Chapter 1: The Golden Finger Goes Online

"Parallel world, Blue Star."

In the pitch-black room, where one could not even see their own fingers, a figure lay on the bed, fast asleep.

"Ding..."

A crisp sound resonated within the figure's mind.

After the sound faded, a pale golden light unexpectedly emerged from the body of the person sleeping on the bed.

The pale golden light existed for a very short time, vanishing in less than a second.

As the pale golden light disappeared, the sleeping figure on the bed vanished along with it.

The pitch-black room was left empty. If not for the lingering warmth in the bedding, no one would have guessed that someone had been sleeping there just moments before.

...

"Who opened my curtains?"

Lin Li slowly opened his eyes, sat up, muttered a complaint, and then let out a yawn.

"Hmm???" Lin Li, still in the middle of yawning, suddenly froze, his eyes filled with confusion.

What was going on? What was this vast, white fog before his eyes?

"Sigh! This dream I'm having today is so strange! What's the point of dreaming about a vast expanse of white fog? Hurry up and change it to a colorful dream for me!" Lin Li muttered to himself, then lay back down and closed his eyes again.

Ten seconds, twenty seconds, one minute, two minutes...

After lying back down and closing his eyes to continue sleeping, Lin Li opened them again three minutes later.

He sat up abruptly, looked around, and an expression of astonishment gradually appeared on his face.

"No way! This dream is too realistic." Lin Li raised his right hand and pinched his handsome, delicate face hard.

"Ouch... that hurts..."

Pinching his cheek with force, the intense pain let Lin Li know that he was not dreaming.

He scrambled up from the grass, took a deep breath to steady his emotions, and then walked a full circle around the land beneath his feet.

A few minutes later, Lin Li returned to the spot where he had first stood up. The expression on his face shifted constantly before he burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha... Twenty-two years after being reborn into this world, my golden finger has finally come online."

The land beneath his feet was about 100 square meters in area, surrounded by water and vast, white fog... It was an island, an island so small it couldn't be smaller.

Other than a single, two-meter-tall ordinary tree in the center, there was nothing else on the island.

After laughing heartily for a while, Lin Li felt a bit thirsty. Looking at the crystal-clear water before him, he couldn't help but feel tempted.

He walked to the edge of the island, crouched down, dipped his finger into the water, smelled it—finding no strange odor—and then tasted it.

"It's fresh water, with a hint of sweetness, just like the bottled mineral water I usually buy."

"Gulp..." Confirming that the clear water was drinkable, the parched Lin Li leaned forward, put his mouth to the water, and drank greedily.

"Ah~" After a refreshing drink, the thirst vanished, and Lin Li splashed some of the water on his face to freshen up.

"Other than that two-meter-tall tree in the center, there's nothing else here. This is too barren!"

Once the initial excitement subsided, Lin Li felt that this island didn't seem capable of changing his current life much.

"Sigh, if only I could awaken a combat-oriented ability!"

No sooner had Lin Li finished speaking than he felt a wave of dizziness. Everything went black, and he collapsed backward.

...

In the pitch-black room, a pale golden light suddenly flashed over the empty bed, and a figure appeared out of thin air.

"That hurts!" Back in his own home, Lin Li clutched his head. He felt as if someone had struck him; his head throbbed, and he felt dizzy.

The discomfort lasted for a while before Lin Li recovered.

He got up from the bed, walked to the window, and pulled back the curtains.

Bright sunlight squeezed into the bedroom, instantly dispelling the darkness.

The golden sunlight shone on Lin Li's face, making him squint slightly as he looked out into the residential complex.

Early in the morning, many people in the complex were already out exercising, and occasionally, a pale golden light would flicker on their bodies.

How could a pale golden light appear on a person's body?

Yes, unlike the Earth of his past life, this parallel world, known as Blue Star, was a world possessing spiritual energy and supernatural abilities.

When a person was born, upon reaching the age of fifteen, if they had the talent for cultivation, they would automatically awaken their spirituality.

After awakening their spirituality, through persistent physical exercise and the absorption of free-floating spiritual energy in the air, one could potentially become a practitioner in the future.

Lin Li, reborn into this world, was considered lucky; he had awakened his spirituality at fifteen, gaining the qualification to become a practitioner.

At the time, Lin Li had been overjoyed. He had often fantasized about becoming a superman with extraordinary powers back on Earth, and he never expected that after waking up reborn in this world, he would actually have such an opportunity.

After awakening his spirituality, Lin Li decided he would exercise diligently, become a practitioner as soon as possible, and then keep growing stronger until he could marry a wealthy beauty and reach the pinnacle of life.

Unfortunately, ideals are always beautiful, but reality is cruel.

After awakening spirituality, everyone's cultivation aptitude varies.

Those with good aptitude progress rapidly; they can become first-stage, early-level practitioners after a year of consistent exercise. Even the slower ones can achieve it in three years.

Then there are those with extremely poor aptitude, for whom it is unknown when—or if—they will ever become practitioners.

Unfortunately, Lin Li belonged to that category of people with extremely poor aptitude. Although he exercised every day after awakening his spirituality, his efficiency in absorbing the free-floating spiritual energy was incredibly low.

Seven years had passed since he started cultivating at fifteen, and he was still standing still, nowhere near breaking through to the first-stage, early-level to officially become a practitioner.

Such terrible cultivation aptitude turned Lin Li into a "salted fish" who preferred to stay at home.

His original dreams of becoming a powerful cultivator, marrying a wealthy beauty, and reaching the pinnacle of life had all been tossed into the trash heap.

Now, Lin Li only wanted to rely on his rental income and bank interest to stay home, play games, watch anime, and live out his life in leisure.

(End of chapter)