Chapter 1: Long Tian
It was April, and the originally blue sky was covered in gray clouds. Gusts of wind were blowing everywhere and occasionally, bursts of lightning were cracking through heaven, and there was a light drizzle of rain.
This monsoon weather made everyone feel down and gloomy.
On the third floor of the old, shabby rental apartment, Long Tian was lying still in the bed inside his room.
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his heart as his body jolted and he sat up in shock.
"What just happened? Where am I? Planet Aqua Blue? Did I transmigrate to a parallel world or something? What the hell is happening!?"
It took some time, but Long Tian slowly recovered from his shock.
Still not believing his situation, he slapped his cheeks, to wake himself up from the dream of it was.
As soon as he felt pain, he realized that he wasn't dreaming, and everything that happened just now was real.
"Is this some kind of joke…?"
He couldn't help but mutter to himself unbelievably.
Well, he couldn't be blamed for being like this. If someone woke up only to realize that they had just turned to their younger self and nonetheless by ten years and that too in a different world, what would their reaction be?
They, of course, would be shocked, and in the case of Long Tian, well, he was doing much better than others. If it was someone else, they might be spending their time in some kind of mental hospital by now.
While Long Tian was still in daze and thinking about his unbelievable situation, suddenly a mechanical voice rang out in his mind.
"Congratulations, young man! You got a lucky chance and you have been transmigrate to Planet Aqua.
For your information, Planet Aqua is a parallel world to the Earth, and everything here is similar to there except for some minor differences. You can assume this planet as that of Earth but from ten years back."
"What the hell! Who's speaking? Who are you?"
Long Tian froze for a moment, then glanced around in shock and asked.
"Me? I am a Great System! As for my origin... umm, you are just too weak for that.
Anyway, young man, there's no need to dwell on little details; knowing them won't change a thing.
Just know this, you've been fortunate enough to be brought into this world by me. From now on, your life will undergo a significant change for the better.
You simply have to earn Glory Points, and in return, I'll bestow upon you endless benefits. Isn't that amazing?"
The same mechanical voice sounded again, explaining a few things to Long Tian.
"Great System? Glory Points? What in the world is all this?"
Long Tian was completely confused. His brain couldn't process so much information at once.
"This Great System will help you to become a world famous character that no one has ever seen before. As long as you have enough Glory Points, you can get anything you want. Impressive, Isn't it?"
The mechanical voice sounded again, and as it finished, a large amount of information poured into Long Tian's mind at once, giving him the basic understanding about the Glory Points.
To put it simply, it was similar to a game. As long as Long Tian improves his character, he will get experience which he can use to get anything in a game, but in his current case he would receive Glory Points and could exchange them for anything he wanted. It was as simple as that.
Eventually, he understood everything and slowly overcame his shock.
"Long Tian, get the hell down here this instant! What happened to the task I told you to do yesterday?"
It hadn't even a minute, when a sharp voice rang out in the appartment's courtyard.
Under the drizzling rain, three people dressed like hoodlums kicked open the courtyard's door of the three-story rental apartment.
As soon as they entered, one of them yelled, looking towards the balcony on the third floor in which Long Tian lives.
Listening to the shout, Long Tian moved towards the balcony to check.
As he saw these men, he felt a subtle pain in his head. Holding his head, he sorted his memory.
"Hiss…"
Soon, he took in a sharp breath as he remembered who the guy who just yelled his name was.
The yellow-haired guy standing in the front was called Xiao Li. In this area, he was quite famous as hoodlum. Long Tian knew him but they weren't close.
In reality, Long Tian's personality was that of a coward. He always had avoided these kinds of people if he could and had never dared to provoke them.
He simply worked honestly as a small security guard in the Entertainment Area and had been living a lonely life. He always hoped to find a good wife someday and live his life peacefully in future.
They are like two distant rivers, so far apart that they can never meet or interact ever.
The bad thing was that yesterday, his mother unexpectedly asked his distant cousin, who happened to be quite beautiful, to send him some clothes.
To make matters worse, this guy saw her when she came.
So, yesterday, he caught Long Tian and slapped him a few times without a word. He wanted Long Tian to introduce his beautiful cousin to him.
Although Long Tian was a coward, he would never stoop low to do such a thing.
Even if he were to help Xiao Li, his cousin who was already distant would probably ignore him.
"I... I'm coming!"
From the balcony, Long Tian replied, then without another word, he picked up the half-broken brick at his leg, and made his way downstairs.
If he was the old Long Tian then he would be weak and afraid of trying something like this, but now it's completely different. He has changed.
Though he from Earth wasn't a hero, he'd never been afraid of situations like this.
What's there to be afraid of someone like this guy?
Coming downstairs, Long Tian looked at Xiao Li with a kind smile as he bowed, saying,
"Brother Jian, the thing that you asked, I've thought it over carefully and planned everything out. Come closer, and I'll explain the details…"
"Huh? You've thought it through! You're quite clever. If this plan succeeds, I promise nobody will dare to mess with you in the future. I swear on it..."
When Xiao Li saw Long Tian's polite behavior, he thought that he was afraid.
A smug smile formed on his face, he approached Long Tian as he laughed and then casually patted on his shoulder in a rather forthright manner and said,
"Kid, I promise I'll take care of you in the future if you succeed…"
"F*ck You!" Long Tian yelled.
With a "pat" sound, the half-broken brick in Long Tian's hand landed onto Xiao Li's head.
"Aaahhhhhh!"
Blood gushed out instantly from Xiao Li's forehead, accompanied by his scream.
Long Tian smashed the brick in his hand, for the second time.
"pat pat pat…"
He continued and landed seven hits in a row. Xiao Li kept screaming in pain and eventually fell to the ground. He was out.
Long Tian wiped off the blood from his hand and then looked at the two underlings who came with Xiao Li. They were completely shocked by what just happened.
"What are you staring at? Why aren't you taking him away? Tell him if he wants to find me, come find me in the Entertainment Area if he has the ability."
What the hell!
"Uh…"
The two underlings appeared to be around twenty-two or twenty-three years old, in fact they were quite similar to Xiao Li and Long Tian in age.
Normally, they shout and intimidate others, showing they are tough guys on the outside. However deep down, they were just barks rather than bites.
Initially, they thought picking on Long Tian would be easy, but they didn't think that this guy would be such a ruthless person.
Did we hear wrong?
He said Entertainment Area…
F*ck! We're dead…
It's turned out this little guy is a Big Brother from the Entertainment Area. Who doesn't know that that place is very famous across dozens of streets in the whole city.
Just thinking that made the two so scared that they couldn't speak. They opened their mouths but no words came out.
Without waiting any further, they quickly lifted Xiao Li and ran away. They didn't want Long Tian to change his mind and began beating them too.
They didn't dare to reveal their true intentions and ran away like scared rabbits.
"Phew…"
Long Tian sighed in relief after they left.
"Tch. This body is very weak. After just a few moves, I am starting to feel exhausted. If those two really decided to fight back, I'd be done for today," he thought.
Although he enjoyed beating Xiao Li, and managed to scare off his underlings, that was not the end. He knew what would be coming after what he did, and he found it troublesome.
After all he was living in a society which was governed by laws. And if Xiao Li went to police with his current state, Long Tian knew he would be in for a lot of trouble.
Of course, he knew that these arrogant types usually wouldn't involve the police. However, he was sure this matter wasn't the end of it. Once Xiao Li recovered, he would definitely seek revenge.
"No, I can't stay here from now on, I have to leave quickly!"
In an instant, Long Tian made a decision in his heart.
"Ding! One against three, you acting tough was perfect, you won your first fight.
Congratulations! Young man, you received 5 Glory Points!"
Long Tian, having made his mind up, was about to turn and leave when he suddenly heard the system's mechanical voice in his mind once again.
His steps halted, he was shocked.
'What the hell is with this System? And Why does it sound off for some reason?'
He couldn't help but complain in his heart. He felt the system chose the wrong timing to say this.
'And why is it 5 Glory Points? Those were only three guys, from where I got 2 more Points?'
But soon Long Tian understood the reason.
Just now he noticed that his two neighbors in the rental apartment, a man and a woman in their twenties were standing on their balcony on the third floor and looking at him.
As they saw Long Tian looking at them, they subconsciously jolted as they quickly went inside their house.
If he recalled correctly, that man had previously used his size and age to intimidate him. But now, he probably won't try it again. This was an unexpected benefit.
"Congratulations, young man! You've earned your first Glory Points. This marks the beginning of your journey to become a world famous character.
Congratulations again! You've gained one chance to participate in a lottery.
Remember, life is all about gaining experiences but you just need Glory Points and once you reach a thousand Glory Points, you'll get another opportunity to enter the lottery."
"Lottery?"
Hearing the system's voice, Long Tian was stunned.
Soon, a huge slot machine appeared in front of him. He glanced at it for a while and looked around. He realized that nobody else but only him could see this machine in front of him. It made him sighed in relief.
If others were able to see it too then he probably would be in trouble.
Looking at it carefully, he realized that this slot machine is different compared to others. It has a screen with nine squares on it and a needle pointing at the bottom-middle square.
These nine squares were coloured differently. Three were dark, three were white, two were purple and the remaining one was blue. And each square has something written on it.
The three dark squares were empty.
The three white ones have "100,000 Yuan", "Lucky Encounter With A Beautiful Woman" and "10 Glory Points".
Obviously, these rewards seem the basic ones but only the '100,000 Yuan' caught Long Tian's eyes as for the other two, he really didn't care.
Then he looked at the blue square and it had a much better reward: "Advanced Mixed Martial Art Mastery."
As he read the content, his eyes shined brightly.
A good thing!
Just to know he has been a powerless man whether it was this life or the previous one. In fact, in his previous life he didn't know how to fight, except for using brute strength.
The matter with Jian wasn't over yet and if he managed to draw this reward, it would be a great aid to him.
Then, he shifted his gaze to the first purple square. It had a question mark symbol, so he chose to ignore it and then he focused on the second purple square.
As his gaze fell on this purple square, his eyes could not move away any longer.
Whether it was 'Advanced Mixed Martial Art Mastery' or '100,000 Yuan' they were thrown to the back of his mind.
All this because the reward mentioned in the purple box was just that enticing.
"A Chance To Become Rich Overnight," only these words were in his eyes.
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