One month later.
Mount Everest again, familiar as ever.
Zhou Yi had taken his promised vacation, traveling around and giving himself a thorough period of relaxation. He'd also taken the opportunity to expand his network of contacts.
Even though he was about to leave this world, just like in the Fast & Furious world, Zhou Yi knew he would eventually return.
After all, the major events hadn't started yet, and Zhou Yi still had plenty of opportunities to gain massive amounts of experience points.
As for when exactly those events would begin…
Zhou Yi glanced at the system interface, focusing his attention on the star representing the Fast & Furious world. Immediately, he could see five distinct points of light within that star.
Considering Zhou Yi left during the events of Fast Five, these represented the five subsequent time nodes: Fast & Furious 6, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. By spending ten experience points, he could return to the Fast & Furious world at any of these chosen time nodes.
However, Zhou Yi had no intention of returning right now.
Once you've experienced something, it's truly over. There are no second chances.
Zhou Yi preferred to have people he could consider friends, or who were indeed his friends, waiting for his return.
To be without attachments was to be like a rootless duckweed.
"As expected, no matter how many times I see it, it's still spectacular…" Zhou Yi gazed at the sunrise over the sea of clouds in the distance, sighing with emotion.
While most of what Zhou Yi had told Chris earlier was fabricated, the part about cleansing the mind was actually true.
Zhou Yi wanted to keep himself in a state of humility, always aware of his own capabilities.
To achieve this, mere self-suggestion was far from enough, especially now that the world Zhou Yi was in consisted entirely of ordinary people, with no one like him.
Since people couldn't naturally feel awe, he decided to seek it from nature.
The power of nature was beyond human reach.
Standing on the summit, gazing at the endless sea of clouds, contemplating the vastness of heaven and earth, the universe within, he felt insignificant as a speck of dust, and awe bloomed in his heart.
"I still need to play it safe. Unless I have a hundred percent certainty, I absolutely won't take any risks!" Zhou Yi thought to himself.
Having successfully suppressed the arrogance that had inflated his confidence due to his physical abilities nearly doubling, Zhou Yi willed his consciousness to move, using the opportunity he had to open up a new world.
In an instant, Zhou Yi found himself standing amidst the sea of stars once more.
"Speaking of which, this scene is clearly more awe-inspiring," Zhou Yi watched the boundless sea of stars begin to rotate. "Who created this system? Why does it possess such terrifying power? And why did it choose me? Thinking about it like this, there's no way I can become arrogant…"
Every effect has a cause. Since the system exists, there must be a creator of the system.
Such a thing couldn't possibly have come into being naturally, could it?
"Every gift of fate is already marked with a price in secret. So, what must I pay, what can I pay?"
Zhou Yi only pondered this for a moment before giving up on pursuing it further.
Speculation without any evidence was meaningless, a complete waste of time and mental energy.
What Zhou Yi could do now was seize opportunities, continuously grow stronger, until he reached a level where he could uncover the truth behind all of this.
If he stopped progressing due to baseless speculation, how would he differ from the man of Qi who worried about the sky falling?
The sea of stars stopped rotating, and just like before, a single star detached itself from the celestial expanse and floated before Zhou Yi.
[World Selected: Assassin Film World ( Wanted, The Mechanic, John Wick, Mechanic: Resurrection, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum)](Note: The order listed is the chronological order arranged in this novel. If the film itself does not explicitly state the in-story timeline, the release date will be used to determine the event's occurrence.)
[Please Select: Travel Location]
[Please Select: New Profession]
"Another series world, and an assassin series at that…" Zhou Yi muttered. "Are all future worlds going to be like this? Hmm… I should choose first."
"Select travel location: the alley closest to the protagonist Wesley's residence in the city from Wanted." Having said that, Zhou Yi looked at the profession options.
"FBI Police, CIA Agent," Zhou Yi glanced at them but immediately ignored these two options, looking at the third. "Templar… Knight?"
In less than a second, Zhou Yi directly selected the Templar Knight profession.
[Location Confirmed, New Profession Selected, Traveling Now]
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yi found himself in an alley.
"Hmm…" Zhou Yi decisively shut off his sense of smell and began walking out, checking the status panel for his newly acquired Templar Knight profession.
This level of bodily control was something he had possessed since reaching the human limit.
The so-called limit was perfect control, so it was no problem for Zhou Yi to achieve this.
Speaking of the movie Wanted, it's impossible not to introduce its protagonist, Wesley, in detail.
How could Wesley's early life be described as anything less than miserable?
He lived in a small apartment of about ten square meters, built right next to tram tracks, so he was woken up every time a tram passed by. He also constantly argued with his girlfriend.
He also had a so-called best friend… who always visited and took care of his girlfriend when he wasn't home, caring for her meticulously and intimately.
At work, he was harassed by his overweight female boss. Furthermore, due to his Assassin Bloodline, he frequently experienced symptoms that were actually extreme adrenaline rushes, disguised as mental exhilaration, requiring him to take sedatives daily.
However, it was worth mentioning that despite taking these suppressants and sedatives for so many years, Wesley's Assassin Bloodline was still so powerful that he could contend with top-tier assassins from the very beginning.
This demonstrated his extraordinary talent.
Of course, that had nothing to do with Zhou Yi. No matter how strong Wesley was, he was just a slightly stronger ordinary person.
To him… it was just a matter of one punch.
What Zhou Yi needed to do now was to figure out what this newly acquired profession actually did!
He didn't choose FBI or CIA because Zhou Yi felt those two professions overlapped too much with the IRS. Moreover, in terms of both interestingness and actual power in the real world, neither could compare to the IRS.
Since that was the case, why not choose the [Templar Knight], which looked very interesting and was clearly opposed to the Assassin profession?
The moment he saw the Templar Knight profession panel, Zhou Yi fell silent.
[Templar Knight · Novice (0/10)
(The Order of the Temple, this organization has existed for countless years, fighting the bloodiest and most elite battles between humans and the Assassin Brotherhood to protect human order. Every Templar Knight is an elite among elites, capable of rivaling an Assassin Master!)
Title Bonuses:
1. [Novice Knight Bloodline] (It's said that the Assassin Bloodline is similar to our Knight Bloodline? Hmph, what nonsense, ours is clearly stronger!)
2. [Novice Stealth Technique] (A knight should look like a knight! If you can't even stealth, how dare you call yourself a knight?)
3. [Novice Backstab Technique] (This is a righteous backstab!)]
What kind of Templar Knight is this?!
This is a Templar Assassin, it must be, right??!
Also, what exactly does this profession do!
Don't special professions get a more professional introduction?
Why can't they just clearly explain how to make money, you damn idiots!!
PS: If you don't like the Assassin world, you can read the later worlds. The volumes are already separated, so it won't affect your reading~ The Assassin world was written a bit poorly~
As a knight, one must naturally learn righteous backstabs and orthodox stealth! Oh, and I recommend the Assassin's Creed game series, they're very interesting!
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