"Hahaha"Laughter, who was laughing? Aren"t I dead?
Tang Yan opened his eyes and looked around. He was standing on a playground, surrounded by thirty or forty students the laughter was coming from them.
"Tang Yan, off target. 0 points!" came a voice from behind him.
Just as he was about to turn around, there was a sudden sharp pain in his mind. Grasping his head in his hand he kneeled over.
When he recovered he stood up to find himself in a completely blank void, surrounded by white.
"Is this heaven?" He couldn"t help but groan as he looked around.
"This isn"t heaven, Master this is the heterogeneous s.p.a.ce of the system." said a sweet and tender voice into his ear.
Tang Yan turned sharply, only to find no one, his emotions were tense: "What the h.e.l.l! Who"s there!"
"h.e.l.lo Master, I am the system administrator." came the voice.
Looking around again, Tang Yan saw a little loli floating down towards him.
She was really floating, her feet hovered above the ground.
Tang Yan was shocked and took a step back. His tone shook slightly: "Are you a human or a ghost? Where are we?"
The little loli calmly grinned and said, "Master, I am neither human nor ghost. I am Celia, a virtual character built by the system. I am also the administrator of the system." We are currently in the system"s hetero-dimensional s.p.a.ce. To be straightforward, this is a virtual s.p.a.ce that exists in your mind."
"In my mind? Heterogeneous s.p.a.ce? System? What is going on?" After confirming that the little girl in front of him was harmless, Tang Yan"s mood stabilized somewhat but he still couldn"t comprehend what was happening to him.
"The system has chosen you, to be its new host. After you died the system discovered your soul and retrieved it back to Earth"s soul realm. The system has automatically selected a time period for you to return to." Celia explained.
"Soul...Return?" Tang Yan couldn"t believe what he was hearing, was this a dream.
He reached out and pinched his face, the sharp tingling sensation forced him to understand that everything that was happening in front of him was real.
"Yes, you have regressed back to the year 2010, to be precise April 26, 2010." Celia explained.
26th April, 2010!
Tang Yan suddenly realized what Celia was saying was true.
Before coming to this so-called "virtual s.p.a.ce", he had heard ridiculing, and he had even noticed that he had a recurve bow beside him.
The memories of his past were awakened.
2010, that should have been the year of his high school graduation, as for the April 26th well that day was his birthday.
As a high school student, his academic performance wasn"t great to say the least.
As such getting into college became a problem. With the academic route gone he had decided to try the sports route.
Their school offered basketball, running, long jump and a few others. At that time, he was only five foot five which made none of those sports viable. Finally, he found archery.
It was a pity that he was so naive back then he didn"t realise the amount of training required for archery. While others spent years mastering the basics. He only got three months to practice.
During the college trials they had to shoot 24 arrows at a distance of 30 meters. Of those 24 arrows he had missed 20, all of which flew straight past the target not even grazing it. He became the biggest laughing stock of the school.
That was the darkest birthday in his life.
Thinking back carefully now, before he came into this s.p.a.ce it looked like he had just shot his fifth off-target arrow.
Realizing his situation, he suddenly became excited, since he was back in time maybe he could salvage his situation and change his future.
"Celia is it?" Tang Yan looked down at the little lolita in front him.
"Yes, Master." Celia nodded, her two ponytails swaying.
"What is the use of this ... system," he asked tentatively.
"This system can summon historical characters and mould master into the king of sports."
"Summon historical figures?" said Tang Yan a trace of doubt flas.h.i.+ng in his eyes.
"Yes." said Celia before waving her hand.
Suddenly an electronic interface appeared in front of Tang Yan"s eyes.
The interface was somewhat similar to those of RPG games.
He saw a list of names most of which were greyed out. Only the names Xiang Yu, Li Guang, Dian Wei and Lu Zhishen were bright.
"What does this mean?" asked Tang Yan.
"These are the historical figures that can be summoned by the system. The names which are greyed out, need to be unlocked which can be done once you meet certain conditions."
"The ones that light up are unlocked then." said Tang Yan, he swept his eyes over the four names and finally fixed his eyes on Li Guang"s.
Tapping on the name, an avatar appeared wearing a red winged helmet and an accompanying red suit of armour with a red cape draping over the back.
This was the Han general, Li Guang.
Li Guang was a Chinese general of the Western Han dynasty. Nicknamed "Flying General" by the Xiongnu, he fought primarily in campaigns against the nomadic Xiongnu tribes to the north of China. He was known to the Xiongnu as a tough opponent when it came to defence, and his presence was sometimes discouraging enough for the Xiongnu to abort a siege. There were many legends about him. The most famous being Li Guang"s ability to shoot an arrow into stone.
In ancient times, soldiers used straight pull bows. The transformation of force was one to one so if someone wanted to shoot an arrow into a stone, you could imagine how much strength you"d need.
Of course, this wasn"t the focus of Tang Yan"s attention, the line of bright words under Li Guang"s head was:
"The ability to shoot with great precision and strength."
The myth of shooting a willow leaf at one hundred paces went through his mind.
Li Guang"s shooting abilities were said to be unparalleled in this world, there was record of him shooting two enemies with one arrow.
If this system really could change his life, Li Guang"s abilities would be the best to start off with.
"Celia, do I directly get Li Guang"s abilities?" asked Tang Yan.
"With your current honour points, you can only unlock 50% of his abilities." Celia explained.
"50%, honour points?"
"Honour points are necessary for using the system. They can be obtained through compet.i.tions. The higher the level of the compet.i.tion, the more honour points you can earn and the more of a character"s abilities you can unlock."
"Understood." said Tang Yan before directly choosing Li Guang"s character with a look of determination on his face.
Although he hadn"t fully recovered from this series of events, he knew that since he was given a second chance, he had to turn his life around.
A rush of energy swept through his body.
Relis.h.i.+ng in such a great feeling he closed his eyes and when he opened them again, he found himself back in reality.