During the subsequent legal proceedings, Lin Yi initially believed he wouldn't face any serious trouble. After all, it was the rich heir who had broken into his room first, wielding a fruit knife.
Since the other man had made the first move against him, under normal circumstances, his actions would have easily qualified as self-defense.
Furthermore, although Liu Ze was seriously injured, thanks to being sent to the hospital in a timely manner, his life was ultimately not in danger.
To Lin Yi's utter shock, Qin Yuyao actively went to the police to report that Lin Yi had attempted to rape her, even presenting a partial video clip as evidence.
The video clip had obviously been edited, showing only the moment when Lin Yi supposedly lost control in a frenzy of animalistic desire.
Throughout the footage, Qin Yuyao could indeed be heard repeatedly crying out:
"No, please."
"Stop!"
"No, please."
"Stop!"
How on earth is a normal man supposed to tell whether someone genuinely wants him to stop?
If it were only a matter of this, Lin Yi might not have been in such deep trouble. After all, incidents happening in hotel rooms are notoriously difficult to judge definitively.
However, that same Liu Ze woke up and accused Lin Yi of attempted murder.
His reasoning was that he had merely used the back of the knife to frighten Lin Yi at the time, and had never truly intended to kill him.
And the video did indeed clearly show that the rich heir had used the blunt side of the knife to strike Lin Yi.
Lin Yi didn't have the fortune of encountering the legendary lawyers and judges from high-profile internet cases, nor was there anyone to speak up for him.
With two out of the three parties involved accusing Lin Yi of criminal acts, the hotel room having been booked under Lin Yi's name, and the intervention of the rich heir's family, Lin Yi was left unable to clear his name and completely lacking any evidence.
In the end, Lin Yi was sentenced to life imprisonment—the kind without the possibility of parole!
And to make matters worse, Lin Yi had just obtained the Longevity System, granting him endless lifespan.
At that moment, he felt like he had been utterly screwed by fate; he wished he were dead.
What made it even more tragic was that the task assigned to him by the system was exceptionally simple—something Lin Yi could have completed just by lying down and doing nothing every day.
The task was to score first place in his grade on an exam.
With the Memory Extractor, that would have been an absolute breeze for Lin Yi.
Obviously, locked behind bars, Lin Yi never managed to complete the task before he died. Because the task remained unfulfilled, the system never triggered the next one.
Lin Yi sat atop a mountain of treasure yet was completely unable to use it.
Sure, he received ten days of lifespan every day just by signing in, but what good was that? He had been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole!
With Qin Yuyao and the rich heir Liu Ze keeping a close eye on him, he had zero chance of having his sentence reduced. He ended up serving thirty solid years in that prison.
During this time, Qin Yuyao came to visit him in prison once every year. It was only through her gloating and showing off that Lin Yi learned the truth behind everything.
Qin Yuyao had long since hooked up with the rich heir named Liu Ze. Qin Yuyao, who had acted as prudish and innocent as a Saintess and hadn't even let Lin Yi hold her hand more than a few times, had met Liu Ze only twice before a designer handbag worth over thirty thousand was enough to lure her to a hotel to engage in adult activities.
Everything that had happened in that hotel room back then—including his frenzy of animalistic desire, Liu Ze's sudden intrusion, and the hidden cameras set up in advance—
All of it had been orchestrated by Qin Yuyao! Her sole objective was to get her hands on Lin Yi's Bitcoin account.
Qin Yuyao had already figured out all the account and password information long ago.
Because Bitcoin transactions were illegal in Xia Country on Blue Star and had to be kept in the shadows, Lin Yi's wealth was, at the end of the day, not protected by law.
Once Lin Yi completely vanished from the picture, all of that wealth would become Qin Yuyao's, and no one would ever know she had acquired it.
Initially, her plan was for the rich heir Liu Ze to accidentally kill Lin Yi in the scuffle, but she hadn't expected Liu Ze to be so utterly useless that he couldn't even hold a knife properly.
Still, getting Lin Yi sentenced to life without parole was barely acceptable in the end.
In the past, Qin Yuyao was just a thoroughly gold-digging woman without all that much scheming in her.
Perhaps immense wealth has the power to change people; ever since she found out about Lin Yi's astronomical fortune, Qin Yuyao had grown terrifyingly dark-hearted.
After months of meticulous planning, she set the whole trap.
The rich heir Liu Ze's sudden intrusion into the room had also been carefully timed by Qin Yuyao, who had notified Liu Ze in advance, claiming that a fellow student had forcibly dragged her to a hotel and attempted to violate her.
The thoughtful Qin Yuyao had even controlled the timing to absolute perfection.
Even though she was long past being pure, she still refused to let Lin Yi take even the slightest advantage of her.
Right as Lin Yi was about to bid farewell to his twenty-year streak as an unwed virgin, Liu Ze burst through the door right on cue.
Meanwhile, Liu Ze was being played like a fiddle by Qin Yuyao as well. Regarding everything that happened, he simply believed that his girlfriend had nearly been defiled by some societal scum.
After Lin Yi was sentenced, he never saw Liu Ze again.
Liu Ze had no idea about the Bitcoin. Even when Lin Yi later tried to report it to the police, the whole matter had long since been wiped clean by Qin Yuyao without a trace.
Coupled with Qin Yuyao's own behind-the-scenes maneuvering, everyone simply assumed Lin Yi had lost his mind.
...
The memories of his two lives gradually merged in his mind, and Lin Yi's thoughts grew increasingly clear. Gazing at Building 27 not far away, the corners of Lin Yi's mouth curled upward slightly—heaven had ultimately not treated him unfairly.
Wasting no time, Lin Yi quickened his pace and returned to the university dormitory from his memories within just a few minutes.
Stepping back into the dorm, it was currently lunchtime, and to his surprise, there wasn't a single person inside.
Although the dormitory was still the exact same dormitory, Lin Yi was no longer the same Lin Yi he used to be.
Looking at the scene before him, even with the system waiting to be explored, a myriad of complex emotions washed over Lin Yi all at once.
Refusing to dwell on sentimentality for long, Lin Yi quickly pulled himself together, sat down at his desk, and muttered the system's name in his mind, sinking his consciousness inward.
"System, aside from the monthly lucky draw chance, are there any other ways? Can I possess multiple systems at the same time?"
[Ding~, theoretically the host can obtain one roulette spin per month, and every roulette must be spun. Therefore, the system on the roulette will change every month, and the host cannot use two systems simultaneously.]
"You've got to be kidding me! Doesn't that mean it's not nearly as powerful as I imagined? And here I thought it was truly omnipotent."
"This is even less able to stand the test of time than a simping dog's romance!"
Lin Yi couldn't help but complain to the system; its explanation shattered his fantasies back to reality.
If he could only possess a single system and was forced to swap it out every month, it didn't seem as powerful as he had imagined.
Perhaps sensing Lin Yi's skeptical attitude, the mechanical voice of the system sounded once again.
[Reminding the host, what was just stated applies only to normal circumstances. The host can complete irregular tasks issued by the system during its use, or obtain various prop cards through different methods.]
[Some of these prop cards can achieve the exact requirements the host just mentioned. Please complete subsequent tasks to unlock them.]
When mountains seem to block the way and rivers wind without end, a new village appears amidst willow trees and bright flowers. Hope flared up in Lin Yi once more.
Having figured out the functions of the Omnipotent Counterattack System, Lin Yi was filled with boundless boldness: "Had Heaven not produced me, Lin Yi, the system would have left the ages in eternal darkness!"
"System, when can I draw?"
[Ding~, right now. If the host confirms, simply recite the start command silently in your mind.]
"Start the draw!"