Chapter 2 Double Happiness

Early the next morning, with only ten copper coins in his pocket, he carried his schoolbag and went to the Internet café.

This was his first time in an Internet café in this life.

There was only a faint smell of cigarettes in the Internet café, not as pungent as the ones in his previous life's memory.

Qin Siyang looked around.

The Internet café was a bit shabby, seemingly not much decorated. Only the walls were painted and some patterned stickers were pasted. However, it was still much better than Qin Siyang's dwelling because there were two lights on the ceiling.

Not candle lights, but electric lights.

In the safe zone, in Qin Siyang's eyes, anyone who could afford to use electricity was a wealthy person.

And those who could afford to open an electricity - consuming store were even more like tycoons.

In the poor areas on the edge of the safe zone, few people could afford the luxury of paid Internet access.

But there happened to be an Internet café here.

As the only Internet café in the vicinity, the owner of the Internet café must have some connections. And every time he passed by on his way to and from school, there always seemed to be some strange people coming in and out of the Internet café.

Qin Siyang said to the Internet café attendant, "Open a computer for me. Half an hour is enough!"

Qin Siyang dropped ten copper coins, which was his one - week salary from working part - time in the school library.

With the extreme shortage of power resources, the cost of the Internet café was extremely high. When giving out the ten copper coins, Qin Siyang felt his heart ache.

The chubby, middle - aged Internet café attendant in his thirties sitting at the bar stared at Qin Siyang for a few more seconds, then expressionlessly pointed to a computer and said,

"That one over there. Go ahead."

After Qin Siyang sat down, a man not far from him, dressed in a suit, was typing on the keyboard.

At this moment, Qin Siyang understood why the smell in the Internet café in this life was more pleasant than that in his previous life.

Because it was expensive.

People who had the spare money to come here were generally those looking up information or making transactions. They came and went in a hurry.

As for what kind of information they were looking up or what kind of transactions they were making, Qin Siyang had no idea.

He turned on the computer, but it was very slow.

It took two minutes to enter the interface.

There was no way around it. If you wanted a faster computer, you had to pay more.

He immediately logged into the forum for sequence ability users, "God - slaying Camp", and started looking up the sequences that had appeared so far.

The top - pinned post was a statistic of the sequence abilities that had been awakened so far. He immediately clicked on it.

From New Year's Day in 2005 to now, a full five years, thousands of sequences had been awakened.

Everyone had awakened their sequences suddenly, as if struck by an electric shock.

No one had seen a bird's eye before awakening.

What surprised Qin Siyang even more was that among the thousands of sequences, no one's sequence ability was related to devouring gods.

That is to say.

No one had an awakening method like his, nor a sequence ability like his.

Qin Siyang swallowed hard and murmured,

"Could it be that I'm the chosen one?!"

His sequence was impossible to look up.

Should he make it public? He might become the center of attention! But when his eyes fell on a post, he hesitated.

"Humanity has so far been unable to digest the remains of the gods. If someone awakens a sequence that can devour gods to become stronger, they might be captured for research!"

Be captured for research...

Having a preliminary understanding of sequence abilities, he knew that his "God - eater" sequence was a unique existence.

The sequence ability users on the "God - slaying Camp" also yearned for this sequence ability.

Because being able to hunt gods while enhancing oneself would undoubtedly be a terrifying perpetual - motion machine.

Qin Siyang prudently realized that he didn't seem to have the strength to match this miraculous sequence.

As the saying goes, "An ordinary man is innocent, but his possession of jade is a crime."

If a person possesses wealth that doesn't match their strength, they will be in great danger.

It was a choice between believing in himself.

And believing in others, staking his life and future on the noble morality of others.

For a normal person.

This question wasn't difficult to answer.

Qin Siyang immediately made up his mind:

He would keep this a secret.

Make a fortune quietly.

Whether in his previous life or this life, this was an unbreakable truth!

As he was thinking about his future plans, the computer suddenly jumped back to the password interface, displaying a message:

[Your computer - using time has expired. If you want to continue using it, please go to the bar to renew the fee.]

The Internet - using time purchased with ten copper coins had run out.

This was the difficulty of not having money.

No matter how powerful your sequence was, you had to get off the computer on time.

Fortunately, in just half an hour, Qin Siyang had found the information he wanted.

At least, he must never let others know about the "God - eater" sequence.

Qin Siyang picked up his schoolbag and left the Internet café under the somewhat confused gaze of the chubby Internet café attendant.

Looking through the air - defense glass of the safe zone at the starry sky that hung in the sky all year round and the huge gods that occasionally wandered by, Qin Siyang felt confused again.

Next, should he go to the exit of the safe zone or go to school?

On the "God - slaying Camp", those sequence ability users said that at the exit of the safe zone, teams of sequence ability users who hunted gods would come in and out every day.

The United Government provided various support policies and resource inclinations to sequence ability users.

In exchange, sequence ability users had to hunt the gods outside the safe zone.

Moreover, the more and larger the gods they hunted, the more generous the rewards for the sequence ability users would be.

To prove that they had hunted the gods, sequence ability users would bring back a special part of the god's body as a voucher to claim the reward.

So Qin Siyang thought that waiting at the exit of the safe zone might give him a chance to take a bite of the god's flesh to verify whether the "God - eater" sequence could make him stronger.

If the verification was successful, he might be able to rise rapidly.

He could hide outside the safe zone and keep hunting gods until he became a peerless master, and then return to the safe zone to dominate everything. He could enhance his strength during the process of hunting gods, which was like a perpetual - motion machine.

But Qin Siyang checked the information panel in his mind again, analyzed his skills calmly, and shook his head.

"The description of 'Blood Drink' is that eating gods raw can also improve strength."

"But it doesn't say it can fill my stomach..."

"If it can't satisfy my hunger, it means I can't save money on food by eating gods."

For him, the problem of food was the top priority above the problem of the sequence. He had to be cautious.

Even a hero could be defeated by the problem of a meal.

Qin Siyang stopped thinking about where to go.

Because he only had one option - to go to school.

Going to the exit of the safe zone and taking a chance did have the possibility of becoming stronger.

But today's lunar calendar said [It's not suitable for anything], indicating that it might not be suitable to do things relying on luck.

Qin Siyang wasn't superstitious originally.

But since things like rebirth and the end - times, which were unscientific, had happened, being superstitious seemed reasonable.

Once people encounter things beyond their cognition, they can't help but become superstitious.

There was lunch and dinner at school.

More importantly, today was Friday.

School was off on Saturday and Sunday.

When the school cafeteria was closed on holidays, it meant he couldn't get free meals.

If he missed today's cafeteria meals, he, with no money, would have to starve for two more days.

Not only did he have to go to school, but he also had to ask Aunt Zhang in the cafeteria to give him more food to solve the problem of two meals or one meal a day on the weekend.

Aunt Zhang, who served food in the cafeteria, also knew that he was an orphan and took good care of him.

He would go to the exit of the safe zone on the weekend. After all, sequence ability users didn't rest on weekends.

Sequence ability users needed to submit the remains of the gods to the United Government to obtain resources, which was not much different from self - employed small businesses.

Since they were self - employed, the working and holiday hours were not so clear - cut.

Qin Siyang made up his mind.

On the dim main road, there was a not - very - bright street lamp every few dozen meters.

It illuminated a distance of two or three steps. The top of the street lamp was also connected to the air - defense glass, which seemed to play a supporting role.

In Qin Siyang's opinion, the only meaning of these street lamps was to tell passers - by that this street was the main road on the edge of the safe zone.

Other than that, they didn't have much use.

Even the lights in the Internet café were several times brighter than the street lamps.

Qin Siyang walked along the dim main road for more than ten minutes and then arrived at the school.

In his previous life, Qin Siyang studied in an ordinary high school in the county, and the school conditions were not very good.

It was not much different in this world.

He had no choice.

There was only one school nearby, "Ju'an School".

"Ju'an School" covered a twelve - year education system from primary school to high school.

Children on the edge of the safe zone started school at the age of six or seven and didn't leave until they were eighteen.

It could be said to be a second home. The students in this school were all ordinary people, and so were their parents.

In the safe zone where sequence ability users were not rare, places where everyone was an ordinary person were not many, and they were all distributed on the edge of the safe zone.

As long as someone could awaken sequence abilities, they would definitely move their whole family away from this dangerous and dilapidated edge area to live in a safer and better - environment area of the safe zone.

In the school, everyone was at the bottom of the safe - zone society.

But Qin Siyang's family conditions were the worst.

He didn't even have a home. He was an orphan, living alone.

If it weren't for the United Government's policy that orphans could be exempted from tuition fees.

He didn't know where he would be or what he would be doing now.

Qin Siyang walked along the dim street to the school.

The teacher on duty at the school gate hadn't arrived yet, and the morning self - study hadn't started either.

The morning self - study was from 8:00 to 8:15 every morning.

He was very excited about awakening the sequence, so he woke up early today. Even after spending half an hour in the Internet café, he was still very early.

There were lights everywhere in the school.

The school was the brightest place on the entire edge of the safe zone, with the best electrical circuit system and light bulbs.

In the safe zone where power resources were expensive, this was very rare.

The United Government believed that the hope of saving humanity and counter - attacking the gods lay in every child. In any case, education couldn't be neglected.

When the educational conditions improved, the new generation would have a sense of belonging to the United Government and the safe zone.

They would also be more enthusiastic about devoting themselves to the cause of hunting gods.

The United Government also proposed to provide every child with an equal opportunity to receive education because you never knew which child would grow up to be a hero.

But policies were one thing, and when implemented in each school, they took on various strange forms.

People like Qin Siyang, who didn't pay tuition fees and had no future, were like parasites in the school, and the teachers didn't like him much. Even after the end - times, the teachers had sucked far more benefits from the school than Qin Siyang.

The head teacher placed his desk in the corner of the classroom, a place where no one paid attention.

It was in the exact same position as in his previous life.

Before being reborn, Qin Siyang felt lonely because of this. But after being reborn, Qin Siyang felt very comfortable. At least here, no one would disturb him when he was in a daze.

Other classmates took out their textbooks and started previewing today's lessons. But Qin Siyang propped his chin with one hand and stared out of the window at the gods flying by the safe zone from time to time.

Could he defeat the gods? What would the gods taste like?

"Qin Siyang."

Just then, his daze was interrupted.

He looked up and saw a delicate - looking female classmate standing beside him.

"Oh, Li Jingwen. What's up?"

Here she came, here she came.

She came with a bad memory.

Li Jingwen was Qin Siyang's high - school classmate. She was good at being manipulative.

Now Qin Siyang thought she was naive, but among high - school peers, her tricks were not so simple.

No wonder Qin Siyang had been dragged around by her for three years. He would rather go hungry every day but still use the money from his part - time job to buy breakfast for Li Jingwen. He also helped her with her homework. Qin Siyang would respond to every request from Li Jingwen.

But Li Jingwen had never agreed to his confession, always saying that she couldn't delay her studies.

However, whenever Qin Siyang wanted to give up pursuing her, Li Jingwen would take the initiative to find him, encourage him, saying that she was just testing him and hoped he would keep going.

Such words were too hard for an innocent high - school student to refuse.

It was more addictive than blacksmithing competitions, trimming donkey hooves, and cleaning carpets.

So Qin Siyang firmly became a pure - love fighter.

Unfortunately, it was not until after graduating from high school that he learned that Li Jingwen was with Zhou Yang from the next class.

Zhou Yang's family conditions were good. His uncle was the director of the education department, and his parents had decent jobs. Li Jingwen being with him was like achieving a half - class leap.

He still remembered when he saw Li Jingwen and Zhou Yang holding hands, Li Jingwen's sneer at him:

"You're so stupid. No wonder you're an orphan!"

This time, after being reborn, even though the world had changed drastically, most of his previous classmates hadn't changed.

Seeing Li Jingwen again, there was not a ripple in his heart. Instead, he had a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Spring breeze comes again, and the youth returns. Only today do I know who I really am.

Love is beautiful, but beware of those who use it to do evil. Li Jingwen said in a coquettish voice, "Qin Siyang, you haven't bought me breakfast for three days."

"Oh, I ate my breakfast myself." Qin Siyang replied indifferently.

Li Jingwen was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Then what about my breakfast?"

"Didn't you tell me that you have breakfast at home, so you don't need me to buy it?"

It was only later that Qin Siyang learned that Li Jingwen had given the breakfast he bought for her to Zhou Yang from the next class to curry favor with him.

It could be said that Li Jingwen had worked very hard to be with Zhou Yang.

However, she was dragging Qin Siyang along to work hard.

"I was testing you! If you give up so easily, how can I feel at ease being with you in the future?"

Looking at Li Jingwen's angry and coquettish appearance, Qin Siyang chuckled and said, "If you don't feel at ease, then don't be with me. Anyway, we're not boyfriend and girlfriend now."

Hearing Qin Siyang's answer, Li Jingwen felt something was wrong. She didn't know why Qin Siyang, who had always given in to her every request, seemed like a different person in recent days!

But she was eager to get back the homework that Qin Siyang had helped her with, and then go to Zhou Yang to compare answers.

"Then give me my homework."

Qin Siyang opened his schoolbag, took out three exercise books, and handed them to Li Jingwen.

Li Jingwen took the homework, opened two pages, and her eyes widened instantly. "Qin Siyang! Why is the homework blank?!"

"Homework won't write itself. If no one writes it, it will naturally be blank."

"But... but you used to help me write it!"

Qin Siyang took out three more notebooks and opened the blank homework sections for Li Jingwen to see. "I didn't even do my own homework. Why should I do yours?"

"You! You'll make me get scolded by the teacher like this!"

"Oh."

"Aren't you worried that I'll be scolded by the teacher?"

Qin Siyang looked at Li Jingwen as if he had heard something funny, gave her a funny look, and then spread his hands. "I was punished to stand by the head teacher yesterday, and you didn't worry about me either."

Tears glistened in Li Jingwen's eyes. "Qin Siyang, I feel like you don't like me anymore."

Qin Siyang ignored her acting skills and instead gave her a thumbs - up. "Li Jingwen, that's the only sensible thing you've said this morning."

After saying that, Qin Siyang leaned against the window and continued to look at the strange - shaped gods in the sky. Would eating this thing give him diarrhea?

Li Jingwen was completely dumbfounded.

She had made an appointment with Zhou Yang to compare homework answers and planned to give the breakfast Qin Siyang bought for her to Zhou Yang.

Now that Qin Siyang was quitting, how could she explain it to Zhou Yang?!

Facing Qin Siyang's indifference, she said angrily, "Qin Siyang, if you do this, there will be no chance for us in the future!"

Qin Siyang snorted, turned his head, and looked at the calendar hanging at the back of the classroom.

[Blue Star Era, January 1, 2010]

[Gregorian calendar: Friday, New Year's Day]

[Lunar calendar: Year of Jichou, 17th day of the 11th lunar month. All things are ill - advised.]

"Who said all things are ill - advised today?"

"Isn't this a double blessing?"