115: Earth is rebooting!!
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Lu Chen came back to his senses: "Hmm, I am a bit hungry, I didn't eat breakfast!"
Qin Zihan pursed her lips and smiled: "I think you deliberately didn't eat, just to have a good meal at noon and get your money's worth! I have chocolate in my bag, do you want a piece first?"
"Oh my, isn't this Qin Zihan, our class beauty? Eh, and this is… holy crap, Lu Chen! Long time no see, I thought you were dead!" The person who arrived was none other than high School classmate Wu Junjie, who was once a crazy suitor of Qin Zihan.
"It's so lively, everyone's here!" Lu Chen's best friend from high School, Li Yuan, walked over with a big belly. Li Yuan was the captain of the School's football team in high School, and he didn't expect to have gotten so fat just two years after graduation.
Soon, a group of high School classmates gathered around.
Everyone excitedly discussed interesting things from high School. People are always like this; they don't cherish it when they're in it, but once it's over, they miss it terribly.
Unfortunately, there are always a few tactless people, like Wu Junjie. As they chatted, he started talking about reality.
"What is everyone doing now? Sigh, I'm quite useless; I can't find a job, so I can only inherit the family's small company and lie flat."
Other classmates started to flatter him: "Wu Junjie, stop pretending. Who doesn't know your family is in real estate? I heard there's a Boundary City ancient city project recently, with an investment of two billion, and your family is behind it."
Wu Junjie put on a wronged expression: "Oh, don't even mention it. Because of this project, I'm already saddled with a debt of one billion at such a young age. If I go bankrupt then, I'll have to ask my classmates for a meal."
Li Yuan's eyes lit up: "Lu Chen, aren't you out of a job? Ask Wu Junjie to find you one at his company. You're classmates, he'll definitely help!"
Wu Junjie quickly waved his hand: "Li Yuan, don't harm me. Our company has even laid off top students from 211 universities recently. We really don't have the funds to support idlers. However, for old times' sake, our community is currently hiring security guards. I can help you ask..."
Bang!
Qin Zihan slammed the table: "Enough! Stop talking! Wu Junjie, please shut your mouth."
It turned out that Wu Junjie had been pursuing Qin Zihan for several years, but Qin Zihan always said she had someone she liked, yet she never dated.
This made Wu Junjie suspect that the high School rumors were true, that Qin Zihan and Lu Chen had an ambiguous relationship.
Qin Zihan looked at Lu Chen with resentment, hating him for not being more assertive, being humiliated like that and not saying a word.
This was not Lu Chen's fault.
The Heavenly Dao's ability was just too interesting.
Just a moment ago.
Lu Chen activated his Heavenly Dao Eye and went to the United States, glanced at the White House, where President Trump was drinking coke, crossing his legs, and discussing with Musk. The two pretended to have a fight, then shorted the market, making a huge profit.
Then, he went to the Middle East, which was truly a living hell, with old people and children homeless.
He then headed to the Egyptian pyramids, where the Heavenly Dao Eye penetrated the exterior, directly locating the center.
Zzzzt!
A sacrifice named the Eye of Horus suddenly opened, emitting a beam of light.
The glare made Lu Chen quickly leave the place.
Lu Chen's Heavenly Dao Eye only had observational capabilities. Things like folk bronze Bagua mirrors, special magnetic fields, Magical Artifacts, etc., could all counter peeping.
After all, Lu Chen was not yet the Heavenly Dao on Earth.
Next, Lu Chen checked his third new ability—data extraction.
Through the Heavenly Dao Eye, he could lock onto a target and then extract data from the Heavenly Dao template, such as anomalies, monsters, superpowers, and Cultivation Techniques, and transmit them to the target's body!
Lu Chen frowned: What's the point of this?
"[System: Of course, it has meaning! As the Heavenly Dao, Earth is also a world you've transformed, even more important than a Small World! This will determine your future potential.]"
"[You can create various anomalous events, psychic events, and miraculous events. Each event can be settled for heavenly dao energy separately! Although an event might only increase one or two points of heavenly dao energy, you can create multiple events simultaneously, and the rewards will be considerable.]"
"[For example, you grant someone a Golden Cudgel and the Seventy-Two Transformations Cultivation Technique, making him believe he is the Reincarnation of Monkey King. As his faith accumulates, he will eventually evolve in the direction of Monkey King.]"
"[Finally, you can harvest, extracting his cultivation, abilities, and heavenly dao energy.]"
Lu Chen's eyes lit up: This is too cruel! But I like it!
"[System: In response to a harmonious society, the higher the sin value of the harvested target, the higher the reward coefficient.]"
Lu Chen couldn't help but exclaim that the person who created this System was truly a good person.
Lu Chen felt something was off: How come you're so skilled at this? Have previous hosts also gone through these stages?
"[Of course.]"
Lu Chen: Then why isn't it recorded in Earth's history?
"[That's because Earth was already played out and destroyed by them.]"
Lu Chen's scalp tingled: "Huh? Destroyed??"
What's going on? Is the Earth I'm on now a parallel Universe?"
"[System: Not exactly. I don't understand this either. Your Earth has an ability that even higher Universes don't possess: it can restart!]"
Restart??
Lu Chen became more and more confused by what that meant.
Lu Chen: So, if it's 2025 now, and I mess up Earth, will Earth restart to before I messed it up?
"[System: That's pretty much it. It will self-correct. So, it's best not to mess it up. Control it to a certain degree; small-scale tests are enough to extract heavenly dao energy.]"
Lu Chen always felt an unexplainable conspiracy.
Why is Earth so amazing? Who created it?
And who created this Heavenly Dao? Is the ultimate goal to obtain Earth?
Lu Chen hadn't expected that the higher his Heavenly Dao Rank, the more mysteries there were!
At the wedding banquet.
Wu Junjie didn't expect Qin Zihan to defend Lu Chen so much and became even angrier: "Qin Zihan, what's wrong with you? Lu Chen himself didn't refuse. Who are you to him! Maybe he's very willing to be a security guard, after all, this job is easy, saving fifty years of detours!"
Lu Chen came back to his senses, his eyes fixed on Wu Junjie: "Actually, I really do like being a security guard. Thank you, Wu! Jun! Jie!"
Buzz!
The heavenly dao diary opened, and Lu Chen searched for various data. Today was Jin Yu's wedding, so he couldn't go too far, just a simple test!
Got it!
In the first primordial desolation civilization, there was a School called Hehuan Sect, which had a very vicious Yin and Yang Reversal Powder that could turn men into women.
Lu Chen extracted the heavenly dao diary data, and the granular data of the Yin and Yang Reversal Powder transformed into a beautiful arc, entering the wine glass.
"Come, good classmate! I toast you!"
Wu Junjie didn't expect Lu Chen to be so humble, actively toasting him after being mocked. He instantly felt lightheaded: "Lu Chen, you have a future, hahaha, cheers!"
He drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this, Qin Zihan was so angry that she stood up directly: "I'm going to the restroom!"
The moment that sip of wine went down—
The smug look on Wu Junjie's face froze! His eyes bulged, and an indescribable heat and cold simultaneously exploded within his body!
Rip—!
His expensive, custom-made white shirt ripped open, stretched by two suddenly expanding, full, and rounded mounds within his chest!
The flying buttons shot towards the dining table like bullets, clinking against the plates.
At the same time, his originally broad and thick shoulders contracted inward, becoming rounded and slender;
His thick arm muscles rapidly became delicate and soft;
His large, well-defined hands also contracted, his fingers becoming long and fair.
Even more terrifying was his skeleton, which emitted a dense, subtle, yet chilling series of "click-clack" sounds. His waist dramatically cinched, while his hips, contrary to logic, became plump and perky. His entire body shape underwent a drastic transformation in a matter of seconds!
"Ah—! What's going on?!" A sharp, high-pitched shriek burst from his throat.
It was no longer his original deep, heavy male voice, but a tender, trembling female voice, with even a few unconsciously sweet inflections at the end. "My chest! My hands! My voice!! Ah ah ah—!!"
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