I Have a Great World

"98, 99, 100!"

In the rented room, Gao Jing lay prone on the cheap laminate floor and completed 100 standard push-ups.

Drenched in sweat.

Ever since his grandfather had fallen ill and passed away when he was eighteen, Gao Jing had deeply realized the importance of health. With nothing to his name, he could not afford the price of sickness either.

So Gao Jing had kept exercising without fail, come rain or shine.

Over the years, he had forged an excellent physique and body.

Not only had he never suffered anything worse than a minor cold, but his looks, which barely cleared the passing line, had also won him considerable favor with girls. He had dated several beautiful girlfriends in succession.

Yet no matter how beautiful a relationship was, it could still be defeated by cold, hard reality.

Living in a provincial capital with a population of twelve million, with no car, no house, no money, no iron rice bowl, and no impressive degree—without a bright future or prospects in sight—breaking up had become the inevitable result of every one of Gao Jing's relationships.

He had now been a single dog for two years.

He got up from the floor and went to the bathroom for a shower.

After washing up and drying his hair, Gao Jing sat down at the small desk.

He needed to plan out his life again.

Gao Jing had dared to quit his job at Golden Radiance without looking back because he had confidence to fall back on.

Because of his profession, he had met quite a few people from all walks of life over the past four years and learned many tricks of the trade.

Some had admired Gao Jing's character and abilities and invited him to jump ship and help them out.

So finding another job now would not be difficult for him.

And if he truly reached the end of the road, Gao Jing could always deliver takeout. With his motorcycle skills and physique, would earning himself a meal really be so hard?

Of course, delivering takeout was his last choice. He would rather make something of himself in a field he knew and excelled at.

Who did not have a dream or two?

It was just that Gao Jing's capital was far too meager.

At present, he had only a little over twenty thousand in bank savings. He could borrow more than a hundred thousand from Boss Ma, but starting a business on high-interest loans was too risky. If he failed...

Gao Jing rubbed the space between his brows with a headache and gave up on continuing to mark and sketch on the paper.

By accident, the corner of his eye caught sight of the Copper Anchor sitting beside the desk lamp.

After returning home yesterday, Gao Jing had taken out the Copper Anchor before showering and casually set it on the desk.

Under the lamplight, the Copper Anchor shimmered with a faint glow.

Gao Jing's rented place was located in an urban village, where buildings stood densely packed within a cramped area. The lighting conditions were terrible, and his room received virtually no sunlight. Even during the day, he had to turn on the lights.

Gao Jing reached out and picked up the Copper Anchor.

He placed it beneath the lamp and examined it carefully.

This thing was truly exquisite. Though small, its craftsmanship seemed born whole from nature itself. The carving of the wyrm-serpent forming the anchor's shank was especially superb; the more closely one looked, the more breathtaking it became.

As though it might come alive at any moment, bare its fangs and claws, and soar into the sky!

Gao Jing gently stroked the raised scales on the anchor's shank with his finger. For some reason, he felt as if flesh and blood connected them.

This Copper Anchor felt like part of his own body.

It was a very strange feeling.

Gao Jing could not help recalling last night's dream: the emerald-green planet, majestic mountain ranges, forests that blotted out the sky and covered the sun, and countless primordial behemoths.

Every one of them appeared with crystal clarity.

If the dream was real, visiting such a world would definitely be interesting!

Gao Jing could not help smiling.

At that very instant, a sudden change occurred!

His consciousness abruptly sank into an indescribably strange state. Everything around him became illusory, as though his soul had left its shell. In an instant, he crossed a distance of hundreds of millions of light-years and was transported to an unfathomable place.

Perhaps several centuries had passed, or perhaps only a single second. The next moment, Gao Jing's consciousness returned to his body.

He gasped for breath, his lungs burning with pain as though an invisible pair of giant hands had fiercely kneaded them, squeezing out every last trace of air.

But Gao Jing quickly forgot about his lungs.

Because the sight before him left him dumbstruck and unable to believe his eyes!

Gao Jing was no longer in that cramped rented room, but in an enormous primeval forest. Towering trees surrounded him, along with thick vines growing wild and unchecked.

Sunlight filtered through the dense canopy, casting mottled shadows across the mist-shrouded forest floor. The roars of unknown beasts drifted from afar, striking Gao Jing's heart like pounding war drums.

Was he not dreaming?

Gao Jing rubbed his eyes hard, suspecting that he was hallucinating.

Yet the sights his eyes could see, the sounds his ears could hear, the scents his nose could smell—every sensation in his body told Gao Jing with absolute clarity...

This was a real world!

What the hell was going on?

Tension and fear toward the unknown made Gao Jing clench his fists, and a sharp pain suddenly came from his palm.

The Copper Anchor had pressed against his wound.

He really was not dreaming!

The pain jolted Gao Jing awake.

He forcibly suppressed the chaotic emotions in his heart and kept himself capable of thinking.

This should not be his world, because no such enormous forest existed on Blue Star. Any random tree here had a trunk more than ten meters across, and some were even thicker and larger.

Most importantly, the scene before him matched exactly with part of what he had seen in last night's dream!

Had he transmigrated?

Gao Jing lowered his head and looked at the Copper Anchor in his hand.

If he was not mistaken, this Copper Anchor had transported him to this world.

Could it take him back to Blue Star, then?

If the transportation was one-way, then with no food, water, tools, or equipment, Gao Jing's chances of surviving here would be very low.

I want to go back!

Fear of the unknown made Gao Jing grip the Copper Anchor tightly once more.

That feeling struck again. The next second, he was back in his room.

Holy shit!

Gao Jing had never felt that this simple ten-square-meter rented room was so welcoming, comfortable, and safe.

Once he was out of danger, the tension and fear vanished.

Boundless excitement and exhilaration surged through his heart.

Holy shit! Holy shit, shit, shit!!

Gao Jing leaped up from his chair.

He paced back and forth through the room, gripping the Copper Anchor as his mind raced desperately.

His face was flushed red, his heart pounded rapidly, his hands trembled faintly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Gao Jing did not know what this Copper Anchor actually was, who had made it, or why it possessed such miraculous power...

But he knew very clearly that he had stumbled upon a heaven-sent opportunity!

That was a brand-new world, one that surely concealed inexhaustible wealth. Perhaps he could casually bring back any random object and become rich overnight.

A Great World that belonged to him!

Yet after the extreme excitement and exhilaration, Gao Jing gradually calmed down.

He had been thinking far too beautifully. An unknown Great World might contain inexhaustible wealth, but it also represented inexhaustible danger.

Gao Jing was not Superman. Though his physique was good, it still fell within the bounds of an ordinary person.

He did not even have much wilderness survival experience.

If he let his head grow hot and rashly explored that world, the outcome would probably not be beautiful.

He definitely could not miss such an opportunity, but he needed thorough preparation and sufficient caution!

After giving it serious thought, Gao Jing's mind became clear.

He returned to the desk.

At that moment, Gao Jing suddenly noticed a problem.

He had been sitting on the chair when he was transported to that world just now, and it seemed the chair had been transported along with him.

Then it had returned together with him.

Gao Jing quickly found dirt stuck to the chair legs, along with a rotting leaf!

This once again proved that the world truly existed. It also showed that he could transport back and forth objects in close contact with him.

For example, the clothes he wore and the chair he had been sitting on.

Then a new question arose: how large or heavy an object could he carry back and forth, and could he bring living creatures?

That would probably require repeated experiments!

Also, if someone else obtained this miraculous Copper Anchor, could they travel to that world too?

Gao Jing unconsciously shook his head.

His intuition told him that perhaps only he could activate the Copper Anchor's power.

The Copper Anchor was bound to him!

But Gao Jing had no intention of verifying whether his intuition was right. He was not foolish enough to hand this thing to someone else for an experiment.

He could not tell anyone, even if beaten to death!

After thinking for a moment, Gao Jing opened the drawer and dug out a necklace.

This necklace had been a birthday gift from his ex-girlfriend. Its pendant was a wolf fang, supposedly capable of warding off evil.

Seeing the object brought the person to mind, and Gao Jing felt somewhat downcast.

Neither of them had wronged the other when they broke up. They had simply been unable to defeat reality.

And this only strengthened Gao Jing's resolve to explore the new world.

He removed the wolf fang and put it back into the drawer, clasped the Copper Anchor tightly onto the necklace, and hung it around his neck.

Hidden beneath his T-shirt.

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