A Century Later

Chapter 1 A Century Later

A messy bedroom, on a wooden bed.

"My head hurts so much!!!"

"I… am still alive?"

Ye Tian's chaotic thoughts slowly cleared, and memories of before surfaced in his mind one by one.

At the same time, a brand-new memory fused with his Soul.

"So I underwent Transmigration!"

He gave a wry smile. This body was not his, but belonged to a teenager with the same name as him.

He came from the era of 2019, but now it was 2119, also known as Year 100 of the Origin Era.

In other words, he had come to an era a hundred years later.

The era a hundred years later was also known as the Origin Qi Era, and also called the Talent Era.

Ye Tian digested the information about this past century in his mind one by one.

In early 2019, many Spatial Rifts appeared on Earth, and countless Vicious Beasts poured out from the Spatial Rifts. Humanity suddenly fell from the top of the food chain, lingering at death's door under the ferocious might of the Vicious Beasts.

Facing the Vicious Beasts, humanity tried to eliminate them with thermal weapons, but a mysterious substance appeared between heaven and earth, later called Origin Qi by people. This Origin Qi destroyed the structure of thermal weapons, preventing them from exerting their due effects, and even the ultimate weapon, the nuclear bomb, became scrap metal.

Humanity suddenly entered the cold weapon era, and weak humans relying on cold weapons were hardly opponents for the Vicious Beasts.

Fortunately, the Vicious Beasts that had just entered Earth were all low-level Vicious Beasts, which gave humanity a chance to survive.

Through the research of many scientists, humanity discovered that the newly appeared mysterious substance on Earth could be utilized by humans, and thus a brand-new profession emerged—

Martial Artist!

Tempering the Physique, absorbing Origin Qi, and breaking human limits—only then could one be a Martial Artist.

At the same time, human talents were unlocked.

A small portion possessed talent, and the most common one was Cultivation Talent. Cultivation Talent determined the ultimate achievement a person could reach. Besides Cultivation Talent, there were other talents, such as blade talent, Flame Talent, ice talent, and so on.

Relying on talents and Martial Artists, humanity gradually became able to contend with Vicious Beasts, but most areas on Earth were occupied by Vicious Beasts, with only a very small portion occupied by humans, where survival bases were established one after another.

It is worth mentioning that today's Earth is far more massive than before; it seems that under the influence of Origin Qi, Earth expanded hundreds of times.

"Origin Qi, talent, Vicious Beasts, what a wonderful world!"

Ye Tian took a deep breath and then smiled.

Perhaps coming to this era was not bad for him either.

But soon, his expression turned heavy.

"Spatial Rifts appeared, Origin Qi descended, and a very small number of people on Earth awakened their talents on the night Origin Qi descended. Cultivation Talent is innate and does not need to be awakened, but other talents can be awakened Acquired. However, for the people of Earth at that time, talent Awakening was not a good thing, but a disaster. Without a matching powerful Physical Body, talent Awakening was courting death. According to records, at that time, many humans had their Physical Body destroyed by the powerful force brought by talent Awakening, either dying or becoming crippled."

"It seems that at that time, because I awakened some inexplicable talent, my entire body… exploded!"

Ye Tian could be certain that at that time, he had absorbed countless Origin Qi, causing his whole body to explode and thus leading to death.

"What kind of talent did I awaken back then, actually causing my body to explode? Although humans a hundred years ago suddenly awakened talents because their bodies had not adapted to Origin Qi, even if other people could not withstand the power brought by talent Awakening, at most they would bloat to death or become crippled. One can imagine that the talent I awakened must be extremely Heaven-Defying. It is a pity that after Transmigration, it is impossible to know what that talent was!"

Ye Tian felt quite regretful.

After sorting out the information from his past life and this era, Ye Tian slowly examined his current body.

This body was a fifteen-year-old body. Placed in the Origin Qi Era, it was the period of just starting to Cultivate.

Before the age of fifteen, the body was not fully developed and not very suitable for Cultivation, unless some large Family utilized precious treasures to catalyze the body's growth, allowing Cultivation in advance.

It can be said that fifteen is a golden age. Once past the age of twenty, if one were to Cultivate then, even with very high talent, future achievements would be very limited.

"Fortunately, it's not the body of an old man, otherwise I would be in miserable shape."

"That's not right…"

Ye Tian's expression suddenly changed drastically.

He finally remembered something from his memory, which was the talent of this body.

The talent of this body was very low, very low!

Weak-grade talent!

In this era, the most important talent was Cultivation Talent. From low to high, Cultivation Talent was divided into weak-grade talent, inferior-grade talent, Elementary, Medium-tier, and High-grade talent. It is rumored that above High-grade talent there were even higher talents, but that was not a secret Ye Tian could know.

Anyone who reached the age of fifteen could purchase a Talent Stone to check their talent, limited to Cultivation Talent. Other talents required specialized attribute talent stones to be viewed.

After reaching fifteen, the previous owner excitedly went to buy a Talent Stone to check his talent in his room, only to find out he was a weak-grade talent. In despair, pent-up anger struck his heart and he died on the spot, which benefited the transmigrated Ye Tian.

"Damn it, weak-grade talent. This is the trashiest Cultivation Talent, there is no hope of even becoming a Martial Artist!"

Ye Tian was also in despair.

Martial Apprentice and Martial Artist were the first two Realms of Cultivation, but Martial Apprentice was not truly a Realm. Only a Martial Artist was considered the true first Realm. Possessing a thousand catties of strength allowed one to become a Martial Artist.

But wanting to become a Martial Artist, the minimum restriction was inferior-grade talent. Inferior-grade talent was one level higher than weak-grade talent, but throughout one's life, one would at most barely become an Early Stage Martial Artist. Generally speaking, inferior-grade talent at least gave a glimmer of hope; once someone became a Martial Artist, even an Early Stage Martial Artist, they could be considered a big shot, overriding ordinary people.

But weak-grade talent was awkward; even if one Cultivated for a lifetime, they would still be a Martial Apprentice. This was the restriction of talent.

"If only talent could be changed!"

Ye Tian comforted himself.

"Dong dong dong!!!"

Waves of knocking sounds rang out.

"Older brother, are you inside?"

A slightly childish girl's voice came from outside the door.

Ye Tian knew that was his younger sister in this lifetime, Ye Yu, who was thirteen years old this year.

Ye Tian opened the bedroom door and saw a cute girl who looked like a porcelain doll.

"Older brother, how is your talent?"

Ye Yu asked with great curiosity.

Talent was everyone's secret. Unless they were close relatives, if others asked, it was a provocation. After all, no matter what, nobody wanted their talent to be known by others. For example, some people with high talents, once their specific talent was known by others, might attract assassinations.

In this world, such things had happened before.

Therefore, no one was allowed to inquire about anyone else's talent.

However, Ye Tian naturally would not blame his younger sister.

"Xiaoyu, my talent is very good, and in the future, I will definitely be able to become a great Martial Artist!"

Ye Tian gazed at Xiaoyu and smiled slightly, but the smile was filled with bitterness.

But the next moment.

His pupils constricted, and he was shocked!

A virtual screen appeared on his retina.

Human: Ye Yu

Cultivation Talent: Inferior

Ice Talent: Elementary (Unawakened)