"I am standing at the bus stop. Where are you?"
"Just wait five minutes, I'm almost there."
"Okay, baby, I'm waiting on the second platform. Please come fast! I love you."
"I love you too, my angel. I'm coming!"
"Haha, today's the day! I'm finally getting rid of this virgin tag!" A young man laughed to himself, slipping his phone into his pocket. He was practically jogging down the street, a thrilling energy coursing through him.
This was Shi Tian, a 23-year-old college student. He had a lean build and was moderately handsome. He had a good life, with a retired army officer father, a loving mother, and three younger siblings. His girlfriend, Su Mingxia, was a beautiful and intelligent girl who lived in his neighborhood. They had grown up together and even attended the same college.
Today was special. They were finally going to have sex for the first time. For years, Shi Tian had been patient, respecting her emotional readiness. But yesterday, she finally agreed. It was her gift for his upcoming birthday.
Suddenly, a strange phenomenon appeared. A white orb of light, floating in the sky, moved swiftly toward him.
"What is that?" Shi Tian wondered.
Before he could react, the orb crashed directly into him. He felt an intense impact, and his consciousness blurred.
"What the fuck? Not today..." Shi Tian roared, but the next second, he collapsed onto the road, unconscious.
After what felt like an eternity, Shi Tian slowly opened his eyes in the dark.
"What the fuck was that white light orb?" he murmured. He remembered passing out the moment it hit him. Instinctively, he tried to get up, but a sharp pain shot through his body. He felt incredibly weak, and every muscle ached. He had no idea what had happened to him after he passed out.
Unable to move, he decided to observe his surroundings. He found himself in a strange, unknown room, lying on a bed. The room wasn't his, nor did it look like a hospital. Weirdly shaped lamps provided light, and there was a fireplace with chairs in the right-hand wall.
Just as Shi Tian was taking in the room, another wave of pain, this time in his head, struck him. He groaned as a flood of fuzzy memories, like pieces of a puzzle, began to appear in his mind. After a few minutes, they started to become clear.
A few minutes later, Shi Tian mentally roared. "Transmigrated! For real! Are you kidding me?"
For a moment, he thought it was all a dream, but the pain was undeniably real—the most intense he had ever felt. He considered other possibilities, like being kidnapped or becoming a lab rat, but none of them fit as well as the conclusion that he had truly transmigrated into another world.
He had read many web novels in the 21st century and knew what transmigration was. He just never thought it would happen to him, and at the worst possible time.
"Hey, god or goddess, whoever brought me here, I don't want this! I want to go back to Earth," Shi Tian prayed. No one answered. He cursed in his mind, "Fuck, why did this have to happen on one of the greatest days of my life?"
After a few minutes of cursing, just as he was about to delve into the memories of the person whose body he now occupied, a sound echoed in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for activating the God-Level Sign-in System.]
"A system! Ha, great! Hey, System, just send me back to Earth." Shi Tian was suddenly excited. As a regular web novel reader, he knew what a system was—a golden finger that could lead him to the pinnacle of life. But all he wanted was to go home.
[Negative, host. This was a one-way ticket. The system cannot help you. If the host wishes to return to Earth, he must rely on himself.]
"Fuck! Then tell me a way!" Shi Tian demanded.
[Certainly. The host simply needs to become super strong to cross worlds.]
"Fuck, this is a scam!" Shi Tian roared, but there was no reply. Realizing arguing was pointless, he changed the topic.
"So, what do I need to do to get stronger? Do I need to kill monsters to level up?" he asked casually.
[No, host. This system is based on the host's memories.]
"How does the system work?"
[The host needs to sign in daily. The host can get god-level rewards by signing in at corresponding locations.]
"What are the rules?" Shi Tian asked tentatively.
[The host can get rewards by signing in at any location. As long as you arrive at a place you wish to sign in, you can command the system to do so. Note: You can only sign in once a day. Different places will result in different rewards. Some places can be signed in at once, and some repeatedly. The host must figure this out for himself. Note: The stronger the Spiritual Qi, the richer the rewards.]
Shi Tian nodded and started to read the memories of the boy whose body his soul had transmigrated into.
This new world was much bigger than Earth and was filled with magic and strange things. Its civilization was not advanced in technology but in martial arts. He was in the body of a 15-year-old boy who, coincidentally, was also named Shi Tian.
The previous Shi Tian was the son of the patriarch of the Shi Clan, a powerful fifth-grade clan. He was the youngest of three children and his father's most beloved. A hardcore cultivator and a top genius among his peers, he had the best talent in the entire clan.
A month ago, a tragedy struck. A powerful enemy appeared out of nowhere and annihilated the entire Shi Clan in one night. Only a handful of people survived, and Shi Tian was one of them, thanks to his father's desperate efforts.
His father, knowing the battle was lost, had prepared an escape route. But one of the elders betrayed them, informing the enemy of their plan. In the end, his mother used a sixth-ranked teleportation treasure, which could only support a few people. While his father fought desperately to buy them time, his mother and six other members—his aunt, sister-in-law, older sister, and two maids—escaped with him. He remembered his father's final moment: his heart being pierced by the enemy leader.