Chapter 123: Identity
As her excitement gradually subsided, Gu Wanrong’s gaze fell on the license plates again.
License plate Jing A00001, Jing A00010, Jing A06688—these were the three license plates drawn tonight.
Leaving the garage, Gu Wanrong walked on the path back to her courtyard, deep in thought.
She remembered the various things she had obtained from the System: Guangle Housekeeping, the Hengxin International Financial Building in Shanghai, Yishang Entertainment… Previously, she accepted them as fair transactions with the System. But the character halos, Jadeite Regenerator, Luck Charms… these couldn’t be explained by modern technology.
The existence of the System itself was an inconceivable thing that couldn’t be explained by common sense.
Apart from the things inexplicable by modern technology, the Gu Residence she was currently in, the Red Flag car she just got, and the thought-provoking license plates—their origins…
In the past, she hadn’t been without such thoughts, but they were fleeting, forgotten the next second. But now, she couldn’t ignore the strangeness these things brought. This came from her further improved Perception Ability.
Struggling with this, she returned to her bedroom.
Meanwhile, in a place Gu Wanrong couldn’t see, the Sudden Wealth System was rapidly loading content, flickering with a ghostly light.
Gu Wanrong propped one hand on the desk, resting her small chin on the back of that hand, looking at the swaying branches outside the window, her thoughts messy and chaotic.
[Host meets the opening conditions for Identity Data Phase 1. Please choose whether to open.]
The System finally finished loading.
A query appeared in Gu Wanrong’s mind. Gu Wanrong thought the content she was struggling with might be partially resolved by this.
“Open.”
As Gu Wanrong’s voice fell, a virtual screen floated before her eyes, displaying her personal information.
Name: Gu Wanrong Age: 18 Occupation: Student, Chairman Appearance… Physique… Intelligence… EQ… Skills: …
Her gaze swept quickly over the familiar information on the panel, settling on the Identity Background column. The System offered two sets of information data.
Slowly sliding the screen, Gu Wanrong read the two documents carefully.
[Please choose between Identity One and Identity Two.]
“Wait a moment, don’t rush me.” Gu Wanrong prudently didn’t choose an identity background directly according to the System process. She refused temporarily; she still had a lot to figure out.
The System compiled two backgrounds based on Gu Wanrong herself. Overall, they felt largely the same. Both backgrounds traced the source based on Gu Wanrong’s surname “Gu,” forcibly connecting to thousands of years ago, but there were differences.
The origin of the surname Gu has three directions. Ethnic minorities changing their surname to Gu wasn’t chosen by the System, leaving Gu Wanrong with only two choices.
One is the Northern Gu, descendants of the State of Gu. During the Xia Dynasty, the Kunwu clan was enfeoffed in the State of Gu. Shang Tang destroyed the State of Gu, and the descendants scattered, taking Gu as their surname.
The second is the Southern Gu, originating from Zou Yao. He was enfeoffed as the King of Eastern Ou for his merit in destroying the Qin Dynasty, and subsequently enfeoffed his son to Kuaiji, known as the Marquis of Guyu. Thereafter, his descendants took “Gu” as their surname.
However, as far as Gu Wanrong knew, her family genealogy had been lost when her father was a child. How could she know which “Gu” she belonged to?
Furthermore, what relationship or origin could this have with the System?
Besides this, the content compiled by the System was identical. It even traced back to the descendants of the Youyu clan in ancient times. The Youyu clan had many descendants. Every few decades or centuries, one person would be recalled by the Youyu clan to shoulder the mission of inheriting the family.
The last descendant of the Youyu clan who was recalled and then emerged was a woman surnamed Chen.
Such a powerful figure should have a personal encyclopedia entry. So Gu Wanrong took out her phone to search—no such person. Then she searched further back for the previous name given by the System—also nothing.
But the System attributed the origins of Guangle Housekeeping, the Hengxin International Financial Building in Shanghai, Yishang Entertainment… to the wealth accumulation of generation after generation of Youyu descendants.
This was very strange. Was this family so low-key? Even their information couldn’t be found online. Did the System bug out?
In summary, no matter which “Gu” it was, Gu Wanrong would be a descendant of the Youyu clan. Then Gu Wanrong’s identity background would be the new successor of the Youyu clan.
“System, first of all, look, I can’t find the people you mentioned. Secondly, I was born to my parents, how did you change my ancestors? Finally, you said Identity Phase 1, there won’t be Phase 2, 3, 4, changing my ancestors at every phase, right?”
Gu Wanrong held up her phone; the search page remained blank.
[Host please do not be anxious. Search for their past deeds; traces remain in this world.]
The System’s tone remained calm, speaking at a leisurely pace.
Gu Wanrong wrinkled her nose, flipped to the past deeds newly added by the System in the identity background column, and searched online again. Surprisingly, she could actually find them. But still no names, only their existence could be guessed from a few words.
Names couldn’t be searched, but traces remained in various deeds.
“You’re not so magically powerful that you can tamper with history, are you?”
Although the System’s origin was mysterious, so far, it hadn’t shown any behavior harmful to her or the world, so she was willing to believe it. But this matter still made her wary. After all, a person’s historical record suddenly disappearing, yet having scant mentions involved, seemed like a very eerie thing no matter how you looked at it.
“These records are all written ambiguously.” Gu Wanrong looked at the data on the phone screen, frowning tightly.
[The System does not have the ability to change the past. In human terms, the System has simply existed for a long time.]
Hearing this sentence, the doubts in Gu Wanrong’s heart eased slightly.
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