House property

Ten minutes later, Wang Yi and Qi Xiaohao finally walked into a villa area.

Standing in front of the gate of a four - story villa with quite exquisite decoration, Wang Yi's eyes popped out.

"Is this my home?"

"No, this is my home." Qi Xiaohao turned Wang Yi around 180 degrees and then said, "Brother E, this is your home."

After turning around, Wang Yi saw a two - story building. Although it didn't look as luxurious and imposing as Qi Xiaohao's home, it was still a very nice house.

Especially for Wang Yi, who in his previous life had worked himself to the bone but couldn't even afford a toilet as an ordinary person at the bottom of society.

"Just this single property is enough for me to live on for the rest of my life!" Wang Yi was a bit excited and felt full of gratitude towards his unseen parents in this world.

However... why were there so many crooked characters on the outer wall of this house?

"Debt must be repaid. It's only fair!"

"Respect others' debt rights and conduct legal debt collection!"

"Pay back the money!"

"If you don't pay your debt today, your whole family will be in trouble tomorrow!"

"Prostitute, 1381438XXXX!"

"What the hell are these? My house! My nice house! Where is the property management? Where are the police? Is there anyone in charge?"

Wang Yi stared at the words on the wall in horror. Apart from being angry, he also felt a bit scared.

Could it be that besides squandering the family fortune, the original owner of this body had also piled up a huge debt?

Would the debt - collection companies in this world be some kind of evil force composed of dark mages?

Would they force people to pay back the debt in an improper way if they couldn't pay?

"Oh, these are all things of the past. Don't worry." Qi Xiaohao comforted him. "Brother E, do you want to come to my home for dinner?"

"Forget it. I'm a bit tired. I'll go home and sleep first." Wang Yi shook his head and refused.

It was relatively easy to fob off Qi Xiaohao, the chubby guy. But it would be much more difficult to deal with his parents. It was better not to meet them for the time being to avoid being discovered.

Waving goodbye to Qi Xiaohao, Wang Yi came to the door of his own home.

He couldn't find the key on his body. However, the door could be unlocked with a password or fingerprint. After trying a few fingers, with a slight "click", the door opened.

After entering the house and closing the door, Wang Yi first ran upstairs and downstairs to get a general idea of the house layout.

The first floor consisted of a kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, and a living room.

One of the two bedrooms was large, presumably his parents'. Although no one had lived there for a long time, it was still very clean. The smaller one was covered with a lot of dust.

"Seems like the original owner wasn't completely useless," Wang Yi sighed as he stood in front of his parents' clean and tidy bedroom, looking at the photo of the family of three on the bedside table. In the photo, his unfamiliar parents were wearing dark military uniforms and smiling brightly while holding a two - or three - year - old child.

Suddenly, a wave of sadness welled up in Wang Yi.

He sniffed and carefully closed the bedroom door. Then he went upstairs.

The second floor had two bedrooms, a bathroom, a study, and a large balcony.

In one of the bedrooms, Wang Yi finally found traces of the original owner's life.

The bedroom was simply furnished. Apart from a bed and a wardrobe, there was only a computer, a desk, and a swivel chair.

A few clothes were casually thrown on the back of the swivel chair. The bed was in a mess, with the quilt balled up in a corner. There were some take - out boxes and many wadded tissues around the full trash can.

Wang Yi kicked away the tissue balls at his feet irritably. The original owner was supposed to be a regular at bars and nightclubs. Judging from the photos and videos, he should have seen the world. Why did he use so many tissues?

What, was he nostalgic? Didn't want to abandon the traditional way?

Wang Yi rummaged through the bedroom and the study, hoping to find a diary. If there was one, it would be a great help for him to understand the past, maintain the original persona, integrate into social life, and establish himself in society.

Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, he didn't find one. Apparently, the original owner of his body was not the type to write a diary.

Although he didn't find a diary, it wasn't a complete waste of time. Finally, Wang Yi found a wooden box more than a meter long under the bed.

It was heavy and seemed to have some weight.

Out of curiosity, Wang Yi opened the wooden box.

There were a bunch of regular spheres the size of pigeon eggs in the wooden box, and a small box with a lock on it.

Most of these spheres were grayish, but a few were emitting a faint glow.

"Playing with marbles at this age? No, could it be?"

Wang Yi thought of a possibility and picked up one of the glowing marbles.

Just as he was examining it carefully, something strange happened. A group of words suddenly appeared above the marble.

Fireball Spell [Common]: Release a fireball to attack (not absorbable).

Earth Fire Eruption [Rare]: Erupt fire pillars from the ground, causing fire and impact damage (not absorbable).

Wow!

Wang Yi stared blankly at the words floating above the marble. It was as if he heard a voice in his head.

"Ding!"

"Your cheat code has arrived. Press F1 to enjoy a life with cheats!"

Of course, this voice was just Wang Yi's imagination. In fact, apart from the words that suddenly appeared on the marble, there were no other sounds or words in his head.

There was even no explanation for what these words on the marble were and why they appeared.

"System?" Wang Yi tentatively called out.

There was no response. "Immortal? Monster? Old man in the body?"

Still, there was no reaction.

What's going on?

Wang Yi put down this marble and picked up a gray one.

This time, there were no words at all.

He picked up the red marble again, and the words reappeared.

Fireball Spell [Common]: Release a fireball to attack (not absorbable).

Earth Fire Eruption [Rare]: Erupt fire pillars from the ground, causing fire and impact damage (not absorbable).

Wang Yi stroked his chin with his left hand, thought for a while, then put down the marble, rummaged in the box, and picked up another glowing marble.

This time, the words reappeared, and the content also changed.

Sunlight Spell [Common]: Release a blazing sunlight ray to attack (not absorbable).

Lighting Spell [Common]: Release a light ball for illumination (absorbable).

"Sure enough!" Wang Yi confirmed in his heart.

These things that looked like marbles should be the magic crystals that Qi Xiaohao mentioned, and the floating words should be the magic contained in the magic crystals.

But why could some be absorbed while others couldn't?

Also, could every mage see these words, or could only he see them?

The difference here was huge!

If every mage could see them, this might be an inevitable process of learning magic.

If only he could see them, was he truly gifted, or did he have a system by his side?

Unable to make a judgment, Wang Yi was cautious and didn't take the next step.

He put the marbles back into the wooden box and came to the computer, pressing the power button.

After the computer was turned on, Wang Yi first casually browsed through the files on the hard drive, then found the search engine and started to search for some information by himself.

Although there was a large "Learning Materials" folder on the hard drive, Wang Yi didn't trust the original owner very much and preferred to search by himself. Sitting upright in front of the computer, Wang Yi kept sliding the mouse and occasionally typing some words on the keyboard, opening different links and browsing various websites and forums.

Time passed slowly until it got dark and the street lights outside the building began to shine.

The surrounding villas were brightly lit, and there were occasional laughter and noise. However, Wang Yi's house was very dark and quiet.

In the bedroom, the pale white light from the computer screen kept flickering, shining on Wang Yi's frowning face.

The only sounds in the room were the faint friction sound of the mouse sliding and the occasional keyboard clicks, indicating that there was still a living person there.

It was not until the moon was high in the sky that Wang Yi tiredly stretched his body, rubbed his sore eyes, got up and groped around, then pressed the switch of the chandelier.

The suddenly bright light made Wang Yi squint his eyes subconsciously. After getting used to it a little, he turned back and sat down in front of the computer, taking out the phone from his pocket.

During his search for information, the phone had vibrated several times, but Wang Yi, who was busy absorbing knowledge, didn't want to be interrupted.

Now that he had searched almost enough, he took out the phone and saw that most of the messages were greetings from his classmates. Wang Yi was also cautious and didn't reply.

It wasn't until he saw the message from his homeroom teacher, Bai Yu, that Wang Yi couldn't help but sit up straight, and a sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

"Come to the principal's office during the morning reading tomorrow."

Apparently, Wang Yi's act of jumping off the building today had alerted the principal.

"I wonder if the original owner had met the principal and was familiar with him. If they were very familiar, would using the excuse of amnesia expose myself? Old people are shrewd. They can't be underestimated!"

Wang Yi was a bit gloomy. After thinking it over and over again, he decided to probe Bai Yu first.

At least this twenty - year - old young girl homeroom teacher should be easier to deceive than the principal.

So Wang Yi replied, "I'm not familiar with the principal. What does he want from me? To give me an award?"

"You're the first student to jump off the building in the 78 - year history of Lanling Magic High School. Even if the principal didn't know you before, he has to get to know you well now!"

After seeing this message, Wang Yi felt a little relieved. If he was not familiar with the principal before, he would have more room to maneuver.

"Aren't you suffering from amnesia? How do you know you're not familiar with the principal?"

Bai Yu sent another message right after.

Wang Yi used the excuse he had already thought of to fob her off. "I was just waking up at that time. I was totally confused and my mind was blank. Later, when I saw my classmates and returned to my familiar home, I became much clearer."

"What! What were you doing before!" In the bathtub, Bai Yu, who was taking a bath, saw this message, angrily threw her phone aside, and blew bubbles with her mouth under the water, making "gurgling" sounds.

Wang Yi casually threw the phone back on the computer table, clasped his hands together, cracked his fingers until they made a crisp "crack" sound, then shook his hands contentedly. He kicked his feet and slid the swivel chair to the bedside. Then he opened the wooden box again and examined it carefully.

After searching for information for such a long time, Wang Yi was already sure that the marbles in the wooden box were the core crystals of magical beasts, commonly known as magic crystals.

He had to admit that the Internet was really a great thing. If he had traveled to ancient times or the Middle Ages without the Internet, he really wouldn't have been able to obtain the basic common sense of this world so efficiently and conveniently.

According to his preliminary search in the past few hours, the so - called magic crystals were the cores of magical beasts and the key for humans to learn and use magic.

Ninety - six years ago, the first magic abyss officially appeared in the sky above Edinburgh in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

After that, new magic abysses began to appear all over the world one after another.

A magic abyss was the product of the collision and fusion of another world with unique magical power and this world. It was a spatial passage connecting the two worlds.

According to the size and specifications of these two - world passages, people gave them different names.

The large - scale two - world passages without level restrictions were worthy of being called "abysses".

The medium - sized two - world passages with some level restrictions and smaller areas were called "realms".

The smallest two - world passages with the greatest level restrictions were called "bridges".

Whether they were abysses, realms, or bridges, they were all fixed passages. The entrances wouldn't change and they hardly ever disappeared.

In addition, there was another type of small two - world passage that would appear randomly anywhere and usually wouldn't exist for a long time.

It would disappear in as few as three to five days or as many as one or two years.

This type was called a "floating bridge".

The two - world passages connected two worlds. Humans could enter, and naturally, the creatures from the magical world could also.

Most of the creatures in the magical world were animals and plants that could use all kinds of strange magical powers, which were called "magical beasts".

Magic crystals were the core crystals found in the bodies of magical beasts after humans hunted them down.

By absorbing magic crystals, some humans who had awakened their magical talents could obtain magic power and use it to cast spells.

These people were called mages.

Perhaps due to the different fundamental rules of the two worlds, the fire - power weapons made by human technology often had difficulty functioning effectively in the two - world passages where the rules intersected.

Therefore, mages became the main force in guarding and exploring the two - world passages.

Human's original science - based civilization also started to have an additional magical path.

The year when the first magic abyss appeared in this world was also called the "Magic Era" that marked the beginning of the magical age.

As the integration of the two worlds deepened, the number of mages increased, their strength became stronger, and the proportion of magical civilization also became larger. Later, the world's Gregorian calendar was changed to the Magic Calendar, and it had been 96 years since the Magic Era.

Speaking of magic crystals, as the core of magical beasts, they stored the strange power of the beasts.

In fact, so - called magic was just a special and powerful force. However, since the first magic abyss appeared in the United Kingdom, and there had long been cultures and legends about magic there.

As the first ones to discover this power, they naturally named it "magic".

If the first magic abyss had appeared in China, perhaps this power would have been called "immortal arts" or "Taoist magic".

Humans were very good at summarizing and generalizing. After studying magical power for such a long time, mages had already established a standardized and normalized magical system.

According to the current deconstruction of magical power, magic was mainly divided into elemental magic, spiritual magic, and spatial magic.

According to the effects of magical power, it could also be divided into offensive magic, auxiliary magic, and healing magic.

According to the strength of magical beasts, they were classified into different levels: low - level magical beasts, medium - level magical beasts, high - level magical beasts, super - level magical beasts, and holy beasts.

Similarly, the levels of human mages corresponded to those of magical beasts. However, the counterpart to the holy beasts was the forbidden mages among humans.

Wang Yi pressed and rubbed his temples hard with his thumb, constantly summarizing, sorting out, and digesting the various knowledge of the magical system in his mind.

According to the information obtained from the Internet, apart from the differences in body size and intelligence between humans and magical beasts, there was another major difference:

Mages could obtain various magical spells of magical beasts by absorbing magic crystals, while the magic of the same species of magical beasts was basically fixed and they couldn't absorb additional magic.

In this regard, compared with the original magical beasts that brought magical power, human mages seemed to be the darlings favored by the magical world.

If magical beasts had high intelligence and understood this situation, they would probably curse the unfairness of the world.

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