Transmigrated into Swallowed Star, Card Draw System
"Purple Light Dew. Just 15 milliliters can raise a senior trainee's physical fitness to the Quasi-Martial Artist level without any conditions."
Earth, Huaxia, Jiangnan Base City, Yangzhou City, Yi'an District, a resettlement housing complex.
Li Jing looked at the purple liquid in the test tube before him, but he wasn't in the same good spirits as the other senior trainees who had received Purple Light Dew and were about to embark on the path of a martial artist.
He was a transmigrator. He had crossed over into the Swallowed Star World eighteen years ago, but because of the mystery of the womb, he had only just awakened the memories of his previous life.
At that moment, Li Jing's feelings were especially complicated, all because the point in time he found himself in was an awkward one.
The protagonist, Luo Feng, had long since risen to prominence, obtained the Yunmo Star Inheritance, taken over the Golden Horned Beast's body, and even ventured into the universe.
The Purple Light Dew before him was what Luo Feng had brought back from Qiu Long Star: a full hundred thousand tons, distributed free to every Earthling who had reached the senior trainee level.
That undoubtedly closed off Li Jing's chance to get on good terms with Luo Feng before his rise.
Among the protagonists of the many novels Li Jing had read in his previous life, Luo Feng was one of those with the best character. As long as you treated him well, the rewards were simply beyond imagination.
Even Wei Wen had been pushed all the way to Immortal through the sheer volume of resources Luo Feng lavished on him. His divine kingdom was anchored in Luo Feng's small universe, granting him an endless lifespan.
But Li Jing's memories of his previous life had awakened too late. Luo Feng had already taken off, leaving Li Jing with no way to hug his thigh even if he wanted to.
After all, Luo Feng was now Earth's leader, while he was just a little senior trainee. It would be hard for their paths to cross again.
And aside from being unable to hug his thigh, there was a more important matter: although Earth had survived the Devouring Beast crisis, it had been discovered by the Nolan Shan Family.
In the end, Luo Feng had successfully bought Earth using the inheritance left behind by Hu Yanbo, the Master of Yunmo Star, and forced the Nolan Shan Family's fleet to retreat with the laws of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
But quite a few Earthlings had died in the process.
Li Jing didn't know what his talent would be like after becoming a martial artist, or whether he would qualify to enter the survival base Luo Feng had purchased.
Having figured out his situation, Li Jing wore an aggrieved expression. His memories awakening a few years late had made too much of a difference.
Originally, he would have been guaranteed to become an Immortal at the very least. Now, it was hard to say how far he would get.
Although Sitting Mountain Guest had modified Earth, giving the life born there strong temperaments and great talent in willpower,
Talent in willpower only came into its own much later and didn't show itself much in the early stages.
Take Hong, Earth's former strongest man, whose cultivation of the state of mind had reached the third level, where his heart encompassed everything.
In Babata's assessment, if Hong had no fortuitous encounters, reaching the Universe Level would be a good result.
After all, Earthlings' bodies and talent for the laws were too poor. Under the universe's human racial bloodline classification, theirs was a ninth-tier bloodline, incapable of reaching even the Apprentice Level upon adulthood.
Under those circumstances, no matter how strong one's temperament or comprehension was, it was all for nothing if one couldn't perceive the fluctuations of the laws.
But on the bright side, at least the right to live on Earth was worth a great deal.
In the future, Hong would clear twenty islands in the Illusion Sea in succession, drawing the human race's Giant Axe Founder to Earth in person to use Reverse Time and Space and discover Earth's secret.
After that, the price of residence rights on Earth would be driven sky-high.
If Li Jing could survive the crisis brought by the Nolan Shan Family, hold out until Earth's secret was exposed, and then sell his residence rights,
He would have enough to buy several galaxies elsewhere and live out his life in comfort as a local emperor.
In Swallowed Star, time was the least valuable thing there was. Before you knew it, it was being counted in eras.
Even someone at the Planetary Level had a lifespan of a thousand years.
Compared to the few short decades he had lived in his previous life, that was still a gain.
Li Jing comforted himself with these thoughts, but he couldn't help feeling somewhat unwilling to accept it.
Who would willingly sink into obscurity after transmigrating into Swallowed Star? It was simply a helpless choice.
"There's no use thinking about it. I should absorb the Purple Light Dew and become a Quasi-Martial Artist first."
Li Jing brushed the jumble of thoughts from his mind. He decided to become a Quasi-Martial Artist first, then give it his all and see just how far he could go.
With the talent he had shown by becoming a senior trainee at eighteen, plus the resources Luo Feng would direct toward Earthlings in the future, reaching the Universe Level shouldn't be difficult, right?
The Universe Level might not have seemed particularly impressive in the original story, but someone at that level was still a genuine big shot.
Normally, only one Universe Level expert was born in a galaxy, and a single galaxy had hundreds of thousands of life-bearing planets!
Using Purple Light Dew was simple: you just drank it. In the universe, it was an everyday beverage for some wealthy people.
Li Jing picked up the test tube, pulled out the stopper, and poured it straight into his mouth.
"Sweet and cool on the tongue. Hmm, it has a rich fruity aroma, a little like grapes, but not quite the same."
Li Jing smacked his lips and gave his private assessment.
Soon, a warm current rose in his lower abdomen and spread throughout his body in the blink of an eye. Under its influence, Li Jing's physical fitness, which had only just reached the threshold for a senior trainee, slowly improved.
After more than ten minutes, the warm current gradually faded. Li Jing clenched his fists, feeling the surging power within him. "My punching force should be over 900 kilograms now. I'll have to test it at the dojo to find out exactly how much."
[Host's strength detected at Apprentice First Order. Card Draw System activated]
Just as Li Jing was preparing to head to the Limits Dojo in Yi'an District, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
Li Jing couldn't help but fall into wild delight.
His cheat had arrived!
As everyone knew, Swallowed Star was a world where cheats mattered. Even the protagonist, Luo Feng, could never have achieved what he did in the end without using one cheat after another.
Swallowed Star is a grand stage-don't come if your cheat's too small!
Surely a system-type cheat wouldn't be too lousy, right?
Full of anticipation, Li Jing studied the Card Draw System as he made his way to the Limits Dojo in Yi'an District.
By the time he reached the dojo, he had more or less figured it out.
The Card Draw System opened a corresponding card pool for each stage of his strength.
The prizes in the pool were, from lowest to highest rarity, N cards, R cards, SR cards, SSR cards, and the sole UR card.
The pool would refresh when its time limit expired or the UR card was drawn.
Drawing cards required payment in the appropriate currency.
At the Apprentice Level, a single draw currently cost one million Huaxia Currency, while ten consecutive draws cost nine million.
Li Jing sent his consciousness into the system interface. Above the card pool, against a backdrop of stars, a countdown displayed 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.
"Looks like the card pool refreshes once a month during the Apprentice stage!"
The dazzling assortment of items in the card pool was almost too much to take in. The single limited UR card flashed with brilliant golden light, making it impossible to look away.
A line of small text beneath the card read: This pool's limited UR item-peak Apprentice Level spirit reader talent.
At the very bottom of the card pool's draw interface, the draw probabilities were displayed.
Common N card: 90% Rare R card: 9% Epic SR card: 0.9% Legendary SSR card: 0.09% Limited UR card: 0.01%
Li Jing's eyes were full of longing as he looked at the limited UR card in the pool, the peak Apprentice Level Spiritual Force talent.
The same as Luo Feng's. I have to get it!