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Chapter 1: Rebirth in a different world

Chapter 1: Rebirth in a different world

"I've actually time-traveled..."

Within the disorderly room.

Having absorbed the memories in his mind, Li Feng can't help but sigh.

He's not from this world, but from Earth.

In the year 2050, an asteroid struck Earth, spreading an unknown virus as it did. The majority of the world's population was infected and turned into zombies. The civilization that humanity had been proud of fell apart in an instant.

Zombies roamed, and order collapsed.

Li Feng fell during the fifth year of the zombie outbreak, during a wave of the undead.

His last moments before death, the scene of countless zombies tearing at his body, remained stark in his memory.

He could even recall clearly the pain of his flesh being torn and gnawed by the zombies.

"Fortunately..."

"I'm still alive!"

Lowering his head to gaze upon his current body, Li Feng felt deep joy.

Through the host's memories, he learned that this was a young man who had the same name as him.

However, this world was far more dangerous than Earth during the zombie outbreak.

In the year 2200 of the Blue Star Era, spatial cracks appeared all over the world, from which countless ferocious beasts emerged.

Facing these alien beasts, humanity planned to use nuclear bombs, only to discover a mysterious substance in the air that could disrupt electronic devices, making our most powerful strategic weapons useless.

Humanity could only rely on the most basic weapons to fight back.

But how could these be a match for the beasts?

The formidable alien beasts could lay waste to mountains and boil seas. Their bodies were incredibly sturdy, and bullets were simply ineffective against them.

In no time...

Countless human cities were bathed in blood.

But.

With the passage of time, some humans discovered that they could absorb the mysterious floating substance in the air, thereby transforming themselves and attaining extraordinary power.

Such a discovery instantly filled all of humanity with ecstasy.

After relentless research by human scientists, they finally understood this mysterious substance and named it Yuanqi—

Absorbing Yuanqi could allow humans to break their physical constraints and wield extraordinary power!

And people like this were known as martial artists!

However.

Not everyone could absorb Yuanqi.

To set foot on the path of a martial artist, one needed talent. The greater the talent, the higher your potential for growth and future achievements!

Without talent, you would spend your entire life as an ordinary person.

But even so, with the awakening talents of a few, humanity gradually grew stronger, resisting the beasts and building survival bases in the wasteland.

"What an unfortunate yet fortunate world!"

Li Feng whispered.

In his world, facing the zombie outbreak, humans did not awaken any unusual abilities. Compared to the terrifying zombies, individual power was very small.

This world, by contrast, was far luckier.

"It's just that..."

"This body... possesses no talent whatsoever!"

Li Feng lowered his head, looking at his delicate palm, his face showing a hint of seriousness.

In an age where beasts roamed, danger lurked in every corner.

Humanity could only rely on martial artists for survival.

Even the lowest level of talent could set one on the path of a martial artist.

But having no talent meant not even being worthy of survival.

The original host, knowing that he had no cultivation talent, had given in to despair, ultimately losing his life.

And that had allowed Li Feng to inhabit this body.

Click!

Just as Li Feng was recalling his memories, the sound of a door opening suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, he saw a beautiful figure entering the room.

She looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old; tall and elegant, with a delicate face and silky black hair cascading down her shoulders. Her poise was impressive, if a bit aloof.

Upon seeing Li Feng, she simply said, "I'm back."

She then placed the things in her hands on the table and retreated to her own room.

During this time.

She did not speak any other words to Li Feng, or even looked at him again.

Staring at her closed door, Li Feng was a bit surprised.

But immediately, a memory surged into his mind.

Chen Xiwei.

She was the daughter of the good friends of the original Li Feng's parents.

Both families were martial artists, who developed a deep friendship after a beast tide event, and maintained a close relationship. So close, in fact, that when Li Feng and Chen Xiwei were only two or three years old, they were betrothed to each other.

However, two years ago.

Chen Xiwei's parents invited the original Li Feng's parents on an expedition, but both couples ended up dying.

This huge blow was difficult for the original Li Feng to accept.

He had always thought it was Chen Xiwei's parents who caused the death of his own parents. He even blamed Chen Xiwei.

This hostility seemed somewhat unreasonable.

Moreover, from the memories Li Feng received, ever since both sets of parents perished, Chen Xiwei had moved into the Li household to take care of him.

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What's more, when Li Feng was revealed to have no cultivation talent, yet Chen Xiwei showed excellent martial arts potential, she still did not give up on him.

She even risked her life multiple times to go outside the base to fight beasts, hoping to find a way to change Li Feng’s lack of talent.

Every time she came back, she always brought meat from the beasts she had painstakingly hunted for Li Feng to eat, hoping it could subtly improve his physique.

Even if he couldn't cultivate in the end, at the very least his strength would be better than that of ordinary people.

Unfortunately.

The original Li Feng did not appreciate her efforts.

He even often publicly accused Chen Xiwei of killing his parents and harbored deep resentment towards her.

This caused the relationship to become increasingly tense, despite their cohabitation.

"How unappreciative he was of being blessed..."

Reflecting on the full memories, Li Feng sighed.

Coming from a post-apocalyptic future, he knew all too well the deep significance of unrelenting commitment in such an environment.

Especially given that Chen Xiwei was not only unparalleled in beauty, but also had excellent cultivation talent, whereas the original host was quite the opposite.

Of course.

As an observer, he had no right to judge other people's lives.

Nevertheless...

"Since I've taken over your body, I am Li Feng from now on!"

"I will replace you and live well!"

He silently thought to himself.

Although this body did not have any cultivation talent, life had to go on.

No matter what, being able to live again was a good thing.

Feeling hungry, Li Feng decided to prepare some food.

However,

When his gaze swept over the beast body that Chen Xiwei had brought back on the table, he suddenly paused.

His pupils contracted sharply!

Under his gaze,

There were a line of ethereal words visible on the beast's body:

【Target: Medium-tier Level 1 Ferocious Purple Lightning Mink!】

【Can be harvested!】

【Would you like to proceed with the harvest?】

......

......

"Is this… some sort of cheat?"

"Or is it a hidden talent of mine?"

Staring at the ethereal words floating before his eyes, Li Feng did not panic, but calmly analyzed the situation.

Having struggled for five years in the post-apocalypse, and experiencing such a thing as reincarnation, he had long since cultivated a calm demeanor in the face of great events.

"Why didn't I see these words on Chen Xiwei earlier, but only on the beast?"

"Is it only effective on beasts, or..."

As he looked at the Purple Lightning Mink's corpse before him, his gaze hardened, and he murmured, "Can it only be used to harvest corpses?"

There was too little known information for Li Feng to reach any concrete conclusions.

But either way, the appearance of this talent or cheat code was a blessing.

Li Feng still decided to experiment.

Thinking of this.

He directly walked up to the Purple Lightning Mink, reaching out his hand towards the beast's corpse, and silently chanting, "Harvest!"

The moment the words were uttered.

A golden, light-formed hand suddenly appeared on Li Feng's hand, reaching out to grasp the Purple Lightning Mink.

When his hand returned, in the golden palm was an arc of purple lightning.

【Successful harvest!】

【Attained inferior thunder attribute talent!】

【Would you like to integrate it?】

It was a thunder-attribute talent!

Li Feng was instantly overjoyed.

Since humans discovered that they could absorb the Yuanqi between heaven and earth to transform themselves, after years of exploration and development, a comprehensive system had already been established.

Generally, the physiques that martial artists could awaken had no attributes.

They are only differentiated as inferior, subpar, low, medium, high grades.

In addition to the physique, there are also talents.

Talents not only have the same effects as physiques, but can also make martial artists inherently compatible with certain attributes.

For instance, the basic attributes of Earth, Water, Metal, Fire, and Wood, and also Wind, Thunder, and Light talents.

If a martial artist can master a certain talent, they can create an affinity for it when they make a move, and thus enjoy the bolstering effect of the talent.

For instance, an Earth talent can make your defense and even your strength formidable.

And a Wind talent, without a doubt, would provide talents for lightness and speed.

If an attribute talent is potent, there may even be a chance to awaken a talented treasure technique!

Undoubtedly,

Being able to awaken a talent can make a martial artist's strength far superior to those of the same level who only have a physique!

And the secondary thunder attribute talent that Li Feng just harvested could allow him to control the attribute of lightning!

"Fuse!"

Without any hesitation, Li Feng immediately chose to fuse!

Boom!

As if thunder exploded on a clear day.

A bolt of lightning suddenly detonated within his body, quickly coursing through him.

Everywhere it went, muscles and bones vibrated as if being shattered and reconstituted.

Intense pain surged into his consciousness.

Li Feng gritted his teeth and endured without uttering a sound.

Fortunately,

As fast as the pain came, it disappeared just as swiftly.

Moments later, all pain withdrew like a falling tide, replaced by a wave of comfort.

In the area of his heart, a thunderous drumming sound arose.

Each beat generated an incredibly potent vitality that coursed through his limbs.

Meanwhile, faint purple electric arcs appeared on the surface of his skin, moving throughout his body.

This phenomenon lasted for a while before everything finally subsided.

With everything done, Li Feng immediately stretched out his palm.

With a thought,

A purple electric arc appeared on his palm.

"Success!"

Li Feng's face was drenched in sweat, but he couldn't hide his inner joy.

"Let's see how strong I am now!"

After fusing the thunder attribute talent, Li Feng could feel that his strength had undergone a tremendous improvement, and thus he was impatient to test it out.

Chen Xiwei was a martial artist who frequently needed to train, so there was a dedicated training room within the house.

Inside the training room,

Aside from the training equipment, there was also a strength testing machine.

It was like a stone stele, roughly two meters high, with a digital display at the top.

This was not an electronic device, but a machine that was driven by Yuanqi.

It was very valuable.

Generally speaking, only powerful martial artists could afford it.

As Chen Xiwei had high martial talent and was valued by the academy, she was specially given one for personal use.

At the moment.

There was a line of numbers on the power testing machine.

8365 Jin!

"This strength tester is a basic model, with a maximum limit of 10,000 Jin, the average initial weight of a martial artist. Chen Xiwei has already hit over 8,000 Jin, which means she must be close to breaking through to the realm of a martial artist!"

Seeing these numbers, Li Feng's eyes were a bit wide.

No wonder Chen Xiwei was regarded by the school as a martial talent.

Martial artists are divided into martial apprentice, martial artist, martial master, and grandmaster.

Being able to reach the martial artist realm before the age of twenty is considered to have outstanding talent!

And Chen Xiwei, at only seventeen years old, was already on the brink of breaking through to the martial artist realm, which was indeed a rare talent!

"I wonder how much strength I have?"

Li Feng pondered, taking a deep breath,

He then clenched his fist and slammed it into the machine in front of him!

Boom!

With a faint tremor, the machine suddenly lit up and a line of numbers appeared.

1527 Jin!

Seeing this number, a hint of surprise spread across Li Feng's face.

This was just the initial awakening of a talent, and the strength of the body alone was already terrifying!

"Next, let's see the effect after the augmentation from the thunder attribute!"

Li Feng's eyes hardened, as he silently mobilized the power of thunder within his body, then raised his fist again and slammed it hard.

Crash!

His fist, wrapped in a layer of purple electric arc, slammed into the machine

The next moment.

The machine vibrated extensively, and the numbers began to soar rapidly, swiftly breaking the 3,000 Jin barrier!

Finally, it settled down at --

3089 Jin!

Seeing this, Li Feng's eyes lit up.

3,000 Jin!

This was the strength of a mid-phase martial apprentice!

"The Thunder attribute talent is indeed terrifying!"

"I've just awakened, and I'm already at 1,500 Jin. After utilizing the Thunder attribute, I've doubled that and more!"

"This is just an inferior talent, if I can harvest low or even mid-level talents, how powerful would that be?!"

Li Feng clenched his fists, anticipation in his heart.

With this in mind,

His thoughts turned to the purple lightning mink body on the table.

"Let’s see if I can continue to harvest!"

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