"Xiao Yuchen! There's less than a month left before the exam, how dare you fall asleep at such a critical moment!"

During a drowsy summer afternoon,

The lethargy that filled the air was suddenly dispersed by an abrupt loud noise.

"I wasn't asleep! I was thinking about the client's request for the 'colorful black', what on earth is that?"

Surprisingly, the previously lethargic Xiao Yuchen suddenly became alarmed.

He inadvertently stood up from his seat and uttered out.

"Pfft!"

After a brief silence, a ripple of laughter suddenly erupted.

Surrounded by scolding and laughter, Xiao Yuchen looked around at a loss.

Why is he now in a high school classroom?

Most importantly, the faces around him are exactly those from his memory!

Could this be...time travel?

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully traveling to a parallel world.】

【Memory integration now begins!】

As Xiao Yuchen was filled with confusion, a crisp alert sounded suddenly in his head.

"Holy moly! Did I really time-travel?"

Surrounded by the familiar setting of his high-school, Xiao Yuchen's eyes widened in disbelief, murmuring to himself. Astonishingly, not only was his school here, but even the individuals around him were his classmates from before, with the person who had just reprimanded him being no one other than his homeroom teacher.

However, the world he found himself in was starkly different from his past!

Memories slowly melding together, Xiao Yuchen gradually realized this was a world where strange beasts roamed freely.

Decades ago, a variety of phenomena had occurred worldwide.

Initially, people treated those as entertainment, blissfully unaware that it was the beginning of 'something.'

In several succeeding years, myriad bizarre monsters emerged out of thin air.

As the number of these creatures grew, humans slowly realized that their traditional forms of protection – weaponry, even nuclear arms – were futile against these beasts!

Under such extreme living conditions, some humans began to undergo physiological changes, becoming increasingly sensitive to the elements of the universe.

Today, human society has wholly abandoned its former structure, evolving into a completely new one.

The era of 'Fighters' has now arrived.

Those who proved sensitive to these elements, after undergoing body tempering, stood a chance to become 'Fighters.'

Fighters were divided into nine different star tiers.

A higher star tier implied superior combat prowess.

In response, you will receive social respect, endless wealth, and possibly even overwhelming power.

However, Xiao Yuchen, due to his undeveloped elemental perception did not even reach the lowest "F" rank, he simply did not possess the qualification to become a fighter!

The so-called elemental perception refers to talent, and is divided into nine levels, from the lowest level F to the highest level SSS!

...

"You! You really should think about your future!"

Seeing Xiao Yuchen's nonsensical ravings, the homeroom teacher shook his head in disappointment, turned, and walked away.

"What's up? What dream did you have? What does crossing over mean?"

Just then, a chubby boy poked Xiao Yuchen, asking in a low voice.

This person is Xiao Yuchen's desk mate——Qi Yuan!

"Nothing, just had a dream!"

Shaking his head, Xiao Yuchen slowly sat down, his entire focus completely immersed in the recently fused memories.

Currently, he only has a slight perception of the fire elemental attribute in the air, and only a perception degree of 0.8 at that, a mere 0.2 points away from F rank!

[Ding! System detected that host's elemental perception sensitivity is extremely low, now issuing new assistive reward!]