Chapter 1: Transmigration

Yi'an Qu Di Yi Yuan.

In the special care ward, a pale‑faced young man lay on a hospital bed covered with white medical bedding.

A woman dressed in splendid attire, half‑seated on a family chair, clasped the young man's hand with her snow‑white palms, murmuring continuously.

"Xiao Yu! It's all my fault, Mom gave you too much pressure, making you train and study nonstop, otherwise you wouldn't have fainted on the training ground."

"I'll never compare you to Xiao Ling again!"

"Hey! Xiao Yu, when will you finally wake up! The doctors have examined you many times with no issues; it's been three whole days, why still no awakening…"

The woman's low voice trembled with sobs, her eyes swollen, clearly having cried for a while.

Suddenly, the young man's previously rigid fingers twitched, a slight movement the woman sensed, and her tear‑streaked pretty face instantly lit up with joy.

The young man gradually opened his eyes and saw a pretty face whose natural beauty could not be concealed; the face was both familiar and strange.

"Mom, don't worry."

He intended to ask a question, but instead blurted out "Mom."

Although he had been in a coma for three days, he was not completely unaware of the outside world; a day ago he could already start sensing some external information, and the woman's murmurs were heard clearly, yet his body remained immobile, like a sleep paralysis.

Three days earlier, his coma was caused by a sudden thought that flashed through his mind while he was practicing martial arts in the Xiao Family Martial Hall.

【"Wish‑Fulfillment System successfully launched, at your service!"】

Then an immense flood of memory data surged into his mind, overwhelming him into unconsciousness.

After three days of processing, his brain finally resumed functioning.

His original name was Xiao Yu, hailing from a parallel world of Earth, a world resembling an apocalypse.

Earth began experiencing various apocalyptic catastrophes in 2025; over three years it endured a series of super floods, super tsunamis, super earthquakes, and super volcanic eruptions, reducing the global population from 7.5 billion to 3.3 billion.

But humanity's calamities were far from over; this was only the Creator's first selection wave.

Immediately thereafter, the remaining humans were forced into the massive 360‑level World's Peak structure to clear stages, where countless monsters, demonic beasts, and magical beasts roamed; these monsters did not respawn but did breed offspring.

In other words, the later one clears the levels, the more monsters appear inside, making the clearance increasingly difficult.

World's Peak functions like a multiple‑shadow clone technique; each person's clearance runs separately.

Clearing each stage yields generous rewards: various cultivation manuals, weapons, mechanical gear, and other resources.

After fifty years of arduous battles and finally slaying the boss of the hundredth layer, Xiao Yu obtained this "Wish‑Fulfillment System."

From then on his clearance speed skyrocketed; in ten years he cleared all 360 layers, believing he would finally gain freedom.

Unexpectedly, after leaving World's Peak he was transported to a battlefield of ten thousand tribes vying for supremacy, where stronger opponents were everywhere; in his first battle against the demon race, a squad leader killed him instantly.

Fortunately, the soul gem he had previously obtained was already bound, allowing his soul to transmigrate into this world.

The price of this soul transmigration was the disappearance of the soul gem that had continuously supplied soul energy.

Some chaotic memories left him unsure whether he had soul‑transmigrated into this body three days ago or already at birth eighteen years ago.

Regardless, he now controls this body.

According to his memories, his previous self was also named Xiao Yu, and the woman murmuring by the bedside was his mother, Xu Jingyi.

"R Virus outbreak!"

"RR Virus!"

"Huang Ye Qu monster hunt!"

"Warrior! General! War God!"

……

These intermittent flashes in his mind all indicate that this is the world of Swallowing the Starry Sky.

"I never imagined I'd end up in the world of the globally renowned pre‑apocalypse novel," Xiao Yu thought silently.

"Doctor, my son has awakened," Xu Jingyi shouted while running out.

The loud voice interrupted Xiao Yu's thoughts.

Soon a middle‑aged male doctor in a white coat pushed a diagnostic device into the ward, gesturing over Xiao Yu's entire body.

"Patient in bed No. 01205 has all indicators normal; discharge can be processed."

With a nurse's help, Xu Jingyi quickly completed the discharge paperwork and drove home with Xiao Yu in her new‑energy supercar.

In the car, Xiao Yu repeatedly recalled the contents of his mind; Xu Jingyi, considering he had just revived and needed rest, did not disturb him.

In his previous life, he was a novel enthusiast, naturally familiar with the globally renowned Swallowing the Starry Sky, having read the original novel four or five times and knowing the world inside out.

Swallowing the Starry Sky is a world with a massive setting; in 2013, Earth experienced an R Virus flu, which mutated into more than twenty variants during its spread.

In January 2015, the R Virus mutated into its most terrifying strain, the RR Virus.

When the RR Virus appeared, it spread worldwide instantly, infecting every breathing life form on Earth, be it human or flying beast.

After RR Virus infection, the mortality rate was extremely high, nearly 30%; within three months most global animals perished and the world population plummeted by almost 2 billion.

The fifty‑billion survivors each developed antibodies, and virtually every human's physical attributes more than doubled.

The flying beasts and animals improved far beyond humans; some monsters even attained intelligence comparable to humans.

The war between humans and monsters began, not limited to land; endless sea monsters also joined the conflict.

In the bloody, frantic war, humanity employed every weapon available, including nuclear bombs; not only did this fail to halt the monsters, it instead spawned batches of unusually powerful flying beasts, such as the Blood Demon Sky Wolf.

Among humans, a group of super warriors like "Hong" and Lei Shen emerged, rescuing countless civilians at critical moments and aiding the army against monster hordes.

By March 2021, humanity had developed an ultra‑high‑frequency laser cannon, consecutively slaying over ten S‑rank monsters and two SS‑rank monsters, finally ending the war.

This gave rise to the current situation of five major nations and twenty‑three cities.

From September 2015 to March 2021, this five‑and‑a‑half‑year span was called the Great Nirvana period.

It is now May 2056, and the Great Nirvana ended over thirty years ago.

As his body involuntarily leaned forward, interrupting his thoughts, his over‑ten‑year driving experience told him they had arrived home.

Stepping out of the car and gazing at the ultra‑modern villa before him, a wave of melancholy rose in his heart.

The life he had dreamed of in his previous life has now become his daily routine.

Although Xu Jingyi is not a martial artist, Xiao Yu's father, Xiao Dingguo, is a Warrior General-level martial artist, and only by joining the Extreme Martial Arts Hall did he obtain the right to reside in Yangzhou Cheng Mingyue Xiaoqu.

……

"Xiao Yu, Auntie said you've been discharged from the hospital; older sister I've come to see you right away."

"A tall, doll-faced girl in black tight training clothes rushed into the living room and kept sizing up Xiao Yu, who was lounging on the sofa watching TV, saying, 'You look in pretty good shape!'"

"Looking at the girl before him, Xiao Yu was somewhat speechless; this clever, lively girl was indeed his sister Xiao Ling: 'Sis, just come see me already!'"

"I heard you fainted from overtraining while practicing martial arts. Little brother, let me tell you: don't compare yourself to me; I'm a genius, gifted, and three months ago I already passed the warrior assessment to become an official martial artist—there aren't many eighteen-year-old martial artists in the whole base city."

"Sis, have you been to the Huang Ye Qu?" Xiao Yu asked curiously. Although they are cousins, he is facing the college entrance exam, his study and martial arts training schedule is tight, especially now, with the exam next month, he basically has no time to worry about anything else.

Now, with his memories awakened, he not only possesses countless combat experience, but the attached system has also come back online; of course he can catch his breath a little and learn about what it's like after becoming a martial artist.

"Of course, after becoming a martial artist, I joined the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, and through my father's introduction I entered an all-female Warrior General squad; after a month of training, I began my foray into the Huang Ye Qu……

"Uncle just became a War God expert last year; the squad he introduced sounds pretty good!"

"Our squad is called the Clanging Rose Battle Team; the captain is Hu Ya, a Senior Warrior General. She was originally a member of my father's squad, but later, for some reasons, she went independent and formed an all-female battle team, and she'll definitely look out for me!"

Xiao Ling grew happier the more she spoke: "Our battle team basically goes out hunting for one month, then rests for one month; we're still in the vacation phase, and the day after tomorrow I'll have to regroup and head out again."

"Sis, when you go out you must definitely watch out for danger—not just those monsters, but also threats from other humans."

Xiao Yu understood the dangers of the Huang Ye Qu, and was even clearer about Luo Feng's fate in the original story; although Luo Feng has not yet become a martial artist, the Hu Ya Squad is certainly not the only team that profits from hunting humans, he reminded.

"Thanks for your concern, little brother; I'll be careful. Speaking of which, on this outing I've earned quite a bit—over eight million Huaxia Currency—and this is the first time I've ever earned that much on my own!"

Xiao Ling was extremely happy, and she patted Xiao Yu's head twice; he tried to dodge but couldn't, and the gap in their strength widened.

Now, on Earth, only after passing the pre-warrior assessment does one obtain the Gene Origin Energy Cultivation Method and begin true cultivation; due to differences in talent, the gap will only widen further unless one encounters a bottleneck.

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