The cold winter rain beat heavily against the wooden gates of the Sterling manor as Dustin Vance hurried through the cobblestone path. His fingers were stiff from the freezing air, but he kept his hands wrapped tightly around a small, glowing crystal vial.Inside this precious vial was the rare Elixir of Life, a medicine he had spent the last three weeks of his life performing brutal, back-breaking labor in the deep mountain ores to obtain. His body was completely exhausted, his shoulders bruised, and his clothes covered in dark mud, but none of that mattered to him right now.He had pushed himself past his physical limits to return several hours ahead of his usual schedule, driven entirely by a beautiful anticipation. He simply could not wait to walk through the front doors, place this expensive medicine into his wife Chloe's hands, and see the radiant, happy smile return to her face.For three long years, Dustin had worked himself to absolute bone-deep exhaustion for other arrogant

The glowing blue screen stayed very bright right in front of Dustin’s eyes, cutting through the heavy gray mist of the mountain pass. The stark white letters burned straight into his freezing mind.As Dustin stared at the magical interface floating in the air, a distant memory suddenly flashed in his brain. Years ago, when he was just a young boy working in the lower fields, he had once heard an old myth from a traveling scholar about mysterious entities called "Systems" that were granted to a very few vulnerable, broken outcasts at the brink of death to help them gain absolute power.Realizing this mythical legend was actually happening to him at his darkest moment, Dustin desperately shouted inside his consciousness, "System! If you are real, save me! Can you give me some high-tier magic spells or a cultivation core to destroy these monsters right now?"[SYSTEM NOTICE: This system gives zero magic spells. Host can buy modern weapons and tools with Anger Points. Earn points by making

Lady Vivienne’s silver eyes weakly fluttered open for a split second, a sudden, burning wave of absolute shock and unbridled fury crashing through her fading consciousness as she processed the intimate physical contact."What a... pervert," she choked out, her voice a fragile, painful whisper. "How dare you... take advantage... of me..."Her vision dimmed once more, her eyelids growing too heavy to hold up, and she went completely back into a deep, silent unconsciousness.[Ding! 10,000 Anger Points earned from Target: Lady Vivienne! Funds successfully secured for the host!]Dustin did not waste a single second, instantly navigating the blue screen inside his mind to open the system shop."System, buy the advanced modern medical kit and use it on her immediately!" Dustin commanded in his thoughts, his eyes flashing with a serious, urgent light.[Ding! 5,000 Anger Points spent. Advanced Modern Medical Kit purchased and deployed.]A strange, sleek silver box materialized out of thin air,