This power wasn't as strong as the experience card given by the cursed monster last time, because the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee was well aware of the strength of SSS-Level Monsters.
Qi Yuan knew that this power had already surpassed that of the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee, but it still wasn't enough.
The change in his aura caught the attention of Wu Zhenhua, who was sitting next to him.
This middle-aged man only needed one glance before feeling an overwhelming urge to bow down and prostrate himself before Qi Yuan.
The aura surrounding Qi Yuan now, his calm and indifferent expression, and his eyes that seemed to see through everything, would make anyone who saw him immediately think of one word—deity.
Regardless of the original intention behind the concept of deities, whether true or false, after thousands of years of oral tradition, it had become a symbolic imprint in people's hearts. It represented mystery, power, salvation, and an object of prayer.
Therefore, Wu Zhenhua didn't feel repulsed or ashamed by the idea of kneeling before someone much younger than himself. The only reason he didn't kneel was that he had no specific wish to pray for and not enough space to do so.
Even elderly people in their seventies and eighties still kneel before deity statues. Wu Zhenhua's situation was similar—kneeling before a deity to pray was perfectly normal.
It wasn't until Qi Yuan spoke that Wu Zhenhua snapped out of the equation of equating Qi Yuan to a deity statue.
A deity statue speaking was terrifying.
"What did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
"Why are you staring at me?"
Wu Zhenhua had been gazing at him with fervent eyes since earlier, making Qi Yuan feel uneasy, goosebumps rising all over his body.
Qi Yuan had to divert some of his attention to question Wu Zhenhua.
"Nothing, nothing," Wu Zhenhua waved his hands repeatedly, snapping out of his deity-like shock. He didn't have the face to admit that he had wanted to kneel before Qi Yuan and even ask for a fortune-telling about whether his daughter-in-law was pregnant with a grandson or granddaughter.
Their conversation caught the attention of Xue Shizong, who was sitting in the front. He turned his head to look.
Soon, just as Qi Yuan had interrupted Wu Zhenhua's fervent gaze, he found himself on the receiving end of Xue Shizong's intense stare.
Fortunately, perhaps due to his constitution, Xue Shizong had high resistance to all supernatural abilities. He snapped out of it quickly and returned to normal.
Noticing that Qi Yuan's eyes had turned a dazzling gold color, Xue Shizong asked, "Captain Qi, are you already using your ability? Is this the color from the Shen City incident... Are we disturbing you?"
Hearing this, Qi Yuan immediately understood where Xue Shizong's sense of inadequacy came from.
Are you also a major player in the forum gossip?
The notion that eye color represents the level of supernatural ability being used was a misconception he had bookmarked while browsing the forums.
Not sure how to debunk this myth, he changed the subject, "No, but the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee is about to level up."
This news caused the focused driver to swerve in an S-shape on the road. Wu Zhenhua and Xue Shizong's pupils constricted, their faces filled with gravity and unease.
They didn't doubt Qi Yuan's words for a second. They also understood that this mission was to eliminate a monster on the verge of reaching SSS-level. Qi Yuan's emphasis on the monster's imminent upgrade clearly implied that it was just a step away from leveling up.
This bad news made everyone in the car anxious. They all sneaked glances at their pillar of strength, only to see Qi Yuan looking as calm as ever, as if he had just mentioned what he had for lunch.
They silently breathed sighs of relief. If Qi Yuan/Captain Qi/Young Qi was so composed, he must have used his ability to interfere with the monster's upgrade. His claim of "not being disturbed" was surely just his considerate way of not wanting them to feel guilty.
We absolutely must not disturb him again!
Although they didn't communicate, all three people in the car came to the same decision.
Nearly thrown out of the car by the swerve, Qi Yuan was a bit confused about what had happened up front. Noticing the silence in the car, he was about to inquire when he heard a mental voice. He quickly turned his attention to listen.
"Seems like I've spotted humans."
He felt a bit disappointed; it wasn't the voice of the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee.
Since the monster could see them...
Qi Yuan poked his head out, a dangerous move on a crowded road, but on this deserted stretch, it posed less of a threat than a cough.
The sunlight was a bit harsh, and he squinted to see some large movements in the distant forest undergrowth.
"What should I do? That kiss-up Centaur said we should all go out together to buy time, but that's less effective than jumping out one by one to chat briefly before getting killed. And I drew the first lot!"
"Screech—"
The speeding vehicle came to an abrupt halt, the tires making a sharp friction noise against the ground.
They were only a hundred or two hundred meters away from the forest. Everyone got out of the car.
"Click-clack"
The discordant sound of high heels stood out among the soft footsteps. Smith glanced at Linda with some disapproval but ultimately said nothing.
Now wasn't the time to worry about such things.
Their attention was focused on the vehicle from the Dragon Kingdom.
Unlike the urgent mood of the SS-level Superhumans who sensed the crisis facing all of humanity, from this point on, it was Qi Yuan's stage to perform.
And the protagonist always makes a grand entrance.
Qi Yuan didn't get out of the car, and the people in the car didn't dare disturb him, fearing they might interfere with his disruption of the Corpse-Eating Queen Bee's upgrade and become sinners against all of humanity.
The car door opened gently, and Qi Yuan stepped out with the relaxed air of someone going on a countryside outing. He looked around as if admiring the scenery.
However, this was just Qi Yuan's own perception. With the aura surrounding him now, the scene appeared quite different to others.
He looked like both a king and a deity, his dazzling golden eyes seeming to see through all evil like a god. Though his expression was calm, there was an air of natural authority about him, as if a king were inspecting his domain.
Is this his true strength and personality?
They couldn't help but wonder similarly in their hearts.
Everyone looked towards the dark forest, its interior pitch black.
The human genetic predisposition to favor light made them uneasy about stepping into the darkness.
Everyone treaded lightly, except for Linda, whose high heels made faint tapping sounds.
"Get out!" Smith growled. He shouldn't have listened to Linda's nonsense about bringing her along in case someone needed healing if injured.
The S-level superhumans from other countries were all waiting outside, but Linda had stubbornly tagged along. Not only was she not helping, but she was also holding them back, making Smith feel angry and embarrassed.
"I'll be careful," Linda's voice sounded a bit anxious, yet also somewhat smug. In the darkness, she didn't need to hide her expression as much.
The others didn't notice her oddness, they just widened their distance from Linda in the dark.
Although no one said it out loud, everyone had similar thoughts—they wanted to use Linda as bait so they could gain the advantage of striking first.
"They still came... I really don't want to die."
"Why hasn't the Forest Nymph come out yet?"
"I'm next. The Nymph better hold out for a while."
Qi Yuan carefully examined his surroundings. The auras of these few monsters blended perfectly with the forest. The Corpse-Eating Queen Bee must have assimilated them, which is why their auras were almost identical.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
