1: Chapter 1: A Strange Meteorite Found in the Mountains!

(This book is [semi-behind-the-scenes]. At the beginning, the protagonist's location of the small extraterrestrial meteorite is detected by police internet routing, but the protagonist is absolutely invincible. Slight political maneuvering, enter with caution.)

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The morning light was barely visible as the rising sun broke the dawn.

Guangnan Province, Shenwan University.

Inside a senior dormitory, Jiang Jin lay on his side on the bed, playing with a small, pitch-black, and extremely irregular extraterrestrial meteorite in his hand.

The small extraterrestrial meteorite was about the size of a pigeon egg. Apart from the metallic elements scorched by the atmosphere, faint, vein-like blue substances flowed within its pitch-black interior!

"What exactly is this blue substance, and why does it exist inside this small extraterrestrial meteorite?"

Jiang Jin's brows furrowed slightly, a trace of confusion appearing on his angular face.

Normally, extraterrestrial meteorites exist in solid form, but a meteorite like this with liquid substance inside... it completely defies common sense!

Perhaps feeling that it was a blind spot in his knowledge, Jiang Jin picked up his cracked-screen phone from beside his pillow and searched the internet for information on various strange extraterrestrial meteorites.

The result was self-evident. Under the filtering of the vast torrent of online information, Jiang Jin did not find any content similar to the small extraterrestrial meteorite in his hand.

"Could this be some unknown radioactive substance from beyond the sky?"

Suddenly, a thought that made him break out in a cold sweat sprouted in Jiang Jin's mind!

Even the hand holding the small extraterrestrial meteorite trembled uncontrollably!

"No—!"

"If this extraterrestrial meteorite really contained unknown radioactivity, my body would definitely have an abnormal reaction!"

"However, it's been nearly a day, and my body hasn't experienced any dizziness, vomiting, blurred vision, or other symptoms."

Shaking his head to dismiss this thought, Jiang Jin stared at the small extraterrestrial meteorite in his hand, unable to help but drift into a daze.

"This extraterrestrial meteorite is not simple at all!!"

After a long while, a firm conjecture arose in Jiang Jin's heart.

"Bang, bang, bang—" Just at this moment, a rhythmic knocking sound echoed from outside the white and gray wooden dormitory door.

Accompanying it was the deep, resonant voice of a middle-aged man from the corridor, "Student, open the door! We are from the 'City Celestial Research Institute', we have something to verify with you."

"...City Celestial Research Institute? How strange, we are just college students who have already graduated from the Computer Science department, how could we have any intersection with the City Celestial Research Institute?"

The dormitory head, Qin Ling, had originally been holding his phone playing a five-man ranked game. Upon hearing the commotion, he couldn't help but put down his phone and mutter in confusion.

Under another bed, Jiang Zhe stopped his hands that were rapidly typing code. He wore glasses, his hair was a bit messy, and he looked like a typical STEM geek. Stroking his sparse beard, he said with a thoughtful expression:

"Old Qin, do you remember? Yesterday, when our class was having an outdoor picnic at 'Yuxi Mountain', we encountered a mountain closure order issued by some self-proclaimed City Celestial Research Institute, which forced us to picnic only on the outskirts at the foot of the mountain."

"Oh! Now that you mention it, I remember! The scale of the operation was huge, and a large number of police officers were mobilized to patrol. So much so that the students privately guessed whether they were hunting down a major criminal fugitive!"

Qin Ling's expression became one of realization. After rolling out of bed, he opened the dormitory door. At the same moment, Jiang Jin naturally heard the commotion outside, as well as the conversation between his two roommates.

However, his heart tightened suddenly, and a rare sense of unease appeared on his handsome, sharp-featured face!

A large number of police forces surrounded and sealed off Yuxi Mountain! The City Celestial Research Institute came to the door! Their purpose for sealing the mountain yesterday wasn't to hunt down a fugitive, but to search for something on a large scale!

"Celestial Research Institute." "...Celestial meteorite!!" "Right!!" "What they are looking for must be this strange extraterrestrial meteorite!!"

"Oh no—!" "This is coming for me!!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Jin gripped the small extraterrestrial meteorite even tighter, so much so that a sharp corner of the meteorite pierced his palm like a needle, and he didn't even feel it at first.

His brain was very chaotic right now. Facing a massive organization coming to his door, he didn't know how to respond!

Voluntarily hand over this extraterrestrial meteorite he accidentally picked up at 'Yuxi Mountain' yesterday? Or hide it under the bed? Or perhaps... break the window and flee, becoming a villainous college student?

Soon, a bold thought erupted from the bottom of his heart! ...Hand it over? How is that possible—! I picked it up, so it's mine!!

Divine objects hide their brilliance; as the saying goes, those with affinity shall obtain them!! And the one with the affinity for this extraterrestrial meteorite that has attracted the high attention of the City Celestial Research Institute—is him, Jiang Jin!

Thinking of this, Jiang Jin's heart pounded. The value of this small extraterrestrial meteorite was self-evident. Keeping it for himself carried a great risk to his life; the slightest leak... the consequences would likely be unimaginable!

Next, he had to act like a movie star, facing the visiting organizational personnel as an "ignorant person"; only then could he pass the investigation.

"Hiss~ It hurts!" Only after the fact did Jiang Jin feel the stinging pain coming from his palm. He grimaced and hurriedly opened his palm, but the next scene left him feeling deeply shocked!

He saw that the pigeon-egg-sized, irregular, pitch-black small extraterrestrial meteorite was actually slowly "dissolving" upon coming into contact with the blood in his palm!

"No, this isn't dissolving!" "It's that those blue substances inside the extraterrestrial meteorite are flowing into my body through the blood wound!!"

The whole process seemed long, but in reality, it only took five or six seconds. When the blue substance was completely consumed, the small extraterrestrial meteorite also seemed to lose its function, turning into a thumb-sized pile of black ash.

Not having time to think or investigate further, Jiang Jin tightly gripped the black ash, pulled back the bed curtain, and rolled out of the upper bunk. Then, just as Qin Ling was about to open the dormitory door, he walked to the sink with a calm and composed expression, washed the black ash from his hand into the drain with tap water, and wiped away all traces and clues of the small extraterrestrial meteorite's existence.

After doing this, Jiang Jin wiped his hands with a towel and, together with his computer-whiz roommate Jiang Zhe, looked outside the dormitory door.

Strangely enough, the wound in his palm that had been pierced earlier had miraculously healed at high speed! Looking closely, apart from a tiny white spot, not even a trace of a scar was left. This miraculous scene was naturally discovered by Jiang Jin. However, he was in "movie star" mode right now, so he couldn't afford to think too much about it.

Outside the door stood two middle-aged men and women with solemn expressions. They were dressed in neat, plain clothes, with solemn black briefcases tucked under their arms, bulging as if filled with various paper documents.

"Hello, students. We are staff from the City Celestial Research Institute. There are a few things here we would like to verify with you."

Xu Zhenghua scanned the dormitory situation with sharp eyes, then asked Qin Ling, who had opened the door, in a deep voice: "Are there only three people in your dormitory?"

Xu Zhenghua's face was somewhat rugged. Although his stubble had been shaved clean, one could still see its original density; he was likely a Northerner.

"Our dormitory originally had four people. One person went abroad for studies half a year ago." Although Qin Ling felt doubtful, he still patiently responded.

"Hmm." Xu Zhenghua nodded, not paying much attention to the person who went abroad. He continued to ask: "Did you all participate in the class outdoor picnic at Yuxi Mountain yesterday?"

"Yes, all three of us went."

"Did you discover any abnormal situations there, or rather, did you see any unusual objects?"

"Abnormal situations?" "Unusual objects?" Qin Ling frowned, very confused, and said: "Leader, I don't quite understand. Could you be more specific?"

"Uh—" Xu Zhenghua was a bit speechless. He thought for a moment but still didn't clarify, "How should I put it? It means, did you see any strange phenomena near the picnic location? For example, encountering... glowing stones? Or, newly formed... meteorite craters?"

"Director Xu, the three of us were basically together during the picnic yesterday, and we haven't seen the abnormal situations you mentioned."

"Alright then, here are some survey forms for you to fill out. If you think of anything later, or have any clues or information, you can call my number..."

Seeing Qin Ling shake his head in denial, Xu Zhenghua seemed to have expected it. Then, he gave the female assistant beside him a look, and she took three survey forms with tables printed on them from the briefcase.

Jiang Jin also took a form, picked up a gel pen from the desk under the bed, and quickly filled it out with swift, flowing handwriting.

Xu Zhenghua's sharp eyes scanned the three faces in turn. Seeing no signs of anything unusual, he took the female assistant and strode away, heading to the next dormitory of Jiang Jin's class.

"What glowing stones, what abnormal situations? I didn't understand what they were talking about. They're being all mysterious." Closing the dormitory door, Qin Ling couldn't help but complain.

Jiang Jin chuckled and said in a speculative tone: "Judging by this stance, they must be looking for something in the mountains. Coming to our door was probably just to find some useful clues."

"Brother Jin makes sense." Jiang Zhe stroked his chin and nodded in agreement: "Otherwise, there's no need to go to such great lengths, sealing the mountain and then coming door-to-door for investigation."

"Maybe so." "Forget it, let's not talk about it. It doesn't have much to do with us anyway." Qin Ling half-leaned on the desk, picked up his iced black tea, took a big gulp, and then asked Jiang Zhe with some curiosity: "Old Jiang, are you really planning to join one of the three internet giants after graduation?"

"Yes, I went there for an internship a while ago, and I felt the atmosphere was very good." "Sigh, what a pity... After you go to Hangzhou, I'm afraid it will be hard to meet again." "Transportation is convenient now, we can meet anytime." "That's true."

The camaraderie during graduation season is always so hard to part with. Amidst their conversation, Jiang Jin pulled a few tissues from the head of his bed and immediately walked into the bathroom. After entering, he locked the door directly.

"Phew—" Only at this moment did Jiang Jin let down all his physical and mental defenses and took a deep breath. Just now, although Xu Zhenghua didn't have many targeted questions, the pressure he exerted was still great. After all, with a guilty conscience, it was hard to feel at ease.

However, thinking of that mysterious, dissolving extraterrestrial meteorite, he felt everything was very worth it. At this moment, time was abundant, and Jiang Jin felt slightly excited. He began a comprehensive investigation of the changes in his body.

"My Physique hasn't changed significantly." "My thinking and intelligence haven't increased either." He took off his clothes, revealing his well-proportioned, strong, and powerful Physique.

After checking himself from top to bottom, he found no abnormal changes in his body. He couldn't help but feel a flash of disappointed conjecture in his heart, "Could it be that those blue substances that entered my body through my blood didn't have any strange effects, and it was just a normal occurrence?"

Just as Jiang Jin was putting on his clothes, intending to walk out of the bathroom, suddenly! His brain felt a... intense, stinging pain!!