Chapter 2 - this

"First, what is our situation in the current state,?"

Ling rapidly dissolves his excitement as he began scanning his surrounding, sizing up the seemingly big-ass room.

The family is in a room where the lights are technologically embedded in the ceilings. The walls of the room are lifeless and plain-white but filled with decorations that brought a cozy and homey-like feeling when coming inside. On the side, there is a slider door that goes into the bathroom and restroom separately as in the spacious room, there is one king-sized bed and a capsule-like pod. The king-sized bed is where Ling and his 3 siblings slept in while the capsule pod is for their Grandpa.

The room is given by the Human Confederation since they wanted to protect mankind and sheltered them in their newly-constructed building for the innocent citizens where the room is spacious and clean as the water and electricity is not a problem for the new residents of the building.

Furthermore, the capsule pod is one of the Human Confederation's gifts for the elderly that needs body enhancement, and some immuno-boosters injected inside of their body now that their metabolism and cell tissues began to deteriorate as their age goes up in each passing year.

Ling had mixed emotions of relief and thankful since in the novels, once a person reincarnated into someone else, they will be so poor and have a lot of enemies but the person still has a family to lean on or an arrogant young master with a lot of people being offended by him suddenly become a waste and so it begins the start of the shitty story.

But for the previous body's owner, Ling is surprised that the other Ling didn't have enemies or problems with other people. Other Ling had financial issues in their current state and their life is smooth sailing but he sadly died in his bed, unable to overcome the intense exhaustion that brought his mind and body torture.

'I guess... He is a cultured person like me,'

"Brother Ling, what are you doing?"

Catching sight of their brother's scrutinizing stare, Lina asked.

Lina is 6-years old girl and the 2nd eldest among the 4 siblings.

She had red-silky hair, phoenix-fire-like eyes, and puffy cheeks that are so soft when someone touches them with a cute face that can be so lovely and gorgeous when she grows up. She wears a dress, looking like a doll. Lina is a cheerful and lovable girl at her age, making her the fun mascot of their family.

"Nah, I'm just looking for something," Ling replied and gently pinched Lina's cheeks for a moment, earning Lina's pouted expression.

"Hmpf," Lina harumphed.

"Maybe, Brother is looking for a certain item" a gentle but childish voice came out and added.

Ling nodded with approval as he glanced at his 2nd sibling, Luna, and patted her head softly.

As soon as she felt her brother's pat, Luna smiled slightly.

Luna is a 5-years-old girl and the 3rd place among the siblings. She had the beautiful pale face, two braided moonlight-silver hair that is so beautiful, and crochet with a dog designed to it. Luna is shy and introverted unlike other kids but she is smarter than them. She is the nerd kid of the house.

"Brother! Me too! I want a pat! I want a pinched!" A silly but urgent voice suddenly broke the lovely atmosphere with a little kid in a jealous and tearing up expression.

"Here, here. One, two three. Up, up, " Ling smiled bitterly and gently carried his youngest brother, Lex, who is beginning to be happy and cheerful now that his brother carried him.

Lex is a 4-year-old boy and the youngest of all the siblings.

He had a soft black-haired in the touch, emerald-like eyes, and puffy cheeks that even Lina's cheeks can't defeat. Lex wears a little dungaree denim with a shirt and pants that keep his cuteness to the overload. He is an innocent and easily worried kid that is rarely been seen in the current world. He is the cry-baby and silly kid of the family.

"Brat, what are you going to do?" An old man's voice reverberated into the side of the room and glanced at Ling with the inquiry.

The old man is Grandpa Rudy which is 70-years-old. Although he had wrinkles filled with vicissitudes of life, He still had the energetic and cheerful body of a 40-years-old thanks to the capsule pod given by the HC. Grandpa is the guardian of them.

"Grandpa, do we have any kinds of antiques of the past?" Ling asked in a doubtful tone as he tries to bit his finger, trying to find an unimaginable Cheat, hidden in one of the antiques or whatsoever.

'Second, where's my cheat?'

Ling thought for a second until his mind submerged in the depths of his memories. Based on the Rules of Reincarnation, there will be a god-like artifact or a cheat system that will help the person cultivate to the extreme degrees and now Ling is finding the first kind of cheats: artifacts.

"Didn't you remember what happened? Looks like we should consider going to the doctor. Haish, you brat! Always hiding something! Think about it." The old man berated Ling, who is confused and intrigued suddenly closes his eyes as the memories resurfaced quickly.

"Oh right! We sell it since we lack funds for our foods" For a second, Ling felt enlightened.

The antiques of the past are been sold by them because they didn't need them and have no sentimental value to Grandpa Rudy. Also, the family needs money at that time since the job that other Ling's been working on suddenly closed and the paychecks of the employees including other Ling are in a halt as the HC Financial Department is currently tracking them. In conclusion, they are sold in an antique shop nearby as Ling will go there in just a few moments.

But for now, God-artifacts is a nope-nope.

'Status' Ling inwardly shouted in his mind, trying to see if there's a system that is inside of his body.

After a few moments of waiting, Ling is disappointed but soon got an idea as the 3 siblings and the grandpa are perplexed by his actions of closing eyes frequently, looking still dizzy from the excruciating headache Ling received.

'I've got the wrong word! Wish my luck!'

'System!'

Ling excitedly shouts in his head and is assured that the system will respond instantly.

"Grandpa, Sh-should we call a doctor now? He's still closing his eyes for a while now," Lina reacted immediately and worried about their brother's weird behaviors.

"Maybe, he is trying to endure his headache!" Luna easily arrived at the conclusions, negatively affecting Grandpa Rudy and the other kids.

"Uwaaahhh! Brother is good! Why he deserves it!" Instantly, Lex cried after hearing Luna's outcome about their brother.

"He is just dealing with migraine—" Lina interjected but a solemn voice abruptly bellowed out, inside the room.

"Lina!"

"Ye-yes!" Lina was unexpectedly shocked.

"Call the doc—no! Just try to pull your brother! This fucking brat will make me angry in worry!" Grandpa Rudy instructed the 3 to help bim drag Ling out of the room into the doctors while he pulls Ling harshly on the floor, making a messy situation in the corridor.

The other 3 just followed the instructions, concerned about the weird behavior of their brother as Lina is constantly pampering Lex, who is crying loudly while Luna is checking Ling's vital symptoms.

Ling is still deeply engrossed in his world without even knowing that he is getting dragged by his family.

[Welcome, Cultivator]

[Immortal Taoists]

'But wait, isn't this system only an idle app game of my past life?'

Ling inquired with some doubt in his heart.

Maybe, maybe not.