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Chapter 3 Money, and "My" Happiness
"Gudong Gudong..."

The pale-haired youth greedily finished the cold noodles, then held the large bowl and even drank the sesame soup with chili oil in one gulp, letting out a satisfied groan.

"This is so refreshing! It has to taste just right!"

Jiang He looked at Bai He, who was sitting on the sofa with a cheerful expression, and asked strangely, "Won't there be any good food in sixty years?"

Jiang He didn't think he was a foodie... How come he suddenly turned into this after sixty years?

How bad will food taste in the future?
"Food?" The white crane paused for a moment, then sighed.

"There is food, of course, but it's just enough to fill our stomachs... The things that could be called delicious have almost all disappeared in the past."

"what?"

Seeing Jiang He's astonished expression, Bai He's face darkened slightly as he explained, "On September 27, 2066, the greatest and most devastating catastrophic event in human history occurred on Blue Star—a superhuman being who was extremely close to being a Super S-class, or [God-level], went mad and went berserk."

"He slaughtered billions of innocent people around the world and nearly destroyed the entire human civilization."

"In the end, thanks to the efforts of many S-class superhumans, the demon was successfully killed, but at a terrible cost... Human civilization was nearly destroyed, and the world was reduced to ruins."

"In that wasteland, everything we were familiar with has disappeared... not to mention food."

"Now you understand, right?"

what?
Will the world be near destruction in 2066?
Upon hearing this, Jiang He felt as if struck by lightning, his heart trembling.

The future that Bai He described almost perfectly reflected his deepest fears, and was also the concern of many ordinary people in the world.

[Extraordinary Rampage]

In the extraordinary world, great power resides in the individual, which makes individual will supersede the masses, and even nature itself.

Even among A-level superhumans, battles between them can at any time lead to the destruction of a peninsula, the creation of a strait, and the deaths of 200,000 people.

Not to mention those S-class superhumans.

They were almost no different from the gods in the eyes of the ancients, able to fly through the sky and escape into the earth, move mountains and fill seas, and even traverse the void in their physical bodies, traveling between the earth and the moon.

The moment they have a bad thought, the world will turn into a hell in an instant.

Scenes from several years ago flashed before Jiang He's eyes—

The earthquake trembled, flames burned, and tall buildings collapsed.

In that devastating scene, the parents, who were just ordinary people, only managed to push him away before being struck by a boulder falling from the sky, their blood splattering everywhere...

That was just a battle between two Class C superhumans.

In 2066, 37 years from now, the disaster will be far greater than this.

Everything he knew would be gone.

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Cui's family didn't die in 2066," Bai He suddenly said, as if he had guessed Jiang He's thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Jiang He felt a surge of joy.

After his parents died, Uncle Cui's family were among the few people who made him feel warmth, and they were able to survive the future disaster...

Bai He's next words directly interrupted Jiang He's thoughts, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

"At 12:17 PM on June 13, 2029, they died in an attack by the extraordinary terrorist organization [Arc Light], along with the Lido Community, the last memory our parents left us, which vanished completely."

The white crane looked up and glanced at the time.

"There are about 26 days left until today."

"what?!"

Jiang He stood up excitedly, his scalp tingling.

However, he immediately realized what was happening and felt a sense of relief.

"Fortunately, I awakened the Time Transfer talent and summoned you, thus foreseeing this matter in advance."

"If I call Uncle Cui and the others away beforehand, I can prevent this from happening..."

"Yes, you can avoid their inevitable death and save their lives with just any excuse. It's a real talent for being shameless." Bai He hardly concealed his jealousy.

He stood up and looked directly into Jiang He's eyes.

"But what's the use of that?"

"Uncle Cui and the others died not only because of the terrorist organization Arc Light, but because, like our parents, they were weak."

"In this extraordinary world, weakness is the original sin."

“Even without any Arc Light Organization, there will be Black Light, White Light, or Colorful Light Organizations… or even just two passing superhumans who could crush them like ants.” “Because they were weak, they died.”

"Because we are weak, we lose our parents."

"Because of my weakness, I lost my wife, along with my unborn child."

"All of this stems from our weakness and our powerlessness."

The white crane's words were filled with undisguised ferocity and rage, which seemed to have nowhere to go and no target to be directed at, so it could only turn inward.

At this moment, facing the impact of anger, Jiang He finally understood why he had said something like "jealous of himself" earlier.

He sensed the suffocating rage and managed to speak:
"……wife?"

"……Correct."

The white crane's rage dissipated.

He lowered his eyes, unwilling to let Jiang He sense his emotions.

"During the catastrophe in 2066, that rampaging superhuman killed my pregnant wife."

“I hated him and eventually killed him with my own hands, but I couldn’t undo everything and couldn’t bring my wife and children back into this world.”

"That's why I hate my cowardly self."

"But you are different."

"You are still young, standing at the beginning of everything, possessing talent far surpassing mine, like a student about to enter an exam hall who has the ability to freely view the answers and choose the future they want..."

"That's really shameless."

The white crane's words contained little emotion.

Jiang He could almost sense his anger, sorrow, and jealousy.

“You are me,” Jiang He said.

“You are not me,” the white crane replied.

"Unless you want to be me."

To become a white crane?

Jiang He fell silent.

Because it was himself, he could understand Baihe's pain and emotions, clearly perceive his rage, and sense his helplessness.

Does he want to become him? Does he want to reach that... tragic future?

"I don't want to be you."

The white crane laughed, but it was a laugh devoid of any warmth.

"Is that so? Then you should use your talent to become strong and avoid becoming a weakling like me."

Get stronger?
This has always been Jiang He's expectation.

He wanted to awaken a powerful talent, no longer want to be ridiculed and mocked at school, no longer want to stand in the corner like a lackey...

Now, he possesses immense talent, yet his desire has not diminished in the slightest; on the contrary, it has been completely ignited by Bai He's words.

He wanted to become stronger, not wanting to lose the people he didn't want to lose and end up with a tragic fate because of his weakness.

Just like his awakened talent, [Time Transfer].

he wants--

A perfect future.

"White Crane, I need your talent, your extraordinary profession, and your foresight into the future. Please give all of this to me."

"A greedy fellow."

Bai He raised an eyebrow.

"Standing before you is the possessor of the S-rank talent [Word of Power], the creator of the S-rank profession [Saint Speaker], the strongest S-rank superhuman of later generations, the closest to a god... an incompetent person."

"If you want my full power, you'll have to pay a price."

"Money?" Jiang He asked.

The white crane smiled: "And my happiness."

(End of this chapter)