noffsinger Chapter 1 Time Travel
Chapter 1 Time Travel
"I haven't slept this well in a long time!"
Ling Yunxiao got up and stretched, then was horrified to find that he wasn't in his dormitory. Instead, he was in a somewhat old one-room room. He hurriedly got up, realized his height was wrong, and rushed into the bathroom, where he saw a completely unfamiliar, gentle and handsome face in the mirror.
"I've time-traveled! Haha... Let whoever wants to write that damn thesis write it, I'm starting a new life."
Haha... God has opened his eyes!
Ling Yunxiao hummed a little tune as he walked out of the bathroom and heard a knock on the door. He smiled and went to open it.
"Dr. Ling, you said you performed six surgeries in a row when you came back late last night. I saw you were exhausted, so I specially steamed some meat buns for you this morning. Eat some before you go to sleep."
An elderly woman with a kind face was talking happily outside the door, carrying a bowl of meat soup and a few steamed buns.
Ling Yunxiao stiffly stepped aside, and after the old woman put the food down, she picked up a few sheets of paper from the table.
"Dr. Ling, this is my family's medical report. I'll take it home first! Thank you so much. The hospital is so considerate of its old neighbors like us..."
It wasn't until the old woman left that Ling Yunxiao came to his senses. He walked dejectedly to the desk and then desperately found a name tag.
"Ling Yunxiao, Chief Physician of Orthopedic Surgery."
His fingers trembled as he picked up the name tag, without even looking at the hospital's name.
"Damn! I went from being a medical student burning the midnight oil writing papers to a doctor who died from exhaustion after performing countless surgeries. It's a perfect closed loop. So, what's the point of living? What's the point of time travel anyway?"
Ling Yunxiao leaned back on the sofa, suddenly feeling utterly hopeless!
"No, I'm an adult now, I can quit my job. Damn it. I'd rather quit and wash dishes than be a doctor!"
Having found the will to live, he sprang to his feet, strode to the dining table, picked up a steamed bun, and showed it off.
His gaze inadvertently swept over the medical examination report on the table, and he suddenly looked up.
"Lin Qiye!"
Ling Yunxiao quickly flipped through the stack of reports. Unsurprisingly, the next page contained Yang Jin, and the next page contained Wang Fang. Excellent, Lin Qiye and his family of three were all present; the possibility of them sharing the same name was practically nonexistent.
Thinking of this, Ling Yunxiao called out softly:
"system!"
The surroundings were completely quiet, and the cheat code essential for time travel hadn't arrived yet.
So, he had entered the world of Godslayer and become an ordinary person without any special abilities? Clinging to a last glimmer of hope, Ling Yunxiao checked this body's work history and graduation certificate. Excellent, his education, work, and even his registered residence were all in Cangnan.
Life has already begun its countdown! It's a matter of whether we'll be killed by some sudden, bizarre event first, or work diligently until the miracle disappears and we all die together.
Ling Yunxiao couldn't eat anymore, once again sinking into a despairing state of mind, wondering what the point of living was. He desperately closed his eyes, trying to grasp the contents of the book, but no matter how he tried, he couldn't make heads or tails of it. Cangnan would disappear with the end of the miracle. The 100,000 people of Cangnan City would vanish into thin air.
"My child, how could you be so desperate?"
A clear, ethereal female voice rang out.
Ling Yunxiao opened his eyes and found himself in a pitch-black space. The figure that had spoken earlier was floating in mid-air. It had a human body and a snake tail, seven arms behind its back, and two hands holding a serpent in front of its chest. Its eyes were so kind and peaceful, and it had a glowing light around it, making it particularly dazzling in the darkness.
With just that one glance, Ling Yunxiao unconsciously thought of a phrase: "God loves the world."
He withdrew his gaze, knelt down in surprise, but inwardly he was complaining.
"I never thought that the cliché of being a descendant of Nuwa, which even fantasy dramas are reluctant to use these days, would actually happen to me."
"Nuwa? I am not the Empress Nuwa. You are a descendant of the Houtu tribe. I sensed the shattering of the Six Paths of this world and the peril facing humanity. I summoned you from afar. You should call me the Ancestral God. Now that you are here, are you willing to become my representative according to the laws of this world?"
"Ancestral God, I do!"
Ling Yunxiao's eyes immediately lit up; the person before him was an ancient god from the primordial era. If he possessed His strength, all the strange phenomena and ancient god cults would be nothing but clay chickens and dogs. Even facing the Khrushchev forces head-on, he wouldn't be afraid.
"What should I do?"
“I will awaken the power of your witch clan bloodline. As long as you collect enough life and death power, you will be able to open the complete cycle of the six realms of reincarnation.”
As Houtu came to life, Ling Yun felt a warm current flowing through his body, and his strength and speed increased significantly. A progress bar also appeared under Houtu's illusory image, currently at 1% completion for some unknown reason.
"This book can collect the power of life and death; please keep it safe."
Having acquired an ancient scroll, Ling Yunxiao, being a Chinese and a fan of online novels, raised his head without the slightest hesitation:
"Ancestral God, where is the pen? The Book of Life and Death is unusable without the Judge's Pen!"
"Oh? You actually know the name of this book. It's just that your strength is not enough right now; it's already quite difficult for you to even turn a page. Once you have enough strength, the Judge's Pen will appear naturally."
Alright, your time here is up. Go back now!
Ling Yunxiao felt a wave of dizziness and sat up again. He then realized that he was still at home, and the steamed buns on the table were still warm. He looked around but couldn't find the Book of Life and Death, nor did he feel any changes.
"So? That was just my imagination, and there's no Book of Life and Death at all?"
Ling Yunxiao sighed, and an ancient book appeared in his hand as he finished speaking.
Turn the page to open it automatically, and the content of the first page will immediately come into view.
"Living Towards Death: Slaying the supernatural allows you to absorb and store death energy. Using death energy can revive those whose lifespan has not yet ended, provided that the deceased's soul remains intact and their body is relatively complete."
Ling Yunxiao read the contents of the first page and naturally learned the skill.
He immediately thought of An Qingyu in the mid-game. If the two of them coordinated well and had enough death energy, then they would be an armory! And all of them would be super soldiers who could withstand attacks and fight, making it difficult for them to die.
He then shook his head with a wry smile. There was no such thing as a good thing. If the Book of Life and Death were so powerful, why would the gods of China destroy their own cultivation and turn into national guardian monuments?
Forgetting to continue eating his steamed buns, Ling Yunxiao picked up the medical report on the table. He was going to visit his neighbor, who was his favorite male protagonist in online novels in recent years.
"Bang bang bang..."
After a gentle knock, a middle-aged woman's soft voice came from inside.
"Ah Jin, go see who it is."
Soon, the door opened, and a bright, smiling young man appeared before Ling Yunxiao.
"Dr. Ling, it's you."
"Yes, I'm bringing you the medical reports, Aunt Wang. Don't worry, the two children are very healthy. Just one thing, you should pay attention to these minor health issues of yours, and don't overwork yourself."
As they were talking, Ling Yunxiao had already entered the house and found that Lin Qiye was not home. Since he didn't know the exact time, he didn't think much of it; judging from the atmosphere of the house, Qiye probably hadn't gone to join the army yet.