Such a beautiful girl—if she were at a university on Earth, she’d at least be at the level of a campus belle. However, having just experienced a major upheaval, Ryan Bennett was in no mood to appreciate a pretty girl at this moment.

Memories from before he lost consciousness gradually surfaced. It must have been her who saved him. Ryan Bennett forced out a faint smile. “Thank you.”

“What did you say?”

After this brief exchange, the two began staring at each other—Ryan Bennett was dumbfounded. Seriously… they couldn’t even communicate.

Actually, this was perfectly normal. How could the languages of Earth and Hailan Star possibly be the same? But Ryan Bennett’s heart sank to rock bottom. Without a way to communicate, let alone wealth or beautiful women, even survival would be a problem.

Could he really be the unluckiest transmigrator?

Of course, the answer was no. Just as Ryan Bennett was feeling depressed, a “beep” sounded in his mind, followed by a strange voice, somewhat like an electronic synthesis: “Language scan, analyzing pronunciation and phrase structure, searching database, relevant records found, reading…”

“What is this?” The young man was astonished, but soon, to his delight, something changed—he could now understand what the girl beside him was saying.

Ryan Bennett didn’t know that this came from the main control computer of the Trad Expedition Fleet. This supercomputer had already evolved intelligence, and at the moment the battleship was annihilated by a black hole, its core separated from the main body. It originally intended to seize Ryan Bennett’s body, but instead, the plan backfired and it was fused with the young man…

Ryan Bennett didn’t know the cause and effect, nor did he dwell on it. After all, he was a transmigrator now—maybe he’d gained some special ability during the process!

At last, his bad luck seemed to have left him, and a glimmer of hope ignited in Ryan Bennett’s heart…

Chapter 4: The Profound Battle Qi

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

Ryan Bennett had already pulled himself out of his slump and adjusted his mindset. After all, one must face reality. Since he had transmigrated, there was no use complaining about fate. Decadence was the choice of cowards. The road ahead was still long, and Ryan Bennett was quietly planning his life’s path.

In fact, thinking calmly, transmigration… wasn’t so bad. Over these seven days, Ryan Bennett had gained a basic understanding of Hailan Star. This was a beautiful magical world, home to all kinds of intelligent beings. The most powerful among them were humans, beastfolk, and elves. Besides these, there were also dwarves, dragons, and many others…

The social structure was roughly equivalent to Earth’s Middle Ages. Here, the greatest temptation for men was that, as long as you had the ability, the law permitted and protected polygamy.

Of course, “ability” was a broad term—it included wealth, power, strength, and so on. Nobles usually had many wives. On Hailan Star, bloodlines were highly valued. There was also a privileged class: mages. Although this world had a highly developed magical civilization, few had the talent to become mages.

What should he choose for his future?

Although he’d thought about it a lot, Ryan Bennett was still very confused. In novels, the protagonist always has fortuitous encounters and can easily gain wealth and beautiful women. But… reality isn’t that easy. Pies don’t just fall from the sky. If you want to stand out, you have to work for it.

But what could he do? At university, Ryan Bennett studied programming and design, but here… there weren’t even computers. A hero with no place to use his talents, and he wasn’t even that good at his major courses.

For this week, Ryan Bennett had been staying at the baron’s manor, thanks to Katherine’s hospitality. The servants were all very curious about the young lady’s actions. Katherine was a mid-level knight, known as the “Thorned Rose” in Ruhr City, and had always been indifferent to men. Yet this time, she took in that young man—could it be that she…

Gossip is human nature. The servants didn’t dare say anything openly, but they all speculated in their hearts. However, Ryan Bennett knew that wasn’t the case at all!

There’s no such thing as love at first sight these days, especially given his current down-and-out appearance, which was worlds apart from a prince charming. It would be strange if Katherine liked him. The real reason she took him in was more out of curiosity. After all, Ryan Bennett came from Earth, and his behavior and actions were very different from those of Hailan Star’s people.

Curiosity can kill a cat. Precisely because, in Katherine’s eyes, Ryan Bennett was always shrouded in mystery, she kept him at the manor.

But Ryan Bennett didn’t like his current situation. A real man shouldn’t live off others. Since he had transmigrated, he should live brilliantly and create a future for himself. Although he didn’t have a good plan yet, he didn’t want to just eat for free at the baron’s manor.

If he wanted to make something of himself, he had to go out into the world. The world outside was vast, and Ruhr City was too small. Although it was beautiful, there was no room for development here.

But that was easier said than done. If he wanted to leave, travel expenses were a problem. As the saying goes, “Money gives a hero courage.” Without wealth, if he left penniless, let alone a bright future, he’d probably end up begging for food in a few days. That would be a disgrace to transmigrators… Ryan Bennett definitely didn’t want to end up that miserable!