Chapter 1

Li Congxin let out a "huh?" and transmigrated!

His soul had crossed over into a world that looked almost identical to the one he had known before, but was actually hundreds or even thousands of times more dangerous—the Marvel Multiverse's Earth-199999, also known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Whether it was the heroic stories of Captain America in school textbooks or the occasional gossip about Tony Stark in the news, both were powerful evidence supporting his deduction.

His certainty about this universe's designation did not come from any profound knowledge of Marvel before his transmigration. He had only one reason for reaching this conclusion: after searching through every memory left behind by the original owner of this body, he had not found even the slightest mention of Mutants.

In other words, this world had no Mutants!

As far as Li Congxin knew, although the Marvel Multiverse contained countless worlds, there seemed to be only one where Mutants did not exist—or where their existence had not been exposed to ordinary people at all. There were no other candidates.

That could perhaps be considered a blessing in disguise.

After all, compared with the other Marvel universes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was the one Li Congxin was most familiar with, and it was also the safest.

After integrating the memories from both his previous and current lives, Li Congxin had more or less figured out the situation.

It was currently 1998, ten years before a certain mustachioed, flamboyant man named Tony Stark would announce that he was Iron Man and officially open the curtain on the Marvel Cinematic Universe; it was a full twenty years before a certain Purple Sweet Potato named Thanos would come to Earth and make that world-ending Sunset Snap.

From the timeline, things were not all that urgent. Whether he chose to fight or flee when Purple Sweet Potato descended, twenty years would be more than enough time for him to make some preparations.

The body he now occupied had the same name as him before his transmigration: Li Congxin. His English name was Clark Li, and both his parents were Chinese Americans. Having grown up in the United States, he could be considered a genuine banana—yellow on the outside and white on the inside.

A year ago, the original owner's parents had died in an accident. He had also inherited their entire estate. He had a car and a house, as well as a large fitness club that provided him with a steady, stable income. It was located directly across from the apartment building where he lived, in a prime area of Manhattan, New York City!

In terms of background, things were quite good as well. Although he was not the second son of Stark Industries or Osborn Industries, he was still a second-generation rich kid, with far better financial conditions than Li Congxin had enjoyed before his transmigration.

The only thing that gave Li Congxin a headache was the character setting of "this Li Congxin"!

The original owner of this body had been a complete shut-in otaku, weighing 120 kilograms.

Take note: kilograms!

This genuine otaku had actually found the courage to pursue one of the beautiful girls in his class a month ago. Even more absurdly, he had actually succeeded!

The two of them had dinner together that night, went shopping on the second day, went to see the ocean on the third, attended a dance on the fourth, watched a horror movie on the fifth, slept together on the sixth, and officially broke up after waking up on the seventh.

If the story had ended there, it would have been a fairly decent conclusion.

Although they had not ended up together, he had still taken advantage of the situation, and that was pretty good too, wasn't it?

But yesterday, that beautiful girl had suddenly announced a ranking in class.

Poor Li Congxin's body had originally belonged to a fat otaku who hardly ever left the house except to attend classes.

The announcement immediately caused an uproar.

The original owner of the body, unable to endure his classmates' strange looks of contempt, mockery, pity, and sympathy, had ended his miserable life by touching an electrical outlet.

And then Li Congxin occupied that electrocuted body, successfully completing the first soul transmigration of his life.

Was there anything more ridiculous than this in the world?

Li Congxin felt that he was even more miserable than the original owner of this body!

Although the original owner had been disgraced, at least he had gotten some pleasure out of it. But Li Congxin? Not only had he failed to gain any advantage, he also had to bear this enormous black pot!

Why him!?

Uh... Actually, if that guy had not taken things so hard, Li Congxin would not have had the chance to transmigrate into his body.

But the problem was, who wanted to transmigrate!?

In his original world, although he had lived a rather idle life, he had at least been self-sufficient. Li Congxin felt that spending his whole life like that would have been pretty nice. At the very least, he would have been safe, comfortable, and free of complaints. What more could he have asked for?

Compared with that, this world was far too dangerous!

In Detective Conan, one person died per episode; in One Piece, one ship's worth of people died per episode; in Naruto, an entire village died per episode; in Ultraman, an entire city died per episode; in Dragon Ball, an entire planet's population died per episode...

But compared with Marvel, what did those things even count for?

How about half the universe's population dying with one snap?

Li Congxin glanced at the lampshade on the desk in front of him, the one the original owner of this body had used to kill himself. He felt that if he touched it again, the odds of being electrocuted to death would absolutely be higher than the odds of successfully completing a second transmigration—and countless times higher than the odds of being sent back to his original world.

After hesitating briefly, he silently screwed the lightbulb back into place.

Since he was here, he would make the best of it.

As for his parents in his previous life, he could only entrust their care to his eldest brother, second sister, and younger brother.

Just as Li Congxin decided to abandon his past and begin a new life, the phone he had placed beside his computer suddenly rang: "Gong shrimp, my dear Qing, hoof-tipped fairy donkey..."

He picked up the phone and glanced at the caller ID.

Dave Lizewski.

This guy was Li Congxin's classmate and best friend, the kind of friend he was close enough with to share adult video codes, torrent files, and magnet links.

The call connected...

"Hello!"

"Hello, Li." After the call connected, Dave said with a chuckle, "You know, you've become famous!"

Li Congxin's expression darkened. "If you're calling to make fun of me too, then our friendship ends here."

"No! No! No!" Hearing Li Congxin's displeasure, Dave hurriedly explained, "Check the forum! I don't know who posted that ranking there, but now everyone in the school knows your name!"