The network is still ongoing.
Zhao talked about the various anomalies he had seen through satellite observation. Across the world, there were hundreds of such strange occurrences, far exceeding what had been reported by the news dia.
As the ship erged from the Hei Wu, more and more bizarre events occurred, but if one considered the entire world, it was still normal.
These anomalies were dealt with quickly, and the news about them was suppressed just as swiftly. But those who had seen the giant cat would never forget the shock of witnessing such a massive feline creature.
People speculated that perhaps humanity was conducting so kind of forbidden experint. But the truth was even more terrifying.
[So people have started to mutate, I heard that the celebrity Chris’s half face turned into a chanical one... and so people’s physical abilities have greatly increased. To be honest, I always thought this was sothing only we would experience. When monsters from the Hei Wu ca out, I had always thought we were the saviors.]
The speaker was a chef. Zhao had not discovered him until recently.
Tang Jing had thought the sa, but to date, even people from the software field had mutated and broken the human world record for 3000 ters, but what about himself?
He didn’t even dare to confidently say at the gym: "Load the heaviest weight for ."
In the past, he always saw many fragnts in his dreams, but he couldn’t guarantee if these fragnts were of any use to the world as it is now.
[We’ve all been saying that the Hei Wu will spread, but when it does, we can’t stop it... so what’s the point of us, these people, even those who have mutated, Zhao, even with the situation as it is, if we share what we’ve felt, does it an anything to this world that’s already starting to mutate?] a group mber with a cracked eggshell avatar said.
[Yeah, the huge ship broke through the Hei Wu, just like soone in the group predicted, but the prophecy has co... Have we failed? We didn’t succeed in making humanity take this matter seriously. Prophets are important before a disaster, but what can we do afterwards? That mutated cat could defeat a hundred of .]
More and more people started to notice sothing—we who could sense the spread of the Hei Wu before, what value do we still hold?
What can we do to stop all this? Why are we just ordinary people, while around us, "Heroes" are starting to appear?
People felt dispirited.
At this mont, Zhao said:
[Not only those with power can play a role in this disaster, my friends, I firmly believe this world has given you a mission, the visions you can see definitely indicate that you are different from other people.
Moreover, even if you don’t have power, doesn’t an you can’t participate in saving this world.]
The mutations had just begun, maybe it was just not your turn yet?
Zhao really wanted to convince himself, but felt that sothing was not quite right. Clearly, his words didn’t boost people’s morale.
These individuals believed that during the invasion of the Hei Wu, they would beco so sort of special existence, but now they felt that... maybe they could only foresee so information and do nothing else.
The eting eventually ended.
Tang Jing continued to watch news from around the world, feeling a bit depressed, and also wanting to know, what was the significance of those future visions he could see?
Does the arrival of that ship to humanity an he has already lost his purpose?
It was an answerless question that beca more troubling the more he thought about it; being young, of course, he also longed to have great strength, to save sothing in this gradually mutating world.
But at the sa ti, that premonition told him, the real savior wasn’t himself.
The winter sports eting was still going on as normal, although the school had produced a world record creator, he was the only one, and no one else was so fortunate.
Or rather, in terms of physical abilities, there was no second mutant to be seen, what about other aspects, one didn’t know.
In the evening, the surrounding restaurants did booming business, and all the nightclubs and night venues were packed to the brim.
So many major events had occurred during the day, many people felt the desire to chat.
The socially active started to make dinner plans, while the hobodies began to post various speculations online.
Tang Jing played an updated version of an ancient ga called "Magic Tower" in his bedroom, watching the forum argunts.
Indeed, aside from himself, people seed sowhat envious of the mutations.
Why weren’t they the ones who mutated? There were many such comnts about why it was soone else.
Others said, could it be a spiritual awakening? So people were early bloors, while others were late bloors.
Tang Jing found it a bit amusing.
He continued to play Magic Tower, obtaining the Holy Sword, Holy Shield, herbs, and getting ready to challenge the Great Demon King.
Unexpectedly, with all the Divine Artifacts on him, thinking he was the hero, he was almost killed by the Demon King.
At that mont, Tang Jing thought he had missed sothing and decided to search for anything he might have overlooked.
The result took him by surprise:
"What is this weird version of Magic Tower? Turns out I’m not the main character, but a side character?"
After collecting the Holy Sword, Holy Shield, herbs, and various items for enhancent, Tang Jing discovered he had missed a key.
This key could unlock a door, behind which lived a hero.
Yes, a hero, he was the key to defeating the Great Demon King. The role that the player played was soone to free the hero.
This type of ga, where he played a supporting role and toolman throughout, was very unsatisfying for Tang Jing.
Eventually, in order to pass the ga, Tang Jing started giving all his equipnt, potions, and gold coins to the hero.
Then the hero defeated the Demon King.
"Crazy, what about the most important sense of imrsion in gaming? Is this design, which emphasizes that the player is not the main character, just ant to disgust people?"
Tang Jing was completely disheartened. But soon, sothing took his attention away from his disappointnt.
In the class group chat, a college music teacher from Aulora posted a distress call.
[Save ... I’m trapped in the piano classroom and can’t get out! There’s... there’s a ghost here!]
This music teacher hardly interacted with students on regular days, only occasionally appearing to share links to their own compositions.
As the students would put it, the teacher carried themselves with a certain aloofness, resting on their laurels as an elite, and especially being a native Aulora person, they showed a bit of arrogance toward the people of Sheng Country with different skin colors.
Right now, the class group was discussing the terrifying supernatural incidents that had co from all over the world today, so no one paid attention to this music teacher who was out of tune with the students.
Tang Jing strongly trusted his intuition; he suddenly got the feeling that sothing... might have happened in the music classroom.
Although it could still be a prank, since the teacher wasn’t well-liked, after mulling it over for a while, Tang Jing stuffed a pair of scissors into his clothes, intending to check out the music classroom.
He hoped to himself that it was all just a joke, and that he could simply scold the teacher a couple of tis.
Although he disliked the teacher, Tang Jing didn’t wish any misfortune upon them.
No one else, not even Tang Jing, was there to co to the aid of this teacher, even though strange events had occurred around the world and even in Aulora’s Shengxiang Academy, but to most people, such supernatural events seed very distant.
Everyone was a staunch atheist, at least outwardly.
...
...
The music classroom was on the third floor of the Art Building.
When Tang Jing arrived, he found a burly Aulora male with exaggerated muscles also in the classroom.
And the petite music teacher was hiding behind this man, Tang Jing understood at once--her boyfriend.
With such a towering Aulora presence, Tang Jing suddenly felt a bit superfluous.
It seed they really had run into so kind of strange occurrence, maybe the mutation had spread to the school, but with the couple there, Tang Jing suddenly lost interest.
"Forget it, I’ll leave first, investigate later," he thought.
As Tang Jing was about to leave, the sound of a piano ca from the classroom, and he froze, sothing bizarre happened!
The building--was changing, the location of the original stairs had been blocked.
There was no particular style to the piano music; it sounded like soone was playing haphazardly.
People inside the building also felt a sense of distortion and chaos.
Tang Jing was shocked by this scene--where was the big safety exit?
Without a safety exit, even the classrooms beca strangely shaped. The flat building now had a slope, and this slope was continuously changing.
He suddenly rembered sothing, the bulky Aulora man seed extrely tense, as if he was facing so kind of monster.
So Tang Jing imdiately turned around, deciding to see what had happened.
It wasn’t that Tang Jing was particularly brave, but he felt that since he had stumbled into this place, it was better to stick together with others; there was strength in numbers.
Tang Jing opened the door to the music classroom, a clear, nerve-wracking noise echoed from the piano.
The music teacher was nad Tina, and her boyfriend was nad Kang Deluo.
Both had looks of terror on their faces, but when Tang Jing entered, Kang Deluo still managed to show his disdain.
Even Tina didn’t exhibit any desire to be rescued.
Because to Tina, people from Sheng Country in Aulora were just a bunch of parasites.
In front of the pair, there was a vague outline seemingly composed of musical notes. It was only an outline because its body appeared transparent, yet not completely so.
It looked like a balloon one could see inside of, very empty, yet very large.
The outline was constantly changing, at tis resembling ferocious beasts like lions or tigers, and at other tis like so kind of bizarre prehistoric insect.
This monster was much larger than Kang Deluo, occupying nearly half of the music classroom.
Under its roar, Tang Jing, Kang Deluo, and Tina were all unable to move.
Tang Jing tried to reach for the scissors he had hidden, but the roar of the huge beast made him feel as if his body was no longer his own, a numbness setting in.
The huge outline gradually approached Tang Jing.
Kang Deluo and Tina were overjoyed; the monster’s outline had turned into a wolf, sniffing at sothing incessantly.
It seed to particularly like the scent on Tang Jing.
It was the sll of fear.
Tang Jing was terrified, and although Kang Deluo and Tina were also frightened, at this mont, as the beast stopped howling, they slowly regained control of their bodies.
Both thought of the saying, "As long as I run faster than my companions, I won’t get hurt by the bear."
This was the situation they found themselves in, and Tina ca to her senses amidst the danger:
"Kang Deluo! Run!"
Kang Deluo also snapped to action, and as the piano music stopped, he and Tina imdiately started running towards another door of the classroom.
Tang Jing swore under his breath, he had not expected to encounter such an unprecedented monster in the classroom!
At this mont, Tang Jing’s fear overshadowed that of Kang Deluo and Tina, and this emotion seed to greatly interest the monster.
The huge, outline-only monster suddenly grew even larger, and it seed that with just one bite, it could swallow Tang Jing whole.
And that’s exactly what it intended to do, the next second, a powerful force shook Tang Jing so hard that he spat out blood.
Tang Jing’s body was embedded into the wall.
The ferocious force almost ripped Tang Jing apart, and he passed out.
What awaited him was to be killed or devoured by this monster, but at that mont, an even more "delectable emotion" appeared.
Tang Jing fell into a coma, breaking the flow of fear, and when Tina and Kang Deluo, in their attempt to escape, saw that the stairs were blocked and the straight corridor had sohow turned into a bend, they were scared stiff.
At that instant, the monster’s target changed, and the dying Tang Jing suddenly lost its allure.
The monster ran after the two Aulora people.
In Kang Deluro’s heart, there was such resentnt. Why didn’t it eat that person from Sheng Country first!
The huge monster licked its lips, eagerly advancing towards its two prey.
And Tang Jing’s eyes remained tightly shut.
He seed to have arrived in a space of consciousness.
When the creature in the Hei Wu hadn’t run out, he could feel the real world within Hei Wu in his dreams.
Now, a breach had been made in Hei Wu by the massive cruise ship, and after it twisted and spread, the barrier that had been blocking Tang Jing was gone.
Those who grew stronger in the distortion were not only the people ntioned in the news; Tang Jing had changed as well, he just couldn’t feel it.
He was the one among all the people of Sheng Country who could sense Hei Wu most intensely.
Therefore, Tang Jing was sent to the ntal hospital, luckily he encountered Doctor Kang.
At this mont, walking in the world of supre consciousness, Tang Jing suddenly felt sothing profound.
"Is this my ability, or am I already dead? Is this the afterlife?"
mories began to slowly flood into Tang Jing’s mind, like an instruction manual, but at this mont, Tang Jing still hadn’t realized it.
In the endless expanse of white space, Tang Jing felt as though he was enveloped in a mist of white.
Then... he t soone.
...
...
In the High Tower at that mont.
Bai Wu felt sowhat sleepy, the drowsiness ca suddenly.
He had returned to the High Tower not long ago, and the Investigation Corps had also returned to the High Tower. Regarding the shelter, everyone tacitly agreed not to ntion it.
Even though this secret would definitely not be kept from those on the fifth level, everyone was clear that the shelter was just established and should not yet be made known to too many people.
And Wu Jiu left the High Tower alone, heading straight from Baichuan City on a journey to beco stronger, acting like a hands-off manager, which caused Bai Wu much trouble.
At the request of Qin Zong, Bai Wu returned to the High Tower to start dealing with so affairs, and he would also help out in the shelter, running between both places.
The captain is a very responsible person, and if the captain suddenly disappeared, it must be with great resolve.
Bai Wu believed that the next ti he saw the captain, he would have beco even more reliable.
At this very mont, Bai Wu was going through investigation reports, but overco by sleepiness, he suddenly fell forward onto the table.
And fell asleep.
...
...
Bai Wu thought he had had a dream. But soon he realized that this was not a dream at all.
In this strange space, a young man suddenly asked him for help. The two seed to find it quite bizarre that they could et each other.
And Bai Wu, through Prayle’s Eye, saw the sequence on the other person and guessed at certain possibilities.
"I am willing to be your summoning beast, to accompany you through the perilous cosmos~~ Oh, don’t get wrong, he isn’t your master, but indeed, you do have so connection to him. In a sense, you will be his guider. Anyway, his sequence has sensed you, and I must say, the kid has an eye for talent, managing to find us. Are you confused? Just look at his sequence, and you’ll understand."
[Sequence 22 — God Descent. Sent from heaven, the very first, but it should not be ranked ahead of , after all, I am the first in the universe.]
God Descent.
Bai Wu rembered this sequence, which allows the summoner to possess one’s self. At the sa ti, the possessed would slowly learn the summoner’s powers over ti.
Simply put, this young man was a Spiritual dium.
Through simple conversation, Bai Wu understood the situation.
"You co from within Hei Wu! Are you a person of Hei Wu?" the young man exclaid in shock.
"It seems you really are a person from outside Hei Wu. I had already felt sothing was off, how could I suddenly beco so sleepy? So, it appears that you summoned . What is your current situation? Since I have fallen asleep, you must also be in so kind of unawake state."
The young man was bewildered. What’s with this person? How could he remain so unfazed? What was with this inexplicable sense of seasoned calm?
Of course, the young man was Tang Jing.
Tang Jing looked at Bai Wu with surprise, thinking of the monster, his expression was one of terror:
"I am being attacked by a strange creature... You’re right, it seems like I’ve entered a comatose state. Yes... I’ve been knocked unconscious."
"I see, your expression suggests that you were surprised to encounter this monster, which indicates that such incidents hadn’t happened before. That ans that the world outside of Hei Wu where you are has recently undergone mutations. It seems that Hei Wu is spreading. The world outside the fog, as I suspected, is one without mutations."
Bai Wu’s adaptability was incredibly strong.
There was sothing about Bai Wu that made Tang Jing feel calr, especially how he could so simply deduce the state of the world Tang Jing ca from.
After asking so more questions, Bai Wu confird his conjecture.
Tang Jing’s prior mories slowly rged, and in this space of consciousness, he gradually mastered the use of the Sequence.
It seed like an ability that ca to him instinctively, one that required no explanation. Over ti, Tang Jing naturally ca to understand.
Bai Wu was going to take over his body next, leaving him as a re consciousness, a bystander.
All it took to complete the switch was to open his eyes.
But there was still one problem—
Although this person was clever, he seed to be about his own size. Could he deal with the monster in the music classroom?
Besides, the classroom had been sealed off, twisting and warping as if it had turned into a closed maze. Was he able to solve these puzzles?
Bai Wu said,
"Kid, listen to three things. First, it’s best to summon at midnight; judging by the information you’ve provided, you can’t yet control the Sequence proficiently and can only summon in your sleep, so you’d better choose to do it late at night."
Tang Jing was intimidated by Bai Wu’s presence.
The Tang Jing of the mont carried a professional aura, just like Bai Wu had felt the first ti he saw Wu Jiu.
But Tang Jing had no concept of Bai Wu’s strength and didn’t know how powerful Bai Wu really was.
"Second, et regularly with in this space every Saturday evening to report the changes in your world."
This person was moving the plot along too quickly. Was he already using him? Tang Jing was shocked, feeling like Bai Wu had been summoned by countless others before, so skilled.
In reality, though, he was well aware that this was Bai Wu’s first encounter with such a situation.
"Third, this is my first ti facing this circumstance as well. The Sequence within you will continually make you learn my abilities and thinking. In short, due to the Sequence, you’ve been forced to beco my apprentice. You need to kneel and formally acknowledge as your ntor."
Tang Jing hadn’t quite snapped back to reality, feeling as if the complex conversation had swiftly moved to the next stage because this person’s mind worked so quickly.
Furthermore, Tang Jing didn’t want to kneel.
"Um... although I think you’re very impressive, can I check the goods first? How do I know this isn’t just a dream?"
Of course, Tang Jing knew this wasn’t a dream, but prostrating himself to acknowledge a ntor, if not to a real expert, was not sothing he could readily do.
Bai Wu nodded and said,
"Fine. Then let’s move on to the next step."
...
...
Inside the Art Building, on the third floor, the straight staircase seed to form a loop.
No matter how Tina and Kang Deluo ran, they couldn’t escape this place.
The huge monster reveled in the process, truly hoping these two plump and juicy humans would keep running for a while longer.
But soon, Tina couldn’t run anymore, and Kang Deluo didn’t care anymore, taking advantage of the monster’s distraction with Tina to continue running.
Tina despaired; she hadn’t expected that the man who had been intimate with her in the classroom several tis the day before would abandon her and flee!
The monster that was but a silhouette stuck out its tongue, licking her face, covered in high-end costics.
Afterward, the monster flashed its claws, ready to pierce Tina’s heart.
Tina scread in terror, her world-class high pitch could have shattered glass any other day.
But it was pointless. Humans had no power to resist in the face of mighty monsters.
"It’s so noisy."
A slightly disgruntled voice, as if tinged with morning grumpiness, suddenly appeared.
Tina’s eyes widened, and through the transparent body of the monster, she saw a slender silhouette.
Tang Jing.
Just when Tina thought she would be killed... Tang Jing suddenly appeared.
"Tsk tsk, there really are white-skinned people," Tang Jing’s tone was completely different from usual.
Tina was amazed. Wasn’t this person dead? How could a normal human being, stuffed into a crevice in the wall, still be alive?
And why... did he seem not afraid at all?
The monster too was taken aback, not expecting its prey to have appeared behind it. It turned its head and roared.
Tang Jing just picked at his ear, glanced at the "Level 2 Mutant" popping up in his view, and felt like he was back to half a year ago when he first arrived outside the Tower.
Kang Deluo, who’d co full circle and had returned to the original point, was also surprised at how Tang Jing was still alive.
Tang Jing glanced at Kang Deluo, then at Tina, and felt his heart racing faster, as if the true soul of this body was in utter terror. He laughed,
"People from outside Hei Wu... are so weak. This is it? I thought it would be a disaster."
The huge monster let out another ear-splitting roar, but the next second, Tang Jing suddenly disappeared. And the huge monster, like a punctured balloon... burst apart!
Monster and human alike, none had ti to react.
Tang Jing looked bewildered,
"What a boring dream..."
(Today’s Chapter is a bit late, really... the officials backstabbed and I just didn’t feel like writing. Blindly struck by the capitalist, I might miss an update tomorrow. I’ll try my best not to, but my mind is a bit scattered right now.)
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