4: Chapter 4: The Origin Point of the World – Creating the System Data Panel!

It was midsummer in July, and the countryside of Xiangnan Province was still very cool.

Dusk faded away, and the bright moon gradually descended upon the earth.

Cicadas, insects, birds, and beasts chirped and called joyfully in the forests and fields; this beautiful picture of his hometown could not help but make one intoxicated and fascinated.

"Creak—"

Borrowing the silver moonlight, Jiang Jin pushed open the courtyard gate. Inside, it was empty, with no signs of anyone living there.

When Jiang Jin was young, his parents passed away, and his grandparents also passed away one after another due to illness when he was in high school.

To this day, apart from a few distant cousins, he had no immediate family members alive.

Jiang Jin placed the large bag on his back and his suitcase into the main house.

Then, he turned on the main light above the courtyard, picked up a broom, and thoroughly swept the courtyard inside and out.

His old family courtyard was quite large, covering about three hundred square meters.

There were two bedrooms, a living room, a storage room for sundries, and a cellar for storing grain and vegetables.

In front of the ground paved with bluestone bricks was a small vegetable garden of over twenty square meters.

Due to a lack of maintenance, it was overgrown with various weeds and bamboo.

"I need to make use of this place in the future and plant some seasonal vegetables..."

Jiang Jin looked at the weed-choked vegetable garden and pondered to himself.

He had already decided to live in his old home for a long time, so naturally, he wanted to eat vegetables he grew himself; not to mention saving money, at least it would be healthy and safe.

Next to the small vegetable garden was an abandoned fish pond, where a shallow layer of stagnant water was covered with various moss and water weeds.

The water inside was naturally not for irrigation; it was rainwater that had gathered and hadn't been cleared in time, making it somewhat black in color and emitting a faint smell of rot.

Immediately after, Jiang Jin cooked a sumptuous dinner.

After eating, he lay on the rocking chair in the bedroom, and his consciousness entered the — Singularity Universe.

When he left campus in the morning, he had casually gathered a few handfuls of grass seeds from the garden he passed by.

He selected the plumper, healthier seeds among them and, without anyone noticing, quietly sent them from his pocket into the Pure Land.

Under a hundredfold time dilation, more than fifty days had already passed in this light-screen world created by Jiang Jin.

On the land that was originally lifeless and as desolate as a desert, it was now lush and green, covered with grass as emerald as jade.

However, there were very few types of grass, only five or six kinds.

Moreover, there were no traces of animals inside; it was a bit like the primeval earth at the beginning of life's evolution.

Jiang Jin's figure descended, constantly observing this ten-square-meter plot of land, wanting to find some key information that he hadn't yet understood.

"Eh—?"

"What is this?"

A few meters away from the small pool, Jiang Jin sensed an unusual aura from a withered, dead plant!

When he utilized the Authority of Creation, under meticulous observation, he quickly found the source of the abnormal aura!

On this withered, dead plant, several flickering "transparent crystal dots" were gathering!

The transparent crystal dots were like an exquisite delicacy, making the Authority of Creation emit a craving to devour them.

"This, could it be the Soul that wanders and dissipates after life dies?"

Jiang Jin's eyes brightened slightly, and he said with some surprise.

Looking at its transparent, hazy shape, it really looked a lot like this dead withered grass!

Moreover, Jiang Jin also discovered that this was not an isolated case!

On this land, as long as there were withered and dead grass plants, there were more or less transparent crystal dots floating around them!

"It seems that this really is the Soul after life dies!"

After some verification, Jiang Jin nodded with certainty.

If he were in the outside world, he naturally wouldn't be able to see it directly, but in the Singularity Universe, he had utilized the Authority of Creation, so the result was naturally incomparable.

"I wonder if there will be any surprises..."

Hope appeared on Jiang Jin's face. Under the control of the Authority of Creation, the wandering Souls of these thirty-plus withered plants quickly gathered before his eyes.

Immediately after, he no longer suppressed it. He let the "craving" of the Authority of Creation devour them!

As the transparent crystal dots gradually disappeared, Jiang Jin could clearly perceive that the "Rank" of the Authority of Creation was gradually increasing!

Furthermore, it seemed to be closely related to the "cost" of Jiang Jin opening the gate of time and space between the two worlds!

In short, the Soul particles of life could replenish the consumption of the "cost"!

Seeing this scene, Jiang Jin's eyes showed contemplation.

"Perhaps I can create a concise and intuitive data panel to clearly express the Rank of the Authority of Creation, as well as the storage volume of the 'cost'?"

He did it as soon as he thought of it. After the Authority of Creation devoured all the Soul particles and had a delicious meal.

Jiang Jin couldn't wait to mobilize all the power of the Authority and embarked on the journey of building a data panel!

...

Time flew by. On this small piece of Pure Land, Jiang Jin was the spokesperson of truth and the controller of the Law.

In front of him, a transparent, long-strip data panel was slowly forming.

[Ding!]

['Origin Continent' world operation information has been activated!]

Hearing the synthesized electronic sound ringing in his ears, Jiang Jin clapped his hands and nodded with great satisfaction.

That's right, he gave this piece of Pure Land under his feet a new name — Origin Continent!

As the name implies, it was the Origin of life in the Singularity Universe, the initial cradle of all sparks of civilization!

The scene changed, and the transparent data panel changed again:

[Creator: Jiang Jin]

[Creation Rank: Lv1 (8 / 100)]

[Origin Points of the World: 3]

[Dependent Life Rating: G]

...

[World operation information:

Ten hours ago, devoured a withered grass Soul, obtained 0.15 Origin Points of the World.

Ten hours ago, devoured a tardigrade Soul, obtained 0.02 Origin Points of the World.

Ten hours ago, devoured a fungal organism Soul, obtained 0.0007 Origin Points of the World...]

...

As the Creator, Jiang Jin's definition of 'Creation Rank' was very clear; it was the maximum creation power he could utilize.

Currently, it was only Rank 1. And this experience value of 8 was naturally provided by the Origin Continent under his feet.

In other words, along with the growth and development of the Origin Continent world, the Creation Rank he possessed was also increasing synchronously!

'Origin Points of the World' was the "cost" Jiang Jin had to pay when opening the gate of time and space between the two worlds to transport items back and forth.

It could be replenished by the Soul particles after life died on the Origin Continent.

Of course. This was just a superficial use of the Origin Points of the World; in reality, its function was far more than that!

It was just that Jiang Jin was still exploring it.

As for 'Dependent Life Rating', it was the average rating of the life level of all life species on the Origin Continent!

In his concept, he divided life levels from low to high as: G, F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS. And the highest level — "SSS-Rank Life Species"!

Based on this, Jiang Jin also created an exclusive data panel for himself:

[Name: Jiang Jin]

[Race: Human]

[Strength: 11]

[Agility: 12]

[Physique: 11]

[Spirit: 13]

[Comprehensive Life Rating: F]

This four-dimensional data was set according to Jiang Jin's current physical fitness.

In reality, the four-dimensional data of a normal average adult was all at 10.

It was just that because Jiang Jin had been exercising and running all year round, his agility was still quite good.

Dealing with ordinary local hooligans was a piece of cake!

"F-Rank..."

"Possessing the Singularity Universe and the Origin Continent, the future is destined to move toward 'Transcendence', otherwise the fleshly body is too weak to survive unknown calamities!"

Looking at the personal data panel in front of him, Jiang Jin's eyes burned, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and various daydreams welled up in his heart.

For him, the 'Technology Side' was putting the cart before the horse and was not very realistic.

Therefore, only the 'Transcendence System' from myths and legends could become — the best source of terrifying individual power!