Yicheng First Elementary World Education School.
"Today is the final day of Primary Education."
"You have at most ten days to open a Small World."
"During these ten days, anyone who successfully opens a world must return to school to have it inspected."
"The strength of the world you open will determine the quality of the Secondary World Education School you attend afterward."
"I'll repeat this old reminder one more time: the strength of the Small World you open is indeed important, but whether you have a Small World at all is even more important."
"When opening a Small World, pay attention to how much Mental Power you consume."
"That's right. The more cards you fuse in while opening a world, the higher your world's starting point will be."
"However, maintaining an open world requires a massive amount of Mental Power. You must find the balance between the Mental Power consumed by opening the world and that required to fuse the cards. The moment you feel you can no longer keep up, stop refining the cards immediately and devote all your strength to opening the world."
"The more cards fused into the World Embryo, the more complete its rules will be, and the faster it will grow in the future. That's also true."
"But all of this depends on you opening a world in the first place!"
"If you fail to open a Small World, everything else is meaningless."
"All right, I won't say anything more."
"Finally, I wish everyone success in ruling the myriad worlds!"
"Class dismissed!"
After walking out of the school gate, Zhang Zhi took a deep breath. He had transmigrated to this world nearly fourteen years ago, and finally, he had reached the last step!
Oh, right. He might have transmigrated here physically, because he had been in an orphanage for as long as he could remember. Besides, this world's appearance was not much different from Earth's.
The world he had transmigrated into was an extremely wondrous universe. Most people had the opportunity to open a Small World of their own.
Before reaching adulthood, everyone would awaken Mental Power.
After awakening Mental Power, they could receive a special existence known as a World Seed. By stimulating the World Seed with Mental Power, they could open their own Small World.
Those who opened their own Small World were called Masters of the World.
After returning to the small house he had rented ever since leaving the Orphanage, Zhang Zhi rubbed his hands together excitedly.
He had been waiting for this moment for a very long time.
But when he entered the bedroom and saw that it had been turned completely upside down, his heart jolted. Before he could react, something struck the back of his head, and he passed out.
His final thought before losing consciousness was: When did I get noticed?
He had no idea how much time had passed when Zhang Zhi suddenly felt a chill on his face and slowly woke up. Looking up, he found himself in a completely enclosed room, with a group of burly men glaring at him from all around.
Seeing the armor exposed beneath the men's black clothing, his heart lurched. Those men were clearly projections summoned from someone's Small World. And among them was a Realm Lord.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. With his childish face filled with fear, he said, "Big brothers, did you get the wrong person? I'm a student of Yicheng Elementary World Education. I'm definitely not the person you're looking for."
"Stop pretending. At a time like this, you still want to bluff your way out? You should think about how long we've been watching you." The apparent leader sneered at him.
Hearing this, Zhang Zhi's heart sank even further, but he continued, "Big brother, did you make a mistake somewhere? I'm really just an ordinary student preparing to open a Small World."
"If you kidnap me, you won't get anything out of me."
"I'm a student at Yicheng Primary Education, and I'm about to open a Small World. The school pays extremely close attention to students like us. If I suddenly disappear, the school will definitely send people to look for me. Our Principal will dig three feet into the ground to find you!"
The man sneered again. "I know everything about you. You don't need to lie to me, and you don't need to threaten me."
"I know that over the past few years, you've collected at least one hundred and thirty Gray Cards and two White Cards through various channels!"
"Do you really think I could mistake such a big fish?"
"Besides, if you want the school to dig three feet into the ground to find you, you should at least open a Small World and become a Master of the World first. And someone has to know that you're missing before that can happen."
"You're an orphan who moved out of the Orphanage three years ago and has lived alone ever since. If no one reports you missing or goes to the school looking for you within ten days, who would know that you've disappeared?"
"So stop thinking about all that nonsense and honestly tell me where you hid those cards you bought."
The so-called cards were actually the nourishment used for Small Worlds to grow.
In Ancient Times, the Small Worlds opened by Masters of the World were blank, empty worlds with no material existence whatsoever.
Such worlds took far too long to grow. Thus, a Great Power created a method that could accelerate the development of Small Worlds:
Various rules, resources, and lifeforms were stripped from other worlds and fused into newly opened Small Worlds.
This method greatly accelerated the development of Small Worlds and significantly increased the survival rate of Realm Lords during their early stages.
These rules, resources, and lifeforms stripped from other worlds were the origin of cards in various colors.
Cards naturally weren't anything rare to Masters of the World. However, this world contained many people who had failed to open worlds, and to them, cards were precious items.
Likewise, a few cards might mean nothing to a Realm Lord, but hundreds of cards represented a considerable fortune to many Realm Lords.
Listening to the man, Zhang Zhi's heart continued sinking, but his expression turned bewildered.
"One hundred and thirty Gray Cards and two White Cards? How could that be? You must have made a mistake. I'm just an orphan who grew up in an Orphanage. How could I possibly have enough money to buy so many cards?"
The man spoke in an amused tone. "You really don't know where all that money of yours came from?"
Zhang Zhi still looked terrified. "I'm an ordinary student. How could I possibly be that rich?"
"You really have the wrong person. I only have seven Gray Cards. I bought them all by saving money from my scholarships and living frugally. I'll give you all seven of them. Could you let me go?"
"Clap, clap, clap." The man lightly applauded. "That's quite a performance."
Zhang Zhi looked frantic. "There must be some mistake somewhere. There must be some mistake somewhere. I really only have seven Gray Cards!"
"My Gray Cards are hidden in the gap beneath the kitchen cutting board. They're all there. I really only have seven!"
The man stood up and leaned toward Zhang Zhi. "You're quite convincing! Anyone who didn't know your background might really be fooled."
"I really didn't lie to you!"
"I really only have seven Gray Cards!"
"Right, you must have already searched my house. If I had more cards, you would have found them by now!"
The man seemed to be losing patience. "Stop acting! If I could find those cards, would I have dragged you here?"
"You'd better honestly tell me where you hid the cards!"
Seeing Zhang Zhi's terrified, huddled form, the man seemed unwilling to waste any more words on him. He turned and waved his hand, and a figure squeezed through from behind the group of burly men.
Looking at that somewhat familiar figure, Zhang Zhi let out a long breath!
(First, let the author defend himself. Many readers have complained that the author has a lot of awkward sentences. This actually has a great deal to do with the author's profession. The author has worked in foreign trade for more than ten years and has encountered all kinds of foreigners, some with good English and some with poor English. As a result, the author has become used to not paying attention to subject-verb-object order.)
(To give the simplest example, "thank you very much" in English would be translated into Chinese as "thank you" followed by "very much." However, if it were translated according to English word order, it would actually be "very much thank you." On top of that, the author has some reading difficulties, so the word order in many of the author's sentences can be problematic, yet the author is completely unaware of it.)
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