"Qin Yang, want to grab dinner together after work?"
At the entrance of the Jiangcheng Martial Arts Library, a pretty girl asked Qin Yang.
"No, I have things to do at home."
Qin Yang shook his head, flatly rejecting the girl's invitation before turning and walking away.
'This guy is so boring. What a waste of that handsome face.'
Watching Qin Yang's retreating figure, the girl stomped her foot in frustration, then rolled her eyes and left.
After work, Qin Yang walked down the street. He looked up at the ten black hole-like chasms that had appeared in the sky, a hint of confusion in his eyes.
He was a transmigrator from Earth. After dying from eating seafood contaminated by nuclear wastewater, he had crossed over into this parallel world, which was remarkably similar to his own.
This world's civilization had originally been much like Earth's.
But a thousand years ago, ten chasms suddenly appeared in the sky, and a mysterious power began pouring into the world from within them.
After absorbing this mysterious power, all living beings would have their bodies strengthened, gaining extraordinary abilities.
Humans named this power the Power of Stars, and those who grew stronger by absorbing it became known as Star Martial Artists.
The speed at which one absorbed the Power of Stars was related to a Star Martial Artist's own aptitude.
And Qin Yang's current body belonged to a good-for-nothing with poor aptitude, destined to be a member of the working class at the very bottom of society.
'Sigh!'
Qin Yang sighed internally. 'To think I was a wage slave in my past life.'
'And after transmigrating, I'm still fated to be a wage slave.'
'And the cheat I got when I transmigrated is completely useless.'
That's right.
Qin Yang had a cheat.
And it was a system.
However, after he transmigrated, Brother Tongzi had only offered a single piece of advice:
"This world has been identified as a Fantasy World. Danger level: extremely high. Host, please maintain a low profile and prioritize survival."
After that, the system simply vanished.
No matter how Qin Yang called out to it, there was no response.
This left Qin Yang feeling disheartened, so he resigned himself to being a wage slave.
Fortunately, his current job wasn't bad. He was an administrator at the Jianghai Library.
The Jianghai Library was the largest in all of Jianghai City, housing a vast collection of Cultivation Technique manuals left behind by Martial Arts predecessors for future generations to study.
As an administrator at the Jianghai Library, Qin Yang currently earned a monthly salary of three thousand yuan, which included room and board. Plus, the library had air conditioning.
Qin Yang was already quite satisfied with these conditions.
After all, in this dangerous Fantasy World, it was already a great feat for someone with his low aptitude to live a stable life.
For him, staying alive was what mattered most.
After a leisurely twenty-minute walk, Qin Yang finally arrived back at his small, shabby rented room.
Since the library only provided a five-hundred-yuan housing subsidy, Qin Yang could only afford to rent a cheap, old place with somewhat dated-looking decor.
He poured himself a glass of water, then sat down on his bed, preparing to scroll through some videos and relax for a bit.
"RUSTLE!"
Just then, his brow furrowed as he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from under the bed.
'A mouse?'
Qin Yang immediately got up, took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and crouched down to look under the bed. He saw a dark shadow crawling on the floor.
Thinking it was just a mouse, Qin Yang grabbed a broom and swept the dark shadow out.
"Huh? Is that a cockroach?"
When he got a clear look at the shadow's true form, Qin Yang was stunned.
The shadow was actually a massive cockroach, about the size of a mouse, covered in a crimson-red carapace. It was very different from an ordinary cockroach.
'This really is a Fantasy World. Even the cockroaches are one of a kind.'
Qin Yang clicked his tongue in wonder, immediately wanting to stomp the giant cockroach to death.
Although the cockroach was big, it was still just a cockroach. He wasn't afraid of it.
Just then, the long-silent system's notification sound suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Ding! King Level Star Beast detected: Undying Cockroach."
"Warning! Danger!"
"The power gap between the Host and the King Level Star Beast is too great. Please flee immediately!"
"Please flee immediately!"
The system's alerts were tinged with panic, as if it had encountered some kind of danger.
'Undying Cockroach?'
'A King Level Star Beast?'
After he processed this, Qin Yang stared at the giant cockroach in front of him, his mind completely reeling.
In this world, the ranks for Star Martial Artists were divided into Postnatal and Innate.
The Postnatal Realm was divided into nine layers, and breaking through to the Innate Realm was something only a one-in-ten-thousand genius could achieve.
Humans absorbed the Power of Stars to become Star Martial Artists.
Non-human lifeforms could also grow stronger by absorbing the Power of Stars, evolving into terrifying Star Beasts.
They could even gain certain special abilities.
Humans could hunt Star Beasts and take their Star Cores to advance their Cultivation.
And Star Beasts, in turn, could devour humans to increase their own strength.
Thus, humans and Star Beasts stood on naturally opposing sides.
The strength of a King Level Star Beast was equivalent to that of a human Innate Martial Artist.
But now the system was telling him that the big cockroach before him was actually a king among beasts, powerful enough to rival an Innate Powerhouse?
He was just an ordinary person, unable to absorb the Power of Stars. Against a King Level Star Beast, he would be completely defenseless.
"Ding! Host, please flee immediately, or your life will be forfeit!"
The system's alerts rang out continuously in his mind.
But Qin Yang just stared blankly at the big cockroach at his feet.
'Brother Tongzi, did you get something wrong?'
'This is just a big cockroach.'
'It's a little bigger than usual, sure.'
'But...'
'...to say it's a Beast King... isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?'
And just as Qin Yang's gaze lingered on the big cockroach, a screen of light suddenly materialized before his eyes.
Race: Undying Cockroach (Contains Ancient Demon Insect bloodline)
Level: King Level
Talent Ability: Undying Body
Trait: Violent Temperament
'It really is an Undying Cockroach?'
Looking at the information before him, Qin Yang was stunned.
'It can even show hidden information?'
'Could it be that this big cockroach really is a Beast King?'
"Alarm! Alarm!"
"The Undying Cockroach has a violent temperament and is extremely dangerous! Host, please flee for your life!"
Qin Yang's heart clenched, and he instinctively took a step back.
But then he saw the big cockroach just spinning in circles on the floor, as if it couldn't find its way home.
'This idiotic thing is a Beast King?'
Seeing the cockroach's harmless appearance, Qin Yang immediately relaxed.
'This system is definitely bugged.'
Then, he remembered its Talent Ability: Undying Body. An idea suddenly popped into his head.
The next moment, Qin Yang violently stomped down on the big cockroach.
CRUNCH!
With the sound of its carapace shattering, the big cockroach burst into a splat of goo.
Qin Yang looked at the cockroach on the floor, which couldn't be any more dead, and scoffed.
'And this is what they call a Beast King?'
'An Undying Body? I stomped it into mush with one foot.'
'This system is seriously messed up!'