Strategy to Capture That Scum Gong

Chapter 1

Translator: SilverNeko

Editor: Dancing Dolphins Yo!

Lin Ziming laid on the hospital bed. The long-term chemotherapy rendered his body rather weak, and the pain tortured him to the point where he didn’t even look human anymore. Almost all his hair had already fallen out. He could only wear a hat to somewhat cover it.

Clearly, he was just about to walk onto the pinnacle of life. On his pale white and emaciated face, a pair of pitch-black eyes were filled with an unyielding stubbornness and brilliance. It was as if there were no difficulties that could defeat him. There was only an increase in fragile beauty similar to a gorgeous flower that’s almost withered. Willfully, letting out its last radiance.

However, at this moment that pair of eyes finally revealed a deep unwillingness, concern, and love when looking at the man in front of the hospital bed.

“You……still came…..” He hoarsely said. The complex emotions of happiness, sadness, and unwillingness to give up appeared on his face. In the end, he struggled to reach out his hand, wanting to hold onto the man in front of him.

Even if it was only once. Before he died, he wanted to touch him once again.

Xie He took the initiative to stretch out his hand and hold Lin Ziming’s hand. In his eyes, deep pain and sadness surfaced. That pair of transparent and thin lips at this time overflowed with words full of deep feelings: “I came.”

Lin Ziming greedily looked at the man’s handsome face, reluctant to part. It was as if he had ten million things he wanted to say, but in the end, he only sighed and turned his head: “I don’t want you to see me like this. I must be very ugly……”

Xie He with one hand tightly held Lin Ziming’s hand, and with the other hand lightly caressed his cheek. His long fingers slowly moved down and pinched his chin, and then suddenly lowered his head and kissed.

Lin Ziming opened his eyes wide in surprise, seeming as if he has forgotten how to move.

“Not ugly.” Xie He looked straight into his eyes with a low magnetic voice that seemingly played the strings in one’s heart. “I love you.”

Lin Ziming lips slightly trembled and exposed an expression as if he couldn’t believe it.

Did he finally hear the sentence he has been waiting for?

【System 234: Capture target’s favorability has risen to 99】

Lin Ziming heard this voice from inside his head. In the depths eyes, a flash of happiness passed by. It really wasn’t easy. He’s almost dead and only now finally reached 99! I must get the favorability value up to 100 before I die! Lin Ziming purposely released his information and let Xie He find him and come over. All of this just for the final bitter love and grief-filled performance. He already fully understood Xie He’s arrogant and fickle personality. This kind of person lives by the one line: no resentment and no regrets. Originally, I even thought about how hard this would be, but in the end, didn’t I still capture him?!

“I also love you.” Lin Ziming used eyes that were filled with love to look at Xie He. However, the happiness was very rapidly covered with sadness and ultimately turned into a very heavy despair. His voice gradually lowered, “But I’m about to die……”

Xie He didn’t speak, but Lin Ziming felt that he held his hand with a lot of force.

In his heart, he felt proud, but on his face, there was a sorrowful expression. Lin Ziming used a gaze filled with deep love and reluctance to part to look at Xie He. His voice was choked up, “In the future, I can’t accompany anymore. You must remember to take good care of yourself……and……if you fall in love with someone else. Please properly love him.”

“You——” Xie He slightly pursed his thin lips, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Lin Ziming let out a bitter laugh and quietly said, “I wish that you can be happy. Even if I’m not here anymore, I will be watching you from the sky. Your happiness is my biggest wish.

“This……is it really your thoughts?” In Xie He’s eyes, there was a sliver of being moved.

Lin Ziming held his hand back. This body of his almost couldn’t hold on anymore. It was as if he used all of his strength to say this last phrase: “Can you……promise me? You must be……happy……”

Xie He deeply gazed at his expression and then after a long time nodded his head.

Lin Ziming revealed a content smile. With no more strength…..he slowly let go of his hand…..

If only he could just have a mirror, then Lin Ziming would’ve been able to enjoy his performance. It must be full points! Perfect! Right now, he’s just waiting to harvest Xie He’s 100 out of 100 favorability value. He must have become the true love that could never be destroyed from his heart! Except, how come the system still didn’t make any sounds?

Right when Lin Ziming was feeling uncertainty and doubt, suddenly he heard the system’s sharp and crisp reporting sound.

【System 234: Capture target’s favorability value in the process of decreasing……decreased to 80……decreased to 70……decreased to 60……】

Lin Ziming was shocked silly. The beeping warning sounds in his head made his face full of confusion[1].

【System 234: Capture target’s favorability value has decreased to 20……decreasing……decreased to 0!】

No, this was impossible!

Lin Ziming’s eyes opened wide, and he hadn’t gotten a chance to react yet when he let out his last breath. He floated out from the body on the hospital bed and changed to a godly perspective on the situation.

Xie He sat in front of the hospital bed and still maintained a position of holding his hand with his eyes filled with sadness.

He didn’t move at all.

【Lin Ziming: System, did you make an error? Clearly, he loves me this much. How could the favorability value be 0?】

【System 234: There is no error. I’ve checked multiple times. The favorability value has no mistakes.】

【Lin Ziming: Impossible. How could the favorability value in one minute drop from 99 to 0? This is illogical! Could you in one minute see your deeply loved person the same as a stranger?!】

【System 234: ……I’m a system not a person so I won’t have a deeply loved person.】

【Lin Ziming who was extremely upset: Bastard! You’re not a person, but he is!】

【System 234: ……This world capture failed, Capture failed so ten thousand experience points were deducted. Host shall be transferred in 3 minutes.】

【Lin Ziming: What the hell? WTF! I’m not leaving! Wait……】

【System 234: Transfer in process……】

【Lin Ziming who was extremely angry: This is a bug! This is definitely a bug! I want to file a complaint!】

3 minutes passed in a flash. Lin Ziming and the system were just in the middle of an argument when they were transferred away. Thus, they didn’t see Xie He’s following behavior.

Xie He lightly closed Lin Ziming’s eyes and gently said: “You can rest assured. I will definitely be happy.”

Since the person was already dead, then emotions and feelings would, of course, be retracted. How could his feelings be wasted on a dead person? Also, the person he loves the most……would always be himself.

Xie He calmly and slowly stood up and took one last glance at the person on the hospital bed. With deep emotions, he said: “For you to die in peace, I agreed to your request. If your watching from the sky, you would be happy for me too right?”

He smoothed out his originally neat suit and raised his long legs and turned around to leave.

At that moment just before he passed the door of the room, he felt a wave of coldness that made people’s scalp feel numb. His pupils shrunk.

Following, a voice sounded in his head.

【Congratulations on achieving the “rejects 100 hosts” accomplishment. As the first capture target to achieve this an award you will soon be bound to a system produced by Transmigration Universe Technology company, becoming a glorious host. You will enter other worlds to complete capture missions.】

【System currently in the process of downloading……downloading……please wait……】

【System download complete, currently loading……】

【System loading complete. System number 444 whole-heartedly provide you service.】

Xie He slightly closed his eyes. “System? Host? Me, a capture target?”

He just opened his mouth when a cold electronic voice sounded in his head.

【System 444: Hello, host. You do not need to open your mouth. You only need to say it in your mind to communicate with me.】

Mind communication technology? It’s actually pretty high tech. Xie He became interested and decided to try it.

【Xie He: Is this how I communicate with you?】

【System 444: Yes.】

【Xie He: Interesting. Please explain; What is a host, and what is a capture target ?】

【System 444: A host is a transmigrator who has bonded with a system. They will transmigrate to various interesting worlds, capturing the target to obtain experience points. The capture targets are the people in different worlds with the world’s luck. They are commonly known as the protagonist or the BOSS. If one can obtain their complete favorability value, then they can get the equivalent experience points.】

Xie He raised his eyebrows. A flash of playful light flashed by his thin and long phoenix[2] eyes.

【Xie He: You just said that I’m a capture target of this world. Then Lin Ziming was a host?】

【444: Yes.】

【Xie He: Then he should have failed the capture right? Will there be punishment if you fail?】

【444: ……Yes, there is punishment.】

Xie He laughed a little, and his thin transparent lips lightly curved upwards. His eyes were so gentle that it made people feel moved.

【Xie He: It’s a pity. I actually liked him a lot. He was obedient and sensible. His bed skills were also pretty good……After all, he was someone I loved.】

This was something 444 couldn’t relate to. He actually watched the whole thing! A person who could in a blink of the eye decrease favorability from 99 to 0 actually dared to say, love. Can he get anymore shameless? Can’t you see Lin Ziming get angered to death?! It feels that it’s future was dim and not very bright. Just because no one wanted him, he actually had to be bound to this kind of abnormal host.

【Xie He: Oh right. You are system number 444? This number doesn’t seem very auspicious. Can I request a change?】

444 got angry. It wanted a change too!

【444: No. If the system is without a host, it will be randomly paired. Once they have been bound, there is no way to change.】

This, of course, wasn’t true. It’s not that it couldn’t be changed, but it’s that there are no other systems willing to accept. TAT

【Xie He: Actually it’s that no one wants you right? Normally systems along the lines of 666, 888, and etc sound more auspicious, or systems like 520 and 1314 are more welcomed. Didn’t you say I was the first capture target to bind with a system? Even if they went by randomly selecting a system, the chances of getting you are really low so I feel that this was not randomly paired】

444 was suddenly scared and panicked. If it wasn’t for the fact that it was certain the host couldn’t hear it’s inner thoughts, it would have suspected it got infected with a virus.

【Xie He: The most likely possibility is——because this isn’t some good thing so the pitiful unwanted you got assigned. However, the orders made by the human workers can’t be leaked by you. Don’t be scared. The words you couldn’t say I’ve said it for you. Smile.jpg】

Who’s unwanted?! Who’s scared?! 444 was angry and lacking self-confidence.

【Xie He: To end up like this, this so-called ‘reward’ should be a decision made by the main system out of helplessness. In other words, the reason that he wants me to bind with a system to transmigrate and not continue to stay in this world was only because a lot of host’s failed this capture, resulting in a bad situation……This we won’t discuss right now. All in all, he implied that this was a reward only because he was afraid I’d refuse so he used such alluring phrasing. This isn’t a reward. That is to say——I, as the protagonist of this world has the right to refuse and can’t be forced. Then the topic has come back to the original topic. After careful consideration on my part, I think staying in this world is pretty good. I don’t need to switch systems. I just need to reject the system. Now you can uninstall.】

444: ……I was wrong. In the future, I won’t randomly make complaints. How could he find out so much information from one sentence? This host is too scary. QAQ

Facing the sudden heavy silence in his mind, Xie He slightly smiled. In order to negotiate, the first thing was to know the other side’s cards. This stupid and cute system didn’t know how to lie. These kinds of information were so easily tricked out. The next step would be to throw in his own bargaining chip. This way he could force the other side to continuously back down and compromise. His goal has already been achieved.

He wasn’t really going to reject this system. After all, if something this interesting was missed, then it’s unknown when there would be another chance to do it. However, he couldn’t let the other side know this. Xie He gave 444 some time to think before slowly using the carrot on a stick tactic.

【Xie He: Of course, I know you don’t have the right to choose to uninstall. However, you can report to your superior which is the main system that I’m living very well in this world, and I don’t wish to take the risk of going to other worlds so I reject it’s proposal. You just have to transfer my message to it. This shouldn’t be difficult for you.】

It was a long time after he had said this sentence when 444’s electronic voice sounded in his mind.

【444: Binding with a system has a lot of benefits! The first is that once the host has been bound to a system, for the sake of being able to adjust better to the space and time of the world, the host will have an almost indestructible spiritual body. It’s similar to immortality. The second is that the host will be able to see all kinds of different scenery. It’s a free of charge vacation that one can leave whenever they want. The third is that the exchange shop of the main system has a variety of things; even peerless and lost martial arts and peerless beauty features. As long as you want it, the store will have it! If you complete the missions and receive experience points, your dream——is in the palm of your hand!】

【Xie He: You read this advertisement very well.】

【Xie He: The first is the so-called immortality. If it is without freedom, then it is the same as infinite imprisonment. For the second, do I look like I lack money and like to travel? As for the last, anything could be exchanged. It requires experience points, right? The good things should cost more experience points. Is there any sky high priced items? If you don’t have enough experience points, then everything is useless. I almost forgot. If the capture failed, then you will deduct experience points too right? It doesn’t seem easy to earn. 】

【444: QAQ】

It was feeling remorseful . Why did it have to reject this host !? Right now it just wanted to kneel! Compared to hibernating under the main system and watching the other systems go to different places to play, he’d rather hug Xie He’s very very very thick thigh! Then he could see how 666 and 888 those two scoundrels, 233 that little bitch, and 250 that idiot could make fun of him! Who didn’t know how to show off?!

444 in few short minutes went from ‘dislike this abnormal host’ to ‘host let me hug your very very very thick thigh.’

The changed 444 transformed his lazy, slow, and disrespectful work attitude, showing his earth-shaking subjectivity. He tried to convince his host under the condition of not breaking the rules. Even his electronic voice seemed to carry a little human emotion.

【444: Hello, host. I just received the main system’s notice to give two extra bonuses. The first one is a bonus of one hundred thousand experience points! You need to know that completing a basic world can only get you ten thousand experience points. You haven’t even started transmigrating, and you would have already received the ten world’s worth of experience points. A lot of hosts that have transmigrated for tens or even over a hundred years have yet to gather that many experience points! You’ll know the benefits of one hundred thousand experience points once you look through the system store! As an example, Lin Ziming’s low-level charm skill to let a patient in later stages of a terminal illness release tempting feelings. This kind of skill only requires 500 experience points! The second is that the system gives you a 10% OCC limit! This is even more rare and hard to come by. You need to know that to hosts that play the role of a character OCC is a major taboo. It will affect the entire world’s base. Once it is violated, the host will face serious and heavy mental punishment. Don’t look down on this 10% OOC. This is already the highest amount that can be given out by the main system! It will give your future capture target life a lot of conveniences, and it lowers the possibility of violation punishment! The benefits are hard to list all at once. This kind of great condition from what I know is the only one in the entire overall system!】

It tried to think of everything that the host would, anxiously talking and talking. It seemed to finally move Xie He a little.

【Xie He: Once you’ve said it like that, it isn’t impossible to consider; however, I still have another question.】

【444: Please ask!】

【Xie He: What if one day I don’t want to transmigrate anymore?】

【444: Host, you have no need to worry! With a million experience points, you can exchange for the escape medicine. At that time, you can stay in whatever world you want!】

【Xie He: A million is a little expensive……】

【444: After a discussion with the main system just now, the main system agrees to give you a 50% discount!】

【Xie He: But that is still five hundred thousand.】

【444: QAQ This is already very cheap……】

Xie He touched his chin. It seems like he could only extort to this point, but the result was still satisfactory. Once the goal had been reached, then one must know when to stop. The main system was willing to pay such a large price to send him transmigrating which means that this was very important. If he still didn’t agree and angered the main system into attacking back, then that wouldn’t be very good.

【Xie He: Okay, I agree.】

【444: Really? This is great! Then let’s start transmigrating now?】

【Xie He: That’s okay, darling.】

444’s innermost place gave a tremor. Ahhhhhhhh! Master host called me darling! So excited, so happy, and so thrilled ~\(≧▽≦)/~ la la la.

………………………………

It was as if Xie He was walking in the midst of chaos. His mind was chaotic. He slowly opened his eyes, and a large amount of memories entered his mind.

His identity in this world went by the name Zhao Qing and was 25 years old. Ever since he was little, both parents were dead so he grew up in an orphanage. Although his life was very difficult, he still grew into an upright person and a five good youth[3]. His personality was shy and kind and worked hard to live. He ran into his true love three years ago called Zhou Yian. The two quickly fell in love.

Zhou Yian was a young artist. Although he had some talent, in the art world it wasn’t enough to just have talent. After the two people had mutual feelings, Zhao Qing took on many jobs to earn money so as to support Zhou Yian’s career. It was very exhausting. What Zhao Qing didn’t know was that Zhou Yian’s family was rich. However, his mother, Song Ruyi, was a mistress who climbed up. The proud and arrogant him didn’t want to walk the path laid out by his mother nor did he want to use Zhou family’s wealth. He gave up everything to come out by himself to make a living.

Zhou Yian had another brother, who had the same father but different mother called Zhou Yizhe. He was a person filled with shrewdness and secret means and was the legitimate heir. Because of the existence of Zhou Yizhe, Zhou father wasn’t really anxious of her youngest son. The only one anxious was Song Ruyi. That year she relied on her son to marry into the Zhou family, counting on her son to inherit the wealth of the Zhou family so she could live a lifetime full of glory and money. Who would’ve known that her son wasn’t obedient at all and viewed money like dirt? How could this be okay?!

Zhou family’s internal affairs weren’t related to Zhao Qing, and Zhao Qing also didn’t know Zhou Yian’s identity. However, Song Ruyi couldn’t sit still. She couldn’t beat her arrogant son. After investigating, she decided to attack Zhao Qing to force him to leave Zhou Yian! Once that would happen, Zhou Yian would be more mature and obedient.

So just three days ago, Song Ruyi meet with Zhao Qing alone, wanting to use a check to make Zhao Qing leave Zhou Yian. However, Zhao Qing angrily rejected. After all, his love wasn’t something that could be measured with money.

Xie He who read to this point deeply felt the dog blood[4], and then he expressed his feeling.

【Xie He: I think one hundred thousand is too little. Are you dismissing beggars? Give me ten million, and I’ll definitely leave.】

【444: This……】

【Xie He: I’m kidding. Don’t be nervous : ) 】

From the side came a lazy sound, one arm stretched over and hooked onto Xie He’s neck. It pulled him over. Xie He found out that he and another man were lying together under the blanket. It was morning and the sun was just about to rise over the horizon.

Zhou Yian’s bright and noble features magnified in front of Xie He. It directly stuck on and gave a passionate kiss.

Xie He was a man who had experienced 100 hosts. His one criteria for a bed partner was the face. Zhou Yian, qualified.

Thus, both people were very passionate about this kiss.

【Xie He: Help me check. What is his favorability value of me is?】

【444: Zhou Yian’s favorability towards you is 85.】

【Xie He: Oh?】He was a little surprised. From the guide from the system, a favorability value of 0-20 was the same as strangers. A favorability value of 21-40 meant that the target was little interested in him. A favorability value of 41-60 meant that the target liked him. A favorability value of 61-80 meant that the target liked him very much. A favorability value of 81-90 meant that the target loved him, and anywhere above 91 means deep love. If a favorability value of 85 was placed on normal people, then it was enough to love and pass a lifetime together.

【Xie He: The favorability value is already so high in the beginning. Would this world be too easy?】

【444 huffed and puffed for a while and then hesitated for some time. The electronic voice had become soft: He’s not your capture target.】

【Xie He: If you have something to say, then say it directly.】

【444: Your capture target is Zhou Yizhe】

【Xie He: ……】

444: QAQ What should I do? I’m really scared. This isn’t something I can control! I don’t want to face the host’s flames of anger. How about I hibernate for a while then come out……

【Xie He: Interesting. Smile.jpg】

444: What[5]???

Footnotes:

[1] I found a few pics online that shows this expression better than I can explain. You don’t need to know this I just thought it’s nice to know. No need to thank me. ^^

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[2] Phoenix eyes are regarded as a pretty eye shape. It’s where the corner of the eye by your nose points down while the other corner points up like the following picture.

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[3] Five good youth stands for:

Good “companion” which is liked by their fellow students

Good “master” who is broadminded and independent

Good “helper” who is filial to parents and cares about people

Good “model” who loves the country has good manners and is trustworthy

Good “soldier” protects public places and pays attention to hygiene and the environment.

[4] Dog blood stands for something unbelievable cliche or embracing. In this case, it’s cliche.

[5]

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The picture above is the actual picture used by 444. The original words were 黑人问号. Search it up if you want.

The editor also found that the smile.jpg that were sent by Xie He is something called creepy pasta if you want to search it up.

Side note for all the numbers – If you’re wondering about the auspicious thing, the number 4 in pinyin is si which sounds a lot like death with is also si in pinyin. 8 is a lucky number in Chinese because it sounds like/rhymes with the word to get rich which in pinyin is fa while the pinyin for 8 is ba. 666 Is internet slang for awesome. If you’ve watched the barrage view comments sometimes there with be 6666666666 all across the screen. 520 means I love you, and 1314 means for a whole lifetime. They are both like that because they sound similar the Chinese words for their meaning.

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Also, this will the last project I’ll pick up until most likely next, next year since next year is in a few days unless I finish translating a project earlier than I expected. This will also be updated rather slowly due to the long chapter length. It’s almost double the amount compared to my other projects so…… I’ll try my best but no promises.