Chapter 2: The Celestial Origin Bracelet
In the blink of an eye, a white jade cube—shaped like an ordinary dice—surfaced before Wu Yuan. He grabbed it, feeling its solid weight in his palm.
This was the Celestial Origin Terminal, just as his mories had foretold.
And not just any terminal—it was a high-tier model, one of the first batch released on Earth.
White jade cubes represented Celestial Origin Bracelets.
Gray cubes were lower-tier Celestial Origin Helts.
Tiny black crystal vortex marks on the surface indicated its rank. One vortex = one star. The more stars, the higher the grade.
Both bracelets and helts had 12 tiers, with 12 stars being the pinnacle.
Wu Yuan’s cube bore two vortex marks—a 2-star bracelet.
“The second mory didn’t lie,” he thought, suppressing a surge of triumph. “Early birds get rewards.”
Without hesitation, he bit his finger and let his blood drip onto the cube.
The jade absorbed it like a sponge, leaving no trace.
After about 20 milliliters, the cube glowed faintly, and the air around it shimred.
Then—
A weight settled around his right wrist.
A jade-like bracelet had ford, seamless yet tangible.
With a thought, it faded to invisibility. Another thought, and it reappeared.
“Incredible,” Wu Yuan murmured, hiding it again. Now wasn’t the ti to experint.
The terminal’s full functions wouldn’t activate for another month.
But securing the 2-star bracelet marked his first critical step into the future.
The Race Begins
Earth’s 7 billion people would soon awaken to the Celestial Origin Stele phenonon.
Nearly every city had multiple steles.
Most would hesitate, but adventurers and the curious would seize the opportunity—gaining a head start over the cautious masses.
“Ti isn’t on my side.”
Governnts would flip between panic, suppression, and eventual acceptance. By the ti they endorsed the terminals publicly, a year would pass. Skeptics would lag 2-3 years behind, missing the early resource rush.
Wu Yuan pitied them, but this was an era of survival of the swiftest.
And he knew a loophole:
Early applicants could claim multiple terminals from different steles—no limits.
The exploit would vanish once half of Earth’s 3 billion terminals were distributed.
“No ti to waste.”
Terminal Hoarding
At 2:30 AM, Wu Yuan boarded a southbound night bus, paying 50 yuan for a ride to another highway exit—where a second stele awaited.
(How did he know its location? Future mories. In 20 years, soone would map every stele’s ergence point and activation ti.)
3:10 AM: A 1-star bracelet from the second stele. (Rare enough—only 100,000 bracelets existed globally, with 2-star ones rarer than 1 in 100.)
4:00 AM: Third bracelet (1-star).
5:00 AM: Fourth (1-star).
6:00 AM: Fifth (1-star).
6:20 AM: A taxi boosted his efficiency. Over the next three hours, he hit five more steles—but only scored one additional bracelet. The rest were high-tier helts.
By now, crowds sward most steles. Chaos reigned—fear, awe, confusion.
Authorities began cordoning off steles, but their half-hearted efforts couldn’t stop Wu Yuan.
His tactic: Conceal his face, slip within 10 ters of a stele, claim a terminal, and vanish.
Others did the sa—future trailblazers, though few in number, would reap disproportionate rewards.
One Month Later
Wu Yuan had:
Burned through 100,000 yuan (his 3-year savings).
Maxed out 50,000 yuan in credit card debt.
Traversed half of Longxia Nation, targeting remote steles.
Final haul:
320 helts (80% high-tier).
50 bracelets (including four 2-star ones, counting his own).
Luckily, unbound terminals stayed in lightweight cube form—or he’d never have carried them all.
Now, with the Celestial Origin World’s launch imminent, he stopped.
“More terminals will co later—but I need to prepare for the real battle.”
A New Base: Dragon City
Wu Yuan relocated to Dragon City, Longxia’s economic hub—a thousand kiloters from his forr workplace.
(Why?)
Population density: A future stage for rising elites.
Lawful veneer: Perfect to hide in plain sight.
His second life’s mistake had been hiding in the wilderness—lack of defenses, shallow strategies.
This ti, he’d mask his growth in the city’s chaos.
Final Preparations
Rented an apartnt near downtown (40,000 yuan deposit rent).
Spent the last 10,000 yuan on supplies.
Now, he waited.
The Celestial Origin Terminals would soon awaken—and with them, his destiny.
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