Inside a messy room, on top of a wooden bed.
"Ughh…my head hurts!!!"
"I'm… still alive?"
Ye Tian's disorganized mind gradually recovered as fragments of memories resurfaced. Simultaneously, the new memories have begun to merge with his soul.
"I got reincarnated!"
He chuckled bitterly. It wasn't his body. It belonged to a teenager with the same name as him. He was born in the year 2019. However, it is now 2119, also known as Yuan Year 100. This means he was reincarnated a century into the future.
The era of 100 years later is also known as the "Vigor" era, as well as the "talent era." Ye Tian slowly processed the vast amount of information accumulated over the past 100 years.
In early 2019, multiple dimensional cracks appeared all over the world. Numerous ferocious beasts emerged from them. Humans are no longer at the top of the food chain; instead, they must fight to survive against the vicious beasts.
Humans attempted to eliminate these ferocious beasts with firearms. However, a mysterious substance known as "Vigor" has appeared on Earth. These Vigor can demolish the structure of firearms, causing them to malfunction. The nuclear bomb, humanity's ultimate weapon, has been rendered ineffective. As a result, humanity has entered an era of cold weapons (a weapon that does not involve fire or explosions). But… how can mere humans defeat the ferocious beasts?
Fortunately, the vicious beasts that arrived on Earth in the early stages were of low tier, giving humans a chance to survive. Humans have discovered that the newly discovered mysterious substance can be utilized thanks to the efforts of numerous scientists. As a result, a new vocation is born…
Martial artist!
Forging the body, absorbing the Vigor, breaking through the human body's limits. Only then can one become a martial artist.
At the same time, human talent has been unlocked.
Only a small percentage of the population is gifted. The most common talent is cultivating talent. Cultivating talent determines how far a person can go. Aside from that, there is cold weaponry talent, burning fire talent, freezing ice talent, and so on.
By relying on talent and martial artists, humans gradually gained the ability to fight vicious beasts. However, vicious beasts continue to occupy the majority of the Earth's surface. Only a small portion of the Earth is habitable, and this is where a survival base is built.
The current Earth has also grown significantly larger than before. Vigor's influence has caused the Earth to expand hundreds of times.
"Vigor, skill, vicious beasts. How amusing the world has become!"
Ye Tian takes a deep breath and then smiles. Coming to this era might not be so bad after all. But his expression soon darkened.
"On that day, Dimensional cracks and Vigor appeared. On that same day, a small number of people awakened their talent. Cultivating talent is innate and does not require awakening. Other talents, however, can be awakened. Although to humans, awakening ones talent may not be a good thing. Talent awakening is just suicide without a strong body to support it. According to the records, countless people suffered as a result of their talent awakening. They're either dead or crippled now."
"Which reminds me of that day when I discovered a talent and then… exploded!"
Ye Tian is certain of it. He absorbed an infinite amount of Vigor that day, exploded, and died.
"What talent did I awaken that day?" Which caused my body to explode. Humans may not have adapted to Vigor 100 years ago. Even if someone is unable to withstand the power brought forth by talent awakening, the worst that can happen is either death or crippling. The ability I had awakened back then had to be extremely powerful. Unfortunately, I was reborn in a new body. I'll never know what talent that was!"
Ye Tian felt that it was a waste. After arranging the information of the past and present, he slowly checked his body.
It's a body of a 15-year-old. In this Vigor era, it's the age just right to start cultivating. The body is not suitable for cultivation before the age of 15. Unless… Some large clans used expensive treasures to increase one's body growth; only then could one cultivate earlier. Without a doubt, 15 years old is a golden age. Even if a person's talent is exceptional, his future prospects are limited once he reaches his twenties.
"Fortunately, it's not an old man's body; otherwise, it'll be bad for me."
"Wait…"
Ye Tian's expression changed. He recalled something from his memories, that is this body's talent. This body's talent is absolutely trash!
Weak Talent!
In this era, the most important thing is cultivating talent. The talent tier from the bottom to the top are: [Weak] → [Inferior] → [Low] → [Medium] → [High]. There are rumors that there are talents higher than [High], but that is not something Ye Tian would know.
Anyone over the age of 15 on their birthday can purchase a Talent Stone to assess their own talent. However, it can only tell you your cultivating talent. Other talents necessitate the use of a specific type of Talent Stone in order to be revealed.
The previous owner of the body went to buy a Talent Stone to test his own cultivating talent on his 15th birthday, only to discover that he has [Weak] talent. He died as a result of a heart attack caused by despair. Although this benefitted Ye Tian who transmigrated into his body.
"Shit! [Weak] talent. This is the worst cultivating talent; becoming a martial artist with this is impossible!"
Ye Tian despaired.
Martial disciple and martial artist are the first two in the cultivating realm. Martial disciple doesn't count as a realm. Only martial artist can be considered as the first realm and only a person with the strength of 500kg can be considered as a martial artist.
To be a martial artist, you must have at least [Inferior] talent. Although [Inferior] talent is only one tier higher than [Weak], the highest realm one can reach with it is early-stage martial arts. However, [Inferior] talent at least provides hope. Once the person reaches early-stage martial arts, he or she will possess strengths multiple times greater than an average person.
However, with [Weak] talent, things become complicated. Even if you devote your entire life to cultivating, the most you can reach is still a martial disciple. This is the limitation of [Weak] talent.
"If only I had the ability to change my talent!"
Ye Tian tries to console himself.
"Knock! Knock!"
The room was filled with the sound of door knocks.
"Are you there, brother?"
A young girly voice came from outside the door. Ye Tian recognized that voice. It's his current body's little sister Ye Yu. She's 13. He opened the door and saw the figure of a cute girl who resembled a doll.
"Brother, how's your talent?"
Ye Yu asked curiously.
Talent is one's secret. Unless related by blood, asking someone about it is very rude. After all, nobody wants their talent to be known by others. If someone with a high tier talent is known, they'll be a target of assassination.
It's something that has happened before in this world. Therefore, nobody should ask about someone else's talent. However, Ye Tian won't lecture his little sister about this.
"Ye Yu, your brother's talent isn't bad. I definitely can become a martial artist in the future!"
Ye Tian looked at his little sister and laughed. But the laughter is tinged with bitterness.
The following moment…
His pupil contracted. He was taken aback. All because he saw a virtual interface appearing in front of his retina.
Human: Ye Yu
Cultivating Talent: [Inferior]
Freezing Ice Talent: [Low] (Unawakened)