Noticing Hashirama’s emotional fluctuation, Wang Yan merely smiled and didn’t interfere with his melancholic reflection.
Life has eight sufferings.
Birth, aging, illness, death, separation from loved ones, prolonged suffering, unfulfilled desires, and the inability to let go.
Wang Yan liked a quote from Haizi: “Sadness is tough, but it will eventually pass.”
Hashirama had suddenly lost his lifelong rival, so his reaction was understandable. However, such intense emotions wouldn’t last long; time would eventually heal everything.
Wang Yan gradually found himself unable to feel these sorrows and increasingly unable to understand others.
Perhaps, this was his biggest problem.
He realized this but didn’t have a good solution.
“Is there a way to solve this problem?” Wang Yan silently pondered.
The support system, being a creation of data, couldn’t provide constructive advice, only borrowing a philosophical quote from its vast database: “Go to the human world.”
“Go to the human world?”
Wang Yan frowned slightly, as if faced with a difficult problem.
After a moment, he relaxed.
Well, let’s give it a try.
Standing at the top, one might occasionally feel cold.
Wang Yan was a man of swift action. The moment the thought arose, he acted immediately.
With one step, he disappeared from the Naruto world.
He would return, and soon.
But before that, he wanted to visit his family.
…
Earth.
It was the early twenty-first century, and China had developed into a world-class power.
In this context, the United States, having been the global leader for many years, constantly promoted the “China threat theory.”
To Wang Yan, this was precisely a recognition of China’s rise.
“However… a mundane world without magic is indeed boring.”
Wang Yan stood on the street, watching the bustling crowd.
Ninety-nine percent of people, he could fully understand their past and future at a glance.
For the remaining few, a couple more looks would suffice.
This was a world without miraculous flashes.
“When I have surplus resource points, I’ll start modifying Earth.”
With a thought, Wang Yan spent a few hundred resource points to alter his history on Earth.
His records, online databases, social security card, educational background, and all aspects of his life were changed.
Now, to outsiders, he was the highest IQ genius in Earth’s history, a quirky scientist.
With this identity, many future endeavors would be much less troublesome.
A few hundred resource points were nothing.
Staying on Earth for a few days, the reincarnators still in the Naruto world would compensate for this loss and even provide a surplus.
“Alright, since I’m a scientist, I should look the part.”
With a thought, Wang Yan’s appearance changed.
A white lab coat, non-prescription glasses, a cold expression, and fiery eyes…
He looked like a mad scientist.
Passersby ignored his transformation, and neither the street cameras nor the passing global satellites captured his presence.
After doing this, Wang Yan didn’t use particle flight. Instead, he took out his phone, rented a shared bike, and rode home.
…
“Only one person at home?”
Wang Yan couldn’t help but pout.
A melodious female voice like an oriole’s came from a bedroom.
“Guided by fragrant oars and orchid paddles, traversing the clear light and flowing time. Longing in my heart, looking at my beloved one, far away…”
Wang Yan immediately recognized it as his sister, Wang Yan’s voice.
Intermittent artistic outbursts were her hallmark, something Wang Yan had long grown used to over the years.
He pushed open the bedroom door and asked, “Where’s mom?”
Seeing Wang Yan, his sister seemed stunned for a moment, then pouted and complained, “You’ve all turned bad, disappearing without a word for days. As for now, she’s probably traveling with her girlfriend…”
Expanding his mental field to cover the entire China, Wang Yan quickly found his mother.
His sister was right; their mother was indeed traveling with a close female friend in Shennongjia.
Seeing this, Wang Yan’s eyes twitched slightly. “What about dad?”
Hearing this, Wang Yan hesitated.
She pondered her words but couldn’t find a way to beautify their father’s actions, so she finally answered plainly, “He’s at Mount Wutai, seeking the Way.”
Wang Yan’s face darkened.
Mount Wutai is Buddhist, and seeking the Way should be at Wudang Mountain.
Dad’s thinking was quite peculiar…
But dad had always been like this. If he suddenly became normal one day, Wang Yan would immediately search his memories to check if he had been possessed.
Dad had been deeply influenced by the explosion of online literature in his youth, particularly Xianxia novels, and his only life goal was to cultivate immortality and achieve eternal life.
Wang Yan had a good idea of where his occasional immaturity came from.
Looking around, he noticed that his sister’s room had no girlish pink vibes, it was a mess with white stockings scattered everywhere, with no regard for anyone seeing.
“We learn to meow like cats, meow meow meow…”
An embarrassing ringtone sounded, and Wang Yan glanced at the caller ID, her eyes instantly brightening.
“Xiaoxue? You finally called me! I tell you, that guy from last time definitely had bad intentions! You have to believe me! Uh… watching a movie? I’ll be right there!”
Wang Yan started rummaging through her belongings.
She quickly got ready, shouldering a hiking backpack. Only at the door did she remember her brother, and she turned back, saying, “I won’t be back tonight! Bro, take care of yourself, try not to stay up too late! I hear you researchers are just as prone to sudden death as those online writers…”
Wang Yan didn’t fit the cute sister persona, she was more like a nagging mom.
She looked more like a trekker about to embark on a long journey than someone going to watch a movie.
Wang Yan, with dead-fish eyes, saw through her hiking backpack and saw the “little toys” inside, leaving him speechless.
After a while, he managed to squeeze out four words.
“Take care of yourself.”
Not long after Wang Yan left, his elder brother Wang Yan returned.
Within five minutes of entering the house, he received three phone calls, all from women.
Wang Yan couldn’t understand how his saint-like, clean-looking brother, who was only considered handsome, had such good luck with women.
“Xiao Yan, I’m going out with my girlfriends. I’ve transferred the living expenses to your card. Call me if you run out.”
With that, the irresponsible brother also left the house.
Sitting alone in the quiet house, Wang Yan sighed.
He took out the modified first-generation Hokage necklace, splitting it into four parts, and sent them into his family members’ bodies remotely.
Though not the best treasure, it had the functions of strengthening the body, extending life, and protecting them.
Wang Yan logged into his Weibo account and posted an article titled “Research on the Feasibility of Internal Energy Cultivation,” then turned and stepped back into the Naruto world.
Time on Earth flowed faster than in the Naruto world.
Now, it was time to reel in the net…
According to Wang Yan’s estimates, this time he could gain at least a million resource points.
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