314: Chapter 314 Shrinking?!

A week later.

The scale of the Lin Yuan Shelter had doubled again.

The newly built residential area was orderly, with each building equipped with independent heating systems and water purification equipment.

Canteens, medical stations, training grounds, material warehouses... everything was fully stocked.

Over five thousand female survivors lived and worked here in peace, leading lives they wouldn't have dared to imagine before the Apocalypse.

The creator of all this was currently lying in his private villa, boredly flipping through a book on "Microbiology."

"Boring."

Lin Yuan tossed the book aside and stared blankly at the ceiling.

It was too boring.

Everything in the base was running like clockwork, requiring no effort from him.

The goddesses were performing their duties, managing affairs in an orderly manner.

Su Yuyan was in charge of material allocation, Murong Xueer was responsible for personnel management, and Qin Ziyan was in charge of security training...

He, the "Master of the Base," had become the idlest one.

"What's the difference between this kind of life and retirement?"

Lin Yuan rolled over, feeling somewhat depressed.

He admitted that he was a restless person by nature.

A life that was too peaceful actually made him feel uncomfortable.

Just then—

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open.

Luo Qinghan rushed in, her expression more serious than ever before.

"Lin Yuan! Something happened!"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow and sat up from the bed.

To make this cold queen lose her composure like this, it must be a major event.

"What's wrong?"

"The spatial rift!"

Luo Qinghan took a deep breath, trying to keep her voice steady.

"The spatial rift on the outskirts of Jiangcheng is showing abnormal fluctuations!"

Lin Yuan's eyes sharpened instantly.

The spatial rift.

That was something he had been keeping an eye on.

According to Luo Qinghan's memories from her previous life, that rift was the source of the Otherworld Creatures' invasion.

Once the rift opened completely, countless Otherworld Creatures would flood into Blue Star.

"How severe is the fluctuation?"

"It's exactly the same as the signs in my memory!"

Luo Qinghan's voice trembled slightly.

"This is the kind of fluctuation! Back then, before the Otherworld invasion, the rift vibrated just like this!"

Lin Yuan was silent for a moment.

Then, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Interesting."

He stood up and stretched.

"Let's go take a look."

"Wait!"

Luo Qinghan grabbed him.

"You're just going like that? Shouldn't you bring more people?"

"Bring who?"

Lin Yuan retorted.

"Qingxue, Qingyue, Wushuang, Yuyan... Take all the core combat power. Leave the others to guard the base."

"But..."

"Don't worry."

Lin Yuan patted her shoulder.

"No matter what comes, I can handle it."

His tone was calm, yet it carried a reassuring power.

Luo Qinghan opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing more.

She knew this man never fought a battle he wasn't prepared for.

...

Half an hour later.

On the outskirts of Jiangcheng, at the location of the spatial rift.

Lin Yuan arrived with the five core goddesses, standing a hundred meters in front of the rift.

"This is the spatial rift?"

Ye Qingyue curiously examined the scene before her.

It was a black crack suspended in mid-air, about three meters high and one meter wide.

The air around the crack was twisted and deformed, and one could faintly see the light on the other side.

At this moment, the crack was vibrating violently, emitting a low humming sound.

"Such a terrifying aura..."

Ji Wushuang frowned, her hand instinctively resting on the hilt of her sword.

She could feel that something on the other side of the rift was ready to move.

"Lin Yuan, should we retreat first?"

Su Yuyan asked with some concern.

"Wait."

Lin Yuan raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

His gaze was fixed on the rift, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

"It's coming."

Luo Qinghan's voice suddenly became sharp.

"It's just like in my memory! This is the feeling! The Otherworld invasion—"

Before she could finish,

the rift suddenly erupted with a blinding silver light!

The silver light expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, instantly covering the entire Jiangcheng!

"Careful!"

Ye Qingxue rushed in front of Lin Yuan at the first moment, releasing a dark attribute shield.

But that silver light was not an attack at all.

It penetrated everything, including shields, buildings, the earth...

And everyone's bodies.

"This is..."

Lin Yuan only had time to say two words before a wave of intense dizziness hit him.

The world spun.

His vision changed drastically.

His consciousness fell into chaos.

...

I don't know how much time passed.

Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

What greeted him was a strange scene.

"Where... is this?"

He propped himself up on the ground, trying to stand, but found the texture under his hands felt wrong.

Rough, hard, covered with veins...

It was like the skin of some kind of plant.

He looked down.

His pupils contracted sharply.

His hand was pressed against a huge piece of "tree bark."

No.

That wasn't tree bark.

That was... a blade of grass.

An ordinary blade of grass.

But at this moment, this blade of grass seemed as towering as a giant tree in his eyes.

"Damn it..."

Lin Yuan was stunned.

He looked up and scanned his surroundings.

The "boulder" in the distance was a grain of sand.

The "sky" above his head was the shadow of a leaf.

The "earth" under his feet was a crack in the soil.

And he himself...

had become the size of an ant.

"..."

Lin Yuan was silent for three seconds.

Then, he took a deep breath and slowly spat out two words:

"Awesome."

What the hell is this?

What happened to the promised Otherworld invasion?

How did it turn into "Ant-Man"?

Just as he hadn't recovered from the shock, a familiar voice came from not far away.

"Lin Yuan! Where are you!"

It was Ye Qingxue.

Lin Yuan followed the voice and saw a "little person" struggling to walk through the grass.

It was Ye Qingxue.

Ye Qingxue, who had also turned into the size of an ant.

"I'm here!"

Lin Yuan waved his hand.

Seeing him, Ye Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief and ran over quickly.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Lin Yuan looked her over, his mouth twitching slightly.

"It's just... a bit hard to get used to."

Ye Qingxue's height was probably only about one centimeter now.

But all the curves that should be there were still present.

It was just that the proportions had changed from normal to "figure" scale.

"Stop looking!"

Ye Qingxue noticed his gaze, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she glared at him angrily.

"Is now the time to be thinking about that?"

"Alright, alright, I'll stop looking."

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze and said seriously:

"Where are the others?"

"I don't know. When the silver light erupted, we were all scattered."

Ye Qingxue shook her head, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.

"When I woke up, I only saw you."

"Then let's find them first."

Lin Yuan made a decision.

"Qingyue, Qinghan, Wushuang, Yuyan... Not a single one can be missing."

The two began to search in the "grass forest."

With their current size, a distance that would have taken just a few steps to cross now required several minutes of walking.

Fortunately, their Superpowers were still there.

Ye Qingxue used her dark attribute perception to detect the surrounding life aura and quickly locked onto several targets.

"Over there!"

She pointed in a direction.

The two quickened their pace, passed through layers of "forest," and finally saw a familiar figure.

Ji Wushuang.

She was trapped in a crack in the ground and was trying hard to climb up.

"Wushuang!"

Ye Qingxue exclaimed and ran over.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine..."

Ji Wushuang's voice was a bit weak.

"It's just that this crack is too slippery, I can't climb out."

Lin Yuan walked to the edge of the crack and reached out his hand.

"Grab on."

Ji Wushuang looked up, saw Lin Yuan's calm face, and felt strangely at ease.

She reached out and held his hand tightly.

Lin Yuan pulled hard and dragged her out of the crack.

"Thank you..."

Ji Wushuang just wanted to say thank you, but found that Lin Yuan's gaze had already moved elsewhere.

"There are others over there. Let's go."

His tone was short and decisive.

Ji Wushuang paused, then followed.

Over the next dozen minutes, they successfully found Ye Qingyue, Luo Qinghan, and Su Yuyan one after another.

Everyone had turned into the size of an ant.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

"What on earth is going on?"

Ye Qingyue pulled at her hair, wanting to cry.

"I thought I was dreaming! I pinched myself, and it hurt like hell!"

"It's not a dream."

Luo Qinghan's expression was very ugly.

"But this isn't the Otherworld invasion from my memory either."

She looked at Lin Yuan, her eyes full of confusion.

"I experienced the outbreak of the spatial rift in my previous life, but this situation never happened. Everyone shrinking... This is not in my memory at all!"

"Butterfly effect."

Lin Yuan said lightly.

"Your rebirth itself has already changed the course of history. It's normal for unexpected situations to occur."

Luo Qinghan was silent.

She knew Lin Yuan was right.

But this kind of "unexpected" was just too outrageous, right?

"What do we do now?"

Su Yuyan asked.

"Let's find the others first."

Lin Yuan made the decision.

"We must ensure their safety."

Everyone nodded.

Just then—

"Rustle, rustle..."

A faint sound came from deep in the grass.

Everyone became alert instantly.

"What is that?"

Ye Qingyue asked nervously.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction the sound came from.

The next second, his pupils contracted slightly.

A cockroach crawled out of the grass.

To a normal person, this was just an ordinary cockroach.

But to them now...

It was a monster the size of a truck.

The black shell glistened in the sun.

Six sturdy legs supported its massive body, and the antennae on its head twitched constantly, as if searching for something.

"My god..."

Ye Qingyue's face turned pale, and she subconsciously took a step back.

"Run!"

Ji Wushuang drew her sword and stood in front of the group.

"I'll cover the retreat!"

"No need."

A calm voice sounded.

Everyone was stunned.

They saw Lin Yuan stepping forward, blocking in front of everyone.

His gaze was fixed on that cockroach.

In his eyes, there was actually a glimmer of... excitement?

"Finally."

He muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"It's getting interesting."

Ye Qingxue widened her eyes: "Lin Yuan, you—"

"Back off."

Lin Yuan interrupted her, his tone calm but unquestionable.

"Let me test my strength after shrinking."

He flexed his wrists, making a crisp cracking sound.