright.
"Please come to eat breakfast downstairs after you've changed."
"Yes."
She leaves, looking at him with a cold stare.
He sighs relievingly. Fortunately, the situation didn't turn bad… But he's not sure what's going on. Well, at least he has an hour to spare. It would be for best to find out his current situation.
He begins searching around.
There's a wallet resting on the table. Curious, he picks it up and flips the wallet open.
"What's in here…?" He mutter.
The wallet is packed with cards and new, crisp cash. It's new. He's sure this wallet was not used for a long time. It's new. But… The registration card is different…
Xin Ren
Though the photo is slightly scratched, he found some information. The owner of the card is 16 year old. He is 10 years younger than me.
"What is happening…" The situation is beyond his common sense but he tries to keep myself calm. He looks around and sees a mirror, then walk towards it.
Standing in front of the mirror, he touches his face. "This is… You are…Xin Ren…?"
His originally face was nowhere to be seen, only the snow milky white skin stands out. The skinny body was gone and now replaced by a moderately tight muscle. He looked a little taller too.
Overall. He was a handsome man.
He quickly looked down and pulled the band of his underwear.
"….."
'It has grown too'
'But… This is beyond my current capability to think. It lacks common sense. It's difficult pretending to be someone else. But I've changed it seems like. My body's more fit and looks ten years younger.'
'Sigh… I don't know what's happening.'
As his mind was filled with complicated thoughts, he noticed that some words had appeared mysteriously on the mirror.
'How do you like your gift'
He was shocked to see the words appearing on the mirror.
"What! What gift...what is happening to me?"
"No...wait...wait gift...gift"
If he thought about gift, then only one person came into his mind. He was his most loyal reader.
"Are you...GOD007"
As he said that the words on the mirror changed.
'Bingo, I am your only reader GOD007'
His mind was total mess. He wasn't able to figure out what is happening to him. His words were stammering out of his mouth.
"What, what is happening to me, where am I. Are you really a....god?
The words on the mirror changed again.
'You probably should have idea to where are you and what is happening to you, as for if I am a god or not, I will leave this to your imagination'
Do you mean...I am in...
'Yeah, you are in your own novel'
"Why...is this happening to me"
'Well I will not tell you why are you in your novel but I can tell you that this is now your reality. If you die here, you will surely die'
'So be strong and do whatever you want, I hope you can give me a interesting story. Oh, I had also prepared something very special for you that will help you.
'One more thing, I had changed some parts of the story and me and my friends will be observing you'
'Bye for now'
After that sentence, the mirror returned to the normal and he was rooted on the spot trying to give his brain some time to analyze all things that had happened to him. He don't know what to do from here on.
Everything happening is unbelievable for him to imagine.
'Let's analyze the situation first'
I am supposedly inside my own novel and I don't know how to escape from here but this is my reality from now on.
'Ah, what the hell is going with me'
"… I'm inside a novel?"
He founds a laptop on the desk.
He quickly searched various things on the Internet, hands fumbling around quickly.
The most famous company in Asia.
The American company famous for its smartphones…
Automotives and other luxury brands…
His former crush Facebook page…
When he searched for these people and companies, they all ceased to exist.
Then he searched the people he knew in the novel.
They existed.
The main character and the heroines.
Wait, then what about me?
Xin Ren…
This… There was only one person in the novel with that name.
'Ah, come on. Really'
'I couldn't be him, right'
A noveau rich… A villain… A playboy… A trash…A mob villain
The first villain in the novel. A typical hooligan.
Xin Ren was the son of Xin Hai, the founder of the one of the world's largest conglomerate. The story of a mega-rich character disappearing from the face of the earth because he was fated to offend the main character has always existed in any novel, and he, Xin Ren, had become a fodder for the main character.
"This…" He gulped nervously.
He carefully searched his wallet and looked at his ID card. He clearly saw the words written there, Xin Ren, Age 16, Father : Xin Hai
"….."
He stood there absent-mindedly for a while. A terrible end was fated for him.
He'd be castrated alive, his body cut limb to limb and ultimately, he died.
His body trembled and he almost fainted thinking about the fact that he is going to die.
"Okay, calm down."
It is now clear now that he is inside a novel, his reality now connected to it for odd reasons. It is urgent he figure out his current whereabouts. There should be hope before he goes off committing heinous evil acts that will affect the main character.
There is a good chance of increasing his chances of survival if he remains uninvolved with the main character and supporting characters in the novel as much as possible.
'But Ren attends the same high school as the main character and he is really handsome and rich, how will he not attract attention…'
One of the reasons for the main character to pursue strength was also because he hated Ren.
The world will also get affected if the main character doesn't become strong soon and fight out against the devil realm schemes and other antagonist.
It was a typical setup, but for him, it was not so.
If he intervenes, he will most likely die by the hands of the mc and If he does not, he will able to live for some years but he don't think that the GOD007 will let him leave silently.
What a terrible reality.
Ren felt upset of his current predicaments.
'Sigh…' Desperate, he drinks the yellow drink in one gulp.
"It is really delicious"
It must be expensive. Damn, there are really some good privilege of being rich. I wonder how many good deeds, one have to do to be born in a rich family.
Ren had no desire to die because of the main character.
'Sigh, first let's remember what he know about Xin Ren'
He found a notebook and started writing about what he knows of him.
Xin Ren
-He was a typical villain character who used to bully the mc.
-The reason for bullying him was very cliche, the mc used to sit next to a heroine and Ren was chasing after her. He didn't like the mc glancing at her, so he started to bully him.
-Later, the bullying became intense as he noticed that the heroine was spending more and more time with the mc.
-He was a typical character which I had casually made.
-He was also the son of one of the richest man in the country.
-He later died by the hands of the mc. The mc was able to do that because of Ren's step brother and his secretary Rang Jia who supported him.
-He was a playboy and a sex offender who love to play around.
-He was a trash, a scum of society.
Now, he is in the body of that scum but he don't know the timeline. He don't know if Ren had started bullying the mc or not or the plot had started or not.
'I should first hurry and wear my clothes to get ready for breakfast'
He quickly head to the bathroom to freshen up and wore his new clothes.
Watching himself in the mirror, Ren couldn't help admire his handsomeness.
'He is someone who can easily become a model if he wants. He really had superior genes'
He wore a white t-shirt with a yellow jacket on top of that and wore grey trousers.
With one look anyone will know that they are expensive clothes.
'I should head downstairs or she will come again'
He was talking about the woman who had dropped earlier to give him his clothes. He had a speculation that she was most likely her.
Rang jing
He had created her just for handling some tasks for Ren and as a love interest towards the mc but she was not seen much in the novel after Ren's death.
The reason for her helping the mc was because Ren had committed an atrocious thing against Ran jing. As she expressed her favor to the main character, she received numerous malicious insults and atrocious deeds from Ren out of ire. He laters tried to rape her and the mc saves her, it also became the reason she betrayed Ren.
She hated rapist and sex offenders the most.
She also hated Ren from the start because he was a sex offender and had raped many girls but because of his father, he was able to do anything he wants.
'His father was quite the interesting figure.'
His father placed a great deal of importance on Ren, he really loved Ren because he was the proof of the love with his first wife. He really loves his wife and was quite devastated when she died in a accident. He later marries again after a year. He loved his son, that's why he he always help him clear the matter.
'A classic spoilt rich son and his dad who helps him cover up his misdeeds'
'It's going to interesting to converse with the characters I created'
'I don't know if I will able to survive or not'
While thinking those words he left his room
