My Future Refreshes Weekly

Chapter 2: The Present Me and the Future Me

Jiang He stared blankly at the words in front of him.

What were those images just now? An awakening anomaly?

But according to what he had heard, the awakening of a supernatural gift always “ended in the blink of an eye.” He had never heard of any so-called “anomaly” or “images.”

Was it because of the gift?

Jiang He’s thoughts stirred, and the words before his eyes began to change—

Just as sages in ancient times were born with knowledge, after awakening their gifts, Transcendents would automatically know related information and could check their own state at any time. This, too, was a part of the 【Transcendent】.

The words he saw now were merely one form of manifestation.

【Talent Name: Ferryman of Time】

【Description: With the moment of “Awakening” as the temporal node, your future branches into infinite possibilities. As the “origin” of these possibilities, you have obtained the power to ferry futures, turning “possibility” into “reality.”】

【Effect: Each week, you may randomly reveal a future in which you awakened a different gift, and summon that future self in the form of a heroic spirit into the present. While the heroic spirit exists, you obtain the gift it possesses; when the heroic spirit vanishes, you extract one of its abilities. The summoned heroic spirit lasts one week, and after a cooldown, can be summoned again.】

Reveal the future, summon heroic spirits?

Jiang He racked his brain but still could not find anything similar in the 《Gift Encyclopedia》 he remembered.

He could only interpret the meaning of this gift himself—

“If time is a giant tree, then at certain stages, branches would sprout based on different possibilities…”

“Then, the instant I ‘came of age and awakened a gift’ would be that ‘critical node’ where branches emerge.”

“At this very moment, I could have awakened the weakest of gifts, or the most powerful one, or even awakened the same 【Flame Spirit Guardian】 gift as Du Lingwei… and from there, developed entirely different futures…”

“The 【Ferryman of Time】 gift allows me to summon these different versions of myself from decades into the future into the present, and obtain their abilities…”

“It’s just like a greedy child who wants every kind of future, unwilling to let go of any of them.”

Jiang He sorted through his thoughts, his breathing turning rapid.

This was absolutely a gift that surpassed all currently recorded human abilities—one that could not be measured by rank or rarity—an ultimate gift of an unknown tier!

What it represented was 【Possibility】!

Speaking of the gift alone, he had one chance to reveal each week, which meant fifty-two times per year.

Even if unlucky, he could still draw futures with rare gifts, and if luck was on his side, even futures with god-tier gifts!

Not to mention, summoning future heroic spirits itself meant 【foresight of the future】. With this, he could learn about what would happen, know important future event nodes…

“Dad, Mom, your son has made it!!”

Jiang He was so excited he trembled, and kowtowed forcefully several times to his parents.

To awaken such a gift, who knew how much virtue they had accumulated for him.

He would never let his parents down.

Activate gift: Reveal the future!

Before his eyes, light and shadow shifted, and the words transformed into a golden card.

The golden glow on the card dimmed, golden fragments fell away, revealing an image—

The background of the image was dark. A young man with pale white hair sat on a chair. A healed scar crossed his neck. He wore a black solemn suit, his ten fingers interlaced, eyes cast down.

Words appeared below.

【Time: Sixty years later】

【Gift: Word-Spirit】

【Description: Speech as law, command over all beings.】

【Effect: Infuse words with Transcendent power, granting them supernatural effect.】

The number of recorded gifts in humanity reached the billions. Jiang He had already prepared himself that the first few draws would likely be useless gifts, placing his main expectations on the foresight of the future.

But unexpectedly, his very first revealed future was one with an extremely rare and powerful gift!

Jiang He remembered that this gift called Word-Spirit was recorded in the 《Gift Encyclopedia》, first discovered in 1992. Its wielder had used it to easily defeat a powerful Transcendent, and it was rated as an S-rank gift!

It was worth noting that even Du Lingwei’s 【Flame Spirit Guardian】 gift was only rated A-rank in the encyclopedia!

“The sixty-years-later me, possessing an S-rank gift…”

Jiang He took several deep breaths, barely restraining his excitement.

Then, he raised his finger and tapped the card before him.

Ferryman of Time, Heroic Spirit Summoning!

At that moment, the card shattered with a bang, transforming into countless fragments of light. They swirled around the mourning hall, converging into the pale-haired youth in the suit.

The youth opened his hollow eyes, his pupils focusing.

“This is… the past?” The white-haired youth swept his gaze around, and when it landed on the two photos in the mourning hall, his eyes quivered slightly before lowering: “2029.”

“You summoned me out.” He looked toward the excited Jiang He, a faint smile curling at his lips: “Interesting.”

Just as Jiang He was about to speak, he saw the white-haired youth ignore him, stride over to the hall’s door, and push it open.

The youth walked familiarly into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took out a chilled bottle of milk, and drank it without asking—just as if he had returned home.

No, this was indeed his own home.

After finishing the milk, the youth grabbed an open pack of cookies, stuffed them into his mouth, then looked back at Jiang He.

“Speak, what is your gift?”

“……”

His future self was so rude.

But wait—did he really need to be polite to himself?

Watching the white-haired youth gobbling down food before him, Jiang He felt as if his two brain hemispheres were at war. His excitement cooled slightly.

Faced with the question, he answered honestly.

“My gift is Ferryman of Time…”

After Jiang He finished, the youth had also finished the cookies.

Wiping his mouth, he could not help but sigh: “Truly shameless… as expected of me.”

Seeing that he understood the situation, Jiang He’s anticipation rose again, and he eagerly asked: “You are the sixty-years-later me who awakened the 【Word-Spirit】 gift… what is the future like? What is your current strength? Have you become an S-rank Transcendent…”

“Stop, stop, stop.” The white-haired youth interrupted him.

“These things can wait. I must first ask you this… are you a pig?”

Jiang He froze: “Ah?”

The youth’s expression practically screamed, “I used to be such an idiot?” He sighed: “Have you never considered that your future self… is not you?”

“Take me as an example. I have lived sixty more years than you. Those years shaped me, giving me thoughts completely different from yours…”

“If, during those years, I had lived a life of utter failure, becoming a bitter misanthrope, even hating the foolish past me… in that case, if I were summoned by you, and then saw that you possessed such a shameless gift, knowing you would inevitably live a better life than mine…”

“What do you think would happen?”

Jiang He felt as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped over him. His excitement vanished, replaced by a chilling fear along his spine.

He stammered out: “You would…”

“I would kill you without hesitation, even if it meant I might vanish.” The white-haired youth said coldly.

“……”

Jiang He’s throat bobbed.

Had he just walked through the gates of hell without realizing it?

Seeing Jiang He’s expression, the white-haired youth revealed a satisfied smile, and patted him on the shoulder.

“But now, you can rest assured.”

Jiang He asked: “…You’re a good person?”

“Of course.” The youth smiled and nodded, then sat down on the sofa: “I’ve already tested it for you. As the heroic spirit you summoned, my power cannot harm you at all… furthermore, the moment I harbor the intent to hurt you, I lose control of my own body… simply put, it won’t work.”

“However, you must still be careful in the future—subjectively I cannot harm you, but that does not mean there will never be problems.”

“As long as I harbor hostility toward you, there will always be ways to bypass the logic of ‘subjective harm’ and threaten you through indirect means.”

Hearing the reminder from the white-haired youth.

Jiang He nodded seriously: “Thank you.”

“No need to thank me. This is your first lesson—from me to you: always stay vigilant, even against yourself.”

The youth spoke calmly: “As a seventy-eight-year-old man, I still have much I can teach you… including what happens in the future, as well as the skills, Transcendent professions, and all means of strengthening power that I possess.”

“But you should already understand, I am not you. So all of this will not come free.”

“You must pay a price.”

Jiang He looked at the familiar face before him, silent for a moment.

So this was his future self.

Mature, meticulous… and unfamiliar.

Clearly bearing a face just like his own, yet so foreign.

So this was growth?

Jiang He took a deep breath: “I understand. Then what is the price?”

“Money.”

The white-haired youth suddenly laughed, genuine desire flashing in his eyes: “At this point in time, Uncle Cui’s cold noodle shop is still open. Give me your phone, I’m going to buy a bowl of liangpi!”

“I haven’t had it in decades—I’m starving for it!”

“And Lingniu milk, crispy biscuits, Yishengxuan fried chicken, frog-and-fish vermicelli, Cao’s braised pig’s trotters rice… since I’ve come back sixty years, I must eat them all again!”

He rattled off the names of foods as if reciting a menu.

Jiang He recalled the scene just now, when upon being summoned, he had immediately raided the fridge. Suddenly, everything made sense.

Damn it, my future self is a glutton!

He had gone on and on, all just to ask for food money!

“Oh, right.” The youth took Jiang He’s phone and stood up.

“In the future, you’ll summon many different versions of us. You’ll definitely need a way to tell us apart.”

“I’ll claim a name first—”

He looked at his own reflection in the TV screen and touched his white hair.

“White-haired Jiang He… from now on, just call me White Crane.”