Singlehandedly - Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Individual Value
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
‘Come together…’
‘Have faith in your heart…’
‘You are waiting for a train, that train will take you away, you know where your heart is going, but you don’t know where you will be taken, but it doesn’t matter because we are together…’
Tang Hong looked down at the mobile phone.
This was a brand new second-hand mobile phone that he carefully selected on Salted-Fish.com before placing an order for purchase. The screen size was particularly large.
In conjunction with the iQIYI Blu-ray version for VIP members, a 9.9 dollars black earphone inclusion of the shipping cost, and turning on the Dolby surround sound—he felt that he had reached the pinnacle of life and was standing on the top of the world.
At this moment.
The whole train was very quiet.
As if Tang Hong was the only one left on it.
“En.”
“This Feilipu headphone is not bad.” Tang Hong touched the surface of the earphone on the right side. Although he didn’t know what was good about the matte surface, it felt a little slippery to the touch. Maybe this was what matte surface means.
It’s just 9.9 dollars plus free shipping anyway, it’s fine as long as it’s usable.
As for the more expensive earphones with multiple functions such as Bluetooth, wireless, ergonomics, and a series of high-end features, he felt that those were not of much use. Besides, he couldn’t afford it. His family didn’t own a mine, he wouldn’t spend hundreds and thousands on just an earphone.
“It would be great if my family owns a mine.”
Tang Hong rolled his eyes and continued watching the film. The movie-watching experience was excellent, and he was also engrossed and deeply immersed in the movie. After watching finish the movie at 1.5 times speed, he put his phone in his pocket.
He then grabbed the earphone, kneaded it into a ball, and put it in his pocket too.
And then…
Tang Hong really wanted to sit properly and enjoy this train trip without squinting his eyes…
But a couple was sitting beside him and behaving intimately. Their heads seemed to be glued together and they were watching a movie too.
He took a glance at the movie and saw that they were actually watching a cartoon.
He glanced secretly again. The girl was wearing a thin black sweater and an orange-pink long coat of unknown material on her shoulders. She had light makeup, silver earrings, and her cheeks were red, making others feel like biting it.
This was a completely different style from the student and campus-style.
It was very noble-looking.
Although he knew this girl who was year one in the same university as him, their relationship was only that of nodding to each other if they passed by. This time, they just happened to be in the same carriage. Tang Hong didn’t dare to look any further and retracted his gaze. Sitting in a daze and slightly embarrassed, he could only look out the window of the train. Outside was a large forest that was green and vibrant.
“Spring is coming…”
Tang Hong adjusted his gaze and sitting posture. An unnamed pressure enveloped his body and mind, and he gradually felt discomfort.
“The season of recovery…”
He adjusted his sitting posture again, still uncomfortable.
“Let’s just play the phone.”
So Tang Hong took out the brand new second-hand mobile phone in the left pocket of his dark gray sportswear and looked down at it. The battery level was at 29%, and the battery icon in the upper right corner had turned yellow.
Watching movies would consume a lot of battery, so he decided to listen to songs.
After listening to two songs which felt very noisy to him, he decided to browse the news.
After not sure how long, the sound of advertisements echoing throughout the train rang in his ears. The advertisement roughly means that Hua Country’s EMU technology was in a leading position in the world, and the accident rate was basically zero. It had gradually become a representative of Hua Country’s manufacturing and an international business card: “North European Union asked our Hua Country for help in building trains?”
First was astonishment and surprise, then, national pride replaced all thoughts.
Tang Hong looked up at the LCD screen hung at the rear of the carriage. The development of Hua Country’s EMU technology was turned into scenes of pictures on the screen, which caught his eyes.
‘Wait!”
‘What happened!’
‘It seems that something weird got mixed in, something totally unrelated to the EMU technology…’
Tang Hong’s heart jumped and he sat straight.
He tried turning his head and closing his eyes, but the signs and numbers that popped up suddenly still existed, and they moved along the movement of his vision. It was like a shadow that followed him and couldn’t be ignored.
It was a pentagonal luminous frame.
A large number of magical settings of movies, novels, animations, and games flashed through Tang Hong’s mind. He was dazed for a while. After sorting out his thoughts, he took a closer look.
Instantly.
Mysterious and mystical information surfaced in front of his eyes and his soul.
Ding Dong!
[Power of the All-Knowing Almighty] support system is being activated… the matching rate is zero… impossible.
Activation failed…
System breakdown…
“???”
Tang Hong was speechless and his mind was full of question marks. He subconsciously scratched his forehead and scalp. Could it be that he wasn’t a normal person, but a mental patient who had been hiding for 20 years?
The next moment.
The mysterious flow of information once again emerged from the horizon and the bottom of his heart.
Ding Dong!
[Power of the Supreme Life Body] support system is being activated… the match rate is zero… impossible.
Activation failed…
System breakdown…
“All-knowing almighty, the supreme being, just the names alone sounds very powerful.” Tang Hong’s eyes lit up, and then he felt despair. “Why have all of them failed to start? This is unscientific!”
What did it mean by the match rate being zero?!
He was obviously very suitable!
Tang Hong was angry and knocked his forehead. Every time the desktop computer at home crashed, it was knocked okay by his father. The computer and the human brain were similar, so this method should work on both.
“The power of the all-knowing and almighty!”
“The power of the supreme life body!”
“Don’t even think about running. I want two of these two, not a single one can be missing!”
Tang Hong’s eyes went dark. Just as he was about to become excited, he heard, saw, and sensed the tremendous changes in the flow of information.
Ding Dong!
[Power of One] support system is being activated… the matching rate is about zero… the database verification failed.
Trying to activate…
Integration is successful…
Ding Dong!
The power of one can also transcend the mortal limit, everything is possible.
Please accept the opening guide of the [Power of One] auxiliary system, start cultivating as soon as possible, and become stronger as soon as possible.
“Power of One?”
Tang Hong’s fragile heart was overwhelmed.
It was like a roller coaster, going up and down. With reference to various movie plots, Tang Hong realized that this was an incredibly rare opportunity that could change his life.
It’s a pity that the changes in life were too fast, and Tang Hong, who is lost in a daze, fell silent. All-knowing and almighty, supreme life, look at how mighty and domineering these two names were. Why is it that when it came to his turn, both of them failed to activate?
“Forget it, forget it.” Tang Hong believed one shouldn’t be too greedy. Having a System was better than not having one, after all.
“If the cultivation is successful, maybe I will become the only transcendent being in the world, and I can have whatever I want then.”
With a smile on his face, Tang Hong was ready to receive the initial guidance of the [Power of One]’s support system.
After all, he had experienced the cruelty of reality and social whipping, so he really wasn’t greedy.
However, good things are hard to come by, and the abnormal changes in the information flow made Tang Hong speechless. The smile at the corners of his mouth instantly solidified and his whole person was almost like a sculpture.
Ding Dong!
A malfunction appeared in [Power of One]’s support system (the intelligence mechanism escaped)
Troubleshooting (please click here)
Restart the system (please click here)
“I…”
Tang Hong’s breath was stuck at his throat and he almost exploded on the spot.
“This is too much!”
“I click troubleshoot!”
“But nothing happens… the system restart isn’t working too… may the heavens take pity on me.”
Tang Hong kept clicking dedicatedly.
After a long time.
Tang Hong felt indescribable deep loneliness.
Ding Dong!
[Power of One] support system is activated, the power of one can also transcend the mortal limit!
Current status:
Mortal: Extremely small and weak creature.
Willpower: 33%
Strength: 27%
Realm: 0.00
Individual value: 1
“Individual value?”
“What does this mean?” Out of habit, Tang Hong took out his mobile phone with a face of helplessness. Just at this moment, he heard the prompt sound of the train entering the station: Passengers, the train has arrived at Yunhai Station, please take your luggage and valuables and alight from the right side of the direction the train is moving. When getting off, please pay attention to the gap between the train and the platform.
Beside him.
The couple who had been glued together all the way finally got up. The girl turned her head and waved to Tang Hong. “We shall be leaving first, Senior. Goodbye.”
“En.”
Tang Hong nodded.
He sat in the same position without moving, still immersed in the surprise, astonishment, shock of obtaining the system, and also some unspeakable daze.
‘Who can tell me…’
‘Why did the intelligence mechanism escape…’
The Labor Day holiday was about to end. Tang Hong, who took the train back to school, could only stand up, moved the gap between the seats on both sides, and followed the crowd, ready to get off the train.
Then.
His gaze moving slightly, through the car window, Tang Hong could see from a distance that the girl in fashionable dress was leaning her head on her boyfriend’s left shoulder.
“Isn’t that tiring?”
Tang Hong asked this doubt from the bottom of his heart.
[Ding dong!]
A stream of information, flickering and beating, appeared in front of Tang Hong’s eyes: [Experience a train journey alone for the first time, individual value increased by 1.]
