Chapter 1: Mythological Era

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Eastern mythical creatures.

Long long ago… On March 1st year 1999… A giant six-winged creature appeared in the sky above the Rooster Kingdom of Gaul. Apart from its six wings, there was a giant eyeball covered in blood vessels. It was suspected that an Angel had descended!

Long long ago… On March 8th year 2000… The Fusang Divine Tree was born. The Creation Tree emerged from the water and headed straight for the Heavenly Palace!

Long long ago… On February 13th year 2000… Mount Fuji erupted. A giant beast that looked like a lizard walked out of the lava pool. Three days later, Benzhou Island fell.

Long long ago… With the emergence of a large number of mythical creatures in the year 2000, the world entered a new era!

New Era Year (NYE), 123.

Baiyue Province, Lan City, Quicksand Town.

In Hongguang Military District, Chu Lingjun — who had transmigrated — was busy reading the news. His face was slightly pale.

This world he transmigrated in was so dangerous!

In the few days that Chu Lingjun had come here, a beast tide had already attacked the city.

Fortunately, it was only a small-scale beast tide. The army was able to immediately suppress the horde.

Chu Lingjun went to the scene after the incident. There were bloodied soldiers and severed limbs everywhere. There was a pothole covered in a layer of dark red meat and flies buzzing around it… It made him shiver to his core!

After the new era, a large number of spatial rifts appeared across the planet. Countless monsters, and even creatures from legends and myths, invaded the earth. The humans had no choice but to fight, many of them defeated with each battle.

Humans relied on nuclear bombs to protect their last base.

The opening of the spatial rift also brought about the recovery of spiritual energy.

After the new era arrived, while the world was working hard to develop science and technology, the country also vigorously promoted the cultivation of spiritual power. A large number of ancient martial arts practitioners and aptitude users appeared out of nowhere, and everyone cultivated their spiritual energy to stand a chance to protect their home.

Chu Lingjun managed to become a Grade One student at Quicksand High School. When the new semester comes, he will start cultivating his spiritual energy alongside his peers. This made Chu Lingjun excited. His heart skipped a beat, and an attribute panel appeared in front of him. This was something that activated when he transmigrated.

[Name: Chu Lingjun]

[Vitality: 6]

[Spirit: 20]

[Talent: Soul Clone (Uncontracted)]

[Cultivation technique: Cannon fist (8/100/beginner)]

The average person’s attributes would be around 10 points.

Chu Lingjun had just been discharged from the hospital a few days ago and was slowly recovering from his injuries. His face was pale, so his vitality was only at 6 points — it was much lower than ordinary people.

It seemed that his spiritual energy was 20 points because he had transmigrated.

The most important thing he needed right now was the Soul Clone he wanted to achieve.

He will be able to create a Soul Clone and contract it with a certain creature.

After the contract, Chu Lingjun will be able to share his cultivation base, talent, and everything else with the clone!

This was also one of the reasons why Chu Lingjun had gone out of the city the last time. He wanted to take the opportunity to contract a powerful exotic beast!

Once the contract passes, even if Chu Lingjun’s main body did not cultivate and his clone cultivated, he would still be able to increase his cultivation through proxy. This was a powerful ability to have!

Unfortunately, Chu Lingjun was not able to capture one. There were a large number of troops stationed outside the city, and all the mutated beasts would be attacked once they got closer to the city.

With Chu Lingjun’s current status, he may never come into contact with powerful exotic beasts.

Moreover, according to the information, Chu Lingjun was only an ordinary person at most. He was destined to contract ordinary creatures.

Creatures that were too powerful had powerful souls and could not be contracted if the host was too weak.

Just as Chu Lingjun was deep in thought, the door opened and two figures walked in.

One walked the other was pushed by a wheelchair.

The woman standing was about 40 or 50 years old. She looked haggard and had two big dark circles under her eyes. There was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead.

A few strands of hair were drenched in sweat and messily stuck to both sides of her face.

The woman was carrying a vegetable basket in her hand. It was obvious that she had just returned from the market. She had small cabbages, a potato, a corn, a carrot, and a small piece of fat in it.

This person was Chu Lingjun’s mother, Fang Shuping.

The girl sitting in the wheelchair was about 14 or 15 years old. She had short hair and a round oval face.

Unfortunately, her eyes were dull and lifeless.

The moment she saw Chu Lingjun, her eyes lit. She tried to stand up from the wheelchair, but failed.

She pointed at Chu Lingjun with her right hand and said in a daze, “B-brother… H-hey…”

This person was Chu Lingjun’s biological sister, Chu Yue.

Chu Yue’s speech was staggered. She spoke word by word, and her tone was flat. She spoke like a robot that was not operating smoothly.

Chu Yue was diagnosed with polio when she was six months old, and she was diagnosed with autism when she was two years old.

“Spirit…Lingjun, can you help me look after Chu Yue? I need to cook.”

Fang Shuping looked at Chu Lingjun timidly. Her gaze was evasive, like the shards of sunlight hidden in the treetops. Her tone could not help but carry a hint of desperation. It was as if she was afraid that her words would anger Chu Lingjun.

Chu Lingjun put away his phone and stood up from the sofa. He tried his best to put on a warm smile. “Okay, it’s still sunny outside. I’ll bring Chu Yue out for a walk and get some sun!”

“Good! Perfect! Wonderful!” Fang Shuping said with glee.

“Outside… Sun… Yes…” Chu Yue chuckled as she spoke word by word in a daze.

Chu Yue, who was autistic, behaved like a lifeless puppet most of the time. She only gets excited when she can go out for a walk and bask in the sun.

Chu Lingjun took the wheelchair from his mother’s hands, turned it around, and pushed the wheelchair out again.

Fang Shuping followed them to the door and held onto the door frame. She watched as her children disappeared past the corridor, only then did this lonely woman gently close the door.

The main characteristics of autism would be the unwillingness to maintain eye contact and conversation. They had selective hearing and behavior that would not be understood.

People with autism were called Children of the Stars. Like the stars in the sky, each person had a world, shining alone.

Although modern medicine did not admit that autistic people were fools, in the eyes of ordinary people, autistic people were incapable of intelligence.

Even her brother, Chu Lingjun, thought so.

A few years ago, Chu Lingjun was able to play very well with his sister. They talked and laughed, and they were extremely close.

However, as she grew up, Chu Yue’s condition did not improve even after more than ten years of treatment.

The people around them began to laugh at Chu Yue for being a fool and a retard. At the same time, they also laughed at Chu Lingjun for being the brother of a fool.

The little boy began to become sensitive, repressed, and evasive. He gradually distanced himself from his sister and hated her. He also gradually distanced himself from his family and friends.

Even though no one dared to bully Chu Lingjun openly as a military relative, he was subjected to ridicule, mockery, and cold violence. He only encountered dark days with no future in sight…

The tension in the boy’s heart was broken.

He had swallowed a large amount of rat poison a few days ago to end his misery.

Chu Lingjun sighed. He did not blame this boy for his behavior. On the contrary, he sympathized with him.

Even his mother could not help but break down and cry alone at night. How could Chu Lingjun, an underage child, withstand it?

It was a big feat that he did not take revenge on society for shunning him.

To quote a famous online saying — what’s wrong isn’t me, it’s the world.

The midsummer light shone on Chu Lingjun and Chu Yue. Chu Lingjun pushed Chu Yue out of the solemn military district.

The golden sunlight shone on Chu Yue’s body. She smiled and raised her hands to touch the sunlight, but it was like fishing for the moon in water. She kept failing. Her face showed a happy and angry expression all at the same time whenever she swung her arms around.

Chu Lingjun smiled.

Because of her disadvantages, Chu Yue needed a lot of medicine every month.

In addition, his mother had to be a stay-at-home full-time caretaker for Chu Yue. She was the child who would never grow up. All the financial pressure was on his father, Chu Xingguo.

In order to support his family, Chu Xingguo chose to join the army. He could barely support his family with the pay he was receiving.

In this world where mutated beasts roamed freely, the death rate of soldiers would reach new highs each month.

A few days ago, when the beast tide attacked the city, Fang Shuping was on tenterhooks at home and did not sleep the entire night.

After pushing the wheelchair along the sidewalk for a while, Chu Lingjun arrived at a large ornamental fish shop.

“Has the fish I ordered arrived yet?” Chu Lingjun asked the owner as he pushed the wheelchair into the shop.

“The store only has one one-meter-long fish in stock. If you want a bigger one, you’ll have to wait for two more days. The beast tide attacked the city a few days ago, so you’ll have to understand why there’s a delay.”

As the owner spoke, he led Chu Lingjun to a huge glass tank.

In the tank covered with fine sand and water grass, there was a 1-meter-long creature swimming around. Its upper body was grayish black, and its lower abdomen was orange.

It had a slightly flat head, two small bean-like eyes stuck to the left and right sides, and looked a little comical as it swayed left and right.

This was exactly what Chu Lingjun was looking for when considering having a contracted beast!

The electric eel had a high-voltage power in the water!