He glanced at Instructor Kelly, knowing that the latter was withholding a lot of information—Shawn Moore's background was far from ordinary.

The The Moore Family of the Dunkadan Province was a great family with a thousand-year legacy, not only prominent in Dunkadan, but also a top aristocratic house in the entire Xing'ao Empire.

After leaving the cafeteria, Charles Lynn bid farewell to Instructor Kelly and headed to his assigned residence at White Arrow Port.

He had just arrived today and could rest for a day. After settling in, he would report in tomorrow.

Walking along the road, looking at the distant port, the azure sea occasionally shimmered with silver light, like ribbons of silver, creating a dazzling scene.

“So this is the chaotic port at the border of the two great provinces—White Arrow Port? It looks even more complicated than I expected…”

Charles Lynn muttered to himself. In fact, he had noticed Myron in the cafeteria.

The information Instructor Kelly had was actually not accurate—Myron's strength was not Heart Origin Power Level Seven, but Level Nine.

Not only that, Myron was ranked third in overall evaluation among this year’s graduates of Dunkadan Academy, and even among all academies in the Xing'ao Empire, he could make it into the top hundred.

The reason Charles Lynn was so familiar with him was because, during his third-year lull, on the Alliance Academy’s virtual platform, among the few challengers he had faced, one of them was Myron.

A genius graduate like this would normally go to a training camp ranked in the top three of Dunkadan Province.

Now, however, Myron had come to the White Arrow Port training camp, and was serving as a girl’s bodyguard.

“But, this has nothing to do with me. Instructor Kelly was right—girls like that are big trouble, and I can’t get involved with her in any way…”

Charles Lynn murmured.

Thinking this, he touched the Heart Origin Battle Net connector on his left wrist, feeling a surge of excitement. He quickly left the training camp—he couldn’t wait to log onto the Alliance Heart Origin Battle Net.

……

Just as Instructor Kelly had said, the treatment at the White Arrow Port Security Department was indeed excellent, as could be seen from the accommodations for security trainees.

The residence assigned to Charles Lynn was in an apartment building—a one-bedroom, one-living-room unit. Compared to other town-level dormitories, these conditions were truly superior.

Of course, Charles Lynn had already investigated this before coming.

If he were in a group dormitory, it would be hard to hide if his body underwent any strange changes.

However, along the way, nothing had changed with his body. The strange pattern on his chest seemed invisible to anyone but himself.

The abnormality on his forehead had only appeared once on the shuttle bus and hadn’t happened again.

In his residence, Charles Lynn put his luggage aside, not bothering to tidy up, and sat down on a chair, caressing the hexagonal bracelet on his left wrist, clearly reluctant to let it go.

“I never thought… I could own a Heart Origin Battle Net connector and finally log onto the Heart Origin Battle Net…”

During his four years at Nanluo Academy, Charles Lynn had always fantasized about owning a Heart Origin Battle Net connector and logging onto the Battle Net, wondering what kind of exciting life would await him.

Now, this wish had come true. No matter what was inside that stone sphere, Charles Lynn still felt deeply grateful.

“Let’s begin…”

Taking a deep breath, Charles Lynn pressed the bracelet on his left wrist. The hexagonal facets began to glow, rings of light spreading out and swirling around him. Then, the surroundings darkened, as if he were plunged into endless night.

“So this is inside the Heart Origin Battle Net…”

Charles Lynn muttered to himself, suddenly realizing that his body didn’t exist—only a cluster of consciousness seemed to remain in the darkness.

Chapter 08: Heart Origin Battle Net

A system voice sounded: “White Arrow Port Training Camp · Security Trainee · Charles Lynn, first time using the Heart Origin Battle Net connector. Would you like to inherit your data from the Alliance Academy Virtual Platform?”

Yes!

Charles Lynn chose “yes” without hesitation. Of course—those four years of data at Nanluo Academy were an incredible asset, so of course he would inherit it.

A moment later, the system voice sounded again: “Data has been inherited. Preparing to generate your Heart Origin Battle Net character template. Please wait.”

Rings of light appeared again, and a figure materialized, looking very much like Charles Lynn.

“Wait… can I…”

Charles Lynn blurted out, but before he could finish, his character template was already generated—identical to reality: a handsome face, squinting eyes, looking half-asleep.

“……”

Charles Lynn was helpless. He had wanted to ask the system to change his appearance—make his eyes bigger, his figure taller, his face more handsome, just a little less attractive than the hottest young stars in the Xing'ao Empire.

He hadn’t expected the system to generate the character template so quickly—just three “beep” sounds, and it was done.

Of course, changing appearance was impossible. The Heart Origin Battle Net character template was modeled exactly after reality—unless you changed in real life.

“Identity generation complete. Welcome, new member of the Heart Origin Battle Net…” The system voice finished and fell silent, not sounding again.

“Forget it, let me see what’s different between the Heart Origin Battle Net character template and the one on the Alliance Academy Virtual Platform.”