“Smack!”
Xia Tian slapped himself across the face, feeling the stinging, burning pain on his cheek.
“So, this really isn’t a dream? I really have become a ‘Lord’.”
Looking at the building before him with its red lacquered pillars, bluestone walls, white stone lions at the entrance, and a black plaque on the roof emblazoned with “Lord’s Manor,” as well as the vast expanse of flat, empty land surrounding it, Xia Tian’s face still held an expression of disbelief.
About ten minutes ago, after graduating from university and fortunately not immediately becoming unemployed, he had been enduring the July heat, waiting to squeeze onto a bus for his first day of work at the company he’d signed with during campus recruitment.
Suddenly, numerous cracks appeared simultaneously in the sky and on the ground, and the entire world instantly shattered!
【The Myriad Realms shattered, the Heavens converged, evolving into the Eternal Land.】
A piece of information abruptly appeared in his mind.
Then he fell into a crack that had opened in the ground, and by the time his vision returned, he was already here.
【Due to the immense and vast universe where Earth is located, and humanity being the sole intelligent species in the entire Earth universe, all Earth humans have obtained the privileged status of ‘Destined Lord’.】
According to the information in his mind, with the convergence of all heavens, only humans from Earth could become Lords.
This was because the Earth’s universe, spanning over 93 billion light-years, contained an overwhelming amount of matter and energy, crucial for the successful establishment of the Eternal Land.
Therefore, with the exception of infants unable to survive independently of their parents, all Earth humans, from centenarians on their deathbeds to children capable of thought, received “Lord’s Privilege.”
At the same time, they could also voluntarily give up their Lord status within seven days and be teleported to the territory of their closest relatives!
“So, on my first day of work, I skipped directly past being a laborer, middle management, and senior executive, and became a boss?”
“No, I should say a ‘Lord’!”
After confirming that he wasn’t dreaming, Xia Tian couldn’t help but feel a little excited.
Come on, no normal person would want to clock in for work every day, especially when groggily awakened by an alarm at six in the morning. They’d inevitably fantasize about a sudden storm or hailstorm, leading to a city-wide holiday with their salary still paid!
Unexpectedly, his dream had now come true, though this “natural disaster” seemed a bit too fierce; not only was everyone forced to take a holiday, but even the entire Earth was gone.
Fortunately, his “Earthling” identity granted him initial preferential treatment.
Putting aside other things, just this “Lord’s Manor” alone, covering over a thousand square meters, was something a working-class person couldn’t afford in a lifetime.
The only problem was probably that the initial location of his territory wasn’t ideal; beyond the hundred-meter radius of open ground was a lush forest, with dozens of meters tall trees rising from the earth, and a cacophony of bird calls and beast roars echoing all around.
“Roar!”
Xia Tian watched with his own eyes as a creature resembling an Earth pterodactyl, but covered in fine golden scales, flew overhead. Noticing his territory, it flapped its wings and plummeted from the sky, its talons spread like gnarled tree roots, attempting to snatch him away!
However, at about thirty meters from the ground, the Golden Pterodactyl slammed into an invisible barrier, instantly breaking its head and bleeding, almost snapping its wings!
【Territory Protection activated. The core area of the territory is under ‘Absolute Protection’ for the initial seven days, immune to all attacks; from seven days to one month, it is under ‘Restricted Protection’, immune to high-level attacks.】
The prompt that appeared in his mind made Xia Tian breathe a sigh of relief.
“Roar!”
After roaring and circling the protective shield for a while, realizing it was futile, the Golden Pterodactyl plunged into the jungle next to his territory, hunted a purple python about ten meters long, shook all the bones out of its body, and then flew off, carrying it in its talons!
“Hiss, that’s a bit too ferocious!”
Xia Tian’s forehead beaded with sweat. Were other people’s territories also this dangerous?
His gaze shifted to the bottom left corner, where a “Regional Channel” was constantly refreshing with new messages.
“Oh my god, someone tell me what happened? I worked an all-night shift, and at 5 AM I couldn’t take it anymore and fell asleep at my desk. How did I wake up in a desert? Did my heartless boss, for the sake of money, secretly sell me to Africa?”
“You’re overthinking it. Your boss wouldn’t bother selling you that far. Nowadays, it’s all about selling people to the Southeast region for organ harvesting.”
“Holy crap, I saw a phoenix. A real fire phoenix, so beautiful!”
“Damn it, this must be a prank! Where’s the film crew? Let me tell you, I have a multi-billion dollar contract this afternoon, and you guys can’t afford to delay it!”
“To the person ahead, with your IQ, how did you manage a multi-billion dollar business? What film crew could be so awesome as to blow up the Earth? It’s clear the information in our minds is real; we’ve all transmigrated. Those few stinky coins in your hand are worthless now. Everyone is back to the same starting line.”
“Haha, Lord, this is awesome! I want eternal life, I want to become a god, I want a harem of three thousand beauties, including elves in black stockings, fox girls in nurse uniforms, merfolk in bikinis, and succubi in black-rimmed glasses!”
“Waaah, Mom, where are you?!”
The channel was a jumble of messages, indicating that most people were quite panicked by the sudden change.
However, some were very calm, even already exploring their territories.
“A reminder, silently say ‘Territory Information’ in your mind, and you can see your territory’s attributes. There’s a ‘Talent Selection’ among them, which I think should be quite important!”
Amidst the constantly refreshing text, Xia Tian quickly found a useful piece of information.
“Territory Information?”
As Xia Tian thought of it, a flood of information appeared in his mind.
【Lord Name】 Xia Tian
【Territory Level】 Village (Human Shelter Limit 1/100)
【Territory Luck】 100 points (Core Attribute)
【Territory Resources】 Food 1000 units; Wood 1000 units, Stone 1000 units, Metal 1000 units
【Lord Talent】 Not yet selected (Gift from the Will of Earth, please select as soon as possible)
【Lord Skills】 Eye of Insight, Hand of Gathering (Skills possessed by all Lords)
“Select Lord Talent as soon as possible? It seems this is what they were talking about. I wonder what options there are?”
Xia Tian said with some curiosity.
The next moment, three options appeared in his consciousness.
1. 【Son of the Plane】 You are extremely lucky within your territory. This includes, but is not limited to, cultivation epiphanies, picking up resources and treasures while walking, and sudden natural disasters or meteorites when enemies attack your territory!
2. 【Overlord’s Aura】 Your territory residents are full of confidence in you, willing to assist you with all their might, even willing to die for you, and are more likely to receive voluntary allegiance from beings from the “Sea of Illusions.”
3. 【Midas Touch】 Your fingers possess the “Power of Creation.” You can improve the quality of items and rewards through contact, and under certain conditions, you can consume luck to create “Heaven and Earth Wonders.”
“Hiss, all three options seem pretty amazing!”
Xia Tian’s eyes widened slightly.
Although it was his first time being a Lord, thanks to his good habit of reading novels during university, he could immediately judge the quality of these talents.
It could be said that each one was extremely powerful, even worthy of being called “divine-grade.”
Moreover, these “divine-grade talents” probably weren’t obtained by individual luck, but rather, it was highly probable that every Earth human Lord would receive them. One could only say that the Earth universe’s capital was too abundant!
“But what does ‘Sea of Illusions’ mean?”
Xia Tian noticed a term he didn’t quite understand.
Subsequently, the information that appeared in his mind made him understand that the so-called “Sea of Illusions” referred to the fictional worlds created by humans, where each fictional world was like a droplet, collectively forming a vast ocean.
Because the resources of the Earth’s universe were so abundant, not only did real humans become Lords, but many people, events, and objects imagined and created by Earth human civilization would also be materialized and gradually descend into the “Eternal Land.”
“Good heavens, does this mean I can even recruit characters from novels?”
Some figures immediately flashed through Xia Tian’s mind.
For example, the one-browed Maoshan Daoist, wielding a peach wood sword, treading the Seven-Star steps, quite skilled but always getting tricked by his disciples?
Or perhaps the golden-armored monkey, wielding the Ruyi Jingu Bang, riding the Somersault Cloud, wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and shattering the High Heavens?
And there was that Nuwa descendant, bathing on Immortal Spirit Island, innocent and unparalleled in beauty; or perhaps the cold Empress in white, wearing a bronze mask, within the Barren Ancient Forbidden Zone?