1: Diary Fraud System

"Fabricating a diary for myself? The more realistic the content, the more people believe it, the more benefits I get?"

Inside a rented room in Heng City, Li Mu stared in shock at the System panel before him.

Ten minutes ago, Li Mu had inexplicably activated such a System.

As an old bookworm, he naturally knew what a System was.

After the initial brief shock, what remained was pure ecstasy.

However, what Li Mu never expected was that his System was actually a diary Fraud System!

As long as the diary he wrote in the System was more realistic and believable, he would gain endless benefits.

Li Mu then spent another half an hour, finally understanding all the System's functions.

Firstly, the System would randomly select a few people as target users at regular intervals, granting them diary replicas so they could see the contents of Li Mu's diary.

The more those who possessed the replicas believed, the greater the benefits Li Mu would receive!

At the same time, the System also had four major categories: "Dao of Immortals," "Dao of Martial Arts," "Magic," and "Ordinary," containing all sorts of things!

Li Mu almost immediately chose the "Dao of Immortals" option; after all, as a young man, who hadn't dreamed of Cultivation?

After a moment of contemplation, Li Mu began to inquire, "System, who are the initial owners of the diary replicas?"

As Li Mu's words fell, the System instantly displayed a new page.

This new page showed the task avatars of three people, two women and one man, along with their identity information.

Of the two women, one was a second-tier singer named Ke Ming; the other was a small streamer named Xing Mulan.

Seeing their information, Li Mu felt a wave of amusement. Were these truly randomly selected individuals?

However, it wouldn't be difficult to make such people believe his fabricated diary.

At the same time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just people like them, the difficulty wouldn't be too great.

However, when Li Mu saw the information of the third person, his brows immediately furrowed.

"Chen Bin, 73 years old, Grand Elder of Xia Country..."

For someone who could become a Grand Elder, making him fully believe the diary's content would require careful consideration. He probably wouldn't believe a casually fabricated identity and event...

When in doubt, quantum mechanics!

He might as well just introduce Cultivation; that way, even if the Grand Elder saw the diary's content, he wouldn't be able to verify it. Then, as long as he produced some "miracles" mentioned in the diary early on to verify it, that should be enough!

Thinking this, Li Mu began to compile content within the System...

Meanwhile, in the direction of the capital, the Grand Elder, who had just finished a meeting, opened his office door and entered his office.

As he entered the office, he immediately noticed a greyish-white diary resting quietly on his desk.

Seeing this, the Grand Elder slightly frowned and asked the guard beside him, "Did anyone enter my office while I was in the meeting?"

"No!"

The guard, who was asked, shook his head with certainty, "During your meeting, I stood guard at your office door the entire time, not leaving for even half a step. I did not see anyone enter."

Hearing the guard's words, the Grand Elder slightly frowned, then pointed to the diary on the desk and asked, "Then what's this about?"

The guard subconsciously followed the direction the Grand Elder was pointing, then froze.

On the desk, besides some neatly arranged documents and a pen holder filled with pens, there was nothing else.

This left the guard utterly confused: "There's nothing else on the desk..."

"I'm talking about the notebook in the very center of the desk!"

The Grand Elder walked to the desk and patted the diary: "Can't you see it?"

The guard watched all of the Grand Elder's actions, and after confirming that he hadn't imagined it, he stated with certainty, "Grand Elder, I do not see the notebook you are referring to."

"Is that so..."

The Grand Elder looked at the diary placed on the desk, his brows furrowing deeper.

His guard had followed him for many years; the Grand Elder knew what kind of person he was, and he certainly wasn't someone who would neglect his duties.

But then, how could this diary in front of him be explained?

The Grand Elder pondered for a moment, then picked up the diary and slowly opened it.

[September 30th, Sunny.]

[I have been Reborn. I never thought I would get to live another life, returning to a hundred years ago!]

[All of this feels like a dream. The sunlight and gentle breeze outside are still as pleasant as in a dream. It's been a hundred years since I've enjoyed such a peaceful life...]

"A hundred years later?"

Seeing this opening, the Grand Elder's expression instantly turned grim.

Things like Transmigration to the future were not unfamiliar in modern society, but these were still merely theories and had never been proven.

Therefore, the Grand Elder remained skeptical about the contents written in the diary, but this did not prevent him from continuing to read.

After all, this diary was somewhat too bizarre; even his guard couldn't see its existence.

[From the current timeline, five years later, when the Spiritual Qi erupted, various spiritual objects revived like a geyser, attracting the covetous gaze of an alien world, which invaded to plunder.]

[The confrontation between the two worlds was prolonged for a century, like a cat playing with a mouse. All the spiritual objects in various regions were completely plundered and excavated by the other side!]

[Sakura Island was utterly defeated, its Daimyo immolated himself in the Imperial Palace, and the Grand Elder of Xia Country poured his heart and soul into various schemes, but never expected the betrayal of the ‘Ah San’ [India], leading to the failure of the plan.]

[Ultimately, Xing Mulan, who had obtained the Phoenix Bloodline Legacy, and hundreds of Cultivators who gained extraordinary abilities by consuming spiritual fruits, sacrificed their lives, burning all their essence blood, to barely block that invasion from the alien world.]

[Finally, in the hundredth year, we discovered the world's greatest secret, enough to drive all the invaders from the alien world back.]

The Grand Elder's expression remained calm, showing no emotion, but his gaze grew increasingly solemn.

He remained skeptical about the contents recorded in the diary, but if the contents were true, then this matter was too significant!

And what was this greatest secret in the world?

It made everyone confident that they could drive the invaders back?

Also, a person named Xing Mulan was mentioned here. Did she obtain the Phoenix Bloodline Legacy?

However, with just a name, it would be somewhat difficult to investigate.

He could, however, arrange for people to pay attention to this matter...

Thinking of this, the Grand Elder continued to read the content written next.

[At that time, we were all very happy. Ke Ming even joked that after the invaders were driven away, she would hold a concert for her fans that was a century overdue.]

[The other companions were either laughing, crying, or embracing each other, pouring out their hearts, celebrating the coming peace.]

[But before we could implement it, the ‘Ah San’ [India] revealed this secret to the invaders from the alien world. They became fearful, afraid that we would revive those deities, so they finally stopped playing around and began a massive purge. Large numbers of invaders came to our world through spatial rifts.]

[We resisted with everything we had accumulated over this century. As soon as the war erupted, heaven and earth instantly shattered, and the landscape was rewritten.]

[Our companions, who were just laughing, drinking, and discussing future plans together, fell dead one after another.]

[Ke Ming, who was still thinking of holding that century-overdue concert for her fans, was pierced by ten thousand arrows and her Primordial Spirit was torn to shreds while trying to save her companions.]

[We lost. The deities had not yet been revived, and everyone died...]