Chapter 1: The Era of Universal Lords—The Enemy-Slaying Explosion System!
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Blue Star, Dragon Nation, Jingzhou Province, Jiangling City, Teleportation Plaza.
“No way! Because of discharging the Death Curse Water and breaking the Barrier of Light, one-third of the island nation’s territory has been invaded by dark creatures, with over a hundred million dead?”
“Sigh. I wonder how many of the teachers who guided me to adulthood are still alive. After a few days of abstinence, I find myself missing Teacher Yua Mikami!”
“Haha, rather than block, better to open up. I stayed up last night paying homage to Teacher Bo eight times!”
“The Three Pure Ones, the Four Sovereigns, and the Buddha of Enlightenment, bless me with a good starting position!”
“Mind if I interrupt? Can you share your code?”
“……”
The vast plaza was filled with a clamorous crowd.
Tens of thousands of youthful faces, each wearing a technological wristband, were neatly arranged in teams as if waiting for something.
Among the teams of Class 3-3 of the senior year,
“Where is this…?”
A handsome young man with refined features opened his eyes in confusion and looked around uncertainly.
The next second, his expression changed drastically.
“I… have transmigrated into a world where everyone is a lord!”
Though he had already processed the memories in his mind, Su Mu still found it incredible.
This was a world shrouded in darkness, inhabited by werewolves, vampires, ghosts, liches, trolls, lizardmen, the Headless Horseman, and other dark creatures that hunted humans in the shadows. People could only survive within territories created by the Altar of Light!
Su Mu glanced toward the distance. Around the plaza stood towering pillars dozens of meters high, carved with intricate formation patterns.
From his memories, this was a massive teleportation plaza.
Today was the day for new lords to establish bases in the dark world!
A heaviness settled in Su Mu’s heart.
For the continuation and development of humanity, the Dragon Nation mandated that every citizen must awaken their talent at eighteen and become a new lord.
After awakening, new lords must enter the dark lands through portals to build their territories, then embark on the path of killing dark creatures, expanding their domains, and leveling up their holdings.
Those unwilling to venture outside the city to clear dark beasts could become mining slaves, exchanging labor for residence rights.
In the Dragon Nation, mining slaves were the lowest of the low; regardless of illness or disability, they were forced to work.
Thus, most people preferred to struggle outside the city rather than live without dignity.
This was a world where all were lords; everyone aspired to become a powerful lord to contribute to their camps, tribes, cities, and even the nation.
Su Mu’s original self had already completed his talent awakening. His talent was an S-class Necromantic Resonance, allowing him to contract a necromantic creature as a pet to assist him in battle.
In the dark world, many necromantic creatures existed: liches, death knights, the Headless Horseman... all formidable beings.
If he could bind a pet with strong aptitude, it would guarantee a promising start.
Unfortunately, Su Mu’s original self was bound to a skeleton warrior that could never level up.
At the trading street in Jiangling City, under the persuasion of a stall owner, he had purchased a skeleton warrior with a Level 2 skill.
He had hoped to lead with rapid progress in the dark world.
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But what devastated him was that, after signing the contract, he realized that aside from a somewhat impressive Level 2 skill, the skeleton warrior’s four attributes were terrifyingly low, and due to past grievous injuries, it could remain forever at Level 1.
Necromantic Resonance had a special limitation: once bound to a necromantic pet, the owner’s and pet’s four attributes and levels synced completely.
This meant that Su Mu’s level would forever be capped at Level 1.
In this world, lords had to constantly upgrade their bases to unlock various troop types and strengthen their armies, but personal level was equally crucial.
With each level gained, lords could learn new skills.
Some powerful individual lords possessed skills capable of shattering the void or scorching the heavens and seas.
But Su Mu, stuck eternally at Level 1, was effectively cut off from the path of lordhood.
“By the way, have you heard? This time, our teleportation destination is the Fallen Forest!”
“What? That’s the death zone! I remember over a decade ago, thousands of new lords were sent there and were all wiped out!”
“What’s to be afraid of? This teleportation covers the entire Jingzhou Province, nearly two million new lords. The ones to fear are the dark creatures!”
“Exactly! The more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity. I, Wang Baiwan, have prepared thoroughly—just bought several treasure chest detectors!”
“Damn, each detector costs over a hundred thousand! Rich dude, how about teaming up upon arrival?”
“Heh! Are you sure you’re not planning to rob him when we land?”
“……”
Upon hearing this, the crowd’s chatter immediately quieted, and some who had intended to form teams reconsidered.
Indeed, the dark world was no Jiangling City with imperial laws; here, conflicts between humans were often crueler than those with dark creatures.
“Forever stuck at Level 1?”
“No chance to form teams?”
“The destination is a death zone with a 100% mortality rate?”
Su Mu’s face fell instantly.
Especially after learning that his teleportation point was the Fallen Forest, his despair deepened.
In his original memories, the Fallen Forest was the domain of a god-level lord, home to billions, but had been overrun by a coalition of dark races during a beast tide, turning it into a dark stronghold.
This time, over two million lords from Jingzhou Province gathered to purge the dark creatures and reclaim lost territory.
Though new lords only needed to deal with lower-level dark beasts, for Su Mu, forever Level 1, this was a hellish trial with odds of nine deaths to one life.
[Beep!]
[System descending!]
[Enemy Kill Explosion System activated successfully!]
Just as Su Mu was sinking into despair, a mechanical voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
???
A power-up system?
They say systems are the ultimate boon for transmigrators; finally, his luck had arrived!
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“System, introduce your functions!”
[Enemy Kill Explosion System!]
[This system aims to cultivate the host into the strongest lord across all worlds!]
[Killing one monster grants one skill point!]
[One skill point upgrades any skill by one level!]
“Just by killing monsters, I can level up skills?”
“An unlimited upgrade?”
“Does that mean the biggest weakness of my Necromantic Resonance talent is covered?”
Su Mu’s heart leapt with joy.
He immediately realized the system’s terrifying potential.
Although he and his skeleton warrior would remain at Level 1 forever, his skills could be upgraded without limit!
Even with just one skill, it could reach thousands or even tens of thousands in level!
It would never be weaker than the attacks of some god-level lords!
This system was tailor-made for him.
As long as he kept fighting, he would grow stronger and stronger.
In the dark world, battles were never in short supply.
Ten!
Nine!
Eight!
…
Suddenly, Su Mu’s wrist vibrated. A countdown appeared on the screen of his wristband.
Simultaneously, all new lords felt tense and anxious.
“Students!”
With the countdown displayed, Jiangling City’s Lord, Dugu Yun, stood before the teleportation plaza. His gaze swept over the students in the formation, “Though you have only been lords for three days, you have studied the Resistance to Darkness course for three years!”
“In this collective teleportation, I do not expect each of you to ascend to the pinnacle of lordhood like the ancient heroes of humanity!”
“I only ask that after entering the dark world, you live up to your past efforts!”
“That you contribute your share to humanity’s great plan to resist the dark creatures, and slaughter those scum lurking in the darkness!”
“Long live the Divine Han, unextinguished light, eternal humanity!”
Moved by the lord’s impassioned words, the new lords’ negative emotions vanished, and they shouted in unison, “Long live the Divine Han, unextinguished light, eternal humanity!”
Amidst their resounding cries, countless beams of light flickered across the teleportation plaza, and the new lords vanished from the square.