Chapter 4 Pioneers

  This dream is too mysterious, as if it has passed through thousands of years, yet also like just one night.

  Actually, it was just one night. The next morning, my mom woke up first and quickly woke up my dad too. She still didn't trust me, so as soon as she got up, she came to check on me by my bed. When she saw that I was sleeping soundly, she finally let out a sigh of relief. However, she still wasn't at ease, so she reached out and touched my forehead, feeling that my body temperature was normal, and only then did she relax. But there was something that made her feel uneasy, yet for the moment, she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. Mom furrowed her brow.

  She stared at me blankly for a while before walking out. When she finished washing up and started combing her hair, she was shocked: "How did I become younger?!!" The comb fell to the ground with a clatter. She hastily took another look, and indeed, she had become younger!!! She shouted loudly: "Husband, husband, come quick and take a look! I've become younger!!!"

  My dad came over, and they looked at each other in silence. Not only my mom, but also my dad had become younger. It was unbelievable, they both returned to their 28-29 year old appearance. My mom finally understood, when she went to see me earlier, she felt that my face was too pale and tender, like a delicate flower. She thought: no wonder I felt something was off.

  My mom has regained her composure, but the joy on her face is hard to conceal. Who doesn't like being young? Especially women. She said to my dad, "Go take a look at our kids, they'll give you a surprise."

  My dad also knew the meaning of "surprise", but he still pretended to be excited, humming a sound, and ran quickly to the bedroom of Gaoqiang and Gaoming. My mom laughed happily behind him, seemingly pleased that her reaction was faster than my dad's. And my dad also knew this, but didn't mind, instead often showing a clumsy and honest appearance in front of my mom. However, his poor acting skills often gave him away, which my mom also didn't point out...

  My dad burst into our bedroom so loudly, of course waking up my brother and me. Since we were awake, there was no need to continue sleeping. Opening my blurry eyes, I saw a tall young man in a green shirt walking towards me. What's with his excited expression? Why is he being so affectionate? Hmm... isn't that my dad? Yes, it's really him, but how come he looks so young, almost as young as my brother...

  My dad saw that we were awake at around ten years old, and he said mysteriously: "High strength and high brightness, you quickly get out of bed, look at your current appearance, and you will definitely be surprised."

  What's going on? This is the common voice of my brother and me, but we didn't say it out loud. When I jumped off the bed, hey, how did this bed get so high? At that moment, something deep in my mind remembered that a venerable and kind voice had told me in my dream: you have crossed over, and now you are only about to turn ten years old, your family members have also changed...

  I completely understand now, I thought it was just a beautiful dream, but it actually came true!

  When we all realized that we were indeed young again, my brother was also extremely excited because the annoying black mole on his face had disappeared. It was a scar left by a mischievous ghost when he was carrying someone else's child, and it became an indelible mark on his handsome face.

  The two brothers quickly got out of bed and ran to the mirror, and indeed they looked younger. My brother looked about 13 years old, but with an air of maturity that didn't match his age. He let out a loud whoop: "Ahahahaha, I've become younger!!!" As for me, I raised my chubby hands and touched my equally chubby round face, grinning foolishly. Mom and Dad were smiling happily behind us, as if recalling some past events...

  Everyone in the family has become younger, which is an exciting thing, but after the excitement, calmness returned. After crossing over, many things were lost, our relatives and friends may never be seen again, the comforting thing is that the people we love are all here, this can barely be considered a comfort. My brother and I don't have girlfriends yet, which avoids the pain of longing, this is also the drawback of being introverted, it's hard to find like-minded people. As for those who care about us, we can only pray for them in our hearts: hoping they are safe!

  Of course, we also gained a lot. Through dreams, we learned many things, the most important of which is that we have an important mission - the pioneer's mission. The so-called pioneer refers to people who open up a better living environment for humanity. One of the conditions for completing the mission is to cultivate immortality, so becoming immortal is our main goal.

  Originally, the Earth was already on the verge of collapse due to various reasons, which I won't list one by one. In just over a hundred years, the Earth will no longer be habitable for humans. Becoming an immortal in a hundred years is a huge pressure! Fortunately, here 10 years is equivalent to only one year on Earth, so we still have a thousand years. A thousand years is enough.

  So, finding a better living environment is extremely urgent. However, in the vast universe, where can humans find a place to live? The manned spacecraft flying to the moon is now the limit, let alone flying out of the solar system, or even the Milky Way galaxy.

  So, should humans pay the price of extinction for their mistakes? No, heaven has a way of giving life, Earth - our mother, she is undoubtedly the greatest mother, cannot bear to see her children go astray and end up in a dead-end road, so she uses her divine creative power to create the Chinese dragon that had disappeared from the earth, and also uses the ghostly craftsmanship of nature to create the space-time artifact that I ignited, which was the firework. The firework was originally created by the ghostly craftsmanship of nature, not something that human power can achieve. And on the night of the Spring Festival, it just so happened to be the time when the dragon came of age, the artifact borrowed the power of heaven's punishment and reward for the dragon, the timing was ripe, and our family crossed over without any obstacles.

  As for why we were chosen, the earth has nearly 10 billion people, and there are many excellent students. I'm also puzzled. Is it a personality explosion? Do you believe it?

  Although I was on earth, I was indeed very lucky, sometimes it was just a rhythm of wishful thinking, haha, but I never greedy. Is the reason just like this? Or am I the illegitimate child of heaven? Can't figure out after much thought.

  We thought about the whole thing again, and our family all had the same dream. In the dream, we knew that we were pioneers, shouldering a great mission, which is responsibility. If we did well, the greatest glory would be to be saviors, as well as having strong power and long life; if we failed, the greatest loss would be our lives.

  It is well known that life for everyone only happens once, and the longest life of each person is just a fleeting hundred years. Choosing an ordinary life on earth is also not a great happiness for human beings! Who can say they are selfish? After all, no one has the obligation to bear such a heavy burden, even if they have crossed over, they can choose to spend their hundred years here.

  Through dreams, we also knew that the place where we are is a quiet small mountain village (Junliang Village), where there has never been war (because it is far from the mainland of Japan and evil spirits can't reach here for the time being), and here we have an identity.

  It's like this, after crossing over, our family replaced a family in this world. They left behind only memories and their physical bodies, while their souls were reincarnated. However, due to this mysterious fusion, each member of the family underwent significant changes in personality and physique, which will be revealed one by one in the process that follows, but for now, let's not mention it.

  In this world, my father is called Ren Yixingchen, with a milk name of Wenyou, and he's the village head; my mother is called Huang Huolan, with a milk name of Jianlai; my brother and I are respectively called Ren Riyi (milk name Gaoqiang) and Ren Yuemonth (milk name Gaoming), which were our original names in this world.

  We also know that ordinary people in this world can live to be 150 years old, and the lifespan of evil spirits and millions of clans is three times that of humans with similar strength, excluding some special species (to be introduced later).

  Taking a refined cultivator as an example, when the cultivator reaches the Master level (i.e., PPS over 1,000), their age increases by 600 years, meaning that under normal circumstances, a Master can live for 750 years. Breaking through to the Great Master level (i.e., PPS over 100 million) adds 8,000 years, so a Great Master generally lives for 8,750 years. Reaching the Scattered Immortal realm (i.e., PPS over 10 million) adds 20,000 years, making an intermediate Great Master live for 28,750 years; reaching the True Immortal realm adds 90,000 years, so a senior Great Master can live for 118,750 years and return to youth, freely deciding which stage of appearance to maintain until they sit in meditation. Reaching the Divine realm means eternal life, but every three thousand years there is a Heavenly Tribulation, each one stronger than the last; if you pass through it, you become even stronger, but if you fail, you die. However, for True Cultivators, things are different - once they reach the True Immortal level, they can live forever and never grow old.

  It is said that because humans have not become gods for many years, every 30,000 years they will organize the strong to go to the mainland of Japan to kill the evil gods who have just passed the heavenly calamity, and many times they succeeded.

  Even if we can spend the rest of our lives in peace, when we know that we are the pioneers, do Mom and Dad think that the Earth takes care of humans just like we take care of children? My brother and I thought about how hard Mom and Dad work every day is all for us, and we understand the Earth's kindness. Another reason is that my brother and I were not willing to be ordinary, so now that we have this good opportunity, we will not let it go, so we unanimously decided to take on this responsibility. Although we also wondered why our family was chosen, we couldn't discuss it and come up with a result, just as we were about to give up, a tender voice came from my arms: "Want to know the truth? Let me tell you."

  What will happen next? Please listen to the next chapter for analysis.