Li Qi

(Preface: Don't ever treat the protagonist as an ordinary transmigrator. Ordinary transmigrators don't lose their memories...)

The afternoon sun shone brightly.

Li Qi, with his short black hair, lounged beneath a large tree, cooling off and digesting his meal.

Still underage in this life, he had delicate features and a fair, youthful face. Unlike in his previous life, his black pupils were vertically oval.

He wore clothing made of animal hide, with one large and one small hide pouch at his waist and a grayish-white bone shield on his back.

He had been in this world for fourteen years and had grown accustomed to its slow-paced life without technological products.

"Time really flies. In just over a year, I'll be heading to Zhaoguang Academy to train."

Li Qi turned his head toward the direction of his family's settlement, his heart full of warmth. Each time he witnessed the birth of a younger brother or sister, he felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

As an orphan raised single-handedly by his grandfather, he had "lost" most of his memories from his previous life. Yet he was deeply satisfied with the familial affection he now had, with both parents and elders by his side. It was what he had always longed for.

After seeing his grandfather through his final days in his previous life, he had planned to take an impromptu journey, travel across the beautiful mountains and rivers of his homeland, then find a lovely place to spend the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, that journey ended only a few days after it began, because an achievement-grinding dump truck sent him into the world of Swallowed Star.

At first, he had not known he had transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star, because his family's lifestyle and surroundings in this life were far too similar to the herding life of nomadic peoples.

At the same time, the secret manual in his mind called the "Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method" sounded very much like a cultivation technique from a fantasy or immortal-hero world. That made him think he had transmigrated into a fantasy or xianxia world.

It was only after he accidentally displayed a spiritual telekinetic's talent, combined with hearing his elders mention apprentice level and planetary level while using communicators to contact his grandfather, that he confirmed he was in the world of Swallowed Star.

As for why he could be certain, it was because Swallowed Star had been one of his favorite novels in his previous life.

If possible, he wanted to cling to Luo Feng's thigh. Given Luo Feng's values and character, as long as he latched on and did not court death, he would at least become an immortal god someday.

But he had not even figured out what period he was in or which high-level universe country he was in, so he had no choice but to abandon that thought.

"Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method."

Li Qi silently recited the name of that secret manual, and an expression of helpless frustration appeared on his face.

"Ah, it would be better if I didn't have this secret manual. At least I wouldn't keep thinking about it. Not being able to see its contents is driving me crazy."

He could only see the manual's name. Its contents were a blur of chaos, impossible to make out, and he could not speak its name aloud either.

Even if he did say it, no one else could hear it. In fact, to others, it would appear as though his lips had not moved at all.

Based on Li Qi's understanding of the original Swallowed Star, the contents of this secret manual most likely surpassed the universe's strongest beings—the True God realm.

That was why it had been blacklisted and obscured by the Primordial Universe's consciousness. Other than its inheritor, no one could learn its name or contents.

"Fortunately, this isn't my only cheat."

Li Qi muttered inwardly as sixteen slender bone fragments flew out one after another from the small hide pouch at his waist. They continuously moved through the air, forming an image of a grayish-white ferocious beast roaring.

"Based on the comparison with Fourth Sister's telekinetic attack strength at apprentice level seven, my spiritual power is over ten times stronger than others at the same level. Though due to the limitations of the measuring method, I still can't determine exactly how much stronger it is.

"Yet without amplification, being so much stronger than those at the same level can only be explained by my genetic level being more than ten times higher.

"If I'm not mistaken, that also came from that meteor."

Li Qi remembered his family elders mentioning that when he had been born, a meteor had flown toward the family settlement, dazzlingly bright.

But when they took to the air to intercept it, the meteor had mysteriously vanished.

They had searched for it afterward, yet had not found even the slightest trace of it. It had been utterly bizarre!

"A genetic level more than ten times higher—this is what gives me the confidence to dominate opponents at the same level and even fight above my level!"

Thinking of this, Li Qi's spirit soared, but he soon shook his head slightly.

"Unfortunately, I can't reveal my genetic talent. In the end, this talent comes from my body."

A bodily talent meant others could obtain it through possession. If he revealed it rashly, cosmic adventurers would teach him a harsh lesson. Even the powerful Manka Star People were still captured and possessed by others.

However, he knew that hiding it was only temporary. If he found a stage like the Universe Peak Genius Battle, he could still reveal it.

In the world of Swallowed Star, playing weak to overpower the strong did not work very well. Keep acting like a pig long enough, and one would truly become a pig.

With that thought, Li Qi spread open his right hand, then suddenly clenched it.

The grayish-white ferocious beast in the air moved. It leaped forward out of thin air and pounced, then turned as if to deliver a tail-sweeping strike.

But at that moment, the grayish-white ferocious beast suddenly began to tremble, as though trying to break free from Li Qi's control.

Crack!

The grayish-white ferocious beast collapsed, scattering into sixteen slender grayish-white bone fragments that fell to the ground.

This was the result of his failed attempt to train in the fourth stage of the "Twenty-Eight Basic Controller Techniques."

The "Twenty-Eight Basic Controller Techniques" was a foundational secret manual for spiritual telekinetics on the Molten Empire's training planets. It was said that completing all four stages would allow one to break through to planetary level.

Li Qi sighed. "As expected, with spiritual power that hasn't reached the peak of apprentice level nine, training in the fourth stage of the 'Twenty-Eight Basic Controller Techniques' is still too difficult."

Although he did not want to leave his family, he still trained his spiritual power, because an opportunity to step onto the stage lay before him.

The Molten Empire had always cultivated geniuses, and its training planets had clear advancement paths for talented individuals.

For example, on Kuka Planet, where Li Qi lived, there was Zhaoguang Academy in Zhaoguang City, then Kuka Planet's United Training Camp, and finally the legendary Stellar Training Camp located on another planet.

As long as one had talent and ability, one could advance all the way and become a legendary figure on a planet.

Still, he was deeply conflicted. He longed to become strong and roam the vast universe on adventures.

Yet he could not bear to leave home and be separated from his family.

There was also the special nature of his bodily talent, which made him unwilling to risk entering Zhaoguang Academy.

Because Kuka Planet was a training planet, the only way to obtain cultivation resources was to join the Molten Empire's training system.

And entering that system, beginning with Zhaoguang Academy, meant undergoing a series of examinations and tests. His body's unusual nature might be exposed.

Otherwise, he would not have delayed going to Zhaoguang Academy again and again until he could delay no longer, finally stating that he would enter it at sixteen.

A breeze swept over the earth, and the tranquil afternoon was shattered by a long cry.

Screee!

A bird's cry came from the sky, urgent and excited.

"Hm? Did the Thunder Eagle find some prey?"

Hearing the cry reach his ears, Li Qi looked skyward in confusion.

In the sky above the direction of the family settlement, a small black dot was moving continuously. The moment he saw it, his expression changed.

"No! That's not right! That's the family settlement! What prey could there be?!"

With that thought, Li Qi flipped over and threw the grayish-white bone shield from his back into the air. He bent his legs slightly, then kicked off with force.

The ground caved in, and dirt flew everywhere.

Boom!

He leaped into the air. Just as he was about to fall, the bone shield flew beneath his feet and carried him toward the small black dot in the sky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Grayish-white bone awls flew one after another from the large hide pouch at his waist. Li Qi stared fixedly at the black dot growing ever larger in the sky as sixteen bone awls circled protectively around him.

Closer and closer, until he finally saw it clearly.

It was a pitch-black avian beast circling in the air. Blood dripped from its knife-sharp beak and claws, while every feather on its body gleamed with a metallic luster.

At that moment, its sharp eyes were fixed on the entrance to a cave in the hill below, filled with cruelty and excitement!

"A Dark Night Bird—a nocturnal flying beast that moves in family units. Adults can reach apprentice level seven, with wingspans of three to four meters."

Li Qi controlled the bone shield to stop as information about the Dark Night Bird surfaced in his mind.

Unlike the information described, the Dark Night Bird before him had a wingspan of more than ten meters. It was very likely...

"Planetary level! This Dark Night Bird is planetary level! Why is it here?"

Confused, Li Qi followed the Dark Night Bird's gaze, and his pupils suddenly contracted!

That was Little Nineteen's secret base!

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