"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, did Xi Xi ever like me?"
"No."
"Not even a little bit? Not even for a moment?"
"No."
"That can't be. If Xi Xi really didn't like me, why would she always ask me to order takeout for her? Why wouldn't she ask other men to order takeout for her?"
"...Because you're the easiest to fool."
...Inside a university dormitory, a listless young man stared blankly at the mirror in front of him.
The mirror was only the size of two palms, entirely gray, and its surface was indistinct.
However, every time the young man asked a question, words would appear on the mirror's surface, answering his query.
It was just that the answers the mirror gave were clearly different from what the young man had hoped for.
This caused the young man's face to turn pale, plunging him into despair.
"Xi Xi..."
The young man looked pained, his emotions fluctuating wildly.
He never imagined that Xi Xi, the one he had sincerely devoted himself to, had actually been deceiving him.
Just then.
The young man suddenly clutched his chest.
"Medicine! Medicine!"
The young man quickly looked toward the Special Medicine placed on the desk.
The young man had suffered from heart disease since childhood and relied on Special Medicine every month to sustain his life.
However, when the young man laboriously managed to grab the Special Medicine, he found that the pills inside were all gone.
"I forgot... The money for this month's Special Medicine, I used to buy Xi Xi a handbag she liked..."
The young man collapsed onto the desk, feeling his consciousness grow increasingly hazy.
Soon, he became completely motionless.
An unknown amount of time passed.
The young man's finger suddenly twitched.
Immediately afterward, he abruptly opened his eyes.
"I'm not dead?"
Su Yuan gasped for breath.
His last memory was of a truck speeding toward him while he was crossing the crosswalk.
Then he felt himself flying.
And now, here he was.
"Where is this?"
Su Yuan tried hard to calm his mind.
He had been hit by such a large truck.
Even if he hadn't died, he should be in the ICU, or at the very least, in a hospital.
But here?
Su Yuan quickly observed his surroundings.
"Hmm?"
Su Yuan felt a roar erupt in his mind.
A flood of memories continuously poured out.
Several minutes later.
Su Yuan took a deep breath.
"So I Transmigrated."
Su Yuan thought silently to himself.
By receiving the original owner's memories, he generally understood his current situation.
This world was extremely similar to 'Earth' before his Transmigration; even the history and culture were nearly identical.
The city the original owner lived in was called the Magic City, the most economically prosperous city in Xia Country... The original owner was also named Su Yuan, and he grew up in an orphanage in a remote city in Xia Country.
After studying hard for three years in high school, he finally got into an ordinary university in the Magic City.
He was currently in the summer break of his sophomore year, set to start his junior year soon.
Although he received no support from parents, the original owner had been hardworking since childhood. Whenever he had time, he took on part-time jobs, supplemented by student grants and other aid.
He was thus able to manage his life at school.
Until one chance encounter led the original owner to meet Zhao Xi Xi, the goddess he secretly admired.
Originally, the owner hadn't thought much of it, as he and Zhao Xi Xi belonged to completely different worlds.
Unexpectedly, the goddess Zhao Xi Xi proactively started chatting with him, and the two successfully exchanged contact information.
From then on, the original owner frequently heard Zhao Xi Xi come to him to 'complain about her troubles'.
Things like being hungry with no money for food, or seeing a handbag she wanted but couldn't bear to buy... The original owner naturally couldn't refuse the goddess's difficulties. In just a few months, he emptied the savings he had accumulated from years of part-time work to support her.
Even the money needed to buy his Special Medicine was gone.
"You shouldn't be a simp..."
Su Yuan's mouth twitched slightly, unsure what to say.
As an outsider, it was clear that the original owner's actions made him nothing more than a simp who had licked himself into destitution.
Furthermore... Su Yuan looked toward the gray mirror on the desk.
This mirror had been picked up by the original owner recently on an antique street.
At the time, the mirror was carelessly tossed by the roadside.
Operating on the principle of not wasting anything, the original owner casually picked it up.
He brought the mirror back to the dorm and left it to gather dust in a corner of the desk.
Until today, when Zhao Xi Xi deleted his contact information. The original owner, heartbroken, saw the mirror in the corner.
He casually picked it up.
Originally, the owner hadn't taken it seriously, merely treating the mirror as an object to confide in, speaking of his feelings for the goddess.
He never expected that after the original owner asked the question, "Why did Xi Xi delete me?"
The mirror, which had seemed like a dead object, began to ripple on its surface, and lines of text appeared—
"Because you ran out of money."
At first, the original owner was terrified.
But after repeated testing, he found that the mirror seemed capable of answering his questions.
So, he asked every accumulated question he had about the goddess Xi Xi in one go.
The result was that he naturally couldn't handle the shock, and the violent emotional fluctuation triggered a heart attack, compounded by the lack of Special Medicine.
"A mirror that can answer any question?"
Su Yuan solemnly examined the gray mirror.
If it truly could answer any question, then the value of this mirror... would be absolutely immeasurable.
"Should I try it?"
Su Yuan considered for a moment and decided to try it himself, to see if the mirror could really answer everything.
"What should I ask?"
Su Yuan pondered, his gaze falling on the Special Medicine bottle nearby.
Of course, it was empty.
He immediately touched his chest.
He faintly felt his heart struggling to beat.
Clearly, when Su Yuan Transmigrated.
He had also inherited the original owner's heart disease.
"How can I cure my heart disease?"
Su Yuan stared at the surface of the gray mirror and asked in a low voice.
Buzz—The surface of the gray mirror rippled intensely.
Immediately afterward, lines of text appeared.
[Method One: Go to the Magic City Zhongshan Hospital and have Lu Fusheng personally perform heart healing surgery on you. After recuperating in the Zhongshan Hospital Super Ward for two months, you will be cured.]
[Method Two: Go to the Imperial Capital Fourth Research Institute and take the Genetic Serum that was just produced there. After recuperating for one month, you will be cured.]
[Method Three: Ninety thousand meters underground in the Arctic, there is a drop of Earth Milk Liquid. Consumption will result in Bone-marrow Cleansing and Body Transformation, curing the disease...]
...Su Yuan looked at the indistinct, hazy mirror surface, where line after line of text continued to appear.
While shocked, he also felt extremely speechless.
First, Method One: going to the Magic City Zhongshan Hospital.
What kind of place was the Magic City Zhongshan Hospital? It was one of the best hospitals in all of Xia Country, and even the world, where it was always impossible to get an appointment. Asking Su Yuan to go there to cure his heart disease?
That was too unrealistic.
And Lu Fusheng... Su Yuan browsed the original owner's memories; this person was the Vice President of Zhongshan Hospital and had stopped personally performing surgeries a long time ago.
As for Method Two... Although Su Yuan couldn't achieve Method One, he could at least understand it.
But Method Two? The Fourth Research Institute? Genetic Serum? Su Yuan had never even heard of them.
Even if they truly existed, they weren't things an ordinary person like Su Yuan could hope to access.
The hundreds of methods that followed were even more outrageous than Method Two.
They were simply impossible for Su Yuan to achieve... He reined in his thoughts.
Su Yuan looked back at the gray mirror.
"How can I cure my heart disease?"
"Prerequisite: I must be able to do it easily."
Su Yuan pondered for a moment and asked the question again.
It was still the question of how to cure his heart disease, but with an added prerequisite.
Something he could easily achieve.
Buzz—The mirror surface was hazy and indistinct, and soon, lines of text appeared again.
[Perform the following movements... Practice these movements for half an hour every day, and you will be cured after three months.]
..."It actually exists?"
Su Yuan's heart shook, and he immediately looked at the series of movements provided by the gray mirror.
The movements were slightly complex, requiring the mobilization of all joints and muscles, but they were not difficult for Su Yuan.
Soon.
Half an hour passed.
Su Yuan strictly followed the gray mirror's instructions and finished practicing the set of movements.
Since it was currently summer break, the entire dormitory building was empty, so even if the movements were loud, they didn't attract any attention.
Su Yuan had specifically applied to stay on campus to make part-time work easier.
"Hoo!"
Su Yuan breathed slightly, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his face.
Yet, he faintly felt his heart become lighter, and its beats were much brisker.
"It works!"
Su Yuan was ecstatic.
Ever since he learned that he had inherited the original owner's heart disease.
Su Yuan had been worried about when the disease might flare up again.
But now?
According to the method provided by the gray mirror, he only needed to practice this set of movements for half an hour every day for the next three months to be completely cured!
"It seems this mirror truly can answer any question."
Su Yuan steadied his mind.
At the very least, he had never heard of the set of movements provided by the gray mirror in the original owner's memories.
Curing heart disease solely through a set of movements?
If word got out, it would be enough to cause a global upheaval in the medical industry.
"It can answer any question..."
Su Yuan was silent for a moment, a strange look appearing in his eyes.
Following this, Su Yuan asked his next question.
"How can I achieve eternal life?"