vncnus Chapter 1 Crossing
Chapter 1 Crossing
If you were to unexpectedly travel to the world of Lord of Mysteries, knowing only the title and nothing else, how would you survive?
The following points can be used as a reference:
1. Assassin's potions are better suited for survival.
2. If you have savings that you want to invest, you can go to the famous mine owner, Lanluus.
3. If you can't find Lanius, don't panic. He's just looking for new investors. You can try looking for his pregnant wife.
4. If you want to develop some hobbies, then buying a telescope to observe the starry sky is a good choice.
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"What is 'Lord of Mysteries'? I've never watched it, why are you showing me this video?"
Big data these days, sigh.
Chen Yuzhe stared at the video on his phone, muttering to himself. As a college student, what bothered him most right now were failing courses and physical fitness tests, especially the physical fitness test. If he failed the physical fitness test, he wouldn't even be able to graduate.
He stopped thinking about time travel when he was in middle school.
Besides, if time travel were real, how could it possibly happen to me?
Chen Yuzhe has never been very confident in his luck. As someone who is so unlucky that he can't even guess the odds of a coin toss, he doesn't think he'll ever have the chance to experience something like time travel, even if such a thing really existed.
Hey! Why do I feel a little dizzy?
Why does my heart suddenly hurt a little?
With a thud, Chen Yuzhe collapsed to the ground, his expression contorted, clutching his heart and struggling in agony.
I hope I don't suddenly die.
No, I'm still young, I can't...
Chen Yuzhe looked at the phone in front of him.
At least... at least let me format my phone!
He struggled to reach out his hand, but collapsed halfway through.
No! My innocence cannot be...
Ah!
His body curled forward, but after a few moments, he felt his thoughts dissipate, and then he became completely still.
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Rune…
Backlund, the capital of all cities...
Have I... traveled through time?
Chen Yuzhe pressed his forehead. He felt his head buzzing, and countless fragmented memories flooded into his brain. He felt like his head was about to explode.
Looking down at his clothes, which were clearly outdated for the 21st century, and his hands, which didn't seem to belong to him, he felt a sense of unease and fear.
I just made a rant, and I actually got transported to another world!
Is this the world of Lord of Mysteries?
I only watched a video and heard a few words; I don't even know who the main character is!
Did I transmigrate into the protagonist's body?
Um, Lorne Disenk, that was the original owner's name.
Is this the name of the main character in Lord of Mysteries?
After calming himself down, Chen Yuzhe looked around at his surroundings.
It was a small room, somewhat cluttered, and decorated in a very ordinary way. From a modern perspective, the whole room looked extremely retro.
He was sitting at his desk, which was covered with a bunch of bottles, jars, and all sorts of strange-looking materials.
Out of some strange resonance, Chen Yuzhe felt without even thinking that this must be a single person's room.
Why? Just ask yourself. It's all about intuition.
At the same time, he had a strange premonition that this was the world of Lord of Mysteries.
After about fifteen minutes, Chen Yuzhe gradually calmed down and began to sort out the current situation.
"Lorne Disenke, which is the name of my current body."
So he's dead?
How did he end up in this situation?
According to his memories, Lorne was a native of Backlund in the Kingdom of Rune in the northern continent. His father's family had been merchants for generations, while his mother died of illness shortly after his birth.
Lorne was living a very wealthy life, but his rich father started acting erratically after his mother passed away.
Lorne's father's name was Tarkin Disenke.
Tarkin first listened to the nonsense of his banker friend, who said he could take him to invest in the businesses of the great banker and noble House Hall. For this, he did not hesitate to take out all his cash and even sold all his family's land in the Rothschild Islands of the Rune Colony, and even the spice plantation that could generate long-term income.
He ended up being tricked by his friend, who played a word game. He claimed it was a Hall family business, but the investment wasn't in Earl Hall's own bank; it was in Earl Hall's daughter's fund. Crucially, it was a closed-end fund—one that couldn't be withdrawn or resold in the short term.
This left Tarkin, a businessman, with a significant shortage of working capital. Many of his previously functioning businesses were forced to shut down, pushing him to the brink of bankruptcy.
Unwilling to accept his investment failure, he sold several properties in the northern part of the capital city of Backlund in order to obtain funds.
He then started new investments, and was persuaded by his factory owner friend to invest in many newly opened arms factories.
The problem is that he didn't do any market research. The demand for weapons is not high right now, and those factories won't make any money in the short term.
Unwilling to accept defeat again, he invested all his remaining funds in the grain market, hoping to make a quick buck from the rising grain prices.
However, due to the previous breakdown of his financial chain, he already owed the bank a large sum of money.
As a result, the bank foreclosed on the grain. Although the rising grain prices allowed them to repay the bank's debt, the thought that waiting would have yielded even greater profits left Tarkin feeling cheated and deeply hurt.
The original owner's father was by nature an impatient person. After a series of investment failures, he no longer had the capital to make a comeback in a short period of time, and his health was not good to begin with.
He died from a sudden surge of anger and anxiety.
Thinking about this, Chen Yuzhe felt speechless.
Are they investing in so many military factories because they want to become arms dealers?
Why take such big steps?
Moreover, these are all long-term investments, and the market demand is not good right now. The only way to see returns in the short term is to fight a world war.
The key point is that they also sold off all that real estate—houses in the capital, which are obviously good holdings, and large tracts of land in the colonies. The only way to depreciate them would be if the capital were invaded by armed force, or if the colonies gained independence.
But now that the Kingdom of Rune is thriving, those things are impossible to imagine, and the value of those properties that were sold will only increase.
Therefore, Lorne's standard of living plummeted from that of a rich young master to that of an ordinary citizen.
Even now, his situation isn't too bad. But the problem is that he also inherited his father's personality.
In his quest to turn his life around, he started gambling. But he was gambling on the occult.
The original owner of this body accidentally learned about the existence of supernatural powers, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to study at a business university.
Instead, he devoted himself to learning Hermes, as well as some Giants' language and Elvish.
Then, by sheer luck, he bought a potion recipe and spent all his savings to gather the necessary ingredients.
As a result, he fainted due to overwork and extreme excitement.
Then Chen Yuzhe transmigrated.
After recalling all of this, Chen Yuzhe could only say that gambling addicts shouldn't be taken for granted.
An extraordinary one?
It seems to be a term for someone who has gained extraordinary abilities after taking a magic potion.
Chen Yuzhe carefully recalled the vocabulary that suddenly popped into his head.
After thinking for a moment, he glanced at the newspaper on his desk, which was titled "The Grain Act Will Be Officially Repealed Next Month," and dated May 27, 1349.
"Sigh!" Chen Yuzhe sighed, realizing he might not be able to go home anytime soon.
"Looks like I'm Lorne Disenke from now on."
As for whether he was the protagonist of the original work, Lorne had a premonition that he was definitely not.
He also didn't think the original protagonist would have such a dramatic start.
Thinking about this, he felt inexplicably dejected.
"What kind of nonsense is it to transmigrate into the body of the protagonist?"
Looking up at the mess of materials on the table, Lorne remembered that the potion recipe he had bought was called "Monster".
Potions must be the source of this world's extraordinary power, and the names of the potions should correspond to the extraordinary professions. Lorne just really dislikes the profession of "monster"; it doesn't sound like a good thing at all.
But since he's traveled through time, it seems unreasonable for him not to have extraordinary powers.
"Oh, right, the assassin, it was mentioned in the video I watched before."
"Perhaps I could choose to be an assassin." Lorne's eyes brightened slightly as he suddenly thought of something.