Lego's parents didn't scold him at all after the parent-teacher conference, which was a bit unusual.
Lego guessed his family had accepted the reality that he was a hopeless student and his future would be to follow his father, helping with cleanup and freight transport.
But Lego wasn't about to accept that fate.
"I can't just be an ordinary person. I'm a transmigrator—I should've been granted some kind of power, just like in the novels! Why didn't that goddamned god give me anything? Where's my cheat system? Without it, how am I supposed to change the plot? This is ridiculous! That miserable god!"
"And this body is so weak. With a body this small, how am I supposed to fight anyone? No. I have to change."
Lego started doing the exercises from his old world: push-ups, squats, and pull-ups, 100 reps of each. His new body was not used to this intensity, and the tearing pain in his muscles shot straight to his brain, causing his nerves to react violently.
He gritted his teeth and endured the pain until he couldn't feel it anymore, then moved on to boxing-style jump rope, just like he'd seen on TV.
"Will training increase my chances of awakening an ability? In some of the novels I've read, they say it's effective."
At this point, Lego could only hope that luck would be on his side.
After finishing all the exercises, he felt incredibly hungry and went to the kitchen to look for food.
"This house is so poor." The only things in the fridge were a bottle of Coke and a bag of chips. Lego reluctantly took them all, went back to his room, sat on the bed, turned on the TV, and slowly snacked.
Lego was curious to see what was new and interesting on this world's TV. After flipping through a few channels, he was completely shocked. He saw news reports about "beast tamer" deviants who mated with human-shaped monsters. "There are human-shaped monsters, too?" The news even said they could have children. "Oh, shit. They can have kids too? That's disgusting, these freaks are insane."
He had no idea how these perverts had sex. The report said that their children were then forced into a slave contract by their fathers to fight. A sense of revulsion welled up in Lego's throat as he tried to swallow a piece of a chip.
Curious, Lego connected his TV to the internet and went to a dark website to see if the porn was any different from his old world's.
He found that human-on-human content was quite common, so he browsed other categories. When he found the section for humans and monsters, he clicked on it.
"Oh, holy shit! There are even non-humanoid monsters! This whole world is insane. The god who created this world must be an absolute pervert."
A goat-man was attacking a normal woman. After the scene ended, the actress was interviewed and said, "I'm no longer satisfied with normal men."
He also saw footage of women with animal features who had secretions from different animals, which drove men wild.
After watching these disturbing things, Lego exited the website and looked for a fighting match like MMA in his old world to clear his mind.
But he couldn't find any martial arts matches, only death matches between awakened individuals with superpowers.
Lego found this quite interesting and decided to watch. The TV was showing a 2-on-2 team battle. A fat man with a saber and a tall, skinny man with a dagger were fighting two women. One woman had a long, spiked whip, and the other used throwing stars—probably a ninja.
The woman with the whip activated her special ability, channeling electricity into the weapon. Electric sparks flew everywhere, and everything around them was scattered. The fat man panicked and fumbled with his feet, looking quite comical.
He was hit by continuous whip strikes. He used his saber to block many fatal blows from the woman. The fat man moved constantly to create distance, then channeled energy into his saber. A golden light flashed and flew straight toward the woman. She somersaulted to avoid it, a smirk on her face. She then activated a technique that made her whip grow larger and sprout more spikes.
Seeing this, the fat man's face went pale. He immediately ran toward his teammate, who was also fighting. The throwing star girl was launching sharp blades at the tall, skinny man, who was dodging them. The throwing stars split from one into three and changed direction to pursue him.
The fat man, running on the outside, was accidentally hit by a throwing star in his fleshy buttock. He cried out in terror and fell. "The throwing star is poisoned!"
The tall, skinny man, startled by this, tried to escape by activating his stealth ability to vanish into thin air.
A huge whip shot out from behind, coiling around the fat man's neck. The spikes pierced his throat, and blood gushed out. He opened his mouth, his eyes rolled back, and his hands struggled to pull the whip away. Drool streamed down his chin. Electric sparks enveloped his body, tearing his clothes to shreds and leaving his body smoking black. With that, one fighter was gone.
The MC of the show announced: "It's now one on two! What an exciting match, isn't it? Will our stealth assassin turn the tide, or will he die like his teammate? Everyone, place your votes!"
The audience cheered loudly, even throwing wads of cash into the air.
"There's betting on this, too?! How interesting."
While the two women gathered around the corpse to see if there was anything valuable, a spatial vortex appeared beside the throwing star woman without a sound. Before the dust cleared, a white flash sliced across her neck, and then the vortex disappeared.
The audience went silent, stunned by what they had just witnessed.
The woman only felt a slight itch on her neck. When she touched it, blood spurted out, splashing onto her teammate's face. Both their pupils widened. When the dust settled, a corpse fell to the ground.
The woman with the whip caught her unfortunate teammate, holding her in her arms, tears streaming down her face. She wailed in regret and despair.
Wiping away her tears, her eyes now blazed with fiery determination. Killing intent surged around her as lightning and sparks danced wildly, her hair whipping in the wind.
Watching this on TV, Lego tapped his thigh, looking quite amused.
The woman's voice was broadcast from the TV: "Where are you? Come out! I'll kill you, with the most agonizing death you've ever experienced!"
The tall, skinny assassin hiding in a corner just laughed at her foolish words. "What idiot would come out for you to kill? Besides, I'm a professional assassin, heh... heh... you fat girl, you're dead!"
As he finished speaking, he activated a blinking ability and vanished completely into the surroundings.
The enraged woman activated a skill that destroyed the ground within a 10-meter radius, sending rocks flying everywhere, but she still couldn't find him. Her large hand reached into her pocket, pulled out a pill, and swallowed it. Her eyes suddenly turned blood-red and emitted a blinding light.
"Wow, they even have 'elixir' pills like in those cultivation novels, haha... ha." Lego said excitedly.
Suddenly, the woman disappeared as if teleporting, then abruptly reappeared right where the assassin was hiding. She reached into thin air and, in a flash, grabbed the assassin's neck. He was terrified, struggling to break free, but it was useless against her terrifying power.
The power from her hand exploded, transferring into the assassin's body. A violent shockwave radiated out. His body was now covered in blood, his clothes completely gone, and his face was a distorted, bloody mess from top to bottom.
The woman was not done. She grabbed the corpse and slammed it repeatedly onto the ground, raising a cloud of dust. After a while, when her rage subsided, she finally released the corpse. Her body returned to its normal state as the skill effect vanished.
Just as the MC was about to declare a winner, something nobody expected happened. The assassin's mouth moved. The woman was baffled, not expecting him to still be alive. As she moved closer to finish him off, a purple light shot out from his mouth. Reacting instinctively, the woman raised her hand to shield herself.
BOOM!
A huge explosion erupted, filling the space with smoke, making everything invisible.
The woman used her electrical ability to create a shockwave to blow away the smoke, but the assassin was nowhere to be found. He had completely disappeared.
The audience watching the match went silent, not making a single sound.
A vortex appeared above the woman's head, and two spherical objects fell out. As if sensing something, she looked up in horror, but it was too late. The objects fell too fast for her to react, having already expended so much energy in the previous fight.
A cracking sound rang out, followed by a loud "BOOM..."
The explosion shook the entire arena. The audience outside was thrown backward despite the protective barrier. A bright light engulfed the entire fighting area.
When the light faded, a person was revealed kneeling on the ground. Their body looked like it had been exposed to radiation—their head was bald, and their skin was pale, wrinkled, and bloodless, unlike what people would expect.
An audience member exclaimed, "What kind of monstrous weapon is that?"
From a newly opened vortex in the air, a red corpse fell, landing with a "thud" and splattering blood. The corpse slowly stood up, pulled a long sword out of the void, and began walking with difficulty toward the kneeling woman.
The audience members' eyes widened at the sight, and the MC of the show was speechless.
Just as the red corpse was within range, it threw the sword toward the woman, but suddenly its eyes moved, and it tilted its head to the side. The sword flew past, embedding itself in a nearby wall. Its expression was ghastly, its eyes a blank white.
Dust shot up as the woman vanished, moving directly toward the red corpse. She thrust her hand through her opponent's heart, her eyes cold as she looked at him, but the corpse only smiled. Puzzled by his expression, his fingers twitched.
A sense of unease rose in the woman's heart. Behind her, the sword moved and flew straight toward her. She tried to pull her hand out quickly, but the corpse lunged forward, hugging her tightly so she couldn't move. Then, the sword pierced through both of them.
Applause erupted from outside the TV screen. Lego was clapping enthusiastically, his heart pounding.
"So everyone died? They must have had some skill to survive that long. They probably used some kind of power-up skill that damages the body afterward."
Lego thought to himself that if he ever faced an opponent like this in real life, it would probably take him a year to win. He decided he should stay away from anyone with long-life skills.
The TV commentary said they had used a "zombie transformation" skill that allowed them to maintain their sanity for a short time before they would completely die.