In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 5: The root systems of all things are different, but the highest level encompasses them all into one.
"Tuk-tuk!"

Is Xie Lingxin here?

My thoughts were in turmoil when a knock on the door interrupted me.

Although she was mentally exhausted, the feeling was somewhat addictive, which made Xie Lingxin a little annoyed: "Who is it!"

I jumped out of bed and opened the door.

"Officer Su? What brings you here?"

"Just woke up?" Seeing Xie Lingxin's tired and dissatisfied expression, Su Li assumed he was still sleeping and was just being grumpy after being woken up.

He waved his hand and said, "I already told you, don't call me a police officer. I'm not a policeman, I'm just a sanitation worker."

"..."

Xie Lingxin paused for a second: "Okay, Officer Su."

Su Li rolled her eyes and got straight to the point: "You left in a hurry yesterday, and there's something I didn't have time to tell you."

Xie Lingxin thought only a short while had passed, but Su Li's words surprised him.

yesterday?

I only visualized it a dozen times, but it took me a whole day and night to do it?
Looking around the house, I saw that Old Xie had stayed out all night again.

Ever since his wife secretly took away their youngest son and they divorced, Xie Dongshan has devoted himself to the school, perhaps trying to numb himself in this way.

Although he still cares for his predecessor, the predecessor's sensible nature from a young age has made him increasingly carefree.

It's common for students to stay at school for a day or two without going home.

Su Li said, "If you have nothing else to do, come back to the Environmental Protection Bureau with me. We can talk on the way. Don't worry, it's a good thing."

"okay."

"But Officer Su, you could have just made a phone call. Why bother coming in person?"

"I happen to be running errands nearby, so it won't be a hassle."

Seeing this, Xie Lingxin didn't ask any more questions and followed Su Li to another strange place.

Like a puppet, I underwent numerous examinations using all sorts of strange instruments.

Then Su Li drove him back again.

"You must be really feeling cooped up, right?"

Su Li smiled and, before Xie Lingxin could ask, handed her a card: "You have a cell phone, right? There's some information on this. Our captain asked me to give it to you. You'll understand once you've read it."

"The place I'm taking you to today is to test your 'root qualities' (innate abilities). If your 'root qualities' meet the standards, then you'll have a chance to join our department."

"Really?"

Xie Lingxin was startled.

Is there such a good thing?
"It's not certain yet. You should find out more first. We'll discuss it in more detail once the root organ test results are in."

"I have something else to do, so I'm leaving now."

Su Li waved her hand and drove away.

Xie Ling thought about it for a moment, and since she had already skipped class, she decided not to go to her stall that night.

Back home, I took the SIM card, inserted it into my phone, and fiddled with it for a while.

I found an audio program called "Cultivation Science Popularization".

Xie Lingfei scratched his head, something seemed off...

turn on.

"Across our vast and boundless land lies a magnificent world full of mystery and wonder..."

The deep, magnetic sonic boom draws listeners in, making them unconsciously yearn for it.

That voice sounds familiar...

"This world is filled with countless wonders and strange beasts, spirits and deities,"

"Those are beings that only exist in ancient legends, soaring high in the heavens, lurking in the depths of the abyss, looking down from the clouds, spying from the seabed, whispering in the forest, or perhaps... dwelling deep within your heart, like a shadow..." "Now, Teacher Bai will lead you into this magnificent world—the Realm of Legends..."

Oh, it's Teacher Bai again?

Xie Lingxin was slightly surprised, but continued listening.

"Human beings are mortal beings, tiny specks of dust in the vast universe. But in the long river of human history, great spirits and great thoughts can shine with an eternal and undying brilliance, even dimming the stars."

"Guided by the eternal light, humanity has created miracle after miracle, and immortal civilization after civilization..."

"The Realm of Legends is the other side of civilization—the true spiritual world..."

"We often talk about enriching our spiritual world, and we all think that this spiritual world is just a figment of our imagination, but in fact, the spiritual world really exists, and we call it the Realm of Legends..."

"That is a world born from the collective consciousness of humanity. It is both illusory and real, but without a doubt, it is the source of mythology and the beginning of our transcendence of the ordinary..."

"call……"

The audio was quite long, and Xie Lingxin breathed a sigh of relief after listening to it.

It turned out to be like this...

He gained a clearer understanding of the world.

The Realm of Legends, the source of all the extraordinary.

It is a product of human collective consciousness.

In short, the various fantastical legends created by humankind have actually evolved into real worlds.

It feels a bit... outrageous.

These worlds do not exist in the material world, but in the other side of civilization—the spiritual world.

While creating material civilization, humankind has also unknowingly created a real spiritual civilization.

These two worlds are like opposite sides of the same coin, clearly distinct, yet they influence each other.

If that's the case, does that mean I already possessed this extraordinary power in my past life, back in the early days of the Pokémon universe?
I had no idea!
So it seems that my inexplicable arrival in this world, or rather, this era, might not be a coincidence after all...

The various martial arts, spells, and supernatural powers that people practice today, as well as all sorts of magical treasures, and even the ghosts, spirits, and strange beasts that appear in this world, all come from legends.

The power of legends exists only in the realm of legends, and it is the only factor that can break the shackles of the mortal body.

In addition, there is another extremely important internal factor, which can be said to be the decisive factor—the root capacity.

The cultivation manual says that one's innate talent determines the upper limit of the power one can bear in legends.

Teacher Bai quoted a great spiritual master who said: "All beings have different innate capacities, but only the highest level can encompass them all and bring them back to oneness."

This means that one's innate capacity is different from everyone else's. Only those with the highest innate capacity have the hope of attaining enlightenment.

Whether this statement is right or wrong is unknown, but it is a consensus among practitioners that the quality of one's innate abilities has a decisive influence on spiritual practice.

He also mentioned "supernatural powers," which transcend martial arts, magic, and other methods.

Only those with superior innate abilities can learn supernatural powers.

Xie Lingxin pondered whether the fact that she had learned a "unimpeded" innate supernatural power meant that she possessed superior innate talent.

He couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

Who doesn't want to be a genius?
Does this mean that my job at the Environmental Protection Bureau is a sure thing?
Once you get a job at the Environmental Protection Bureau, you're basically getting a government job.

It's good to have a big tree to lean on for shade, and it's good to have a good job of self-cultivation while working in public office.

Having no background or connections, and being dirt poor, only a fool wouldn't want to join.

Xie Lingxin was afraid that something unexpected might happen and ruin his path to advancement.

All night long, Xie Lingxin listened to that cultivation manual repeatedly.

I felt excited, expectant, and also uneasy.

On one hand, they longed to enter the wonders of the legendary world, but on the other hand, they feared that their expectations would be dashed and they would not be able to get into the Environmental Protection Bureau.

I don't know when, but I finally drifted off to sleep...

(End of this chapter)