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”How is it magical?” Kong Hou asked.

”This world, hmm... has one more world than other worlds. Two worlds count as one world for our task. Do you understand what I mean?” Dong Xiao explained.

”...” Kong Hou felt a little dizzy.

”Take a look at the Heavenly Mechanism Memo.” Dong Xiao handed the Heavenly Mechanism Memo to Kong Hou.

Kong Hou took it, read it twice, and finally understood what it meant.

This is indeed a magical world, or rather, these are two worlds that mutually influence and depend on each other.

There is a Parallel World and a Current World.

Originally, these two worlds were not interconnected. But then, some accidents happened.

A strange and terrifying creature appeared in the Parallel World, called ”Darkness” by humans. People don’t know what gave rise to this Darkness, only know that this creature is extremely dangerous and feeds on humans.

The Darkness is horrifying and powerful. Initially, the humans in the Parallel World had no power to resist. Later, some humans changed, becoming stronger or mastering the Five Elements Technique, and began to fight against the Darkness. Some special humans from the Current World, who had the ability to traverse the two worlds, also joined the fight against the Darkness. But they were still unable to truly compete with the Darkness. At that time, the Star God appeared to assist humans.

The Star God existed in a plane above the Parallel World. Each of them is an unparalleled strong warrior; upon receiving the summoning from humans, they formed contracts to help humans fight together.

The struggle between humans and the Darkness finally gained a victory. Although they still couldn’t completely annihilate the Darkness, the situation had greatly turned around.

Ling Xiao, 21 years old this year, is an almost-graduated college student in the Current World. He is somewhat withdrawn, not good at interacting with people, and has only three roommates as friends. The roommates all have girlfriends for a long time, while he remains gloriously single.

The roommates treat Ling Xiao very well because they know about Ling Xiao’s family situation. It’s not that Ling Xiao’s family is financially troubled; instead, it’s because Ling Xiao is the only one left in his family. His parents died in a car accident when he was young, and he was raised by his grandfather. His grandfather passed away due to illness after Ling Xiao finished his college entrance exam.

Thus, the roommates are quite sympathetic to Ling Xiao and take extra care of him privately. Ling Xiao is grateful to his roommates, often helping them with breakfast since he sleeps and wakes up early. The roommates practically love him for this.

No one knows that Ling Xiao’s grandfather didn’t die of illness. Instead, in another world, he once faced a powerful Darkness, severely injuring it but also sustaining fatal injuries himself. He managed to return to the Current World to see Ling Xiao one last time before never opening his eyes again.

Ling Xiao also has the ability to cross the Parallel World. In the Current World, he is an ordinary college student, but in the Parallel World, he is a wealthy heir with billions in assets. The Ling Family is a Star Warrior lineage in the Parallel World. Those who can summon the Star God to assist in battles are called Star Warriors. The Ling Family is an ancient and long-standing clan, though it is increasingly declining. Ling Xiao’s grandfather could summon the Star God, but Ling Xiao’s father was just an ordinary person, unable to traverse the two worlds. His identity was merely that of a regular white-collar worker in the Current World.

Ling Xiao’s father didn’t know until his death that his father had another identity.

Later, Ling Xiao found out. He inherited his grandfather’s legacy of two identities.

In the Current World, it includes three homes and two storefronts. But the Parallel World is formidable.

Billion-dollar assets!