[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve-":3,"chapter-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-6":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You Stole My S-Rank Talent? Afraid Now That I’ve Become a War God?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},479854,728,"Chapter 6 : Chapter 6","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-6",6,"\u003Cp>Chapter 6: Don’t Tell Me He Scammed Me Out of the Enrollment Welcome Package?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his comprehension of the Flowing Cloud Triple Shock, it was already noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu’s phone rang. It was his mother, telling him to hurry back to his aunt’s Blacksmith Shop for lunch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Li Mu left Blackwater High School and headed straight home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still lacked a proper weapon anyway, so there was no point wasting time at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blacksmith Shop faced the street, and beyond the front hall was a small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Single-story rooms stood on all three sides of the yard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were a stone table and stone stools, all with an old-fashioned charm. Flowers and plants had been carefully arranged around the place, and even a few vegetables had been planted, filling the courtyard with life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Li Mu got home, the smell of food was already drifting through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he arrived, his uncle closed the shop first thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like they were definitely going to talk about some major family matter today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jiaqi was only a year younger than Li Mu. She was lively and youthful, with delicate, pretty features, the very image of a refined young girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jiafeng was two years younger than Li Mu. He was tall and skinny, with big ears and a pair of large, quick-witted eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, the two of them were little bundles of joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today, when they saw Li Mu, both of them wore long faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jiaqi in particular had red-rimmed eyes, as if she had just been crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them came up to greet Li Mu pitifully, but they clearly had no idea how to comfort him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying and Yang Yourong were extremely close as sisters, and they had always kept in frequent contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had come here many times, so he had always gotten along very well with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before yesterday, when Li Mu had awakened an S-rank talent, they had bragged about it all over school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then yesterday, they heard the terrible news: Li Mu’s S-rank talent had been taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Li Family was influential, and there was no way they could interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they had not expected was that early this morning, they would hear that Li Mu had also been expelled from the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after coming home did they learn what had happened last night, and every one of them had cried their eyes out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having an S-rank talent stolen away—what kind of agony was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, enough with the pouting. Let me tell you a secret—my current talent is even stronger!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grinning, Li Mu pinched Chen Jiafeng’s cheek and comforted the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re lying!” Chen Jiafeng pouted, looking like he was about to cry again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whether I’m lying or not, you’ll all see it for yourselves in a few days during the First Abyss Battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Abyss Battle was not a public event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But schools and students’ families were allowed to attend and watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? You’re going to take part in the First Abyss Battle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aunt happened to hear that sentence and cried out in alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying, still wearing an apron, rushed out of the kitchen and stared at her son in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu repeated himself once more, this time with complete seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mom, Aunt, Uncle, I really do have to take part in the First Abyss Battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Abyss Battle allowed people to withdraw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides combat, there were many other branches of study for martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could become a rear-line support worker in society and spend an entire lifetime without ever entering the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would be wrong with living out one’s life safely and steadily like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For someone with an F-rank talent to venture into the Abyss, the mortality rate was beyond merely “high.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could only go at noon—because if you went sooner or later, you were dead either way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, no one dared to open their mouth and try to persuade Li Mu otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Yang Suying did not know how to say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was she supposed to say?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Child, you’re F-rank now. You’re trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accept reality and stop trying to get yourself killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she really said that, Li Mu would probably kill himself on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know what you’re all thinking, but my F-rank talent really is powerful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe something strange happened to my Transfer Talent. I’ve gone through some changes that I can't even explain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu could feel how oppressive the atmosphere had become. If he did not make something up, there was no way through this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, sooner or later, he was going to have to keep living with this lie anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiafeng, go get me a staff weapon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll do it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, his uncle personally ran into the shop and brought back a black iron weapon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big nephew, this is a black iron—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle held out a black staff and was just about to explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu spun it in a flourish, then tucked it into his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOSH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron staff instantly shrank and disappeared into his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my god!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aunt jumped in fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A storage ring?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could I possibly afford a storage ring? This comes with my talent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It comes with your talent?” his mother asked in shock as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu’s talent was supposed to be Heavy Strike. How could it possibly come with spatial storage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where had such a huge staff been hidden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu spread his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s why I said it mutated. It’s no worse than an S-rank talent, so don’t worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uncle, this weapon’s mine now, alright? I just so happen to be short on weapons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second half was directed at his uncle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah… alright…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle was so shaken that he did not know what to do with his hands. A single weapon did not matter. Their family business was smithing, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still had not recovered from the shock of Li Mu’s mutated talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jiaqi and Chen Jiafeng, on the other hand, were fooled by Li Mu almost immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They gathered around him and bombarded him with questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere became much lighter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the dining table, Li Mu’s mother was afraid they would be imposing on the family if they stayed here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She planned to move out with Li Mu and find another place to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did his aunt and uncle strongly object, but even his younger cousin and cousin sister refused to allow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aunt said only one thing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just as well. Back when you were at the Li Family, I worried about you every single day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the only elder sister I have. For the rest of your life, you’re staying with me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying could no longer refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That very day, the whole family cleaned out two rooms on the western side of the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu and his mother settled in there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was the first day of military training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fortress at the Abyss entrance was already bustling with activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than a hundred years ago, countless enormous sinkholes had suddenly appeared all over the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monsters poured out of them, and humanity came to call those sinkholes “the Abyss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity had only managed to stabilize the situation after transitioning away from hot weapons and seeing the rise of martial artists, who drove the monsters back into the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, humanity built fortresses around the Abyss and began entering it on their own initiative to explore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did they discover that the Abyss was not merely a demonic pit, but also a treasure trove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss held endless supernatural phenomena, monsters, energy sources, and resources—too many to count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One crystal discovered in the Abyss could supply a city with electricity for over a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One certain plant, when eaten directly, could allow a living being to regenerate severed limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single mineral vein could contain seven chemical elements beyond the scope of human knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the terror and strength of the monsters within it also kept exceeding the limits of human imagination again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity was devoured by the Abyss, yet it also greedily plundered the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And over the past hundred years, humanity’s exploration of the Abyss was estimated to have covered…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possibly less than 1%!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a horrifying calculation, because it meant the Abyss was even larger than Blue Star itself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much larger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity built fortresses at the entrances to the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, every industry related to the Abyss and martial artists had become exceptionally prosperous within the fortress zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading markets, the potion industry, the weapons industry, the energy industry, even military garrisons—all of them were concentrated here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of levitating elevators and passenger airships moved up and down through the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They transported martial artists entering the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the Abyss entrance, countless overpasses and aerial rails intertwined like roots and branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They spread outward in a web toward the enormous ring-shaped city surrounding the fortress: Ironhand City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had never seen any other Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But according to the original owner’s memories, the Abyss entrance guarded by Ironhand City was said to be only a low-level Abyss entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At eight in the morning, Blackwater High School’s dedicated aerial rail train arrived like a gust of wind and came to a smooth stop above the fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the massive plaza atop the fortress, there was already a sea of people—all of them senior high school students from the East District taking part in this year’s First Abyss Battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were more than twenty high schools in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The First Abyss Battle was held four times a year, divided among the east, west, south, and north districts, all completed within a single month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was jointly organized by the Department of Education, the Department of Resources, and the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be called a grand event for the educational world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The East District, where Li Mu belonged, was this year’s first group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Blackwater High School’s students got off the train, the logistics personnel who had long been waiting there began maintaining order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They directed the students from their school to register in an orderly fashion and prepare to enter the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Zhao! Old Zhao!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head of the Student Records Office greeted Zhao Qingshan with a cheerful smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, Old Ma! Hard at work, huh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qingshan was tall and heavily built, with rugged features and a face full of stubble. He was even yawning as he greeted the department head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well? I’ve been pretty decent to you, haven’t I, brother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Ma moved closer to Zhao Qingshan and asked with a grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Decent how?” Zhao Qingshan froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch? Playing dumb? You thought I was trying to take the chance to squeeze those two bottles of good liquor out of you, didn’t you? You’ve underestimated me, I’m telling you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I assigned Li Mu to your class entirely out of consideration for our pure brotherly friendship!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Ma said this while patting Zhao Qingshan’s chest with the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qingshan blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… wait… now you’ve got me confused. What do you mean, you assigned Li Mu to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Old Ma looked puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Zhao Qingshan looked even more puzzled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yesterday! A transfer student came to our school yesterday—late Yellow Rank, First Grade. I personally handled his enrollment, then assigned him to your class! I told him to report to you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Ma was speaking so fast that his words practically tripped over each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May lightning strike me if I’m lying! No one came to find me!” Zhao Qingshan swore on the spot, raising his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Ma swayed where he stood, his eyes going vacant. “That little bastard… don’t tell me he scammed me out of the enrollment welcome package?”\u003C\u002Fp>",2005,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.454Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","4a190c04387f6fbf1ea884f54da9658932c2f748d6f3c5b2e4c13cd2315ea7eb","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-7","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-5",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]