Chen An stared at the Roulette appearing out of thin air before him.
--Please draw your initial settings.
All around was a blank world, and he spent several full minutes confirming he was not dreaming and that the dial before him was real.
He had been browsing videos, his hand had slipped, the phone had smashed into his face, and upon opening his eyes, he had transmigrated here.
With no choice, he had no alternative but to start reading the instructions for this Roulette.
Douluo Roulette
1: All drawn contents and probabilities are completely random.
2: The Roulette contents will gradually change following [your] circumstances.
3: Unknown special events will occasionally appear on the Roulette.
4: After completing the initial settings, another draw opportunity can be obtained for every 5 levels of Soul Power increase.
His own initial settings, origins, and Martial Soul would all be decided by the Roulette.
Chen An's heart sank--what kind of plot development was this?
Shouldn't it be an orphan start awakening a Martial Soul, getting a cheat to breeze all the way through, occasionally flirting with girls, and finally becoming a god at ease and unrestrained?
Even a trash start with a canceled engagement would do; at least that was a classic script.
Besides, what was the special event written in the third rule?
It felt like a trap, and something this vague was bound to produce who knows what.
Chen An anxiously eyed the Roulette before him. Its style was very crude, with colored sectors bearing settings and a button in the center.
The very first draw on the Roulette was the timeline.
From Douluo 1 to Douluo 5, these five sectors each occupied 20%.
Regarding the Douluo series, Chen An had watched parts of it. He did not fully understand the characters inside, but he was not entirely clueless either.
The timelines of each world were not as perilous as Silent Hill, so he resolutely reached out and pressed the button in the center of the Roulette.
The sector began to spin, continuously flashing past the pointer, and finally stopped at the Legend of the Dragon King era.
"Douluo 3... Not bad."
Chen An sorted out his thoughts.
"I remember that the continent was unified during this period, and the difficulty is already very low. If I'm born early, being an ordinary Soul Master will allow me to live a good life, but later on, Tang San's ten-thousand-year grand plan, the Abyss invasion, and things like that are truly lethal. It's hard to survive if you haven't grown up."
As soon as his thoughts settled, the contents of the Roulette had quietly been rearranged.
Next item: Initial identity.
Humans and Soul Beasts each occupied a 40% probability, with Soul Beast Transformation taking up 20%.
Chen An stared at that narrow strip of the Transformation area, hesitating for a long time to make a move.
In Douluo 3, the population of land Soul Beasts was already close to extinction. Although they were not preyed upon by their own kind like in the ancient era or hunted recklessly by human Soul Masters, it was definitely not safe either.
And even if he became a human, he would still have to rely on luck.
When playing games, buying lottery tickets, or even betting that the teacher wouldn't check homework back in school, he was never lucky. If he pressed this down, he would likely regret it to death.
Yet if he did not choose, he would be trapped in this blank world forever.
Chen An mustered his courage with the thought that he might roll a good background.
The Roulette began to spin, the three types of sectors continuously flashing past the red pointer.
After dozens of revolutions, the speed slowed down.
Chen An's gaze remained fixed on the human sector, and his lips were muttering under his breath.
"Human, human, human, human..."
He had never hoped so much that his luck could be a little better.
The pointer entered the Soul Beast sector, but it was still moving slowly. There was hope.
A few seconds later, the pointer stopped, and the dividing line between the two sectors on the Roulette began to shrink, settling on the sector right between human and beast--Soul Beast Transformation.
Even if the starting point was not human, this was not much different from humans anyway.
Moreover, the starting point of a Transformation was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so the foundation should not be too bad.
The third Roulette draw was for gender.
"No way, do I have to draw for this too?"
On the Roulette, male and female occupied 45%, and genderless took 10%. This was even more nerve-wracking than looking at exam results.
Chen An had just managed to keep his human form, only to potentially lose his dignity the next moment. He could only close his eyes and press it down.
A few seconds later, Chen An did not lose his younger brother carelessly; he subconsciously wiped his forehead and let out a relaxed breath.
The fourth spin was to draw the type of Soul Beast bloodline retained after transforming into a human.
This time, the Roulette sectors were extremely dense, numbering in the hundreds, and represented the broad categories of directions.
Chen An did not care much. Since he could already transform into a human form, he pressed it casually without looking closely.
The indicator stopped, and the selected section expanded and magnified to crowd out the other contents, with the whole Roulette writing the result.
It was marine fish.
Entering the bloodline judgment pool, the Roulette refreshed, and more detailed classifications appeared.
The darker the color, the lower the probability.
Deep Sea Demon Whale King 0.1%
Mermaid 0.5%
Tyrant Dragon (marine subspecies) 0.9%
Mysterious blue creature (Doria) 1%
Milk Dragon (hybrid dragon species) 1%...
There were even filler sections like "a fish on the side of the road."
Chen An frowned. This time he did not press in a hurry, instinctively looking at the section with the lowest probability and also the strongest.
As a transmigrator, other people had all sorts of systems, yet he had to rely on luck.
He still held a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Bloodlines are useful too, what if, I mean what if.
Chen An paused in front of the button, and after preparing himself mentally, he pressed down.
I do not ask to be the strongest--
An ordinary whale would be fine too--
A mermaid is okay as well--
The indicator pointed to the special bloodline: Carp 0.01% (Carp/n).
Chen An had not noticed this before pulling.
"Isn't the carp a freshwater fish? Why is it in the marine category, and it's even a special dragon species with a probability lower than the Demon Whale King. Can it get any more absurd?"
Just as he finished grumbling, Chen An suddenly remembered a story he heard when he was a child, the Carp leaping over the Dragon Gate.
Sailing up against the current of the Yellow River, it transforms into a dragon.
If it was like this, then it made sense. The Douluo world had everything, so it was nothing unusual.
If he could really transform into a dragon, then this bloodline also had a minimum guarantee.
As he was pondering, the Roulette refreshed again.
The most important part arrived, the Martial Soul type.
Because the previous identity setting was a Soul Beast's Transformation, the Martial Soul was related to the original body.
The Roulette refreshed, all sections contracting and converging, finally leaving only one result: Verdant Crimson Fish Scales.
Martial Soul characteristic: merges with the nature of water, coexists with fire.
Chen An frowned: "So it's not only fireproof but also waterproof, huh? Sounds more reliable than Blue Silver Grass."
Entering the initial Soul Power setting.
Originally, it was sections from levels 1 to 10, but affected by the bloodline of the Soul Beast's Transformation, the sections from 1 to 9 were wiped out, guaranteeing level 10 as the baseline.
--Please select the initial location.
It was another multiple-choice question. Chen An glanced over the sections, which featured familiar city-states as well as unfamiliar small cities.
The biggest problem was that he had transformed into a human, but his essence remained a Soul Beast; landing in a city full of Soul Masters was no different than walking right into a trap.
No matter what, a Soul Beast forest was still safer than Soul Masters.
He reached out and tapped: Star Dou Great Forest.
The final initial setting--name.
This was the only section that required manual input.
"Let's just call it Chen An, I'm not used to anything else."
After inputting, the section flowed like water beneath the indicator at the center of the Roulette.
--Initial settings complete--
Identity: Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation
Bloodline: Carp (Carp/n)
Martial Soul: Verdant Crimson Fish Scales
Soul Power: Level 10
Location: Star Dou Great Forest
--Entering the world--
--Loading successful--
Amidst blurred consciousness, Chen An heard the rustling of leaves and the low whispers of a stream. A heavy fatigue welled up, forcing him to close his eyes.
Not knowing how long had passed, Chen An felt his body return.
Opening his eyes, dense tree branches and leaves came into view, and the breath of the Star Dou Great Forest rushed toward him.
He lowered his head—short, youthful, exactly the appearance of one who had just undergone Transformation, wearing crude clothing on his body.
Slightly moving his body, he could clearly sense Soul Power flowing between his blood vessels like countless warm streams.
I really time-traveled...
Chen An could not help laughing out loud.
Opening his eyes with anticipation, he raised his head.
The smile suddenly froze.
A dignified face was looking down at him.
Dark robes, black hair, and golden pupils with a mature appearance, yet the oppression cast by those golden pupils was almost suffocating.
It was Di Tian.
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