Chapter 1: Rebirth, Billions of Psychic Coins!
Chapter 1: Rebirth, Billions of Psychic Coins!
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Parallel World, East Sea City.
Huff—Huff—
In a 500-square-foot apartment in the Osmanthus Neighborhood, a young man around 23 years old abruptly sat up from his bed, gasping for air.
"Didn't the Skrulls kill me? How can this be?"
Looking around the familiar room, Su Yu quickly reached for his phone on the bedside table.
"May 29, 2120... This... I’ve been reborn?! And I’ve returned to before the Great Change began?"
Su Yu stared at the date on his phone, his face a mix of disbelief and shock.
According to his memory, June 1st, just three days from now, the Skrulls would invade Earth.
The Skrulls were a more advanced civilization, capable of destroying humanity and fully occupying Earth within a month.
However, according to the rules set by the great cosmic civilization known as the Singers:
When an advanced civilization invades a weaker one, the Singers provide the weaker civilization with a period of protection and some means of self-defense.
Thus, the Skrulls’ full-scale invasion was delayed by a year, to June 1, 2121.
Additionally, the Singers provided Earth with two methods of self-defense:
1. Psychic Awakening:
The psychic energy stored deep within the Earth's mantle would be fully activated, enhancing the strength of all humans on Earth.
2. A 100% realistic game called "Evolution":
When humans in "Evolution" reach level 50, they can manifest their in-game abilities in the real world.
Unfortunately, in his previous life, the governments of the world didn’t realize that "Evolution" could grant real-world abilities until it was too late. By the time they started encouraging everyone to play the game, it was already six months into the Great Change, and the third expansion pack had just been released, with some players reaching level 50.
One step behind led to being steps behind.
On June 1, 2121, the fully prepared Skrulls launched their massive invasion, wave after wave of attacks overwhelming humanity.
And Su Yu died in the final battle against the Skrulls.
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Staring at the date on his phone, Su Yu’s face was frozen, unable to speak for a long time.
After a considerable while, he finally snapped back to reality:
"The game 'Evolution' should launch in three days. I need to buy a game helmet as soon as possible!"
"Also, when I first log in, the game helmet will absorb all the psychic energy within a five-kilometer radius. I should take the helmet to a psychic spring."
Muttering to himself, Su Yu began to take action, dialing the hotline to purchase a game helmet.
He wasn’t the type to sit and wait for his fate.
As for whether his rebirth could create a butterfly effect and change the course of humanity, Su Yu wasn’t sure. But he would do everything in his power and leave the rest to fate.
Three days later, at 7:30 AM, Su Yu drove his old car to a deserted mountain on the outskirts of East Sea City.
"Cloud Ridge Mountain, this is it."
Su Yu picked up the game helmet from the back seat and began his hike up the mountain.
The game helmet for "Evolution" cost 30,000 yuan, almost all the savings he had earned in a year since graduating, but Su Yu didn’t care.
With humanity on the brink of destruction, what good was money?
Carrying the helmet to the mountaintop, Su Yu gazed at the magnificent landscape around him, feeling a mix of emotions.
Currently, almost no one knew about the obscure Cloud Ridge Mountain, but in six months, its name would be known across the nation.
Due to the Psychic Awakening, 24 giant, 108 large, and 3,600 small "psychic springs" would open around the world, releasing psychic energy into the environment.
And the "Cloud Ridge Mountain Psychic Spring" is the largest one in the world!
Time ticked by, second by second.
"8:00! It's time for Evolution to go live. The transformation is about to begin!" Su Yu's expression turned serious.
Soon, the ground began to tremble violently.
About two kilometers north of the mountain peak, the earth suddenly split open, revealing a deep, bottomless chasm! At the same time, a massive amount of milky white and pale purple psychic energy spewed out of the chasm, spreading out in all directions, with the psychic energy stream shooting straight into the sky.
"Truly beautiful!" Su Yu squinted his eyes as he gazed at the now tangible "psychic pillar."
The Psychic Spring seemed to be a gift from Earth to humanity, capable of enhancing the strength of all humans. However, Su Yu knew it was also one of the sources of human suffering.
In about an hour, the Skrull ship would arrive here, seize the Psychic Spring, and build a base.
Instead of benefiting from the Psychic Spring, humans would see the Skrulls use its energy to create a large number of terrifying monsters, causing immense trouble for humanity.
For this reason, Su Yu's decision to have the helmet absorb the psychic energy here would not only be harmless to humans but would also weaken the Skrulls.
It was a win-win situation!
Seeing the psychic energy gushing from the ground, Su Yu quickly put on the game helmet.
"Enter the game!"
"Evolution game loading."
The familiar game prompt echoed in his ears as Su Yu's consciousness connected with the helmet, plunging him into the deep game world.
"Beep, psychic energy detected in your surroundings. Absorb?"
"Yes!"
"Absorption starting, please wait."
Outside, the vast psychic energy that had shot up into the clouds seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, all converging toward Su Yu on the mountain peak.
Endless streams of psychic energy enveloped him, being absorbed by the helmet.
In the game, Su Yu's "Psychic Energy" value skyrocketed!
Ten thousand!
One hundred thousand!
One million!
Ten million!
One hundred million!
Finally, the "Psychic Energy" value stabilized at one billion.
Su Yu was taken aback.
In his previous life, he had entered the game six months later, and at that time, he had only gained 11 points of Psychic Energy.
And now, one billion!
"Detected maximum Psychic Energy absorption. Enter the game?"
"No, exit the game!" Su Yu made his decision quickly.
In about an hour, the Skrull ship would arrive, and he didn't want to be the first human captured by the Skrulls.
After exiting the game, Su Yu removed the helmet.
Because the helmet had absorbed almost all the psychic energy in the area, the "Cloud Ridge Mountain Spring" to the north was now weak and lifeless, no longer emitting the powerful stream it had moments ago.
Su Yu didn't have time to worry about this. He quickly grabbed the game helmet and ran down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, Su Yu got into his old car and drove away from the Cloud Ridge Mountain area at full speed.
An hour later, a several-kilometer-wide rift tore open in the sky above Cloud Ridge Mountain.
A two-hundred-meter-long brownish-gray Skrull ship landed on the mountain peak.
Inside the ship, a Skrull female pilot with light green skin reported to her superior:
"Commander, the 001 Mega Psychic Spring is showing abnormal activity. The output is equivalent to that of a small Psychic Spring."
"How is that possible?" The Skrull male commander in the control room looked astonished. "Did we land in the wrong place?"
"No, sir. The coordinates are completely accurate."
"Then let's land here and follow the orders from headquarters." The Skrull commander said.
"Yes, sir."
(End of Chapter)
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