Chapter 1

This is a vast, nameless mountain rarely visited by people. The fields and forests are lush with green grass and trees, and the drizzling rain from the sky makes the mountain even more verdant and full of vitality.

On the steep side of a mountain peak, there is a small cave at the bottom of a moss-covered rock wall, just large enough to accommodate one person.

Ning Yi is hiding here. His face is extremely pale, and his originally flowing long hair is now tangled in clumps, messily sticking to his face, which is undoubtedly handsome.

There is a wound on his straight nose that still seeps blood, and not only his nose, but also a two-inch-long, deep wound on his right cheek that reveals flesh.

In short, his originally handsome face is almost ruined.

However, this is not the worst part. At this moment, not only his face, but also his chest, abdomen, and elbows are covered with wounds. More critically, his legs have lost sensation and are completely immobile.

So he can only sit on the ground, his body huddled in the cave to avoid the rain, his numb legs sprawled outside the cave, drenched by the rain.

He has maintained this posture for a whole day!

Ning Yi blankly stares at the vines creeping down the rock wall, the water droplets on the vines sustaining his will to survive.

His gaze moves downward, and about four meters in front of him, there is a puddle. It was originally a pit where his body was buried.

It's too bizarre, this can't be possible!

He was clearly dead, having fallen from the top of a cliff about sixty to seventy meters high, landing on hard ground. Finding all the pieces of his body was already a miracle.

But bizarrely, he is certain he was 100% dead.

However, fate played a cruel joke on him. He didn't die, and a day ago, he mysteriously woke up, only to find himself buried in that pit.

His body was intact, except for his numb legs, which had a few more wounds.

Perhaps due to the rain washing away the soil and the shallow, loose earth covering his head, his face was exposed, and he discovered that his hands could move freely.

The instinct to survive made him struggle to crawl out of the pit and hide in this nearby cave to avoid the rain.

Of course, he is alive, but his legs are immobile, and his body is weak. It's truly a helpless situation, but that's not the worst part. The worst is yet to come.

He suddenly realized that his mind was filled with a lot of memories that didn't belong to him.

He clearly remembers that he was a professional manager in a large foreign-funded company, with dual master's degrees in computer science and economics, and at twenty-eight, he was at the peak of his career. Then, during a hiking trip, he came to Guanlong Mountain, and while taking a photo at the summit, he slipped and fell, ending his life.

But now, his mind clearly tells him that he is seventeen years old, a struggling high school senior, and in a few months, he will face the college entrance exam. However, a day ago, he was dragged into an alley by some thugs at the school gate, beaten up, put in a sack, and carried to this desolate mountain, where he was buried alive.

In addition, he has a miserable and wretched life story. Apart from his good looks, there is nothing remarkable about him.

If he had to describe it, his previous life, though he was an orphan, was like an iPhone 5S. Now, he is like a counterfeit iPhone 5S, or rather, a model with no functionality.

But never mind, these are not the most important things. The most important thing is that he is still alive, and his body and memories tell him that he is also called Ning Yi, and his appearance matches the memories.

Is it that he has crossed into someone else's body, or has someone else crossed into his?

Ning Yi thought for a whole day and night but found no answers. However, based on the clothes this person was wearing, it seems that his soul has taken over someone else's body.

The rain is still falling, but it has lessened. At this rate, if no one finds him, with his injuries and weak body, he can last at most three to four more days.

No, he has just come back to life, and he can't just starve to death.

Moreover, this world seems to be a modern society, but this wretched person doesn't even have a phone, so Ning Yi can't even call for help.

But to be honest, Ning Yi feels that even if this person could go back, it wouldn't be meaningful.

As more of the merged consciousness emerges, he quickly discovers that this person is truly deserving of his fate.

Though both are named Ning Yi and are handsome, this guy is so despicable that he can't even be described as a loser.

Academically, in a mock exam, he scored 145 out of 750, ranking second to last in the school. The last place was occupied by someone who was hospitalized and only took one exam.

Morally, this guy is also an orphan, and Ning Yi hasn't yet recovered his memories from before the age of fifteen. From the age of fifteen, starting high school, he was a complete delinquent, excelling in fighting, skipping classes, and cheating on exams. Almost no one in the class liked him.

You might say he's a loser, but he doesn't even have the self-awareness of a loser. Once, he climbed onto the gymnasium roof to peep at the class beauty changing clothes during a volleyball game and fell, nearly dying.

This kind of scum should have been expelled long ago, but according to the limited memories, Ning Yi was sent to this prestigious high school by a welfare institution. Though he was detestable, he wasn't completely insane, so the school decided to let him finish high school, regardless of whether he lived or died afterward, as he had no chance of getting into college.

This kind of life experience is unacceptable to Ning Yi, who has dual master's degrees.

In this situation, it might be better to die again.

So he just stayed there, for a whole day and night. Of course, he didn't waste the time. Besides gradually learning about this wretched person's tragic and miserable life, he also gained some understanding of this world.

In general, the technological level is similar to the Earth he came from, but the advanced weapons seem weaker. The biggest difference is that this world, called Water Blue Star, has no nuclear weapons.

The United States is still the world's dominant power, and the country where Ning Yi is, called Huaxia, has a larger economy than the United States but is relatively weaker militarily. Of course, the United States has no interest in provoking Huaxia.

Apart from that, the energy problem is not as severe.

As for other things, since Ning Yi is a loser, he doesn't know much.

However, he does know that about fifty to sixty years ago, some powerful families with mysterious abilities began to emerge on this planet. These families gradually dominated the politics, economy, and culture of the planet, and they are called Martial Arts Families.

These families, along with the business and political elites, rule the entire planet.

In short, ordinary people should avoid these powerful families as much as possible.

The high school Ning Yi attends, Nanling High School, has many children of these powerful families. This despicable person's greatest wish was to be a lackey for one of these young masters, but he couldn't even achieve that.

Ning Yi's intuition tells him that the reason this person was buried in the wilderness is that he offended a young master. The exact reason is unknown, but it seems to be related to a beautiful woman.

It's now noon, and according to Ning Yi's estimation, the rain should stop by the afternoon.

Once the rain stops, he will have to consider whether to crawl out of this cursed cave and find a way down the mountain, otherwise, staying here means certain death.

While he is thinking...

The sky suddenly darkens. Soon, the originally gray sky turns pitch black, like an overturned inkwell. Ning Yi, looking up at the dark sky, feels an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"Crack!" A pale lightning bolt tears through the suffocating darkness, instantly illuminating the earth.

Then a deafening thunderclap splits the sky above Ning Yi.

The earth brightens again, and a gray-brown object... well, to be precise, a person, falls from the sky and lands heavily in the puddle where he was buried yesterday.

"Splash!" A fan-shaped splash of muddy water hits Ning Yi.

Ning Yi stares in shock.

What the hell, this is not scientific! The person who fell from the sky is crawling out of the puddle, unharmed.

Then he stumbles to his feet.

Ning Yi looks at him. This guy must be at least fifty, with a disheveled appearance, even worse than his own.

The man nonchalantly looks up at the peak, shrugs, and then glances around, clearly spotting Ning Yi. He waves.

Damn! This world! Ning Yi's mind can't process it. Falling from such a height and standing up unharmed, and even acting cute?

"Kid..." The old man finally approaches, looks down at Ning Yi's legs, and smiles strangely. "Your legs are broken."

Even a blind person can see that! Ning Yi doesn't know how to respond to this old man, so he remains silent.

"Huh!" The old man suddenly exclaims, "That's not right, you're not human!"

Ning Yi glances at him, his heart racing. What the hell, am I dead?

Impossible!

He weakly retorts, "Old man, you're the one who's not human!"

"Hehe, you can still talk. Wait, let me think, are you from Earth?"

This shocks Ning Yi! How does he know?

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