Chapter 2: Miracles and Magic Do Exist

"I thought it was a speed bump..."

"I couldn't see it in the blind spot..."

"You can tell that to the insurance company."

These were the last words Jiang Si heard before losing consciousness.

He must have been hit and killed.

The reason he was so certain was that after waking up, Jiang Si discovered he had become smaller.

And the world had also taken on an unfamiliar appearance.

It was a slight pity.

He hadn't wanted to commit suicide.

It was just that he had been backed into a corner at the time, and his body tempering had reached a bottleneck period.

Challenging beyond one's level and surpassing one's limits was the most common way to break through a bottleneck, and Jiang Si naturally adopted the wisdom of his predecessors.

Facts proved that in the process of confronting the truck, he had indeed surpassed himself and forced the truck to a stop.

He might have even unlocked his genetic shackles.

It was a pity that he hadn't been able to save his life; if he hadn't died, his body would likely have strengthened to a new stage.

Now that everything had been reset to zero, it was only natural to feel a bit of regret.

However, that was all there was to it—it was just five years of time.

This time, he started training from a young age; a child's body had greater plasticity, which might actually allow him to break through to an even higher level.

He began attempting training at the age of three.

By seven, he had achieved some results, and by ten, he had caught up to the level he was at before his death.

The speed of his growth made even Jiang Si feel it was incredible, as if some force was helping him become stronger faster.

However, this world didn't seem to have any extraordinary abilities.

His parents were very ordinary office workers, and the people around him were all plain and simple; the daily television news only reported traffic accidents and current affairs.

Except for the name of this city, Beihai, which he had never heard of, everything else remained unchanged.

Jiang Si had long since gotten used to it.

Although he had fantasized about whether he had transmigrated into a world where one could cultivate immortality, he didn't hold high expectations. After discovering that the world wasn't much different, he immediately abandoned the fantasy.

His parents in this life were quite open-minded. Although he was obsessed with training and hardly seemed like a normal child—never socializing, never crying or making a scene, and never playing with his peers—his parents never expressed any dissatisfaction.

Although they had asked why he didn't play with other children, they didn't force him once Jiang Si said he didn't like to.

Later on, because Jiang Si was always a maverick, the couple rarely questioned him about anything.

Life was steady and uneventful. The couple weren't wealthy, but their salaries were decent. When Jiang Si was four, they bought a house in the city center. The timing was neither good nor bad; the price wasn't low, but it rose even higher two years later.

When Jiang Si was five, he gained a younger sister. Although the couple argued occasionally, their relationship remained sweet.

Compared to Jiang Si, who didn't like to be close to people, his sister was more normal. She often clung to their parents and was very dependent on them, and as a result, she was particularly doted on by them.

After all, they had finally had a normal child.

Although Jiang Si didn't have much interest in his sister, he would still take care of her from time to time, if only to repay his parents for raising him.

Because of this, for a period of time, his relationship with his sister was quite good.

Until that day.

When his parents, who were on vacation, excitedly wanted to take them on a trip, Jiang Si was actually quite reluctant.

Recently, his body tempering had reached a bottleneck. After reaching an extreme point in the training of his own physical body, it was difficult to make further progress.

He was seeking a new breakthrough and didn't really have the mood to go on a trip.

However, seeing the three of them full of anticipation, he really couldn't bring himself to spoil the fun.

In the end, he went along with their wishes and got into the car.

He felt drowsy along the way. Recently, it wasn't just the exhaustion; his strength had been stagnant, which left his mind unsettled.

Perhaps he should look for some external stimulation to help him break through. Yet, in this place that was almost no different from his previous life, where could he find any extraordinary power to help him take the first step toward immortality?

In his ears was the chattering of his sister, his mother snoring slightly, and his father holding his sister and coaxing her, with laughter erupting from time to time.

The car was stuffy, and a layer of white mist had formed on the windows. Jiang Si, leaning against the window, looked at the ordinary buildings, ordinary pedestrians, and ordinary vehicles outside, lost in thought.

In this world, apart from the city's name being slightly different, he couldn't find anything different from his previous life. Even that monster hanging on the building outside looked quite ordinary...

Monster?

Jiang Si suddenly raised his head.

A monster, looking like some kind of parasitic plant, was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Dense tree roots spread from the roof of the building, completely swallowing it, and then more roots burrowed into the ground.

He didn't know where the first scream came from; through the car window, the sound seemed very distant.

The glass of the building parasitized by the monster shattered with a crash, and along with stones and dust, it submerged the people below like a waterfall.

Immediately after, panic began to spread. Vehicles in the distance were overturned by the roots and smashed into other cars. Right in front of them, someone flew into the air and was pierced through by a root.

"It's a Calamity Beast!"

The heat from a car explosion in the distance rushed toward them. The window Jiang Si was leaning against was filled with cracks and the smell of burning.

Roots grew out from under the car and pressed against the window, right at the tip of Jiang Si's nose.

The faint, fresh scent of a plant, mixed with the smell of blood, drifted into his nose and mouth. Jiang Si grabbed one of the pieces and twisted it off.

Extraordinary power...

Then, he was suddenly pulled backward by someone.

"Watch out!"

The entire car was flipped over.

The world spun, a terrifying, immense power far beyond what an ordinary person could imagine. His vision and thoughts were thrown into chaos.

Jiang Si tried hard to reach out and grab the person beside him, eventually only managing to grab his sister.

He didn't know how many times they rolled. He shielded his sister beneath him; fortunately, his body was tempered strongly enough that he could always maintain a safe space for her.

Otherwise, the rolling and crushing alone would have been enough to kill the little girl.

Glass grazed his face, the pain accompanied by a slight burning sensation. That sweet, cloying scent lingered in his nose and mouth, unable to dissipate. The car didn't know how many times it had turned before it finally came to a stop.

There was smoke everywhere. Jiang Si coughed, kicked open the window, and tumbled onto the ground while holding his sister. The ground was covered in broken glass. He supported himself with one hand and found a relatively safe place to lay down his unconscious sister.

The sobbing and groaning inside the car spread along with the smoke. His hearing seemed to be damaged; the sounds were muffled, as if covered by a cloth.

Jiang Si raised his head and looked at the Calamity Beast.

For some reason, the creature had retracted its roots, its size shrinking, and it curled up inside the building as if fearing something.

He stumbled to the side of the car and forcibly pulled the door open. The dead and the injured spilled out. He pushed through the crowd, searching for his parents.

However, he couldn't find them. When the car flew into the air, some people had fallen out.

He turned back to look at the chaotic road, and then he heard a whistling sound from above.

It didn't sound like a plane, nor did it sound like a bird.

Jiang Si looked up. A blue rainbow light stopped in front of the building where the Calamity Beast was.

It was a young girl wearing a gorgeous, fluffy short skirt, dazzling and eye-catching, with a particularly conspicuous magic wand in her hand.

That is...

"Magical Girl!"