Great thunderstorm wretch havoc on the village, lightning in the shape of a spider web struck across the dark gloomy sky, and illuminated the mortal realms, causing frightening effects to either humans or beasts. The heavy rain continues to persist for almost one week, accumulated water forming the flood, making all vegetation drown in despair.
Amid the whole fishing village, a small house with barely any roof struggling to survive the storm, a family of four, a youth in his teens trying to fix the leaking roof, while looking at his sickly father shivering and coughing all night, his mother was with pale complexion wearing old clothing, swiping the man forehead to reduce the fever. His youngest sibling was sleeping sharing the patched bedding also shivering.
"When did this happen?" the young man mumbled.
Liu Fan 12 years old eldest son in the Liu Family, skinny, tan looking, was just awake from a coma one month ago, due to a high fever. He remembered that the last time he was playing the eastern fantasy rpg online game till the evening and was running home in heavy Rain.
"Ah... high school life was a blessing, you don't need to work, don't worry about money or doing labor work, and free time you can play games and when you got home you see your parents and siblings preparing for dinner," he thought.
Suddenly, a loud honking noise appeared in his ear, a flashlight showed into his face when he turn his head, then a loud sound of crushing alerted the nearby passenger. His vision zone was darkening, the pain engulf his body for a moment then his consciousness fled away.
In this world, martial art, cultivation, treasure, beast, and humans flying in the sky are all reals, however, his current situation is just a poor peasant boy in a fishing village. His father just got sick from frequent go fishing at the sea, while his mother did the house chores including looking after a land of crops and taking care of the youngest daughter who was only 5 years old.
"Fan'er you can rest let me fix that leaking roof, your father's fever is now cold down," his mother said.
"No Mom you should rest, you tried yourself the whole day and looked after Dad all night, I am afraid that you might get sick as well, lets your son fix this, I think we will see the sunlight tomorrow" he pretend to laugh assuring his mother that he is fine. In fact, he also feel the cold, his jaw was shaking uncontrollably, his leg got wooble, and his body feel tired. His mom know that her elder son was filial and would not change his mind, so she said
"Ok, but if you feel tired just tell mom ok".
"Don't worry Mom, tomorrow I will completely fix this leaking roof, so rest for now" Liu Fan reassured his mother.
At last, morning arrived, the rain stopped, and the flood subsided and left behind waste and dirt. The flood flows along aiming for the river and its last destination was the great sea. Liu Fan can also rest some at night due to the rain stopped early. He woke up, went to the courtyard cleaned up the mess caused by the water, and looked for old tried stored wood for his mother to cook potato porridge. His mother fired up the stove, cooked, boiled water, and prepare the medication for her husband.
"Mom I am going out to find seafood on shore and go to the foot of the mountains to find some more firewood and if possible some eatable fungi", then LiuFan went out.
At noon he came back home with some seaweed, one octopus, on his back some wild vegetables, fungi, and wet wood in the basket. His father just got better, he can eat something now.
He leaves the ingredient for his mother and his sister to handle. He went straight inside his small empty room. Drops of blood were leaking from his ankle, he endured the pain and used clean water to clean up his wound, looking at his wound was cut and bleeding,
"That damn rock!" he cursed then he took out this culprit from his pocket, then preparing to smash it for vengeance, but before the rock was smashed by another rock, an electronic voice like a robotic girl sounded inside his head,
"Welcome to Fantasy Sword Art Online!". "Hus...What a very familiar sound?" Liu Fan turned his head left and right looking for the source of the sound. Is this not my previous world's popular game announcement,
"Ah... my head hurt" then he collapsed.
Inside his dream, he saw a space with a pond around one hundred meter squares with black color earthen, fertile looking land, a blues clear pond water, which can be used as a mirror. He spent 10 days inside drinking water, strangely he did not starve or need to eat, what a strange place,
'I am so bored'. he mumbled.
Outside of the dream.
Liu Fan's body was covered in a blanket and lying on the bed.
"Big brother wake up!" a young girl shakes her brother with eyes full of tears. " Cao'er your brother just sleeping," her mother said.
"Big bro awaked, don't cry, don't cry". Liu Fan woke up. and then continued,
"I am just a little bit tired".
"Fan'er don't overwork yourself we will be worried if something happens to you" his mom's worried words comforted his heart.
On the next day, Liu Fan tries to call out his system,
"Open status" then it pop up in front of Liu Fan a transparent window showed:
Name:Liu Fan
Association: Liu clan
Cultivation: Body strengthening lv 1
Occupation: Peasant
Liu Fan was not surprised by the transparent window which just popped up but instead felt excited and almost screamed out loud. In the next moment, he notices
"Where is the experience bar? I don't even have a shop system. No inventory? How to lv up? What's scrape is this?".
He tried to calm down,
"Do I need to beat the mobs or beasts? but how can I kill people or beasts like in the game, not to mention how bad it would affect my kindness consciences?"
Liu Fan paused his train of thought and focus on his daily chores to support his family, and will think about it later. He went to the sea and then to the mountain as usual to collect food as much as possible. When it is time to go home he thought about the mysterious space he stayed before. "how do I trigger it? The last time I tried to knock that rock with another rock, does it need a violent smash to trigger? I will try it again when I got home"
Of course in Liu Fan's mind, the space is mysterious, with a landscape of a pond and land, what's else if it is not for planting, time multiply in the side. Just like in the novel, he will become the OP protagonist. But what Liu Fan did not notice in the novel was that every protagonist mostly suffers backlash, which will become his goal of vengeance and determination. "I pray that this will not happen" the author sincerely thought.
A few days later, Liu Fan's father recovered from the fever, as the family continues to do their daily life, Liu Fan conclude that his system of the works the same way as the game, he need to do various tasks to gain exp, for instance, planting the crop, harvesting can gain exp, chopping wood also increases exp, doing labor work also increased exp all experience will accumulate and increase in cultivation lv.
For his other cheat, he only needs to tap on the mysterious stone 3times to enter the stone space, he also tries to bring items like seeds and some cloth inside and it works. The crop was growing at a rapid speed of 100 times. He also could alter the limits of growth. So they would not turn into monsters.
The crops leaf was big, green, smooth, and full of vitality and the fruit seem more delicious than other plants outside. This may be due to the richness of spiritual energy inside the space. It is impossible to bring out this yield outside the space.
So with this discovery, Liu Fan's new life started, aiming to the top of the food chain pyramid.