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Chapter 1 Awakening of Talent, Time Ferryman

超凡历2029年，5月18日，下午17：00。

Zhongzhou City, No. 1 Senior High School.

The bell had already rung, but the teacher ignored it and looked at a boy in the last row of the classroom.

"Jiang He, what is the key historical event that divides ancient history from extraordinary history?"

"【The peninsula sank】." Jiang He stood up when his name was called and said, "At the end of 1968, a battle broke out between several A-level superhumans on the Cape Peninsula, which completely destroyed the entire peninsula, causing 200,000 casualties and forming the Lin Yuan Strait as it is today."

"From this point on, the wars of the old era came to a complete end, and the world entered the extraordinary era."

Teacher: "What was the key moment that laid the foundation for the extraordinary era?"

“【The Gift of the Millennium】.” Jiang He replied without hesitation: “In early 2000, the first Super A-level extraordinary being, the 【Prophet】, was born, triggering an extraordinary blessing. From that day forward, all newborns will inevitably awaken extraordinary talents—at the latest, on their eighteenth birthday.”

"Very good." The teacher adjusted his glasses and suddenly asked, "Jiang He, today is your birthday, right?"

"Hmm." Jiang He unconsciously gripped the textbook in his hand tighter.

As a teenager living in an extraordinary era, he was one of the very rare ones who never awakened his talent.

However, he is about to turn eighteen, and according to the basic rules, he will inevitably awaken a unique talent today and officially enter the ranks of the extraordinary.

"Happy birthday. When you come to school tomorrow, remember to register your talent information with me." The teacher didn't ask any more questions, picked up the slides on the podium, and said, "get out of class dismissed."

Upon hearing this, the classroom erupted in a commotion.

The bell had rung for eight minutes, and the students, unable to contain their excitement, rushed out of the classroom.

Jiang He also put his books back on his desk and packed his things to leave.

Just then, a crumpled piece of white paper was thrown from in front of him and hit him on the head.

Jiang He looked up and saw two boys staring at him with mocking expressions.

"Finally, the bottom of the class is going to see the light of day?" "It took you eighteen years to awaken your talent, what kind of amazing move are you planning?"

"Stop bullying him!" A girl stopped the two and looked at Jiang He: "Maybe he's holding back, planning to become the first person after the millennium who can't awaken his talent, and thus go down in history."

The two boys burst into laughter, and several classmates who hadn't left yet couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang He ignored their words, picked up his backpack, and walked straight out of the classroom.

In the extraordinary era, talent determines everyone's future and is the object of comparison for all children... In this environment, even those who awaken weak talents will be ridiculed, let alone the "disabled" who have never been able to awaken their talents.

Jiang He was already used to this kind of ridicule, just as he was already used to going to school, eating, living, and escaping alone.

But today is different.

He will awaken his unique talent and officially join the ranks of the extraordinary!

Thinking about all this, his steps became much lighter.

He didn't stop until he walked out of the teaching building and passed by the school playground.

17:13 PM.

Jiang He stood at the edge of the playground, looking at the fiery red figure in the distance.

It was a girl with bright red hair. She stood in the center of a special training field, locked onto by machines around the field... These machines fired high-speed spheres like raindrops, but she controlled the flames to block them one by one, burning them to ashes.

Her name is Du Lingwei, a student in the top class of the second year of high school. She awakened a rare talent called [Flame Spirit Guardian] when she was young, and her hair was also affected by extraordinary energy, turning into fiery red. Later, she was even noticed by an A-level extraordinary person and changed to the A-level profession [Burning Sun].

Not to mention No. 1 High School, she is the most dazzling rising star in the entire Zhongzhou City.

At this moment, Jiang He looked at Du Lingwei's figure as she trained, his eyes filled with envy.

If he could also awaken this powerful and rare talent...

"Ugh."

Jiang He withdrew his gaze, sighed, and walked out of the school with his head down.

Awakening one's talent is like a high-stakes gamble with extremely low odds; everyone stakes their life on it, and 99% of them end up as losers.

He entered the game too late and had already lost half of it; how could he possibly become a winner?

As long as his awakened talent isn't too bad, and he doesn't lose completely, he'll be content.

With this pessimistic thought in mind, Jiang He left the school and went to a noodle shop.

【Cui Family Cold Noodles】This is the snack shop downstairs from Jiang He's house, and it's also the one he eats at most often. He doesn't even need to say hello; as soon as he sits down at the table, a large bowl is placed in front of him.

Jiang He swallowed hard as he looked at the large bowl of cold noodles filled with sesame broth, cucumber strips, gluten, and minced garlic.

"Uncle, isn't this too much for today?"

"It's your birthday today, it's on me, eat up!" The middle-aged, overweight man in an apron chuckled. "Only when you're full can you awaken a great talent!"

"Alright, get back to work, don't put pressure on the kid!" The landlady tugged at Boss Cui, then smiled at Jiang He: "Go for it, Xiao He! Happy birthday, Auntie believes in you!" "..."

Jiang He felt a warmth in his heart: "Thank you."

"Why are you being so polite, child..."

Jiang He poured vinegar over the cold noodles, added two spoonfuls of chili, and glanced at the time.

17:37 PM.

"Suck it!"

Uncle Cui gave me a special birthday bowl of liangpi (cold skin noodles), which was much larger than the usual large bowl.

The special gluten, in particular, is covered with a generous layer.

Jiang He ate until he was almost choking, and it took him a long time to recover after going home and resting.

"Uncle Cui is trying to assassinate me, isn't he...?"

Jiang He grumbled to himself, then, feeling it was about time, got up, took a shower, and changed into new clothes.

Then, he pushed open the study door and turned on the light.

As the lights came on, two hanging black and white photographs and a table with an incense burner came into view.

In the black and white photograph, a man and a woman are looking straight ahead with bright smiles.

Jiang He came to the table, lit three incense sticks, placed them in the incense burner, and kowtowed respectfully.

"Dad, Mom, good evening."

"In a little while, I will turn eighteen and awaken my extraordinary talent. You must all bless me to awaken a great talent..."

Jiang He kept rambling on and on.

The extraordinary era is far more dangerous than ancient times.

Even if order is maintained normally, large-scale casualties will occur if a superhuman causes trouble.

Especially for ordinary people like his parents, who were born before the millennium and failed to awaken their talents, they have no ability to resist when faced with supernatural riots and can only become insignificant numbers on the casualty list.

In the end, Jiang He, the only son, was left to live a difficult life alone.

Thankfully, these difficult days are finally coming to an end.

Jiang He glanced at the time.

19:36 PM.

There were only two minutes left until Jiang He's birth time, as recorded in the hospital's records.

Those last two minutes felt almost as long as two years.

He counted down the seconds one by one, and when the last ten seconds or so were up, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

Although he had thought that as long as he could awaken his talent, even if it was a little less than perfect, it would be fine.

But when the time came, he couldn't help but feel a deep longing from the bottom of his heart.

"I want to possess a powerful talent..."

"I...want to become stronger!"

19:38 PM.

Jiang He felt as if someone had grabbed his heart, and it tightened suddenly.

In the next instant, his consciousness seemed to be forcibly ripped from his body, transcending the boundaries of space and time, and he saw many scenes—

On the ruined land, countless figures knelt and kowtowed forward, while an indistinguishable figure stood at the end of the crowd.

Deep within the boundless starry sky, countless monsters swarmed in. A burly figure swung his fist forward, and all the monsters seemed to be affected simultaneously, instantly exploding.

In the dark abyss teeming with countless demons, a figure sat upon a throne, his crimson eyes gazing into the distance.

Ordered cities, shattered planets, endless battlefields, colossal mechanical structures...

A series of bizarre and luminous scenes flashed before my eyes, transforming into beams of light that converged and ultimately formed a giant tree forged from light.

Jiang He stood on the only tree trunk, looking up at the countless branches.

The next moment, the image shattered, transforming into words that floated before my eyes.

[Awakened Talent: Time Transfer]

(End of this chapter)