The age of eighteen should be when the sun shines brightly and the breeze brushes the treetops.
But in that year, Lin Rui, who had just received his college acceptance letter, suffered a severe car accident while traveling with his family. His parents died, and he alone survived in his mother’s embrace by sheer luck, but became a comatose patient.
The promising life about to unfold came to an abrupt halt, and he lay in a hospital bed for three years. Fortunately, he retained his consciousness, although he couldn’t respond to the outside world. Every day he listened to the sounds of the world, hoping to interact with this vibrant and colorful world.
Until a voice sounded in his ear: "The Blue Star civilization has made contact with the other plane in the starry sky, officially connecting to the ’Era of Civilization’!"
[Ding, congratulations on gaining eligibility to explore the ’Era of Civilization.’ The heavens and myriads of realms are now open to you; please choose your identity to begin the journey.]
"Can I really experience the world again?" After three years of darkness and torment, Lin Rui’s heart was both anxious and resolute at this moment. Without hesitation, he immediately responded: "As long as I can connect with the world, I am willing to accept anything."
[Observer choosing full random mode. The journey officially begins, wishing you military fortune and prosperity.]
The next moment, Lin Rui felt an unprecedented pressure enveloping him, as if the whole world was watching him.
Yet Lin Rui couldn’t care less about all this, instead, he joyfully looked at this brand-new world before him. The sky was bright, the sunlight golden, the breeze carried the scent of earth and grass, and petals fluttered in the air.
This beautiful scenery made Lin Rui couldn’t help but spread his arms and open his embrace, joyfully shouting to the sky: "This beautiful world! I will love you even better!"
"Hehe... So this is the first explorer of the Blue Star? Interesting."
"A good young man, likable personality."
"Not bad, the first explorer already caught my interest, worth paying attention to."
Various majestic wills communicated silently in the sky.
Lin Rui couldn’t hear them, but he felt it very directly.
Because the system timely sounded: [Ding, congratulations on becoming the first explorer of the Blue Star to enter the ’Era of Civilization,’ gaining the trait: Divine Favor.]
[Divine Favor: Mythical Trait: Your decisive and astonishing actions have attracted the attention of countless gods, doubling all attributes (including special attributes such as luck, soul, etc.), and luck’s fixed enhancement level plus four (current level: Chosen One).]
A warm current flowed through Lin Rui’s body. The next moment, Lin Rui felt as strong as an ox, as if he could leap three meters and run like the wind.
"I wonder if I can see my body’s attributes."
A blue transparent panel immediately appeared in front of Lin Rui.
[Explorer Attribute Panel: Lin Rui. Number: 83202300001]
[Occupation: Magic Chanters (Water Element Affinity 78%)]
[Identity: Lord of Golden Pansy Territory (inactive)]
[Luck: 2 (Purple, Chosen One)]
[Spiritual Energy Value: 180]
[Trait: Divine Favor: Mythical Trait, all attributes doubled, luck fixed enhancement level plus four.]
[Revelation Sound: Epic Trait: Randomly increase an attribute each time you level up. (Trait awarded to the first to choose full random mode.)]
[Skill: Tier Zero Spirit Technique: Cyan Wave Grasp lv1: Guides the power of the water element with spiritual energy, inflicting 10+n spiritual damage on the target. (Be careful with the power of your spirit technique; if you exceed the spiritual power threshold, it will drain you dry.)]
Does it mean extracting the body’s water?
Indeed, caution is warranted to avoid all the body’s moisture being drawn away by the spirit technique, leaving me a dried corpse.
Yet the power of this spirit technique is formidable; with only half of the spiritual energy, I could easily kill a level one novice like myself.
No! My attributes have all been doubled; a normal level one explorer without equipment could probably withstand even less than one-third of the spiritual energy.
Is this the strength of a mage?
Before Lin Rui could take a closer look, a series of chaotic footsteps sounded behind him. Turning to look, he saw five strangers dressed as farmers, four men and one woman. Leading them was an old man with graying hair.
Seeing Lin Rui, the old man spoke with slight reverence, asking: "Are you the new Lord of the Golden Pansy Domain?"
Lin Rui did not answer, instead calmly asked: "Why do you ask this?"
The old man answered frankly: "We are hiding in the cellar. But everyone says they heard a voice telling us to come here to welcome the new master."
Only then did Lin Rui feel relieved. It seemed to be the system guidance of ’Era of Civilization.’ He said: "Indeed, I am Lin Rui, the new Lord of the Golden Pansy Domain. It seems that the Golden Pansy Domain has encountered considerable trouble?"
The old man hurriedly led the four men and women to kneel before Lin Rui, paying their respects before speaking: "Honorable Lord, a month ago a Tier One Magical Beast, Mad Snake, attacked the territory, destroying it and devouring the former lord, now occupying the territory’s City Hall. Once prosperous, the Golden Pansy Domain now has only the five of us left."
No wonder my panel shows the Lord of Golden Pansy inactive.
It seems the explorer must drive away the Tier One Magical Beast to activate the lordship.
Since driving away a magical beast was necessary, Lin Rui first checked his side’s strength, trying to view the panels of the five farmers.