What's even more outrageous is that this unscrupulous old man even made him take all sorts of pills concocted from things like cow dung and horse urine, claiming they were some kind of elixir of life.

At that time, Yvonne Carter was still too young, barely had enough to eat or wear—how could he possibly stand up to an adult?

So, those days were simply the greatest shadow in Yvonne Carter's life.

Because of this, for more than ten years afterward, Yvonne Carter extinguished many hopes and desires, living like a fool, spending every day recalling the classics and philosophies from his previous life, muddling through each day in a daze.

Finally, after enduring fifteen bitter years, just three days ago, that unscrupulous swindler finally couldn't withstand the ravages of time and passed away.

On this day, Yvonne Carter finally stepped out of the shadows. After burying the old man behind the desolate Luoxia Mountain, he simply took up residence in the dilapidated temple there.

First, to keep the old man company; second, because he had nowhere else to go—the old man, before dying, sold the rundown house at the foot of the mountain, bought a jug of wine, drank it all, and then passed away peacefully.

The old man's passing, no matter how you look at it, was a sad event—after all, Yvonne Carter was a good citizen from Huaxia, upholding the five virtues and four beauties, not only exceptionally handsome but also of high moral character and artistic talent, with filial piety that could move the heavens...

Yet Yvonne Carter truly couldn't feel sad; on the contrary, he was overwhelmed with excitement and joy.

Because he had awakened a very peculiar ability!

[Life Archive System (Light Blue)]

This system has no emotions, no intelligent voice features or any other extraordinary functions, and it can't interact with people. It's just a special light-and-shadow data panel—the kind that appears with a 'Duang', 'Duang' special effect.

Of course, Yvonne Carter had tested this special effect—only he could see it.

The greatest ability of this system is to lock onto living beings and check their 'life archives'.

This 'life archive' first layer is a simple summary of a person's experiences, but this basic information can be further expanded.

In the end, it can even provide specific experiences at a certain time and place, including the person's psychological activities, all recorded in detail!

Moreover, the archive inquiry isn't limited to past information; it also includes things currently happening, and even some things that will happen in the future.

However, at present, this so-called Light Blue Life Archive System seems to have some restrictions on viewing the future due to its level and other reasons. It can only view the life archives for the next three days, and checking archives of events that haven't happened yet requires an extra fee.

The payment isn't Huaxia currency, nor is it any kind of spiritual stone from this world, but something called 'Heavenly Fate Points'.

When querying an archive, it's not direct reading, but rather information transfer—like a computer transferring data to a USB drive.

In other words, if Yvonne Carter wants to know someone's specific past, he just needs to spend some time querying the person's life archive, then spend some time digesting and absorbing the information within, and he'll have a complete grasp of all that person's information.

"Light Blue, open the system panel."

Yvonne Carter brought up the system panel and glanced at it.

[Life Archive System★ (Light Blue)]

Level: 1

Heavenly Fate Points: 1090.

Function 1: Insightful Observation: View the past and present life archives of living beings. Under normal circumstances, this does not consume Heavenly Fate Points.

Function 2: Control the Future: Consume a certain amount of Heavenly Fate Points to view the life archives of living beings for the next three days. (Note: The amount of Heavenly Fate Points required depends on the being's strength and the degree of change in fate over the next three days. 'Note—The stronger the being, the more concise the future archive information.')

Function 3: Heavenly Fate Shop (Not yet unlocked).

Function 4: Persuasion by Reason (Not yet unlocked).

Function 5: True-Virtual Comprehension (Not yet unlocked).

Function 6: ???

...

"Light Blue, lock onto Emily Sullivan and bring up Emily Sullivan's life archive for the next three days."

[This inquiry will consume 300 Heavenly Fate Points. Confirm?]

"300 points? That's so high?"

"Confirm!"

Yvonne Carter knew Emily Sullivan was extraordinary, but 300 Heavenly Fate Points was still a bit much.

You know, when he helped Ethan Carter with a calculation yesterday, it only cost 10 Heavenly Fate Points!

And the system only gifted a total of 1000 Heavenly Fate Points. After helping Ethan Carter deduce fate yesterday, he only gained 100 points!

Now, he was spending 300 points in one go!

The moment Yvonne Carter confirmed, a stream of extremely mysterious, dazzling information instantly appeared on the light screen before his eyes.

Line after line of text transformed into sparkling, translucent, multicolored glass, as if each character radiated a misty glow.

And these words seemed to come alive, like vivid little sprites, surging forth and rushing into Yvonne Carter's eyes.

At that moment, Yvonne Carter's mind boomed, as if a whole new world had opened up.

Scene after scene, like a virtual reality movie, unfolded directly before Yvonne Carter's eyes.