"Want to grab dinner together tomorrow?"
Chen Nian sent the message to Xia Wen, the campus beauty of Linhai City University.
Suddenly, her status showed "Typing..."
Chen Nian felt a twinge of nervousness.
But what greeted him first was a screenshot—of his own chat history!
[Bro, how do I politely brush off this creep?]
Chen Nian: ?
[Oops, sent to the wrong person]
She didn't even bother to recall the previous message!
[Chen Nian, I'll be honest—stop fawning over me]
[Sure, you're decent-looking, but who'd be interested in a deadbeat otaku who only plays games and reads novels all day?]
[Have some self-awareness, okay?]
Chen Nian didn't reply. He blocked the guy outright.
So what if he's a gamer? Did reading novels offend you? Did he eat your rice?
Truth is, Chen Nian was super popular—especially online.
Xia Wen had no clue he got bombarded daily by fangirls. Like right now...
[Bro, why aren't you replying?]
[Will you talk me to sleep tonight? Don't make me beg, bro!] ]
[You've received a transfer of "1314"]
[Sis wore black stockings today. Want to see my legs?]
Chen Nian: You can see my legs.
[Picture, picture, picture.... Like it? Sis can even mail you my worn stockings. Give me your address]
Chen Nian: Next time for sure.....
...
Nothing but messages from girls!
Of course, Chen Nian isn't a jerk. All these sisters are people he met in the game "Cataclysm."
It's a massive online game that's taken the world by storm, with over a hundred million players!
And Chen Nian is the strongest player in "Cataclysm."
What does "strongest" mean?
When millions of monsters surge forward, when all manner of Cataclysmic beasts and primordial monsters gather to deliver a devastating blow to the player's main city... ...
He stood alone beneath the city walls, carving a path through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Single-handedly turning the tide, he stunned the entire world!
He wielded the world's only class, "Spellmaster of Words," where his commands became law. Countless adoring fans worldwide worshipped him.
His ID: "Silent."
A sacred monument in the hearts of millions of players—a figure to be revered from afar!
Chi Ling, the Flame Sorceress Queen, a goddess adored by millions, confessed her love to Chen Nian with a sea of flames.
Rumor has it her real identity is the cherished daughter of a Defense General!
The Ice Queen Luo Xue, wielding supreme ice and snow abilities, shattered the Ten Thousand Li Forbidden Land just to retrieve a "Rainbow Robe Flower" for Chen Nian.
Rumored to hail from the renowned Zhao martial arts clan, she's an eighteen-year-old prodigy!
To others, she's a lofty sword immortal; to him, she's just lively, adorable Little Seventh Sister, clinging to him day after day...
Whispers claim she's the heiress of the global top-100 Su Corporation!
In this game, the number of women who've fallen for Chen Nian is simply staggering!
Countless wealthy women dream of pinning him to the bed.
But Chen Nian always stuck to one principle:
—Online romance is unreliable.
So he pursued Xia Wen seriously, hoping for a real-life relationship.
Yet just moments ago, Xia Wen insulted him as an unambitious otaku!
What Xia Wen didn't know was that Chen Nian had already made his fortune through gaming—buying his own villa and luxury car, holding assets worth hundreds of millions... ...
All of this, he had earned entirely on his own as a college student.
Now it seemed real-life romance wasn't so easy to come by either. Fine, forget it.
CRASH!
A crimson lightning bolt flashed outside the window!
Chen Nian stepped onto the balcony, pulled back the curtains, and froze at the sight before him.
The sky rips apart, a blood moon hangs overhead.....
Crows screech, gales howl...
Suddenly, it feels like the apocalypse has arrived!
At that moment, golden text appears before Chen Nian's eyes.
[Game "Catastrophe" has merged with the real world]
[Monster Deployment Complete]
[Detecting your character possesses the unique talent "Spellmaster." Inheritance in progress...]
[Blood Moon Calamity Countdown: 30 Days]
What?!
The game merged with reality?
Chen Nian was utterly dumbfounded at first.
But as a novel-devouring otaku, he quickly grasped the implications.
It meant that in the real world, monsters and dungeons from the game would appear. People could unlock their genetic locks, gain supernatural abilities, and do things like fly through the skies or burrow into the earth...
Even crazier, he had inherited the game's talent, "Spellmaster"!
This was the most insane and powerful talent in Calamity, the only one of its kind in the entire world.
It was precisely this talent that propelled Chen Nian onto the path of supreme dominance.
Was this real?
At first, Chen Nian doubted whether he was dreaming.
"Attributes panel?"
Name: Chen Nian
Talent: Word Spirit Sage (Unique)
Gene Level: 1 (Tier 1)
Gene Energy: 0
He tried summoning the attributes panel, and to his surprise, a light screen truly materialized before his eyes...
Chen Nian was stunned. It looked exactly like the one in the game!
Genetic Level: 99 tiers total. Upon reaching max level, unlock genetic locks to advance tiers.
Genetic Energy = Experience Points.
So, he retained the talent he gained in the game, but everything else started from scratch?
A subtitle prompt appeared again:
[Please draw your initial Word Spirit]
Normally, Word Spirits are unlocked gradually based on your genetic level!
But upon acquiring this talent, one may bypass level requirements to draw one immediately—even extremely dangerous Word Spirits become usable.
Mysterious golden characters filled Chen Nian's vision.
He tapped forward with his index finger. Instantly, golden light erupted like exploding stars!
[Sequence 121: Word Spirit "Judgment Golden Sword" awakened!]
Chen Nian drew a deep breath, unable to suppress his joy.
This was a high-risk Word Spirit normally only learnable in the late stages!
How powerful was Judgment Golden Sword? Within its domain, the golden sword hovering in the air granted the power of life and death over any living being!
Once, Chen Nian had repelled a horde of demons with a single Word Spirit, earning the worship of thousands.
Starting out with this Word Spirit—wouldn't that make him invincible?
"Yaaaaaah~~~~~"
A woman's shriek suddenly pierced the air outside.
The neighbor's scream?!
Without a second thought, Chen Nian leapt from the second-floor window.
Outside, he found several pitch-black demon dogs with blood-red pupils attacking the neighbor's yard!
Monsters from the game had infiltrated reality.
They were indiscriminately attacking humans!
Time to test the spell's power on these monsters.
...