Ch: 501-509
Chapter 501 Wandering Earth World
Ada Wong set off with the armed squad.
The former Raccoon City Police Department had now become a memorial hall.
The armed squad assembled in front of the memorial hall.
"Everyone, after arriving in the other World, try to avoid conflicts. That is not a World where individual combat power is strong, and there is no danger."
Ada habitually tucked two Desert Eagles into the outside of her thighs.
Although with her current physical strength, firearms were no longer of much use.
But this was, after all, a combat habit she had developed over many years.
As everyone stood at attention and responded in unison,
Ada pressed the rim of her tactical glasses, waiting for Leon's side to open the spatial passage.
At this moment, the light spot on her lens flickered slightly, and a message popped up.
"Hmm? Mr. Zhou, another former Vice Chairman of the International Joint Government, had a brief overlap with his doppelganger?"
"He obtained part of the other party's memory."
"Mr. Zhou from the other World is named Zhou Zhezhi. You can contact him."
Ada silently noted down the name Zhou Zhezhi.
At this moment, a deep blue spatial portal opened.
Ada put her two fingers together and waved them forward: "Depart!"
...
Wandering Earth world.
Some people were fleeing for their lives, some were waiting for Death, and some were rushing into space, preparing to save the World.
Just two days ago, the planetary engine adjusting the Moon's orbit malfunctioned and exploded.
Now the Moon was falling towards the Earth.
With less than ten hours left, all life on Earth would be extinct in the collision.
The Joint Government's aerospace team sent to destroy the Moon had already departed.
At this time, everyone's hearts were taut.
The next few hours would determine the fate of all humanity.
But precisely at this moment,
A mirage appeared in the sky above the Earth.
Those strange yet familiar cities, and the superhumans in those cities who could leap dozens of meters high.
All made the people of the Wandering Earth world feel that this was the final omen before the apocalypse.
In the eyes of believers, this was even more like the opened gates of heaven, with God opening the doors to welcome them into paradise.
A bizarre and anxious atmosphere lingered in the Joint Government.
It wasn't until Zhou Zhezhi, seated in a wheelchair, entered the command room with a small squad of soldiers in simple tactical uniforms that the tense atmosphere slightly relaxed.
"Zhou? What are you preparing to do?" The White Bear Country representative, hunched over a computer, turned his chair around.
"I think our situation might have changed a bit. The Wandering Earth plan might need some adjustments."
Zhou Zhezhi smiled uncontrollably, his voice clearer than it had been in decades.
He pointed with his cane at the black-haired woman in combat fatigues beside him: "This lady, named Ada Wong, has brought some important news."
"What important news? Zhou, our most important task now is to solve the Moon problem, not some change!"
The White Bear Country representative emphasized, "If the plan to destroy the Moon doesn't succeed, we will have no tomorrow. There's no need to care about changes!"
Zhou Zhezhi didn't refute, only chuckled and shook his head, looking at Ada Wong.
Ada nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping around: "What if this change is a World fusion?"
World fusion?
Everyone was stunned in unison, subconsciously feeling inexplicable.
Even the cameras in the corners of the command room automatically turned to Ada, their red dots flickering, as if in surprise.
Ada keenly glanced at the cameras, ignored them, and continued.
"My Earth extends its greetings to you all. Gentlemen, have your astronauts, who are preparing to destroy the Moon, stop."
"Because, our World's savior is about to save the World again."
...
Moon.
All the spaceships that were deploying nuclear bombs stopped.
They received an incredible order—stop deploying nuclear bombs, land, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Earth.
The astronauts were all silent for a moment.
Some of them might feel confused, feel puzzled.
But most realized that they might have lost all hope and could only take one last look at the familiar Earth.
Some began to cry, tears floating in their astronaut helmet.
Some opened the spaceship hatch, lightly taking off and landing on the Moon's surface, taking one last look at the azure Earth.
Among all the spaceships,
Liu Peiqiang's team, just as they entered the Moon, crashed in a collision.
Their team originally planned to go to a nearby Moon Base to have the injured return to Earth in a return capsule.
Liu Peiqiang and Captain Amy, on the other hand, planned to drive the lunar rover to continue deploying nuclear bombs.
But now that they received the order, they also stopped.
"Is it over just like this...?" Liu Peiqiang gazed at the Earth, unable to snap out of it for a long time.
He was thinking of his son and his father-in-law on Earth.
The team's Captain Amy was also in a daze.
"That's strange, am I having hallucinations?"
Suddenly, Liu Peiqiang reached out to rub his eyes, but his hand was blocked by the astronaut helmet.
He could only try to widen his eyes as much as possible: "When I look at the Earth, why does it seem like I'm directly seeing skyscrapers, and there are people jumping around on the rooftops inside?"
Amy, who had just been in a daze, also slowly nodded: "I saw it too, Liu Peiqiang. It's like there's a space mirage outside the Earth."
"What? You saw it too?"
Liu Peiqiang was surprised, "Then did you see that person floating outside the Earth?"
"That person doesn't seem to be floating outside the Earth; it seems to be... floating above our heads," Amy said hesitantly.
The few of them looked up together.
Above their heads, a young man in casual clothes was floating.
The man looked around, noticed them, and even smiled at them.
Liu Peiqiang subconsciously smiled back and nodded, as if to say hello.
It was only after greeting him that he felt a chill down his spine.
Before he could doubt whether he was seeing a ghost or some quantum phantom,
The man descended from the air, landing not far from them, and stomped on the Moon, neither lightly nor heavily.
Liu Peiqiang and the others immediately felt a sense of weightlessness.
After floating lightly and then slowly falling back to the Moon's surface,
They found that the Earth was actually moving further and further away from them!
"The Moon, the Moon was kicked away by that person!?" Liu Peiqiang subconsciously blurted out an incredible thought.
Captain Amy was a very articulate Brazilian female astronaut.
But at this moment, she also swore: "Holy shit! Is that person God?"
"I don't know... Perhaps," Liu Peiqiang said blankly, then suddenly reacted, "But I think he's very likely Erlang Shen or Nezha."
...
Joint Government Command Room.
The World's most professional technical personnel were all gathered here.
Each of them, if taken outside, would be a top expert in their field.
But at this moment, all these experts were craning their necks, wide-eyed, their mouths so wide open you could see their tonsils.
"The Moon! The Moon is back in its orbit! Damn it! Damn it!"
"Shit! Look here, the Sun's expansion index is shrinking! It's like someone pushed it back!"
"Bullshit! Something is adjusting its gravitational parameters!"
"If it stabilizes, the Sun might not expand anymore, and we won't have to wander!"
"Damn it, I believe in God today, God, thank you for saving this World!"
Command room center.
Ada Wong smiled and said to the representatives of various countries beside her: "Our savior has made his move, gentlemen."
Chapter 502: Dilution of Authority
As the World fusion deepened, the reflections of the two Earths in the sky became clearer and clearer.
They were so clear that it looked like another continent was falling towards the ground.
Soon, the Joint Government of the Wandering Earth world announced the truth of the Worldfusion to all its citizens.
With Ada Wong's cooperation, they also introduced the situation on the other Earth.
In the Underground City that had already been established, people felt disbelief.
They couldn't see the outside World and could only get information from the news.
When they first heard the news of the World fusion, they thought the rebel army had taken over the Joint Government and was talking nonsense.
As for those who remained on the surface, waiting for Death, after the initial shock, some of them chose to believe.
Others cursed loudly, thinking it was a lie from the World Government to fool them and make them wait for Death peacefully.
The Resident Evil World, on the other hand, was much more peaceful.
The international joint forces here were also introducing the other World to the global populace.
This was information transmitted in real-time by Ada Wong.
People from various regions across the five continents took to the streets, listening to the broadcast's introduction, filled with nothing but curiosity and anticipation.
The people of the Biochemical world were too strong.
Each of them was a hero who could swing one arm and exert ten tons of force.
Even a little girl in kindergarten could let out a shout and pick up the stone lion at the entrance to kick it like a ball.
It was precisely because of this individual strength that they were very confident in themselves, without any nervousness or apprehension.
As the scenes in the sky above the two Earths grew closer and larger, many people in the Wandering Earth world who had thought it was a fantasy now began to believe.
But just as everyone thought the other Earth was about to collide and began to guess how the Earths would fuse, and the two Joint Governments also began to arrange think tanks to plan for diplomatic issues after the fusion, the mirage in the sky gradually disappeared.
Those scenes, which seemed so real as if they were happening just a few thousand meters away, suddenly vanished like bubbles turning transparent in the Sun.
The sky returned to its clear state.
In the Joint Government of the Wandering Earth, representatives from various countries looked at each other, utterly confused.
What's going on? What about the promised World fusion? Was it a lie?
But their Moon had indeed returned to its original position, the Sun had also stopped expanding, and all crises had been resolved.
Why was there no movement regarding the World fusion?
Some representatives silently pinched their thighs, using the pain to tell themselves that what happened today was not an illusion.
Everyone in the command center turned their gaze to Ada Wong, full of questions.
"Are we... fused? Has your Earth already merged with ours?" Zhou Zhezhi asked Ada Wong, tilting his head from his wheelchair.
Ada Wong shook her head.
Her gaze was on the ground, but her pupils were focused on the lens of her tactical goggles.
Rows of information from the Biohazard Earth appeared on it.
After a quick glance, Ada Wong realized, "The Worlds have fused, but the Earths haven't. The two Earths are in adjacent places."
"Adjacent?"
Representatives from various countries immediately turned to look at the technical staff.
For a moment, the command center was quiet, with only the sound of mechanical operations.
Soon, the large screen switched to space footage.
In the starry sky image, which originally only had one Sun and countless stars, another Sunconspicuously appeared.
Although all the stars were constant, this additional one was so large that it looked almost identical to the original Sun.
"So that's how it is! This is incredible!" a technical expert shouted, leaning on the table, staring intently at the screen in front of him.
"An extra constant star in the Solar System would normally lead to gravitational chaos, causing unimaginable disasters."
"But now the two Suns have achieved gravitational balance and are rotating around each other stably!"
The other technical experts around him also excitedly agreed.
"That's right! And it's achieved balance in a pattern similar to binary star motion."
"Although we haven't photographed the other Earth yet, there's no doubt that the other Earth is orbiting that new Sun."
"Our two Solar Systems have merged into a complex binary star system."
A technical expert adjusted his glasses, which reflected blue light: "Heh heh, after today, our physics majors will have many new papers to write."
The discussion among the technical staff made the representatives from various countries understand the current situation.
Zhou Zhezhi chuckled and nodded: "This is good too. The two Earths are neither too close nor too far, allowing for peaceful coexistence and friendly exchange. If they truly merged, it would require handling too many conflicts."
Ada Wong also nodded.
Mr. Zhou from the Biochemical world looked very similar to Zhou Zhezhi, and their personalities were also very similar, which allowed her to communicate with comparative trust.
"Leon's considerations are very thorough. Our side had a Resident Evil outbreak a few years ago, and there might still be residual viruses in some corners, so it's better to keep them separate."
"Yes, the Savior is truly a meticulous person. He also seems to be of Chinese descent? Miss Wang, would you mind telling us more?"
...
Humans on Earth and the Moon were marveling at the fusion of the star systems.
Leon, however, was still busy.
He first controlled the fusion of the Solar System, adjusting the gravity between the various celestial bodies.
He made the two Suns achieve gravitational balance within a few light-years, and the planets within the star system also operated stably.
Then he continued to merge other star systems.
In fact, rather than saying the Wandering Earth world merged into the Biochemical world, it would be more accurate to say that the Biochemical world was the one that merged.
Because the Biochemical world was too small, only ten Solar Systems in size, while the Wandering Earth world was a normal, ordinary Universe.
Merging the Biochemical world into it was like a drop of Water merging into the ocean.
Now Leon could understand why the World Consciousness almost caused a collision when it pulled the Wandering World over.
It was already absurd that such a massive Universe was pulled over.
Once it truly arrived, it would be even harder to make it decelerate and stop.
As Leon finished the last operation, completely completing the fusion of the two Worlds, he suddenly found that the half of the World authority he held rapidly shrunk, becoming one trillionth of the entire Universe.
Not only him, but the World Consciousness was also the same.
The Wandering World was too large, causing the authority of the Biochemical world to be greatly diluted.
"Is this like equity dilution after attracting Angel round funding?" Leon teased the World Consciousness.
No, perhaps the World Consciousness should now be called the Galaxy Consciousness.
"Feeling, good, Leon, quick, authority!"
The World Consciousness, however, didn't seem to care.
It seemed to only like to promote World evolution because that was its instinct.
As for other things, it didn't care.
Instead, it urged Leon to quickly use his authority to leverage ownership of the entire Universe.
Leon's expression was strange: "Your authority has also been diluted. Don't you want to become the World Consciousness of the entire Universe?"
"You, fusion, credit, harvest!"
The World Consciousness indicated that Leon had fused the Universe, and the authority should also belong to Leon.
"Alright, good boy, you continue to pull other Worlds over, and I'll be responsible for the fusion," Leon said.
The surrounding Universe energy was immediately stirred up by the World Consciousness, undulating back and forth, like a domestic dog happily wagging its tail and barking.
Chapter 503 After Fusion
The two Worlds completely merged.
Leon also re-assumed control of the part of the Universe's authority that had been vacated.
The World Consciousness only held one-hundred-millionth of the authority of the entire Universe.
Unbeknownst to it, it had transformed from a chairman to a partner shareholder, and then to a stock holder.
But it still enjoyed it immensely.
It even told Leon that it had taken a liking to an even larger Universe next door and was in the process of pulling it over.
What could Leon say? He could only praise it again, calling it a good dog.
As time passed,
the two Earths slowly began to establish diplomatic relations.
The Earth of the Wandering World gradually emerged from its previous gloom.
With the help of the superhumans from various industries in the Biochemical world,
this dilapidated Earth rapidly recovered its former appearance.
Moreover, because Leon saved the World,
a Savior Cult emerged on the Earth of the Wandering World, with numerous core believers and shallow believers spread across the globe.
During the communication between the two Earths, this church even absorbed believers from the Biochemical world.
As for official-level exchanges, both sides primarily focused on learning each other's technology.
However, Biohazard Earth selectively omitted exchanges in the biohazard field.
On one hand, the technologies related to viruses, fungi, and parasites were too dangerous and had all been blockaded by Leon and Tony.
On the other hand, all their 強化血清 (enhanced serums) came from Leon, and other technical personnel knew very little about them.
Although Leon considered that both Earths were under his control in the Universe and should not be treated unfairly,
with a thought, he casually created billions of serums.
But it was clearly a somewhat complex matter to popularize serum enhancement on the Earth of the Wandering World.
This Earth had too many factions and too many diverse people, and their intentions differed after the crisis ended.
So Leon handed over the task of popularizing the serum to Ada.
Ada, understanding perfectly, stated that she would start the popularization from the most suitable country—the Rabbit Country.
However, the first batch of people to receive serum enhancement were the heroes who had made outstanding contributions and selfless sacrifices in the Wandering Earth project.
They would travel to the Biochemical world through the fixed spatial 通道 (passageway) that Leon had built in the Joint Government.
On this day, all those who received serum enhancement wore simple protective suits and walked towards the teleportation gate in order.
Liu Peiqiang walked in the middle-to-back section of the team, with everyone forming two lines as they advanced.
Beside him was a thin, middle-aged man wearing glasses.
The man looked a bit gloomy, but Liu Peiqiang didn't pay much attention.
Everyone here was a hero of the Earth, all worthy of his respect.
"Buddy, what did you do before? I'm Liu Peiqiang, an astronaut from the Navigator Space Station."
Liu Peiqiang bumped the buddy next to him with his shoulder as he moved forward.
"Tu Hengyu." The thin middle-aged man showed an unnatural smile, "A researcher for the Digital Life Project. I was cracking the nuclear bomb password in the submerged Beijing before, and I didn't expect the World to be saved."
"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. That day I was on the Moon, I was ready to give up on returning to Earth and drive the lunar rover to deploy the nuclear bomb."
Liu Peiqiang clapped his hands, "And guess what? The Savior floated right above my head, and with one stomp of his foot, the Moon returned to its place!"
"It was just like an immortal from a myth moving mountains and seas," Liu Peiqiang shook his head and sighed.
"I even thought at the time, was it that the old immortal finally couldn't bear to see us suffer and came to save the World?"
"I didn't expect him to be so handsome and so powerful, and that he was a Savior from another Universe."
Tu Hengyu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but push up his glasses: "You've met him? Is he really as omnipotent as the cult says?"
"I don't know. I heard that even merging Universes was done by him, so he should be omnipotent, right?"
Liu Peiqiang shook his head as he spoke: "If only he were truly omnipotent, then my wife... Sigh, why think about these things?"
"The Savior has saved the entire Earth. My daughter and my old man don't have to hide in the Underground City anymore. That is omnipotence."
"Yes, it is omnipotence." Tu Hengyu nodded blankly.
A glimmer of light was hidden in his cloudy eyes, "I heard that the international Joint Governmentof the other Earth was established by him. High-level officials have the opportunity to meet him, and I want to join them."
"You... have something you want to ask him for?"
"Mm." Tu Hengyu held a disk, which contained the digital life data of his daughter, Yaya.
"Even if you say that, you can't stay. We all have to come back." Liu Peiqiang hesitated.
"I don't need to come back for now," Tu Hengyu said, lowering his eyes.
"The artificial intelligence technology on that Earth is very strong. Not long ago, they were the ones who discovered that MOSS had problems, and they were also the ones who deleted all of MOSS's data from the network."
"I also have the task of communicating with them about digital life technology."
Tu Hengyu tightened his grip on the disk in his arms.
If he couldn't see the Savior and couldn't revive Yaya, then artificial intelligence technology was his hope for Yaya to live on.
"You... you really make people envious." Liu Peiqiang realized something.
He saw something similar to himself in Tu Hengyu's eyes.
He wanted to revive his wife, and this person probably wanted to revive someone too.
"Let's go. Let's go through that passageway and become superhumans first. We'll all live for a long time in the future, so maybe we'll really get lucky and have a chance?"
The same conversations, similar scenes, occurred all over the World.
After the World merged, people's concepts, the World's order, everything was being reconstructed.
But Leon didn't pay attention to these things.
He left the issues of the two Earths for them to handle themselves.
After the first World merger succeeded and he had relatively stable experience,
Leon began to actively bring over some of the Worlds he had once traveled through.
"Harry Potter," "Prototype," "Naruto"...
For smaller Worlds, he directly brought the entire World with him to a location near the Biochemical world, preparing for those Worlds to line up and merge in.
As for larger ones, he slowly pulled them over, just like the World Consciousness.
However, because the next World to be merged
was the 'larger Universe' that the World Consciousness spoke of,
these brought-over Worlds were temporarily placed by Leon near the Biochemical world.
As for himself,
he was preparing to start traveling again, to other Worlds to experience new power systems and Universal rules.
All matters in the Biochemical world
he left to the World Consciousness, Ada, and Jill to handle.
All he needed to do was to split off a portion of his consciousness through his m-body and monitor the World's development.
"Where to go this time... Never mind, let's make it random."
Leon activated his ability and entered the void outside the World.
Chapter 504 The World of Dragons
Crash!
Torrential rain poured down from the sky, hitting the ground and splashing ripples everywhere.
The sky was pitch black, with dark clouds unleashing a waterfall of rain.
The ground was a splash of water, with accumulated water flowing towards the drain covers.
The entire World was covered in a curtain of heavy rain; at a glance, it was impossible to tell if the rain was rising from the ground or falling from the sky.
Chu Zihang sat by the classroom window, his hands clasped on his desk, watching the downpour outside.
It was still evening, but all the sunlight was blocked by the dark clouds high above.
The school gate, once filled with the honking of cars, now only had the sound of flowing rainwater.
He was the only one left in the classroom.
This rainy day was so similar to that day two years ago.
Chu Zihang was reciting his 'diary' again.
In the diary, that man stood with his back to him, swinging his blade towards the gods, his figure as reliable as a towering mountain.
On that day, he learned that the man named Chu Tianjiao was a peerless hero.
But on that same day, he lost his father, whom he didn't particularly like.
Only after losing him did he realize how important that man was to him.
Today's downpour was just like that day.
Chu Zihang looked out the window.
He saw the ground floor corridor entrance of the opposite teaching building.
Lu Mingfei stood there, looking around like a monkey about to enter the Water.
Chu Zihang didn't know much about Lu Mingfei's family.
He remembered this younger schoolmate because he recalled the scene of his father's Deathevery day.
And Lu Mingfei happened to be at the beginning of that scene.
And today, just like that day, Lu Mingfei was trapped in the heavy rain, preparing to brave the rain to go home.
The same rain, the same person.
Everything seemed to indicate that today was out of the ordinary.
An ominous aura seemed to be pressing down on this small seaside town along with the dark clouds.
Chu Zihang got up from his seat and walked out of the classroom.
The car coming to pick him up was almost there.
This time, he planned to give that schoolmate a ride.
However, before he could walk down the stairs.
In the opposite teaching building, that schoolmate named Lu Mingfei, just like two years ago.
Shrunk his head and rushed into the rain curtain like a porcupine.
The flowing accumulated water splashed with a pattering sound.
It could be heard across the large open space between the two teaching buildings.
Chu Zihang's steps towards the stairwell stopped.
His sense of unease grew stronger, but his face remained calm; he just watched Lu Mingfei's figure run until it blurred.
"It appears near the protagonist again, is this the Dragon Race this time?"
Suddenly, a voice like flowing spring Water, mixed with the sound of rain, rang out beside him.
Chu Zihang was startled and turned his head.
It was a person about twenty years old, with a good physique; his casual shirt couldn't hide his muscle lines, and his face made him want to look a few more times.
He looked completely like a very approachable university student.
But Chu Zihang's heart began to pound instead.
He hadn't noticed when this person had approached.
In the past two years, as he searched for the truth about the god who killed his father, he had developed a habit of staying vigilant.
But this person appeared silently, just a few steps away from him, like a ghost.
Most importantly, Chu Zihang seemed to smell an 'aura' similar to that god from this person.
Chu Zihang touched his waist.
He was carrying a guitar case, and inside the case was his father's famous sword, "Murasame."
After touching the scabbard under the black case, Chu Zihang felt a bit calmer.
He looked at the suddenly appearing man and asked in a low voice, "What is the Dragon Race, and who is the protagonist?"
The man looked over, and Chu Zihang met his eyes.
Suddenly, Chu Zihang felt as if he was looking up at a celestial heart, where an entire Universewas operating, and he was just an invisible mayfly within it.
Chu Zihang had the illusion of his soul leaving his body.
It was as if he had committed an act of transgression against the gods, and so his soul was to be extracted and flogged.
Even his perception of the outside World was rapidly diminishing, peeling away from the World.
It wasn't until the man spoke that he suddenly awoke, as if from a long dream.
"The Dragon Race, the Dragon Race is the source of extraordinary power in your World, they are beings who wield authority, and of course, it is also the name of your World, hehe."
The man spoke slowly, his voice like flowing fine wine, and he seemed to have made a joke.
Chu Zihang stared blankly at the other party.
He thought he should be covered in cold sweat by now.
But for some reason, he couldn't feel any wariness towards that man.
It was like creatures on Earth wouldn't be wary of the Earth itself.
"The protagonist is naturally Lu Mingfei," the man continued, "You are Chu Zihang, right?"
Chu Zihang nodded slightly hesitantly, "You... You know me?"
"I know, I know, you all have very distinct characteristics," the man nodded.
"That guy opposite, running out of the teaching building in the rain, with a look of a stray dog, lonely and forlorn, like a lion with its balls bitten, it's easy to associate him with Lu Mingfei."
"As for you, you wear black contact lenses, but the contact lenses can't hide the male lion in your eyes."
"At a glance, they are two lions, too easy to recognize."
The man said cheerfully, "I didn't expect it to be your World. Let me think, the most interesting things here are probably the Seven Great Alchemical Kingdoms."
"Alchemical Kingdoms?" Chu Zihang's eyes moved; he suddenly saw an opportunity to uncover the truth.
"Do you know what kind of gods exist in our World, and is Odin among them?"
"Hmm? You haven't found any traces of Kassel College yet? Well then, let's take a look together," the man said with a smile, patting Chu Zihang's shoulder.
Chu Zihang was puzzled.
Then, he saw the most incredible, most fantastical scene of his life.
The man looked up at the sky and made a grasping motion with his hand.
Suddenly, a rushing river descended from the rain clouds, like a celestial river breaking its dam, heading straight towards the two of them.
No, that's not right, that wasn't a real river!
The river got closer and closer.
Chu Zihang saw moving images on it.
As he looked in different directions, different images would appear in his eyes, with different characters, backgrounds, and giant dragons in the images.
The River of Time?
That phrase popped into Chu Zihang's head.
The river descended from the sky, as if it could submerge the Earth, but after entering Shilam Middle School, it rapidly shrank.
Finally, it turned into a tiny stream of Water, flowing around the man in front of him.
Chu Zihang looked towards the very front of the stream.
At first glance, he was captivated.
The Earth gave birth to the Black King, Nidhogg.
The Black King created the White King from his own flesh and blood and bestowed the authority of'spirit'.
The White King led one-third of the Dragon Race in a rebellion and was nailed to Death in the North Pole ice field by the Black King.
Afterward, the Black King created the Four Monarchs.
Each Monarch was a twin, responsible for Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire.
Throughout this long history, the mixed-bloods of the Dragon Race and humans were born and continuously multiplied.
Finally, the mixed-bloods, along with the Monarchs, overthrew the Black King's rule.
Although this rebellion was victorious, the Monarchs also suffered heavy casualties, one after another falling into slumber to avoid the World, or hatching to be reborn.
Chapter 505: Sea of Death Gift Pack
Chu Zihang looked down the river of time.
The more he looked, the more startled he became.
Especially when he saw Odin's true identity and the arrangements Odin had made over the past century.
His body trembled slightly, uncontrollably.
Discovering Odin's identity was not the reason for his trembling.
He trembled because he saw his father in the river of time.
Chu Tianjiao had become Odin's puppet, but he was still alive, right inside Odin's Nibelungen!
At this moment, Chu Zihang's Golden Pupils seemed to ignite.
Even the black contact lenses couldn't hide his fiery gaze.
He looked at Odin, who was holding a long spear in the image, and silently memorized everything.
Chu Zihang said nothing, nor did he reveal overly agitated emotions.
He was just such a quiet person.
On the surface, he was calm, even looking like a well-behaved, exemplary student.
But the killing intent in his heart had already boiled to the point where he could draw his sword and charge at any moment.
After firmly remembering all the scenes about Odin.
Chu Zihang began to look at other parts of the river of time.
"Lu Mingfei!?"
Even when he saw his father and Odin, Chu Zihang, who had shown no loss of composure, suddenly exclaimed.
Surprise was revealed in his eyes.
In the history of the Dragon Race, he actually saw Lu Mingfei's figure.
That figure was so lonely and so violent, displaying an arrogance and dominance no less than that of the Black King.
So Lu Mingfei was also a Dragon King, and even a Dragon King on par with the Black King?
Was Nidhogg the old Black King, and Lu Mingfei the new Black King?
Chu Zihang's expression was somewhat dazed, and he couldn't help but look at the man beside him: "You, sir, Lu Mingfei, is he really…"
"These are all past images, absolutely true." The man shook his finger without lifting his head.
"Also, you can just call me Li Ang, of course, calling me Li Ang is also fine."
Chu Zihang didn't quite understand the difference between these two names that sounded similar.
He quickly accepted the fact that his junior schoolmate was a Dragon King lurking in the human World.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Li Ang again.
In the river of time, there seemed to be no trace of this god. Was this one also a Dragon King?
"Li Ang… Senior." Chu Zihang couldn't directly call Li Ang by his name.
He felt that this night was as cold as Ye Gucheng's decisive battle with Ximen Chuixue, and calling him "Senior" was more fitting.
"Senior, are you also a Dragon King?"
"Me? I'm not from your World, just here for a visit."
Li Ang still didn't look up.
He was directly observing the Seven Alchemical Kingdoms of the Dragon Race World by peering through time.
Conceptual Armament, Material Transformation, Life Alchemy…
He could actually use these methods himself.
But this kind of ability, which relies on Alchemy to exert rule-like concepts, was still relatively novel.
The Alchemy Diana taught at the Supreme Mage Academy couldn't achieve this level.
After studying for a few minutes.
Li Ang began to apply it casually.
First was 'Conceptual Armament'—transforming abstract concepts into real weapons and equipment.
"Let me think… Frost Box!"
Li Ang drew in the air with his finger, and a Frost Box materialized from nothingness.
"Not bad." He tossed it lightly, examined it for a few glances, then directly crushed the newly created box into molecular form, scattering it into nothingness.
Chu Zihang, who was beside him, watched with twitching eyelids.
But Li Ang continued.
"Sword of Promised Victory!"
"Flame Dragon Armor!"
"Seven Dragon Balls!"
"Infinity Stones… Uh, I can't refine this one yet."
One conceptual weapon after another was refined by Li Ang, and then casually destroyed by him.
The 'Conceptual Armament' classification of the Alchemical Kingdom was very magical.
It didn't require Li Ang to fully grasp the essence and structure of the weapon.
He only needed to think about the abilities and concepts the weapon should possess to refine it.
And the prerequisite was that his Alchemy level was high enough and his mental power level was strong enough.
Li Ang continued to try the other six kingdoms.
Elemental Control, Soul Alchemy…
After a round of attempts, Li Ang contentedly dispersed the river of time.
"Every World truly holds surprises and gains."
Li Ang noticed the dazed Chu Zihang beside him.
"Wake up, Chu Zihang, it's time for you to go home. The car to pick you up is downstairs."
Chu Zihang regained his senses; the alchemical weapons he had just seen still lingered in his mind.
Those weapons, if he had just one of them, he could surely kill his way to Odin's Nibelungen and rescue his father.
Chu Zihang glanced at his stepfather, who was coming out with an umbrella downstairs to pick him up, then looked at Li Ang.
The thought of whether he should open his mouth to ask flashed by.
Then he bowed to Li Ang: "Senior Li Ang, I need powerful strength to save my father. Could I ask you to teach me how to gain strength? I am willing to pay… No, I am willing to do anything for you!"
Chu Zihang clearly knew that everything he possessed was insignificant to the man in front of him.
But he had to ask.
Even if it angered this god and caused him to be killed, he still had to make the request.
His life had been forever trapped on that day two years ago, perhaps never to escape.
Before, revenge was the goal of his remaining life.
But now, what he had to do was rescue his father, even if it meant risking his own life.
This was his only judgment of the meaning of his life.
"You want power?"
Li Ang sized up Chu Zihang.
He had heard too many people tell him during this period that they were willing to pay any price, willing to do anything for him.
Dark Strange, Uchiha Sasuke, Chu Zihang…
Each of them was sincere and genuine.
The first time he heard such a request, filled with the resolve to die and risking everything, Li Angwas still slightly moved.
But after experiencing it many times… Well, he could still empathize with them slightly.
Li Ang thought for a moment.
Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.
He just so happened to be planning to collect some Dragon Race blood.
So he might as well help Chu Zihang out.
"First this, then this, and then this…"
Li Ang gestured in the air, finally using the Alchemy of Conceptual Armament to refine a golden bead, only one centimeter in diameter.
"Here, this is the server center. Protecting it is the price for you to gain power."
Li Ang tossed the bead to Chu Zihang.
Then he took out an m-body from his World Ring, threw it into space, and skillfully transformed it into a conceptual entity.
Then he disappeared from Shilan Middle School.
He flew east, preparing to find a place to wait for the blood to be automatically collected.
Why wait?
Chu Zihang looked down at the golden bead in his palm after Li Ang left.
He gently touched it, bewildered.
Suddenly, the bead projected a light screen in front of him.
[Universal Exchange System Service Center activated. Guardian detected. Granting novice gift package.]
[Do you wish to open the novice gift package?]
Chu Zihang paused, then nodded and said, "Yes."
[Gift package opened. As the server Guardian, you may choose one of the following three rewards.]
[1. Chakra Seed, Senju Body, Sharingan Gift Package]
[2. Basic Hakuda, Shunpo, Kidō, Hōgyoku, and Adaptive Zanpakuto Gift Package]
[3. Three Colors of Haki, Marine Six Powers, and Random Devil Fruit Gift Package]
Chu Zihang blinked silently.
Was it his imagination?
These things on the projection screen, he seemed to vaguely remember hearing about them somewhere?
Chapter 506 Do you want to truly live?
But upon careful thought, Chu Zihang was certain he knew nothing about the items in the Newbie Pack.
This was not strange.
Knowing nothing was consistent with common sense.
How could he understand something given by a God?
It was like the River of Time, and the profound Dragon race history he saw within it.
He had only just removed the black cloth covering his eyes today, seeing the true appearance of this World.
"Beneath the Arctic Ocean…"
Chu Zihang recalled the scenes he had witnessed in the River of Time again and again in his mind.
He firmly etched the possible location of the Nibelungen where his father might be into his heart.
After ensuring he wouldn't forget, he looked back at the screen, his gaze moving back and forth between the three options.
The most important thing now was to make a selection on the screen.
He wasn't sure if the system would leave if he didn't choose now.
Footsteps were already coming from downstairs, his stepfather calling his name as he came up.
Chu Zihang didn't hesitate much, clicking on the second option on the projection screen.
He didn't understand the contents of any of the three gift packages.
So, he would choose the one that best suited his fighting style.
For him, the most important item was the sword on his back, and his strongest fighting style was the 'Kendo' that used the sword.
Although Kendo was learned and mastered from the youth palace, it was indeed what he was most familiar with at the moment.
"Do you confirm selecting the God of Death's Grand Gift Package? Obtaining the power of this system requires modification to the Guardian's body."
Chu Zihang's eyes flickered: "After modification, will I be stronger or weaker?"
"According to the Guardian's request for strength evaluation… you will become five to tens of thousands of times stronger."
Tens of thousands of times?
Chu Zihang looked several times, confirming he hadn't misread it; it was indeed tens of thousands of times.
He nodded without hesitation: "Confirm selection!"
"This option will convert the Guardian into a God of Death, no longer a pure human. Please confirm your selection again."
Not human?
As long as he could find that man, as long as he could get revenge on Odin.
Then not being human was fine.
"Confirm!"
"Congratulations, Guardian, you have received the God of Death's Grand Gift Package. Now beginning…"
"Beep, other living beings detected nearby. Gift package distribution paused. Will continue in a safe environment."
"System officially activated, server started, server covering the entire World, sub-systems being distributed…"
"Zihang! Zihang, why are you still here? I've been calling you from downstairs for a long time. Let's go, let's go home first. I have a meeting at the company tonight."
The middle-aged man came up from the stairs.
Chu Zihang, with quick hands and eyes, stuffed the golden bean-sized object into his pocket, and the projection screen extinguished with it.
He silently nodded towards his stepfather: "Okay, let's go home… Thank you."
…
Chu Zihang saw the last line of text in the system prompt.
He had some guesses, but he absolutely couldn't have imagined how exaggerated the system Leon had casually built was.
During the time Chu Zihang was traveling home with his stepfather.
Across the World, hundreds of thousands of hybrids—
Anyone with Dragon race bloodline, and whose bloodline level was C-grade or above, whether human or Dragon.
At this moment, a golden virtual dialogue box popped up in front of them.
That dialogue box was styled like QQ or Yahoo and other chat software, very much in line with the characteristics of the era.
And the dialogue box didn't appear in front of them, nor was it reflected in their eyes.
Instead, it appeared directly on their visual nerves in their brains.
Making them feel the illusion that a dialogue box had appeared in front of them.
"Do you want to truly live? Do you want to see through the… essence of the World?"
"Yes, or, No"
…
Torrential rain washed over every corner of the street.
Lu Mingfei took off his outer coat and held it over his head, using it as an umbrella.
He ran wildly in the rain, like a big-headed bear stung all over by bees.
With every step he took, the splashing Water could wet half of his thigh.
"Oh my god!"
Lu Mingfei suddenly exclaimed, falling flat on his face.
His already disheveled face, plastered with wet hair, directly plunged into the Water.
He even instinctively took a deep breath in the Water, and gurgling bubbles emerged.
"Cough, cough, cough! No, no!" Lu Mingfei forcefully pulled his head out of the accumulated Water, shouting in a panic.
"I'm not dreaming, am I? What is this thing? Did I get drenched on my way home in the rain and lose my mind? It's over, it's over, Aunt definitely won't pay for my medical expenses."
Lu Mingfei spoke nonsense, his eyes darting around in a panic.
The rain was so heavy on the street, and the few people with umbrellas were also walking with their heads down.
But these walking people, and those in shops, were all looking at him in unison now.
Their eyes held a hint of concern, but the rest was pure confusion, as if they were looking at a big idiot.
Lu Mingfei's words immediately got stuck in his throat.
He did a monkey flip, and with his soaking wet clothes, he spotted a small alley and darted into it.
Seeing that there was no one around, Lu Mingfei gasped for breath.
Finally, he stopped in front of a garage with an awning.
He looked at the screen in front of him, his lips trembling slightly.
After running this distance, his mind had calmed down a bit.
Such a realistic screen couldn't possibly be an illusion.
Because he was so poor, even if he dreamed, he probably couldn't imagine the golden shimmering special effects on the screen.
And if this really was a dream, then this dialogue box should be QQ…
"No way, it really is a QQ dialogue box! Has Tencent developed a bio-attack system now? Why me, a mere good-for-nothing, why me? Is it too late to top up 10 yuan in Q coins to show my submission now?"
Lu Mingfei swallowed.
He still had so much more nonsense he wanted to say.
The current situation was like heaven was playing a joke on him.
However, he was a person who was least afraid of jokes.
When he ran errands for Chen Wenwen at school, no matter how much Zhao Menghua's lackeys mocked him, he could always return a cheerful, bright face.
Lu Mingfei kept repeating that he was going to die, he was going to die.
But in his heart, he began to chant to Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, Buddha, and Jesus Christ.
Then he tapped his finger on the [Yes].
Although Lu Mingfei was unlucky, he occasionally fantasized—
One day, he would be sitting in the classroom, and a group of Men in Black would push open the door, kneel on one knee before him, and shout, "Please, Dragon King, return to your place and save the World."
Then he would become the savior, incredibly powerful.
After saving the World, he could even embrace Chen Wenwen under her admiring gaze.
Wasn't the current scene very similar to his dreams?
Lu Mingfei's heart was pounding, his hands trembling, as he pressed the large confirmation button.
He was too nervous, too excited.
So much so that he didn't notice.
In the bottom right corner of the chat box.
There were a few lines of small text that required a super magnifying glass to see clearly.
"Clicking agree means you agree to bind with the All-Purpose Exchange System."
"The system will extract all of the host's superpowers as initial exchange capital."
"'Yes' means agree, 'No' means very much agree. If you do not agree, please click the 'X' in the upper right corner."
"All rights of interpretation belong to the creator of this system."
Chapter 507: Generous System
Lu Mingfei pressed 'Yes' and then paused, startled.
He vaguely heard a soft 'hmm,' followed by faint, almost imperceptible laughter.
It was as if someone in a distant place had called him 'this loser.'
Lu Mingfei wanted to say that if he wasn't going to be called a handsome guy, then he should at least be called a 'dickhead' instead of a 'loser.'
Then, something seemed to be drawn out of his body.
In an instant, Lu Mingfei felt an overwhelming, inexplicable sadness.
He instinctively clutched his chest; the sorrow surged from his heart like a fountain but quickly vanished.
Cold wind, mixed with rain, blew into the rain shelter.
Lu Mingfei shivered, immediately pushing all his confusion to the back of his mind.
He was just that carefree.
He then nervously looked at the screen, hoping it was truly something magical and not just him hallucinating.
Speaking of which, could modern medicine cure hallucinations like this?
He wasn't going crazy, was he?
Lu Mingfei's thoughts ran wild.
The dialogue box in front of him suddenly changed.
The 'Yes' or 'No' options and all other text rapidly turned into garbled code and disappeared.
It was as if he had clicked on a website link.
The dialogue box opened into a complex website interface.
The overall interface was dark gold.
In the upper left corner was Lu Mingfei's headshot, with the ID 000002.
Below the headshot was a line for'Strength Assessment': Normal Person.
Below that was the balance section.
Lu Mingfei's eyebrows shot up; he counted, somewhat strangely.
"Tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands... three hundred thousand?"
Lu Mingfei's mouth fell open: "Does this strange thing give so much money at the start? How inflated must the currency be?"
[Beep!]
At this moment, a new dialogue box popped up on the website.
[Do you need a beginner's guide?]
Lu Mingfei clicked 'Yes.'
[This system is a Universal Trading System. The host can sell everything he owns to the system in exchange for points, which can then be used to redeem system items.]
"But I don't have any money... If I don't have money, where will I get things to sell to you?"
Lu Mingfei thought, 'Oh no, this couldn't be a scam or a pyramid scheme system, could it?'
He heard that people who were tricked into pyramid schemes had to be stepped on and swear to earn a certain amount of money the next day, even darker than coal bosses.
The system promptly popped up a new dialogue box.
[If you have no salable possessions, you can also accept tasks issued by the system and sell your labor in exchange for points.]
"Oh, oh, oh!" Lu Mingfei crowed like a rooster, "So that means I have to do tasks."
Lu Mingfei felt like he was playing a single-player game.
Then the system began to introduce its functions.
In the center of the initial interface were redeemable items, which were essentially abilities and resources.
By simply clicking and paying the corresponding points, one could acquire the item.
On the right side of the interface was the task board, which needed Lu Mingfei to click to activate before tasks would be issued.
But Lu Mingfei had already stopped listening at this point.
Because after he followed the system's tutorial and unlocked the item interface,
The dense rows of items blinded his titanium alloy dog eyes.
What's this? Lumos, Alohomora, Wingardium Leviosa...
Isn't this magic from Hogwarts?
And what about divine tree fruit, Zanpakuto, Devil Fruits... Are you serious?
Lu Mingfei's eyes were wide.
If all these abilities were real, where did this system come from? How terrifying must the person who created it be?
Lu Mingfei was about to ask.
Suddenly, his finger accidentally touched the screen, opening the item interface for "Expelliarmus."
Below several illustrative images and a textual description, the price was marked "10 points."
"10 points, that seems a bit expensive... Wait, I remember my account balance was..."
Lu Mingfei's brow furrowed; he realized things weren't that simple.
He slowly shifted his gaze and saw his balance—300,000 points.
"Th-th-th-three... I-I-I-I'm speechless!"
Lu Mingfei's mind felt like it had been swept by a tornado, leaving nothing behind.
He tremblingly clicked 'Buy,' then clicked the 'Confirm Purchase' pop-up.
The next instant, he found that something had appeared in his mind; upon closer inspection, it was the casting method for Expelliarmus.
"I-I-I-I..."
Lu Mingfei completely lost his composure.
Soaking wet under the rain shelter, he stammered, unable to speak.
At this moment, a friendly prompt popped up on the page.
[Detected that the host has purchased magic, but does not possess the magic power or a wand to cast it. Would you like to purchase the corresponding abilities?]
"Buy, buy, buy, buy!"
Lu Mingfei was speechless.
The interface intelligently jumped.
Wizard genes (Magical Beast genes) from inferior to superior were listed.
Then, optional wands such as Rotten Wood Wand, Ornate Wand, Elder Wand, and Cyber Wand were also listed.
Lu Mingfei swallowed.
His excited heart was almost leaping out of his chest.
He looked at the upper left corner, confirming his balance again.
Then he clicked on the most expensive 1000-point "Phoenix + Fire Dragon + Erumptent +..." Wizard Gene.
He also bought the most expensive 1000-point Uru Metal Thunder Wand.
After confirming all purchases,
A warm current suddenly surged through Lu Mingfei's body, and a wand appeared out of thin air in his hand.
He instinctively gripped the wand, and when he tried to feel that warm current again, it had already disappeared.
"Is that... all purchased?" Lu Mingfei raised the wand.
The wand was entirely made of metal, very heavy to lift, completely unlike what was written in novels, but it didn't look fake.
Because the texture was so good, holding the wand, Lu Mingfei felt as if he had an extra heartbeat.
He instinctively waved it casually: "Expelliarmus!"
Boom!
The wand shot out a beam of thunder, directly blasting a deep pit more than three meters wide into the concrete road in front of Lu Mingfei.
"You call this Expelliarmus!?" Lu Mingfei's hand trembled, and the wand nearly dropped to the ground.
If he were attending Kassel College right now, he would definitely suspect this wand was made by the Equipment Department.
Lu Mingfei glanced at the deep pit, shivered, and heard the sounds of multiple windows opening from the surrounding buildings.
Oh no, he had caused trouble!
Lu Mingfei felt like his hair was about to explode from anxiety.
At this moment, the system gave a prompt.
[It is recommended that the host purchase Reparo.]
"Oh, right, right! Buy, buy! I'll buy it!"
Lu Mingfei had never been so extravagant in his life.
He used to meticulously budget even for a bottle of Nutri-Express.
But today, he felt like a rich tycoon with gold chains and big diamond rings, spending money like water without a hint of pain.
He wished he could find the buddies who used to pay for his internet access and give each of them a bucket of instant noodles plus two braised eggs.
The Reparo spell popped up.
Lu Mingfei purchased it without hesitation.
The next second, he casually waved his hand: "Reparo!"
This time, no thunder appeared.
The scattered rubble seemed to rewind in time, returning to its original positions.
The broken hole also disappeared, turning back into a flat concrete road, even flatter than before.
But before Lu Mingfei could breathe a sigh of relief, loud exclamations erupted from all around him again.
He gasped sharply.
"Quick, quick, system, I want to buy Obliviate!"
Half a minute later, Lu Mingfei let out a long sigh of relief under the rain shelter.
But then he became excited again.
It was real.
He had really picked up a system on the street!
And the system had gone crazy, giving him three hundred thousand yuan as soon as they met!
Lu Mingfei looked at the items in the store and realized even more clearly that he had become rich overnight.
divine tree fruit — 100,000 points.
Otsutsuki Main Family Bloodline — 80,000 points.
Mangekyō Sharingan — 5,000 points.
Zanpakuto Ryūjin Jakka — 80,000 points.
Devil Fruit: Rumble-Rumble Fruit — 5,000 points.
"I... I'll buy a divine tree fruit, Wood Release, Flying Thunder God, Eternity Mangekyō Sharingan, and Ten-Tails first, just to try?"
[Confirm Purchase!]
This time, the system didn't ask multiple times but confirmed directly.
"Hey, hey, I was just talking, don't you dare?"
[All rights of interpretation belong to this system.]
Chapter 508 Mission 1: Confession
In this era, Naruto Shippuden hadn't even been released.
Lu Mingfei thought the strongest abilities were Mangekyō and Wood Release, so he foolishly bought a whole bunch.
As a result, his eyes directly transformed into Eternal Mangekyō, and the Ten-Tails also appeared directly within his body.
Then, when he excitedly ate the divine tree fruit,
He only then realized that many of the abilities he bought were redundant.
The divine tree fruit itself had already granted him Chakra equivalent to the Ten-Tails, as well as the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.
Although the several powers had now stacked, he had wasted quite a few points.
Lu Mingfei stood DiDi in the rain.
He was bleeding from the pain in his heart over the tens of thousands of points he had wasted for nothing.
He didn't even notice that the heavy rain and cold wind could no longer make him feel cold.
"Can I get a refund?" he asked weakly.
But this system, which had fallen from the sky, was as much of a rip-off as the Q Coin system.
[All goods sold are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.]
Lu Mingfei hesitated, thinking to himself, "Where did this unscrupulous merchant system come from? Nowadays, store disclaimers of 'no refunds' are illegal; if reported, you'll have to pay a fine!"
He felt a little heartache, but not that much.
After all, the 300,000 points were free, and it might be a system bug that would be reclaimed soon.
As soon as Lu Mingfei thought about the possibility of reclamation, he shivered.
He quickly hurried to buy more items on the shop interface.
This time, he was much more cautious.
The God of Death series required body modification to become non-human—so he wouldn't buy it.
Lu Mingfei felt that he was unlikable enough; if he wasn't even human anymore, he would surely become an object of universal disgust.
One Piece series—Six Powers? Buy!
Three types of Haki, buy... What? Due to Host's reasons, Conqueror's Haki cannot be purchased? Then buy Observation Haki and Armament Haki.
There were some abilities Lu Mingfei had never seen before.
He bought them just by looking at the useful descriptions.
All of Hogwarts' magic bundled together was less than three thousand, so he naturally bought it all.
Because the One Piece series had many types of Devil Fruits, Lu Mingfei bought a lot, continuing until his points were exhausted.
He ran all the way home, eating the fruits along the way.
The fruits sold by this system were different from those in the manga; one could eat many of them, with no restrictions.
Lu Mingfei ate until he had six left.
Three for Aunt, Aunt, and Lu Mingze.
Three for Chen Wenwen, Su Xiaoqiang, and his online friend Old Tang.
Aunt had taken care of him for many years, so Lu Mingfei saved the better Mochi-Mochi Fruit for him.
Aunt and Lu Mingze always ordered him around, so he saved the more disgusting Sticky-Sticky Fruit and Cream-Cream Fruit for them.
According to the descriptions, after eating these two fruits, the user would gain the ability to turn into a viscous substance like snot and cream.
Lu Mingfei couldn't help but laugh out loud as he imagined Aunt and Lu Mingze turning into snot.
As for Chen Wenwen, he naturally gave her the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, which could make people beautiful.
Su Xiaoqiang was a buddy he didn't always get along with, but sometimes she was very kind to him, so he gave her the Love-Love Fruit to make her a heartthrob.
Old Tang... Lu Mingfei saved a Mera-Mera Fruit for Old Tang.
These were all of Lu Mingfei's social connections.
Lu Mingfei ran in the rain, a schoolbag full of fruits on his back.
Although he had spent all his points, he felt a great sense of accomplishment.
At this moment, he felt like a hidden master, about to reveal his true identity and shock everyone.
From now on, he would no longer be a good-for-nothing, and Lu Mingze would have to hug his thigh and call him Brother Mingfei!
Lu Mingfei thought mischievously.
Until a new notification popped up on his still-open system interface.
[You have new quest orders.]
Lu Mingfei curiously looked at the right side of the interface.
[Quest One: Publicly confess to Chen Wenwen in front of the entire class. Reward: 100 points.]
[Quest Two: Travel to the Arctic Ocean to find the Nibelungen. Reward: 1000 points.]
[Quest Three: Take down the Black King infant or achieve the first kill on Odin under the Arctic Ocean. Reward: 10000 points.]
"Hey, hey, hey! Confess to Chen Wenwen!? Are you kidding me?! You, you, how can you say I like her?!"
Lu Mingfei completely ignored the latter two quests, his cheeks instantly turning a pig-liver shade of red.
But the system interface remained silently open.
As if it were mocking his attempt to cover up.
"What kind of look is that, you... you..." Lu Mingfei felt as if an unspeakable secret had been exposed, and he wanted to find a place to bury himself.
Chen Wenwen was his deepest secret, his softest spot.
But that softness was now brutally grabbed and squeezed by someone.
This system was too terrifying; it was actually reading his mind!
"I want to unbind, I don't want the system anymore, unbind, unbind now!"
[Unbinding failed.]
"Ah ah ah ah!" Lu Mingfei covered his face with his jacket and charged headlong down the rainy street.
...
A few kilometers away from Lu Mingfei.
Leon casually picked up Xia Mi, who was lying on the ground, bruised and battered.
He turned his head to look in Lu Mingfei's direction:
"Will a loser who gains superpowers boldly confess?"
"Hmm... Even if he does confess, he'll probably just say something lame like, 'I don't mean anything else, I just want someone to buy two half-price milk teas with me in the future.'"
The quest for Lu Mingfei to confess to Chen Wenwen was issued by Leon.
Many people have a loser kid like Lu Mingfei living inside them, and he was no exception.
So, since he encountered him, he had to help this loser kid out.
Leon would absolutely not admit that he was starting to enjoy the show again.
"Lu Mingfei won't confess anytime soon. For now..."
Leon looked down at the bloodied, severely injured, and unconscious Xia Mi.
He decided to throw Teacher Da Ye back into the Nibelungen in the BJ subway station.
When flying away from Shilan Middle School, Leon did not conceal his movements and happened to make eye contact with Xia Mi, who was crouching on a utility pole.
Xia Mi was originally observing Chu Zihang from afar, searching for Odin's traces.
She might have mistaken Leon for another Dragon King.
Thus, Xia Mi generated malice, and the 'Killing Intent Rebound' automatically triggered, causing Xia Mi to fall.
If Leon hadn't already weakened 'Killing Intent Rebound' twice in a row,
Perhaps Teacher Da Ye would have gone straight back to the fountain to await resurrection this time.
"Go!"
Leon tore open a spatial rift and threw Xia Mi into it.
Then he slowly ascended into the air, surveyed his surroundings, and took in everyone currently facing a system choice.
...
Genoa Bay, Italy.
A seventeen or eighteen-year-old blond young man sat at the bow of the ship, facing the golden sunlight pouring over the sea.
He was shirtless, his blond hair fluttering in the wind over his shoulders.
Suddenly, his action of drinking cup after cup of wine stopped.
"Truly living, the truth of the World?"
"Interesting!"
Caesar clicked "Yes" without hesitation.
Something was subtly drawn from his body.
The interface popped open; his ID was 000003, and his balance was five thousand.
(There are some hints in the original work, so it's set that Caesar's father, Pompeii, is Odin—the King of Sky and Wind.)
"Conqueror's Haki? Not bad, bought it!"
Caesar waved his hand and immediately began shopping on the system interface.
Chapter 509 Reactions from all parties
Kassel College.
In the Valhalla conference room.
Principal Angers sat at the head, with Vice Principal Flamel beside him.
The long table was filled with college Professors and Equipment Department researchers.
The atmosphere in the conference room was somewhat heavy, as if a giant rock hung over everyone's heads, ready to fall at any moment.
"Norma judges that this is very likely a Dragon King's conspiracy, and the deeply hidden note in the bottom right corner is its devil's contract. I propose that I sign this contract and sell my soul to the devil!"
The Head of the Equipment Department, Akadula, slammed the table and stood up, filled with passion and a spirit of fearless sacrifice.
Everyone present glanced at him, knowing that this guy was a chuunibyou.
What sacrifice? He was clearly having a chuunibyou episode; everyone in the Equipment Department was like this.
Before the second person from the Equipment Department stood up to compete with their Head for first place.
Professor Schneider whispered, "This sudden dialogue box is undoubtedly the Dragon King's masterpiece."
"The tragedy of the Greenland Ice Sea ten years ago is still vivid in memory. The college is the core of the Secret Party's dragon-slaying power, and we cannot afford any disaster to happen here."
Professor Schneider's attitude was clear: no experiments could be conducted at the college.
"Yes, we cannot afford it, but Kassel College exists for this very moment."
Angers, sitting at the head, suddenly said indifferently.
His silver-White hair was neatly combed back, and in his silver-gray eyes, golden specks of light flickered, startling everyone present.
This Principal was so old that his skin was wrinkled like withered wood.
But at this moment, he was like an awakened lion.
"I believe the students are ready, and most importantly, I am also ready."
Angers stood up, "I will click 'Yes' in the deepest alchemy matrix of the ice cellar. I will face the Dragon King's majesty directly."
"If this is a trap, I will step over its corpse, or let it step over my corpse to get out."
The elegant old gentleman at this moment was like a madman who had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
Finally, he sealed himself alone in the depths of the ice cellar and clicked "Yes."
System binding, Dragon Clan bloodline extraction, interface expansion.
Angers's ID was 009876, and his points balance was 1000.
The old man, who was ready for a bloody battle, stared blankly at the dazzling system store in the dark ice cellar.
But he didn't have time to look any further.
After losing his Dragon Clan bloodline, Angers, who was over a hundred years old, was rapidly losing his vitality.
Finally, at the reminder of the artificial intelligence Norma.
He timely purchased the 100-point package for transformation into a God of Death.
He also bought a 100-point initial Zanpakuto, "Asauchi."
He used all his remaining points to purchase speed-enhancing abilities—Shunpo, Shunshin, Soru, Geppo, and so on.
When Angers walked out of the ice cellar.
He still looked like an old man with silver-White hair.
But he no longer felt the physical decrepitude; instead, he was full of spirit, though he seemed a bit dazed.
"Everyone... click 'Yes,' I think this dialogue box shouldn't be from the Dragon King."
...
In a luxurious room.
The boy, who looked a bit childish and was elegantly swirling a red wine glass, suddenly changed his expression drastically.
The wine glass in his hand shattered on the floor.
Mei and Su Enxi, who were sitting upright beside him, also changed their expressions drastically.
"A dialogue box appeared in front of me..." The two women simultaneously stood up in a state of discomposure.
But the boy was even more discomposed.
His elegant face became hysterical at this moment, veins bulging on his forehead, glaring into the distance.
"Brother, brother's aura has disappeared, not even a cocoon was left. Who did it? Odin, Jörmungandr! All you rebellious subjects..."
The boy's body suddenly began to turn from solid to ethereal, gradually disappearing.
He lost the support of some crucial power and could no longer activate his ability to turn dreams into reality.
The boy's emotions were so volatile.
One moment he was furious, but as he gradually disappeared, his expression instantly became so sorrowful, as if the accumulated grief of thousands of years was erupting.
"Brother... are we, after all, destined to fail...? We have to restart again, restart the World tens of thousands of times, and there will never be an ending that belongs to us..."
The boy looked far away in Lu Mingfei's direction again.
But suddenly he froze: "Wait, that's... Brother is still alive, but why...?"
His gaze seemed to pierce through time, and a moment of daze appeared on his face.
Then came joy, ecstasy, he smiled, his smile rapidly widened, and finally, he burst into unrestrained laughter.
"People from outside the World, so that's it, the hope of countless restarts, people from outside the World!!!"
The moment his body became completely transparent, the boy forcefully clicked "Yes" on the panel in front of him!
"Confirm! I confirm! Hahahahaha!"
System successfully bound.
The boy's balance was also three hundred thousand.
The abilities on the interface were now clear at a glance.
He first purchased the God of Death transformation, and then bought the abilities of Aizen, Yhwach, and others.
The next second, he completely disappeared amidst the exclamations of the two healers.
And in a Nibelungen in the Arctic Circle of Siberia.
A boy, pierced through the chest by a World Tree branch and nailed to a cross, suddenly opened his eyes.
...
The Nibelungen in the Beijing subway station.
Xia Mi was nudged awake by something huge.
She opened her eyes and instinctively recoiled: "What are you?! Wait, your appearance, are you the Nine-Tails from 'Naruto'?"
In front of her was a large crimson fox, with nine tails swaying behind it.
The large fox bent its head and looked at her: "Sister, don't you recognize me?"
"What sister? Don't just claim me as your sister!"
Xia Mi stood up abruptly, then suddenly paused.
Because a dialogue box popped up in front of her: "Truly alive? What gibberish..."
"Sister, I just clicked on that thing, and then bought the item it recommended, and I could move freely!" The Nine-Tails nudged Xia Mi with its head.
Xia Mi's eyes froze: "You... are Fenrir?"
"It's me, Sister!" The Nine-Tails' tail wagged happily.
Xia Mi's expression grew even stranger.
At Fenrir's urging, she hesitantly clicked "Yes" in the dialogue box.
Thus, the shame of the Dragon Kings, Teacher Ye, completely lost her Dragon Clan bloodline.
She cried out, hitting Fenrir as if her life depended on it, not noticing that her balance in the system interface was 10,000.
It was also at this moment that the Nibelungen began to collapse.
Soon after.
Xia Mi, glowing golden all over and in Nine-Tails mode, rushed out of the old subway and flew straight into the sky.
...
Tokyo, Genji Heavy Industries Building.
Shuichi Gen and several other Sheqi Hachi Family Heads gathered for a meeting.
And in the depths of the building.
In a room isolated by layers of thick metal sealed doors.
Uesugi Erii, dressed in a miko outfit, was playing a game.
A dialogue box popped up in her view.
[Do you want to truly live? Do you want to see through the essence of the World...?]
Eriyi paused, her hands still operating the controller, and the battle screen of "Samurai Shodown 2" quickly showed the word KO.
She put down the controller.
In her indifferent eyes, a very bright light suddenly flickered.
She extended her fair, rosy finger and clicked "Yes."