Chapter 1 Taichu Volume

"You died, but you came back to life."

"You died again, and then came back to life."

"Evaluation: Miracle, it is a miracle! Even a strong man like Newton cannot hold down your coffin. You are a true legend. The future of the world belongs to you. Please keep going, great master!"

"You have earned the title: [Sit-ups (taboo)]"

"【Sit-Ups (Taboo)】: When wearing this title, every sit-up you do can make you full of vitality and restore your life; when you are doing sit-ups, you cannot be killed by forces below the taboo level until you finish the exercise."

"Taboo: This entry is unique."

[Number of times opened today: 2/3]

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"WTF?"

Xu Shu rubbed his sore eyes, looked forward, and confirmed that those strange fonts floating in the air were not illusions.

Then he looked around:

A small house with peeling walls, about 20 square meters, with an iron bed, iron window bars, a basket of tissues on the floor, and an iron security door facing the sunset.

"I was taken to a mental hospital?"

This was Xu Shu’s first reaction.

But immediately, he knew something was wrong.

I just stayed up late to play a text simulation game, and when I went downstairs to buy some happy water, I was hit by a speeding dump truck. Even if I went to the morgue, it would be impossible for me to go to a mental hospital.

Wait, a dump truck...

"I crossed?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, thick memories gushed out in large streams, filling my brain.

After a long time, Xu Shu shook his head. He didn't know whether he had traveled through time or awakened his wisdom from his previous life. In short, the two memories were completely merged and could no longer be distinguished from each other.

Considering that the memory that awakens first when he wakes up is his previous life, let's call the memory of this life the present life.

In the memory of this life, this world is called Earth. It is similar to the Earth in the previous life, but not identical, and is like a parallel world.

Eighteen years ago, Earth's environment began to undergo drastic changes.

At first, it was just a huge meteor shower, an earthquake, a few mutant animals, and some sudden appearance of ancient relics.

Until they connect from dots into a whole, eventually sweeping the world and becoming closely related to everyone.

Disasters brought opportunities, some things revived, and mankind seemed to have hope of regaining its once glorious civilization and creating a brilliant and extraordinary era. Everything was thriving - until that day.

The 'Great Cataclysm' has arrived.

The earth suddenly expanded, and countless strange creatures no longer sprouted gradually like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, but suddenly, like a heavy rain, poured into the world.

The era of technological civilization has come to an end.

Then a new life comes.

The year 2124 AD was designated as the first year of the new calendar, and the post-apocalyptic era arrived.

Under the leadership of great sages, the remaining humans began to struggle for survival on the ruins and tried to rebuild civilization...

Time flies, and now it is the 18th year in the new calendar.

Who would have thought that Xu Shu, who is now young and strong, was still a hungry baby eighteen years ago?
……

"Oh, that's what happened."

Xu Shu seemed to be thinking about something.

Then the problem comes again.

Where is this place? Why am I here?
After some thought, Xu Shu came up with a preliminary answer: he was kidnapped.

In the New Calendar Era, the numerous countries that originally existed on Earth have long since ceased to exist, but there are always some pioneers who stand up and lead the crowd.

For example, the governing bureau of the old Xia Kingdom has accumulated the largest number of extraordinary people. It has actively carried out post-disaster reconstruction, established safe zones and shelters based on landmarks, searched and rescued and protected survivors, and strived to provide everyone with a protective umbrella.

Xu Shu and his adoptive parents and their family live in the nearby D8B3 safe zone.

A few years ago, because his adoptive father was seriously ill and bedridden, the burden of supporting the family fell entirely on his adoptive mother. Xu Shu saw it and hated himself for being incompetent.

He neither got into the university in the safe zone nor passed the selection to become a soldier. After graduating from high school, he could only do hard labor and odd jobs with extremely low pay, which was not enough to help him.

If this continues, the family may not be able to pay the taxes to continue living in the safe zone, and will have to be deported to live in scattered shelters in the wasteland.

In that case, not to mention the dangers that exist everywhere in the wasteland, the poor medical conditions alone are enough to sentence the adoptive father to death.

How could Xu Shu bear to watch that simple man die like this?

Finally, on the day he reached adulthood, Xu Shu was qualified to enter and exit the safe zone.

He left a letter to his family and the savings he had accumulated from working and studying over the years, which were barely enough to cover his adoptive father's medical expenses for the next month.

Then he picked up his bags and followed a group of scavengers out of the border of the safe zone.

As we all know, in the safe zone, daily necessities are very tight, and everything requires money. If you want to make money, the fastest way is to go to the "wasteland" near the border and search for things left behind.

But it is also the most dangerous way. There is a saying among scavengers: "Seven sons go, and three return", which shows how difficult it is to survive in the wasteland.

High risk, but also means high rewards.

There are even rumors among people that in the place where the ruins are buried, there is a chance to become a "supernatural being" who can change the fate of ordinary people.

For example, the director of the Administration Bureau in the D8B3 area was once a scavenger. After finding an opportunity in the wasteland, he became successful overnight!
This was an irresistible temptation for the hot-blooded young Xu Shu.

As long as I can get something in the wasteland and bring it back, I can change the situation at home and maybe even change my own destiny!

In this way, Xu Shu, with eager anticipation, embarked on his journey.

Then, shortly after leaving the edge of the safe zone, less than a hundred kilometers away, before even reaching the border, the scavengers who were armed with live ammunition began to arrest their companions.

These guys are not here to explore the wasteland at all. They are eyeing the relatively healthy body parts of these poor people!

The dream was hit hard by reality.

Xu Shu fled with the other newbies. On the way, he accidentally fell into a deep pit and fainted.

When he woke up again, he found himself in a room that looked like a prison.

Just think about it and you will know that the original owner must have been found by the human traffickers after he fell into a coma, and was captured and locked up here.

"Fuck, humans are almost extinct, and they are still fighting among themselves, what a bunch of beasts."

Xu Shu, who had failed in his mission, wished he could tear them into pieces. If it were just him, he would probably wake up right now and start yelling and cursing at the other party.

Fortunately, in his previous life, he was a reliable adult male with a calm mind but a little bit of abnormality. He knew that if he wanted to save himself at this moment, he must not panic or be blinded by anger, but must calm down.

Xu Shu stood up and tried to open the door first, but the door handle did not move at all and it had been locked.

There was a small window on the iron door. He carefully looked out through the window and found that there was a corridor outside and a tightly closed iron door opposite. There was an iron sign with the number 209 hanging on the door.

On the left and right, one could see people peeking out through the small windows of the iron doors of other cells. They exchanged a glance with Xu Shu and recognized that the other person was a scavenger they had worked with before, but no one spoke.

"He was imprisoned indeed."

Xu Shu's heart sank, but he did not try to call for help.

His gaze fell on the book in mid-air, which was gradually dimming.

The only iron furniture in this prison is this bed, and the windows are so small that it is obviously impossible to escape.

The only thing he could rely on right now was naturally the thing that called itself the 'great master' at the beginning of the conversation.

"What the hell are you?"

With such doubts, Xu Shu concentrated his will, and the ancient book that was almost nothing and very familiar in front of him suddenly became bright again and opened up.

【Taichu Volume】

The three big characters that he couldn't understand but struck his heart directly made Xu Shu feel dazed.

"Taichu Volume? This... isn't this the text simulation game that I just finished working on last night? I haven't even had time to hand it over to the client yet, and it actually traveled through time with me?"

Xu Shu reacted immediately.

No wonder this book looks so familiar. Isn’t it just an AI-generated online picture he randomly found some materials and used as the game icon?

Strictly speaking, Xu Shu is not a serious planner or game producer, it's just a hobby for him. Taichu Juan, a life simulation game with role-playing elements, is the product of his efforts to accumulate materials since he was young and it took him who knows how many years to complete.

He has been struggling in elementary school, junior high school, high school, and college, and has been working hard in society for several years. Through his unremitting efforts, no one knows how much mess has been filled up in this game library.

I didn't expect that someone would actually be interested in buying it. Even Xu Shu himself bought the game just for fun, so he packed it up and sold it. By the way, he also got to experience the wild imagination and bad taste of his youth.

When we were young, we had a lot of imagination and hormones. The games ranged from level 3+ to level 18+, with all kinds of weird plots.

Sew, sew hard!

Who would have thought that this thing actually traveled with me, and vaguely seemed to have become my only means of escaping from trouble.

"Give it a try!"

Xu Shu suppressed his inner worries and poured his strong willpower into the "Taichu Scroll", stretching out the rest of it.

In an instant, an electric shock feeling like the sound of a flowing spring rushed into my mind.

[Great Master, Welcome Back to the Taichu Volume]

[The number of times remaining to open today: 2/3; (The number will be refreshed at the beginning of each day’s dawn, and will be automatically deleted after sunset)]

[You can freely choose between the following two modes]

【Legendary Mode】

【Journey Mode】

……

As the Taichu Scroll unfolded, Xu Shu's gaze slightly condensed, and his eyes gradually became confused.

What the hell?

legend?

Journey?
If you are my brother, come and chop me?
Did I really write this?

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