"Drip, drop, drip, drop..."
A young man lay in the middle of the road, covered in blood, looking like he wouldn't make it.
People around hurriedly took out their phones and dialed emergency services.
"Young man, hang in there, the ambulance will be here soon."
"Everyone around, please come help!"
The surrounding noise woke the unconscious youth, who was none other than our protagonist, Nolee.
Nolee used his last bit of strength to ask the elderly person beside him:
"Sir, is that little girl from earlier alright?"
Nolee wasn't asking about anyone else, but precisely about the child he had protected with his life.
The old man hurriedly said: "She's fine, she's fine, thanks to you. Young man, don't talk anymore, the ambulance is almost here."
"She's okay, that's good, that's good."
Hearing this, Nolee felt as if the last heavy stone weighing on his heart had finally fallen to the ground.
Looking back on this life, Nolee had no regrets. He had grown up in an orphanage, gone out to work after coming of age, and then sponsored the orphanage.
His only regret was not having gotten a girlfriend, but this was actually better—this way he wouldn't be holding anyone back.
Also, he hadn't fully starred up his Old Man Zhong yet.
Feeling his life force slipping away bit by bit.
Nolee felt pain throughout his body but couldn't move.
「Confirmation complete, Pain Nullification successfully acquired!」
Nolee was in so much pain he felt numb.
「Confirmation complete, Paralysis Resistance successfully acquired!」
"If I could do it over again, I would definitely grind until I got my Old Man Zhong to full stars."
「Confirmation complete, searching for character Old Man Zhong. Ding, search successful. Character from the game "Genshin Impact," Geo Archon Morax, Zhongli.」
「Confirmation complete, Geo Element Control successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Adeptus Arts Control successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Mastery of All Weapons successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Weapon Master successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Celestial Star successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Planet Befall successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, inherent skill Martial Arts Practitioner successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, inherent skill Contractor successfully acquired!」
Hearing this voice, Nolee felt confused but was too lazy to care. He was about to die anyway, so why bother with this?
"I really wish I could go to a game world!"
「Now searching keyword "game," unique skill Gamer successfully acquired.」
"The weather is clearly so hot, so why do I feel so cold?"
「Confirmation complete, Heat Resistance successfully acquired!」
「Confirmation complete, Cold Resistance successfully acquired!」
"What is this voice anyway? A person is about to die, can't you let them have some peace?"
「Confirmation complete, inherent skill Rational Mind successfully acquired!」
"Whatever, forget it, let whatever happens happen."
Nolee stopped overthinking and quietly waited for his death.
After an unknown amount of time, Nolee slowly opened his eyes.
What met his gaze was pitch-black darkness where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
"Who am I, where am I?"
Nolee said groggily.
"I remember now, I'm called Nolee, and it seems I was hit by a car and killed while saving a little girl."
Only then did Nolee recall the cause and effect.
"Wait, didn't I die?! How do I still have consciousness?"
Nolee felt confused.
Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, Nolee couldn't help but feel a chill.
"Could this be the underworld?"
Just as Nolee was about to move, he discovered something seemed wrong with his body.
Nolee looked down and saw two small black paws—definitely not hands.
"What's going on? What have I turned into?"
Even with Nolee's strong mental fortitude, he couldn't hold it together.
"No wait, I shouldn't be dead, I must have transmigrated."
Only then did Nolee realize.
"This transmigration is most likely related to that voice I heard before dying."
Nolee analyzed carefully.
After analyzing for quite a while, Nolee helplessly had to give up.
There was no way—too few clues, he couldn't analyze which world he had transmigrated to at all.
"Forget it, whatever, I'll take it one step at a time."
Nolee saw a glowing spot.
Walking closer, he saw it was a crystal, or rather than calling it a crystal, it was more like a crystallization condensed from some kind of power.
Nolee came before the shimmering crystal, which reflected Nolee's appearance.
What met his eyes was a young dragon with a dark golden body throughout. Its form wasn't that of a Western dragon, but rather an Eastern dragon with the characteristics of nine creatures: rabbit eyes, deer antlers, ox ears, camel head, mirage belly, tiger paws, snake neck, fish scales, and eagle claws. It perfectly combined and displayed the two qualities of dominance and nobility to the fullest.
Looking at his new appearance, Nolee was instantly dumbfounded.
"Holy shit, I've turned into a dragon."
Nolee froze for a moment, then was overjoyed.
"This is fucking awesome."
Just then, Nolee's stomach growled.
Nolee rubbed his belly, unable to feel happy anymore. While rubbing his stomach, he said:
"I'm hungry, what do I do?"
Looking at the crystal before him, Nolee couldn't help but feel an appetite for it.
"I'm a dragon now, not a human, so I should be able to eat it, right?"
Nolee didn't say much more and ran directly to the crystal to start gnawing on it.
Touching the crystal, Nolee opened his mouth wide and swallowed it down.
[Confirming that the host's body contains magic ore, do you want to decompose it?]
A mechanical voice rang in Nolee's mind.
"Holy crap, what's that voice?"
Nolee was clearly startled.
Nolee recalled that sentence and cautiously said: "Decompose."
Instantly, the magic ore in Nolee's body was decomposed into a large amount of magic power that flowed throughout Nolee's entire body.
[Note: Magic ore is a product formed when ordinary ore absorbs large amounts of magicules after being in regions with high magic density for long periods. It is quite a precious mineral.]
Nolee immediately felt less hungry.
"Magic ore, magic power, pitch-black cave."
As someone who had watched countless anime and read countless novels, Nolee seemed to have some clues from the information extracted from that sentence, but still didn't dare confirm.
"Whatever, I'd better eat first. If this really is that world, my current strength isn't even enough to fill someone's teeth!"
Nolee said somewhat seriously.
Looking at the magic ore around him, Nolee's eyes immediately lit up as he rushed over.
[Ding! Unique skill Gamer activated.]
Just as Nolee was halfway through eating, a panel suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Character: Nolee
Race: Elemental Dragon Race (not dragon species)
Level: C+
Unique Skill: Gamer
Inherent Skills: Martial Arts Practitioner, Contractor, Rational Mind
Skills: Geo Element Control, Adeptus Arts Control, Mastery of All Weapons, Weapon Master, Celestial Star, Planet Befall
Passive Skills: Pain Nullification, Paralysis Resistance, Heat Resistance, Cold Resistance
Looking at this template, Nolee couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity.
"Holy shit, aren't these the old man's skills?"
Nolee was instantly dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Have I become the old man? Whatever, forget it. And if that's the case, even if it is that world, Nolee is confident he can secure a place for himself."
Nolee thought with his little brain for a bit, got no results, stopped thinking, and then said confidently.
Who knows where this confidence came from.
From earlier, Nolee had been guessing which world he had transmigrated to. Only after seeing many clues did he dare confirm that this world should be the world of the Tensura.