Era of the transmigrating earth

Looking up, he noticed a guy, who he hadn't noticed when he came in, was gaping at him at the door.

"I, I thought we were in the same boat, never thought that you'd betray us," he pointed at Du You, "We agreed to all just slack off together, remember?" The guy looked as if he had been abandoned.

Du You then remembered, this was Lao Er from the dorm, but apart from that he didn't remember anything else about him.

To keep his cover, Du You feigned regret, "I just suddenly realized, even if I am destined to be a slacker, I want to be the best slacker. I'm going to give it a try."

"Well you're heading down a path of no return, but good luck anyway. If you can become a Semi-Awakened, maybe we can be security guards together?" Lao Er shouted at Du You.

"Semi-Awakened? What's that?" Du You wondered, that term didn't ring a bell.

"Have you been asleep this whole time? Sleeping through motivational talks? Unless... You're an imposter."

Lao Er stepped forward, grabbing Du You's shoulders and looking at him closely. Annoyed, Du You pushed away Lao Er's face: "That's too close, I just never paid attention to these matters before, but Semi-Awakened does sound familiar."

"Alright, you really are clueless if you don't even know this. Let me explain; Semi-Awakened are those whose awakening process is only half complete. If they enter the Derived World, they'll only be followers of the Awakened."

"I've heard that the Semi-Awakened, if they are skilled tactically, can be just as formidable as the Awakened. I'm not worried though, because I never intended to go to the Derived World. I'll stay on Earth. As long as I remain here, being a Semi-Professional is quite prestigious."

Du You found this explanation strange but decided not to ask any further.

"Ah, I remember now, that's how it is."

Lao Er rolled his eyes: "It's always been like that. You're just oblivious to everything around you. That's gotta change. Awakened make up only one-tenth of the total population, but almost half of the remaining population are Semi-Awakened. Look at my physique; I'm sure to become Awakened when it comes time for Law Formalization."

Glancing down at the things on the floor, Lao Er scoffed: "What's the point of having these? If they were useful, Law Formalization would be too easy. It's better to just prepare on your own, these things are all scams."

Scams? Well okay, I was indeed fooled by the older woman. But even though it might all be a sham, at least these things are like straws to cling onto. The items in this bag may or may not be useful, but at least there are plenty of them.

"What are you guys discussing? Hey, Lao San, what are you planning to do?"

At that moment, a prim and proper man walked in, wearing glasses and looking scholarly. This was the dorm leader, a seemingly composed but secretly passionate man.

"Haha, it's the dorm leader. Did you know? Lao San is fully preparing for Law Formalization."

"Law Formalization? Although it's the only way to become someone of high status, it's a tough journey. Those who are Awakened have the highest mortality rates. Why not take a different path, like me, and become a clerk. It may not be as rewarding, but at least you'd live a fairly decent life." The dorm leader's eyes gleamed.

"By the way, where's Lao Si? How come he hasn't returned?"

Lao Er burst into laughter: "Hahaha, that guy Lao Si is hiding from the girl now. He's in for some punishment."

"Ah, maybe he's truly in love. Nevermind, let's not concern ourselves with that. We need to focus on life after graduation."

Seeing that there was nothing important to attend to, the dorm leader sat down on his bed and began reading a book. His presence confirmed that his dorm mates were a bunch of slackers.

In his previous life, he remembered Lao Er becoming a security guard, Lao Si disappearing without a trace, and the dorm leader becoming a civil servant and eventually losing contact with him.

Wondering what this life held for them, he was certain it won't be the same, even though they stayed in the same dormitory. Maybe a change of world would bring a change in direction in life. In any case, he had fared the worst in his last life.

"Where you going?" Lao Er, loud as a speaker, shouted as he saw Du You leaving.

Covering his ears, Du You felt a headache coming on. How many years has it been since he last heard this raucous sound: "I'm going to the library to read some books. I haven't been in so long, and I don't know when or if I'll have time again."

"You're not seriously preparing to become Awakened, are you? You're not about to stop slacking off, are you? Don't do this, man!"

Du You ran like he was trying to escape, but he could never outrun Lao Er's booming voice. The people around all stared at Du You, making him feel like a caged animal.

At this moment, the strangest thing wasn't the oddballs on the street, but himself. He ran for quite a while before he could finally shake off Lao Er's voice.

"Hey, I'm also a weirdo now," Du You said, noticing that he was still holding his long sword. Running around the streets with a sword, he would have definitely been asked by the policemen for tea in his former world.

But looking around him at the sights of people carrying axes and carrying butcher knives, all looking like they were characters from a martial arts story, he thought himself to be somewhat normal. Wait, where's the library? After racking his brains for a bit, Du You remembered the direction to the library and then ran in that direction.

Maybe because Du You usually keeps a low profile and doesn't dress extravagantly, he didn't encounter any obstacles on his way.

For example, suddenly encountering a romantic interest, or suddenly meeting a rival, or the sudden appearance of an old man, none of these things happened. "Could it be that I'm a fake world crosser? Or maybe it's because there are too many world crossers in this world."

It dawned on Du You, this was an era of world crossing for everyone, there were world crossers everywhere in this world.

"Alright, even if I shame my fellow world crossers now, it doesn't matter, there are already so many people who have done it." Du You walked into the library. Glancing around, everyone was looking down, quietly reading. There were quite a lot of people here.

"Why isn't there a beautiful receptionist? Where's the service staff? Jeez." Du You muttered, no one in this place cared to acknowledge him. If you want to read a book, find it yourself. Any meet-cute with a gorgeous woman was a scam.