Chapter 1 The Scorching Sun

The scorching sun burned the earth. Even though it was late August, the sweltering summer continued to radiate its lingering heat.

A breeze swept through, but it couldn't bring much coolness to the people. It blew through the bustling Jiangbin City and into a residential house in the Dongcheng District.

"Ugh..." The young man slumped at his computer desk, rubbing his head in pain as he opened his blurred eyes and looked around in confusion.

At that moment, the standard philosophical trilogy popped into the young man's mind:

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I supposed to do?

Oh, right, my name is Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao rubbed his head, wincing in pain. Eh, my head hurts...

Looking around, whose room is this?

Is this a pigsty?

Clothes were discarded everywhere.

Everywhere was... um, crumpled paper?

Good heavens, this is something else.

As far as the young man's eyes could see, the trash can next to him was piled high with crumpled paper.

Regardless of whose room this is, this is a role model for our generation!

However, the joking thoughts in Jiang Xiao's mind disappeared in the next moment, because he inadvertently saw the slightly swaying figure on the computer screen in front of him.

The figure reflected in the dark computer screensaver was, of course, Jiang Xiao himself.

Jiang Xiao knew that the black screen showed himself, but... but this not-so-blurred image was actually a child?

Jiang Xiao moved his face forward in disbelief, and the figure in the black screensaver made the same movement.

"Glug." Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed his saliva and carefully touched the mouse.

The computer screensaver disappeared, and on the computer screen, a young man stared blankly at the screen with a ghost-like expression. This was exactly how Jiang Xiao looked at the moment.

What kind of video software is this?

Jiang Xiao blinked his eyes. This didn't seem to be a video chat, but a recording?

Jiang Xiao looked up and saw a camera. What was the original owner of this body doing just now?

Filming a short video of himself?

Uh,

Recording a short video?

Obviously, the video was still in the process of being recorded, which made Jiang Xiao a little tempted.

If the owner of this body had been recording video, then wouldn't the whole process of my transmigration have been recorded?

Is there such a perk?

Jiang Xiao hurriedly pressed "stop recording" and selected the file to play.

After a few seconds of waiting, a slightly green face appeared on the computer screen in front of Jiang Xiao.

Plaid shirt, buzz cut, about 15 or 16 years old, looking quite handsome.

This clean look doesn't seem like the guy who throws paper balls all over the floor, does it?

"Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Xiaopi." The boy in the video finally spoke, "Unfortunately, I have a bit of a cold lately, so you can't hear my magnetic male god's voice."

Jiang Xiao: ???

In the video, Jiang Xiaopi casually pulled out a tissue, blew his nose, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it on the ground.

So that's where all these paper balls came from.

Well, that's what Jiang Xiao thought too.

Nonsense, what else can you use a tissue for? Isn't it for blowing your nose?

Jiang Xiao also reached out and took a tissue from the tissue box on the table, because he finally realized that "he" had a cold.

In the video, the young man who called himself Jiang Xiaopi continued to say:

"I'll say it again, my name is Jiang Xiaopi! Remember this name that you will admire for the rest of your life!"

"This is my first time opening a Weibo account, because I found that my powerful strength no longer allows me to keep a low profile."

Jiang Xiao hurriedly pressed the pause button, looking at "himself" on the screen. Jiang Xiao suddenly had the urge to beat himself to death.

How did this kid grow up?

How has he survived for so many years?

Jiang Xiao calmed himself down, stabilized himself for a while, and continued to press the play button.

On the screen, Jiang Xiaopi didn't continue to boast, but changed the subject and said, "Let me briefly introduce myself."

"Well, children always ask their parents where they came from. And the answers from the parents vary, some were picked up from the trash can, some were given as a gift for recharging their phone bill, and some were received as gifts for the holidays."

Jiang Xiaopi suddenly looked at the camera very seriously and said, "But I'm awesome, I really was picked up from the trash can."

"My mother is a great beauty, gentle and beautiful, her name is Jiang Hongye, listen to that name, how beautiful! That's what a person's name should be! Look at my name again, sigh..."

In the screen, Jiang Xiaopi pouted, and muttered unhappily: "The day I was picked up, my mother's dog died, the dog's name was Xiaopi, so I was called... um."

Jiang Xiaopi looked unhappy, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he looked at the camera and said, "Fortunately, that dog was quite cute, a smiling golden retriever."

Jiang Xiao: "..."

In the video, Jiang Xiaopi supported his chin, was silent for a while, and said: "Okay, I think you have remembered my name, then it's time to express my attitude, I am about to enter Bincheng High School, now, I will tell all the students in the first grade!"

Jiang Xiao looked at the screen with slight anticipation, wondering what Jiang Xiaopi would say.

In the video, Jiang Xiaopi said: "From today on, I am the boss of the first grade! If you don't agree, meet me in the small woods after school! I, Jiang Xiaopi, am telling you, I'm the biggest in the first grade!"

"Also!" Jiang Xiaopi pointed at the camera and continued, "Those in the second and third grades, don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you are older and awakened your abilities a year or two earlier. I have already booked that school beauty surnamed Xia, don't anyone try to snatch her from me! If you don't agree, same as before, meet me in the playground or small woods after school, I, Jiang Xiaopi, have never been afraid of anyone!"

Jiang Xiaopi looked fiercely at the camera, looking fierce and cute: "I want you to know that beauties are only worthy of the strong!"

Jiang Xiao looked at the "himself" on the screen who was a late-stage chuunibyou patient, and at this moment he was dumbfounded.

*Ka-cha!*

In the video, the door behind Jiang Xiaopi suddenly opened, and a beautiful figure stepped in.

Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows, tsk tsk, this girl is really beautiful.

Like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally beautiful without any artifice.

She was wearing a pure white nightgown, which was obviously home clothes. She should also live in this residential house.

She looked about 17 or 18 years old, tall and slender, with delicate features. At this time, that exquisite face was covered with frost, and a head of dark black hair fluttered with her angry steps.

In the screen, the extremely cold-faced girl kicked away the paper balls all over the floor, quickly walked behind Jiang Xiaopi, but Jiang Xiaopi hadn't noticed yet, and was still bragging and talking nonsense.

The girl raised a hand and slapped Jiang Xiaopi on the back of the head!

*Dong!*

Serves him right!

With a muffled sound, Jiang Xiaopi bumped his head on the computer desk, and the ice-cold girl hadn't vented her anger yet, she glared fiercely at the "playing dead" Jiang Xiaopi, and said, "Get up! Do something serious! Cultivate star power, or clean up the house! Don't film this kind of disgusting video."

Jiang Xiaopi lay on the computer desk, motionless.

"Then you don't eat!" The girl said in a cold voice, turned around, the white nightgown fluttered gently, kicked away the paper balls all over the floor in disgust, walked out of the room, and slammed the door shut.

And in the screen, that "playing dead" Jiang Xiaopi, didn't seem to be acting?

Jiang Xiao sat in front of the computer desk, looking at Jiang Xiaopi lying on the screen, and after a full five minutes, he saw "Jiang Xiaopi" rubbing his head, looking around in confusion.

Was it at this node that Jiang Xiao transmigrated?

Wow!

Awesome!

I was actually slapped into this world?

Jiang Xiao rubbed his head, inherited Jiang Xiaopi's body, and tried hard to recall the memories in his mind.

This girl seems to be Jiang Xiaopi's older sister?

Han Jiangxue?

The father's surname is Han, so the daughter of course follows the father's surname.

And Jiang Xiaopi was picked up by his mother, and at the request of his mother, Jiang Hongye, he followed his mother's surname.

In Jiang Xiaopi's memory, the parents seemed to have disappeared in a mission three years ago.

Huh?

The two siblings depend on each other?

The young lady is as beautiful as an angel?

The two are not related by blood?

Well, it's time to highlight the key points.

Highlight... highlight my ass, Jiang Xiao at this time was completely dumbfounded, how could he be in the mood to highlight these points?

The point is, Jiang Xiao has changed from a 25-year-old youth to a 16-year-old youth, from a rookie in society to a high school student?

Moreover, this world...

Jiang Xiao moved the mouse pointer to the lower left corner of the computer and looked at the year and month: August 20, 2015.

Well, there is no difference in time, the same as the world Jiang Xiao came from.

But what does "awakening" and "star power" mean in the mouths of these siblings just now?

Jiang Xiao frowned, carefully recalling Jiang Xiaopi's memory, and was surprised to find that this world was not his Earth world?

This is a world full of magical abilities, magical Awakeners, and filled with other-dimensional spaces.

Due to the existence of other-dimensional space gates, this world is vastly different from the Earth where Jiang Xiao originally lived.

Behind those countless other-dimensional space gates, there are all kinds of bizarre worlds, and there are also strange creatures.

What's sad is that most of the creatures inside the space portals are not friendly.

In the tortuous history of mankind, mankind not only faces internal wars, but also faces the invasion and harassment of creatures from external other-dimensional environments.

Star power is a magical energy that was born with the emergence of other-dimensional space gates. This magical energy changes people's physical fitness and also changes people's lifestyles.

With the appearance of the first batch of star power Awakeners, humans who could only use "strong ships and cannons" to fight against other-dimensional creatures finally had a new choice.

Of course, although new energy has poured into the earth, changing the fate of mankind, it has not changed the fate of everyone.

In fact, most people are still ordinary people, and their bodies cannot bear this magical power. Recklessly cultivating will not only not strengthen the body, but will cause damage to the body.

As time went by, human understanding of star power continued to deepen. After continuous verification, "16 years old" became the internationally recognized stage of awakening.

16 years old is a threshold. At this age, the probability of human awakening is the greatest, and it is the best time for artificial intervention to awaken. Too early or too late may cause physical damage to the experimenter.

Of course, there are always some treacherous people! They will do things that are outrageous, and we call these people "geniuses."

They don't need to do anything, just suddenly one day, they feel the ubiquitous star power on the earth, and they are called natural awakening, with unlimited prospects.

They may even start the path of awakening at the age of 10, 8, or even 6, a full several years earlier than normal Awakeners.

Of course, where is there so-called fairness in this world?

In addition to a very small number of favored children, more people are awakened by external intervention, accounting for the vast majority of the Awakener team. Jiang Xiaopi obviously belongs to this type of Awakener.

After the age of 16, with the help of the Awakener, star power is guided into the body, thereby starting the career of the Awakener.

But this must be achieved in a strict and formal process, and grasping the measure is a necessary condition for a qualified guide.

There are too many people who cannot awaken, they are unwilling and unwilling to accept such a result, so they try every means to achieve their goals, and the final result is not very good.

People who force things like this will be injured and die on this road. More often than not, they not only fail to awaken, but suffer huge trauma to their bodies, and from then on become depressed and become a fragile invalid.

Just two months ago, at the final graduation ceremony of the third grade of junior high school, dozens of Awakeners stood in the phalanx to help this group of children complete their final graduation assessment.

The principal had long been accustomed to enjoying bursts of cheers during his speech. Of course, everyone knew that the cheers were not for the principal's lengthy speech, but for the awakening children one after another.

That graduation ceremony finally started Jiang Xiaopi's career.

Jiang Xiaopi's body is suitable for cultivating star power,

He successfully opened the Star Map!