The World Has Entered an Era of Terror At This Moment

Chapter 1: The Era of Terror! The System!

“Feeling so nervous. Today, we’re going to awaken our companion ghost spirit.”

“Yeah, if the awakening fails, it’s going to be miserable. You’ll end up as a breeding tool in the inner city for the rest of your life.”

“That’s the best-case scenario… If it goes out of control, your chances of surviving are less than ten percent!”

“…..”

In a spacious classroom, a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys and girls sat together, quietly discussing.

Every one of them had a nervous and uneasy expression on their faces.

Among this group, only Lin Feng sat calmly, silently staring at the blackboard.

“I’ve been here for so long now…” Lin Feng thought.

Yes, he was a transmigrator.

Before crossing over, Lin Feng was an exceptionally talented college student. Although he was an orphan, after finishing the college entrance exam, Lin Feng made a significant amount of money during the summer break.

After starting university, he launched a business delivering food with several classmates, becoming a millionaire in his first year. By his second year, he ventured into mobile games, multiplying his wealth several times over within a year, becoming a well-known figure on campus.

However….

During the summer vacation of his sophomore year, after three consecutive days and nights of work, Lin Feng fell asleep while driving back to school.

When he woke up again, he had crossed over.

—

This was a parallel world, but unlike his original world, strange events had been occurring here for the past hundred years.

Ghosts, once only found in horror novels and television, began to appear frequently.

Initially, their appearances were limited and manageable.

But in just over a year, the terror fully came into being.

The world spiraled out of control, descending into an apocalypse, becoming a paradise for malevolent spirits.

Entire cities fell, and countless people died tragic deaths.

The world was engulfed in panic.

In a short time, half of the human population was wiped out!

The remaining humans struggled to survive.

Until…

The emergence of ghost controllers provided humanity with a glimmer of hope.

—

A hundred years have passed, and humanity in this world has finally gained a foothold, establishing numerous base cities.

However, the situation remained dire.

After a hundred years, the human population dwindled to just one-tenth of what it was.

And this was after humans stabilized and began reproducing continuously.

As for the number of ghosts… According to some ghost controllers, they far outnumbered humans!

Outside the base cities, who knew how many ghosts lurk.

The whole world had seemingly become a domain of ghosts, with humans cowering within the base cities, barely clinging to life!

This world had entered an era of terror!

—

Lin Feng was in a base city called “Liucheng,” a medium-sized city with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants.

In the base city, every newborn baby, after reaching one hundred days old, must choose a companion ghost spirit.

These companion ghost spirits were weaker “benevolent spirits” obtained by powerful ghost controllers.

They come in various forms.

For example, the girl sitting next to Lin Feng was constantly rubbing an ancient-looking ring on her right hand.

Inside this ancient ring was her companion ghost spirit.

Similarly, a fat boy in front of Lin Feng had a bloodstained severed finger in his pocket, which… was also his companion ghost spirit!

—

When a baby reached one hundred days old, a designated person would bring a large number of similar items to place beside the baby for it to choose from.

Whatever the baby selected becomes their companion!

Some babies choose nothing… and they could only live as ordinary people, confined to the inner city for life.

At eighteen, they must choose a partner and get married, and by the age of thirty, they must have five healthy children. The more children they have, the better their treatment!

If any of their children become powerful ghost controllers, their treatment will improve, but in the eyes of others, they were still just breeding tools!

In this world, only by becoming a ghost controller could one rise above others!

Babies who choose an item must stay with their companion ghost spirit at all times.

After turning ten, they enter a special school to learn about “ghosts” and methods to deal with them.

At fifteen, the school organizes the official awakening of the companion ghost spirit!

This was a systematic way of cultivating ghost controllers, maximizing the number of them.

It was because the requirements to become a ghost controller were quite high. Decades ago, only one in ten thousand could become one.

But through this training method, the number of ghost controllers has increased more than tenfold!

Thanks to this system, humanity firmly established its position in the last twenty to thirty years, with some base cities even attempting to expand!

—

“Hope I can successfully awaken you.” Lin Feng took out a red polka-dotted bowknot from his pocket, held it in his hand, and thought quietly.

This bowknot… was Lin Feng’s companion ghost spirit!

However, Lin Feng never felt anything special about this bowknot.

But this time, as Lin Feng held it… the bowknot suddenly felt a bit cold.

“Huh? A reaction?” Lin Feng didn’t expect the bowknot to react!

[Ding, detecting companion ghost spirit fluctuations, the cultivation system is activating…]

At this moment, a mechanical voice suddenly rang out.