Chapter 3: Heaven's Choice, The Mission

The personal assistance features of Perfect Continent undoubtedly brought the advanced intelligent technology of fantasy into reality.

Not only was there a simplified attribute display showing basic information along with current real-time health and true energy levels, but also a regional map of the surrounding area, complete with radar markers indicating directions.

Even the giant flower monster in his sight displayed its specific name and basic attributes:
【Life 60/60; Level 1, Small Man-Eating Flower; (Attributes) None, Hit Rate 92%, Dodge 10%】

Fu Chen was already well-versed and adept at using such assistance from his previous life. He immediately dismissed the pop-up help and new player guidance prompts that appeared after resurrection.

Then, following his old habits, he made some personalized adjustments, focusing mainly on enabling the radar on the regional map to show the distribution of monsters and people within range. Monsters appeared as white dots, while people were shown as green dots—this setup would facilitate his future movements.

Next, he silently commanded “Attribute Panel,” and an information window instantly appeared before his eyes:

【Chosen One
Talent Skills: Sky Theft; Sky Seizure; Sky Ascension.
Half in Love with the Mortal World, Level 1, (Profession) Unawakened.
Cultivation: 0/110.
Realm: Qi Refining
Faction: None; Reputation: 0.
Life: 50/50; True Energy: 50/50; Primordial Spirit: 0
Attribute Points Allocation
Remaining Points: 0; Remaining Talent Points: 0.
Physique: 5; Spiritual Power: 5;
Strength: 5; Agility: 5;
Physical Attack: 1–1
Spell Attack: 1–1
Critical Hit Rate: 1%
Normal Attack Frequency: 1.25 hits/sec
Critical Damage: 200%
Physical Defense: 3
Five Elements Defense: 2
Accuracy: 50; Evasion: 50
Movement Speed: 5 m/s】

In fact, there was no real need to look, because when one first entered Perfect Continent, except for the name, everyone’s attributes were exactly the same.

Yet upon seeing the attribute details, Fu Chen’s mind went blank—he was stunned!

The top two lines, displayed in glaring crimson as if written in blood, were impossible to ignore.

They represented attributes that had never existed or been heard of in his previous life.

“W-Why is it different? There are two extra lines of attributes?”

“No, there’s also a crimson ‘Remaining Talent Points’—something that didn’t exist before.”

Confused, Fu Chen’s gaze fixed on the crimson attribute and activated its supplemental description.

Chosen One: A unique title denoting a hidden, god-level talent, exclusive and non-replicable.

Sky Theft: A passive talent; each level gained grants additional talent attribute points.

Sky Seizure: An active talent that triggers a blessing (or curse) aura, forcibly reversing the destined outcome of current events to guaranteed success (or failure), lasting 60 seconds. This talent is only visible to the user and has a cooldown of one hour.

Sky Ascension: A passive talent that greatly enhances comprehension limits of current weapons and skills during combat.

Reading the detailed descriptions, a smile gradually spread across Fu Chen’s lips until he nearly burst into laughter.

His original plan, relying on his past life’s experience and his knowledge of Perfect Continent, had given him full confidence to seize an early advantage and secretly improve himself.

He had expected to lead early on and then strive forward to become one of the ordinary strong players in Perfect Continent.

But now, unexpectedly awakening a god-level attribute with three extraordinary talents was like having wings added to his path toward strength, certain to let him soar.

Becoming a peak powerhouse of Perfect Continent was no longer a distant, vague dream!

At that moment, crushing Yang Siyao—his despised rival—felt like a sure and effortless victory.

Now, Fu Chen was more confident and motivated than ever, eager to begin his next move.

He silently uttered “Map,” and the vast world map of Perfect Continent appeared before him.

Checking the symbol marking his current position and the location of his next destination—the Pengcheng Inn—he found it lay roughly twenty minutes to the southwest.

Fu Chen had no intention of wasting time on this journey and planned to kill monsters all along the way.

In Perfect Continent, each monster slain granted cultivation and primordial spirit.

Cultivation was used to level up, and primordial spirit was necessary to learn various skills; both were essential to becoming stronger.

In addition, monsters dropped coins, materials, equipment, or skill books upon death.

Traveling, killing monsters to level up, accumulating wealth, and collecting materials all at once—this was a win-win.

He fetched the only item in his spatial backpack: a standard wooden sword.

【Wooden Sword
Single Sword
Grade: 0
Attack Frequency: 1.25 hits/sec
Attack Range: 3 meters
Physical Attack: 3–5
Durability Limit: 28/28
Level Requirement: 1
Strength Requirement: 5
Agility Requirement: 5】

With sword in hand, Fu Chen charged straight at the small man-eating flower blocking his path, swinging fiercely.

Above the flower monster, red text “Critical Hit 8” floated, indicating the damage dealt by his strike.

At the same time, it swayed its huge flower bud and bit fiercely at Fu Chen’s head in retaliation.

He twisted and dodged just in time but was still struck on the shoulder.

Enduring the blow silently was something Fu Chen was accustomed to from his past life.

Yellow number “7” flashed before his eyes, showing the health lost from the attack.

Remaining calm, he kept dodging while fiercely counterattacking with his wooden sword.

Numbers indicating the monster’s lost health kept appearing: 2, 5, 2, 4, 6...

Correspondingly, Fu Chen’s health steadily declined from the flower monster’s counterattacks.

Finally, after losing two-thirds of his life, he successfully killed the flower beast.

Simultaneously, an orange prompt “Cultivation +2, Primordial Spirit +1” floated before his eyes and appeared in the info panel.

This was the reward Fu Chen received for slaying the flower monster.

Additionally, the monster dropped 15 gold coins and a portion of plant oil, both collected into his spatial backpack.

While waiting for his health to recover, Fu Chen unhesitatingly charged at the second little man-eating flower ahead.

Again, he exchanged blows and fiercely competed with the monster.

Though his fighting skills offered some advantage, it was nothing major—he simply pressed forward killing one after another.

With three years of experience from a past life, Fu Chen kept a close eye on his health status in the simplified attribute panel.

Whenever his health dropped below one-quarter, he paused combat to recover, refusing to let himself fall into danger.

Along the journey, he inevitably noticed other green dots on the regional map—other players.

Some green dots remained completely still, clearly indicating newly arrived players still unconscious on the ground.

Others gathered in groups of three to five, already traveling together nearby.

Using the regional map’s display, Fu Chen tried to avoid or detour around them to escape detection, thinking:

“Don’t blame me for being selfish. These early exploration experiences are precious—I don’t want to affect your original paths.”

Thus, a journey that should have taken twenty minutes stretched to over an hour.

Having slain more than forty man-eating flower monsters and just about to level up, Fu Chen finally reached Pengcheng Inn.

The inn covered a decent area but was very simply constructed.

Two rows of tiled houses, dozens of tables and chairs, and a large yard enclosed by sparse wooden fences.

Three natives of Perfect Continent were permanently stationed here, one of whom was called the “Guide.”

She was responsible for issuing initial guidance quests to those formally entering Perfect Continent.

Standing outside the wooden door of a tiled house, Fu Chen called out loudly, “Is anyone here?”

The door opened quickly, revealing a woman dressed in a sexy female combat outfit.

Above her head was a yellow title “Guide,” with a yellow token icon indicating an available quest.

The Guide scrutinized Fu Chen with mild curiosity and calmly said:

“It’s been a long time since any newcomers appeared in Perfect Continent. You don’t seem to be from this world.”

Before Fu Chen could reply, she spoke again:

“Never mind. Whether it’s the Perfect World, the Human Realm, or other dimensions, humanity across billions of stars shares common ancestors.

“In these chaotic times, where you come from no longer matters. You must head north; the elders await you in Sword Immortal City.

“This journey carries great responsibility. It’s best to stretch your limbs first and familiarize yourself with the workings of this world.”

Fu Chen nodded respectfully. “Understood. I will follow your guidance.”

The Guide smiled in satisfaction. “I have two trials here: eliminate 20 Qingfu or 20 small man-eating flowers. Which do you choose?”

The Qingfu were distributed west and south of the inn; the man-eating flowers were to the east and north.

Having just come from the east and knowing it was less crowded, Fu Chen chose the latter task.

He estimated: at his current pace, killing three monsters every two minutes, the task would take at least twenty minutes.

Such efficiency was far too low; at this speed, he couldn’t reach his original goals.

Feeling troubled, he left the inn and dashed northeast, resuming combat.

He casually opened the assistance feature’s quest tracking display to conveniently monitor his progress.