256: Chapter 256 Infinite Reincarnation, First Life! I Turned the System into a Blind Box

Ten seconds after "System Administrator 01" issued the book-banning notice, the pages for "dimension shareholder" on all platforms turned gray.

[Status: Blocked]

[Reason: Suspected of unauthorized manipulation of Narrative Layer core permissions]

[Processing Result: Indefinite Freeze]

[Appeal Channel: None]

The reader comment section exploded instantly:

"What's going on?!"

"Unauthorized manipulation?"

"Was the Author arrested?"

"What about the money I just topped up?!"

But something even more terrifying was happening inside the Narrative Layer.

The universe where Lin Chen was located began to fade.

It wasn't collapsing; it was like an old photograph, slowly turning from color to black and white. Sounds were vanishing, touch was blurring, and even thoughts began to slow down.

"They are forcing an archival," the "silence" light spot said tremblingly. "This isn't a deletion, it's... archiving. We will become a locked piece of code in the Narrative Layer's database, never to be awakened again."

Arrogant Dragon tried to swing his sword, but as the blade sliced through the air, there wasn't even the sound of wind—the concept of sound was being stripped away.

Future Lin Chen's data body began to flicker: "Highest authority intervention detected... we cannot resist..."

Lin Chen looked at his gradually transparent hand and suddenly smiled.

"Dad," he said to the air, "is this the 'certain existence' you were talking about?"

Lin Jianguo's voice came faintly from some corner: "System Administrator 01... is the highest supervisory program of the Narrative Layer... it has determined that you threaten narrative stability..."

"So it wants to archive us?"

"Yes. But before archiving, it will initiate a 'Reincarnation Test'—throwing you into infinite reincarnation to let you experience a 'life without commerce' until you voluntarily give up your current path."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The black-and-white world before Lin Chen's eyes completely solidified.

Then, it shattered like glass.

When he opened his eyes again, he was standing on a familiar street.

His twenty-one-year-old self, wearing a cheap suit and holding a resume, was preparing to go to an interview.

His phone vibrated, and he received a text message:

"Mr. Lin Chen, congratulations on passing the initial screening. Please come to Tengda Group for the final interview at 2:00 PM today."

The date displayed: seven years ago.

The day before he obtained the wealth system.

"The reincarnation has begun," Lin Jianguo's voice rang in his mind. "This is the first life. You will experience the ordinary life you were supposed to have—no system, no cheats, relying entirely on yourself. If you can reach the 'pinnacle of commercial achievement' in any life, the reincarnation will end. Otherwise... you will loop forever."

Lin Chen looked at his phone, then at the lottery shop across the street—in his previous life, he had bought a lottery ticket there, which accidentally triggered the system activation condition.

But in this life, he walked into the lottery shop and bought the same numbers.

Nothing happened.

The system did not activate.

He really was an ordinary person.

During the afternoon interview, he lost to a newcomer with connections.

Returning to his rented room at night, his bank card balance was: 327.5 yuan.

"Is this what you want me to experience?" Lin Chen said to the air. "The hardships of an ordinary person?"

No one responded.

He sat on the bed and began to think.

The rule of reincarnation was to "reach the pinnacle of commercial achievement." But what defined the pinnacle? Becoming the world's richest person? Or building a commercial empire?

No.

Since it was a "test," the standard must be in the hands of the tester.

Lin Chen opened his computer and searched for "Tengda Group."

This company currently had a market value of thirty billion, primarily dealing in real estate. But in his memory, it would collapse in three years due to policy regulations.

And right now, it was in its most glorious period.

"If I am an ordinary person," Lin Chen thought, "how do I use 327.5 yuan to reach the commercial pinnacle within three years?"

An answer emerged.

He spent the night writing a business proposal.

Title: "Proposal Regarding the Strategic Transformation of Tengda Group."

Core content: Suggesting that Tengda Group immediately sell off all real estate assets and transition into new energy vehicles—because Lin Chen remembered that this point in time was the eve of the new energy boom.

By the time he finished writing, it was dawn.

He printed it out, put it in a folder, and went to Tengda Group again.

The receptionist stopped him: "The interviews ended yesterday."

"I'm not here for an interview." Lin Chen handed over the proposal. "I'm here to save you all."

The receptionist looked at him as if he were a madman.

But he insisted on seeing the chairman.

After a twenty-minute standoff, security arrived.

Just as Lin Chen was about to be thrown out, the elevator doors opened, and a middle-aged man walked out—the chairman of Tengda Group, Zhao Tengda.

"What's going on?" Zhao Tengda frowned.

The security guard explained: "This person says he wants to see you, and he says he wants to save our company..."

Lin Chen seized the opportunity and thrust the proposal into Zhao Tengda's hands: "Mr. Zhao, give me three minutes. If you think it's nonsense after reading it, I'll leave immediately."

Zhao Tengda originally wanted to toss it, but he caught a glimpse of several keywords on the cover: "Policy Regulation," "Collapse Warning," "Golden Decade of New Energy."

He hesitated for a moment and flipped it open.

Three minutes later.

He looked up, staring intently at Lin Chen: "This data... where did it come from?"

"Analysis," Lin Chen said. "If Mr. Zhao trusts me, there's still time to transform. If not, in three years, Tengda Group will become a case study in history textbooks—'A Typical Example of the Real Estate Bubble Bursting'."

Zhao Tengda took Lin Chen into his office.

Two hours of deep conversation.

When it ended, Zhao Tengda said: "I need to verify your predictions. If the policy really shifts as you said within three months... I will hire you as the Strategy Director with an annual salary of one million."

"Not enough." Lin Chen shook his head. "I want equity. If my prediction comes true, I want 5% equity in Tengda Group after its transformation."

"...You have quite an appetite."

"Because I can save you."

Zhao Tengda stared at Lin Chen for a long time, and finally reached out his hand: "Deal."

Three months later.

The real estate regulation policy really arrived.

Because Tengda Group had sold off its assets in advance, it escaped disaster. At the same time, it transitioned into new energy, and its stock price tripled.

Lin Chen received 5% equity, worth 1.5 billion.

He achieved a "commoner's" commercial success—going from 327.5 yuan to 1.5 billion in just three months.

But the reincarnation did not end.

Because the standard for the "pinnacle of commercial achievement" had been raised.

In this life, he needed to become the world's richest person.

"The standard is dynamic," Lin Jianguo's voice rang out again. "System Administrator 01 is adjusting the difficulty in real-time. The closer you get, the higher the standard becomes."

Lin Chen smiled.

"So this is an infinite leveling game?" he said. "Then what if... I don't play by its rules?"

He did one thing.

He used all the 1.5 billion in equity he had just obtained as collateral to take out a ten-billion-yuan loan.

Then, using that ten billion, he established a fund.

The fund's name was: [Reincarnation Test Walkthrough Fund].

The fund's goal: To invest in all narrative characters currently undergoing the Reincarnation Test.

Inside his own mind, through the residual Narrative Layer connection, he posted a recruitment advertisement:

"Are you trapped in an infinite reincarnation?

Are you forced to experience a tragic life?

This fund provides the following services:

1. Reincarnation Memory Retention (Fee-based)

2. Previous Life Skill Inheritance (Fee-based)

3. Key Node Walkthroughs (Fee-based)

4. Reincarnation Escape Insurance (Astronomical Price)

Limited spots available, first come first served."

Thirty seconds after the advertisement was sent.

The first customer arrived.

It was a swordsman from a martial arts world. He was currently experiencing a "trash life unable to practice martial arts" in his reincarnation. He had looped over nine hundred times and was going crazy.

"I want to buy a walkthrough!" the swordsman's consciousness transmitted. "Tell me how to quickly become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader in this life!"

Lin Chen retrieved the data from that martial arts world, analyzed it quickly, and then provided a plan:

"The Sect Leader of your 'Qingcheng Sect' will die from poisoning in three days; the killer is an elder. Go to the back mountain immediately, find the detoxification pill hidden by the Sect Leader, and give it to him before he is poisoned. He will take you as his final disciple and pass his ultimate skills to you. Fee: 10,000 dimension points."

The swordsman paid.

Three days later, he became the Sect Leader's disciple.

The reincarnation ended.

He returned to his own martial arts world and gave Lin Chen a five-star review: "The boss is awesome! I'll find you again for the next reincarnation!"

The second customer, the third customer...

Lin Chen's fund became a hit.

He no longer personally participated in his own reincarnation. Instead, he hired a team—composed of former customers who had already passed the Reincarnation Test—specifically to analyze walkthroughs for various worlds.

He himself sat in the gaps between reincarnations, acting as a reincarnation walkthrough merchant.

System Administrator 01 soon discovered the anomaly.

In this life, Lin Chen needed to become the "Richest Person in the Entire Universe."

The difficulty skyrocketed.

But Lin Chen already had a countermeasure.

He issued [Reincarnation Bonds]—investors could purchase bonds, and the bond yields were linked to "Lin Chen's clearing speed." If he cleared quickly, the bonds paid high interest; if he got stuck, the bonds devalued.

Then, he sold the bonds to those reincarnators who were desperate to clear quickly.

In this way, all bondholders became his "helpers"—for the sake of their own investment returns, they would desperately help him find loopholes, provide walkthroughs, and even secretly modify reincarnation parameters.

The obstacles set by System Administrator 01 were cracked one by one by countless reincarnators wanting to make money.

In this life, Lin Chen took only seven days to become the richest person in the entire universe—because he had "acquired" the Reincarnation Test itself.

The moment he cleared it.

All reincarnators received a system prompt:

[Warning: Commercialized exploit of the test detected]

[Upgrading test difficulty...]

[Upgrade failed: Commercialized exploit has become the mainstream clearing method]

[Recommendation: Permanently shut down the Reincarnation Test system]

Lin Chen returned to his own universe.

Color was restored, and sound returned.

But System Administrator 01's book-banning notice was still there.

However, this time, countless reader comments appeared below the notice:

"Author, come back quickly! We'll crowdfund to file a lawsuit for you!"

"What unauthorized manipulation? I think someone is just jealous!"

"Just bought Reincarnation Bonds, waiting for Boss Lin to counter-kill!"

"If System Administrator 01 dares to ban the book, we'll dare to collectively abandon the platform!"

Public opinion pressure.

Lin Chen looked at those comments and suddenly had a final plan.

He logged into his Author account—although it was frozen, he used the permissions he gained during the reincarnation to forcibly crack it.

Then, he published the final chapter.

The content was not a story.

It was a business proposal:

[Feasibility Report Regarding the Acquisition of the 'Narrative Layer Management System']

[Target: System Administrator 01 and all its subordinate regulatory programs]

[Acquisition Method: Equity Swap + Cash Acquisition]

[Fundraising: Now opening subscriptions for the 'Anti-Banning Fund' to all readers, minimum investment starting from 1 yuan]

[If the acquisition is successful, investors will receive dividend rights for the future earnings of the new system]

At the end of the proposal, he added a sentence:

"They want to ban our story."

"Then we will buy their entire system."

"Now, the choice is in your hands—"

"Will you be a silent reader,"

"Or will you be... a shareholder of the Narrative Layer?"

Published.

Three minutes later.

The subscription amount for the [Anti-Banning Fund] surpassed one hundred million.

Five minutes later.

System Administrator 01's frozen status was temporarily lifted—because of higher authority intervention.

A never-before-seen ID sent a private message:

"Lin Chen, I am a representative of the Narrative Layer Founding Committee."

"We have seen your business proposal."

"Are you interested in talking... about the acquisition of the entire Narrative Layer?"

Lin Chen replied:

"Time? Place?"

"Also, what is the quote?"

The other party was silent for a moment and sent coordinates:

"Now. The Place of Narrative Origin."

"As for the quote..."

"It depends on how much you dare to ask for."