I'm really not joking

Author: A Sense of Direction Once Had

Synopsis

After his brain is overloaded by the memories of a great literary figure from the interstellar era, Brian Clark wakes up to find himself reborn in a parallel world.

By writing down the Dao Rhyme Diagrams from his mind, ordinary geniuses who see them can temporarily awaken superpowers, gradually evolving into true espers. The problem Brian Clark faces is how to let more ordinary people see the Dao Rhyme Diagrams.

The more geniuses who view them, the more awaken, and the stronger the power he receives in return from their awakening. In the 21st century, with the internet so developed, spreading the Dao Rhyme Diagrams online—reading my book can grant you superpowers—this is not a joke.

Chapter 1 Reborn in a Parallel World

Under the sunlight in Jiangxia City, traffic surged like tides from all directions. In a corner of the bustling metropolis, in a high-rise apartment facing the street, Brian Clark sat at a computer desk by the window, staring at the screen in a daze for a long time before muttering to himself, “Should I try writing a novel?”

Brian Clark had been reborn. In his previous life, he was an Earthling from the 21st century, born in the late 1980s, and never dreamed that at the age of 30, he would unexpectedly be reborn in a parallel world.

One lonely night, he was struck by a mysterious beam of light descending from the sky. Within the beam surged a massive amount of information and memories, until his brain was about to burst.

When he woke up again, he realized he had been reborn in a parallel world. In this world, the pre–World War II landscape was identical to his previous life, but after the war, when Soviet leader Stalin died, it wasn’t Khrushchev who took power, but Beria.

From there, the butterfly effect led to the Soviet Union dissolving in 1999, the Republic developing even faster, and America being somewhat weaker than in his previous life. The Soviet Union didn’t collapse as quickly due to changes in national policy. The policies of great powers affect their neighbors and their own countries, and even small policies at that level can change countless destinies, altering the paths of many ordinary people.

Brian Clark was reborn into his own body, but this body was different from his previous one—his height had increased from 1.74 meters to 1.78 meters. In his previous life, he studied graphic design at university; in this life, he had a five-year undergraduate degree from a medical university.

The time of his rebirth was 2010. He had just graduated from medical school and was job hunting, but had been rejected by several top hospitals in Jiangxia City.

A doctor? He had never dabbled in that in his previous life.

More than ten days after his rebirth, he still hadn’t fully digested these huge changes. Although he had received most of the memories of his life in this world, he had also absorbed most of the information that surged from the beam of light that caused his death.

But with such drastic changes, he needed time to process everything.

Of course, whether he could accept it or not, as someone who had lived to 30 in his previous life, he still had his rationality. The most pressing issue before him was that, living alone in a strange city with just over a thousand yuan to his name and rent due next month, survival was the first problem he needed to solve.

That was one of the reasons he was sitting at his computer, planning to try writing a book.

This world’s domestic development was more advanced than in his previous life at the same time, and many things were quite different, but the development of the online literature industry was about the same as in 2017 in his previous world.

When Brian Clark thought about making money to survive, it wasn’t because he was skilled at it, but because the beam of light that caused his death in 2017 was actually the memory of a great literary figure from the future interstellar era.