Chapter 1

"Everyone, the results of the written exam are out, and I believe all of you know your scores. I understand that most of you may not have done very well, but don't be discouraged. The physical exam in three days is the main event of the college entrance exam. As long as your physical exam results aren't too bad, you still have a chance to get into college..."

In an unfamiliar classroom, surrounded by unfamiliar classmates, they were listening to an unfamiliar homeroom teacher.

Chen Fu, sitting in the second-to-last row by the window, was utterly bewildered.

What the hell? Did I just time-travel?

Just a second ago, he was arguing fiercely with a troll on Weibo, even exchanging addresses, ready to meet up and settle things. How did he suddenly end up time-traveling?

Chen Fu instinctively reached into his pocket to pull out his phone.

Hmm, no problem, the phone was still in its familiar spot, that much hadn't changed.

But the phone's design was something he had never seen before, the logo on the back was from a brand he didn't recognize, and he didn't know the password.

Looking at the handsome but unfamiliar face reflected on the phone screen, Chen Fu couldn't help but exclaim:

"Damn!"

It was familiar because it was indeed Chen Fu's face, as handsome as ever.

It was unfamiliar because the face was so young!

"Chen Fu!"

The homeroom teacher on the podium frowned. "You've got some nerve. With the physical exam just three days away, you still have time to play with your phone? And you even take it out so casually during class? Hand over your phone! After class, come to my office!"

Chen Fu: "..."

In the heat of the moment, he hadn't controlled his emotions, and now his phone was confiscated right after he time-traveled...

But that wasn't the important part; the important part was that he really had time-traveled!

He didn't recognize a single person in the entire classroom. His high school homeroom teacher was a menopausal woman, not a man.

"Chen Fu, what are you thinking?" The unknown chubby classmate next to him leaned in, somewhat gleefully. "Although we'll be dismissed after this class, it's still class time. Now, your phone is confiscated, and after we're all dismissed, you still have to go to the office. Haha."

Chen Fu glanced at him but didn't say anything.

He didn't know the chubby classmate's name yet. Because of what had just happened, Chen Fu felt he should be a bit more low-key after just time-traveling.

Less talking, less trouble.

And talking during class would get him scolded.

The homeroom teacher on the podium continued to speak passionately.

"... Although our class, Grade 12-18, didn't do well on the written exam, it's not a problem. Because most of you have almost reached the peak of the first stage in your source energy cultivation, obtaining the three first-stage skills is not an issue!

What you need to pay attention to is the combination and practice of your skills. Also, those who haven't obtained all three skills should hurry up and choose. With these last three days, if you work hard, you still have a chance in the physical exam.

The density of source energy is still increasing. No matter what the current situation is, all of you have a bright future, so don't give up."

Chen Fu became more and more confused as he listened.

What is source energy? What is source power? What are skills?

Suddenly, Chen Fu felt a slight pain in his head, and a flood of memories surged in.

Chen Fu's expression turned serious. It had finally come!

One of the essential starter packages for a time-traveler—memories of the original body!

The memory integration was quick, and in about half a minute, Chen Fu had roughly integrated the original body's memories.

Afterward, Chen Fu's expression became complex.

This world had a traditional high-martial background, where a different world had descended, weakening humanity, but also bringing both crisis and opportunity.

As the different world and this world continued to merge, a power emerged that allowed people to become stronger through cultivation—source power.

Source energy referred to the power obtained by absorbing and refining source power during cultivation. Based on source energy, after proposing a theory and meeting certain conditions, one could obtain skills.

If something was theoretically possible, it could be achieved by consuming source energy, thus forming a unique, inherent skill.

This was the method by which humans in this world became stronger—the supremacy of theory!

After understanding this, Chen Fu finally realized that the homeroom teacher's words were just to comfort the students.

According to the original body's memories, as long as one put in a bit more effort in cultivating source energy, they would definitely reach the first stage during high school, and reaching the peak of the first stage would only require a bit more diligence...

In other words, anyone could reach the peak of the first stage by the time they were in their senior year!

At the same time, Chen Fu learned that the original body's academic performance was very poor, with abysmal written exam scores and only one skill—Taunt.

Even the source energy level hadn't reached the peak of the first stage, only barely reaching the mid-first stage, allowing for the acquisition of two skills.

The original body knew nothing about the school's curriculum beyond some common knowledge.

"There's one more important point that all of you must remember!"

The homeroom teacher said with a serious expression. "When obtaining skills, you must first determine what path you want to take in the future and choose skills accordingly. This is very important!"

Seeing the lack of enthusiasm among the students, it was clear that this point had been repeatedly mentioned by the homeroom teacher.

Even without triggering the original body's memories, Chen Fu could understand why the homeroom teacher said this after accepting the world's setting.

While theoretically, anyone could choose any skill they wanted, the cost-effectiveness of randomly choosing skills was very low.

For example, at the first stage, one has three skill slots. If someone wanted to develop comprehensively, they might learn a tanking skill because they were worried about being too fragile, a healing skill because they were afraid of getting sick or injured, and an offensive skill because they felt they couldn't deal enough damage...

At first glance, this choice seemed good, but the drawbacks were very obvious.

For instance, the speed might not be fast enough, the damage might not be high enough, and the healing might not be good enough...

After all, skill slots were limited, and human energy was not infinite.

Moreover, most skills had very specific effects, and there were few skills that could be universally effective.

Therefore, it was better to focus on a specific direction.

For example, someone choosing the assassin path could select an acceleration skill, a stealth skill, and a damage skill at the first stage.

While the effects of these skills were also specific, the three skills could complement each other, allowing for a stronger overall effect.

"Finally, I wish all of you good luck in the physical exam. Good luck!

Chen Fu, come to my office!"

After saying this, the homeroom teacher announced the end of the class and left the classroom.

The students in the classroom immediately began to sigh and worry about their futures.

"Can I form a skill just by proposing a theory?" Chen Fu didn't immediately follow the homeroom teacher, thinking to himself, "Can I go back?"

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