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Chapter 1: The Life-Extending Mission is All About Kissing
“I’m sorry, but you have a rare disease. There are currently no known cases of a cure worldwide. It will rapidly deteriorate in the later stages, and even with regular medication, you have at most two months left…”
“Unfortunately, the medication for this condition is not covered by health insurance.”
“Mr. Luo, your parents still owe 2.7 million yuan. This property is going to be foreclosed, and you must move out by the end of this month.”
…
Luo Tiancheng stood on the rooftop, looking down at the bustling city below, muttering to himself, “I’m just an unknown game streamer. I don’t make much money in a month. I can’t afford the medication, and I can’t pay off the debt either.”
“Forget it, I don’t want to live anymore. Let’s just end it all… No, I can’t jump here. I might hurt someone else…”
He dragged his exhausted body, took a bus to the outskirts, rode a cable car to the mountaintop, then walked out of the scenic area and chose a secluded spot with a decent view.
“Goodbye, world that never loved me.”
Luo Tiancheng closed his eyes and jumped.
…
Little did Luo Tiancheng know that from this moment on, he would be inextricably linked to four people…
“Fingerprint binding successful.”
“Fingerprint login successful.”
“Life-Extending Mission unlocked.”
Luo Tiancheng was awakened by a noisy voice: “I… I’m still alive?”
He got up from the grass and saw a phone next to him, its screen lit up.
“What? ‘Accept the mission?’ What is this? Who left a phone so far out here?”
Luo Tiancheng’s head was throbbing, probably from hitting it during the fall.
He was starving and thought, “I can’t die as a hungry ghost. I’ll eat first, then find another place to end it. I’ll also hand this phone over to the police. I can’t tell what brand it is, but the case looks cool. It must be expensive.”
Looking back at the towering mountain, he wondered, “How did I survive such a high fall?”
At the police station, the officer said the phone was locked, making it inconvenient to find the owner. But when Luo Tiancheng accidentally touched it, it unlocked successfully.
The officer, noticing the injury on his head, said, “Young man, I think you hit your head and got confused. This is your own phone.”
Luo Tiancheng was baffled: “No, how could I unlock it? Maybe it’s a coincidence. This really isn’t my phone!”
The officer swiped through the phone and saw that it had very few apps installed. Opening the photo album, he found only one picture: a side profile of Luo Tiancheng lying on the grass.
“The photo is of you. This is your phone.”
The officer handed the phone back to him and told him to go to the hospital. Luo Tiancheng stood there, bewildered for a few seconds: “Who took that photo of me?”
Back home, Luo Tiancheng unlocked the phone and saw an app called “Lengthen Life.”
“Lengthen Life? What a cheesy name.”
Upon opening it, the same system voice that had woken him earlier said, “Life-Extending Mission unlocked. Please check the mission.”
“Life-Extending?”
Luo Tiancheng clicked on it and saw that his remaining lifespan was 45 days and 6 hours. Below were three tasks:
1. Take a smiling selfie. Reward: Extend life by 2 hours, 10 Game Coins.
2. Win a match of “Battlefield Heroes.” Reward: Extend life by 4 hours, 20 Game Coins.
“Is this an app made by Xiao Yibo’s fans for their own amusement?” Although Luo Tiancheng wasn’t a fan of celebrities, he had heard of Xiao Yibo.
Selfie… it had been a long time since he last took one…
He picked up his phone, forced a smile on his face despite his impending death, and took a photo.
Luo Tiancheng was quite good-looking, often referred to as the campus heartthrob during his school days, with many girls chasing after him. However, he never felt any romantic connection, so he turned them all down.
“Ding dong! Mission 1 completed, rewards have been issued.”
“What???”
Luo Tiancheng picked up the phone he had found and saw that his remaining lifespan was 45 days and 8 hours, with 10 Game Coins.
“This is incredible! I took a selfie with my own phone, and this phone detected the mission completion? Is it connected via Bluetooth?”
To test his theory, Luo Tiancheng turned on his computer, started a live stream, and played a round of “Battlefield Heroes.”
He was quite skilled, but this time his opponents were also strong, with precise shooting. The two teams engaged in a prolonged sniper battle, and after a long fight, he finally won, with some fans sending him a few flowers.
Luo Tiancheng turned on his mic and said to the dozen or so fans in the live stream, “Thank you so much. That ‘So handsome it’s beyond help’ is really something; winning against him was pure luck.”
“Ding dong! Mission 2 completed, rewards have been issued.”
“…This is strange… Could it be… that this is real? Good thing I used the button to turn on the mic; that sound wasn’t broadcasted.”
Excited, Luo Tiancheng picked up the phone and saw his remaining lifespan was now 45 days and 11 hours, with 30 Game Coins.
He didn’t have time to interact with his fans and quickly ended the stream to study the Life-Extending Missions.
Two more missions had been updated:
4. Kiss the “Battlefield Heroes” player “So handsome it’s beyond help.” Mission reward: Extend life by 6 days, 720 Game Coins.
5. Hug and kiss the famous singer Xiao Yibo tightly. Mission reward: Extend life by 10 days, 1200 Game Coins.
“Crazy system, give me a break!”
Who knows who that “So handsome it’s beyond help” is? And the other mission involves the big star Xiao Yibo, which is just absurd!
But…
Luo Tiancheng thought:
I want to live.
Whatever, I’ll try to figure it out! I’m almost dead anyway…
Mission 5 is impossible, Mission 4 is a mystery, and Mission 3… I might end up in jail!
Living is so hard!
He opened a part-time group and just saw a post recruiting volunteers for Xiao Yibo’s concert.
“Heaven helps me!”
Luo Tiancheng quickly signed up!
The concert was in three days.
Thanks to his good looks, Luo Tiancheng managed to secure a position guarding the hallway outside the restroom.
After finishing his makeup, Xiao Yibo followed his assistant from the makeup room to the restroom. As he passed by Luo Tiancheng, he suddenly paused and glanced at the person standing in the corner with his head down.
Although Luo Tiancheng kept his head down out of guilt, he could see the big star staring at him from the corner of his eye. His heart raced, almost jumping out of his throat!
Fortunately, Xiao Yibo quickly moved on and entered the restroom.
From the sound of it, the door wasn’t locked.
There was still half an hour before the concert started, and Luo Tiancheng needed to figure out how to distract the assistant guarding the door…
Before he could come up with a plan, the assistant came over and said, “I’m going to the restroom; make sure no one enters here.”
“Alright, don’t worry.”
After the assistant left, Luo Tiancheng gently twisted the doorknob and opened the restroom door.
The room was unlit, and Xiao Yibo was asleep on the sofa…
“How could I be so lucky?” Luo Tiancheng thought.
He tiptoed to Xiao Yibo’s side and, in the dim light, gently kissed the lips of the superstar. He immediately turned and fled—there was no time to savor the feeling of his first kiss; escaping was the priority!
Just as he was about to reach the door, a deep and magnetic voice came from behind: “Who’s there?”