Under Attack

Yicheng First Elementary World Education School.

"Today is the final day of Primary Education."

"You have at most ten days to Opening a Small World."

"Within these ten days, students who successfully open a world must return to school to have your worlds inspected."

"The strength of the world you open will determine the quality of the Secondary World Education School you attend afterward."

"I will repeat myself once more: while the strength of the small world is indeed important, the mere existence of a small world is even more critical."

"When Opening a Small World, pay close attention to the consumption of your Mental Power."

"That is correct; the more cards you integrate while opening your world, the higher your world's starting point will be."

"However, maintaining the opening process requires a massive amount of Mental Power. You must find the balance between the Mental Power consumed to open the world and the Mental Power required to Refine Cards. Once you feel you are reaching your limit, stop refining cards immediately and focus all your energy on opening the world."

"It is true that the more cards integrated into the World Embryo, the more complete its rules will be and the faster it will grow in the future."

"But the prerequisite for all of this is that you actually succeed in opening a world!"

"If you fail to open a small world, everything else is moot."

"Alright, I won't say anything more."

"Finally, Zhu wishes you all the ability to rule over ten thousand worlds!"

"Class dismissed!"

Stepping out of the school gate, Zhang Zhi took a deep breath. Having transmigrated to this world nearly fourteen years ago, he had finally reached the final step!

Oh, right, he might have transmigrated with his physical body, as he had been in the Orphanage since his earliest memories, and his appearance in this world was not much different from his original one on Earth.

The world he had transmigrated into was an incredibly magical universe where the vast majority of people had the opportunity to open their own unique small worlds.

Everyone would awaken their Mental Power before reaching adulthood.

After awakening their Mental Power, they could receive a special existence known as a World Seed, which they would stimulate with their Mental Power to open their own small world.

Those who successfully opened their own small worlds were known as a Master of the World.

Returning to the small room he had been renting since leaving the Orphanage, Zhang Zhi rubbed his hands in excitement.

He had been waiting for this moment for a very long time.

But when he walked into his bedroom and saw that it had been ransacked into a chaotic mess, his heart skipped a beat. Before he could react, he felt something strike the Back of the Head, and he promptly lost consciousness.

His final thought before blacking out was: When did I get targeted?

He did not know how much time had passed when Zhang Zhi finally came to, feeling a chill on his face. Looking up, he found himself in a completely enclosed room, surrounded by a group of burly men staring at him with hostile intent.

Seeing the armor visible beneath the black clothes of those men, his heart sank. These men were clearly projections summoned from within a small world, and among them were Realm Lord level figures.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. With a naive, terrified expression, he said, "Gentlemen, have you mistaken me for someone else? I am a student at the Yicheng First Elementary World Education School; I am definitely not the person you are looking for."

"Stop the act. We've reached this point, so don't try to fool us. You have no idea how long we've been watching you," the leader sneered at him.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi's heart sank even further, but he persisted, "Sir, is there some misunderstanding? I really am just an ordinary student preparing to open a small world."

"If you kidnap me, you won't gain any benefits from it."

"I am a student at the Yicheng First Elementary World Education School who is about to open a small world. The school pays close attention to us. If I suddenly disappear, the school will definitely send people to find me. Even if our principal has to dig three feet into the ground, he will find you!"

The man sneered again, "I know everything about your background. You don't need to lie to me, and there's no need to threaten me."

"I know that over the past few years, you have collected at least one hundred and thirty Gray Card items and two White Card items through various channels!"

"Don't think I could have made a mistake about a fish as big as you!"

"Besides, if you want the school to dig three feet into the ground to find you, you first need to open your small world and become a Master of the World. Furthermore, someone actually has to know you're missing for that to happen."

"You are an orphan who moved out of the Orphanage three years ago and lives alone. As long as no one reports you missing within ten days and no one goes to the school looking for you, who would even know you're gone?"

"So, stop thinking about those useless things and obediently tell us where you've hidden the cards you've acquired."

The so-called cards were, in fact, Cultivation Resources for the growth of a small world.

In the Ancient Times, the small worlds opened by a Master of the World were blank, devoid of any matter.

Such worlds required too much time to grow, so a Great Power created a method to accelerate the development of a small world:

Strip various rules, materials, and living beings from other worlds and integrate them into the newly opened small world.

This method greatly accelerated the development speed of small worlds and significantly increased the survival rate of early-stage Realm Lord figures.

These rules, materials, and living beings stripped from other worlds were the origin of the cards of various colors.

For a Master of the World, cards were naturally not rare items, but in this world, there were a vast number of humans who had failed to open their worlds. To these people, cards were precious treasures.

Similarly, while a few cards might not mean much to a Realm Lord, hundreds of them represented a significant fortune for many.

Listening to the man, Zhang Zhi's heart sank, but his expression turned to one of bewilderment:

"One hundred and thirty Gray Card items and two White Card items? How is that possible? You must have the wrong person. I am just an orphan who grew up in an orphanage; how could I possibly have that much money to buy so many cards!"

The man said with a playful tone, "Do you really not know where you got all that money from?"

Zhang Zhi still wore a face full of panic: "I'm just an ordinary student, how could I possibly have that much money!"

"You really have the wrong person. I only have seven Gray Card, all bought with the scholarship money I saved up by scrimping and saving. I'll give you all seven of these cards, will you please just let me go?"

Clap, clap, clap. The man gently clapped his hands: "That's quite a performance."

Zhang Zhi's face was full of anxiety: "There must be some mistake, there must be some mistake somewhere, I really only have seven Gray Card!"

"My Gray Card are hidden in the crevice of the kitchen cutting board, they are all there, there really are only seven!"

The man stood up and leaned in close to Zhang Zhi: "You're acting so convincingly! Someone who didn't know your background might actually be fooled by you."

"I'm really not lying to you!"

"I really only have seven Gray Card!"

"Right, you must have already searched my house. If I had any more cards, you would have found them long ago!"

The figure seemed to be losing patience: "Stop the act! If I could have found those cards, would I have needed to drag you here?"

"You had better honestly tell me where the cards are hidden!"

Seeing Zhang Zhi huddled into a ball, his face full of panic, the figure seemed to have no desire to waste any more words. He turned and beckoned, and a figure squeezed in from behind the burly men.

Looking at that somewhat familiar figure, Zhang Zhi let out a sharp breath!

(Ahem, the author would like to defend himself first. Many Esteemed Readers have reached the later chapters and kept complaining about the many awkward sentences. In fact, this has a lot to do with the author's profession. The author has worked in foreign trade for Over Ten Years and has dealt with all kinds of foreigners—some with good English, some with poor English—so I have become accustomed to not caring about the placement of subjects, verbs, and objects.)

(To give the simplest example, the English for "thank you very much" is "thank you very much," but if you translate it into Chinese according to the word order, it is actually [thank] + [very much]. Plus, the author has a bit of dyslexia, so the word order of many of the author's sentences will be problematic, but the author himself is completely unaware of it.)