Chapter 37
The Villain System
Dongbai Village, Fengtong County.
At this moment, the cool morning temperature made it the perfect time to work in the fields. However, the villagers of Dongbai Village were crowding around the grain-drying ground in a bustling circle, craning their necks to watch the commotion.
It was for no other reason than that the main characters of the argument were the two most famous households in the village: the prominent Zhou family and the notoriously disreputable Zhong family. Both families were master debaters in the village, possessing formidable arguing skills. No one dared to step in and mediate; only the hoarse, exhausted voice of the village chief could be heard trying his best to persuade them to stop.
"Hey, old woman, get up right now! If you don't get up, I'll make sure you spend the rest of your life in bed! How dare you try to play victim in front of this young lady? Let me tell you, this lady won't back down just because of your act... Eldest Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, grab your clubs! If this old woman doesn't get up, each of you give her a strike. Even if we beat her into a cripple, we can still afford the compensation!"
"An outsider actually dares to bully us, who have been rooted in this village for nine generations! Bullying an elder! Everyone, listen to what she's saying! What kind of decent girl in this world is so lawless and undisciplined? She injured someone and still tries to argue..."
"Boohoo, my eldest nephew, you are the chief of our village. You must seek justice for this aunt! Otherwise, when I go back, I'll cast a spell to call my late husband back to find you and chat with you at night, so you can remember how my family saved an ungrateful white-eyed wolf like you!"
Village Chief: "...."
Everyone: "..."
Qiu Qi stood in a corner, staring blankly at the farce before him. He had no intention of stepping forward to help mediate, nor did he want to watch the gossip with the other villagers.
Because none of this had anything to do with him. Even though, logically speaking, he was the biological nephew of the person currently on the losing side of the argument, it still had nothing to do with him. He only wanted to return to his own world. Only if his brain were broken would he give up farming in his own world to come to this virtual world and suffer!
Yes, this was a virtual world, though all sensations and perceptions were unbelievably realistic, seeming no different from the real world.
Half an hour ago, while he was sleeping at home, he was suddenly bound to something called the "Villain System."
According to the system's explanation, its counterpart came from a higher-level plane where technology was extremely advanced, and thus, entertainment methods were also highly sophisticated.
The Starry Sky Company had researched and developed a life-simulation game on the starry sky network. Players could choose different novel backgrounds, enter the game, and experience the brilliant and formidable lives of the protagonists to satisfy their desires.