As Zhang Heng put down his Switch handheld, the last Japanese player was defeated by him, and the victory screen on the handheld showed Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Master Ball ranking first.
Zhang Heng let out a long sigh: “Phew, I finally made it. These Japanese players always sell points to each other to climb the ranks, making it very difficult for Chinese players.”
Zhang Heng, seventeen years old, was in the prime of his youth. His family had deep roots, practicing medicine for generations, and the pharmaceutical enterprise they operated was vast in scale, dominating China.
This enterprise held a revered and far-reaching position in the entire Chinese medical and pharmaceutical world, holding significant sway and drawing much attention.
Zhang Heng himself was a student attending a key high school. He was intelligent and studious from a young age, excelled in his studies, and was full of enthusiasm and curiosity about his family's business.
At school, he not only performed well academically but also had a strong interest in medical knowledge, often using his free time to read related books and materials, constantly expanding his knowledge.
He was also a battle enthusiast who loved competing in Pokémon battles. He only cared about the Pokémon's strength, as for every battle enthusiast, the beauty of strength was true beauty.
Zhang Heng didn't have much prejudice or obsession with a Pokémon's appearance; as long as the strength was there, it wasn't an issue. If he encountered a Shinny female Machamp with a lonely nature, he might not like it or feel anything.
But when paired with a Flame Orb and the Guts ability, Zhang Heng felt that the Shinny female Machamp was beautiful to his very core!
Zhang Heng quickly operated his device, having just finished taking a screenshot of the game and editing the text, preparing to boast in his Moments and game chat groups about his glorious achievement of trampling the Japanese players and claiming the top spot of the season.
With a crackle—
Just then, a flash of white light appeared, and his entire body was sucked into a dimensional space. The sudden sense of suffocation made Zhang Heng lose consciousness, his eyes vacant.
In a corner of the space, a creature with yellow antennae and black and red stripes on its chest was watching this scene from nearby. (Guess who it is)
… … … …
After the white light, Zhang Heng was back in his room, the heavy feeling of suffocation receding like a tide. Zhang Heng regained consciousness and immediately cursed, “Seriously, I just wanted to post on my Moments to show off a bit, why did I get struck by divine wrath? Or do I have heart problems? No, all my weekly check-up indicators are normal. I can’t, I will never stay up late again!”
It was a case of staying up late feeling good for a moment, but staying up late every day meant every day…
At this moment, a mechanical voice sounded: “Pokémon Master Targeted Attribute Cultivation System is loading. Estimated completion time is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 27 seconds.”
Zhang Heng: “Huh??? (Black man questioning face) Pokémon Master? Am I transmigrated? Am I not still in my own room?”
Outside the window, a Pidgey perched on a branch twisted its neck, looking at him with the gaze of someone caring for a special needs individual.
Zhang Heng stared blankly at the living Pokémon Pidgey for a moment, his heart a mix of shock and joy. He stood up, patted his backside, and looked around.
Suddenly, the scene before him struck his consciousness like a heavy blow, leaving him stunned. Under the adjacent bed lay a body identical to his own, or more accurately, a corpse.
Seeing his own dead body, Zhang Heng felt a headache. “What’s going on?!” He suddenly remembered the system, a standard feature for transmigrators, which should be able to communicate.
He opened his mouth and asked the system, “System, hello? Are you there?”
The mechanical voice responded, “Mmm-hmm?”
He didn’t expect this system to be a little… tsundere?
Pointing at the corpse, he asked, “What’s going on? Am I dead?”
The mechanical voice suddenly sounded, “Responding to host, this is another spatiotemporal plane, and the you of this plane has already died an unnatural death due to the influence of spatiotemporal turbulence. You are directly replacing him from another world. Everything the original host possessed is the same as what you possessed in your original parallel plane.”
Zhang Heng took a moment to organize his thoughts before slowly coming to terms with the fact that he had transmigrated, and among the army of transmigrators, he was the most unique.
Other transmigrators either transmigrated as a fetus or as a soul, but he transmigrated with his body. In other novels, for those who transmigrated as a fetus or soul, only their soul was their own, but their physical body and bloodline belonged to the original world and had no relation to his soul.
In other words, your soul took over someone else’s body, but the bloodline in the physical body was still someone else’s. Even if you married a wife, the child born would not be your own; the bloodline in the original host’s body had no relation to your soul.
It’s like an employee who works hard every day to help their boss buy a Rolls-Royce! Does your boss’s Rolls-Royce have anything to do with you?
Ding! The system’s electronic mechanical voice rang out!
“System notification: Targeted attribute extraction is about to begin! The host will randomly draw 1-2 attributes from eighteen Pokémon attributes to serve as your cultivation direction.
Note: The extracted attributes cannot be changed, and other attribute Pokémon cannot be captured. After completing team formation and cultivation, you will gain new attribute extraction opportunities. After attribute extraction is complete, you will receive a Pokémon of the corresponding attribute, with a chance to obtain a mythical beast that has no divine position and has a population.
Host, do you wish to begin extraction?!”
Zhang Heng thought to himself, “Attribute extraction? And I can only cultivate that single attribute, but there’s a chance to get a mythical beast, which is pretty good! But if I draw a Grass + Bug attribute combination, wouldn’t that be a disaster? Wouldn’t that be a hell-mode start? Never mind for now.”
He opened his mouth and replied, “Let’s do it! Start extraction!”
Whoosh! The grand prize wheel, like a dazzling rainbow, suddenly appeared in his mind. Accompanied by a faint humming sound, the grand prize wheel began to slowly rotate.
The rotation speed was not fast, but it gave a strong sense of tension. Each rotation seemed to carry the gears of fate, making one’s heart pound involuntarily.
The entire interface flickered with mesmerizing light, sometimes appearing a vibrant green, other times transforming into a fiery red, like a coin-operated slot machine spinning wildly.
Zhang Heng’s mood also grew increasingly tense as the grand prize wheel spun. He stared intently at the continuously rotating prize cursor, not daring to blink an eye, fearing he would miss any crucial moment.
His breathing quickened, and his fingers unconsciously clenched, anticipating good fortune.
Finally, the speed of the prize cursor gradually slowed down, eventually coming to a gentle stop on two attributes that emitted dazzling light.
These two attribute cursors glowed with blue and purple halos respectively, intermingling and emitting a unique energy fluctuation.
Zhang Heng’s heart rate instantly accelerated to its limit. He widened his eyes, eager to know what attributes he would get. Please, not Grass + Bug!