(Greek mythology series #1)

Safira is an ordinary teenage girl. As a grade 8 student, she was shocked to know that the greek gods and goddesses are real. And the most shocking, one of them was her lover in her past life and that is Zeus.

19 years ago (before the events on Entry No. 1)

~~o0o~~

Carrie woke up due to the buzzing sound of her alarm clock.

'Hello, first day of school', sabi niya sa sarili habang bumabangon mula sa higaan niya.

Habang bumababa siya mula sa taas ng double-decker bed ay napansin niya ang iba niyang mga dorm mates na isa-isang nagsisibangon. 

"Ano ba naman 'yan. Gusto ko pang matulog. Pwedeng bukas na lang ang Monday? I wanna sleep," said Nikki, isa sa limang dormmates niya sa Goldwest Fields School. 

Goldwest Fields School is an elite high school where children of influencial families from all over the country attend. Some are from families owning big businesses while some are from political families. Sons and daughters of celebrities, and even young celebrities themselves, are studying here, too. 

The school, as seen from above, forms a big trapezoidal shape. As seen on the front, it has an enormous, 15-foot tall, black steel gates. High class din ang security ng school dahil na din sa estado ng buhay ng mga nag-aaral dito.

Pagpasok ng gate, makikita ang napakaluwag na driveway papasok sa loob ng school premises. Along the sides are colorful flower beds with a variety of beautiful flowers.

A few meters from the gate, at the center, was a big fountain and a tall clock tower, with the driveway forming a big letter "O" around it.

At the back of it facing the gate was the main building, the Gold Hall. It has six floors and a big entrance at the center of the first floor, leading to the inner parts of the campus. It has the name of the school at its topmost part and the school's seal below it. The building holds all the offices, conference rooms, and the infirmary. 

At the heart of the campus, fronting Gold Hall's big entrance was a soccer field to the left and an oval track to the right. Between them were two flagpoles, one having the Philippine flag and the school's flag on the other. 

To the left, beside the soccer field was the school library, the Jewel Hall. Next to it was the Diamond Hall, which holds all of the students' laboratory activities. At the back of both buildings was a mini forest with benches and kiosks where students can cool down and spend their free times in peace. 

To the right, beside the oval track were the two 6-story adjacent buildings, Opal and Jade Halls, where all the classrooms are located. At the back of these buildings was a wide parking area.

Next to the soccer field and oval track were three buildings facing the Gold Hall (from left to right): Silver, Ruby, and Crystal.

The sports center, Silver Hall, is where all indoor sports activities are held. It also has a big swimming pool inside.

The Ruby Hall is a two-story building with a big function hall on the ground floor, where the school holds various occasions, and the theater room on the second floor.

The Crystal Hall has the school cafeteria on the first floor, student organizations and club rooms on the second, and a rooftop where students hold their club activities. The rooftop has a mechanical roof, which can be spread out during rainy days and kept on the sides during sunny days with just a single press of a botton.

At the back of these three buildings was a wide enclosed cemented space which can be used as basketball, volleyball, or tennis courts. Athletes often spend their free times here. Students named it the "Sports Corner". 

Goldwest Fields School also has its own condominium-type dormitories inside the campus located at the back of the school premises. Facing each other were the female dorm, Sapphire Hall (left), and the male dorm, Emerald Hall (right), both with six floors which houses all of the school's students, faculty and staff.

These buildings were the biggest ones in the campus, with the both of them occupying 30% of the whole school's land area. Both dorms were separated by a mini garden, with a fish pond at the center and a small fountain in the middle of it. They also have car pick-up and drop-off areas fronting their entrances.

The first floors of each building are for the faculty and staff, and from the second to the fifth floors are for the students. The sixth floors have a mini pool, a gym containing various workout equipments, shower rooms, vending machines and a number of bleachers on the sides. A wide fluffy carpet can also be seen there. Everyone calls it the "Entertainment Space" which covers about one-third of the floor's whole area. Students can play games or sleep there or watch a movie since there is a wide flat screen TV on front. Both buildings have rooftops, too. 

Each dorm room was big enough to accommodate a maximum of six occupants. Basically, it has all the things one needs in a house. Each room has, at the very least: three sets of big double-decker beds with adjacent bookshelves; six individual study tables and chairs; a long study table suitable for group discussions or as a dining table; three big cabinets for clothing and a number of smaller ones; a small kitchen; its own lavatory with a large human size mirror attached to the wall; and, a shower room with three separate shower cubicles and a bath tub. Carrie's dorm room is on the third floor, Room No. 5.

Napakaswerte nga kung maituturing si Carrie dahil nakakapag-aral siya sa napakarangyang eskwelahan na ito. Kung tutuusin, ni wala sa kalingkingan ng mga buhay ng kanyang mga kaklase ang estado ng buhay ng pamilya niya.

Nakatira siya sa isang probinsiya, malapit sa tabing-dagat kung saan pangingisda ang pangunahing ikinabubuhay ng mga naninirahan doon.

Mangingisda ang ama niyang si Gary samantalang mananahi naman ang kanyang inang si Erika. Pangalawa si Carrie sa tatlong magkakapatid.

Ang ate niyang si Samantha ay kasalukuyang nag-aaral sa kolehiyo sa isang malaking unibersidad sa bayan. Third year college na ito sa kursong Computer Science. Ang kanilang bunsong kapatid na si Lester naman ay Grade 6 na sa pinapasukan nitong public school sa lugar nila. Siya naman ay graduating student na rin sa Goldwest Fields. 

Maraming mga kabaranggay nila ang hanga sa kanilang pamilya. Ang swerte nga daw ng mag-asawang sina Gary at Erika dahil matatalino ang kanilang mga anak.

Scholar ang kanyang ate sa university na pinapasukan nito, na gumraduate bilang isang honor student nang magtapos ito ng high school. Si Lester naman ay malaki ang tsansang maging bronze medalist kapag nagtapos na ito ng Grade 6. Valedictorian naman si Carrie noong gumraduate siya sa elementary.

Isang hulog ng langit ang pagpasok niya sa Goldwest Fields. Naging beneficiary kasi ang baranggay nila sa isang community project ng eskwelahan.

Labing-isang taong gulang siya noon nang dumating ang isang grupo ng mga guro at mag-aaral sa lugar nila mga ilang linggo pagkatapos niyang gumraduate sa Grade 6. Tatlong araw din ang mga ito sa kanila.

Nadiskubre ang katalinuhan ni Carrie sa pagtatapos ng programa nang magkaroon ng isang mini quiz game ang lahat ng mga bata. Namangha sa kanya ang isa sa mga may-ari ng GWFS na si Raul Fuentabella.

Goldwest Fields School is a family-owned school of the known Fuentabella family, na pinamumunuan ng ama ni Raul Fuentabella na si Don Jaime Fuentabella.

Nang matapos ang mini quiz ay agad siyang nilapitan ni Mr. Fuentabella. Sinamahan niya ito sa kanilang maliit na bahay upang ipakilala sa mga magulang at mga kapatid niya.

Nakita nito ang napakaraming medalya na nakasabit sa kanilang dingding, na tuluyang nag-udyok dito na mag-offer ng scholarship sa kanya. Noong una ay nag-aalangan pa ang kanyang mga magulang dahil malayo ang eskwelahan nito sa bahay nila, ngunit nang sabihin nito na may dormitoryo naman sa loob ng paaralan at ibibigay nila lahat ng mga pangangailangan ni Carrie doon ay napanatag naman ang dalawa.

Kahit na alam nilang malalayo sa kanila ang anak ay pinayagan nila itong mag-aral doon dahil sa tingin nila ay ito ang magiging daan sa pag-abot ni Carrie sa mga pangarap.

Hindi naging madali para kay Carrie ang unang mga buwan niya sa paaralang iyon. Many were looking down on her.

Pero nang maging honor student siya sa unang grading period niya sa first year, nabawasan ang mga pumupuna sa kanya.

Meron din naman siyang naging malalapit na kaibigan sa loob ng apat na taon, ang mga roommates niya sa Room 3-5 ng Sapphire Hall: Ali, Nikki, Nae, Jan, and Raii.

Alesia Montevallo, or Ali, hails from a family of doctors and nurses. Her family from his father's side owns the Montevallo Medical Center while her mother was a nurse there before. She wants to become a doctor someday like her dad. She is the Goldwest Fields' Student Council President and the Top 1 student of their batch. 

Nikki, or Nikhaila Hidalgo's family is composed of lawyers, from her grandfather, who is a Supreme Court Justice, down to her elder brother, who just passed the Bar Examinations the year before. The interesting thing was, ayaw niyang maging lawyer tulad ng mga kamag-anak niya. She wants to be a writer pero pinipilit siya ng mga magulang at lolo niya na maging abogado, na dahilan ng munting away sa pamilya nila. 

Danielle Evans, or Nae, has a half-Filipina, half-American blood. Her parents met in California where her mother's family migrated many years ago. When she was 12 years old, her father died, after which she decided to leave the US at dito na magtapos ng pag-aaral sa Pilipinas. Umuuwi lang siya sa family niya during Christmas and Summer breaks.

Jan, or Jannine Madrid came from a political family in a province around North Luzon. Her grandfather was a Governor, while her titos and titas even her own parents and elder siblings are either mayors, vice-mayors, city councilors or congressmen. She promised herself na hinding-hindi siya papasok sa mundo ng pulitika kahit kailan dahil sa sobrang gulo nito.

Rachel Gonzales, or Raii, is the only child of the President and CEO of Glimpse Corporation, which owns a chain of malls all over the country. She was treated like a princess sa bahay nila, which she never liked, kaya pinilit niya ang ama niyang i-enroll siya sa Goldwest Fields para makalaya siya sa mundong palaging nakabantay sa bawat kilos niya.

"Rii!" Jan called out to Carrie habang naliligo siya. "May package na naman para sa 'yo!"

"Paki-receive na lang. Patapos na 'ko," she replied. 

"Okay!" sabi nito then afterwards was a brief silence. "Thank you po!" narinig niyang sabi ni Jan sa nagdeliver ng package. 

Ilang sandali pa ay lumabas na siya ng banyo.

"Sige na. Maligo ka na. Thank you, ha," sabi niya kay Jan. At naglakad na ito papunta sa shower. 

"What's in it? First day of school pa lang, ah," Raii asked while pointing at the package on the long table. 

"The usual, I'm sure," sabi ni Nae na nagluluto ng breakfast nila sa kusina. 

"Oh, come on, that again?" Ali said habang naghahanda ng pagkakainan nila.

"Your secret admirer never really gets tired of it. Bakit 'di pa siya magpakilala?" sabi naman ni Nikki habang nagsasalin ng malamig na tubig mula sa pitsel.

Tinatawag nilang "secret admirer" ang nagpapadala ng package para kay Carrie. Since first year pa lang ay nakakatanggap na siya ng package at hindi ito pumapalya taon-taon.

Isang clue lang ang mayroon siya sa kung sino ito: ang may-ari ng librong napulot niya habang nagko-community program ang GWFS sa lugar nila dati.

Pangalawang araw na noon ng mga taga-GWFS sa baranggay nila nang may napansin siyang isang maliit na bagay sa buhangin habang naglalakad siya pauwi sa bahay nila mga bandang alas-singko ng hapon. Nilapitan niya ito at isang libro ang nakita niya.

Pinulot niya ito at binasa ang title: 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief'.

Binuksan niya ang libro. Baka may pangalan ito sa loob nang maisauli niya. Ngunit ang nakita lang niya ay ang mga katagang isinulat sa cover page:

Happy 10th birthday, son! From Mama. 

"Baka taga-Goldwest ang may-ari nito. Isasauli ko na lang sa kanila bukas pagbalik nila," sabi niya sa sarili. Nagpatuloy siya sa paglalakad pauwi. 

Habang nasa bahay ay tinititigan niya ang libro. Binasa niya kasi ang teaser nito sa likod at gusto na tuloy niyang basahin ang nilalaman nito. Mahilig kasi siyang magbasa ng mga tungkol sa Greek and Roman Myths sa maliit na library sa paaralan nila. Gustong-gusto niyang tumambay sa library kasi walang manggugulo sa kanya doon.

"Hindi naman siguro magagalit ang may-ari nito kung babasahin ko. Magpapaalam na lang ako sa kanya bukas," sambit niya sa sarili at tuluyan nang binasa ang libro.

Pinagpuyatan niya ang pagbabasa kaya naman tinanghali siya ng gising. Naligo kaagad siya at nagpaalam sa ina upang pumunta sa covered court kung saan gaganapin ang mga palaro ng mga taga-Goldwest para sa mga bata.

Pagkarating niya ay agad siyang lumapit sa isang teacher at ipinakita ang librong hawak niya. Nakita niyang nagliwanag ang mukha nito at sinabing kilala niya ang may-ari na kahapon pa pala ito hinahanap.

Wala pa doon ang may-ari kaya humingi na lang siya ng isang maliit na papel upang isulat ang mensahe niya para dito. Pagkatapos ay ibinigay niya ito sa guro.

First year siya noon at katatapos lang ng kanilang first quarter examinations nang matanggap niya ang unang package. Isang note ang nakalagay sa ibabaw ng box nito:

'This is my "thank you gift" to you for returning my book. You said on your letter that you liked the story so I thought that maybe you'd like what's inside. Enjoy reading!

(Don't ever think of returning it. It's for you.)

- Mr. X' 

Inside the box was five books: the complete Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series.

Pagkatapos noon ay taon-taon na siyang nakatatanggap ng libro sa series na ito. And today she received the third book from the popular sequel series Heroes Of Olympus.

"The Mark of Athena," said Raii, reading aloud its title. "You really like this Greek and Roman stuff, don't you?"

"The events got really exciting on this installment. You better read it immediately. Mr. X," Ali reading the note accompanying the package. "The same boring note. Here, take it."

She took the note from Ali's hands and put it inside the little box on the top of her study table, which contains all the other notes she had received before.

"Can't he be more romantic when it comes to writing those notes? They're too plain," Jan said aloud from the shower.

"Ano ba kayo? Binibigyan niyo lahat ng malisya. Baka natutuwa lang kasi talaga siya na may katulad siyang fan ng series. 'Yon lang," she said to her friends while putting the new book on her book shelf beside 'The Son of Neptune' book she received last year.

"Okay. Sabi mo eh," Jan said when she got out of the shower.

Natatawa na lang siya sa mga kaibigan niya. Gaya kasi niya ay curious din ang mga ito sa identity ni Mr. X. Baka kasi may hingin daw itong kapalit sa mga ibinibigay nito sa kanya.

Ipinagkikibit-balikat na lang niya ito. Maging siya ay walang ka-ide-ideya sa tunay na intensyon ng misteryosong taong ito. 

~~O~~

Chapter Two - Mystery Credits:

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Series — The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian

© 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Rick Riordan / Disney-Hyperion Books

—

"Heroes of Olympus" Series — The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Mark of Athena

© 2010, 2011 and 2012 by Rick Riordan / Disney-Hyperion Books

Carrie Mendoza was a simple girl with big dreams. She was able to attend Goldwest Fields School, an elite high school where children of influential families from all over the country attend. This is where her pursuit of greater heights started.

Fate then played its part as she got to know Kyle Fuentabella, a smart young lad from the well-known Fuentabella clan. Unbeknownst to them, certain events from the past ties both of them with an invisible red thread...

"Those Memories" is a story about two people who were bound by the string of fate, a love that started at a young age. Will it prosper? Will it be able to stand through the tests of time? 

Do you believe in "coincidences"? Is there such a thing as "destiny"? 

Let Kyle and Carrie's story show you the meaning of love and the ups and downs that go with it. Let this story prove to you that "forever" exists - within our hearts... 

Enjoy reading! 

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"The moments we share are the moments we keep forever." - Catherine Pulsifer

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Language: Filipino, English 

Also available on Wattpad with the same title.

For a split second, Gu Zuo grimaced from the pain in his heart.
Gongyi Tianheng's smile deepened: "Since Ah Zuo's feeling so distressed on my behalf, I'm sure you'll earn lots of money for me someday." 
Gu Zuo thought deeply: "Big brother, I will certainly give it my best!"
More pill refining! More medicine refinement!
 
 
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It really was whenever one needed money that there always was never enough…
After the two discussed this matter of making money, what they first needed to do was go to the Pill Fundamentals Association. 
Bringing Dragon One and Dragon Two, a group of people quickly left the sect.
 
 
The location of the Pill Fundamentals Association was Qingyun City. Just from hearing this name, one would realize it was a city that was near the Qingyun Sect. Many industries within the city were inextricably linked to the Qingyun Sect. Even if they were foreigners who genuinely wanted to purchase those industries, they couldn't ignore this huge monster. Otherwise, they'd certainly be unable to develop smoothly.
Within Qingyun City, the position of Qingyun Sect disciple, even outer sect or nominal disciple, would automatically be different when compared to common martial artists.
When Tianheng and the others walked down the streets while wearing their sect uniforms, they received the attention of several people. The merchants of some stores were similarly courteous to them.
 
 
Gu Zuo thought to himself in his mind: This could be considered as the fox exploiting the tiger's might…
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Under Tianheng's lead, it didn't take long for the group to arrive before a chamber of commerce.
This time's Pill Fundamentals Association was held at the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, which was a medium sized chamber affiliated with the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce. And just by looking its name, one knew that the Qingyun Chamber of Commerce belonged to the Qingyun Sect.
The floor area of the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce wasn't small. Sheltered by the numerous surrounding stone enclosures, one could catch sight of the expansive venue after entering. Encircling this venue was close to one thousand densely-packed seats. 
The venue was like a chessboard, and was divided into a lattice. In each square was a large pill cauldron.
With one look, Gu Zuo discovered that the qualities of these cauldrons weren't inferior to the ones his big brother gifted him. Yet, these were merely the standard pill cauldrons the chamber of commerce provided. If it were the personally customized pill cauldrons of the Qingyun Continent's pharmacists, then what levels would they be at?
But no matter what, just based on this, one could see that the techniques of the Qingyun Continent's pharmacists certainly weren't lacking.
Tianheng held a voucher in his hand. According to the numbers on its surface, he brought Gu Zuo and the others to take their seats in the front and off to the side. Here they could clearly see the pharmacists on the venue. It could even be said that the view was great. 
Gu Zuo was a bit nervous.
He came to broaden his horizons, but it was only after going to this Pill Fundamentals Association that he truly understood the quality of his own foundations and the things the system gave him.
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Before that, however, he didn't forget to sigh in lament: "One seat is twenty thousand, so one thousand seats are twenty million… The Fengyun Chamber of Commerce conducting a single Pill Fundamentals Association is truly too lucrative."
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At this time, people were continuously entering the seating area. Then, the Pill Fundamentals Association officially began. 
The so-called Pill Fundamentals Association was actually a crowd of pill refining masters comparing notes and exchanging information. After this, they would demonstrate the refining of several kinds of pills for the paid audience.
If one wanted to be a pharmacist, one needed to have medicinal beads. As for the countless techniques for medicine refinement, a person definitely wouldn't be able to learn them after watching once — One needed to supplement this with all kinds of mnemonic chants to have a hope of learning them.
As a result, even though they were on the sidelines, at most, the spectators could only gain some realizations from within. If they wanted to suddenly learn those pill refining masters' secrets, it was something that would never happen.
At the same time, the pharmacists were invited on stage by the attendants of the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce. Naturally, they also paid some price — The pharmacists capable of being invited were mostly mid grade pharmacists. In order for them to take one step further, they had to consume a lot of resources. Sometimes, they had no choice but to earn some extra income, too. 
— In the venue, there was a group of scarlet robed pharmacists who walked over from one side.
After they came to those pill cauldrons, they sat down cross-legged one after another.
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A beautiful woman appeared beside the venue. Her bright eyes narrowed perfectly and her timely smile was sweet. She was an outstanding young lady. Right now, her role was actually the host of this Pill Fundamentals Association. Following the association's process, she would give some commentary for the numerous guests who came to watch.
At this time, the woman first introduced herself according to the usual practice: "I, Miss Cheng Wanyao, will be hosting this assembly today for everyone here. As everyone knows, we pharmacists can be divided into many ranks according to our different strengths. The weakest are uncertified, but the certified are divided into low, mid, and high grade pharmacists…" 
The words she said now were indeed general knowledge.
"But these so-called three grades of certified pharmacists should in fact be combined into what is collectively known as human-level pharmacists. So the medicinal pills refined are thus divided into low, mid, high, and top grades…"
When Gu Zuo heard this, his heart jolted.
He couldn't help transmitting to Tianheng: Big brother, this place also has four grades, just like you said. 
Tianheng faintly smiled: It's a coincidence.
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It was only because the medicinal pills his little pharmacist refined were roughly between mid, high, and top grades that he differentiated them from the shoddier medicinal pills refined by common pharmacists.
But at the present time, they mysteriously and inexorably fit together.
Cheng Wanyao continued to show her knowledge base: "Human-level pharmacists are already capable of providing the necessary medicinal pills for martial artists at the Immortal realm and below. These kinds of medicinal pills are also collectively known as human-level medicinal pills. But if a martial artist advances to the Atomic realm, human-level medicinal pills become useless to them. What they require are golden-level medicinal pills. And to successfully refine golden-level medicinal pills, one needs a golden-level pharmacist." 
At this moment, Tianheng and Gu Zuo both recalled that among the relevant item books given to Gu Zuo by the system, besides the medicine refinement hand seals, almost all of them had "Human-Level" written on the covers. Wasn't this proof that after Gu Zuo's strength continued to rise according to its requirements, a new mission would be issued where he'd have the opportunity to obtain a medicinal pill prescription at the golden-level or higher?
They just didn't know how vast an inheritance the system possessed.
Gu Zuo's heart was still very resolute.
The system first said it would make him into the most outstanding pharmacist. After that, he could rely on his own power to return to his original world. However, he'd seen Immortal realm martial artists. They obviously didn't have the ability to traverse worlds. This proved that if he wanted to return, the heights he needed to reach were even greater. He basically finished reading all the content within those human-level item book series, and he similarly never found any clues. 
In that case, something definitely existed above human-level.
Although he didn't know whether golden-level was the end point… He'd just have to wait until his medicine refining standards reached golden-level.
Gu Zuo couldn't share these words with Gongyi Tianheng.
Even though he now regarded Tianheng as his adoptive big brother, it was still out of the question. 
An assortment of thoughts came and went. And on the venue, those scarlet robed pharmacists had already started lighting the fires under their cauldrons to warm them up.
Cheng Wanyao's introduction carried a hint of excitement: "This time, our Fengyun Chamber of Commerce has especially invited three mid grade pharmacists and ten low grade pharmacists from the Pill Fire Society to demonstrate the methods of pill refinement for our guests. From this moment on, I ask everyone not to make any noise to avoid causing a disturbance…"
Gu Zuo focused his full attention on the methods of those pharmacists.
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He saw that the three closest pharmacists were already setting about their tasks. 
Their bodies were slowly overflowing with red-hot qi energy, which formed a thin layer of red mist around them. Their hands and fingers intertwined, neither quickly nor slowly, as they started some fantastic hand seals.
The fires beneath the pill cauldrons were stoked more and more. Those cauldrons also produced low keening sounds before the cauldron lids suddenly began rattling. The three pharmacists reached out their hands, grabbed a stalk of medicinal herbs, and directly threw them into their pill cauldrons!
After only hearing some sizzling sounds, the stalks of medicinal herbs were already melting under the high temperatures. They turned into light green droplets and adhered to the walls of the cauldrons.
Immediately after that, the second and third stalks were also cast inside, and were similarly liquified. Then, several kinds of medicinal herbs that appeared rather strange were sequentially thrown inside. In addition, some were ground into power before being cast into the pill cauldron. 
In the blink of an eye, the flame beneath the pill cauldron flared, engulfing nearly the entire cauldron.
Those pharmacists' fingers shuttled back and forth like the wind. Several swipes later, each and every hand seal used were all imprinted upon the medicinal herbs within that pill cauldron.
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Those droplets of liquid gradually started to blend…
Gu Zuo let out a long sigh. 
Without a doubt, what these pharmacists used were all pill refining techniques.
Yet, compared to his own, those hand seals were indeed unfamiliar and much more simple and crude. Not to mention his Minor Seal: Plucking Nine Stars, those hand seals were even inferior to those unorthodox pill refining hand seals.
But these were still pill refining techniques.
After about half an hour passed, the three mid grade pharmacists activated their pill receiving seals at the same time. The white qi above the pill cauldrons flared up. After more than a dozen buzzing sounds echoed from within, numerous medicinal pills catapulted out! 
Like numerous marbles, they clattered into the jade bowls held in the pharmacists' hands.
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The three mid grade pharmacists reservedly raised their heads, indicating they were done.
When the spectating guests saw this, they couldn't help generating a clamor.
As expected, those pill refining methods were extremely miraculous! 
All of those methods were truly too profound!
Those shouting were salivating at the mouths. They were thoroughly envious…
Cheng Wanyao saw the pill refining was successful, and a happy smile appeared on her elegant face. She hastily gave instructions to another party on the side: "Send them out quickly."
Thus, three graceful girls walked out, and cautiously and prudently took the jade bowls from the three pharmacists. In front of everyone, they let them all have a look. 
Once Cheng Wanyao saw it, she said with a smile: "They are worthy of being mid grade pharmacists. Each of them refined nine Qi Generating Pills, reaching a perfect nine out of nine. In sequential order, their grades are:
"One low grade pill, six mid grade pills, and two high grade pills…"
"One low grade pill, five mid grade pills, and three high grade pills…"
"One low grade pill, five mid grade pills, and three high grade pills…" 

Gu Zuo: Are you sick?
Gongyi Tianheng: You have medicine?
Gu Zuo: You’re sick!
Gongyi Tianheng: If I say I’m sick, can you cure me?
Gu Zuo: If I say I have medicine, would you want it?
Gongyi Tianheng: However much you have is how much I want.
Gu Zuo: However much you want is how much I have.
Gongyi Tianheng: Then bring it all out.
Gu Zuo: …

Simply speaking, a scaredy-cat shou transmigrated and had to think of a way to survive. He had a golden finger called Medicine Refining System, but unfortunately, he didn’t have the ingredients needed to refine medicine and level up.
A great young master to an empire’s preeminent clan had a super high IQ, but his potential for cultivation was low. Unfortunately, pill refiners were too hard to develop, and weren’t restricted to his personal service. But he could acquire plenty of ingredients.
Two people, one was sick and one had medicine. Therefore, the one who was sick kept the one who had medicine, and everyone was happy.

The 5m-tall Golden Armored Angel with a wingspan of 8m long and had 6 golden crystals on its body (forehead, chest, shoulders and knees) continued to descend.

"Hey," said Nathan to Harry.

Harry was silent, still thinking about what to do.

The initial plan was to reach Stage 10 and attack the other two groups once the armored angels drop to 30.

However, they didn't expect this.

Or perhaps they did expect there to be a boss on the final stage but chose to ignore it.

Either way, there was no point in regretting it now. 

They only had two choices now:

One -- Kill the other two groups, Red Dust and the military group before killing the boss.

Two -- Kill the Golden Armored Angel first before killing the other two groups.

Looking at Harry's reaction, Nathan scoffed and disappeared before heading to the corners of the arena.

Nathan ran as fast as he could and didn't look back.

"Prepare to engage!" said someone in the crowd.

It was Captain Barlow from the military group.

When the Golden Armored Angel was about 20m above the ground, all hell broke loose.

"Fire!" said Captain Barlow.

Tata!

Boom!

Tata!

Bang!

Boom!

The guns, bombs and spells thrown by the military and Red Dust were not aimed at the Golden Armored Angel.

Instead, they were aimed at the Asian and Harry's group.

The Golden Armored Angel, on the other hand, began to cast a series of spells as it continued to descend.

[Decrease STR - All].

[Decrease VIT - All].

[Decrease AGI - All].

[Decrease INT - All].

The range of the spells covered the entire arena that Nathan lost his invisibility.

Nathan, who was already far away from Harry's group, immediately stopped and decided to check his stats.

This was his first time getting hit by the spells of the armored angels.

'System.'

***
Level: 25 
Exp: 0.4425048828125% 
Stats: 
STR – 38 (+4).... (-8.4)
VIT – 36...…. (-7.2)
AGI – 33 (+29)….. (-12.4) 
INT – 33 (+1)..... (-6.8)

Mana: 
54/54

Equipment: 
[Grade D] Large Axe (8/12)
[Grade D] Mini-crossbow (12/12)
[Grade D] Long Dagger (12/12)
[Grade D] Black Helm (9/15): +3 Agi +1 Int 
[Grade D] Heavy Leather Armor (12/15): +4 Agi 
[Grade D] Black Heavy Leather Gloves (13/15): +4 Agi 
[Grade D] Heavy Leather Boots (12/15): +4 Str 
[Grade C] Ring: +6 Agi  
[Grade C] Ring: +6 Agi  
[Grade C] Amulet: +6 Agi
[Grade D] Spatial Bag 

Special Effects:
• 2% Chance to block any physical attack.

Skill: 
• Level X [Coward's Way] 

Status:
• STR down by 20% (26/30 secs)
• VIT down by 20% (27/30 secs)
• AGI down by 20% (28/30 secs)
• INT down by 20% (29/30 secs)
***

He squinted his eyes.

'Its skills reached me... System off.'

He activated [Coward's Way] before looking at the battle between the Asian and Harry's group versus the military and Rose's group.

'Looks like they had the same idea as well…'

His lips curled upwards and formed a sinister smile.

***

Harry activated his skill as he evaded the bullets, grenades and spells thrown at his group.

His skill was called [Deceleration]. It allows him to slow down anything within his peripheral vision by 20% and 20 meters away from him, even if they were invisible.

It doesn't have any mana cost and cooldown.

He only had to activate it.

If his skill had any weaknesses, there were two.

One -- His eyes must be opened.

But even if he loses one of his eyes or it gets blurry, as long as he can use his eyes and see what's within his peripheral vision, his skill will activate.

Two - Depending on how one looks at it, his skill doesn't differentiate between friend and foe. Whoever is caught within his peripheral vision and 20 meters away from him once the skill is activated will have their movements slowed down by 20%.

"CHARGE!!!" said Harry as he dashed forward to Rose's group.

Joseph and the others followed suit as they fired their guns and threw spells towards the members of Red Dust.

The Asian group's side…

"CHARGE!!!" said the Werebat Chosen One who was flying in the air.

"CHARGE, BROTHERS!!! LEAVE NO ONE ALIVE AMONG THOSE MILITARY DOGS FOR KILLING OUR BROTHERS OUTSIDE!!!" said the second Chosen One of the group (aka "Cannibal" coined by Nathan).

He was leading the charge on the ground with the rest of the members.

Seeing Harry and the Asian group charging, Rose and the military stopped firing and charged as well.

On Red Dust's side… 

Rose had her [Crystal Body] activated was leading the charge.

Ashleigh also charged but was behind because she was ordered to stick close to Derek.

Derek, who had his skill [Maximize] on and was also inflicted by the cursed spells, charged in as well.

He was also tasked by Rose to guard Ashleigh. 

On the military's side…

The two Chosen ones, Burning Fighting Fighter and the Bones were leading the charge. 

Behind them were the rest of the soldiers.

Despite the two Chosen Ones' hatred towards their so-called fellow comrades because of the remote-controlled bomb around their necks that leaves them without any choice but to follow orders, they knew that they had no choice but to fight the other groups if they wanted to live.

No one cared about the curse spells thrown at them by the Golden Armored Angel.

It was only a single opponent anyway.

All groups had one goal in mind -- kill the other opposing groups first before the Golden Armored Angel.

However…

When the Golden Armored Angel landed on the ground, it began to cast another series of spells.

[Summon].

A group of twenty Level 10 armored angels appeared.

There were 10 Black and 10 White ones.

The Black and White Armored Angels cast buff spells on themselves.

[Increase STR - All].

[Increase VIT - All].

[Increase AGI - All]. 

After that, they began firing spells attack spells.

The Level 10 armored angels stats were:

• STR - 30 (+6)
• AGI - 30 (+6)
• VIT - 30 (+6)
• INT - 100

Mana: 200/200

Meanwhile, the stats of the Golden Armored Angel was:

• STR - 41 (+8.2)
• AGI - 41 (+8.2)
• VIT - 41 (+8.2)
• INT - 100

Mana: ∞

And shortly after casting the second series of spells, the Golden Armored Angel cast [Firewall] to the nearest group of survivors.

It was the military group.

Some of the soldiers got caught in the fire.

"GYAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"

The Golden Armored Angel then cast another skill.

This time it was on the Asian group and the skill [Blizzard].

Cold winds and snowflakes surrounded the Asian group.

Layers of thin ice wrapped around their bodies as it slowed down their movements by 10%.

After that, it began to cast [Lock].

Its target was the Werebat Chosen One who was flying high above the ground.

When the spell landed on the Werebat Chosen One, his skill deactivated, transforming him back to his human form and he was falling down from the sky.

This caught him by surprise for a moment and he immediately tried to transform back into a Werebat.

However, he realized that he couldn't.

The armored angels could cast [Silence]. 

However, it doesn't deactivate spells, buffs or transformations. It only prevents the target from casting spells for 30 seconds.

Meanwhile, for the [Lock] spell…

The Werebat Chosen one checked his status chart to see why he couldn't activate his skill.

On his status chart, there was a 30-second lock and his skill was unavailable.

He began to panic as he realized what the [Lock] spell could do.

He continued falling from the sky.

"HELP ME! I CAN'T ACTIVATE MY SKILL!"

"Quick! Catch him!" said Cannibal.

Two of his fellow members immediately head to the spot where he was going to fall.

Although catching him will no doubt lead them to suffer grave injuries, he was one of their leaders and they could always heal with potions anyway so they didn't care.

As they waited for the Werebat Chosen One to fall, the Golden Armored Angel cast [Firewall] on them.

"GYAAAAHHHHHH!!!" screamed the two members and ran away from the wall of fire. 

With no one to catch him, the Werebat Chosen One landed on the fiery ground.

Splat! 

He broke a number of bones. 

Some of them were even protruding out of his skin. 

He was still alive, albeit barely, and he screamed as he was engulfed by the flames.
 
"GYAAAAHHHH! HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Cannibal immediately tried to help him. 

But two Armored Angels cast a [Stone Spear] straight to the Werebat Chosen One's head.

Wooh!

Wooh!

The Werebat Chosen One stopped screaming.

"BYUNG-HO!!!" said Cannibal.

Seeing the skills cast by the Golden Armored Angel, everyone decided to rethink their strategy.

***

Nathan, who was far away from the battle, watched the whole scene unfold with his mouth open.

When he first witness the curse and buff spells and as well the summon spell cast by the Golden Armored Angel, he decided to let the 4 teams fight it out until there were only 5-10 people left before he joins in.

But once he saw the [Firewall], [Blizzard] and [Lock] spells, he tossed the idea out of his head right away.

He gritted his teeth and tightened his grip on his [Grade D] Large Axe.

'I'M STILL SO POWERLESS AS EVER!'

Although his second near-death experience served as a grim reminder that he was still nowhere near as strong as he thought or hoped to be and it hurt his ego and pride, he still wished that he wasn't this as powerless.

But this Golden Armored Angel showed him that he was truly and utterly powerless.

He was nothing.

He knew for a fact that if he faced the Golden Armored Angel alone, there was no question that he would die.

He forcefully calmed himself down.

This was no time to wallow on self-pity.

He had to rethink his own plans.

After calming himself down, he checked his status chart.

'A few seconds to go before the rest of the curses disappear…'

Three seconds passed and his status returned back to normal.

He looked over at the rest of the groups and squinted his eyes.

'They decided not to kill each other and focus on the armored angels, huh.'

The armored angels died.

When the Golden Armored Angel saw its summoned companions dead, the Golden Armored Angel flew away to cast another set of spells.

The rest of the survivors tried to stop it by destroying its golden crystals.

Unfortunately, they were only able to destroy 4 crystals and it kept moving while it recast the spells.

[Decrease STR - All].

[Decrease VIT - All].

[Decrease AGI - All].

[Decrease INT - All].

[Summon].

[Increase STR - All].

[Increase VIT - All].

[Increase AGI - All]. 

The curse spells enveloped the whole arena and Nathan lost his invisibility once again.

The broken golden crystals also regenerated.

"NATHAN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THERE?! COME HELP!" said Harry from the battlefield.

'Looks like I have no choice…' Nathan thought.

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"I am a Chosen One! I refuse to bow down to society! Society must bow down to me!" 


Nathan is your average 24-year old man. Just like everyone else, he experienced both pain and happiness in his life which shaped him into the man who he is. 


One day, God unleashed a zombie apocalypse and gave humanity the System that allows them to level-up, forever changing the world. And among the humans, there are beings called Chosen Ones who are slightly better off than the average humans. 


Follow the journey of a man who slowly descends into madness as he survives in a zombie apocalypse and rises to power. 


Author's note: I took some ideas from the novel [God and Devil World].

The morning breeze created a relaxing atmosphere, perfect for a man to read accompanied by tea. A young man clad in white sits down, reading from a scroll as he sipped on a cup of tea from time to time.

The young man is, of course, Wu Dong Yi. After the banquet, the entire kingdom was still bustling. From the looks of it, the kingdom would be in its celebratory state for over a week.

With nothing to do besides reading and cultivating, Wu Dong Yi felt somewhat bored. As someone from the 21st century, a world like this is one that he still hasn't quite gotten used to even after a few months.

Standing up, he had a sudden feeling spout within himself. He left the courtyard and began to wander around the palace.

Wu Dong Yi went around, seeing many eunuchs and ministers as well as palace maids. He watched the palace maids wash the clothes for a bit before heading off somewhere else. Wherever his two feet would take him, he would go.

It wasn't until a while later, that he came upon the soldiers training. From a dozen or so meters away, Wu Dong Yi noticed a familiar figure. A tall and handsome fellow in a general's armor was leading the training of his squadron.

The young man not much older than him, who is also the grandson of minister Gongsun stood up straight and watched his men perform set moves.

Noticing a presence, Gongsun Zhong turned to face the presence and spotted Wu Dong Yi.

"Continue on your own," he told his men.

"Yes sir!" the soldiers yelled.

Gongsun Zhong walked up to Wu Dong Yi and paid his respect. "Your majesty."

"No need." Wu Dong Yi replied.

"What brings you here today?" Gongsun Zhong asked.

From the way he spoke, Wu Dong Yi thought that the man before him was a good man. It was no wonder his wife thought of the man as a good elder brother.

"I'm just here to watch, no need to bother with me," he replied.

"I see, please inform your subject if you have any problems." 

"Now, if you'll excuse me." Gongsun Zhong said as he returned to his station.

Wu Dong Yi stayed to watch for a while, the soldiers trained in martial arts to sword training, archery, and even training drills. As he walked out, he noticed a small board that displayed some text.

He got up closer to read the text.

'Recruiting soldiers to be stationed on the borders between the states. Recruiting all men and women, children under 16 allowed. Only those above Body Tempering Stage 7 and above, no exceptions will be made. Salary is ten thousand silver taels a year.'

His eyes lit up, he found something to do now that he is bored. Regrettably, he won't be able to see his wife for a while.

"I'm sure she'll understand." he thought.

"I can't use my real name since general Gongsun knows my real name… I'll have to use something different and not so obvious unlike the characters in novels who have their name backward. How about erm… Li Fan."

Now that he knew what he wanted, Wu Dong Yi headed back to his room to think of a plan.

**********

"Do you really want to go?" Bing Yi Jian asked.

"En." Wu Dong Yi replied.

"That's fine, you can temper your training further while seeing things for yourself rather than just reading from books." Bing Yi Jian agreed.

"Thank you," he said.

"Xinyue, bring the necessities."
"En." Yang Xinyue bowed as she left the room.

"The recruitment will take place in two weeks, you will need to learn some martial arts." Bing Yi Jian informed him.

"En, how many sword arts do you have?" Wu Dong Yi asked.

"Thousands," she replied.

"..."

"I shouldn't have asked." he thought.

"I'll pick a few out then," he said.

"Let's go then."

***********

Standing amongst thousands of scrolls, each containing a sword art within, Wu Dong Yi closed his eyes. He felt as though the sword arts would come to him on its own if he were to have a feel of the space around him.

Bing Yi Jian stood behind him and simply watched without a word.

In this world, Wu Dong Yi had read that, the basic five elements of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth. Beyond that, there are also elements such as ice, thunder, darkness, and light.

Apparently there are no elements such as space or time like they have in some novels. This world is similar to a xianxia novel, but at the same time, it is closer to a wuxia world.

Each person is more suited to a certain element more so than the others. Wu Dong Yi had been tested to be more talented in both the wood and fire element. Actually, all his elements affinity is higher than the average person by quite a lot already, his wood and fire element, in particular, is a level beyond that.

The greater the affinity with an element, the easier and faster it is to learn an art of that element. Not only that, the more powerful the attacks performed by each art also increases with affinity.

Bing Yi Jian had told him that she had an affinity with both fire and ice which is a level above the water element, while Yang Xinyue has an incredible affinity with solely the fire element.

Yang Xinyue's affinity with fire is greater than both Bing Yi Jian and Wu Dong Yi's affinity.

Opening his eyes, Wu Dong Yi noticed the presence of five scrolls floating in front of his eyes.

Just by feeling their auras, he could tell that they were amongst the best within the entire library.

The auras being emitted have different colors that indicate the grade of them. A white aura is the lowest grade, yellow is low grade, purple is middle grade, black high grade, red is higher than black and gold is the highest grade.

The grades are referred to by their color.

In front of him, three of the scrolls were red, one gold and the final one was white.

Bing Yi Jian felt an odd sensation when she noticed the white grade sword art. She felt that it shouldn't be white, but at the same time, it should be white. This caused her to frown her delicate eyebrows as she looked.

Within the entire library owned by the kingdom, there were only three gold grade arts. With two being a sword art, and the last one being a movement art.

The three red scrolls each belonged to the water, earth and metal element, while the gold was of the fire element. The final scroll belonged to the wood element.

Of the scrolls that came to him on their own, Wu Dong Yi felt the greatest affinity with the white grade sword art.

He opened the three red scrolls first, which were all offensive techniques. The water element art was both an offensive and defensive art which made it stand out amongst the three.

Black Swan dance is the name of the water art. It doesn't go into much detail about it but rather showed different techniques within the scroll to mimic.

The same was with the Earthen chain art which is a chain of unending chain attacks that lead to one another.

The final of the three is an array art. To be more specific, it is a sword array art that combines the other elements with the metal element at its center to create an endless torrent of swords.

Reading this technique, Wu Dong Yi knew that he was close to realizing his dream of controlling thousands of swords and raining them down on his enemies.

The fire technique which is of the highest grade contains a single attack. That's right, a single attack. Basically, one would generate flames within their sword and send out a single lash at their enemy.
The final sword art is a series of various techniques. Together there are nine different techniques used in various situations. The name of the art is the Peach Blossom art.

Wu Dong Yi imagined himself killing his enemies while peach blossoms would flow from his sword like blood.

Once he had a brief read over the scrolls, the put his hands forward as the sword arts landed on his palms. Placing them in his belt, he turned around to leave.

**********

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A young man held a sword in his hand as he practiced. The young man put down the scroll in his hand and mimicked a set of forms that he had just read.

His form was perfect, but he knew that he didn't get the essence in the techniques down. He spent hours within the room perfecting his technique as he began to feel the essence contained within each move.

His movements not only resembled a swan, but a shadow of a swan, as well as water element Spiritual Qi, was roused from his movements.

Even as the movements became smoother and the feeling he felt was right, the young man who is obviously Wu Dong Yi continued repeating this set of moves over and over and over. He had skipped dinner and continued practicing without an end.

Even if he was talented, a short span of two weeks is nowhere near enough for him to make much progress in the five techniques.

There are also levels of mastery in techniques. With the lowest being Minor proficiency, Greater proficiency, and Perfection.

Wu Dong Yi's goal in these two weeks is to reach Minor proficiency in at least two of the five sword arts. He also didn't have any time to learn a movement technique which meant that if he met with danger, he would have no means of escape.

Knowing that was the case, Bing Yi Jian imparted him with the same movement technique that she used. It is called the Ice Empress' Road.

As the name implies, with each step, a road of ice would be formed. One might think it would be useless for escaping since the enemies would just follow the road of ice right? Well, the road would quickly melt away into the atmosphere and return to the Heaven and Earth, leaving behind nothing.

He focused on the Black Swan art and the Ice Empress' Road art while the rest was secondary. Amongst the six arts he practiced, he found the Peach Blossom art was the most difficult to grasp even though it was a white level art.

When he first noticed it, he had the same feeling Bing Yi Jian felt. When he informed her, she frowned slightly as she didn't explain further.

After two weeks, it was approaching the day that Wu Dong Yi would leave for the army. Even as he practiced the sword arts, he didn't neglect his cultivation and is knocking on the door to the Qi Condensation Realm. With just a little push, he would arrive at the stage, making him one step closer to realizing his dream.

On the night before he would leave, he spent his time telling Bing Yi Jian some stories of Earth and a little bit about himself. He didn't know when the next time he would see her would be, hence he spent his time with her.

The next morning, he wore a disguise and headed straight for the recruitment location on his own. He had made sure to leave his belongings inside a storage ring which he could keep hidden using his Spiritual Qi so that no one could tell his identity.

Of course, this would be an exception for general Gongsun and Gongsun Zhong if they were to see him. He hoped that he wouldn't be seeing them until he successfully made it in, if he's already on the borders they can't send him back now can they?

When he arrived, Wu Dong Yi's expression darkened.

A university student is suddenly thrown into another world.

What!? You want to sentence me to death!?

What!? You want me to be your husband!? What if I refuse?








This cover is temporary until someone 
someone can create a cover for me.

I've never really written about myself before. I don't know if it's cause I don't really value myself enough? Or because I'm not a narcissist? I think I over think myself.

Can you tell I'm a little odd? Well I've never really wanted to do anything, not anything worth value anyway. I mean I've got no skills to speak of, this is really the only thing I really enjoy. Except for other... slightly less acceptable things. (if you catch my drift)

I am a writer, and not a very good one. But lets get into this.

I love writing, when I was a highschool student I found it as a kind of... escape. writing that first story helped this shitty Author through a lot of deep shit I will get into later.

So, ever heard of Wattpad? Well that's where it all started for me. I was introduced to the app by a mutual friend of mine, lets call her H. She was writing Adult stories, use in the business call... Smut. it's kind of like fifty shades of grey with terrible writing. She asked a Friend and I to read it, and I did. But the first thing that was on my mind was that I wanted to do that.

NO NOT WHAT SHE WROTE ABOUT. I wanted to take a crack at writing, English was one of my favorite subjects in school. I loved reading but had an average reading level. So, I set up a Wattpad account. My first account has a pretty weird name, all because I rushed it.

I needed a name for the app, I was too embarrassed to go by my real name. So I used my Ps4 user name. RedisDead, but I fucking spelt it Readisdead. That was my first account.

Now the only time I had ever tried my hand at writing was in the 8th grade, creative writing section of English. Plus it was a short story, so I was running on ideas that were pretty, cliche. 

Story Number 1- Prince of the Sun and Moon
I wanted to say that this story does not in fact, have anything to do with the sun or moon. I wrote this because I was on an Anime binge, specifically magic Academy ones. Remember the magic Academy thing, that will be a main concept for my other "creations" later.

I don't really know what to say about this one, it's one my first stories and was my first attempt at fantasy. Let me tell you, I can't get enough of fantasy. Nothing makes you feel better about your sad life than creating a new one for your imaginary characters to run wild in.

Thinking back to how I was then... I feel bad, I was going through a lot of emotional problems. 

I was a shut in, I can't say for certain what happened but one day I just decided I would rather stay inside my room then go outside and play. I never really made friends, but being bullied by everyone in your grade can cause that. People were always nice in highschool though, I think they might have felt bad. Or they were making themselves look better infront of everyone else. Being nice to the weird kid, congrats.

So, you can guess that if I didn't like those people you bet your ass I never felt attracted to anybody. But I did fall for a new kid. 

Will call her K for now. That smile... she was weird, but a hot kind of weird you know? She was quirky and funny and had a face that made my heart melt like butter in a microwave. She was chubby too, like a cute little marshmallow.

But looks can be deceiving. Wish I would have known that before falling in love but hey, does anyone?

She wasn't always a terrible person. But my class has a way of bringing the worst out of people. Or maybe it was my fault? 

Fuck, if your reading this what would you say K? I need the answers but we don't talk.

okay, lets look at this from my perspective.
She was always nice to me, I mean REALLY nice. laughing at my stupid jokes and always greeted me with a smile. But my dumb idiot brain did register that SHE FUCKING LIKED ME!!

Okay so eventually she started wearing longer sleeved jackets all the time, she started acting differently. Started ignoring me occasionally, called me annoying and being rude.

Then I saw something that broke my heart. Her arms, they were sliced up. Not alot but still, she was cutting. I expressed my concern for her but she gave me the cold shoulder. 

A couple weeks go by and she skips school here and there I don't see her, then the day that makes me hate myself. Now I promise you, she did not kill herself. This is not one of those stories.

I'm excited she's back at school and I see her again. I catch her when she's taking off her hoody and... She lost weight, alot of weight.

It finally hit, she's dealing with depression. But why? Did someone call her fat or something? 
This pisses me off, I'm a pacifist by nature at this point but I'm ready to throw down.

But now that I have a little more clarity on the situation, I sometimes think me. 
See a couple months later I make a new friend. Call this guy... F.

He's tall and actually funny once you get to know him. He's actually still one of my closest friends.

I introduce F to K, they hit it off and eventually start dating. I kind of stop talking to F because he starts dating the girl I'm in love with but that's not important.

what is the fact that a month or two into them dating that K tells me something. Something that spirals me into a deep depression for a long time.

K-"So do you like me?"
Me-"yeah your one of my best friends!"
K-"you know what I mean like LIKE me. Because when I first met you I had feelings for you."

What the actual fuck? She's dating my BEST FUCKING FRIEND and tells me this shit? Not cool man, is this some kind of way to torture me?

Ever since they got together she seemed to be back to normal. So I was happy, but deep down I wished I was him. Comment if you ever felt like this. I would love to talk to someone about it.

Honesty? I felt pathetic, worthless. If I had worked up the courage I would be the one getting kissed. I kept telling myself I wasn't ready. But forget how I felt, lets go back to K.

she had suddenly lost weight. Alot of weight, treated me different.

Is it my fault? Did she think I didn't feel that way because she was slightly over weight? She dropped the weight because of me. That's how I felt but right now, I know that's the case. She didn't really care about me or F all she cared about was herself. Get all the attention she believed she needed. She had Mommy issues. 

Think I'm being harsh? She straight up cheated on F and broke up with him. Then to make matters worse... She ran away for two weeks.

This unfortunate series of events destroyed F, he hated himself. Let's put the kind of man he was into perspective. He didn't take shit from anyone, he liked to laugh and was happy to make others laugh. But when she ran away from home he locked up.

I'm not using names on purpose, because I don't want people who I know to read this and get mad. But I want to tell you this, the human heart is fragile. 

I say this because we laugh about it now. F, I'm glad your alive man.

F was five feet from killing himself. He went home the day he found out and dug out his dads old 45. He was ready to pull that trigger.

F is a strong ass dude, he managed to put the gun down. Put it away, he's only ever told me this. So for the sake of my friendship... Don't read this F. 

Well. That's all for now my friends, I'd tell you more but I think it got a little dark there.

Kind of a set of me talking about... well me and my Boring life as someone who found a way to cope with life by writing

Will walked towards his refrigerator, taking out an E grade Nutrition Packet, and quickly sucked its contents empty. It was a gentle tasting paste that was easily digestible and had very high nutritious content. Immediately after having it, Will felt a gentle energy flow through him, making his tired body feel better.

Almost all of the money Will would manage to scrounge up would end up in the hands of the nutrition pack seller. Earning money was hard, but Will worked overtime at the local black market as a hacker and a tinkerer who unlocked or adjusted the communicator consoles of others for a decent sum of money. It was not legal, but he had few legal avenues for a job considering how he did not even pass high school.

With a smile on his face, Will went to sleep. When he got up, it was early in the morning. He had decided to practice the Clean Body Exercises, but then he remembered an important thing. He wasn't on Earth, but a planet called Oa.

Oa had a sun, but it was a distant red giant, whose light was considerably redder and duller. It provided less heat than what he had observed in the memory of Gilgamesh. 

"Will it still work?" Will wondered for a while. He shrugged and made his way to a tiny children's park, and began practicing the exercises as he had seen Gilgamesh doing them.

He swung his arms around and stretched his legs like a gymnast and pushed his hand forward lile a rubber band twisting. At the same time he emulated the breathing. Five minutes later, he was rolling on the ground in pain.

There were a total of nine exercises, and Will almost died from the pain of just completing the first one. He felt a warm glow envelop his body for a split second that slightly alleviated the pain. Will closed his eyes, gritting to hold back a scream from the pain. He then saw something that shocked him. An extremely small fragment of his Life Wheel had split up and melted into a golden liquid that began to flow within his blood stream , gently assimilating into his cells. 

Wherever, this liquid flowed, Will felt an incredible burning sensation coarse through him. He desperately bit his tongue to bear the pain and clenched his fists so tightly that they bled. After what seemed like an eternity of fifteen minutes, Will was finally able to stand up.

Will slowly breathed out. He didn't feel any improvement in strength. In fact there was nothing written about the life wheel in the Clean Body Tablet. He didn't know if it was just common knowledge, or that the sumerians just didn't have a life wheel. However, Will had a clear feeling that his health had marginally improved.

"The life wheel... just what exactly is it? Are the sumerians special? Why don't they have any mention of a life wheel?" Will's mind was exploding in confusion.

Eventually, he began practicing again, going through the same repetitive cycle of pain and a small fragment of the life wheel turning into a golden liquid, assimilating into his body. After practicing hard for two hours, Will finally returned home, drenched in sweat.

Despite his best efforts, he had only been able to complete the first exercise each time. Just that took all his effort, before the pain became unbearable and he had to stop. However, which each practice, he could feel an improvement in his ability to perform the exercise. Luckily, the muscle memory from observing Gilgamesh expertly perform the exercise helped considerably.

After a bath, Will quickly chewed up another E grade nutrition packet. He was frowning as he realized that one packet wasn't enough and had to have another. He didn't have a lot of packets with him.

"Performing these exercises seems very resource intensive. I need to earn more money." Will thought with a frown.

At the black market, Will was quietly sitting in a small cubicle, working on hacking a console. 

"Brother, I want the money registered with this console discretely transferred to me. Is it possible?" The customer whispered warily.

"This..." Will's first thought was to reject this request as he usually did. Doing such a thing was risky and could put him under the radar if the console belonged to someone sensitive. However, he now needed money to purchase nutrition packs.

"I can do it, but I want 20% the amount." Will replied calmly. The shifty man was calculating for a moment, before he agreed.

Will set to work, hacking the terminal. He then determined the identity. It actually belonged to a person of the Newmann family, a technical officer at the company.

Will set up anonymous transfer accounts and funneled 80% to the customer and 20% of the money to an anonymous account under his control. He took a cursory look through the console and found an encrypted folder labelled top secret. 

Will looked at the customer. "I have transferred your money. What do you want me to do with the console?" He asked blankly, hiding the matter of the encrypted folder.

"Just wipe it. I can resell it in another city." The customer replied.

"Very Well." Will answered as he surreptitiously transferred the encrypted folder to a disposed console of his own, before doing as the customer suggested.

Will sighed. Just this work had given him a considerable sum that he didn't need to worry about nutrition packs for a couple of weeks, if he persisted only on E grade. But he thought of purchasing a D grade packet to check out the difference.

The D grade nutrition pack was of a much high quality and cost as much as 10 E grade packets. Will had never tried it before, but since he was practicing those hellish exercises now, he might as well consider if a higher quality nutrition pack was more conducive.

Will turned his attention to the encrypted file on the discarded console and quickly decrypted it. This difficulty wasn't worth mentioning for him. He quietly browsed through the files and found a series of schematics. Will had a very peculiar expression on as he was reading the data.

"How did the Newmann family come in hold of such a thing?" He wondered in shock.

His family falling into bankruptcy, his parents arrested on charges of espionage, the appearance of a chronic and incurable illness that lead to a broken Life Wheel - Will Faraday had it all.

His life nearing his end, the desperate Will finds hope in a treasure his parents left behind and a path forward excavating the secrets of the human body, rejecting the traditional notions of being a Warrior using External Energy.

This is the story of a Fanatical Body Cultivator journeying through the stars.

Wolf logged back in the game at the abandoned haunted Mansion where he found the mysterious old man for the advancement of the hidden quest .

Before starting the hidden quest Wolf decided to make some necessary preparations so that he would not fall short of any thing in the hidden quest. With that in mind Wolf took out one return scroll that he bought during his shopping before venturing out to find the old man and crushed it .

RIPPPPPPP ..... with the crushing of the return scroll cracks started appearing in the air and a void was opened in front of Wolf . The void sucked Wolf in and the next moment Wolf was in a teleportation formation built in the middle of the Chicken Coop village. Upon getting back Wolf purchased lots of health potions, repaired his items , bought Mana motions with the money that he earned with the massacre of the mobs .

GATE OF THE CHICKEN COOP....

Wolf was standing in front of the entrance gate of the Chicken Coop village with a purple book in his hand. Wolf opened the book and a message appeared in his brain.
"GHOSTLY STEP - movement technique
TOP GRADE TECHNIQUE"
"Do you want to learn the technique manually or automatically"
Wolf thought for a while about the options given to him and then directly asked the system assistant about the difference between the ' manual' and the ' automatic' options.

"the manual option is for the players that want to experience the game to the fullest experience that the game  can provide ... but the player has to learn the technique but himself which provide players with more freedom than the players who choose to learn the technique on automatic setting...."

"*Automatic option allows the player to instantly learn the technique and perform it without any difficulty but at the sacrifice of the accuracy, freedom and the game experience"

"once an option is chosen it cannot be reverted "

On reading the explanation Wolf decided to learn the technique manually. He did not choose to learn the technique automatically because even though he wanted to get rank 1 as soon as he could , he did not to be the top player that does not enjoy the game and work hard to reach the top of the ladder. moreover Wolf was a hard-working kid in nature so he obviously will choose the manual option.


system notification
"are you sure you want to choose the manual option for learning GHOSTLY STEP??"

"yes " replied Wolf with an excited face 

series of images started to flow into his mind and he was surged with an acute pain due to the sudden inflow on memories into his consciousness.

Wolf started practicing the technique and was stuck at the first step for 2 hours , but he did not give up and showed perseverance and succeeded in learning the first step of Ghostly step technique..... 


After the hard practice of 8 hours Wolf was finally able to grasp all the nine steps of the Ghostly steps by leaning them one by one .... On his face was a bright smile that showed satisfaction .... Now Wolf activated all the 9 steps continuously.....

Wolf stared to run . As he ran he began to fade away , when he reached an illusionary state he leapt into the air and disappeared ....

TINGGGGGGGG...
you have successfully leaned a Top Grade technique at manual option , you are awarded
10,000 experience points for this achievement.
TINGGGGG....
you leveled up ...
you have leveled up

(Wolf was previously level 12 but due to the 10,000 experience points he was now level 14.... a leap of one whole level was something pleasant that Wolf didn't expect for ... it was an unexpected surprise to him but nonetheless he was very happy with his progress even though he didn't do much today but he still leveled up )

Wolf checked the leader board for his race -beastman and found out that the first place was taken by a player named 'White Empress'
who was level 17 .... this shocked Wolf as he didn't expect that any other veteran player would have selected this role .... Wolf felt threatened because of this old veteran that was a leveling machine ..... Wolf decided that the next time he logs in he will send the 'white empress ' back to where he/she belonged .But for now he has to start his hidden quest . But just as he thought of starting the hidden quest the alarm rang and it was time for Wolf to go Offline and head to school...

It was a hot summer when the college entrance examination results were released.
The examination results of 2014 weren’t very different from previous years. Chang Liu checked his grade online the moment it was released—519. A grade like that would only get him into an average college. In a small town in northern China, such a standing was neither good nor bad. It wasn’t worthy to show off, but it wouldn’t be made fun of either. It was ordinary, just like he was.
Seeing the result, Chang wasn’t pleased nor saddened. He quietly clicked the cross on the upper right corner of the web browser, and then subsequently threw himself onto his bed.
Ring ring ring ...
The phone rang. Chang didn’t set any fancy ringtones like his peers would usually do; he was just a person as boring as his ringtone.
He saw that the call was from his mother as he answered.
"Hey son, I heard that the results come out today. I just saw Wang’s son from the convenience store. He got a score of...."
"519." Chang didn't wait for his mother to finish the sentence. He emotionlessly reported his score, interrupting his mother's lecturing. Then, he casually said a few words, and then hung up. Without a second thought, he turned off his phone.
July and August were the hottest months of the year, and even though the room cooled down by the air conditioning, the heat seemed impossible to drive away. Tossing and turning on his bed, Chang couldn’t fall asleep, so he got up and turned on his computer to watch a movie….
It seemed like nothing could excite him; even the movie that he used to enjoy was now a tedious task for him to watch. "My life is monotonous and passionless," he thought. He muted the computer and stared at the stained ceiling. For a moment, he couldn’t tell whether he was tired or just bored, and slowly, he fell asleep.
The sky was slightly dark when Chang was awakened by someone’s footstep. During the summer, there were more hours of daylight, so the slight darkness in the sky meant it was just past 7 o’clock.
His parent came home from work. This meant that a family meeting was about to begin.
On the table.
"It won’t be a problem for you to go to an average college with this grade, but what you can do in the future after graduating from there?" Apparently, Hua Wu–Chang’s mother–was very attentive toward her son’s education and knew the cutoff line for the renowned universities before anyone else in the family.
"Your dad and I…we respect your decision. Tell us what you are thinking. Do you want to just go to an average college and be an ordinary person for the rest of your life, or do you want to repeat a year in high school to improve your grade so that you can go to a prestigious university?"
"Any college is fine." Chang took a bite of broccoli, and then put down his chopsticks.
"Think about it carefully." Hui Liu, Chang’s father, waved his hand, and with that the meeting ended in silence.
Three days later.
"You know, our family has always been democratic. We never thought of interfering with your decisions and we respect your choice. But knowing the pressure and competition in finding employment, if you’re a graduate from an average college, I know you can imagine the difficulty of finding a job. Your dad and I aren’t resourceful either…."
Hua kept mumbling, "Tell me, which one you would rather do, repeat a year or go to any college that accepts you?"
"I told you, any college is…"
His mother interrupted him, "Think about it again."
...
Two days later.
"The fact is, you have nothing to be afraid of when you’re young; few people are successful in their first attempt. You know that kid from our neighborhood? He’s 5 years older than you and didn’t get a good grade on his first try, so he repeated a year and ended up in a famous university. Now that he has graduated, jobs are hunting for him. What I mean is that the reality of this society is cruel, and having a diploma from a famous college will gain you access to everything. Think about it again, whether you want to repeat a year or go to a random college to…"
"I’ll go to any college."
"Think about it again," his mother sighed.
...
The day after.
"Son, you may think that I’m being annoying, but sometimes a decision you make will determine your life. Whether it’s heaven or hell is a very thin line…"
"Mom, I want to repeat a year of high school!" Chang clenched his teeth, ending his mother's rant.
"Well, well, well, this is what you said; we didn’t force you!" As if she didn’t understand her son’s current mood, Hua finally cracked a smile.
"You know, our family has always been democratic. Since you chose you own path, you need to study hard this year. In order to support your choice, we have contacted a boarding school for you. There are fewer students in each grade, so it’ll be less chaotic. We figure that the time you wasted on commuting to school could’ve been used to study. Since you chose to pursue this path, every second is important. Some students who’ve repeated high school already have a head start..."
...
The next day, Chang packed his luggage, grabbed some utensils and a few sets of clothes and arrived in Xing Zhi, a small boarding school. As all the students there had repeated high school, their motivation to study was erased by the summer heat. After just 3 days, old habits were restored.
Three days were enough for the boarding students to get to know each other. After night class, Chang took a shower and laid on his bunk bed, chatting with his roommates.
"Hey, did you guys choose to repeat a year?" Chang said as he looked at the other three.
One man wore glasses and seemed like he never cared about his hygiene. His hair was always greasy. Most of the time, he held a thick book. Judging from his appearance, it looked like he was a hard working student, but apparently he went in the wrong direction – the book he read wasn’t a textbook. So obviously, he didn’t choose to come here.
"I'm not sure, I didn’t even pass the examination. I wanted to go to an engineering school or something, but my dad disagreed." The man wearing glasses responded; his gaze never left his book.
"Hey kid, what do you read every day then?" A voice came from the upper bed. Pang Zi was a chubby man and also a fan of web fiction, but he didn’t like whatever that man was reading.
"Apocalyptic fiction."
"Come on, let me take a look," Pang Zi took the book away swiftly. Within a few glances he said, "Zombies again? Why does all apocalyptic fiction mention zombies? It’s such a joke!"
Pang Zi returned the glasses man’s book while ranting.
"It’s been more than 10 years since the release of the Resident Evil series, yet everyone still thinks that zombies are a key element of apocalyptic fiction. They have no creativity at all! If viruses aren’t transmittable through the air, then zombies can’t be considered a threat to humans."
"Breathing heavily, walking slowly, mental retardation and those stupid ‘ah, ah’ sounds they make. For any normal human, it’s impossible to be bitten by such a creature. Think of our ancestors from ancient times. Facing all kind of predators who were way stronger and more flexible than humans, humankind still managed to thrive."
"I’m not bragging, but even if all the students in our school turned into zombies one day, I could still run out of here safe and sound, if you know what I mean."
Pang Zi shook his belly while talking.
The last person in the dorm interrupted Pang Zi’s lecture as he became arrogant.
"In fact, the zombie theme didn’t originate from Resident Evil series, but rather from European Medieval Literature. In 1968, the American movie ‘Night of the Living Dead’ set the tone for apocalyptic novels and movies. The concept of killing zombies by shooting their heads and viruses being contagious through zombie bites…that movie basically proposed everything we know about zombies today."
Tao explained calmly. Within the four of them, he was the only one with a good academic standing. Tao was really close to getting into Peking University, which was one of the best universities in the country. Unsurprisingly, not only was he good at studying, but he also had extensive knowledge in different disciplines. From time to time, Tao loved to show off his mastery of all kinds of knowledge.
"Hence, the zombie theme has been boring ever since it was popularized four or five decades ago. And Pang Zi, your opinion is correct; we don’t need to fear zombies. As long as they aren’t intelligent, their chances of being a threat to humans is infinitely close to zero."
"Hey, I was asking whether or not you came here voluntarily. Stop changing the topic." Chang interrupted the "good student" and brought the conversation back on track.
"Obviously no one came here voluntarily aside from me," Tao concluded everything with a single sentence.
"Ah, these days, we never really get to make our own choices, even though our parents insist that they respect our decisions. From my viewpoint, it’d be better for me if they just said things straightforwardly." Chang laid on the bed and recalled what happened a few days ago.
Right after he spoke, the door opened and a teacher wearing a pair of rimless glasses came in.
"Stop chitchatting and go to sleep, you have classes early in the morning." He shut the door upon leaving the command, but his last statement snuck through the door, "In the history of evolution, small and medium sized predators who made heavy footsteps became extinct, not to mention those who moved slowly. There’s no significance in discussing this issue, so go sleep!"
____________________________________________________________________________
Chang Liu - Chang means fast, fluent, carefree.


Five hundred million years ago, an epoch of extraordinarily fast evolution and mutation took place. It is said that all ancestors of today’s species on Earth derive from those that appeared in the “Cambrian Period”. 

Unfortunately, nothing gold can stay. After the brief “Cambrian Period”, life on Earth entered a period of stagnation. Humans came out on top, becoming the most powerful species on Earth.

A second age has come.

During the first “Cambrian Period” humanity was kicked off of the throne of the food chain quickly. Now, during the second “Cambrian Period”, what will happen to humanity?

The real end of the world is not the tale of brainless zombies. 

It is paradise.

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