New Shanghai
**24 April, 2100**
**In a Detached Villa**
A young man with dark black hair opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.
"Am I dreaming?" Xu Qianghua muttered as he got up and surveyed the room he once slept in before the ga "Immortal Odyssey: Paths of Destiny" rged with the real world, causing everything on this planet to disappear.
He looked around the king-size bed and found his mobile terminal device, the modern version of mobile phones used decades ago. When the terminal turned on, the first thing he saw was today's date which was exactly one month before the ga would be available in their terminals, rging with the real world three days later.
"I got clichéd!" Xu Qianghua exclaid upon seeing the date on his terminal. He quickly accepted this fact because he was not originally from this world, but from Earth. Both worlds had many similarities, except that this world was more advanced in technology. Here, no countries were vying for dominance.
After World War II, the population united to create a true United Nations with no countries in charge, no borders, and no need for passports—a significant improvent in Xu Qianghua's opinion.
Returning to the present, Xu Qianghua quickly opened his terminal and checked the latest news to see if anything differed from his mory, preparing for what was to co in a month. After an hour of checking, he breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing had changed from what he rembered.
He closed his eyes and reached out in his mind. 'Hey, system, are you there?'
After a few seconds of silence, a voice responded. [Yes, host, I am here. What can I do for you?] The system's voice was warm and sisterly.
Sighing, Xu Qianghua thought, 'I got this system when I first transmigrated to this world, and it's still here after my rebirth.'
'Did anything weird happen just now?' Xu Qianghua asked.
[You an your rebirth? Then yes.] responded the system.
'What the hell just happened?' Xu Qianghua asked impatiently.
[Do you rember the stone you found in that secret realm before you went back in ti?] asked the system.
'The stone I found in the cave of that secret realm, labeled as one of the most dangerous on the planet?' Xu Qianghua asked, surprised.
[Yes, host. That stone wasn't just any stone; it contained a high amount of ti and space laws. It must have activated when you used it as a paperweight before bed. The layer of restrictions ca undone, and you were engulfed in a space and ti storm that, for so reason, the storm didn't leave your room.] the system explained.
[When that happened, I sensed it and tried to bring you back to where we were before, but it was too late. So I used the power of the storm to send you back before the ga rged with the real world. However, I couldn't control it perfectly, so I didn't know the exact date or ti you'd be sent back to] the system concluded.
"I see," Xu Qianghua muttered.
'Do I still have the items from before I ca back?' he asked, worried.
[No, a lot of items were lost when I tried to control the space and ti storm and did not protect them. But so items weren't lost due to their strength and the laws that reside in them.] inford the system.
'And those are?' Xu Qianghua asked.
[The items you got in that cave.] replied the system.
"Huh?" Xu Qianghua exclaid. 'Is there nothing else?'
[No,] the system replied.
'But there were less than 10 items in there,' Xu Qianghua protested in his mind.
[Yes,] the system responded cheerfully.
'Why are you happy about this? There were so many items that could help during the beginning stages of the rge,' Xu Qianghua directed his anger at the system.
[Yes, but you couldn't use them at all. The world hasn't evolved to a middle world, which is necessary for many of the items stored in the system space.] the system explained in a defensive tone.
Hearing this, Xu Qianghua cald down. 'Sorry about that, I just got heated,' he apologized to the system.
Then, as if recalling sothing, he asked, 'Why weren't these items lost? Weren't they also sealed?'
[Because all of them stayed in the sa place for so long that they were immune to the space and ti storm and weren't sucked into it.] the system explained.
Sighing, Xu Qianghua started to think about the ga that rged with the world he was in. The ga *Immortal Odyssey: Paths of Destiny* wasn't created by any company or governnt. It was sothing the will of the world created, with the help of the supre will, to protect the planet from an upcoming challenge and to evolve towards a greater future.
Knock, knock, knock.
As Xu Qianghua was lost in thought, he heard a knock from outside his bedroom. A girl walked in and stopped mid-step, shocked.
"Brother Qiang, you woke up before I even ca in. That is surprising," she said, her eyes wide with astonishnt.
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