1: Chapter 1: Transmigration and the Activation of a Cheat Code

Base City D-6.

The infirmary of the Fifth High School.

Lu Chen had just opened his eyes.

A large, fat face filled his entire field of vision.

“Lu Chen, you're awake?”

Anxiety filled those eyes.

“You bastard, you scared the life out of me, you know that?”

It was his best friend.

Ke Ji.

Wait!

Who was Ke Ji?

Wasn't he on the last bus home?

He had only dozed off for a bit because he worked so late.

How did he end up here as soon as he woke up?

Suddenly.

A sharp pain struck his head.

He clutched his head in agony.

A flood of information rushed in like a tide.

Face after face.

Name after name.

Cultivation technology, spaceships, talent Awakening...

All sorts of strange memories filled his mind like fragments.

“My name is... Lu Chen.”

His head throbbed.

He almost fainted again.

Lu Chen slowly sat up.

He murmured to himself almost inaudibly.

“Blue Star Civilization... Base City D-6... Fifth High School...”

The unfamiliar surroundings.

And the memories in his head that were both familiar and strange.

Everything was telling him.

He had transmigrated.

This wasn't Earth.

It was a technological planet that had taken a different path.

Roughly seventy years ago.

An unimaginable rift appeared.

It tore through the planet's atmosphere.

Immediately after.

A strange, mysterious glowing gas descended from the sky.

It covered the entire globe in an instant.

Following that.

Within just a few hours.

Every living creature that came into contact with that mysterious gas mutated.

Common plants and animals.

Each one turned into a terrifying monster.

Humans fought back with all their might, but with little success.

Tanks, fighter jets, mortars, and all sorts of conventional firepower.

None of them could damage those monsters.

Faced with a choice between life and death.

Humanity was forced to activate its final option for civilization.

Nuclear bombs.

A scorched-earth nuclear bombardment.

The effects were immediate.

But the results were also catastrophic.

In this war where both sides suffered heavy losses.

The entire world was destroyed.

Many places became Life Restricted Zones filled with nuclear radiation.

Humans died in massive numbers, like ants.

The last remnants gathered in defensive fortresses.

Which are the Base Cities of today.

Yet those monsters were not completely wiped out.

In the midst of this endless despair.

Outside the atmosphere.

At the very origin of that rift.

They discovered a fragment of land.

Floating in space like a satellite.

Orbiting the planet.

The people in despair saw it as a life-saving straw.

The Human Alliance formed a suicide squad.

They boarded that land at any cost.

They later discovered a massive spaceship among the ruins.

Through various means.

They finally restarted the control hub within the scarred hull.

From it, they discovered a technological civilization far beyond human understanding.

More importantly.

They discovered the theory of life evolution.

A path that allowed humans to absorb cosmic energy and evolve.

The humans of the Wasteland thus began a new chapter.

They entered a new era.

And Lu Chen was an ordinary high school student at the Fifth High School.

In Base City D-6 of the Wasteland.

Because the Awakening assessment was imminent.

His movements during physical training were too intense.

He couldn't catch his breath.

And he dropped dead.

That was the whole process.

Lu Chen closed his eyes.

Slowly digesting the memories in his head.

He felt a bit helpless.

An ordinary student.

Mediocre Aptitude.

Dropping dead during physical training.

What was the difference from before he transmigrated?

In his past life, his talent was ordinary.

His grades were ordinary.

He got into an ordinary university.

And became an ordinary corporate slave.

This life was still completely ordinary.

Not only did he have to be a slave.

He also had to face a survival crisis.

However.

A slave is a slave.

As long as he was alive, it was fine.

Although this world was a bit cruel and dark.

It was also more wonderful, wasn't it?

Lu Chen thought, trying to find humor in his misery.

Yet at that moment.

【Ding! Host's Awakening detected, System activation requirements met!】

【System activating...】

A cold mechanical voice rang in his ear.

Lu Chen was slightly stunned.

Then, an indescribable excitement surged in his heart.

His eyes widened.

His heart pounded like a drum.

It's coming, it's coming.

The classic trope is coming.

Transmigration always comes with a Golden Finger.

System, old man.

You're finally here.

After staying up so late reading so many web novels.

He didn't expect fate would actually choose him.

Lu Chen's breathing couldn't help but quicken.

Just like the protagonists in countless novels.

He concentrated.

Looking at the empty Void Realm before him.

His heart was full of anticipation.

Imagining the interface that would appear next.

What kind of System would it be?

A proficiency System?

An energy point System?

A talent copying System?

Immediately after.

In the Void Realm that others couldn't see.

A semi-transparent panel interface slowly revealed itself.

Name: Lu Chen

Strength: 1

Spirit: 1

That's it?

Lu Chen blinked.

And blinked again.

No energy points.

No progress bar.

No plus signs.

And no list of incredibly powerful skills.

Only two simple attribute columns.

His initial joy gradually faded.

Lu Chen couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

Isn't this just an ordinary panel?

【Ding, System activated, Sign-in System at your service!】

The familiar cold mechanical voice rang out again.

【Sign-in System: Upon successful sign-in, every attribute value on the Host's panel will double based on the previous day's value.】

【Daily sign-in required, no absences allowed. If an absence occurs, calculations will restart from the beginning!】

Lu Chen was stunned.

His brain momentarily stalled.

A Sign-in System?

Sign in for one day.

And his panel attribute values would double based on the previous day?

Was it really that fierce?

Even if his math was bad.

He knew the terrifying growth speed hidden within.

Maybe the numbers wouldn't look big on the first day.

But.

What about two days?

Three days?

A week?

The values would surely snowball and get larger and larger.

Under this terrifying rate of improvement.

Even the weakest ant could quickly become a Dragon.

Lu Chen's body trembled slightly with excitement.

He clenched his fists.

And punched the air fiercely.

Thank you, Father System!

This Golden Finger is too amazing!