Echoes in the Deep Valley: My System Can Read Minds

Jiang Chen, a modern graduate student of history, was consulting The Comprehensive Records of Great Chu in an ancient books library when he accidentally touched an untitled old book. The instant his blood soaked through its pages, his soul transmigrated into the body of a boy in the Great Chu Dynasty who shared his name: Jiang Mingyuan. At the time, he was living in a dilapidated courtyard in the capital. His father, Jiang Wenyuan, had been implicated in the imperial examination scandal years earlier and demoted to commoner, leaving the family destitute. His fifteen-year-old sister, Jiang Yueyao, was bright and sensible, but the family’s decline had forced her to shoulder the household chores far too young. As the original owner’s memories mingled with his modern way of thinking, Jiang Chen discovered that he had awakened the “Echo Wall” System. It could let him hear the strongest thoughts of any living creature within ten meters, and later, he would even be able to select specific targets and read their minds. This ability was both an opportunity and a burden: he could hear the greed of street thugs and the schemes of creditors, as well as catch secrets strangers let slip without meaning to.