Chapter 1

"Several decades after the dimensional storm, a large number of dimensional zones have appeared around the world. Many legendary dimensional beings, such as gods, immortals, ghosts, monsters, angels, demons, and fairies, have been discovered. Humans have gained their abilities by hunting these dimensional beings..." Yu Qiubai, whose hair was already gray, lectured while occasionally glancing at the corner of the last row of the classroom.

The other students were listening intently, but the boy in that corner used his textbook to shield himself as he slept on the desk, occasionally letting out a light snore.

Yu Qiubai shook his head slightly, unnoticed by others, and sighed inwardly: "What good is talent if one can't withstand a bit of adversity? How can one achieve great things? Although the failure was indeed a significant blow, to be so disheartened, he really doesn't deserve the praise of the old principal."

Yu Qiubai recalled the words the old principal said to him before retiring and looked at the boy who was sound asleep on the desk, drooling at the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Qiubai, in my life, I've seen many geniuses. Summarizing them, there are two types of geniuses," the old principal's eyes were very bright at that time.

"Which two types?" Yu Qiubai asked curiously at the time.

"One type of genius is Zhou Wen, and the other type is all the other geniuses."

The old principal's words left a deep impression on Yu Qiubai, but the student who was so highly praised by the old principal has now fallen into a state of not striving for progress, sleeping in class every day, and playing games on his phone after class.

Yu Qiubai had tried to inspire Zhou Wen to regain his ambition and reinvigorate himself, but after several conversations, Zhou Wen remained the same, sleeping in class and playing games after class, no longer diligently practicing, seemingly having lost all ambition.

"Ring, ring!"

As the bell rang, Yu Qiubai saw Zhou Wen, who had been sleeping on the desk, suddenly sit up with renewed energy, grab his phone, and rush out of the classroom without looking back, making him even more disappointed. He sighed to himself, "Old principal, I've done my best, but Zhou Wen is just an incapable person."

Zhou Wen ran quickly, soon leaving the teaching building and arriving at a secluded corner of the school.

Zhou Wen was not unaware of the strange looks from teachers and other students, but he paid no attention to them.

Others thought Zhou Wen was so disheartened by the failure that he had given up and fallen into decadence, but Zhou Wen himself knew very well that he had never taken that failure to heart. The reason for his "fall into decadence" was something others couldn't understand, and he couldn't explain it either.

Unlocking his phone screen, Zhou Wen skillfully tapped into a game called "Ant Nest." The phone screen quickly turned into a dark ant nest, with many black ants crawling through the winding tunnels.

Looking around to make sure no one was paying attention, Zhou Wen pricked his finger with a needle and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the phone screen.

In the next second, a strange scene unfolded. Zhou Wen's drop of blood penetrated the phone screen and coalesced into a small blood-colored figure within the game, with a data introduction next to it.

Zhou Wen: 16 years old.

Life Level: Mortal.

Strength: 9.

Speed: 5.

Stamina: 8.

Qi: 4.

Qi Technique: "Bitter Zen."

Qi Skill: None.

Qi Pet: None.

After the dimensional storm, various dimensional beings appeared, roughly divided into four levels: Mortal, Legendary, Epic, and Mythic. Humans are at the lowest level, Mortal, and can enhance their physical attributes and evolve their life level by practicing Qi techniques.

However, simply practicing Qi techniques to refine oneself evolves very slowly. Hunting dimensional beings and plundering their dimensional crystals for oneself can accelerate evolution.

However, the places where dimensional beings appear are extremely dangerous. Apart from areas already explored by humans, entering other areas is almost a death sentence, and not everyone is willing to risk their life.

Moreover, the Earth Federation has a clear regulation that minors are not allowed to enter dimensional zones.

The Qi technique Zhou Wen practiced, "Bitter Zen," is a method of refining Qi purely through hard practice without relying on any external forces.

In the Federation, there are many geniuses who can cultivate Qi at the age of sixteen, but like Zhou Wen, who does not rely on any external forces and only practices "Bitter Zen" to refine his physical body and cultivate Qi, there are probably very few in the entire Earth Federation, and in a small city like Guide, he is the only one in history.

At the time, all the teachers and students at Guide High School believed that Zhou Wen would surely achieve great things, but who knew that not long after, a transfer student came to Guide High School and challenged Zhou Wen, defeating him with just one move, and that student was a girl.

After that, Zhou Wen no longer practiced diligently and became "self-indulgent and decadent." Everyone thought Zhou Wen was psychologically fragile and couldn't handle the setback, but only Zhou Wen knew that his change had nothing to do with that failure; it was entirely because of the mysterious phone in his hand.

Zhou Wen looked down at his phone, continuously controlling the blood-colored figure to kill the black ants in the ant nest.

"Killed Mortal-level Strong Ant... Killed Mortal-level Strong Ant... Killed Mortal-level Strong Ant..."

Each time Zhou Wen killed an ant, a prompt would appear on the screen, with rows of prompts flashing quickly.

"Ching!"

After killing an unknown number of Strong Ants, he suddenly heard a clear sound, and a special prompt appeared on the screen: "Killed Mortal-level Strong Ant, discovered Qi crystal."

Zhou Wen focused his gaze and indeed saw that after killing a Strong Ant, a crystal clear, diamond-like crystal appeared, with the number 5 on it.

Zhou Wen's heart leaped with joy, and he quickly controlled the blood-colored figure to pick up the Qi crystal. The Qi crystal touched the blood-colored figure's finger and instantly transformed into a strange aura, entering the blood-colored figure's body.

At the same time, Zhou Wen felt a surge of power from the phone enter his body, like an electric shock, making his Qi quickly fill up.

The Qi value in the blood-colored figure's data changed from 4 to 5.

When dimensional beings are killed, there is a certain probability that they will drop various crystals, the most common being Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Qi crystals.

Using a Strength crystal can enhance human strength, using a Speed crystal can enhance speed, and other crystals have similar effects.

However, in reality, crystals do not display numbers, and humans cannot see their attribute values. After using a Strength crystal, one only knows that their strength has increased but doesn't know by how much.

The mysterious phone in Zhou Wen's hand not only allows him to obtain dimensional crystals in the game that others need to risk their lives in dimensional zones to get but also allows him to clearly see the values of himself, dimensional beings, and dimensional crystals.