Could He Really Be a Genius?

Jiangnan City.

Xingfu Residential District.

Inside an ordinary family home.

It was late at night.

Bang~

Bang~

Bang~

A handsome high school student with sharp brows and bright eyes was painfully banging his head against the wall.

After a long while.

"Another one of those familiar headaches."

The boy got up and turned on the light. The dim yellow glow drove away the darkness, but its warmth brought him no comfort at all.

"It's been several days since I transmigrated, but these strange headaches still keep coming in waves. Seriously..."

Having recovered somewhat, Yang Yu leaned weakly against the headboard, his face pale as though he had just recovered from a serious illness.

Whenever he thought back on everything that had happened since transmigrating, Yang Yu felt waves of bitterness. Although he had not been wealthy or powerful in his previous life, he had never lacked food or clothing. He had worked a regular nine-to-five job, occasionally played games after work, and lived a full, comfortable life.

But that good life had not lasted long. One day, after working late into the night and finally returning home, he lay down to sleep. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in this world that resembled yet differed from the Blue Planet of his previous life.

It was quite a coincidence. Perhaps because this was a parallel world, the original owner of this body had also been named Yang Yu, and the two even looked rather alike. Both had sharp brows, bright eyes, and handsome features. However, this body was ten years younger than his former self. He was currently in Grade 11, and once this vacation ended, he would enter the hellish year of Grade 12.

"I really don't know whether this is a blessing or a curse." Once the headache had completely faded, Yang Yu picked up the glass by his bed and gulped down a large cup of water.

"Whew~"

It should count as a gain, right? After all, he was ten years younger. And over the past few days, he had clearly sensed that the original owner's intelligence had been extremely high!

So high that even he, a graduate of a prestigious university in his previous life, was stunned by it.

Furthermore, the original owner's family situation had been simple. There was only an elderly retired grandfather at home. As for the original owner's parents, they had died in a car accident when he was young.

His grandfather had raised him all these years.

The original owner had been quite sensible as well. He had been mature from childhood and had never caused any trouble for his kind and gentle grandfather.

Despite suffering from unpredictable headaches, he had even tested into the city's best high school—Jiangnan No.1 High School.

The only thing that had always worried both the original owner and his grandfather was this Chronic Headache Condition.

Over the years, Grandpa Yang had spent more than half of his pension on treating him.

But there had been almost no effect.

Yang Yu guessed that the reason he had successfully transmigrated might be because the original owner had been tortured by those strange headaches until he was near death, causing his consciousness to dissipate and allowing Yang Yu to take advantage of the opportunity.

Patting his head, Yang Yu had fully received the original owner's memories and had basically adapted to his transmigrated life over the past few days.

The technology and social development here were nearly identical to the world of Yang Yu's previous life. Combined with the original owner's memories, adapting had been easy.

Having fully recovered, Yang Yu turned off the light. As he felt the room sink back into darkness, he was unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Since I can't sleep, I might as well continue absorbing the memories and do some studying."

Lying in the darkness, Yang Yu began reviewing the original owner's memories and more than a decade of accumulated knowledge. Grade 12 would begin once school started, so he could not afford to fall behind.

In his previous life, Yang Yu had also been a good student. Born in a small mountain village, he had received no extracurricular tutoring and had lacked excellent teachers, yet he had still made it from his hometown county high school into a top 985 University.

The original owner he had transmigrated into seemed even more outstanding academically. Their fusion made Yang Yu feel that his mind had become even sharper and more useful.

If not for those strange headaches, it would have been perfect.

"I've already absorbed and mastered most of the Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology material. Today, I'll take a good look at this world's history."

"Hmm, the original owner really was an outstanding Young Man who loved learning. His historical knowledge is incredibly solid. He remembered every major and minor event from the birth of humanity to modern times clearly. Tsk, tsk, what monstrous memory."

"It seems I really did transmigrate into a parallel world. The history of this place called Earth overlaps with the history of the Blue Planet from my previous life by nearly ninety-nine percent! Only in modern times did a few minor differences appear."

In his previous life, Yang Yu had loved watching historical science videos whenever he browsed short clips in his spare time. Combined with the historical knowledge he had accumulated as a student—

Yang Yu was certain that the two worlds were very similar, like another Blue Planet in a parallel universe.

As he continued searching through the memories in his mind.

One particular record made Yang Yu's heart race again just after he had calmed down.

"At the beginning of the 21st century, several viral influenza outbreaks began appearing around the world in succession. From the SARS Virus influenza outbreak in 2003, to the H1N1 Influenza outbreak in 2009, and then in 2013, the even more terrifying R Virus erupted!"

Wait, the R Virus?

Why did that sound so familiar?

He continued reading.

The heart Yang Yu had been holding onto completely sank.

"During its spread, the R Virus mutated into more than twenty variants, making epidemic prevention efforts in over two hundred countries extremely difficult. The number of deaths continued to rise, but with advances in biotechnology, the R-type virus that had ravaged the world for more than a year was finally brought under control."

After rereading that passage several times, along with everything he had learned about the outside world over the past few days, Yang Yu finally remembered why it felt familiar.

"Isn't this R Virus the virus that appeared in Swallowed Star?! And it's even the prelude to the coming Grand Nirvana!"

"I thought I had been given another life as a handsome male high schooler. I'm 1.8 meters tall, an excellent student, and as long as I waited one more year and made it through Grade 12, I could enter university and experience how great college life in another world could be."

"But I transmigrated into Swallowed Star?"

"And the Grand Nirvana is about to begin?"

At the start of his transmigration, Yang Yu had already been a little upset that he had not discovered any Golden Finger or system-like cheat. Now he was about to face a trial of life and death?

"This transmigration might as well not have happened..."

After sighing a few times, Yang Yu looked at the dim room and could only helplessly accept reality.

When he had discovered that his mind was especially sharp, he had comforted himself by thinking that it did not matter whether a modern city had cheats or not. As long as he was tall, handsome, intelligent, and wise enough, marrying a rich beauty, becoming a CEO, and reaching the pinnacle of life would be easy.

But now, as this memory surfaced.

Yang Yu finally understood that his life ahead would not be filled with songs, dances, and peace.

It would be the incomparably cruel Grand Nirvana!

Humanity's tragedy!

What could he rely on to survive those difficult and dark years?

Yang Yu fell into deep thought.

Right, it was now August 15, 2014. Tomorrow was the first day of Grade 12.

There were less than six months left until January 2015, when the R Virus would truly evolve into the terrifying RR Virus!

Having read Swallowed Star more than a dozen times in his previous life, Yang Yu knew very well what major events would occur during this period.

And after January, within a mere three months, thirty percent of the global population would die from the RR Virus!

Although the humans who survived would gain vastly enhanced physiques, they would not even have time to celebrate before the first wave of monster attacks arrived in September!

Only then would humanity's true disaster begin!

"Whew~~"

"Looking at it this way, I'll face two major life-and-death crises in the time ahead."

If he failed to endure either one, he would have to transmigrate again.

Or simply kick the bucket for good.

After calming down.

Yang Yu began carefully analyzing the situation before him.

This was one of Yang Yu's strengths. Whenever he faced a major event, he could remain sufficiently calm.

It had been the same after transmigrating here. Perhaps because he had lived two lives, the calm and composed side deep within his nature had become even more pronounced.

Yang Yu had loved Swallowed Star in his previous life. He had yearned for its magnificent world, its decisive Martial Artists, its free-spirited universe mercenaries, and its deathless Immortals.

So naturally, Yang Yu would not resign himself to fate!

"What matters most in chaotic times?"

"Knowledge?"

"Wealth?"

"No, no, no!"

"It's force!"

Only powerful force could ensure survival.

So the most important thing from now on was naturally—

Martial arts training!

Fortunately, whenever he had been bored in his previous life, he had exercised and studied all kinds of martial arts techniques and theories that he could find online.

Therefore, his previous self had possessed a decent martial arts foundation and was proficient in Freestyle Combat, Sanda, Neijiaquan, Taoist Health Cultivation Method, Breathing Method, and more.

After calming down, boundless ambition instead rose within Yang Yu's heart.

The ordinary life of his previous life had been comfortable, but it had lacked enough passion!

Having successfully transmigrated in this life, he naturally had to make a name for himself!

Yang Yu knew that if he could survive the coming crisis in the vast world of Swallowed Star, then as long as he kept a low profile, he could secure a Prosperous Future.

At the very least, he only needed to endure until City Lord Luo was born, build a good relationship with Luo Hongguo in advance, and then look after Luo Feng once he was born.

Then he could find a comfortable position and lie flat for the rest of his days.

Of course.

That was only an alternative.

The best choice was naturally to rely on himself to achieve immortality and invincibility!

Moreover, decades of life experience from his previous life had taught Yang Yu this:

"Only I can truly be relied upon! And with the Grand Nirvana about to arrive, it's best for my fate to remain in my own hands."

"There are still more than twenty years until Luo Feng is born. That's enough time for me to do many things!"

What mattered most now was naturally cultivation!

Become stronger!

Having sorted out his emotions and roughly planned what to do next, Yang Yu closed his eyes once more and began quietly recalling everything related to cultivation from his previous life.

As he recalled.

The various Books and theories of the Martial Way that Yang Yu had read and encountered in his previous life flashed through his mind like slides, their recorded contents all clearly visible.

Even martial arts theories that had once seemed obscure and profound were now easy for him to understand!

"Could he really be a Genius?"