1 Save the Damsel in distress when Time of Death is known from the start.

[Valiant Life System Initialize!]

[Binding Successful!]

[Warning! Warning!]

[System detected host will die in 24 hours time!]

Chen Yeliang suddenly woke up from his dream and looked at the lecturer who was lecturing seriously at the lectern.

He pinched his face hard. Strange, what was that noise?

Chen Yeliang rubbed his eyes vigorously. The transparent blue display panel in front of him made him feel like he was seeing things.

Having read countless novels, Chen Yeliang naturally understood what this noise meant.

But… why was there a death notice for me?

Chen Yeliang felt a chill down his spine. He anxiously called out to the system in his mind, "Hey! System!"

[Greetings, Honorable Host! The Valiant Life System is at your service!]

"You said I will die soon? What's going on?"

[No errors detected in test. Host Chen Yeliang will die after 23 hours and 58 minutes.]

F*ck! Chen Yeliang gritted his teeth and held back from cursing out loud.

The countdown was quite accurate! He could feel his entire body beginning to go numb.

Raising his head, Chen Yeliang looked around at the bright and clean classroom. He had only been in university for a week, why did he have to say goodbye to the beautiful world so suddenly?

[Ding! Valiant Life upgrade complete.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have received your palliative care boost. Before your expiry, you will not die no matter what you do!]

???

Chen Yeliang took a deep breath and slowly exhaled to calm himself down.

What was the use of this useless palliative care boost? At first he wanted to wait and see if the system would announce any self-rescue missions.

In the end, he stared blankly in the air for ten minutes. The system seemed to have gone into sleep mode.

At this moment, the lecturer at the lectern caught him not paying attention, and the bespectacled eyes revealed his obvious displeasure.

He threw the book in his hand on the table and bellowed with displeasure, "Student sitting in the last row, have you understood everything? If so, why don't you come up front and solve this problem!"

At the lecturer's outburst, all eyes in the lecture hall turned to Chen Yeliang.

Chen Yeliang gave an icy glance at an opportune time and caught sight of vegetables stuck on his lecturer's teeth.

Feeling humiliated, he thought, "I'm already in university and yet still get treated like a high schooler. I am on the verge of death, and you are still asking me to solve problems?"

"Sir, there's veggie on your teeth," Chen Yeliang said casually.

A gasp rippled across the lecture hall at the end of his sentence.

The gawking students could not help thinking, School had barely started and a merciless rascal had already shown up!

Trying hard not to laugh, the curious onlookers stared at the lecturer then back at the student. They wished they had a pair of eyes on the back of their heads.

"You!" The lecturer covered his mouth, face red with mortification. He was speechless with fury.

Chen Yeliang had heard of this lecturer before.

He did not tolerate students skipping classes, his attendance roll call felt like authorities checking on household occupants. Everything in the textbooks were important for year end exams. He was notoriously unforgiving. If he caught hold of any students' shortcoming, he would fail them without a second thought.

But Chen Yeliang did not care anymore. He did not even know if he could stay alive till graduation.

He felt as if his soul had left his body. Dragging his weary body, he walked unsteadily out of the hall.

All the students in the hall were dumbfounded! This unbelievably fearless student embarrassed the lecturer and walked off so casually. They could not help but be curious about his motive.

But when they realized the price of being fearless was failing the subject, the students looked at Chen Yeliang with some sympathy in their eyes. Afraid of being penalized by the lecturer, they then kept their heads low and pretended not to see this farce.

Chen Yeliang walked aimlessly along the corridor.

When he thought about the clock ticking down on his life, he no longer had the strength to continue walking.

He came to a bay window nearby and flopped down on it, sighing endlessly.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of a small figure standing at the top of the adjacent laboratory block.

The strong winds at the top of the building caused that person to sway unsteadily. Her long black hair fluttered in the wind. It looked like a girl.

Chen Yeliang narrowed his eyes and watched as that person slowly climbed over the chest-high boundary wall. She walked to the concrete ledge outside and stood still there.

Suicide?

Chen Yeliang immediately realized what was going on. His first thought was that he did not expect to find someone taking the same path as him?

Suddenly, the system prompt sounded again!

[Ding! Mission Announcement!]

[Rookie's Mission: Please save the person at the top of the laboratory block.]

[Rookie's Gift Bag: Divine Grasping Hand!]

[Reward for completing the mission: 1. Life extension for 72 hours; 2. Sprinting champion!]

Chen Yeliang's eyes lit up. He knew that the system could not be so f*cked up! As expected, there was still a mission drop!

Although the reward was only 72 hours, there were unlimited possibilities as long as he remained alive! As for being a sprinting champion, Chen Yeliang did not care about that for now.

He rubbed his palms together and jumped on the spot twice as warm up. Then, he placed his hands on the ground, stretched one leg behind and bent down in a running crouch start posture.

Chen Yeliang then dashed towards the laboratory block. Luckily, the laboratory block was connected to the lecture block, and his physical fitness level was above average.

From the second floor of the lecture block, it only took him four to five minutes to reach the roof of the laboratory block.

The door was ajar. A beam of white light streamed out from it. A rusty lock hung on the door, twisted and broken.

Chen Yeliang stood outside the door to catch his breath. He knew he could not simply barge in. Although the system had given him some sort of skill, he was still a student after all. If he did not manage to grab hold of her, it would be all over.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yeliang felt that it would be better to call the police!

"Hello, this is the Huashang University. Someone is attempting to jump off the laboratory building's south-eastern side. Please send help!"

Without waiting for the other party to reply, Chen Yeliang quickly hung up the phone and dialed another number for help.

When everything was settled, Chen Yeliang took a deep breath, pushed open the door and went upstairs.

The wind at the top of the building was very strong. He could hear soft crying coming from the concrete ledge outside the boundary wall.

"Who is it? Who's there?" Chen Yeliang pretended that he stumbled upon that place by accident, and tried to find out the other party's identity.

The crying stopped as if someone had pressed the pause button. A small head poked out from behind the boundary wall.

The girl was fair-skinned and pretty. Her long black hair was tossed around by the wind like seaweed. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, but it couldn't hide her beauty.

Chen Yeliang recognized her. She was the school belle of Huashang University—Lan Sixi!

He also heard that Lan Sixi's father was a deputy director. A school belle with a good family background, good looks, good grades, and a good figure. Chen Yeliang could not understand what could have caused her to be so depressed.

"What do you want!" Lan Sixi glared at him tearfully.

"Haha, playing truant and meeting friends. My friend, what are you doing outside? It's very dangerous. Come back here and let's talk."

Chen Yeliang smiled and took out a crumpled tissue from his pocket before walking over to Lan Sixi.

Suddenly without warning, she screamed like a terrified cat, "Don't come over! Or I'll jump down!"

"No, no, no!" Chen Yeliang stopped in his tracks, then took two steps back.

Then, with an ingratiating smile, he ventured, "Lan Sixi? My heart is weak, please don't frighten me. What problems are you facing?"

Lan Sixi was not surprised that the person in front of her knew her name.

From a young age she had been the epitome of excellence. Wherever she went, she was always the center of attention.

During the school term opening ceremony, she was the representative of the freshmen, and gave a speech in front of the whole school.

She felt even more aggrieved at the thought of her past excellence.

She muttered softly, "There's no point in telling you! I'm better off jumping down!"

Chen Yeliang broke out in a cold sweat on hearing this. He pinched his thigh and repeatedly reminded himself to stay calm.

"Wait!" Chen Yeliang sat down on the ground. "If you want to jump, just go ahead. I won't stop you."

"But at least tell me the reason."

"I'm all alone here. Other people who are not aware of the situation might mistakenly think that I bullied you!"

He sounded rather heartless.

Lan Sixi turned around and glared at him angrily. "How can you be so mean! I'm about to die and you are still…"

Chen Yeliang smiled and said, "Since you are going to die anyway, no harm in telling me the reason, right?"