Chapter 1 Rebirth

  The red lanterns and green wine of the imperial capital's night, are always filled with countless temptations. The imperial capital's night is a paradise for some people. In twos and threes, groups of people enter bars and nightclubs, getting drunk and starting their wonderful nightlife.

  But for Li Minghui, the dark night is a kind of loneliness. At this time, Li Minghui can only be a lonely person, staying in an underground room of less than ten square meters, without the hustle and bustle of the outside world, no paper wealth, only with an antique computer in front of him, this is Li Minghui's "night life"!

  At this time, I was sitting on a worn-out chair from the old market, Li Minghui carefully took out a CD with ambiguous pictures from his pocket, listened to the movement next door, and found no one. He then carefully put the CD into the computer's CD drive, the computer made a humming noise, but Li Minghui was oblivious, eyes wide open, wearing a pair of worn-out headphones, toes curled up, staring intently at the computer screen.

  "Hmm, according to the vendor, this is a new film, very moving."

  Li Minghui muttered to himself, his mouth agape with anticipation, his face full of expectation.

  "I hope that little vendor didn't cheat me, this CD cost me 50 bucks, what a waste!"

  Although it was a pity to spend 50 yuan, Li Minghui was delighted to manipulate the mouse and was about to click open the optical drive storage.

  "Hmm, something seems off!"

  He clicked into the optical drive and Li Minghui only discovered that there wasn't what he had expected, but instead a logo full of fantastical colors.

  "How dare you cheat me!"

  Li Minghui took one look at the icon and it wasn't what he had in mind, so he cursed loudly for a few sentences. But thinking that the vendor who sold him the pirated disc couldn't hear him anyway, he could only click on the icon with a sense of helplessness and indignation. In his heart, he was resentful towards the vendor while also hoping or fearing that maybe the River Crab God had intentionally made this pirated disc this way.

  But just as Li Minghui clicked on the fantasy icon, the old computer suddenly accelerated, emitting a buzzing angry scream.

  "No, it can't be a virus, my poor computer!"

  Li Minghui's face changed greatly, and in his heart, he hated the little vendor to death. Unfortunately, he was just a computer novice, and at this time, the mouse was useless, and he couldn't even move.

  He's so frustrated that he feels like he's reached the end of his tether. He never expected to run into such an unscrupulous little vendor. It seems he can only bid farewell to his beloved old car, as the computer noise is too loud and even smoke is coming out of it.

  "It's all over, you yelled so loudly that a chemical reaction even occurred. It seems like it's time to say goodbye, old buddy!"

  Just as Li Minghui was heartbroken, he suddenly didn't notice that the computer screen lit up for a moment, and then a beam of light with a dreamy color directly shot into Li Minghui's brain.

  "Ah!"

  A loud cry, Li Minghui only felt endless pain coming, the whole person fell to the ground in agony, writhing in pain.

  Under intense pain, the human body's protective mechanism took effect, and Li Minghui let out a final miserable cry: "Ah!"

  Then he closed his eyes and fainted.

  …………

  It was unclear how long it took, but Li Minghui slowly came to, shaking his still slightly painful head. He slowly got up and sat down on the bed with difficulty.

  Li Minghui felt as if he had just woken up from a dream, in which he found himself transported to a strange and fantastical world, one that was even more science fiction-like than those depicted in sci-fi movies.

  The most amazing thing is not the environment of this world, but the people here. After a long period of exploration, Li Minghui finally discovered that everyone here is crazy, or to say that there isn't a single normal person. Because poor Li Minghui found out that even a child sucking on a pacifier would mutter scientific terms he couldn't understand, any little girl would sing top-notch songs, and any middle-aged woman would speak in numerical languages.

  Rather than saying they're crazy, it's better to say that every single person here is a genius. Li Minghui, who had been drifting for a long time, slowly discovered some secrets. These people aren't originally geniuses, but because this world has discovered the secret of human intelligence. Simply put, this world attributes all activities in the human brain to something called "brain power".

  And this brain power is the reason why people in this world are all geniuses. A person's brain power is very complex, with various talents occupying a certain percentage of it, and all sorts of miscellaneous talents become a combination of brain power.

  And genius is just that, a certain aspect of innate talent occupies more brain power, for example, scientists are occupied by scientific research talent, Go masters are occupied by Go talent, and so on.

  The secret to why people in this world can all be geniuses is that there are various magical brain software in this world, and its function is to turn a person into a genius in one aspect, which can completely occupy a certain talent as a component of human brain power!

  That's terrifying, for example, the world-renowned scientific giant Einstein, only had a scientific talent of around 10% to 20%, occupying brain power, but he has already become the world's number one scientist. Another example is Edison, the world's great inventor, who also only had an inventive talent that occupied some brain power, but this world's brain software is different, it can completely occupy a person's desired talent with brain power.

  This is terrifying, think about an ordinary person, instantly having a talent that surpasses Einstein and Edison by more than ten times. Think about how terrifying it would be, this is also the reason why the technology in this world is simply against heaven.

  Of course, brain power software is not omnipotent. Firstly, it only gives you the talent of a super genius, but does not directly make you a master in a certain field. Secondly, running brain power software consumes brain power, so although you can become a super genius, the sustainability is insufficient.

  Of course, if one's brainpower is strong enough, they can also ignore this consumption of brainpower.

  Thinking of this, Li Minghui's mouth began to water. As an ordinary person, he naturally had fantasies about becoming a genius. For him, if he could be a genius in some way, it would be such a cool thing.

  "It's so cool, why wasn't I born in that world?!"

  Li Minghui sighed.

  Just thinking about that magical brain software, Li Minghui couldn't help but feel envious. If there was even one such brain software, he could immediately become a genius in some field, and fame, wealth, and status would naturally follow without needing to be mentioned.

  Why are geniuses called geniuses? It's because they have an unparalleled gift, and in a certain aspect, they can be fully confident. This confidence will then transform into interest, and with interest, they won't get tired of it, and they'll keep going steadfastly. As a result, they can naturally achieve success in that particular area.

  "What a pity, this is just a world in dreams, I can't have it!"

  Li Minghui thought with some envy and jealousy.

  But just at this moment, Li Minghui's face suddenly changed, looking around at the familiar yet somewhat strange environment, and instantly felt a bad feeling.

  Because he discovered a strange problem, that is, the walls of this basement were no longer his favorite Jackie Chan photos, but an unfamiliar male star who was no less charming than Jackie Chan.

  "Who is this person?"

  Li Minghui's heart moved and he exclaimed in surprise.

  In just a moment, Li Minghui felt his brain ache, and a strong stream of information impacted his mind.

  After a long time, Li Minghui, who was in severe pain all over his body as if he had just been pulled out of a water tank, leaned against the bed with a pale face and panted heavily.

  "I... have been reborn, but this is not the Huaxia Kingdom, it's called the Yanhuang Kingdom... This is... a parallel space of Earth!"

  Li Minghui's face was pale, but he couldn't help thinking that it was somewhat inconceivable.

  Yes, Li Minghui was reborn, and it wasn't just a simple rebirth, but a rebirth into a parallel space to Earth. There were World War I and II here, but the Huaxia nation in this space was even more powerful than on Earth. Although it was still the second-largest economy, many aspects of it were world-class, and because of the difference in space, Li Minghui found that many things in this world had taken a different path.

  For example, there is also online literature here, a type of YY novel that he likes, but it doesn't have those classic masterpieces like "Xian Xia", "The Legend of the Little Soldier" and "The Journey of the Drifting Soul", nor does it have many other well-known great gods, but rather some books that he has never heard of. Of course, there are also top-notch great gods, just not the ones he knows.

  And the stars are no exception, such as this strong man named Taishan on his wall, with charm and muscles that are in no way inferior to Jackie Chan, who is also a superstar in this world, with fame and strength that are not below Jackie Chan's.

  And he is still called Li Minghui, still a dreamer drifting north to the imperial capital, a silk-worm and an otaku, very similar to his previous life.

  "Alas, I always thought rebirth was a good thing, but why is my rebirth so miserable? No money, no house, no golden hands..."

  "Wait, Golden Fingers!"

  Suddenly Li Minghui's eyes flashed a bright light: "I remember in my mind..."

  Li Minghui's heart began to beat faster, that dream world, that pirated disc that allowed him to rebirth in a parallel space...

  "This can't be real, is it still just a dream?!"

  Li Minghui muttered to himself, because at this moment in his mind, there was a fantastic icon, and this icon was exactly the same as the one on that pirated disc...