CHAPTER 2: CHAPTER 2: A GODLIKE BEGINNING

The sunset gradually falls.

Rays of afterglow sprinkled in the dilapidated martial arts hall, with a floor full of scars, from the cracks in the ground, mouse heads popped up, swaying, giving Lin Qi an inexplicable sense of comfort.

"Player Fang Zhen, age 29, checking physical fitness, strength 76 kilograms, speed 7.3 meters per second."

"Evaluation?"

"Elementary school student."

Lin Qi scratched his head as he looked at the little notebook in his hand, then crossed out the words "elementary school student" and added seven more characters afterward.

Kindergarten senior class pending.

"Having to act like an NPC while also making them obedient, leading this team is really tough."

Lin Qi put away the little notebook, sighed helplessly, and then his gaze shifted to a corner of his vision, as a translucent panel slowly appeared.

System: Martial Arts Transmission System is activated. Current task one: ’Completely restore the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall,’ reward: Coach B6 type training machine, increases allowable player limit by 40.

Host: Lin Qi.

Age: 25.

Martial Arts Level: Probationary Apprentice.

Strength: 92 kilograms. (Apprentice standard: 100 kilograms)

Speed: 8.9 meters per second. (Apprentice standard: 10 meters per second)

Allowable player limit: 10 (current host limited to 1 online player, with 5 players pending).

The Martial Arts Transmission System, which could bring people from Blue Star into this world via the game, and can disconnect players from this world at any time. With players respawning after death without any cost, its capabilities are practically miraculous.

But now...

Lin Qi feels like he has re-evaluated this system.

Although the system can bring players over, the players’ physical fitness is clearly subpar.

Bam!

Bam! Bam!

"This second-hand generator is really unreliable, even the basic power supply is intermittent, yet they sold it to me for 500 bits, that black lizard’s heart is truly black."

In the lounge, Lin Qi patted the roaring iron hunk in front of him, complaining in a low voice.

Lin Qi was originally a 25-year-old entrepreneur from Blue Star, who worked hard since college to establish his own game technology company. He finally achieved financial freedom recently and was ready to enjoy life when, fourteen days ago, he suddenly transmigrated to this world.

Transmigrating is one thing, but he wasn’t even allowed to keep a single piece of clothing, arriving in a raw state, which was quite excessive. Fortunately, luck was on his side, and he transmigrated to the now-abandoned martial arts hall right from the start.

While searching for clothes in the martial arts hall, Lin Qi found numerous old books and magazines, which gave him a rough understanding of some basic information about this world.

This Blue Star is completely different from the one Lin Qi lived on before, not only is it a high martial arts world with a gathering of myriad races, but the technology level is also higher, and the dangers are unimaginable.

In 2025, July, the sea level of Blue Star suddenly split open, and a catastrophe ensued.

The wilderness is filled with powerful monsters impervious to thermal weapons, and the frequent beast tides can easily destroy cities, drastically shrinking humanity’s living space on this planet.

Fortunately, during later developments, humanity found a way to cope, that is, through martial artists.

By learning martial arts, they broke through the human body’s limits, evolving their lives, allowing humans for the first time to have the power to oppose those powerful monsters. Subsequently, myriad races emerged, and martial arts flourished for hundreds of years. Even now, martial artists remain as people’s pursuit, the hope of protecting the human race, with martial arts being a compulsory course in high school worldwide, and college entrance exams emphasizing martial tests.

If martial exam scores do not meet the standards, even if a liberal arts student scores full marks in other subjects, they cannot go to college. And to attend a Martial Arts University, the martial exam is crucial.

As for job hunting after college graduation, that’s another matter entirely. The first thing HR departments at major companies do during interviews is to make candidates take a punch.

Those who withstand the first punch proceed to the second round; if they pass all three rounds, they are hired without additional assessments.

Due to the rise of martial arts, various martial arts halls sprung up like mushrooms after rain. The Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall where Lin Qi currently resides is one of the humans’ martial halls established at the inception of Chasing Light City.

Although the location of Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall has now become an abandoned area of Chasing Light City, even stray dogs shake their heads at this place, the hall covers more than 80,000 square meters. Despite its dilapidated state, there are still some parts that can shelter from wind and rain, sparing Lin Qi from sleeping on the streets.

"Indeed, this generator is beyond salvaging." Lin Qi gave it another hard pat, the electricity in the hall still flickered intermittently, and the lights were flashing, clearly not repaired.

"This is a generator, a precision instrument, not some unruly kids you can fix by patting a couple of times." A woman over two meters tall, with fair skin, a high ponytail, and a mechanical prosthetic arm, walked directly to Lin Qi’s side, giving a couple of kicks to the metal hulk, each kick cracking the surrounding floor. After more than a dozen kicks, the lights in the hall finally stopped flickering. "Okay, you still need to work on your strength, keep practicing."

"Thanks." Looking at the bright training field, Lin Qi couldn’t help but sigh, "She really lives up to being a licensed mechanician in Chasing Light City, her strength is truly beyond ordinary people."

Luo Qi, 24, an employee at a weapons shop in the suburbs of Chasing Light City, is also Lin Qi’s lifesaver after crossing to this high martial arts world and helped him truly understand this world, this Chasing Light City.