When the deepest darkness arrives, light will also break through the earth. The balance of yin and yang, this is an eternal truth.
Two years before the New Calendar, on the 17th of the Underworld Month (December 17th), only a little over ten days remained until the end of the year.
Lobre Saint Kingdom, capital Hebans. Perhaps due to its geographical advantage of being surrounded by the sea on three sides, winter in the Holy Kingdom was not that cold. The streets were still bustling with an endless stream of vendors and various stalls neatly arranged on both sides of the road.
Under the rule of Holy Queen Calko Bethares, the residents of the Holy Kingdom truly achieved peace and prosperity. There was no slave trade, and activities like gambling and theft had almost disappeared under the powerful crackdown of the Holy Kingdom's Knights.
Calko's ideal, stated at the beginning of her reign, "I will allow all my fragile people to live in peace and contentment, establishing a kingdom where no one weeps," was clearly getting closer to realization.
Aside from the two issues of the demi-humans in the Abelian Hills and the ill-intentioned nobles in the southern Holy Kingdom region, the Holy Kingdom was indeed a peaceful country.
"Yo, handsome young man, want to buy some of today's fresh fish? I'm in a hurry to close up today, so I'll only charge you 5 copper coins."
The stall owner enthusiastically introduced the goods in front of him.
The young man in front of the stall listened to these unfamiliar languages and replied in fluent Chinese, "Excuse me, boss, do you have any work that needs my help? I don't ask for much, just some food and water would satisfy me."
The fish vendor didn't understand what the young man was saying, only that he was mumbling some incomprehensible gibberish.
"If you think it's expensive, four copper coins is the lowest I can go. Any lower and I won't make a profit," the boss explained to the young man, pointing at the fish in front of him, hoping he would understand his difficulties.
"I mean, can you give me something to eat, sir? I can help you. Please, I haven't eaten anything for a day. If I don't eat something soon, I might starve to death."
The young man in front of the stall explained his situation, clutching his stomach.
The boss looked at the young man clutching his stomach and suddenly understood, "Oh, so that's it. Disoriented, speaking incoherently, and clutching his stomach in front of my stall. It seems I've encountered a con artist today."
"If you don't leave, I'll have to ask the Knights to make you go."
The boss waved his hand in a shooing motion, indicating that he wasn't afraid of being conned and that if the young man didn't leave, his fists might get hard.
Seeing the boss's familiar gesture, the young man could only turn and leave helplessly. This was his second day in this world. He originally thought he was some chosen one, but suddenly arriving in this place, he faced unfamiliar surroundings, language barriers, unintelligible writing, differences in customs, culture, and religious beliefs—things that weren't necessarily major issues but had turned his beginning into a hellish mode.
Heaven help him, yesterday he even saw short, upright fish-like creatures, probably traditional fantasy race merfolk, communicating with humans and selling the fish they caught to them. It was so amazing! Merfolk selling fish to humans, what kind of bad joke was this? And they could all understand each other's words, so their education level was that high, right? For a moment, he didn't know whether the cultural popularization of the otherworldly races was done well, or if he, the true otherworldly person, was too otherworldly to understand.
The young man's name was Lu Xiuyuan, a Chinese national. He grew up in a city orphanage, was never adopted, and went to university with the help of sponsorships. During a social survey, he accidentally touched a super cool statue and transmigrated to this magical otherworldly realm.
Before he woke up, in his daze, he seemed to hear the world's whispers echoing in his ears. It was a language he didn't understand, but his intuition told him that it wasn't malicious, but more like a blessing and a request.
Then he opened his eyes and found himself in this medieval-themed otherworldly realm.
This is the Lu Xiuyuan channel, currently on an amazing starving otherworldly adventure. Friends passing by, please like and follow. I, the streamer, will definitely survive and have the last laugh.
"It's over, I might really be hallucinating from hunger."
When various strange thoughts uncontrollably popped into Lu Xiuyuan's mind, he began to feel scared, his expression revealing an unspeakable discomfort.
"That guy, is he constipated?" A passerby pointed at the strangely behaving Lu Xiuyuan and said.
Then the person next to him explained to that person, "This person arrived here yesterday. He keeps saying things others don't understand, and occasionally makes strange gestures, using both hands in front of people to make various odd hand signals. Or he gesticulates wildly, seemingly trying to express something."
"So he's a fool, what a waste of such a good face."
The two people then dispersed, as few people were willing to waste time on a fool.
Lu Xiuyuan only felt his head heavy, his throat dry, and his vision blurry, until after a while, he gradually felt better.
'Warning! Warning! Fatigue has worsened. Host, please eat and get sufficient sleep as soon as possible.'
"Open panel."
【Panel】
Name: Lu Xiuyuan
Race: Human 【Holy Light Species】
Innate Ability: Omnipotent
Justice Value: 100 【Good】
Overall Level: LV1
Class: Hero LV1
Weapon: As You Wish · Transformable 【Lowest Grade · Evolvable】
Armor: Hero's Armor 【Lowest Grade · Evolvable】
Necklace: None
Rings: None 【Ten Slots】
Belt: None
...
Active Skill: Holy Slash
Passive Skill: World Will's Blessing
HP: 1.2%
MP: 1.2%
Physical Attack: 1.2%
Physical Defense: 1.2%
Agility: 1.2%
Magic Attack: 1.2%
Magic Defense: 1.2%
Overall Resistance: 1.2%
Specialty: 1.2%
Lu Xiuyuan looked at his long list of attributes. Not only was there a panel, but there was also a backpack option next to it, though it was empty, so it wasn't displayed.
Lu Xiuyuan focused his attention on the innate ability, Omnipotent, and a string of explanatory text slowly began to appear.
Omnipotent: You have a certain interest in everything and can accelerate your own learning. Your combat attributes will follow your highest single attribute.
Hero: Special Class. You are the Hero chosen by the world. When darkness comes, you have an obligation to step forward and protect the world. The holder deals additional damage to targets with a Justice Value below 0.
World Will's Blessing: You are the Hero chosen by the world, the beloved darling favored by the world. The holder cannot be detected and is immune to the effects of world-class items.
"Thank you, great World Will, Amen, Amitabha, Namo to the West for scriptures."
Lu Xiuyuan thanked the World Will, which had provided very poor after-sales service, in his mind and silently prayed for a good thing to fall from the sky.
"Now, in the name of the Hero, I declare, System Comrade, please sacrifice yourself and turn into fragrant, soft steamed buns!"