Jiujiang City!

Jiangnan Base City, Jiujiang City, Guqing District No. 1 High School.

In a somewhat dim classroom with all the curtains drawn.

The classroom's multimedia equipment was running, showing a fierce and brutal war between monsters and humanity.

Young, innocent faces shifted through the flickering light and shadow, their emotions rising and falling with the footage.

At the same time, a deep, resonant male voice accompanied the images on the screen.

"At the beginning of the 21st century, several waves of viral influenza appeared across the globe..."

At the second-to-last desk beside the window near the back door, a boy was slumped over his desk.

As though utterly unaffected by the narration, he slept soundly.

Soft, rhythmic snores drifted from his direction.

The students beside him turned a blind eye to the sight.

Only the girl sitting beside him, with waist-length hair, neat bangs, and thick black-rimmed glasses, glanced at him with some concern.

Meanwhile, the impassioned deep voice echoed through the classroom.

"...In September 2015, beginning with an attack launched by countless creatures from the ocean, innumerable birds and beasts transformed into 'monsters' and began assaulting human settlements!"

"During the war, many powerful Martial Artists emerged among humanity! Countless moving tales were born!"

"The large-scale war between monsters and humanity began in September 2015 and finally ended in March 2021."

"The eight years from 2013 to 2021 were known in human history as the Great Nirvana Period!"

"Ring, ring, ring..."

As the final narration from the film slowly faded away, the school dismissal bell rang at just the right moment.

Swish!

The curtains were pulled open in one motion, and bright, glaring sunlight streamed in from outside.

The boy seated at the back of the classroom sprang upright as if by instinct. Without a word, he swiftly and naturally gathered the books and miscellaneous items in front of him.

A suspicious puddle of liquid had appeared on the desk. The boy wanted to wipe it up with a tissue, but after checking his pockets, he discovered they were completely empty.

Just then, a small fair hand extended a packet of tissues toward him.

The boy lowered his head and saw that it was his usually quiet deskmate.

Without the slightest embarrassment, he grinned, showing a row of white teeth. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." The long-haired girl with glasses shifted her gaze slightly.

"By the way, are you going to Sister Yurong's place today?"

"Yeah." The boy laughed heartily. "Come to think of it, I really have to thank you for introducing me to such a good client."

The boy returned the remaining tissues to his deskmate, clapped his hands, and walked out through the classroom's back door. Before leaving, he did not forget to politely say goodbye to the deskmate he had spent nearly two years with. "Lin Youyu, goodbye."

The waist-length-haired girl had just opened her mouth, as though she wanted to say something, but the boy had already vanished through the doorway.

Her delicate lips moved slightly before she lowered her head dejectedly.

After a while, the girl's gaze inadvertently swept over the boy's seat and landed on the still-damp marks on his desk. She seemed to think of something, and a flush suddenly spread across her fair face.

Elsewhere, after finishing the final class's movie meant to help the students relax, Wang Yi had used the time to rest and recover from the fatigue of overtraining the night before. Now refreshed and full of energy, he had walked out of the building for his senior year and headed toward the school gate.

Dressed in Gray Sportswear, his well-proportioned figure did not stand out much among the small groups of students.

Yet whenever girls passing by caught sight of his face, their eyes would light up slightly.

Some students who knew Wang Yi also shifted aside slightly when they saw him, their faces showing respect and admiration.

Wang Yi was already used to all of this.

After all, he was one of the only five Advanced Martial Arts Students at this high school.

Wang Yi was a transmigrator.

And this world was the world of Swallowed Star, which Wang Yi knew extremely well.

Wang Yi had transmigrated into an ordinary family living in an Apartment Building in the Base City. Their living conditions were not very good. He had an older sister, two years his senior, but after graduating from high school, she found a job and got married. At present, he lived with his parents in a cramped, shabby low-rent apartment of just over thirty square meters.

As far as Wang Yi could remember, they had lived in this home for eighteen years.

When Wang Yi transmigrated, his soul merged into the embryo his mother was carrying, and he eventually grew into the Wang Yi he was now.

Because his soul had transmigrated, Wang Yi had seemed more mature and intelligent than his peers ever since childhood. He was sensible and obedient, and his academic performance was excellent.

Ever since he was young, aside from studying, he trained his body. Sometimes, he could silently train before those videos for an entire day without once complaining of exhaustion, leaving his family astonished.

Through such hard work, after joining the Limit Martial Arts School in his residential district at sixteen, Wang Yi earned the title of Advanced Student in less than a year. Among the more than four thousand students at Guqing District No. 1 High School, he became the only student from an ordinary family to receive the title of Advanced Martial Arts Student!

Because of this, Wang Yi was very famous at school, and many students admired him greatly!

But no one knew the bitterness in Wang Yi's heart.

"It's already been eighteen years..." Wang Yi looked up at the sky, a trace of confusion appearing in his eyes.

After leaving the school gates and walking along the bustling streets, his plain clothing could not hide his upright posture and striking looks, which made him stand out from the crowd.

Some passing women could not help but glance his way.

Wang Yi kept his eyes forward as he pondered his troubles.

It was now April 2056, and one month had passed since the second semester of senior year began.

In other words, the time of the official plot had arrived!

The original protagonist, Luo Feng, would awaken his innate Mental Power and embark on a path of killing anyone who stood in his way—Gods and Demons Shall Be Slain!

Yet Wang Yi was still only an ordinary high school student. Although he was an Advanced Martial Arts Student and a genius in many people's eyes, Wang Yi knew exactly how much substance that "genius" title truly had.

He had painstakingly ground it out over more than ten years!

He was simply incomparable to a freak like Luo Feng!

Over the years, Wang Yi had tried every possible way to travel specifically to Yangzhou City beside Jiangnan Base City and become acquainted with Luo Feng. However, they were still only ordinary friends, and he could never compare to Wei Wen, Luo Feng's best friend who had grown up with him since they were toddlers.

Wang Yi had no idea how much the future City Lord Luo would take care of him.

Didn't even the Martial Artist squad that had lived and died alongside Luo Feng eventually grow old and pass away?

Though deep in thought, Wang Yi did not walk slowly. More than ten minutes later, he had arrived at a very famous wealthy residential district nearby.

Looking at the villa community with its beautiful surroundings and lush green trees, Wang Yi took a deep breath, his heart filled with ambition.

One day, I'll live in a spacious, comfortable house like this with my family too!

But before that...

"Miss Gao? Xiao Wang has arrived."