Chapter 1

In the Huaguo region, Suzhou City.

Above the city, steel-armored birds and eagles were soaring in the sky. Their wings were adorned with special police emblems, and their sharp eyes surveyed the city. To them, the vast city of Suzhou was like a small village.

On the ground, an electrician was climbing a utility pole for maintenance, and beside him floated a silver, single-eyed mechanical magnet sprite.

Magnezone!

The Magnezone used its magnetic force to levitate and handed the maintenance tools to the electrician, who smiled slightly, grateful for the Magnezone's help.

About 100 meters away, in a department store, a young boy walked out and leisurely made his way to the nearby bus stop, where he found a "shared Doodly."

He took out his phone and scanned the QR code on the Doodly to make the payment. The Doodly then bent down to let the boy mount it.

The shared Doodly, like shared bicycles, is distributed at various stations throughout the city.

Doodly, a running ostrich-type sprite, is tamed and trained through wild capture or hatching from a breeding house egg. It is then rented out as a temporary riding sprite for people to use when they go out.

The shared Doodly, due to its low-carbon travel concept, is under the benevolent observation of the Trainer Association.

...

Two hundred years ago, sprites, as a unique form of life, appeared in the real world. Initially, humans were very cautious about these unknown creatures, even resorting to force to drive them away.

However, over two centuries, the relationship between humans and sprites has evolved from mutual slaughter to peaceful coexistence.

In this era of sprites, they have successfully integrated into human society, becoming important companions in various professions, and humans and sprites live in harmony...

...

"Mom, I'm going to school!"

Bai Xu pushed open the door, backpack on his back, a piece of bread in his mouth, and ran towards the school, with a small sprite following behind him.

"Charmeleon—!!"

The sprite following Bai Xu had the appearance of a fighting rooster, with a body composed of light yellow and orange, and sharp white claws.

Since this rooster stands on two legs and can spout scorching flames, the neighbors call it a "walking fire chicken"...

Although the nickname is quite amusing, this sprite, with its fire and fighting attributes, is recognized as very powerful.

Both Bai Xu's classmates and neighbors believe this sprite will achieve great things in the future.

"Almost forgot, I need to check in today."

While running, Bai Xu slid his backpack from his shoulder to his arm and took out a blue-framed glasses from it.

"Charmeleon, take care of the backpack."

Bai Xu tossed the backpack to Charmeleon, who acknowledged and caught it, then put it on.

Bai Xu put on the blue-framed glasses and lightly tapped a small button on the left frame.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in today! You have received a daily reward: a common quality red energy cube. Please check it."

Bai Xu tapped the button again, and through the glasses, a faint, semi-transparent blue screen appeared.

Bai Xu slid the daily reward into his backpack.

Rewards obtained through check-ins can be stored.

Running on the street while looking at something else is dangerous, so Bai Xu slowed down his pace, changing from running to walking slowly.

Bai Xu lightly tapped the "check-in progress" in the upper left corner of the screen, and a row of text quickly appeared—

Loading...

Two seconds later, the check-in progress was displayed.

[Host's Check-in Progress]:

Daily Check-in: 1/1 (Today's reward has been issued)

Weekly Check-in: 6/7

Monthly Check-in: 27/31

Quarterly Check-in: 27/120

Annual Check-in: 27/366

Decade Check-in (10 years): 27/3652

Looking at the data on the blue screen, Bai Xu was deep in thought.

In fact, Bai Xu is not from this world; he is from another parallel world.

However, the original owner of this body is also named Bai Xu, and his parents look very similar.

The two worlds can be considered parallel universes.

In the original world, Bai Xu was also a high school sophomore. During the summer vacation in July, he went on a trip with his parents.

But on that day, tragedy struck. A drunk truck driver collided with Bai Xu's family car, resulting in a severe accident, and all three members of the Bai family met with misfortune.

Meanwhile, in the sprite era, Bai Xu acted bravely at a traffic light intersection, pushing a little girl who had run a red light out of harm's way.

Although his act of bravery was commendable, Bai Xu was severely injured and was rushed to the hospital.

Although his life was saved, Bai Xu became a vegetative state patient.

He lay in this state for half a year without any signs of waking up, causing his parents to shed countless tears, but they still believed he would eventually wake up.

It seemed that fate had a twist. On January 1st of the following year, the Bai Xu from the other world, who should have died in the accident, transmigrated into the body of the sprite era Bai Xu!

With the same appearance and similar personality, even his parents were the same!

However, the entire world was completely different from his original world!

In this era, the "sprites" that only existed in anime were actually real!

This strange fate left Bai Xu bewildered, but the comatose Bai Xu suddenly woke up, and the news spread quickly.

After half a year, Bai Xu's parents in the sprite era finally smiled again.

Although he had woken up, he still needed a period of observation.

Perhaps due to reading too many novels in his previous life, Bai Xu had a strong ability to accept new things.

While in the hospital, Bai Xu found a book and began to seriously study this world.

The history of the sprite era in the past 200 years was the same as his original world, but after the appearance of sprites, the future history changed dramatically.

Bai Xu also found several new policies in the Huaguo region—

The Code of Ethics for Professional Trainers, The Youth Trainer Law, and the prohibition of engaging in [beep]! relationships with opposite-sex sprites before the age of 20...

The last policy made Bai Xu think, but what he was most concerned about was The Youth Trainer Law.

This policy states that when a youth turns 16, usually during the summer vacation of their sophomore year, their parents can pay a certain tax to the local breeding house to obtain their initial sprite.

The college entrance exam also includes sprite battles.

Bai Xu and the sprite era Bai Xu were the same age, both sophomores, but coincidentally, the sprite era Bai Xu was on his way to the breeding house to choose a sprite when he had the accident...

When he woke up again, it was already January of the following year!

He was half a year behind other trainers!

The most critical issue was that the college entrance exam did not allow retakes, as retakers would have an extra year to train their sprites, which would be unfair, so retakes were canceled.

Bai Xu had watched many episodes of "Pokémon" and was familiar with the game, but even with more theoretical knowledge than his peers, he was still half a year behind in training time.

Bai Xu was not confident enough to dominate everything.

When Bai Xu woke up, his best friend and classmate, Yang Yu, came to congratulate him.

Their friendship was as strong in both worlds, but Bai Xu learned from Yang Yu that—

After the start of the second semester, around early March, the school would hold the final selection for the school team members!

Although Bai Xu did not attend a prestigious high school, it was still a good one in Suzhou. Being a school team member would provide excellent benefits, such as guidance from top trainers and access to resources, which would help students perform better on the college entrance exam.

Bai Xu was already half a year behind others, and if he did not become a school team member, his future would be very challenging!

His family was not wealthy, just an ordinary one, and with fewer resources and half a year less training time than his peers...

A series of challenges faced Bai Xu.

The game was already set at the hardest difficulty, and Bai Xu almost cried...

But it seemed...

This world did not abandon Bai Xu!

On the third day of his arrival, Bai Xu woke up to find a blue-framed glasses on his bedside table!

Both Bai Xu and the sprite era Bai Xu were nearsighted, though mildly, and he was used to wearing glasses when reading.

The moment he put on the blue-framed glasses, something magical happened, and the glasses suddenly emitted a mechanical voice!

At first, he was confused, but with the guidance of the mechanical voice and the "help function" provided by the glasses, it took him half an hour to understand the special ability of the glasses!

It had an extraordinary ability—

A check-in reward system!

Through the "help function," Bai Xu quickly understood the check-in reward system.

The check-in reward system is divided into time and location modes.

The time reward mode is similar to what he just experienced. By pressing the button on the left frame, he can check in.

The time is divided into six stages:

Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual, and Decade!

As the levels increase, the rewards become more abundant, but the specific rewards are not disclosed. Bai Xu can only unlock them through check-ins.

The location mode involves checking in at a special environment to receive relevant rewards.

Through the "help function," Bai Xu learned that the rewards seem to be randomly selected based on the environment, but he was not sure what the special environment was.

However, he had a bold guess that the special environment might be the special space that appeared with the arrival of sprites—secret realms!

When sprites first appeared in the real world, they resided in "secret realms."

Secret realms have merged with real-life scenes, and if there is a special location in this world, it is most likely a secret realm.

However, at Bai Xu's current trainer level, he does not have the qualifications to explore secret realms.

Although secret realms are special spaces, it does not mean that there are no special places in big cities; Bai Xu just hasn't discovered them yet.

...

"Charmeleon, buy me a bottle of water."

Bai Xu closed the screen and took two coins from his pocket, asking Charmeleon to buy mineral water from a nearby vending machine.

"Charmeleon!"

Charmeleon nodded, picked up the coins with its beak, and looked to the left, then quickly ran off.

At the same time, a car drove by, keeping pace with Charmeleon.

The car was not particularly fast, but it easily overtook Charmeleon.

In a short while, Charmeleon was already over 100 meters behind.

However...

After running for a while, Charmeleon's strong legs began to emit a blue glow!

The blue glow enveloped Charmeleon's legs, and its speed... increased by a notch!

It quickly caught up with the car, and Charmeleon continued to run, the blue glow appearing again!

Charmeleon was now running at an incredible speed!

With a whistling sound, it passed by bicycles and even overtook the speed-loving Doodly, running alongside the car!

"Wow! Mom, look, what a fast chicken!!"

Charmeleon's speed caught everyone's attention, and they were all amazed by its speed.

Charmeleon inserted the coins into the vending machine, and a bottle of mineral water rolled out.

Charmeleon brought the water back to Bai Xu.

Bai Xu did not immediately take the water but instead stared at Charmeleon and tapped the button on the right frame of the glasses!

Instantly, a blue, semi-transparent screen appeared before Bai Xu's eyes.

The screen displayed Charmeleon's various data!

Sprite: Charmeleon

Attributes: Fire + Fighting

Ability: Acceleration!

Gender: Male

Level: Common

Status: Good (No abnormalities)

Evaluation: Healthy, with great growth potential. With proper training, it will become a very powerful sprite.

The left button on the glasses frame shows the check-in reward system, while the right button displays the sprite's basic data!

Generally, a sprite egg is an unknown life form, and its type can be observed through the egg's characteristics.

However, the ability and growth potential cannot be observed!

But with the blue-framed glasses, Bai Xu could display the basic data of the sprite egg, though it only worked for eggs about to hatch, not for newly hatched sprites.

After being discharged from the hospital, Bai Xu went to the breeding house to choose a sprite. Using this ability, he successfully selected a very powerful Firelizard with excellent growth potential and ability!

The Acceleration ability increases speed over time!

This is an extremely rare ability, and Bai Xu searched through four breeding houses in the area, finding only three Firelizards with the Acceleration ability.

Bai Xu's Charmeleon evolved from the third Firelizard he found.

At the time, Bai Xu only knew about the Acceleration ability but did not investigate further for growth potential.

The reason was simple: first impression!

The moment he saw the Firelizard, Bai Xu made his decision.

It turned out that Charmeleon did not disappoint Bai Xu. The two quickly grew, and by the end of the semester, the Firelizard successfully evolved into Charmeleon!

Charmeleon, with its powerful abilities, quickly made Bai Xu one of the top three in his class!

Many were amazed, knowing that Bai Xu had only been training his sprite for less than a month. If given half a year, he would be unstoppable!

Everyone praised Bai Xu and Charmeleon, but both knew it was far from enough!

So far, Bai Xu has only completed daily and weekly check-ins.

Daily rewards are mainly fruits and energy cubes.

Weekly rewards seem to be primarily common skill discs and items.

Common skill discs include some status-changing skills and attacks with power below 90.

Bai Xu received skill discs three times for his weekly check-ins. To an ordinary person, this would be a significant wealth, but his competitors were school team members!

Most school team members are either naturally talented trainers or come from wealthy families that can provide resources.

Most are the latter, and if their families can provide resources, would they lack common skill discs?

Obviously not. Bai Xu's weekly rewards only brought him to the same level as the school team members, but the time difference was still a significant challenge!

Honestly, Bai Xu felt a bit guilty towards the sprite era Bai Xu. Although they had many similarities, no two leaves are exactly the same. He was essentially taking over someone else's life.

It's not that Bai Xu's transmigration would prevent the sprite era Bai Xu from waking up, but that was not a reason.

Bai Xu could not repay his kindness, and he knew that high-growth potential sprites like the starter sprites were very expensive.

Now, his only goal was to live on his behalf and take good care of his parents.

Bai Xu was an only child, and his parents were ordinary people. They did not want Bai Xu to follow in their footsteps, so they decided to pay extra to ensure he could get a very good sprite, to help him stand on his own in society.

Bai Xu was very grateful to them.

Bai Xu knew that if he wanted to take care of his parents, he needed to do well on the college entrance exam, study hard, and prepare for the future.

He did not want them to overwork, at least not to the point where they had to pay for his wedding.

That was his goal.

Reopening the "check-in progress," Bai Xu sighed as he looked at the monthly check-in.

"I hope to get a golden legendary."

Daily and weekly check-ins could not close the gap with the wealthy, so he could only hope that the monthly check-in would bring a substantial reward.

Some might think the monthly check-in is not enough, but there is still the quarterly check-in before the college entrance exam.

However, by then, he would already be far behind. Unless the quarterly check-in is a bug reward, it is only the third-to-last check-in reward. If it were a bug, it would be the decade check-in!

Looking at the numbers on the screen, Bai Xu sighed.

There are only four days left until the monthly check-in. What kind of reward will it be...

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