This space… this setup...
No doubt about it—this must be the system.
A shared transmigration system—a power-sharing network where each version of himself, from different worlds, gains strength simply by bumping fists!
"Just one fist bump… and we can share all our talents?"
Was this the moment he called someone "Big Bro"… or declared himself the boss? All would depend on that one punch.
But just as the two people across from him urged him to get it over with, Qin Yun's hope began to fade.
As the mist cleared, aside from the two newcomers who had arrived with him, two others were already seated at the table.
One wore ancient robes, a wide bamboo hat, and carried a long, sharp sword. It was hard to tell which era he came from, but based on his cold aura—
—he didn't feel like a chivalrous swordsman. He felt more like a killer.
The sword looked sharp but was clearly ordinary steel, which meant no cultivation or spiritual energy. Likely, he came from either a historical or wuxia world. If there were no immortals in his world, then from the perspective of someone from the Devouring Universe, such strength was barely relevant.
As for the other one…
If the first guy was just disappointing, then the next one almost broke Qin Yun's mental state altogether.
"Wait, bro—how the hell did you become a woman!?"
She was undeniably attractive—gorgeous face, curvy figure. Judging by her outfit, she came from a modern or near-modern world, likely with a stable life and little risk.
"Still… was that really enough reason to give up being a man?"
Before Qin Yun could keep staring or start evaluating if these alternate selves could actually help him…
One of the two newcomers—a boy with a bowl cut—walked over and bumped fists without hesitation.
After seeing Qin Yun's reaction and confirming nothing went wrong, he exchanged glances with the other boy, who looked like a junior high student, and they both stepped forward and fist-bumped too.
And in that moment—
Memories flowed in. The system's mechanics, too, streamed into Qin Yun's mind like water.
"So that's how it works..."
Like other shared transmigration systems, physical contact allowed him to access the memories and knowledge of his counterparts in other worlds.
However, unlike some systems, power sharing was limited due to differences in supernatural systems across worlds.
To make up for that, the system gave each person a Talent Word Tag, which could optionally be shared with others.
Being transmigrators, they already had a huge advantage—knowledge of future events, the ability to hijack key opportunities, and more.
With Talent Word Tags, the road ahead might not start out fast, but the potential ceiling would be far higher.
In most worlds, cultivation is like rowing upstream—you either advance or fall behind.
But Qin Yun?
With countless Talent Word Tags, he would start fast, go faster, and end even faster.
And when he saw his own awakened talent...
If not for years of combat tempering in the Devouring Universe, which gave him a calm and collected demeanor...
He would've grinned like a fool on the spot.
Meanwhile, while Qin Yun stayed composed, the others were starting to freak out.
"Damn! I thought these two newbies were just useless extras... Who knew they were both absolute units?"
"Seriously. Naruto World is already wild—but one of them came from the Devouring Universe!? That's top-tier."
While memories were shared, certain private memories remained inaccessible unless the owner chose to reveal them. After all, they were still individuals—similar, but not identical.
As the two earliest arrivals chatted, the backgrounds of each version of Qin Yun began to come into focus:
The First Veteran — Ancient Qin Yun
Dressed in traditional garb, he came from the Great Qing World.
That's the world where nuclear war wiped out civilization, where radiation replaced qi, museums became temples, and test-tube babies were seen as transmigrators.
He currently worked as an assassin under the Supervision Bureau's Fourth Division.
Right now, he was heading to Danzhou on a mission to assassinate Fan Xian, which would lure him into the capital and officially start the main plotline of that world.
His awakened talent was:
[Teleportation]
Usable once per day
Unlimited range, as long as it's a place he's been before
Even with a cooldown, this kind of conceptual skill was incredibly powerful. In any supernatural world, it was a literal life-saving move.
Even in the Devouring Universe, where cross-galaxy teleportation required immortal gods using divine nations, this simple once-a-day ability was priceless.
The Second Veteran — Female Qin Yun
Her identity? None other than Shirley Yang, the fated protagonist of the Ghost Blows Out the Light universe.
She inherited knowledge from both the Mount Movers and the Tomb Raiders, and thanks to her grandfather Partridge Whistle, was born a top-tier rich second gen.
Even in the capital-driven chaos of Wall Street, she was known as a financial giant.
Her awakened talent was:
[Poison Immunity]
Effective against all toxins—but sadly, the Snake God's Curse wasn't a poison.
To break the curse, she'd still need to find the Dust Bead and complete the ritual in Eluo Sea City.
In short, she still had to crawl through tombs and fight for her life—no lying down and enjoying life just yet.
As for the three new arrivals—
We already know Qin Yun from the Devouring Universe.
The bowl-cut teen? He was the Qin Yun who transmigrated into the world of The Outcast (Yi Ren Zhi Xia), possessing the body of Zhang Chulan.
And the junior-high-looking kid?
He was the Qin Yun who ended up in the Naruto world. Naturally, given his world's identity...
He now went by the name:
Uchiha Yun.