309: Cultivator Ye Tian (7K)

The pitch-black night shrouded M City.

Inside the gloomy, damp room, three Old men lay back in chairs, their eyes slightly closed.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Amidst the urgent knocking, the three Old men in the room opened their eyes.

"Enter."

The Old man with corpse spots on his face slowly spoke.

The door opened, and a Middle-aged man appeared at the entrance.

"Has No. 1 completed the mission?"

The Old man with a sallow complexion closed his eyes lazily.

"The nuclear bomb, the nuclear bomb is coming!"

The Middle-aged man's facial expression was stiff, but the voice that came out carried absolute terror.

If there were outsiders present, they would certainly recognize that this Middle-aged man was the military Commander of M City.

It's just that now, a parasite had completely taken him over.

When 'the nuclear bomb' was uttered from the Middle-aged man's mouth, the room fell into a brief silence.

"The nuclear bomb? What happened?!"

After understanding the Middle-aged man's words, the three parasites were instantly no longer sleepy.

They were all parasites.

After invading a Human brain, they naturally understood how terrifying that forbidden weapon in the hands of Humans was!

"That Human brain evolutionist, after knowing that most of M City was occupied by us, directly contacted Kyoto to launch a nuclear bomb to destroy us!"

"Is this news confirmed to be true?!"

Among the three Old men, the one with a drooping face didn't quite believe it.

The Middle-aged man said hatefully, "Among the Soldiers protecting that woman, there are members of our race, so the news won't be wrong."

"Then why didn't you stop her from contacting Kyoto?!" The Old man with corpse spots had a ferocious expression.

"She might have already sensed that the people protecting her were also members of our race, so she avoided everyone..."

"She's simply a crazy woman!" The Old man with a sallow complexion suddenly overturned a chair beside him.

For them, the situation evolving into this state was the worst possible development!

When Nangong Shushuang came to M City before, they had considered that the specific situation here might be discovered.

But even so, their parasite race had no worries at all, because there were still Humans in M City!

Hundreds of thousands of Humans were their best protective shield.

At worst, they could just reveal everything openly; what means did Humans have against these parasites hidden among the populace?

They just never expected things to reach this point!

They had misjudged Nangong Shushuang's attitude!

... Kyoto.

At the highest-level meeting, the emotions of a dozen White-Haired Old Men varied after seeing the request sent by Nangong Shushuang from M City.

"If the nuclear bomb is launched, that Child Shushuang won't survive either; our evolutionist research still depends on her."

At the long conference table.

An Old man with grizzled temples had unspeakable complexity in his eyes.

"Nangong Shushuang making such a request indicates that the situation has reached a critical point." An Old man in a military uniform clenched his fist: "We can't delay this time where every second counts any longer."

"Let's decide by vote." During the meeting, one person proposed a plan.

"The votes in everyone's hands represent the thoughts of our people; please consider the pros and cons carefully before voting."

It didn't take long.

The result was out.

There were seventeen people in total.

Seven abstained.

Seven agreed.

Three objected.

The expected result.

"Let's broadcast this matter live to the entire Dragon Country." During the meeting, an Old man took a deep breath, his face weary: "It's also time to reveal the apocalypse we've been hiding to everyone."

... M County.

The moment the target was sent back home.

Xu Feng finally heard the System's mission completion sound.

"Ding~ Host successfully completed the mission, reward has been issued."

Ye Tian's voice fell, and a summon card appeared in Host Xu Feng's hand.

"System version 3.0 upgrade complete."

"System has added points function and exchange store function."

"It seems like there's a lot of updated content." Hearing about the upgrade and changes, Xu Feng felt a bit more energetic.

He opened the System.

The skill Fusion frame and the summon character page still existed.

On the side, a System store had been added.

He clicked to open the store.

There were many miscellaneous items.

Skewers: 1 point

Beer: 1 point

Cigarettes: 1 point

...

The items within completely covered the daily needs of a normal person!

With this upgrade, Xu Feng felt it was simply perfect!

Don't underestimate these daily miscellaneous items.

In the apocalypse, their value would only increase boundlessly!

Now, as long as he had points, he would no longer have to worry about supplies!

Besides these.

The summon character panel area had even added a God-level character summon option!

Other characters could only be summoned using summon cards.

However, God-level characters could be summoned using points!

But it was clear that the points required to summon a God-level character were likely more than he could earn in half his lifetime.

The method for obtaining points was quite reasonable, using the corpses of evolved creatures.

Generally speaking, the value of a one-star creature was between 50 and 99 points.

The value of a two-star creature was between 100 and 499, a range that basically corresponded to the Peak life force existing at that level.

Understanding this information about creature value, Xu Feng suddenly had a bad feeling and looked at his personal points.

-792 points.

He owed the corpses of eight one-star creatures, which had now been converted into these points...

"System, why can't I just owe 400 points? 400 points are also worth the corpses of eight one-star creatures, right?!"

Ye Tian: "792 points are also within the scope of eight one-star creature corpses."

"You certainly have a good calculation." Xu Feng was helpless.

If it were before.

Points were completely dispensable things to him.

But now, knowing that points could buy so many things and had such a great use, he felt the System was like a greedy landlord!

"Host, you don't need to fret over the amount of points owed, because you might owe even more in the future."

Xu Feng: "...Time reveals a person's true nature."

"Friendly reminder, Host can change the plot, alter the World's direction, and thereby obtain different amounts of points."

"Change the plot?" Hearing this term for the first time, Xu Feng was as confused as when he was first bound to the System.

Under the infusion of Ye Tian's information, Xu Feng's thoughts gradually became clear.

"So my World has a fixed plot direction?! And it has a protagonist just like in movies and TV shows?!"

Ye Tian didn't say much, leaving time for Xu Feng to calm down himself.

Right now, it had reached a critical node in this World.

When that nuclear bomb, carrying the monstrous power to annihilate a City, descended, it also signaled that this World had officially entered the apocalypse chapter!

It was also time to guide the Host to change the original plot centered around him, thereby unconsciously allowing the worlds will to gather the protagonist's Luck onto Xu Feng.

The World Origin obtained from that would inevitably be the most abundant!

"Then is there any plot I need to change now?" After finally digesting everything, Xu Feng took a deep breath and asked the System.

He did indeed need points quite a bit.

It wasn't for buying anything; currently, some daily necessities were still sufficient.

The main thing was the points owed; Xu Feng didn't know when they would increase again due to interest.

Facing Xu Feng's question, Ye Tian directly said: "According to the plot, a nuclear bomb will descend upon M City under the gaze of the entire Dragon Country."

"If the Host can stop it, you will definitely gain a lot of points."

"A nuclear bomb?" For a moment, Xu Feng thought he had misheard.

"Xu Feng! Come quickly and look!"

Inside the house, Xu Xue exclaimed.

This was a two-story self-built rural house, the home of the Xu Xue sisters.

Considering that the two girls might be reminded of their family upon returning home, Xu Feng had stayed outside while talking to the System.

Hearing the exclamation from inside, he quickly appeared before Xu Xue and Xu Yu.

Looking at their eyes, it was clear they had been crying.

However, as they watched the news on television, a hint of unease appeared in their eyes.

"Hello everyone, this is the evening news. This channel has covered all networks tonight. We hope everyone can watch it completely, and please remember today."

The Host spoke with a heavy heart.

A video then appeared in the news footage.

In the video, it was a certain Town.

On the streets, there were playing Children and passersby quietly coming and going.

It looked so peaceful.

Just as the audience was feeling a bit confused, a large black tide suddenly swept through the entire Town!

The camera zoomed in, and it was a group of rats!

Each of these rats was as large as a domestic dog, and faintly, people being swallowed by the swarm of rats could be seen in the footage!

The shocking scene sent chills down the spines of countless viewers watching the news broadcast.

This was just the first scene.

Subsequently, the second scene was presented.

On the beach, a group of people were surfing and swimming.

At a certain moment, a patch of blood erupted from the sea.

When a corpse floated up from the seabed to the surface, it immediately caused a large-scale commotion on the beach.

However.

But in the next moment, hundreds of people swimming in the water were instantly dragged into the deep sea by giant octopus tentacles!

People screamed, pushing and shoving as they ran towards the shore.

In the footage, armed helicopters quickly arrived.

Shells bombarded the seabed one after another!

Amidst the surging waves, the corpse of a super octopus, with tentacles reaching nearly fifty meters in size, slowly floated on the sea surface!

The second scene ended, and the third scene played...

"I thought the Little Earth we encountered had become a spirit, but I didn't expect there were so many mutated animals all over the World!"

Xu Yu's throat was dry, and confusion flashed in her eyes.

"Actually, the World had already changed as early as 15 months ago." The Host said, bearing immense pressure: "According to the unified statement of scientists from various countries, a special substance suddenly appeared in our air 15 months ago."

"We named it dark matter."

"This substance can increase the growth rate of plants by hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times!"

"The rapid growth of plants has spawned more unexplainable dark matter, and the concentrated dark matter has further led to the evolution of various animals. Specifically, in our World, various creatures are developing in directions that are difficult for us Humans to control."

As these words fell.

In restaurants, in rooms, in supermarkets.

Everyone watching the news, their pupils trembled violently!

"Disaster has arrived." The Host highlighted the key point of this news: "Or rather, disaster arrived long ago."

"There is a group of parasites that have evolved to be able to devour Human brains to gain intelligence and take over their Hosts."

"And this type of parasite has already formed a race, with the number of Humans they have parasitized reaching as high as one million!"

At this point in the speech.

Countless people were so shocked their scalps felt like exploding.

Parasites taking over Humans? They have already parasitized one million people!

Then do they Humans still have a way to survive?!

The Host in the news paused for a moment: "Those parasites are all in M City... We plan to use nuclear weapons."

"We are sorry, we cannot protect everyone." The Host bowed heavily.

His apology was undoubtedly directed at the ordinary people within M City.

Knowing they were within the range of the nuclear bomb's strike, countless people in M City felt silence, fear, anger, relief, various people with various emotions.

The World had already changed; that nuclear bomb was the bell that would unveil all of this and make countless citizens accept reality!

"If a nuclear bomb is detonated in M City, we here won't be spared either."

Xu Xue covered her mouth; the news of the nuclear bomb's arrival was too sudden, giving a deep sense of unreality.

"System, you're saying I should stop this nuclear bomb?" Xu Feng asked the System in his mind, unable to believe it.

Ye Tian did not remain silent: "In the original plot, the nuclear bomb will descend upon M County, destroying all parasites while also sacrificing hundreds of thousands of ordinary people."

"If the Host can stop the nuclear bomb and simultaneously eliminate all parasites, while allowing the plot to continue but changing the method, you can obtain considerable points."

"After the nuclear bomb detonates, M County won't be spared either. To live, I must also stop it." Xu Feng said, feeling dejected again: "But I can't think of what I can use to stop it."

He only had one three-star character summon card in his hand.

But a three-star character facing a nuclear explosion would at most leave behind a mangled corpse.

No!

Suddenly, Xu Feng thought of something and opened the summon character panel in the System.

His gaze fell upon the God-level character summon option.

... The other side of M County.

Watching the news that was being broadcast, Lin Yue and her family were filled with fear.

"Li Xiu, Li Xiu, what should we do?!"

Listening to the woman's anxious words, Li Xiu was looking at his telephone.

It was a message sent by Nangong Shushuang.

"You are not at the center of the nuclear explosion; there is still an 87% chance of survival if you escape now."

"Beep, Apocalypse Survival System mission triggered."

Mission: Escape (Survive the nuclear explosion)

Success: Reward depends on rating

Failure: Death

"Escape, it's escape again!" Looking at the System's mission, Li Xiu's fist unconsciously clenched tightly.

Teacher Xu died because he saved someone.

Nangong Shushuang, that cold woman, chose to sacrifice herself without any hesitation to protect the majority of people.

Li Xiu wanted to change all of this; he didn't want to see vibrant lives fall before him again!

But, it was all in vain...

He couldn't change anything, he could only flee, constantly fleeing!

"Boom boom boom!!!

In the distant sky, the launcher carrying the nuclear bomb was like the sin and punishment cast upon the human world by the Heavens, reflected in the clear black and white of countless people's eyes.

Citizens in various Cities, ordinary People in every Town.

Watching this scene through the news footage, they were all silent and speechless.

Only within M City.

Countless parasites fell into madness.

Some of them detached from their Hosts and frantically burrowed towards the ground.

Some opened safes and ran inside.

With thought came emotion, and with emotion, naturally came fear.

Compared to the madness of the parasites.

The ordinary People within M City, as time passed, watching the continuously approaching nuclear bomb in the news footage, all felt a sense of relief.

They were clearer about the power of the nuclear bomb; under the nuclear bomb's devastation, anything they did would be in vain.

Since things had come to this, they had all accepted it.

Anyway, they were hostages raised by parasites, and death in the future was also destined.

Now, being able to perish together with those bugs could also be considered an honorable matter.

"Make Kyoto stop all this!" In the room, three Old Men looked fiercely at Nangong Shushuang who was tied up in front of them.

The woman's clothes were slightly soaked with blood.

Her calm gaze formed a stark contrast with the fierce faces of the three Old Men.

"You can evolve intelligence, but you cannot hide the greed and tyranny of lower beings.

Humans will face opponents in this drastically changing World, but it will absolutely not be you."

"I'll kill you!" The Old Man with a sallow face opened his palm, and black tentacles extended from his fingertips.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Amidst the heaven-shattering roar, the nuclear bomb, as if turned into a meteorite, crushed layers of space and had already arrived above M City!

Through the window, in Nangong Shushuang's beautiful eyes, the light she saw in her final moment was reflected.

Countless people within the City also shifted their gaze to the scene they had never seen in their lives.

People in other regions seemed to have already seen the terrifying scene of the nuclear bomb explosion.

Annihilation, shattering, nothingness...

"What is that?"

"Is that?!"

It could be said to be without any warning.

Under the gaze of hundreds of millions of people, on the television screens in every household, in front of the nuclear bomb that was about to destroy the City, a Man appeared at some unknown time!

M County.

Xu Feng looked at the System panel.

God-tier character: Ye Tian

Summoning requirement: 10 million points (Original price 100 million points, limited-time 10% off)

Status: Summoned

The Host currently owes the System 10000792 points.

...

Under the gaze of hundreds of millions of people.

Under the illumination of the bright firelight.

Everyone saw clearly that there was a person in the sky, a person sitting cross-legged in the void, ignoring gravity!

The Man was wearing a white robe.

In front of him was an ordinary chessboard.

"Tap~"

The chess piece was like a falling jade, its sound extending for a thousand miles, bringing silence to the entire City, overriding the roar of the incoming nuclear bomb.

"Is that a God?!!!"

Someone's voice trembled.

"Tap~" The second piece fell into the game.

The entire space seemed to be enveloped by a deep pool, layers of ripples vibrated in the void, even stiffening the void!

It was almost visible to the naked eye, the speed of the flying nuclear bomb slowed down significantly!

The third piece fell again!

The chess player in a white robe, the clothes fluttering around him in the wind suddenly froze!

Everyone's movements within the City also seemed to freeze in an instant.

Only their constantly trembling pupils represented everyone's unparalleled shock!

"In the World, are there really Gods?!" Through the window, Nangong Shushuang, looking at Ye Tian in mid-air, whose face remained unchanged even when facing the nuclear bomb, displayed absolute shock at this moment!

Three pieces fell.

Everything stopped.

Even the nuclear bomb that had already reached the sky above M City froze!

However, although it was frozen, it didn't mean the nuclear bomb's explosion was also stopped.

In the frozen space, hundreds of millions of people watched with trembling hearts as the nuclear bomb, just a hundred meters away from the chess-playing God, began to tremble violently!

The God-like Man stopped the nuclear bomb from falling into the City, but couldn't stop the nuclear bomb from detonating!

"Tap~"

The fourth chess piece fell onto the chessboard.

All the freezing was broken, and the surging wind and clouds seemed about to overturn this Heaven and Earth!

"He still has a move?"

But it should be too late, the nuclear bomb has reached the moment of explosion." Nangong Shushuang's mood was complex.

After seeing the Man in the sky.

She suddenly had too many questions and a desire for knowledge.

She even didn't want to die so much anymore.

It was just that everything was already destined, and nothing could be changed.

Under the pitch-black night sky, amidst the surging wind and clouds, beam after beam of dazzling light erupted from the nuclear bomb held in place by the Three-Move Checkmate!

The extremely bright white light indicated that the critical point of the Three-Move Checkmate had been broken through!

"Tap!"

The fifth piece fell into the game.

"Boom!"

In this instant, the nuclear bomb capable of destroying everything exploded!

The radiant light, capable of causing blindness, directly pierced through the clouds and dyed the entire The Black Night a pure white, like Heaven!

"Roar!!"

An indescribable roar, like the roar of a True God.

Everyone's hearts were beating intensely.

At the moment the nuclear explosion had not yet fully released its power, a creature whose end could not be seen at all, only a golden head as huge as a mountain, rushed out from the clouds!

"A Dragon?!!!!"

Horns like a deer, head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, neck like a Snake...

In every aspect, this mountain-sized head was identical to the Dragon in their myths!

There really are Dragons in the World!

Was it summoned by that God?!

In indescribable shock, people saw the majestic and sacred Eastern Giant Dragon swallow the nuclear bomb in one gulp!

The muffled sound of the nuclear explosion was faintly audible.

Yet, the Golden Dragon showed no discomfort at all!

Accompanied by the lightning that tore through the sky, the Golden Dragon, carrying its golden body that almost blinded everyone, disappeared into the clouds.

The nuclear bomb was gone, swallowed by the Dragon!

Almost the next moment, people's gazes directly focused on the Man sitting cross-legged before the chessboard in the void!

The turbulent wind and waves, upon approaching the Man, transformed into gentle breezes.

The white robe billowed in the wind, and the faintly discernible refined temperament made people think of only two words—Immortal!

"This Venerable One has been in seclusion for ten thousand years; the Age of Dharma Decline in the world has finally ended."

In the void, Ye Tian's tone was full of vicissitudes.

Coupled with the top-tier refined demeanor medal, top-tier expert medal, top-tier layman medal...

With a series of blessings, his words, the moment they were spoken, drew everyone's thoughts into them.

This was an Old Immortal who had lived for at least ten thousand years!

Breaking perceptions!

"This Venerable One knows everyone's fear regarding the current situation in the world; there is no need to worry, it is merely the recovery of spiritual energy.

We Cultivators will naturally protect everyone and allow this human world to reappear in the Flourishing Martial Era."

After leaving just two sentences, Ye Tian left people with a heap of excitement, stepped on clouds, and floated into the cloud layer!

The next moment.

The entire Dragon Country was in an uproar!

On Weibo, Douyin, YouTube.

Various videos and posts about Ye Tian emerged as the times required!

[World Apocalypse?

Dream on, this is a prosperous era coming!

We can cultivate Immortality!]

[Too cool!

Cultivators, and even real Dragons!]

[This World really hides a lot; will the Police all ride swords when going out in the future?]

[By analogy, the Police on the United States side will all ride brooms!]

Because of Ye Tian's two sentences.

It could be said that the entire Dragon Country became active.

Everyone's morale was higher than ever before!

This was also Ye Tian's goal.

The moment the news of the apocalypse was announced, chaos within the Dragon Country was inevitable, and there would definitely be countless people committing suicide out of fear!

Now that they knew they could cultivate Immortality, the so-called apocalypse was merely the recovery of spiritual energy, and the entire population of the Dragon Country would not have the slightest fear.

Only excitement!

Of course.

Although Ye Tian's two sentences were all made up.

But they weren't entirely false either.

To make this apocalyptic World become a Cultivation World, bringing more people from Ling Sheng Continent to live here long-term could also achieve the same goal.

It's just that the arrival of a large number of people from another world would likely be met with intense rejection from this apocalyptic World.

The large-scale integration of elements that do not conform to the World is equivalent to annexation!

The worlds will of the apocalyptic World would not allow it.

But this had nothing to do with Ye Tian; the headache could be left to the worlds will of the Ling Sheng Continent plane.

If the people from the fantasy world inadvertently changed the original plot, he could still benefit quite a bit.

Poor means precise strike, rich means saturation bombardment.

With Ling Sheng Continent reimbursing, Ye Tian only needed to pull people over.

...

Compared to the excitement of Humans.

In M City, the three strongest parasites parasitizing the Old man fell into deep unease.

Although they managed to survive by chance, they couldn't be happy.

The words of that Human Cultivator in the sky just now kept echoing in their minds.

"Cultivators... Humans have actually hidden to this extent?!"

"What should we do next?"

Two of the three Old Men looked at the Old Man with a sallow face.

"Let our clansmen disperse."

Coming back to his senses, the Old Man with a sallow face said seriously.

He then added: "Don't blindly pursue Humans as parasitic targets."

"What about her?"

In the room, the parasite parasitizing the Middle-aged Commander pointed at Nangong Shushuang.

The three Old Men glanced at her.

"Lock her up; her value as a hostage is enough for us to negotiate with Humans."

The Old Man with a sallow face decided directly.

It is the Bug Mother of the parasite race; no Human knows that as long as he is killed, all parasites will die!

...

"As long as the Bug Mother is killed, the million parasites in M City will all die?!"

In the courtyard.

Seeing the prompt given by the System, Xu Feng's breathing quickened slightly.

It's a population of a million after all; wouldn't wiping them all out like this be a bit too hasty?

But this also saves trouble.

He glanced at the System panel again.

There were two progress bars.

Changing plot: 100%

Repairing plot: 0%

In the original work, the parasite race was completely dead because the nuclear bomb killed the Bug Mother.

Now the nuclear bomb is gone, the parasite race is still here, the plot has changed.

This needs to be repaired; eliminating the parasite race is the repair.

By changing the plot, Ye Tian can take advantage of the worlds will's chaos to steal the World's Origin.

By repairing the plot, Ye Tian has no profit, but Xu Feng can gain the favor of the worlds will, thus possessing protagonist's Luck, and Ye Tian can profit again.

From another perspective.

When the plot is changed, the worlds will has to go to great lengths to round it back.

And when Xu Feng rounds it back for the worlds will at this time, he can attract the attention of the worlds will.

"The Bug Mother's strength shouldn't be low, and adding Little Earth might not be that easy either."

Muttering to himself, Xu Feng looked at the three-star character summoning card in his hand.

Under the nuclear bomb, a three-star level is nothing.

But it cannot be denied that at this stage, for evolved creatures and evolutionaries, a three-star level is an existence to be looked up to!

He crushed the character summoning card in his hand.

"Ding~ Congratulations to the Host for summoning a three-star Peak character."

Name: Hui Zhi

Realm: Great Martial Master Ninth Level (Three-star Peak)

Three-star Peak.

Hearing this, Xu Feng felt much more at ease.

"Benefactor, may I ask if this is the suffering Hell where people are destitute?"

Behind him, the Monk's voice made Xu Feng turn around directly.

This was a young Monk.

Wearing a gray robe, he was still holding a broom in his hand.

Looking at his youthful face and simple attire, he didn't look like a three-star expert at all.

He looked more like a Monk sweeping the floor in a temple.

He's already three-star; if he's a Monk, he should at least be at the level of an enlightened Monk, right?

But this...

"Benefactor?

You summoned me here to eliminate harm for the people?"

The young Monk Hui Zhi reminded Xu Feng.

"Yes, are you ready?"

Xu Feng came back to his senses.

"Our Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Sect naturally takes eliminating demons and defending the Dao as our duty!"

"Good, then let's go!"

The other side of M County.

In the reluctant silence of the Apocalypse Survival System, Li Xiu once again completed a task inexplicably and received a System reward.

"Beep~ Emergency task issued."

Task: Annihilate the parasite race

Success: Rewards issued based on rating

Failure: Death

The task from the Apocalypse Survival System was something Li Xiu never expected.

Annihilating the parasite race, if he could do it, why would Nangong Shushuang mobilize nuclear bombs?

The System's tasks are getting more and more bottomless.

Could it be because he had been inexplicably slacking off?