Suburbs.
Martial arts school.
"This is my friend Zhao Junyu; this is Elder Qian, Qian Mingkui, the current heir to the Stepping Snow Seeking Plum Sect."
Wu Xiaode introduced them to each other.
Lu Renyi stepped forward to offer tea and silently retreated to one side.
Wu Xiaode looked at him in surprise and asked, "Little Yi, why are you still here?"
"I’ve joined the sect," Lu Renyi said.
"What about your brothers?"
"They’ve dispersed."
"Not involved in the gangster life anymore?"
"Not anymore."
"So what are you doing for a living?"
"I used to repair bicycles and electrical appliances; I plan to open a shop next to the martial arts school."
"Where did you get this idea from?"
"I ca to work to support the sect and Master."
"Oh?"
It was at this statent that Wu Xiaode finally began to look at him with new respect.
He pondered for a mont and asked, "Tell , you could’ve easily continued your gangster ways, so why insist on joining a sect?"
"I co from a poor background and needed to support a large family. I had no choice, but now I see a path of my own, and my family is all very supportive of ," Lu Renyi explained.
From the side, Qian Mingkui chid in, "When I’m not around at night, he faithfully guards the martial arts school. I think we need soone like him."
"I actually despise you thugs, but as the saying goes, ’A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.’ If you serve Master Qian well and abide by the sect’s rules, giving up your bullying ways, I will give you this chance," Wu Xiaode said.
"Thank you, Elder," Lu Renyi knelt down and seriously kowtowed with a bang.
"Alright, we can discuss the apprenticeship later. Little Wu, co take a look at this secret martial arts manual," Qian Mingkui said.
He placed an ancient book with vertical typesetting on the table.
Wu Xiaode took the book and saw four large characters on the cover:
"Slaughter Spear Skill."
Upon opening the first page, he found evaluations of various weapons, how to et the enemy with a long spear, and accounts of how spears were used in historical battle formations.
Wu Xiaode was instantly engrossed.
The book started from the basics and gradually delved into the spear’s advantages, the thods for facing thousands of enemies on the battlefield, and even went on to discuss mythological spear techniques, providing corresponding assessnts.
By the ti Wu Xiaode snapped out of it, he had already turned ten pages.
The new page was headed by four large characters: "Three Forms of Slaughter."
"Good! Good! Good! Even I, who have never practiced Spear Skill, am captivated. This truly is a remarkable Spear Skill," Wu Xiaode exclaid with a sigh.
"I feel the sa, Elder Wu. Shall we practice together?" Qian Mingkui rubbed his hands together eagerly.
Wu Xiaode hesitated.
Where would he find the ti to dedicate to practicing a spear technique?
Accepting commissions directly from the Wall of Sighs and being taught by the Ancestor Spirit was the most efficient way.
—Speaking of which, today he could take on a commission again.
As he was thinking, he saw the Book of the Dead quietly flip open, revealing rows of ice crystal small print:
"You can cultivate various Cultivation Techniques!"
"You have already acquired relevant knowledge of the technique; once you accumulate a sufficient number of adorations from all beings, you will be able to learn the related techniques with the power of all beings."
"Slaughter Spear Skill."
"Combo move, consisting of three forms."
"The Book of the Dead has recorded it."
"The number of adorations required for consumption is: one million."
"This Spear Skill is of a higher grade and can be offered to the Wall of Sighs to enhance the capability of the Silent Demon Mist."
One million adorations.
To enhance a Death system skill.
Given that, why not learn it?
If there were any strange events, he would find ti to host a livestream. After all, he had once garnered tens of millions of adorations.
No, that’s not right!
He seed to have recorded a session in a parallel world!
Wu Xiaode slapped his forehead, took out his phone, and logged into the livestreaming app.
Countless ssages popped up.
He decided to check these comnts first.
About half of the audience was interested in the video and expressed admiration for the high quality of both uploads.
The rest were all sorts of bizarre insults, doubts, and disparagent.
The two most mainstream opinions were as follows.
One was: Buddy, your stuff’s too fake, completely off from the construction of chas and bone dragons. Let tell you!
The other was: Bro, stop pretending, it’s all real, we can tell!
In fact, many people had made videos analyzing Wu Xiaode’s footage fra by fra, coming to the conclusion—
It’s all fake/real.
Wu Xiaode didn’t continue scrolling down, and instead decided to upload the episode he had recorded in the parallel world.
The title was:
"Sci-fi blockbuster in preparation, sneak peek of various special effects!"
The video was successfully published!
Wu Xiaode tossed his phone onto the table, took a sip of tea, and asked:
"Elder Qian, how did you kill a monster in the Otherworld?"
Qian Mingkui recounted what had happened.
Everyone was speechless.
Zhao Junyu adjusted his glasses and said, "Master Qian, your luck truly is unmatched."
"Ah? How so?"
"According to our data, less than a tenth of those who encountered the event last night made it back successfully."
"Was the casualty rate that high?" Qian Mingkui was startled.
Zhao Junyu nodded, his expression sowhat grave.
If all the Awakeners died, what ans would humans have to defend against the demons when other disasters struck!
Three years later, as Wu Xiaode had witnessed, the world did indeed head towards destruction.
What to do then?
However, Wu Xiaode was thinking about sothing else.
He mused, "You’re saying that you were rescued from the Poison Snake City by a bird, and then you saved it in return?"
"That’s right," Qian Mingkui nodded.
"That doesn’t make sense... I’ve never heard of demons helping professionals. Jun Yu, do you have any records of such events?" Wu Xiaode inquired.
"No," Zhao Junyu replied.
"This is quite strange, but since you’ve saved each other’s lives, you have a connection. Next ti, try to build a rapport and beco real friends," Wu Xiaode suggested.
"Great idea!" Qian Mingkui slapped his thigh.
At this ti, the two of them still didn’t know to what extent their conversation was influencing the future of humanity.
Qian Mingkui expressed so regret, "It’s a pity that the Space Transmission at midnight is random, I might not be transported there next ti."
Zhao Junyu snapped his fingers and said, "I’ll take care of this. I’ll get you a Space Transmission Device. It will record the last place you entered, then lock onto that area, so that next ti you’ll be transported there too."
Qian Mingkui’s eyes lit up as he feigned politeness, "Thanks, Brother Jun Yu, I’m embarrassed to receive a gift the first ti we et."
"No need to be polite, we’ve never beco friends with a monster before. You’re the first; this is truly a milestone event," Zhao Junyu said earnestly.
"Then that’s certainly worth a drink," Wu Xiaode raised his glass.
Everyone laughed and raised their glasses for a toast.
Online.
Wu Xiaode’s video began to slowly fernt.
Many people who followed Wu Xiaode found their phones ringing one after another.
As soon as Wu Xiaode’s video was published, it was imdiately featured as a cover video and pushed out across the entire network.
More and more people opened his video.
They saw Wu Xiaode standing under a grey and gloomy sky, addressing the cara:
"Dear viewers, dear friends."
"Welco to the live shooting scene of our large-scale science fiction movie."
Behind him was an apocalyptic backdrop.
The streets were littered with carcasses.
Rain was pouring down from the sky.
So monsters were walking around in the distance.
Despite this, many people recognized the scene imdiately.
This was the street in front of the Capital’s palace!
As the center of the nation, all sorts of parades and large events were held on this street by the royal family!
This was the most heavily guarded area.
However, in front of the cara, it seed so grim and terrifying.
As Wu Xiaode spoke, a monster standing not far away suddenly turned around and let out a howl.
Such a scene made one’s heart shudder!
Wu Xiaode smiled at the cara, stepped forward, and walked towards the monster.
The monster was oblivious.
Wu Xiaode brought his face close to the monster’s, raised his cellphone high to capture both himself and the monster, and with his other hand, he made a fist, placed it by his mouth, and puckered his lips to make a cute pose.
—He was making a cute pose!
But the monster didn’t react at all!
Could it be fake?
This thought just started to form in everyone’s mind when they suddenly realized.
Of course, it’s fake!
It couldn’t possibly be real; if it were, he’d be dead!
The special effects were absolutely top-notch!
Thud—
A dull sound.
Right after making a cute pose, Wu Xiaode punched the monster and sent it flying.
"See, viewers? Our special effects are very realistic," he said.
People began to like the video.
The number of likes skyrocketed at an incredible pace.
Wu Xiaode continued to walk forward and explain as he held up the phone:
"Look at the modeling of these streets, the palace, and the bodies on the street; doesn’t it look like a scene from Doomsday?"
"If you think this is real... ha ha, please pull up the daily street recordings of the Capital for comparison."
"These events didn’t happen in reality!"
Thud!
The monster rushed at him again, only to be punched and sent flying once more, rolling several dozen ters on the ground before getting up and going to find other monsters.
Wu Xiaode changed his position.
He found an overturned bus on the ground, jumped on it, and aid the video towards the direction where the monster disappeared.
"Alright, now let show you our monsters."
"..."
"Please enjoy the quiet viewing!"
He turned the phone around to face the street.
Rumble Rumble Rumble—
On the street, a group of monsters of various shapes ca charging.
The mont these bizarre creatures appeared, the video’s likes imdiately skyrocketed.
The number of viewers quickly broke through the fifty million mark, steadily advancing towards the scale of hundreds of millions.
There was no helping it!
Who had ever seen such realistic monsters?
They were just like the real thing!
But the filming location was in front of the palace—
In recent months, the street in front of the palace was always bustling and had never been closed off.
So this had to be special effects!
And these were the most realistic special effects in the history of human movies!
Revolutionary!
...
In the martial arts gym.
The group continued their chat.
"Elder Qian, you try practicing this Spear Skill first, then we’ll share our experiences," Wu Xiaode said.
"But this Spear Skill is a bit difficult. I’d like to discuss it with you, Elder," Qian Mingkui said.
"Difficult? Isn’t every move clearly written above?" Wu Xiaode asked, puzzled.
"I... Although I have awakened Soul Power, I had poor academic results in the past and dropped out of school after third grade," Qian Mingkui admitted embarrassedly.
Pfft—
Zhao Junyu spit out the tea in his mouth.
"Ah, I see. Then reading it might indeed be difficult..." Wu Xiaode pondered.
—Oh right, how was the video received?
As the thought crossed his mind, the Book of the Dead suddenly fell down in front of him, opened up, and quickly displayed a line of ice crystal words:
"Currently collected enough likes to learn the Slaughter Spear Skill."
"Do you wish to learn?"
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