My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

’Originally, she’d figured Luo Feifei wanted her brother to play Yang Guo while she played Little Dragon Girl. Who would have guessed he was actually cast as Yin Zhiping, and in the show’s only passion scene, no less.’

Jiang Cai’Er was now certain that Luo Feifei had ulterior motives and was making a move on her brother.

’Hmph. You’re only fifteen, and I’m almost eighteen. You’re so young, my brother would never fall for you, you little brat!’

In reality, Luo Feifei was about to celebrate her 16th birthday. And according to the age calculation method from her hometown in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region, her nominal age was already 18.

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region, a baby born before the Lunar New Year is considered one year old at birth and turns two after the New Year passes, even if they aren’t even a month old yet. Jiang Cai’Er’s actual age was only about a year and a half older than Luo Feifei’s.

If they used the nominal age calculation from Luo Feifei’s hometown, Jiang Cai’Er would already be 20, turning 21 after the New Year—a typical old woman.

Of course, many young people didn’t accept this nominal age calculation.

Especially new mothers: "My baby was just born! We haven’t even had the one-month celebration, and I’m still in my postpartum confinement—how can my baby be two years old already?" They would naturally think their relatives were being awful, making their child seem older for no reason.

’So what if she’s a big star? So what if she’s elegant and knows how to dress well? If you don’t become Extraordinary, beauty is fleeting.’ Jiang Cai’Er felt the Spiritual Power coursing through her body, having already opened two Spiritual Power vortexes, and her confidence surged.

’Time to find my brother and test out my new Superpower.’ Jiang Cai’Er skipped along, heading to see Li Xiang in a cheerful mood.

In the living room on the second floor of Li Xiang’s house, the two secretly shared an intimate moment. Li Xiang asked, "You’re already at the Second Tier?"

"Mhm, I just broke through a few days ago." Jiang Cai’Er was thrilled and eager to show it off. "Do you want to experience my new Superpower?"

"Sure." Li Xiang was also very curious about what kind of Superpower Jiang Cai’Er had awakened.

"Then get ready, here I come!" She waved her hand, and a ray of light enveloped Li Xiang.

Naturally, Li Xiang didn’t resist. Cai’Er would never harm him. Besides, it didn’t look very powerful.

Then, he squinted.

"What the hell is this?"

He found himself dropped into a Matrix Map, surrounded by challenges in math, language arts, English, physics, chemistry...

’I actually have to solve problems? If I can’t, I’ll be trapped here forever.’

With his level of power, he could naturally brute-force his way out. But if someone wasn’t much stronger than Jiang Cai’Er—say, only one tier higher, at the same tier, or even at a lower Realm—they’d probably have to obediently solve the problems to escape.

A slacker trapped in here would probably wish they were dead.

’Is the awakening of a Superpower more related to the person than their Breathing Technique?’ Li Xiang mused. He felt that Breathing Techniques were primarily for cultivating Spiritual Power, forging a Spirit Body, and pursuing the Great Dao, whereas an awakened Superpower was equivalent to a Lifebound Divine Technique.

As for the skills, moves, and Martial Arts developed through specific Cultivation Techniques, they were far weaker than Lifebound Divine Techniques.

Lifebound Divine Techniques were like ultimate moves—super ultimates. Because their Inscriptions were naturally formed, they consumed far less Spiritual Power.

Other Martial Arts or Magic honed through practice would never form Inscriptions.

So, Li Xiang obediently began solving the problems. Fortunately, Jiang Cai’Er hadn’t made it too difficult for him; the questions were all relatively simple. Li Xiang cleared one stage after another until he finally "stepped" out of the Matrix Map.

He felt as if he had walked for hundreds of meters inside the Matrix Map, but in reality, he had just been marching in place in the second-floor living room.

"This Superpower of yours is pretty incredible," Li Xiang said in praise.

"Mhm, and it actually has a built-in calculation function, like a Quantum Computer. If I ever face a difficult problem, I can just use this Quantum Computer to figure out the answer in a flash."

Jiang Cai’Er extended a finger, and a Matrix Map made of many pillars of light appeared at her fingertip. This was the "Quantum Computer" she had just mentioned.

This "Quantum Computer" could be made large or small. It could be manifested for everyone to see or kept completely invisible, all according to Jiang Cai’Er’s will.

"Amazing, amazing," Li Xiang said. "At this rate, you’re going to start looking down on me." He suddenly felt his own Superpowers were brutish, only good for fighting and killing.

"How could I ever do that?" Jiang Cai’Er threw her arms around Li Xiang and said with puffed cheeks, "Now, do to me what you did to Luo Feifei!"

Li Xiang replied, "What are you talking about? Nothing happened between her and me."

"You two filmed a passion scene, and you’re saying nothing happened?"

"Oh my god, it was just acting! There were tons of crew members watching. Nothing really happened," Li Xiang explained.

"I don’t care. Reenact it. Do exactly what you did back then, right now."

"Alright, then lie down. On the floor," Li Xiang said.

Jiang Cai’Er glanced toward the staircase. ’What if someone comes up?’ she thought.

"Let’s go to a room instead."

"Is that a good idea?"

"Come on."

So Jiang Cai’Er went in. Instead of the floor, she lay directly on the large, soft bed.

Li Xiang had no choice. To give her equal treatment, he closed the door and prepared to reenact the passion scene.

Of course, nothing had really happened during the shoot, as it was just acting. The same was true now. It consisted of just a touch to her cheek and ended as soon as he removed her outer clothes.

"That’s it?" Jiang Cai’Er raised an eyebrow.

"What did you expect?" Li Xiang pinched her cheek.

"You could... keep going..." Jiang Cai’Er blushed, her eyes shut tight and her eyelashes trembling. Her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

"We should get out of here. It’s not good to stay for too long." Li Xiang quickly pulled Jiang Cai’Er out of the room. He was full of vigor, and her teasing had stirred him up. It would be bad if he couldn’t hold back and did something he’d regret.

Jiang Cai’Er was only a sophomore in high school. He couldn’t disrupt her focus or affect her grades.

’Silly brother...’ Jiang Cai’Er pouted slightly, thinking, ’He’s really such a boy scout.’

But this also set her mind at ease. ’A boy scout like him probably wouldn’t do anything with Luo Feifei either.’

"Let’s wait until after your college entrance exams," Li Xiang said.

"Mhm." Jiang Cai’Er suddenly found herself eagerly looking forward to the college entrance exams.

Most high school students hoped the college entrance exams would come later, giving them more time to review and cram. But Jiang Cai’Er was brimming with confidence. She felt that even with her current abilities, she could get into Qingbei if she took this year’s exams. The only problem was, she wasn’t eligible.

Taking the college entrance exam as a sophomore is against the rules. Some places used to get around this by enrolling their top sophomores in a repeater class so they could take the exam under the guise of being repeat students, allowing them to enter university a year early.

If they didn’t do well, they could simply return for their senior year and try again.

However, getting caught would result in severe penalties. It was essentially gambling with a student’s future, so very few schools dared to do it.

Top students from big cities had many ways to get into Qingbei early, but for students like Jiang Cai’Er, from an ordinary high school in a small county, they had to follow the rules.

"Some of my classmates are coming to see the giant pandas tomorrow," Jiang Cai’Er said.

"Sounds good. When they get here, take them to the milk tea shop. I’ll buy everyone a drink."

"But there’ll be a lot of them. Almost my entire class is coming."

"It’s fine, I can afford it. Can’t have my little Cai’Er losing face, can I?" Li Xiang said with a smile. In reality, milk tea was cheap, so buying a drink for everyone wouldn’t cost much.

"Hmph. You still think I’m ’little’? That Luo Feifei is the little one."

Li Xiang: "..."