Chapter 1
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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
nCountdown to the college entrance examination – 33 days!
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nCultivate to bring peace and protect the country!
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nNo. 341B “Space Portal” of Green City is opening tomorrow…
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nLooking at the slogans and noticeboards hanging everywhere in the classroom, Chen Yu was at a loss, his face void of expression.
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nHe…
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nHad he traveled back in time to a certain time before the college entrance exams?
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nBut what was it about cultivation?
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nAnd what was with the No. 341B Space Portal?
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nAs he stood there, puzzled, countless memories appeared out of thin air and merged with his original memories.
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nYes indeed. He had traveled back in time.
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nTraveled back in time to before the college entrance exams.
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nHowever, he hadn’t just traveled back in time. He had traveled to a parallel universe.
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nA highly militarized world!
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nIn this highly militarized world, the danger of crisis lurked in all corners.
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nOutside the city, all kinds of hideous and horrifying alien beasts were itching for the chance to take action and stir up trouble. They were prepared to storm their way through the walls surrounding the city at any time and slaughter the entire human race.
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nThe humans had no choice but to continuously increase their strength as they struggled to keep the monsters at bay.
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nAs for culture, economy, politics, development, and so on… these were areas that were somewhat neglected.
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nOnly strength mattered. It was everything.
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nOnly strength mattered as it determined the survival of the species.
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nTherefore, warriors occupied high status in human society.
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nUsually, when the lowest tier of Level 1 cultivators applied for jobs in major enterprises, these companies would offer an annual salary of no less than 200,000.
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nAnd for Level 2 Cultivators, their annual salaries would at least be a million dollars!
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nLevel 3, Level 4 cultivators, and beyond were even more highly sought after by various forces.
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nAnd at this time, Chen Yu was a year 3 senior student of the “Cultivation” class and was about to participate in the college entrance examination.
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n“This… this is incredible…”
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n“Unbelievable…”
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nJFF&##.^where**GS——
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nDetected that the soul does not belong to the current world.
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nDetermined as the invasion of an alien soul.
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nCurse in progress…
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nWarning!
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nPlease leave the current world. Otherwise, the curse will gradually increase in intensity.
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nWarning! Please leave the current world. Otherwise, the curse will gradually increase in intensity.
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nWarning, please leave the current…
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n“Curse?”
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n“I’ve been cursed?”
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nChen Yu’s face filled with horror as the electronic synthetic voice sounded in his ears.
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nCurse is successful.
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nEffect of curse: State causality inversion.
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nWarning! Please leave the current world. Otherwise, the curse will gradually increase in intensity…
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n“Dang!”
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nWithout allowing Chen Yu the time to regain his senses, someone suddenly threw a piece of chalk at him, accurately hitting him squarely on the head.
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n“Ah…”
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nChen Yu couldn’t help but let out a cry of pain as he covered his forehead with his hands.
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n“Only 33 days left before the college entrance examination and you’re still in a daze? Not going to cultivate?!” On the podium, the headteacher pointed straight at Chen Yu, and with his face filled with anger he said, “Studying is like sailing against the current; either you keep forging ahead or you simply fall behind!
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n“If you keep lazing around like this, you won’t even be able to beat the elementary school students!”
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nInside the classroom, the other students who were cultivating turned their heads in the face of this interruption, and the look they gave Chen Yu was surprisingly consistent.
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nThat would be a look of disgust.
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nDisgust that came from the bottom of their hearts.
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nThe reason for this was very simple.
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nIn the wilderness outside the city, the foreign realms inside the Space Portal were all lands of despair where one’s chances of survival were slim.
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nFor the sake of safety, almost all human cultivators would form groups when doing “assignments.”
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nCooperation was of utmost importance.
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nIn order to instill such a concept of unity, starting in elementary school, each student was placed in a class as a unit where they would cultivate, advance, and retreat together.
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nAnd Chen Yu was not only the least capable one of them all but also particularly sloppy in his actions. And he often hindered the class, making them all fall behind.
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nThe dislike Chen Yu’s classmates felt towards him had steadily increased over time.
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nNaturally, Chen Yu had tried hard to fit in.
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nBut with limited talent and an introverted personality, he gradually became withdrawn and antisocial. And finally, he became the lowest ranking student of all time and was detested by everyone in the senior class.
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nNo matter which world it was, there were always poor students.
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nAnd in this highly militarized world, people were exceptionally cruel when it came to the poor students.
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n…
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n“Hiss…”
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nCovering the part of his forehead that was beginning to swell, Chen Yu flew into a rage.
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nShould he just go and dig up the ancestral grave of that headteacher?
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nWas it really necessary to deal such a harsh blow?
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nBut thinking about it from another perspective, this was a highly militarized world they were in, and the headteacher was also a cultivator. So Chen Yu had no choice but to suppress his anger and work the flow of his internal strength according to the memory he kept in mind.
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nEffect of the curse activated!
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nState causality inversion…
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nCultivation in progress: Internal strength – 1
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nCultivation in progress: Internal strength – 1
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nChen Yu: “…”
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nCultivation in progress: Internal strength – 1
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nCultivation in progress: Internal strength – 2
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n“…” Chen Yu was speechless.
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n“D*mn it, I really am cursed!”
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n“Is it still possible to reduce my strength through cultivation?”
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nChen Yu was on the verge of a mental breakdown and directly slouched in his chair as though he was paralyzed.
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nThe more he cultivated, the weaker he became.
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nSo why should he still put himself through this torture?
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n“Chen Yu!” Seeing that Chen Yu was slouched over, Chen Yu’s headmaster threw another piece of chalk at him and shouted, “You’d better get on with your cultivation!!”
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n“Dang!”
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nThe chalk, which carried a good amount of the headmaster’s rage, smashed squarely into Chen Yu’s forehead.
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nHurt inflicted: Qi and blood 2
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nChen Yu: “…”
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n“Sigh…”
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nSighing heavily, Chen Yu said despairingly, “Teacher, leave me alone. I’m totally wasted.”
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n“You… A student without aptitude like you is really hopeless! Rubbish! What a good-for-nothing!”
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nMental damage inflicted: Mental state 1
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nThe surrounding students cast hateful looks at him once again.
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nMental damage inflicted: Mental state 3
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nChen Yu: “…This is really insane!”
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nIn that case, he might as well just go with the flow. So, he took out a jar, smashed it open, and amidst the ongoing class, he began cracking open melon seeds and popping them into his mouth as though there was no one next to him.
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nLife wasn’t giving him a chance to live.
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nSo he might as well find a comfortable position as he awaited death.
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nAt least he could still enjoy himself for the moment…
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nFeeding time: Hunger level 1
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nFeeding time: Hunger level 2…
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nChen Yu: “… D*mn.”
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nApparently, life not only wasn’t giving him a chance to survive, but it also didn’t want him to have things easy.
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n“Chen Yu! Get out of here!”
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nThe headmaster couldn’t tolerate his behavior any longer. He shouted, “Go stand in the corridor as punishment! You’re not allowed to come back to class for the whole day!”
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n…
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nAfter being thrown out of the classroom, Chen Yu leaned against the wall, feeling resentful.
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nOnce again, he worked his body’s internal strength and began cultivating.
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nCultivation in progress: Internal Strength – 1
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n“D*mn, I’m still not going to believe it!”
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nHe turned back around and glanced at the teacher and students in the classroom. Then, he hunched down and snuck out of the school building.
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nWhen he arrived at the field, he found the monkey bars and, taking a deep breath, reached out his hands, grabbed the horizontal bar, and started doing some pull-up exercises.
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nEven if he couldn’t cultivate anymore…
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nIf he trained himself physically, he wouldn’t be completely useless, right?
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nBodybuilding in progress: Obesity 1; Weakness 1; Physique -1; Physical Strength -1; Endurance -1…
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nChen Yu: “…”
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n“What a sin!!”
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nChen Yu felt himself go weak in the legs and fell to the ground.
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nVery angry.
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nHe was very angry.
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nSo angry that he even began to sing: “Oh fate, why do you have to torture me so…”
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n“…”
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n“…”
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n“…”
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nLazing in progress: Internal strength 1
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n“… Eh?”
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nHearing the electronic voice sound in his ears, Chen Yu suddenly perked up.
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n“This curse…”
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n“D*mn, seems like it has a bug?!”
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