Calamity of Tomorrow - Chapter 1: System Failed to Start

Zhou Bai was in his pajamas, still wearing slippers. He raced through the long, dark hallway, a horrible shriek coming from behind him.

“F*ck!” Zhou Bai’s brain was a mess; all sorts of wild thoughts flashed through his mind.

“What the hell is going on? I was just sleeping at home and got up to use the bathroom! How did I end up here? And I even ran into an absurd monster!”

Zhou Bai deliberately kicked off his slippers and ran barefoot. He was so nervous that he didn’t realize his body was becoming younger. He turned from a young man in his 20s into a teenager around 17 or 18.

He saw himself running slower and slower. His chest felt like it was on fire, and the screeching behind him drew nearer and nearer. Zhou Bai focused and saw that he was at the end of the hallway. A large open metal door stood before him.

With no time to think, Zhou Bai charged into the door. What appeared before his eyes was a small room fewer than ten square meters in size, and there was no second exit in sight.

“F*ck!” Zhou Bai cursed. The approaching screeching behind him stood his hair on end. He quickly turned and shut the metal door to the tiny room, then locked it. Only then did he feel a tiny bit safer.

I wonder if this metal door can block him…

But even if the metal door could stop him, Zhou Bai couldn’t stay in this empty room forever.

Right as Zhou Bai’s forehead was bathed in sweat and he was thinking about what to do next, a female voice rang in his mind.

“You’re Zhou Bai?”

“Who?” Zhou Bai looked all around but didn’t see anyone.

……

“Stop looking. You can’t see me,” the female voice continued, “Do you want to live?”

Zhou Bai hesitated for a moment then said quickly, “Yes!”

“Then take this. Remember not to resist, not to reject.”

As she spoke, a small white light floated in mid-air before Zhou Bai.

At this moment, a giant thump came from behind his head. Zhou Bai was taken aback. He turned around and looked at the big metal door that was slowly distorting from the ramming. He asked frantically, “What is this thing?”

“Your plug-in. With this, you might be able to beat the guy outside.”

“Plug-in?” Countless scenarios from novels, manga, and games flashed through Zhou Bai’s mind. He hesitantly grabbed the white light before him.

In an instant, a string of white characters drifted through his cognitive sea.

Please wait…

Deva Nine Disasters Auxiliary System is starting…

Please practice safely under the auxiliary system’s instruction.

“Deva Nine Disasters?” Zhou Bai exclaimed, “Even the name sounds awesome. It must be very powerful.”

Failed to start, system error (The connection has timed out)

Read for details (Click here)

Seeing the characters that drifted through his mind, Zhou Bai was speechless, “What a scam! The system had an error? You can’t even click to see the details!”

The female voice came again. She didn’t seem to be able to see what was going on in Zhou Bai’s brain and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? What happened?”

“It says there’s a system error! It failed to start!” Zhou Bai continued. “What now? What now? What now?” He turned to look in the direction of the door and saw it had already become deformed. A pale hand reached into the room through a gap to feel around the wall, picking off pieces of plaster.

Zhou Bai felt a pain in his head, then quickly turned to dodge, but he still felt like something was hitting his head.

“Don’t dodge!” the female voice said. “I’m the one knocking.”

“What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to see if I can fix you.”

“You think you’re fixing an electronic? This is too rash!”

The female voice ignored him. Zhou Bai felt his head knocked several times.

System start successful…

“F*ck!” Zhou Bai didn’t get a chance to complain about this system. He quickly read the contents that appeared in his mind, looking for a way to defeat the opponent.

Deva Nine Disasters Auxiliary Practice System aids and leads practitioners to practice Deva Nine Disasters.

Current Condition:

Degree of Taoification: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 0

Divine Map: Deva Nine Disasters

Laziness: 0

“What the heck are these?” Zhou Bai didn’t understand anything that appeared in his mind, yet the big metal door before him already had a giant hole in it. A thick, white arm reached in. The entire door squeaked, as if it was going to break any moment now.

The female voice came again, “What happened? What did you see? Is it easy to use?”

“Easy my a**!” Zhou Bai quickly recited everything he’d seen and said frantically, “What do I do now?”

The female voice said, “Degree of Taoification is realm, Primordial Spirit Value is power, Divine Map is the method of practice, but what is this Laziness? Wait, let me look through the Operation Manual…”

Zhou Bai looked at the big metal door that was about to fall apart and listened to the continuous screeching. Sweat covered his face. “Are you kidding me? We don’t have time for operation manuals right now!”

“There’s no explanation about Laziness…what if you try focusing on those words?”

When Zhou Bai focused his attention on Laziness, a string of information appeared in his mind.

Sloth is the nature of man. But if every man can turn sloth into treasure, it can help the human race advance for generation after generation.

This is the first Disaster of Deva Nine Disasters: Sloth. You advance your skills by absorbing laziness.

Method of earning Laziness, example 1: Lie down…too lazy to say the rest.

“Wha…?” Zhou Bai said.

The female voice asked, “How is it? Is there a solution?”

Zhou Bai described what he saw, and the female voice quickly said, “Then what are you waiting for? Lie down! Remember to raise your Primordial Spirit Value first—that’s power. Degree of Taoification is realm; you can’t use it in combat yet.”

Zhou Bai was confused, but he looked at the door that was continuously rammed and about to fall apart, and he lay down obediently.

The moment he lay on the ground, the number representing Laziness value in his consciousness began rising.

Laziness +1

Laziness +1

Laziness +1

Laziness increased by an average of one point per second and quickly reached 10 points.

As Laziness increased, plus signs appeared next to Degree of Taoification and Primordial Spirit Value.

Zhou Bai thought about what the woman said and focused his will on the plus sign next to Primordial Spirit Value. A moment later, he saw the value 0 flash and turn into 1. Laziness also decreased.

At the same time, Zhou Bai felt a thundering sound in his brain. An indescribable, mysterious power crept out from his brain, then withdrew itself.

Zhou Bai screamed and sat up.