The Start of a Legend

Lan Meng was, in fact, not stupid.

As a standard second-generation wealthy heir, she was by no means the uneducated airhead often depicted in those shallow web novels.

But in front of Wu Wei and Qin Yunhai, Lan Meng felt like a complete fool.

Their thinking was far too unrestrained; she recognized every word they spoke, yet she had never imagined that such concepts could be combined in this way.

And after deep reflection, Lan Meng had to admit that what they were saying actually made a lot of sense.

Perhaps in the eyes of the old-fashioned, these ideas were rebellious and did not follow conventional settings, but not everyone in this world was required to stick to the beaten path.

There was another type of person who preferred to set new rules for themselves rather than live complacently under the old ones.

Lan Meng forced herself to keep up with the thinking of these two men; she might lack the talent, but she possessed a heart that yearned to grow stronger.

Especially now that she had many memories she shouldn't have had.

"Wu Wei, according to your logic, does that mean I might be an experimental subject for your future self?" Lan Meng proposed a hypothesis.

Wu Wei was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Basically impossible. I am not the type of person willing to regress. By comparison, I prefer to look forward. My guess is that you are more like a test for errors and a pitfall."

"I understand the pitfall part. For example, Lan Meng said the Ghost lineage and the Spirit lineage have been mostly wiped out by your future self, but in reality, they might be incredibly powerful. If you truly believed Lan Meng's words, they could easily defeat or even kill you." Qin Yunhai continued where Wu Wei left off, breaking Lan Meng out in a cold sweat.

She had to admit that if this speculation were correct, the logic was perfectly sound.

She had originally thought she was just an ordinary case of rebirth, a trope so common in web novels that it was practically worthless, and nothing hard to accept.

Who would have thought these two men could come up with such elaborate theories.

"What does 'testing for errors' mean?" Qin Yunhai asked Wu Wei.

Lan Meng didn't understand either.

Qin Yunhai opened his laptop and pulled up a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate for them.

At the very beginning, there was a black dot.

"This dot represents the initial me. As I grew older and my experiences enriched, the dot gradually changed."

As Wu Wei spoke, the presentation played automatically; a straight line appeared in front of the dot, representing the individual's progress.

"Upon reaching a certain age, the route would change."

"For example, if I had accidentally fallen into a river at age six, this path would end."

"For example, if I hadn't gone near the river at age six, this path would continue."

"Or, for example, if I started learning to swim at age six, and my parents, who knew how to swim, were by my side, they would save me in time if I were in danger."

On the screen, a single straight line began to sprout countless branches.

Each branch represented a possibility.

Both Qin Yunhai and Lan Meng understood.

"So, if conditions allow, sending someone to experiment first to verify the correct or incorrect paths allows the mastermind behind the scenes to make the right judgments and become a better version of themselves."

As Lan Meng spoke these words, a tremendous fear rose within her.

She had never imagined that anyone could have such an ability, or even such a thought.

It was too insane.

Yet, deep down, Lan Meng also felt—it was too magnificent.

If there existed a being capable of accomplishing such a thing, it would truly be breathtaking.

Compared to Lan Meng, Qin Yunhai could keep up with Wu Wei's rhythm better, even drawing inferences about other cases.

"The so-called inexplicable transmigrations and rebirths all seem to be explainable by this theory."

Qin Yunhai looked at Wu Wei, and Wu Wei nodded with a smile.

Qin Yunhai's eyes lit up completely.

"Suppose we posit that there is a supreme being behind all these supernatural events like transmigration and rebirth, allowing these transmigrators and reborn individuals to use this opportunity to experience a different world trajectory and reach the peak of their respective lives. Yet they don't know that they might just be experimental subjects. In the end, all their experience points will be aggregated into the consciousness of that supreme being."

"If this speculation is true, how powerful would that supreme being eventually become?"

Qin Yunhai was shocked by his own hypothesis.

Compared to the Awakened ones he knew, such a supreme power was like the light of a firefly compared to the sun and moon; they were simply not on the same level.

"If we assume such a great power truly exists—let's call him the Lord of Time and Space for now—then the most terrifying thing is that he can continue to progress indefinitely, with no limit in sight."

Wu Wei's heart surged with excitement.

He had never truly considered those Awakened ones to be anything special.

But if this speculation was correct, this kind of great power gave him a goal to pursue.

A real man should be like this!

At this moment, Lan Meng raised her hand weakly.

"I've read some web novels, and there's a genre called 'Infinite Flow' where there's a final boss known as the Main God. The Main God creates the Main God Space, searches for reincarnators from the myriad worlds, and issues missions through the Main God Space to conquer those worlds. Wu Wei, isn't this behavior similar to the method you just described? Using these reincarnators to make oneself stronger while occupying more world resources?"

The eyes of Wu Wei and Qin Yunhai flashed in unison.

Wu Wei said with a hint of excitement, "Exactly. If this isn't just a plot from a novel, but something that has truly occurred in other worlds, then the Main God must also be an incomparably powerful existence. Just like the Lord of Time and Space, they would dominate the heavens, supreme and absolute."

This is the goal that people like us should strive to reach.

"Anything is possible. If we can conceive of these things, there is no reason why existences far more powerful than us wouldn't have thought of them as well. And if they have the capability to turn such concepts into reality, then they likely already exist—and perhaps, they have already set their sights on our world," Qin Yunhai said solemnly.

Wu Wei nodded, yet instead of fear, a spark of ambition ignited within him.

"Yunhai, tell me, is there any way to take a shortcut and catch up to these two potential supreme beings?"

"We certainly cannot follow their old path. With their pearls of wisdom already set before us, it would be difficult to surpass them. Therefore, we need to find a form independent of those two methods. At the same time, we must be like them: controlling the fates of those 'puppets' and receiving their information at any moment. Looking at the big picture, we need a new medium—something similar to the Main God Space, or perhaps even something more advanced."

As Qin Yunhai provided his in-depth analysis, a product had already taken shape in Wu Wei's mind:

A System!

He thought of his own awakened talent.

If one day, his system were to spread across the heavens and myriad worlds, would that mean he would have the capital to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Lord of Time and Space and the Main God?

Or perhaps, even surpass them?