Swallowing the Starry Sky: Qin Feng

January 17, 2060, Villa No. 97, Mingyue Community, Jiangnan Base City, Swallowed Star World.

A young man, around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, sat on the sofa in the living room, looking melancholy and sighing repeatedly.

The young man had a neat short haircut, and his face, which was barely considered handsome, suddenly changed color, as if a dye shop had been opened. One moment his face was flushed with excitement, and the next it looked like he had encountered something terrible, with a look of panic and confusion.

"Holy crap! I actually time-traveled! For no reason at all. I just had a few too many drinks at a dinner with friends, and I didn't do anything outrageous! How did I get time-traveled without a word?"

That's right, Qin Feng is a transmigrator. He is not a reincarnation as in novels, but a true reincarnation into this world to grow up anew.

In his previous life, Qin Feng was just a stay-at-home guy with nothing. After being reincarnated into this world, his parents were both martial artists and had a good ability to make money. So, in this life, Qin Feng's standard of living was not bad, even if he didn't live a life of luxury. Although he didn't have much talent for cultivation, he was still able to get by with the help of some precious resources purchased by his parents.

Unfortunately, this happy period didn't last long. In the year Qin Feng became a martial artist at the age of 20, his parents went out to hunt monsters and both died in the wilderness.

Fortunately, Qin Feng had already come of age and become a qualified martial artist. He then joined the Thunder Martial Arts Academy and teamed up with others to hone his skills and earn money in the wilderness.

He spent five years living a life of routine between home and the wilderness, and although he cultivated diligently, he was limited by his aptitude and only just broke through to the Battle General level after five years. Moreover, it was only a few days ago during the battle against the Devouring Beasts that he managed to break through and regain his memories while resisting the beast tide. The entire team of his martial arts squad sacrificed themselves in the life-or-death crisis.

A novice warrior! In cosmic terms, that's apprentice level four. Five years! A full five years and he's only reached apprentice level four? His talent is truly unparalleled.

Fortunately, his memories awakened not too late. It is now 2060, and the Devouring Beast Disaster has just broken out. Luo Feng should have already possessed the Golden Horned Beast by now, right?

If the genius competition were to be held back for another ten or eight years, it would truly be too late.

But with my current qualifications, am I qualified for the Genius Battle?

Upon recalling this, Qin Feng quickly shook his head and focused his attention, calling out to it in his mind.

"Hey you? Are you still there?"

"Yes! Yes! Qin Feng, are you done being depressed?"

A somewhat childish voice echoed in Qin Feng's mind.

"Um! How should I address you?"

Just call me Kong.

"Could you introduce yourself? Who are you? Are you the one who brought me into this world?"

"No, that's not true! I was originally just an ordinary intelligent life form in this world. Due to an accident, my previous master's clan was destroyed. In order to preserve the clan's lineage, my old master used the palace's treasure to carry the clan's flame all the way to escape. Unfortunately, in the final chaotic battle, my old master and all the clansmen he carried in the treasure failed to escape."

At this point, Kong's voice suddenly fell silent.

"Feel sorry!"

"It's alright, I've become indifferent to these things after billions of years."

"Then how did you end up next to me?"

"Back then, the old master was besieged and attacked. After a chaotic battle, the space collapsed. Before he died, the old master controlled the treasure and rushed into the spatial turbulence. Later, the old master perished, and I, as an intelligent life form, was unable to control the treasure. So I drifted in the spatial turbulence for hundreds of millions of years."

I originally thought I would drift aimlessly forever, until one day, a streak of light passed by me. Before I could even react, it had taken me and fused me into a bead. And at that time, that treasure didn't only contain me, but it used a method I didn't know to merge me with all of them.

"Beads! What beads?"

"Concentrate and carefully perceive your sea of ​​consciousness. I am currently inside this bead, which is equivalent to what you understand as a spirit of an artifact."

Qin Feng immediately focused his mind and immersed himself in his sea of ​​consciousness. In a dark space, Qin Feng opened his eyes and saw a bead that shimmered with seven-colored light quietly floating in front of him. It looked crystal clear and was only the size of an egg, but it gave Qin Feng a strong sense of pressure, as if he was facing not a bead but a world.

"Very good, now you can see me by touching the bead with your consciousness." Kong's voice continued.

Qin Feng carefully controlled his consciousness and approached the Seven-Colored Pearl. Nothing unexpected happened, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived in a pure white space. The entire space was filled with white mist, hazy and boundless. A magnificent golden palace floated in the air, accompanied by rising clouds and mist, looking like a fairyland from afar.

Qin Feng was completely stunned.

"Have I stumbled into a celestial palace? It's so beautiful!"

"How is it? The environment here is nice, isn't it?"

As the voice rang out, a stream of golden data slowly gathered in front of Qin Feng, and a monkey more than a meter tall with a body full of golden light appeared in front of Qin Feng.

Looking at the scene before him, which felt so eerily familiar, Qin Feng couldn't help but think to himself, "Is that you, Monkey King?"

It's so similar! It's like the TVB version of Monkey King! Except for being a little smaller, the more you look at it, the more similar it is. Qin Feng's mouth was slightly open, and he almost asked on the spot, "Monkey King, did you also time travel?"

Hey!

"Cool, right?" Seeing Qin Feng's stunned expression, the monkey floating in the air flicked its long, thin tail and asked smugly.

"His eye twitched slightly, and he immediately put on an expression of utter amazement, exclaiming in admiration: 'Handsome! So handsome, Brother Monkey! I've never seen such a handsome monkey before. Didn't you see how stunned I was? By the way, Brother Monkey, where were we? Please continue telling us.'"

Ha ha-

"You have good taste, kid."

Cough! I was just talking about how that guy forced me into this bead. At that time, your soul was sleeping in this space, very weak, and it seemed like your soul had been severely damaged.

That guy was in a hurry and didn't even ask if I agreed before binding me to you and establishing a master-servant relationship.

"Tsk! Just thinking about it makes me angry. I've been drifting in the spatial turbulence for billions of years, and he's the one who brought me out. Even if he wanted me to acknowledge him as his master, couldn't we have discussed it? He didn't even ask me first. If I hadn't been powerless to resist, I would have smashed that bastard's head in."

"So what's going on now? Why can't we see that person?"

"Hmph! That guy probably got his comeuppance, right? He exploded in the end with a bang, leaving not a trace."

After I recognized him as my master, he used his last strength to help you complete your reincarnation. He died before he could say a word.

It was truly an unbelievable method. I watched with my own eyes as he injected your soul into the mother's body, as if it were a joke.

I originally wanted to observe you further, but unfortunately, after that guy exploded, it seems that the pearl was severely damaged, and I also fell into a deep sleep until you regained your memories a few days ago, when I woke up with you.

"I never imagined you could be born and grow up unharmed until now. To be honest, I've followed my old master for tens of thousands of epochs and have seen quite a bit, but I've never witnessed such unpredictable and mysterious methods."

"Did he leave anything behind? Even a message?"

"There might actually be one thing left behind."

The monkey waved its small, golden-furred hand, and a data cluster appeared in its palm.

"Since waking up, I've found myself seemingly becoming the spirit of this precious orb. I can control everything in this space, except for this data packet, which I can't read. Why don't you try and see if you can get any useful information?"

"Then what should I do? After all, I'm not an intelligent life form, so I probably can't read information as easily as you can, right?"

"It's alright. As I just said, I am now essentially the spirit of this precious pearl, although I still retain all the abilities of an intelligent life form."

But it's no longer simply an intelligent life form, so it can do many things that intelligent life forms cannot, including directly transforming this type of data packet into information that you can receive, so you can interact with it normally.

Qin Feng pondered for two seconds. "It must be true that this monkey has already recognized me as its master, because Qin Feng could feel that as long as he wanted, he could directly control everything in this space, including the monkey's life and death."

So there shouldn't be any danger. And Qin Feng wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt like his thoughts were moving incredibly fast in this space, able to process everything in the blink of an eye. Was he really this smart before?

After confirming there was no danger, Qin Feng stepped forward without hesitation and touched the mass of data.

The mass of data transformed into a stream of light that flowed down Qin Feng's palm and disappeared into his body.

At the same time, a gentle and mellow male voice rang out in Qin Feng's mind.

"Hello, host! By the time you see this message, I may no longer be here. As the cheat code that brought you to this world, I was supposed to help you become a powerful figure who dominates the region, but unfortunately, we came to the wrong world."

The supreme rules of this world are too powerful. When I was smuggling you across the border, I was discovered by the supreme rules. In a direct confrontation, I am no match for them.

Therefore, I had no choice but to secretly split your soul in two. Then, as the spirit of the artifact, I used one half of your soul to attract the attention of the supreme rules, while the other half was secretly brought into my body.

We succeeded, but we are all unregistered in this universe and still at risk of being discovered. The remaining power in my body is only enough to help you reincarnate and obtain a legal identity, but it cannot help you restore your soul. Therefore, you may be in a state of spiritual confusion for a period of time.

As for the intelligent life form that became the new artifact spirit and the palace treasure, consider them surprises I left for you! I hope you are satisfied with this startup resource.

Finally, as my host, I urge you to live well and achieve great things. Don't let down the opportunity that I and your other half's soul risked our lives to give you.

Remember my name—the Primal Pearl.

At this moment, Qin Feng's feelings were complicated. He was sitting at home when he was suddenly transported to another world. He still didn't know why. But then again, that guy's sacrifice left him speechless.

Is it his fault? He sacrificed himself for righteousness.

If I don't blame him, I still feel uneasy.

It just feels so frustrating.