Chapter 1

"My Useless Ability Is Domain of Ice" by Man Xiaoyue [Completed]

Synopsis:

In the age of abilities,

the interstellar

alliance revered strength, and every citizen underwent ability awakening upon turning fifteen.

Xu Jintang, however, awakened a trash ability: Domain Slow.

Domain-type abilities were rare, but the slowing effect was too underwhelming and could only serve as a support ability.

So after entering military academy, Xu Jintang was assigned to a support class. To improve her circumstances, she trained hard every day, quietly strengthening herself while keeping a low profile.

No one knew that a mysterious creature had actually been living inside Xu Jintang all along. Under its influence, her original support ability also began evolving in an unbelievable direction.

After training for some time, Xu Jintang stared thoughtfully at a little white mouse that had frozen solid the instant it entered her domain.

Later, demonic beasts attacked the city, with tens of thousands of them packed together, surrounding the entire main city.

The authorities issued an emergency notice, summoning ability users of all kinds to the battlefield to defend the city.

That night, a group of low-tier demonic beasts snuck into Xu Jintang's logistics and support unit, preparing to launch a surprise attack.

Under the moonlight, Xu Jintang stood beside an old pagoda tree with a lollipop in her mouth and snapped her fingers.

-Within her domain, absolute freezing.

A blizzard descended from the sky, and a biting wind swept through, instantly turning everything within several miles into a world of ice.

[The cheat in this story is ridiculously overpowered. The female lead is a show-off who occasionally has bouts of chuunibyou. There is a male lead, who appears later. The female lead is not a lone wolf and has teammates, with some ensemble elements.]

Content tags: abilities, interstellar

Power fantasy

Leveling up

Comeback

Hidden identity

Fiction

Protagonist perspective: Xu Jintang; unknown

One-line synopsis: Becoming the strongest in military academy begins with awakening a support ability.

Theme: An unyielding soul will eventually find the light.

Chapter 1

"Want to make a deal?"

"I'll help you grow stronger. In exchange, I want to live in your mental sea of consciousness for a while."

Blizzard Forest, FM795 Lower Star Region.

Covered entirely in ice

dragon

scales, a giant dragon slowly circled in the air. Sunlight shone on its icy scales, refracting a cold glimmer.

It held its head high, its profound gaze seeming to see through everything. When it opened its mouth to speak in human language, waves of cold air spilled out, carrying an inviolable majesty.

Xu Jintang's eyes widened as she stared in shock at the enormous creature that had appeared out of thin air before her.

Six hours earlier.

The second-year students of Dawn Junior Academy welcomed their ability awakening ceremony.

Inside the crowded school auditorium, the students stood in orderly lines, waiting for the ceremony to begin.

"One final reminder: students under fifteen cannot undergo ability awakening. If anyone lies about their age, they will bear responsibility for any accidents," the guide reminded them sternly.

In interstellar society, citizens' organs only finished developing at fifteen, allowing them to withstand the immense power generated during ability awakening.

"Xu Jintang," called the guide who had come from an upper star region.

A girl in an academy uniform stepped forward and walked toward the temporary ability awakening platform.

Everyone looked up, casting curious glances her way.

Xu Jintang was quite the celebrity at their academy.

Dawn Junior Academy offered junior classes for students who had yet to fully awaken and control their abilities, primarily teaching basic courses such as combat techniques, demonic beast identification, and general knowledge about abilities.

A year earlier, Xu Jintang, who had barely stood out before, had suddenly made a splash on a general theory exam.

That was because she had handed in a blank paper and received an unprecedented zero for the entire school.

When the results came out that day, even the normally mild-mannered Jiang Lu's expression darkened. He had called Xu Jintang into his office alone and given her a stern lecture.

Xu Jintang had been pretty bewildered herself.

Hadn't I just finished my postgraduate entrance exams? Where the hell have I ended up now??

Only then had she realized she had transmigrated into the body of a fifteen-year-old girl in an interstellar world who had died of an acute illness caused by malnutrition.

This world had no mechas, no magic, and no cyberpunk. All it had were demonic beasts and abilities.

Conflicts between humans and demonic beasts were constant, and wars broke out frequently. Everyone regarded joining a military academy and protecting the peace of the human world as their duty.

And the prerequisite for entering a military academy was to become an ability user with combat capabilities.

In this era, everyone had a chance to awaken an ability.

Abilities came in all manner of forms and types. Some were common plants and animals; some were magical treasures passed down from ancient times, cold weapons, or machinery; others were intangible elemental attributes, and so on.

Only a small proportion of people could awaken abilities with combat capabilities and qualify to fight demonic beasts.

Those who awakened top-tier abilities could gain world-destroying power upon reaching higher tiers of cultivation, even tearing through the void in the blink of an eye to battle high-tier demonic beasts.

Having transmigrated here, Xu Jintang had no choice but to accept her fate of surviving in this world.

She worked hard to better herself. Drawing on the competitive grind she had applied to preparing for her postgraduate entrance exams, she began cramming knowledge about interstellar society and exercising like mad every day to strengthen her body.

In just one semester, her theory grades rose from zero to first in her class.

Her performance in practical combat classes was even more stunning, and she had already become both the course representative and class monitor.

Those dramatic lows and highs had also made Xu Jintang famous throughout the academy.

"Put your hand on the energy stone."

Following the guide's instructions, Xu Jintang placed her hand on the energy stone.

"The energy inside the stone will stimulate the awakening of your latent ability and mental power. Close your eyes and focus."

Xu Jintang closed her eyes and soon felt a warm energy against her palm. The warm current entered her body through her palm, gradually spreading throughout her.

A few seconds later, the energy stone glowed pale purple.

"It lit up!" exclaimed a curious student, also watching an ability awakening for the first time.

All sorts of astonished gazes followed.

The guide showed no particular reaction and explained evenly, "The depth of the energy stone's color represents the strength of the awakened ability. The deeper the color, the stronger the ability. Strength here refers to how powerful an effect the ability can produce, including healing. If an ability has a very strong healing effect, that also counts as high strength."

Several seconds later, the energy stone's color settled at pale purple and stopped changing.

A line of text appeared directly above it: "Domain-type ability."

The guide stared at the words in surprise, muttering in puzzlement, "A domain-type ability? Why would its strength only be pale purple?"

Sensing that the energy flowing into her body had stopped, Xu Jintang opened her eyes in confusion.

"Is it over?"

The guide came back to his senses and nodded. "You've awakened a domain-type ability, which is a relatively rare type. However, this domain ability of yours probably isn't very strong."

"What do you mean?" Xu Jintang did not understand.

The guide pursed his lips in thought.

Domain-type abilities were generally very powerful. Even the simplest domain control, domain enhancement, or healing could have a major effect. The energy stone's strength reading should not have been merely pale purple.

He was rather curious about what was going on with Xu Jintang's ability, too.

Her homeroom teacher, Jiang Lu, walked over and gave the guide a questioning look. "Hello, is there a problem?"

The guide nodded. "The ability this student of yours awakened is a little strange."

With that, he turned to Xu Jintang. "How about this? Use your ability, and I'll test exactly what effect this domain ability of yours has."

Xu Jintang quickly followed the guide's instructions and activated her mental power. Energy erupted from within her.

This should be the energy of the ability she had just awakened.

Xu Jintang controlled that energy, sending it surging outward.

At that moment, a detailed image of everything within a five-meter radius centered on her immediately appeared in her mind.

She did not need her eyes at all to clearly sense every subtle change in every spot.

She could even see through the auditorium's large stone pillars to the students standing behind them.

The guide waved a hand, interrupting her.

"That's enough. Your ability's effect should be slowing. I sensed it: once someone enters the domain you control, their movements are forcibly slowed. However, it only works on targets whose strength is equal to yours. Those stronger than you won't be restricted."

"Also, since it's a domain-type ability, it should have an area detection effect. In other words, within your domain, you can ignore any obstacles blocking your vision."

Xu Jintang withdrew her ability and asked hesitantly, "Does this count as a powerful ability?"

"Well..." The guide did not know how to put it. After some thought, he told her the truth. "Domain-type abilities are quite rare, but the slowing effect is a little underwhelming. This ability is fairly average. In the future, you can focus on developing in a support role."

"All right, next." The guide called the next name.

Xu Jintang, who had still harbored some expectations, was left with mixed feelings.

She had thought it was a very powerful ability.

Jiang Lu understood now.

Seeing Xu Jintang standing silently with her head lowered, he went over, pulled her into a corner, and comforted her:

"This ability is already quite good. Plenty of people awaken abilities with no combat capabilities at all. The awakening instructor just said your ability could develop in a support direction. You might even have more opportunities, and getting into a military academy in the future shouldn't be much of a problem. Don't overthink it."

Xu Jintang sighed softly. "Mm."

She had already gone through something as awful as inexplicably transmigrating. If she had to be support, so be it.

"It's actually the Vermilion Bird Token! An ability ranked in the top hundred on the interstellar ability rankings!" the guide suddenly exclaimed in shock.

Xu Jintang and Jiang Lu both froze, then turned to look.

Before Song Tianqi, who consistently ranked last on exams, a miniature bronze token floated in the air, surrounded by strange blue light. A mysterious Vermilion Bird image was engraved on the exquisite token, which exuded an unknown

sense of

antiquity.