Tome of Troubled Times - Chapter 774 (2): Why Should the People of Today Chase After the Ancients

As a high-risk individual, Ye Sangsang received an invitation to the beta test of the holographic game “Criminal Files.”As a game known for its high degree of freedom, high adaptability, and extremely realistic simulations based on real criminal cases, its beta release garnered significant attention.As a condition of the beta test, she was required to livestream her gameplay.Delicate, beautiful, and silent—these were the words often associated with Ye Sangsang.As a game that had captured the nation’s high expectations, many were baffled when they saw Ye Sangsang.This was quickly followed by ridicule.“Someone like her playing from the criminal’s perspective? The victim would probably turn the tables on her.”“Is she going in as an investigator? A beautiful but useless burden?”“The victim escaping alive? Don’t make me laugh.”But as the cases progressed, Ye Sangsang gradually left the audience in awe.“The criminal!!! Oh no, lock her up, I’m terrified of how she kills!”“Investigation? Come on, can you guys keep up with Sangsang’s pace?”“The victim! Ahhh, what a bloody battlefield!”The livestream chat, once filled with skepticism, eventually overflowed with admiration.Some even began to suspect that she might actually be a high-intelligence criminal herself.It wasn’t until later that Ye Sangsang’s holographic crime scene simulations helped solve one real-life case after another.Audience: ???!!!Ye Sangsang, facing the camera: Please note, I only perform once.[Reading Tips:]1. This story is set in a futuristic, fictional world with holographic crime simulation games. Everything is virtual, so please do not draw parallels to reality.2. Some parts of the story may reference real-life cases.

A bored teenager, after praying to god for something to relieve his boredom, got his prayers answered. It just so happens that Systema Kami, the God Of Worldly Systems, was recruiting an assistant!-Ding![System Creator System has been integrated into the host’s soul!][First Task: Create a soul parasite type system.][Second Task: Grant the system to any living being.][Third Task:…]After receiving the System Creator System, Keith embarked on a journey to becoming the greatest System Creator!Training System, Leveling System, Hero System, Villain System, and even Harem System! The possibilities are endless!When he received the system, some of the secrets of his world were revealed to him!Keith McDowell: System, are you serious? There is a book titled “End Note” that has the power to bring the end of anything. And it just so happens that a regressor obtained it which should have been mine?[Yes.]Keith McDowell: And my schoolmates have been summoned to another world as heroes to defeat the demon lord and save the world?[The creator is right. Not only that, there will be a dimensional gate that will open after a month.]Keith McDowell: Finally! My thirst for entertainment can be satiated!In other words, this is none other than the journey of a young man who wants to entertain himself, whatever it takes!

Severin Reignhart was just an ordinary gamer—until a truck accident sent him into the world of Legacy of Heroes, a novel he had once read.But instead of becoming the protagonist or even a powerful villain, he finds himself reborn as a complete nobody. An extra with no screen time, no future, and worst of all… no real strength.His so-called Talent Ability—Command—doesn’t make him stronger. Instead, it grants a 300% boost to the abilities of those who are bound to him and follow his orders. A powerful buff, but utterly useless when he is weaker than even the lowest-ranked students at Zenith Hero Academy.Thrown into a world where strength is the only law, Severin quickly learns that if he can’t fight, he’ll be crushed. Refusing to accept the fate of an extra, he turns to manipulation, deception, and blackmail, using his intelligence to twist the battlefield in his favor. If he can’t be the strongest, he’ll control the strongest.With the looming threat of world-ending catastrophes and prodigious heroes destined to take center stage, Severin must navigate the deadly hierarchy of the academy. He will recruit, betray, and outwit both heroes and villains—because in a world where power is everything, strategy is his only weapon.And one thing is certain: he refuses to die a nameless extra.