Chapter 1 155 million

“You are so lucky, kid. Today is the annual lottery of the underworld. Every ghost is eligible to participate. Seeing that you died in such a creative way, you might even win the jackpot…” The guide in Huangquan was speaking excitedly, but I was extremely surprised.

What? Another winning number! When I heard these two words, my heart was filled with turbulent waves that could not be calmed for a long time.

This happened seven hours ago…

“Xia Tianyu.” A voice as loud as a bell sounded from behind me. I knew without looking back that it was Li Da chasing me. I quickly stuffed the thirty-three yuan and fifty cents in my trouser pocket into the bottom of my socks at lightning speed.

“What are you doing?” he asked me puzzledly.

“It’s okay, my shoelaces are loose, let me tie them up.” It’s very fulfilling to deceive a person with a low IQ with a simple lie.

“Damn, your leather shoes have no laces, are you just trying to fool me? Come, I want to tell you something serious!” It’s over, this guy must have no good intentions when he comes to me. Apart from trying to borrow money from me in every possible way, he has no good intentions.

Sure enough, he took a deep breath and exhaled dramatically. Then, with a mysterious tone, he leaned close to my ear and said in a very low voice, “Guess who I dreamed about last night?” Seeing that I kept shaking my head, he continued, “I dreamed of the God of Wealth. I treated him to a few bottles of Budweiser, and he told me today’s lottery winning numbers in one breath. They say that if you dream of something important, you forget it when you wake up. Luckily, I was more careful. Halfway through the drink, I told him I was going to the bathroom. Hehe, you wouldn’t have thought that I woke up from my dream at that moment and wrote down all the numbers on a piece of paper. Take a look.” As he spoke, he pulled out the paper. “How about you lend me thirty yuan? I’ll buy fifteen first-prize tickets. I’ll give you 70% of the money. One ticket is 5 million yuan, and 15 tickets are 5 million yuan each. Hehe, Brother Yu, this business is not bad for you, how about it?”

“Come on, you believe this? I dreamed of sleeping with a fairy last night. Now, I’m still a virgin.” This is the second time. Last time he was even more outrageous. He said he dreamed of colored balls, and then he disabled some of the balls to prevent them from playing. As a result, the numbered balls that appeared in the lottery the next day were all those disabled ones.

“Good brother, good Yu Yu, Brother Tianyu, how long have we known each other? Ten years, ten years of brothers. Remember that time you fell into the sewer? If it weren’t for my loyalty, I would have pulled you back from the abyss of death with my own fighting spirit. Also, when you had a crush on my cousin, if I hadn’t brought you together, you wouldn’t have had your first kiss yet.” He spoke a lot of past events with his mouth boiling. As I listened, I felt something was wrong. I remember that time in the sewer, it was clearly him who fell in and I rescued him, so how did he become a hero? The time with his cousin was true, but he also helped me with some red lines just to get free food and drinks. But having said that, although Li Da was a little outspoken, he was still quite loyal. I remember that time when I broke the glass window of the classroom, and he took the blame for it for me, but I still had to pay for the money. Thinking about it, I felt a little sad. True friends are hard to find, and it’s not bad to have a few friends in life.

I sighed and said, “This is for food money. If I don’t win the prize this time, I will come to your house for dinner this week.” Of course he agreed readily.

Afterwards, I tied my shoelaces three more times, and finally got the piece of paper that was said to be worth 15 5 million.

At 8 o’clock in the evening, we made two cups of instant noodles in the dormitory. Li Da sat in the ** and ate while waiting for the exciting lottery time, while I logged into Qidian and started reading a novel.

I don’t have many hobbies. Apart from watching some erotic movies, I like to read online novels. I am particularly fascinated by the protagonists in those YY novels, who have everything they want, are rich and powerful, and have loads of women.

If only I had this opportunity, I looked at the screen with endless thoughts…

“It’s started, it’s started.” Just as I was daydreaming, the clock struck nine, but it was soon drowned out by Li Da’s high-pitched voice. When I saw that the time was up, I hurried over to take a look. For some reason, I felt a little nervous. Although I didn’t hold much hope for the possibility of winning the prize, those were my assets. If it all went to waste, I would strangle him to death.

…

The lottery was drawn soon and all the numbers were announced. It was a simple seven numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and the special number was 6.

The numbers on the lottery ticket in Li Da’s hand were simpler: 15 numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and the special number 6.

“Ah, Yu… Yu, we… we’re not dreaming, are we?” Li Da started to talk incoherently, excitedly shouting, “I want to buy the best sports car, eat the best food, and sleep with the most beautiful woman. Haha, Tianyu, tomorrow we’re going to travel around the world.”

I looked at him. He was so excited that his whole body was cramping. To be more precise, he was throwing the TV, computer, rice cooker and all the electrical appliances while cramping. In the end, he even treated my pair of leather shoes as glow sticks and stood in the middle of them and danced with joy.

But at this moment, I was unusually calm, even my heartbeat had stopped. With a thud, I fell to the ground.

“Damn, this dream is so outrageous.” This was the only thought that remained in my consciousness before I fell into a coma.

Afterwards, I had several more dreams. One of them was that I changed a stack of hundred-dollar bills into coins and put them in a bag. I would throw them to people whenever I went out. If I met a beautiful woman, I would throw two bags.

Or I would suddenly float to BMW, take the tires to the beauty pageant to hit on beauties, and all the women in the circle would come to be my wife. Slowly, I began to go to heaven and earth, travel around the universe, go to Mars to dance, jump into the sea to watch mermaids dance, and finally wake up to find that I have arrived in the underworld. At this time, the Yellow Springs Guide is standing in front of me, and the blood from his nose sprayed all over my body. He also suggested that I apply for a patent for the beautiful dream I just had.

“My 15 5 million.” I roared to the sky.

The guide gave me a sympathetic look, then laughed exaggeratedly, barking at me, “Who told you you’re so unfortunate? Here, as long as your family cares about you, you’ll have endless money every year. Haha…” I was bummed. I’d become a ghost for no reason, and he actually told me I’d have endless money here? Damn, who cares about ghost money? Speechless… After turning a few wide corners and passing through a blood-red pool of corpses, we soon arrived at the Reincarnation Pond. Perhaps because of the annual lottery, countless ghosts gathered here. The entire hall was packed and noisy. It seemed the show had begun.

“This year’s lottery is a little different from usual. The first prize is time travel. You have to work hard. If you are reincarnated into the emperor’s family, you will be blessed in your later life.” The guide explained to me softly.

“Emperor?” Those two words are incredibly alluring. I usually tend to read fictional history books. I imagine the protagonists in those novels returning to ancient times, all of them leading respectable lives, at least as powerful generals. If only I could become emperor, the thought of a harem of three thousand concubines, a life of luxury surrounded by beautiful women, would be simply too wonderful. My mouth watered at the thought.

“Hello. Hello.” Hey, what? I was lost in my own fantasy when a voice interrupted me. I looked up and saw a beautiful woman looking at me with a pout. Seeing that I had come to my senses, she immediately smiled and said, “It’s your turn. I hope you win the first prize.” Then she extended her hand and made a gesture of invitation.

I looked ahead and saw a large turntable with an arrow on it. The result of the lottery depended on the content displayed on the direction it pointed. I didn’t expect that even the underworld would use such fashionable gadgets.

God bless me! I’d mastered this little trick in junior high. It all depended on the control of the force. I took a breath, glanced at the bright red words “Big Jackpot,” and tried to calm myself, but the cries of the ghosts around me kept distracting me. “Kid, keep going! Imperial House! Fifteen 5 million!” The guide’s roar from below gave me great encouragement.

I nodded heavily, concentrating all my mental energy and preparing to give it a try. Whether I become a dragon or a worm depends on this move.

The turntable spun wildly, then slowly stopped, and the pointer landed steadily on the last prize, one tick before the jackpot.

“Haha.” The whole audience burst into laughter. I actually failed. I felt melancholy and leaned weakly on the turntable. I didn’t even have the courage to look at the eye-catching big words above it. Am I, Xia Tianyu, destined to have no chance of wealth, power or sex in this life? Damn it.

However, I never expected that this last prize would turn out to be a blessing in disguise for me.

“It’s shocking. No one has ever won the last prize in the underworld since it started the lottery five hundred years ago. I didn’t expect that a new noble would be born today. It’s really cause for celebration.” The host was excited in Taichung: “In fact, I forgot to tell you that this year’s special jackpot is actually the last prize. Haha, you didn’t expect it, right? What, you want to come up and hit me, come and hit me, I’m talking about you, Lu Bu.” He jumped and shouted and showed off, but he quieted down after a while, because Lu Bu had rushed onto the stage at some point and was now poking his nostrils.

At this time, the two brothers, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, walked towards me with a smile and said at the same time: “Your destination is the third parallel space, the emperor’s residence in the capital. I wish you a pleasant journey through time and space.” Then they snapped their fingers at the same time.

Two figures quickly rushed behind me. Before I could recover from my excitement, I felt someone kicking my butt and fell into an endless abyss.

Haha, money, beauty, glory and wealth, here I come. This is the last remaining information in my subconscious.