"News from this station: Dongying Country has been attacked by sea demons, resulting in 350,000 deaths so far. A warm-hearted civilian organization from our country has sent 350,000 paper cranes to express its condolences."
"A small town in White Eagle Country was attacked by demonic beasts, trapping over a thousand people. After seven days of rescue efforts by the emergency team, they finally saved two dogs, naming them 'Miracle' and 'Tenacity.'"
"Lin Ye of the Jiangnan Monster Suppression Bureau has advanced to the seventh rank, becoming the youngest martial general expert in Jiangnan Base City."
"..."
Shi Yan turned off his communicator, his expression shifting constantly.
He had really transmigrated.
After delivering takeout, he had intended to go home and get some proper rest. Who knew that, while crossing a zebra crossing, he would be struck by a freight truck?
When he woke again, he was already on Blue Star in this parallel world.
Just as he had found online, this was no longer a world dominated by technological power, but one where martial strength reigned supreme.
Spiritual Revival, demonic beasts running rampant, martial artists ruling the day...
As the foremost force resisting demonic beasts, martial artists had become the people with the highest and most exceptional status in this age.
Their abilities to move mountains and fill seas, fly through the heavens and burrow into the earth, their long lifespans, along with towering authority and endless wealth, filled people with yearning.
Unfortunately, not everyone could become a martial artist. To become one, they first had to awaken a special ability.
Those who awakened successfully had a chance to become martial artists, while those who failed could only become ordinary people.
They were called martial artists rather than special ability users because, aside from their special abilities, awakened people also gained formidable martial prowess as their bodies grew stronger.
"I succeeded, but not entirely."
Shi Yan wore a bitter expression.
He had just finished digesting his memories. The original owner had also been named Shi Yan; his parents had died young, and he was a third-year student at Baiyun No. 1 High School—a perfectly ordinary, devastatingly handsome guy.
At the awakening ceremony not long ago, he had successfully awakened a special ability. Yet his failure was that he had only awakened a D-class special ability: Biological Ignite.
Special ability grades, from highest to lowest, were SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, and D—a total of seven grades.
D-class was the worst grade.
It provided the weakest enhancement to the body.
Precisely because its grade was low, the combat power it could produce was extremely limited. Thus, the original owner had not even registered for the Martial Arts Examination.
With a light rub of his fingers, a pale yellow flame the size of a lighter flame swayed between them.
This was his Biological Ignite.
In his previous life, it would definitely have been a god-tier tool for picking up girls.
But in this life, it could not even singe a demonic beast's fur.
At most, it could light a candle for his future girlfriend or something.
"So, no more takeout deliveries in this life—should I become a performer instead?"
Shi Yan thought about it. His only path forward might be becoming a male model.
After all, this body was handsome. If he played with fire while flirting with girls, he should be able to capture quite a few young women's hearts.
"Or should I become some rich woman's plaything?"
Shi Yan shook his head, strangling that thought in the cradle.
Real rich women were all martial artists. Without great strength, he could easily be played to ruin...
"Can't I just split Mount Hua with one palm and suppress the eight wildernesses with one fist?"
Thinking that he was in a martial world yet could not do what martial artists did, Shi Yan felt a wave of gloom.
He looked up at the countdown above the blackboard. There were only three days left until the College Entrance Examination.
It was break time, and many of the students around him were discussing things enthusiastically. Shi Yan found the noise unbearable.
That number "3" was like the sword of judgment hanging over his fate, pressing ever closer.
"I'm a transmigrator. Do I have some kind of cheat?"
As Shi Yan thought this, a sharp pain suddenly struck his head.
The next moment, a voice abruptly rang out in his mind:
[Ding, Martial Virtue System binding...] [Binding successful. Novice gift pack obtained.]
"What?!"
Shi Yan froze, his eyes widening. There really was one?!
A system—being part of the great transmigrator army, he was far too familiar with those two words.
[Opening gift pack...] [Congratulations, you have obtained: 1. Southern Bright Blazing Fire (SSS-Class) 2. 1,000 Martial Virtue Points.]
"Holy shit!"
The next moment, Shi Yan's eyes lit up.
SSS-Class!
He had struck it rich!
According to the information available, in the nearly two hundred years since Spiritual Revival began, the number of people who had awakened SSS-Class special abilities could be counted on two hands.
It was practically a God-Class special ability!
Just as he was rejoicing, Shi Yan suddenly felt the scene before him change.
He seemed to be standing amid a sea of stars. Ahead, as far as his eyes could see, a colossal bird-like creature was engulfed in flames. After letting out a piercing cry, it fired a white flame from its mouth.
In an instant, the flames burned through the void and shattered planets, as though they were about to destroy the starry sky itself.
Who knew how long passed? It felt like millions of years, yet also like the blink of an eye. The light around him returned to normal.
A familiar scene came into view.
The classroom, the ceiling, books, desks and chairs, and one chubby hand.
"Eh, I thought you were dead."
His deskmate and best friend, Liu Wang, pried open Shi Yan's eyes, looking both puzzled and astonished.
"I called you forever and you didn't answer. Did you dream about the school beauty again?"
"Get lost."
Shi Yan was speechless. Who was he cursing?
Liu Wang did not leave. Instead, he leaned closer, his face brimming with excitement.
"Shi Yan, I'm telling you, you missed an incredible sight."
"Just now, a gigantic firebird appeared in the sky, bigger than a mountain!"
"It spat out white flames. The intensity of those flames—tsk, tsk—they nearly burned the void into a twist."
"I heard all the experts from the Monster Suppression Bureau were mobilized, afraid that some terrifying demonic beast was attacking the city..."
Liu Wang described it vividly. Like the surrounding students, he was still immersed in shock.
"And then?"
Shi Yan asked without giving anything away.
He had figured it out. The firebird that had appeared in the sky was the phenomenon caused by his awakening of Southern Bright Blazing Fire.
Southern Bright Blazing Fire was the Vermilion Bird's origin flame. Its power was boundless, capable of burning all things clean. Its effect was especially terrifying against demonic and evil entities.
It was entirely normal for the birth of such a special ability to cause a phenomenon.
After all, even S-Class abilities could produce phenomena. There was no need to mention SSS-Class.
"And then it was gone. It seemed to be some kind of phenomenon—it appeared briefly and then disappeared. The people from the Monster Suppression Bureau found nothing, so they all went back."
Liu Wang sounded somewhat regretful, simply because he had not been able to personally see the person who caused that phenomenon.
Either someone had awakened a powerful special ability, or a supreme expert had triggered it.
No matter which it was, seeing its source would become bragging rights for the future.
"Fat Liu, if my special ability caused a phenomenon like that, do you think the school beauty would cling to me and never let go?"
Shi Yan thought for a moment before asking.
Liu Wang rolled his eyes and shot him a sidelong glance.
"Bro, why don't you sleep a little longer? Maybe you'll dream of an even stronger special ability."
"Let me tell you, for a phenomenon like that just now, you'd need to awaken at least an SS-Class special ability."
"If you were really that capable, you wouldn't even need SS-Class. An S-Class ability would be enough to make the school beauty bear you monkeys."
After saying that, Liu Wang got up and went to chat nonsense with the other students.
At that moment, Shi Yan's phone vibrated.
When he opened it, he saw a message from the school beauty:
"Shi Yan, don't come bother me anymore. We're not people from the same world."
"Heh."
Shi Yan sneered. He did not reply, but instead pulled up every contact method he had for the school beauty.
Deleted, then blocked.
The original owner had been an utter simp. He was not.
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