Chapter 1

The spring in Tangshui City was still very cold, with the wind howling like sharp blades.

In a bathroom of an apartment building, water had completely filled the bathtub and was continuously spilling out. The floor and walls were drenched, but the faucet was still running loudly.

Suddenly, a strange ripple emerged from the bathtub, and a golden, strange humanoid creature appeared in the water as if it had walked out of the void!

"Water? Earth-like planet?" The strange being cupped some water and exclaimed, "This is... Earth? How is that possible?"

"It's been thirty million years, and Earth is still the same... Accessing primary memory from Memory Bank 1... Environmental comparison... Time confirmation... What? Only three days have passed?"

Looking at the environment identical to that of thirty million years ago, Li Yi's heart was boiling with emotion.

The flow of time differs between different universes. Three days ago on Earth, Li Yi was swept away by a rare spatial turbulence in this bathroom and transported to another universe.

In that universe, technology was extraordinarily advanced. Li Yi, who knew nothing, started as a street vagrant and gradually rose to power, eventually standing at the pinnacle of the universe and becoming its emperor!

Unfortunately, the prosperous universe attracted the covetous gaze of void monsters. Not long ago, a large number of monsters tore through the fabric of that universe, causing it to collapse and revert to a singularity. Li Yi, relying on his supreme abilities, escaped into the temporal turbulence, thus avoiding the fate of being destroyed along with the universe!

And now, he had returned to Earth!

The scenes from Memory Bank 1 flashed rapidly through his mind. This was his earliest memory and his most precious treasure. Since becoming the emperor, this memory had been sealed deep in his mind, and he never expected it to resurface!

"Home! I'm actually home! Earth, it's so good... Wait!"

The rapidly clarifying memories from Memory Bank 1 quickly helped Li Yi understand the current situation.

Before his穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "transmigration" or "time travel"), he was in a very dire situation!

Li Yi's father was an ordinary researcher at an institute. One day, on his way home from work, he witnessed a gruesome crime.

A young man was stabbed to death by a woman with a fruit knife!

A murder in broad daylight!

After the crime, no one dared to testify for the victim, except for Li Yi's father, who bravely identified the murderer!

Immediately after, Li Yi's father received threats, warning him that if he testified for the victim, he would be killed. However, Li Yi's father had a strong sense of justice and became even more determined!

The next day, a speeding truck hit and killed Li Yi's father, and the driver fled the scene!

Subsequently, the murder case was classified as a mystery by the police due to the lack of witnesses, and the murderer went free!

Li Yi was convinced that his father's death was related to the murderer and, in a fit of rage, bound her to this apartment, intending to destroy her along with himself!

Before his transmigration, he was torturing the murderer!

Pushing open the bathroom door, Li Yi immediately saw a girl with numerous injuries lying motionless on the bed.

"Primitive low-level carbon-based life form, vital signs present!" A wave of consciousness entered Li Yi's mind, relieving him.

"Thank goodness, she's still alive."

Initially, in his rage, Li Yi had planned to slowly torture the murderer to death, but he was unexpectedly transported. It seemed she had a strong will to live, as she was still breathing after three days.

"Is anyone home? There's a leak downstairs!"

Suddenly, a knock on the door was followed by a man's loud voice.

Li Yi glanced at the flooded bathroom, turned off the faucet, and was about to go out to explain, but then he paused!

The person outside was not from the property management; it was the police!

It seemed that after the murderer had been missing for three days, the police had found clues and traced them to this door!

"These guys don't investigate the cases they should, but they react quickly to the ones they shouldn't!" Li Yi sneered coldly and pointed at the girl on the bed, saying, "Transform: Cat!"

A miracle occurred.

The girl, who was on the verge of death, visibly shrank, and her body grew fur, transforming into a black cat with black fur!

"Body adjusting to the original form, muscles softening, skin regaining elasticity..."

With a thought, Li Yi's golden body also began to normalize. He became a robust young man with fair skin, exuding youthful vitality from head to toe, except for his deep, unfathomable eyes.

Suddenly, Li Yi's brows furrowed deeply as he sensed a dimensional fluctuation!

The entire Earth's dimension was becoming unstable!

This was a low-level three-dimensional dimension, and using void energy would interfere with the dimensional rules, causing instability. If it continued, it could lead to a dimensional collapse!

"Damn, I was careless; I can't use void energy here!"

Primitive carbon-based life forms obtain energy through oxidation, which is one of the lowest and most gentle forms of energy production.

At a higher level, atomic energy, known as nuclear energy, is used, from the sun's burning to the explosion of atomic bombs.

Above nuclear energy is annihilation energy, which is produced by the annihilation reaction between matter and antimatter.

Above annihilation energy is strange energy.

Above strange energy is void energy.

Li Yi had struggled for thirty million years in another universe, and his body had undergone thousands of enhancements. The energy used by the mitochondria in his cells was no longer the primitive oxidation energy but void energy.

Unfortunately, the universe where Earth was located was a primitive three-dimensional dimension that could not withstand the advanced void energy. Just a little use of it to transform the girl into a cat and adjust his appearance back to its original form had caused the entire universe to tremble!

"Immediately stop void energy conversion, activate annihilation energy!" Li Yi commanded his body.

"Warning: Once void energy conversion stops, you will lose all abilities. Annihilation energy is an emergency system that can only maintain the lowest level of organ activity. Do you want to stop immediately?"

"Stop!"

"All void energy conversion has stopped, body functions are decreasing..."

Feeling all his cells gradually losing vitality, Li Yi shook his head helplessly.

If it were another low-dimensional universe, he wouldn't mind letting it collapse, but this was his home, and he didn't want everything to turn to nothing.

"It seems I'll have to wait until I can gradually strengthen the universe and expand its dimensions to restart void energy and regain my original strength. No problem, even without any abilities, no one on Earth can harm me with this body!"

Indeed, Li Yi's body, though seemingly ordinary, was invulnerable to any threat on Earth. Even a nuclear bomb would leave him unscathed. In the previous universe, he often explored the interiors of stars, meaning he could thrive even inside the sun.

Opening the door, Li Yi saw five police officers with guns standing outside, their faces grim.

"Hey, officers, you're now dealing with house leaks? That's quite a stretch, can you handle it?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"Cut the crap. We now suspect you are involved in a kidnapping case. This is a search warrant; we are going to search your house!"

The lead, fat officer looked at Li Yi with disdain, as if he were looking at a dead man. His informant had clearly told him that the girl had been brought into this room!

According to the criminal law, kidnapping someone as a hostage carries a sentence of more than ten years in prison or life imprisonment, along with fines or confiscation of property. The young man had kidnapped someone with significant influence, so he was doomed!

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