Chapter 2 Seven Star Pearl

 Two plates of side dishes and a pot of wine.

  Ji Xing’s dinner was simple and plain.

The demon's diet only contains human brains, and barely enough human viscera, flesh, and blood. Other things can only be used to fill the stomach, without any taste.

 But Ji Xing is different.

 He ate deliciously. Because he is not an ordinary, pure monster.

When he traveled through time, the original owner's brain had just been half eaten by a demon. Under the influence of a strange force, 'Ji Xing' merged with the demon that ate half of his brain and became the current Ji Xing.

 So he is now both a demon and a human, and can still taste the deliciousness of normal food.

 It can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.

 ‘Are you lucky? ’

　　Before time travel, I read countless articles on the Internet. Ji Xing had also imagined time travel and rebirth, but the environment of time travel almost gave up, and he was no longer a human being!

What worries him most in the past month is not the unfamiliar and dangerous environment, but the fear that he will be affected by the demon's instinct and do something that will cause him to collapse...like sticking out his tongue and licking his forehead. Thinking about it afterwards, unusual!

Ji Xing drank a glass of bitter wine melancholy.

 Sigh, I want to go home.

 Want to eat brain flakes.

 Hum...what a shame.

In his last life, he had never even eaten pig brain flowers and had no desire to try them!

 The influence of demonic thinking on me seems to be increasing day by day, and I must find a way.

The corners of his eyes twitched, he put down the wine glass, turned his right hand over, and Ji Xing looked at his right wrist.

There are seven stars arranged in a spoon shape on the wrist, six of which are transparent, and one is mostly filled with light red color, leaving only one tip.

 As his consciousness concentrated, another line of text appeared in Ji Xing's sight.

 【Starlight (one star): 953/1000】

 Still 47 points short?

 This is the thing that brought him through time, and it is also the power that merges the ‘Ji Xing’ and the demon.

Ji Xing temporarily called it the ‘Seven Star Pearl’.

  The purpose of the Seven Star Pearl, other than bringing Ji Xing through time, he still doesn't know yet.

 Because to activate the Seven Star Pearl requires an energy called starlight, and after a series of explorations, Ji Xing discovered that the starlight that lights up the stars is basically equivalent to popularity and influence.

 Every time someone knows Ji Xing or knows Ji Xing, the starlight will increase by 1 point. And if this person has an emotional feeling similar to admiration for Ji Xing, the starlight will increase by a few points depending on the person and the depth of the emotion.

 It seems that the "stronger" a person is, the more he adds.

Ji Xing has paid special attention to the fact that young chess players admire his chess skills and can add 4 to 8 points of starlight to him, while the elders basically only have 1 to 3 points.

So far, the person who has given the most stars to a single player is a trainee demon hunter, with 12 points.

 That’s right, apart from making a living by setting up a chess stall, you are also increasing your reputation and collecting stars.

“I have to make a chessboard tomorrow and then set up a chess stall.” He could choke to death while eating, but Ji Xing would not stop setting up a stall just because of today’s accident.

His savings are not enough, and he cannot think of a safer and more stable way to collect starlight for the time being.

 There is no Internet in this world.

 “Change the street, and the day after tomorrow at the latest...can completely light up the first star.”

 I don’t know what will happen then.

Thinking of this, the first star on Ji Xing's wrist suddenly emitted a pale red light, and the number of the starlight jumped - [Starlight (one star): 1003/1000]

 Then a second line of text appeared: [A one-star world can be captured, do you want to capture it? 】

Um?

full!

 Why did it suddenly increase by 50 points?

Ji Xing was a little surprised and made some guesses.

Has the young demon hunter who rescued him just now finished dealing with the aftermath and reported the circumstances and consequences of the demon's appearance to the superior hunter?

The 50 points is a one-time increase, and it should be given by one person. This record-breaking high amount of starlight proves that the opponent is very strong, so it is a senior member of the Yangliu Town Hunter Guild who knew that Ji Xing played chess and revealed the demon... The starlight just given to him?

This is not over yet. Immediately afterwards, the starlight jumped several times, 1018, 1044, 1062, 1079... each time it increased by ten or twenty points. It was undoubtedly the demon hunters!

Ji Xing doesn't know whether to be happy or worried about letting the demon hunters in the town know him in this way, but for now, this is an unexpected gain, helping him light up his first star!

 “Capture a one-star world?”

  Ji Xing doesn’t quite understand, capture the world?

　　【One-star world is being captured...】　　　　【One-star world has been captured successfully. 】

  【The ratio of one-star world to current world time is 365:1. 】

  【You can choose one of the following three identities to invade the one-star world: (The identity selection will slightly affect the talent)

  1. Karate apprentice

  2. Novice novelist

  3. Gangster Ponyboy]

 The role of familiarity with online articles has emerged.

Ordinary people may be confused when they see these things, but Ji Xing suddenly understood: the Seven-Star Bead turns out to be a time-travel aid!

 Lighting up the first star, the Seven-Star Pearl can capture a one-star world and lead it to invade.

Then lit up the second star in the same way...

 【Starlight (two stars): 79/100000】

100,000? Sorry, it won't light up for a while.

Ji Xing collected his thoughts and analyzed the information revealed in those few lines of text.

　　Three identity choices are given, which proves that the high probability is not clothing, but... consciousness intrusion?

 The time ratio is 365:1, which means that one year in that world only lasts one day here!

I just don’t know if the world on the other side has 365 days in a year.

 Karate apprentice, novice novelist and gangster Ponyboy, means that the world opposite is a... modern civilized society?

Ji Xing’s eyes lit up.

He did not expect that the opposite world would be the world before he traveled, but he would regret it when the books were used. After traveling to the Demon Continent, he always regretted why he did not study hard and make progress every day, and he had no idea if he wanted to make some inventions. .

 Now the opportunity has come.

More importantly, he may be able to learn how to analyze the changes in his body scientifically and learn how to suppress the demonic instinct!

 This is the most important thing to him, he really doesn’t want to try the taste of human brain flower!

 The choice of identity affects talent. Considering this aspect, it is not difficult to choose among three identities.

 Bai Wuyi is a scholar, and the same is true for those who write novels. Even if Ponyboy, the gangster, is still a teenager, he may have dropped out of school, or his grades may be poor, and he may have additional troubles.

 Karate apprentices are obviously the best. You can also learn some karate to improve your self-protection ability.

 The demon knows martial arts and no one can stop him!

Ji Xing finished his meal quickly, locked the doors and windows, and lay down on the bed.

  【Choose Identity: Karate Apprentice】

 【Invading the one-star world...】

Ji Xing’s consciousness sank toward the unknown stars.

 …

 …

 When Ji Xing's consciousness regained clarity, he was no longer lying on the simple wooden bed.

 The floor beneath your feet is modern.

 The place where he is now is in a large karate gym.

Ji Xing’s first feeling was that of weakness.

 It’s normal. How can normal humans compare to monsters? The identity he can choose is just a karate apprentice, not a karate master.

 He adapted very quickly, because before time travel, his physique was just like this, maybe even worse.

 After getting used to this gap, the first thing he focused on was his own body.

What is very mysterious is that his consciousness seems to be divided into two parts. The body of the demon world is still under his control. He can move freely with his hands and feet. The time gap between the two worlds seems to have disappeared with the help of the Seven Star Bead. affects him.

 The priorities of the two consciousnesses can be exchanged.

This relieved him of his biggest worry.

Turning his main consciousness into this one-star world, Ji Xing subconsciously raised his wrist to observe.

 The wrist is slightly small, and the body is obviously that of a young man, and the Seven Star Pearl also came to this world with his consciousness.

No, the seven-star bead in the main world is still there. The one here is just the seven-star bead. The first star of the bead is not lit, only a sharp point is filled in.

  【Starlight (one star): 12%】

 【Abilities and items that can be brought back: 0】

“Collecting starlight in the invaded world can bring back things from the invaded world...This 12% is the original popularity of the owner of this body.”

Ji Xing understood, surprised, and closed his eyes.

 With the help of the Seven Star Beads, he received the memory of the body he invaded.

 (End of this chapter)