Arthur had resigned himself to dying in this sad way. His only regret was the memory of his mother. His relationship with his mother had been strained since his engagement to Eve. In fact, Arthur had not communicated with his mother for the past six months because she never gave him her blessing.
"Mom, I'm sorry for not listening to you. Eve isn't the good girl you said she was." Arthur muttered to himself with sadness. He just hoped his mother wouldn't be too sad when she heard the bad news about him later.
However, when Arthur thought he was about to die, his eyes suddenly opened with his body standing upright, without any injuries.
Arthur was confused. He remembered that Dave's men had beaten him so mercilessly that his bones felt crushed. After that, his body was also immediately thrown into the abyss.
The abyss?
Arthur immediately looked at his surroundings. The place where he was standing right now was definitely not the bottom of an abyss, but an empty room with nothing in it as far as the eye could see.
"Arthur Greens, welcome to the planet's strongest system. The system will be operational starting from the count of three. One, two, three. Start." A voice sounded along with the arrival of white light surrounding Arthur's body, making the man a little stunned.
The strongest system? Arthur flinched without being able to say anything.
"Please choose one of the two options."
A giant transparent screen was displayed in front of Arthur with two options.
'RECOVERY OF ALL INJURED INTERNAL ORGANS.'
'THE ADDITION OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO CERTAIN ORGANS.'
Arthur just stared with an uncomprehending expression. What was all this about? Where exactly was he now.
"Please choose one of the two options." Once again the voice of command rang out.
Arthur's eyes blinked. Could it be an order from the system? If that was the case, then he had to choose one.
Since Arthur felt pain and tightness in his chest, he chose the option of restoring all injured internal organs. Magically, the screen in front of him scanned all the internal organs in Arthur's body.
"Damage to the blood vessels in the heart was detected. Bleeding in the lung organ is detected. Swelling of the pancreas is detected."
A laser-like light was directed at several points on Arthur's body.
"Initiating recovery." The light turned bright red for a few moments.
"Recovery completed on the count of three. One, two, three. Complete."
The light dimmed and then died. At the same time, Arthur felt that his body felt fit again, as if he had never experienced any persecution.
The screen in front of Arthur lit up again and the words.
'SYSTEM EXPERIENCE.'
Arthur looked up and again tried to understand what was in front of him at the moment. Curiosity made him press the read button.
'THIS IS THE STRONGEST SYSTEM. YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY BECOME A SYSTEM USER SINCE AGREEING TO ONE OF THE OPTIONS PROVIDED BY THE SYSTEM. GO ON MISSIONS TO EARN POINTS AND CONTINUE TO GROW YOUR POWER.'
"The strongest system?" Arthur muttered with eyes that emitted a different twinkle than before.
"Do I have a chance to reclaim everything Dave took away and get revenge for everything that bastard did?" Arthur asked himself.
'YOUR PURPOSE FOR USING THE SYSTEM.'
'TO BE SUCCESSFUL.'
'TO TAKE REVENGE.'
"Please choose one of the two options." Again came the command from the system.
Arthur seemed to swallow his saliva. His hand rose to press one of the options, but he hesitated. Between being successful or getting revenge, both were equally important to Arthur.
"Please choose one of the two options." The system's voice reminded him again.
Sighing rather rudely, Arthur chose the revenge option. Nothing was more important to him right now than getting back at Dave and Eve for what they had done to him.
'PREPARE A PLAN FOR REVENGE.'
The large screen in front of Arthur seemed to flicker, then displayed an image like a broken television screen, before finally returning to normal.
'PREPARATION OF PLAN FOR REVENGE SUCCESSFUL.'
'YOU HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHO TO TAKE REVENGE AS.'
'USING THE FACE AND IDENTITY OF ARTHUR GREENS.'
'USING A NEW FACE AND IDENTITY.'
Arthur thought for a moment. It seemed like it would be easier for him to take revenge with a new face and identity. Right, it was better if Dave and Eve thought he was dead. Because then, both of them would not be vigilant.
Arthur chose the option of using a new face and identity. Light like a laser beam came out of the screen in front of him again, this time enveloping his body from top to bottom.
"The new face and identity are being prepared. Will be applied on the count of three. One, two, three."
Arthur felt a change in himself. The skin of his hands looked whiter and the muscles of his hands that he previously had became less prominent.
A moment later, the large screen in front of Arthur showed an image of a man who seemed to be from the Asian plains. He had pale white skin, slightly slanted eyes with dark corneas and straight black hair. His body was quite prosaic, but not as tall and slender as Arthur's.
'YOUR NEW FACE AND IDENTITY HAVE BEEN APPLIED. YOUR NAME IS NOW ARTHUR WANG, A WELL-KNOWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OWNER FROM COUNTRY XX.'
An ID card was suddenly in Arthur's hand. Of course it was his current ID card. Arthur Wang, the managing director of Zorro Building Company.
Arthur gripped the ID card tightly as he was stunned for a moment. A second chance had come to him and he wasn't going to waste it. His mother's face came back to mind, making his feelings now become erratically mixed. Although he was still alive, but now he was not Arthur Greens, but Arthur Wang. However, his mother would surely receive the sad news about him soon.
"This time I'll do everything right, Mom. I won't disappoint you again. I promise." Arthur muttered with determination.
However, a moment later, Arthur realized something. He was now in a place that he didn't know what it was called. Then how could he leave?
"Hey, system! How long am I going to be here? At least tell me how to leave this place." Arthur tried to talk to the system that had just transformed him.
"THE SYSTEM IS PREPARING THE PLACE FOR THE TELEPORTATION PAD.'
"Teleportation will be done on the count of three. One, two, three. Done."
It felt like a whirlwind enveloped Arthur's body, making him unable to breathe for a few seconds. A moment later, Arthur saw that the place he was in was different from before. It was no longer an empty room with nothing as far as the eye could see, but a luxurious hotel room.
The transparent system screen reappeared in front of Arthur, showing an inscription.
'TELEPORTATION GROUND INFORMATION: ROOM NO 213 HOTEL XXX ARSHEN CITY.'