Chapter 2

Since the apocalyptic catastrophe more than 300 years ago, the human body became fundamentally transformed. Now people with supernatural powers accounted for one-fifth of the total population. For these people, supernatural powers were the basis of their survival.

As soon as a child was born, the hospital would test his abilities. The first step was to separate ordinary people from those with abilities. For the latter, they would further detect the energy core attributes in the mind.

When the apocalypse first occured, there were many kinds of supernatural powers, but as the time went by, the energy of those rare abilities was either exhausted or converted into other energies. In the end, the world stabilized and formed a complete cycle. The basic kinds of energy were the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Lin Tan Tan did not understand the gossip about the heaven, earth, nature and five elements. She only knew that if the child was tested to have only one element of energy attributes, the child must have extraordinary abilities and intelligence in the future, and was basically born strong.

If there were two elements, it would be worse, if there were three, it basically meant: a life of mediocrity. Having four elements would basically result in being disabled and stupid; and five? Oh, it would mean having used up all their luck in being born.

Lin Tan Tan developed very slowly in her mother’s womb. After birth, she was like a kitten, not breathing yet. Thanks to the emergency rescue by doctors and nurses, she was rescued. Afterwards, she was found to possess all five elements.

Her parents were struck by lightning, but they didn’t give up on her. They customized the best five-element energy box for her and let her lie in it.

Then a miracle happened. Not only did Lin Tan Tan not die soon, she also grew up slowly. Although she was paralyzed and sick, she had a normal mind and was even smarter than ordinary children.

The Lin family’s parents were overjoyed, but it was too difficult to raise a child possessing five elements, and the energy stones consumed every day were a huge sum of money. A fairly wealthy family was abruptly dragged into abject poverty.

At this moment, Lin Tan Tan’s mentor appeared. She was a very powerful wood-type supernatural power user and a well-known therapist. She took care of the cost of energy stones, and taught her how to practice supernatural powers.

Cultivation was very difficult, very tiring, the feeling of the five energies fighting in the body was very painful, causing Lin Tan Tan to almost die many times.

But with practice, she could control the disordered energy and make the body strong and powerful. In the end, Lin Tan Tan survived.

If there are several elements of energy cores, several elements must be cultivated together, otherwise the energy imbalance will endanger life. Lin Tan Tan’s cultivation talent was unmatched. Even if the five elements were combined, her cultivation speed was very fast. At the age of fourteen, each of her ability had reached the sixth level, and because of the influence of her mentor, she was better at using wood-type abilities, so she went to her mentor’s hospital as a healer.

In six years, she was promoted from a general doctor to an expert level, and she became well-known throughout the country, even receiving the national certificate of honour. There were countless people who had been cured and saved by her, and the family that was dragged down by her also became rich because of her. She was very well received by the government.

Now her wood ability was close to the full level, and other abilities were also not bad. She could be ranked among the strongest in the country, but her body suddenly began to decline.

Perhaps this was the fate of multi-line supernatural beings. No matter how hard she worked, how many levels she crossed, reaching a height that most supernatural beings could not reach, she still could not escape the fate of early death.

Fortunately, in her short life, as she reached her limit, she felt herself worthy of her parents, worthy of her mentor, and even more worthy of herself, and this knowledge was enough for her.

Lin Tan Tan sighed softly, only if she could stand up and run in her next life, she looked at her unconscious legs and thought; it would be even better if she could meet her idol.

With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, she slowly closed her eyes.

Sunshine and fresh breeze came in from the window, sprinkling on her body, and the indoor instrument issued a beep alarm, indicating that the test subject’s vital signs had terminated.

Across the door, Lin Tan Tan’s parents, younger brother, and many staff members in the hospital stayed outside her ward, and some people who had been treated by Lin Tantan also came after hearing the news. They all heard the beeping of the instrument, the three of the Lin family cried together, and even the others couldn’t help wiping away their tears.

The next day, the country issued an obituary: “Ms. Lin Tan Tan, national special-grade healer, honourary vice-chairman of the Association of Supernatural People, improver of multi-system supernatural power cultivation methods, winner of the Ziyun Medal, ninth-level supernatural powerhouse, the only person with supernatural powers of five lines… on July 8, 23X1, at the National Central Hospital, died young at the age of twenty…”

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On January 1, 20X9, 13:59, at a university in Yangshi.

In a dormitory, a girl lying on the upper bunk was sweating all over, her face flushed and distorted, she seemed to be having a nightmare, experiencing some kind of pain, as her body twitched continuously.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes, panting heavily, as her eyes gradually focused, she froze.

Where is this? Wasn’t she already dead? Was she alive again?

Lin Tan Tan sat up and opened her eyes wide. Except for the white walls that were barely similar to the room she was used to, other things and arrangements were very strange. This strangeness was not only because she had never seen it before, but also because… Antiques!

She thought of the movies, books, and photos she had seen. The houses before the apocalypse seemed to be in this style. This place should not be an ordinary house, but a collective dormitory.

She looked at her hand again, it wasn’t her body, pinched it, ah, it hurt!

Could it be that she was reborn after death, and somehow returned to the world before the apocalypse?

Lin Tantan’s heart was pounding, she groped around, and finally found the “mobile phone” under the bed. Although it was still an antique to her, fortunately she was not stupid. When she found the standby button, she pressed it and the screen turned on.

January 1st, 20X9, wasn’t this, this, the day of the apocalypse?!

Lin Tan Tan’s pupils contracted suddenly and her mind became blank. After a while, she screamed:

Ah, ah, ah!!! My idol, my idol, I’ve arrived!”

She excitedly lifted the quilt off of herself and got out of the bed.

However, Lin Tan Tan, who had never slept on a bunk bed before, encountered a tragedy the next second.

With a bang, there was a loud noise coming from room 305 of the girls’ dormitory, followed by a scream; and the entire floor shook.