The First Chapter, Awakening

The sky was overcast, the typhoon howled, and a torrential downpour was imminent.

In such weather, not even cars would travel on the roads. Every household had their doors and windows tightly shut, and some had even pulled down iron shutters that hadn't been used in a long time.

Baihai City, this coastal city, hadn't experienced such a strong storm in a long time.

And under these circumstances, in a park lush with vegetation, a man, a man wearing a high school uniform and with a sturdy build, stood on the ground holding his face. Red liquid could be seen faintly dripping between his hands. A brass bullet casing was slowly being squeezed out from his forehead, and blood stained his expensive Rose Academy uniform red as it flowed down his hands. At his feet lay two mangled corpses, on which one could faintly see a handgun with its safety disengaged.

BOOM!

After an unknown amount of time, a flash of lightning startled the youth from his stupor. A large amount of memories were rapidly sorted, cataloged, and then completely absorbed. His originally clouded eyes gradually became clear.

Could there really be someone in this world who would stumble upon a clandestine transaction, not run away, and actually stop to watch?

Was this guy named Liu Tian so curious? Didn't television and movies teach you that curious people die particularly quickly?

What, the film industry in this world has only just begun? He wasn't well-off originally and didn't have the means to watch movies overseas, so he hadn't seen many films?

Oh, then it's fine.

The reborn Liu Tian sighed, rubbed his head. The bullet wound on his forehead had disappeared without a trace, as if he had never been injured. He then kicked the two corpses at his feet, contemplating how to dispose of them.

Although he didn't recognize them and couldn't identify their identities from their unrecognizable faces, the fact that they chose to meet in such a creepy place on such a gloomy day, and that they immediately drew their guns upon discovery, and maintained their composure even in the face of death, indicated they were no ordinary people. He needed to find a reliable way to deal with them that wouldn't affect him.

A strong gust of wind howled past. Liu Tian looked up at the sky and then at a manhole cover not far away. He quickly came up with a plan.

However, before that, he had to see what the thing was that caused this disaster.

With a thought, Liu Tian squatted down. First, he turned off the safety of the revolver, which could easily misfire. Then, he meticulously searched the two corpses. Soon, Liu Tian found a suspicious item in another man's inner pocket.

It was a small object wrapped layer upon layer in black cloth and tied with string, hidden in an inner pocket. If Liu Tian hadn't searched inch by inch, he wouldn't have found it on the inner side of the man's thighs.

It's been preserved so well, let me see what this thing is.

The sky grew darker, and the thunder rumbled continuously. Liu Tian knew he couldn't delay any longer. He quickly unwrapped the black cloth, revealing a small object that was clearly extraordinary at first glance.

It was a golden, columnar object, appearing to be composed of countless rhombus-shaped fragments. It was about as thick as an adult's index finger and no more than fifteen centimeters long, making it difficult to imagine what it was used for.

A strange thing, this is what caused two lives to be lost? Is it pure gold? It doesn't feel like it.

Liu Tian frowned and picked up the columnar object. He clearly felt that besides being as light as nothing, the strange columnar object also had a warm texture. The moment his hands touched it, a warm current instantly flowed out from the columnar object and into his body.

?

Before Liu Tian could be surprised, a familiar voice sounded in his ear: "Welcome to the Add Points Panel."

Immediately, a simple panel appeared before his eyes.

It was a panel formed by a long rectangle and countless small square grids.

The long rectangle at the top displayed "Origin Point: 1" in black font.

The square grids below had only one cell. The text inside was extremely small, but with a slight projection of his consciousness, Liu Tian understood its meaning.

Heavenly Martial Fist: Level 3, Special Effects: Robustness (Level 2), Agility (Level 1), Killing Intent (Level 1). Can be upgraded.

Liu Tian blinked. The simple panel before him appeared and disappeared with his thoughts. The slight regret he still held in his heart was instantly filled with surprise. He then tightly gripped the columnar object in his hand, clearly feeling a continuous warm current flowing in, subtle but inexhaustible.

Knowing that now was not the time to test whether the panel before him was as good as he imagined, Liu Tian closed the panel with a thought. Then, he quickly rewrapped the golden columnar object as it was and put it in his pants pocket. After thinking about it, he felt it wasn't right and quickly moved it to his inner pocket, securing it tightly with a zipper.

Perhaps because of the multiple layers, the continuous warm current disappeared the moment contact was broken. But this was not the time to investigate the conditions of use. Taking advantage of the light rain that had yet to turn heavy, Liu Tian stripped the corpses bare, then destroyed all signs of their humanity. He then forcefully lifted the several hundred-pound stone manhole cover, threw the two corpses into it, and watched them float away with the surging muddy water.

If all went as expected, by the time the typhoon passed, these two corpses would have long since floated into the sea through the sewer that led directly to it. And if something went wrong, it wouldn't matter—after all, this world wasn't as safe as his original one, technology wasn't developed, there were no computers, no mobile phones, no cameras, and there were already quite a few unclaimed bodies floating in the sewers.

And with this typhoon day, suitable for killing, the sewer's capacity was expected to surge after today. Once mixed together, Liu Tian wouldn't fear being exposed because of two naked corpses.

Although the story was long, it actually took less than ten minutes. The light rain was slowly turning into heavy rain. Not wanting to provoke this natural danger, Liu Tian tucked the revolver into his waist and hurried home.

Liu Tian's home was located in a high-end residential area not far from here. His father, an excellent whaler for an ocean-going company, had already sailed away and wouldn't return for months. His mother had returned to her hometown a month ago to rest due to her pregnancy. Liu Tian was the only one left at home.

It was precisely because of this that after casually fooling the doorman, who knew too much, Liu Tian returned home without a hitch. After he tidied his clothes, hid the handgun, and washed off the dust, it was naturally time to get down to business.

Add Points Panel! Come out!