"This egg is about to hatch. Junior Mu, make another campfire and add some fuel!"
"On it!"
"Heh heh, a Pal Egg this big—what do you think will hatch out of it..."
"Must be a legendary beast! This Pal Egg looks super rare!"
...
By the Pal Terminal, Zhong Yi, Zhou Qiaoling, and Mu Yawen kept circling the incubator, their words dripping with excitement, full of lively chatter.
Over on the other side, Zhou Yue had just finished having Qiwanwan help him assemble another incubator.
"Bah! A bunch of snobs! Judging a book by its cover!!!"
Zhou Yue muttered under his breath as he worked.
Originally, this incubator was meant for him. But the moment Zhou Qiaoling brought back that half-person-tall Pal Egg, Zhong Yi instantly betrayed him, telling Zhou Yue to go sit in the corner.
Once the incubator was finished, Zhou Yue, with a face full of resentment, placed his rough Pal Egg inside.
His Pal Egg was smaller—it only needed one minute to hatch.
As the seconds ticked down, Zhou Yue stared at the egg, which seemed to be throbbing with new life about to burst free, and murmured to himself:
"Everyone looks down on you, so you'd better prove them wrong!"
"I'm Zhou Yue, born a mortal, cursed with a calamitous fate... How many prodigies have fallen to my hands?"
"The beasts of this world are as mighty as mountains, as countless as the seas—yet in the end, aren't they still defeated by the tiny human race?"
"What bloodline, what talent, what size... I, Zhou Yue, refuse to believe in fate!"
"And you, my Pal—surely you too..."
Before Zhou Yue could finish, the Pal Egg in the incubator suddenly shook violently, cracks beginning to appear on its shell—clearly a newborn about to break out.
"You... you were actually moved by my words!?"
Zhou Yue was overjoyed, his heart pounding with excitement.
He had already saved a slot in his party in advance, ready to welcome the new life.
"Come on! Let them see—inside this ordinary Pal Egg, an extraordinary you is being born!!!"
"Splat—!!!"
The Pal Egg shattered with a loud crack.
A Mischief Cat bounced out of it.
Before it could even steady itself, its head aligned with one direction, and it wobbled straight ahead.
Then it dove headfirst into the feed box and started chowing down on wild berries like there was no tomorrow.
"You..."
Zhou Yue took a deep breath—this scene felt painfully familiar.
With trembling hands, he opened the party panel.
Four familiar traits:
[Cowardly] [Gluttonous] [Bottomless Stomach] [Addicted to Laziness]
Just then, a massive shadow suddenly blocked his vision.
Zhou Yue turned around, just in time to see a long-necked four-legged draconic beast with green leaves atop its head and flowers blooming on its back.
"Hahaha! Its name is Liangyelong—the eyes are so big and cute!! I love this design!"
"Let me see... whoa, level 5 Planting, level 5 Gathering, level 3 Mining? That's insane!! The Pals at our base all have level 1 skills..."
"Hmm, it looks pretty strong."
"No no no, I want it to fight alongside me, to protect me!"
...
The stark contrast at that moment stabbed deep into Zhou Yue's heart.
He dashed to the Pal Terminal in a single stride and hastily sent the Mischief Cat away.
Even as its form faded, the little rascal still stuffed two more wild berries into its mouth—making Zhou Yue's head spin just watching it.
"Get out!! Get out of my Pal Terminal!!!"
...
After watching the hatching commotion, the four went back to their own tasks.
Mu Yawen got the location of the giant Pal Egg from Zhou Qiaoling and decided to try her luck over there as well.
Zhou Qiaoling, meanwhile, found a new teleport point and was about to continue exploring.
"Old Zhong, what are you planning to do?"
Zhou Yue, all geared up, looked over at Zhong Yi.
"Now that I can finally fly, I'm thinking of checking out the farther regions."
Zhong Yi smiled, looking west toward a colossal volcanic mountain range shrouded in gray smoke from a thousand miles away, his eyes full of anticipation.
"And you, Old Zhou?"
"Me?"
Zhou Yue's mouth twitched as he turned and walked back the way he came.
"I'm going to hunt Mischief Cats!!!"
...
...
Zhou Qiaoling's figure appeared in a small settlement.
"Heh heh, good thing I'm the first one to find this place... folks, here~ I~ come~~"
Zhou Qiaoling grinned sneakily.
They were all veteran players of Minecraft.
What did a village mean?
It meant a bunch of unclaimed resources just sitting there for the taking.
If anyone else found out, they'd definitely want a piece of the pie, so Zhou Qiaoling chose to keep it secret, sneaking over all by herself to mooch around.
The small village was modest but fully equipped.
At the entrance was a ranch, with three plump Mozzarina, a Cattiva, and a Bush Deer inside.
There weren't many residents in the village, but every household kept a Pal.
In the center of the village, the old chief sat in his chair soaking up the sun, while a Flame Deer nearby was boiling water.
By the pond behind the village, a Teafant was giving a Mischief Cat its bath, pouring water over it.
The picture of humans and Pals living together was warm and harmonious.
Zhou Qiaoling circled the village, taking it all in, and finally returned to the village entrance.
"So poor..." she sighed.
The villagers clearly didn't have a habit of hoarding treasures, or they hid them really well.
Either way, she couldn't find any wooden chests or storage containers.
She couldn't even chisel away at the buildings.
If this were Minecraft, she wouldn't leave the villagers a single bed, and she'd count herself virtuous for tossing a few stones into the chests.
"This is about the only thing worth anything..."
Zhou Qiaoling stared at the sleeping Mozzarina, pulled out a Pal Sphere from her waist, and clicked her tongue.
These domesticated Pals gathered together and didn't scatter just because a human showed up—at least they were easier to catch.
"Heh heh! I want some beef~~"
Zhou Qiaoling happily tossed the Pal Sphere.
Unfortunately, the basic blue Pal Sphere didn't have a very high capture rate against Pals above level 10.
The Pal Sphere vibrated in the air a few times before falling to the ground.
The Mozzarina broke free from the sphere, instantly entering battle mode.
"Hmph! Little Pal, let's see where you can run~~"
Zhou Qiaoling remained calm and collected.
The Pals in her party now all had excellent stats—she had nothing to fear.
"Moo---"
The Mozzarina let out a long, loud cry.
"Yell all you want, no one's coming to save—... huh?"
Zhou Qiaoling froze mid-sentence.
Because the previously peaceful village suddenly lit up with a dense cluster of hostile markers.
Click. Click.
From behind her came the sound of countless magical rounds being chambered.
Zhou Qiaoling turned around bit by bit, and saw rows upon rows of level 40 Self-Defense Force soldiers clad in black, rifles raised, staring daggers at her.
At the same time, the words [Wanted: 1 Star] appeared above her head.
"Guys... a bite of beef isn't worth all this, right?"
"I won't eat it, I won't eat it!"
"Help!! They're killing me!!!"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
