Chapter 11: Crossing Over

More than a month later.

Fang Xing walked down the road, his steps slowing suddenly.

He had returned to the same platform from that day.

After a month of emergency repairs, the ground here was level, the buildings orderly, and pedestrians surged like tides—utterly unlike before.

Unbelievable: just over a month ago, this place had been a battlefield littered with ruins, claiming over a thousand lives.

Happy Home Community.

Fang Xing opened his door and couldn’t help muttering: “After something like this, there’s no compensation at all, and the landlord won’t even lower the rent…”

He opened a box of takeout, wolfing it down while checking his contact list.

Seeing that Gu Yun still hadn’t reached out, he felt a pang of gloom.

But Fang Xing knew—he was just a sparring partner; he had no standing to comfort her, and she didn’t need his comfort.

To truly comfort her, he’d have to resurrect Gu Renwang—anything else would be pointless.

“Trust her. She’ll find her way out on her own.”

Fang Xing sighed, washed up quickly, and collapsed into bed.

The next day.

Morning.

With anticipation, he directly looked at his attribute panel:

【Name: Fang Xing】

【Age: 16】

【Profession: Martial Artist】

【First Stage: Skin and Muscle (Skin Refinement: 84/100)】

【Twelve Forms of Military Boxing: 1/100 (Proficient)】

【Great Dragon Stance: 13/100 (Proficient)】

【Gate of All Realms: 100/100 (Location Successful)】

…

In that instant, the mirror-like symbol in Fang Xing’s mind blazed with sudden radiance!

Strange information surfaced, revealing he had gained the ability to cross into another world!

As long as he activated it, he could cross over!

Fang Xing’s eyes flickered to the bottom of the attribute bar:

【Gate of All Realms (Charging)】

“No capture progress bar at all? I thought I’d either directly capture the next world or have to stay there for a hundred days before returning…”

“Turns out, once the progress bar filled, I just got round-trip access to a world… but when will the capture of this second world begin?”

Still, this was better—if I had to stay in the other world for a hundred days before returning, I wouldn’t know how to cover it up.

Fang Xing took a deep breath and took out one by one the tools he had bought.

A drone, an air quality detector, toxin test strips, a selfie stick, and a pet cage containing several white mice…

The basic nanotech protective suit was already on his body; besides that, the most important weapon.

He calmed his nerves and pulled from under the bed a black rod… no, an electric baton.

He couldn’t afford a laser gun; this RT700 electric baton was the best weapon he could find, and he’d paid for it with countless hours of hard labor.

Now, Fang Xing picked up the baton—it was about seventy centimeters long, with a balanced thickness and weight, perfectly suited to his grip.

Crucially, when he pressed the button, a burst of electric sparks erupted from its tip!

Crackling!

“According to the seller, the standard current can knock out an elephant directly… and this is just the basic function.”

“Additionally, this baton has been modified to shoot electric current from its tip… though the range is short, it’s still useful for surprise attacks.”

He clipped the baton to his waist, activated the nanosuit to cover his entire body, then picked up his backpack and neatly organized the supplies.

“According to the Gate of All Realms’s information, I can only teleport directly—I can’t open a portal or anything… the selfie stick is useless.”

He sighed, then focused his will.

One, two, three…

After silently counting to three, a silver-white glow appeared before his eyes.

The glow instantly swallowed him…

Inside the bedroom, Fang Xing was gone.

…

Savage wilderness.

A two-headed lizard monster suddenly lifted its head, then spotted a flash of silver-white electricity.

Crack!

The next instant, a bolt of lightning struck across the air, turning it into charred ash.

“I guess… I was too cautious.”

Fang Xing stared at the two-headed lizard’s corpse, no bigger than a palm, and didn’t deactivate his nanosuit.

“I really… crossed over.”

At this moment, he rapidly scanned his surroundings and checked the path back.

“Hmm… I can teleport back, but there’s a three-second delay—too bad… can’t use it to escape instantly. Lost a lifesaving ability.”

Fang Xing frowned slightly, then released the drone and activated the air quality detector.

As the instruments analyzed, results quickly appeared.

“Nitrogen dominant, oxygen content 22%, rare gases 1.2%, and 0.0001% of completely undetectable components? But overall, no toxic or harmful gases detected…”

Fang Xing looked at the white mice still hopping energetically in their cage, hesitated, then opened his nanosuit’s faceplate.

“Hmm… can breathe normally, air is incredibly fresh…”

At the same time, the drone transmitted back footage of the surroundings: a savage jungle like jade and emerald, with a ribbon-like river flowing gently through its center.

On a clearing, a boar-like monster was sprinting.

Its body exceeded six or seven meters—like a small hill—with six tusks arranged side by side. Strangely, these ivory-like tusks emitted a mysterious crimson glow.

“A transcendent species? And there seem to be more than one…”

Fang Xing’s eyes lit up: “Looks like this world is rich in resources… set to auto-cruise mode.”

He thought for a moment, then immediately set the drone to auto-cruise, assigning it tasks to map the nearby area and search for other lifeforms.

“To be safe, these tech devices will never be brought back to the Blue Star Federation’s world.”

Fang Xing resolved inwardly.

Though he’d prepared extensively, whether these devices had backdoors or not was truly uncertain.

So the best approach was not to test human nature—assume they all did.

Leaving these items permanently in this world eliminates any risk of data leaks after returning and connecting online!

“Sigh… advanced tech worlds are such a hassle.”

“Even if I acquire resources here, I won’t be able to sell them easily…”

After all, Fang Xing was just an ordinary student—how could he explain suddenly acquiring strange, exotic items—or a sudden surge in wealth?

“I need a channel to obtain cash or anonymous accounts… a way to offload large quantities of goods…”

“After all the calculations, I still have to deal with the black market.”

Fang Xing sighed, scanning the drone’s map for a suitable location to set up camp.

Choosing such a site required skill: close to water, yet safe.

He’d studied similar courses—he could handle it easily.

Half an hour later, Fang Xing fetched river water, poured it into a pot, and slowly boiled it, watching roasted birds and fish over the fire.

These meals were simply gathered on the spot—small animals here seemed unusually abundant.

Of course, the river wasn’t safe either: in a fleeting glimpse from the drone, he’d seen what looked like a ten-meter-long black serpent shadow gliding beneath the water…

Due to the primitive environment, Fang Xing used local materials: first roasted birds and fish. The river fish were large—each over half a meter long, with dense, sturdy bones—so he also boiled fish soup.

Alongside, he casually picked berries and mushrooms from nearby shrubs…

After preparing the meal, Fang Xing didn’t eat immediately. Instead, he took out toxin test strips and tested each item.

“Hmm… bird meat and fish meat are fine…”

“Mushrooms are fine too… wait… these berries are poisonous?”

Looking at the test strip results, Fang Xing hesitated: “My first meal in this world… can’t eat it. I’ll just order takeout again when I get back…”

“But to utilize this world’s resources later, I’ll have to try—follow the protocol: test strips first, then white mice!”

He took some fish and bird meat and fed it to his pioneering white mice.

As explorers of this new world, these white mice were the vanguard, bearing the brunt of danger for Fang Xing.

Fang Xing waited half an hour; the mice that ate the meat showed no abnormalities. He nodded: “Observe for another day… then try feeding them berries tomorrow. How strong is this toxicity? Could be useful for erasing evidence…”

“After setting up a control group, I can take back a small portion of food and test it near the school infirmary.”

Watching the white mice eat and drink, Fang Xing grew hungry. Unable to wait for takeout, he silently gnawed on the biscuits he’d brought, drinking only bottled water from his own supply.

I have to say, this meat is quite fragrant... just smelling it increases your appetite.

After eating his fill, he stood up and instinctively assumed the Great Dragon Stance.

The proficient-level Dragon Pillar is the foundation of Fang Xing’s current Wu Gong progress, and he must never slack off for a single day.

“Huh?”

This time, he clearly felt something different.

“Is it an illusion? If it were the beginner-level Dragon Pillar, I might not even notice… but I truly feel my blood and Qi are circulating more vigorously?”

With a thought, Fang Xing immediately checked his attribute panel:

【Dragon Pillar: 14/100 (Proficient)】

“Did the proficiency level just increase by another point? Didn’t I just gain one yesterday? Normally, Dragon Pillar proficiency takes two or three days to rise by even a single point…”

“Blood and Qi circulation might be an illusion, but the proficiency panel data never lies…”

Fang Xing seemed to realize something, gazing at the world around him with a hint of greed.

At this moment, the mountains and waters before him seemed to possess a peculiar charm.

“I’ve heard that cultivation speed varies across different planets… and some cosmic treasures are saturated with cosmic energy, allowing one to advance a thousand li in a single day… Many universities in the Federation are built within such cosmic mysteries.”

“This place may not compare to any cosmic treasure… but clearly, its cosmic energy is more abundant than that of Chick Hawk Star?”

“Does cultivating Wu Gong in this other world grant a bonus?”

“What other secrets does this place conceal?”