"Come in."
The person standing by the window, gazing into the distance, turned towards the door upon hearing a knock. "What is it?"
The visitor bowed slightly, handing over a document and briefly summarizing: "Captain, the Qingwu outpost has been infiltrated by Gao Changze and his men, who are under Qi Yuan's command."
Upon hearing the report, the person's expression remained unchanged as they walked to the desk and sat down.
"There's no need to report such trivial matters. Just recover and transfer the data, and make sure there are no slip-ups before we leave."
Despite saying this, he still opened the file and skimmed through the key points before letting out a cold snort.
"He's not even trying. If it weren't for his subordinates showing up in Yu City, I'd sometimes doubt their existence."
The subordinate who reported lowered his head, saying nothing.
He waved his hand dismissively, indicating the subordinate should leave, and muttered under his breath: "The Qi family..."
Why did Qi Yunlan insist on keeping the Qi surname?
Whether it was the Dark Nine Seats or official background... he naturally didn't need to concern himself with things he'd known for a long time. However, after half a year of investigating their family history, he still came up empty-handed.
He didn't believe that everything unreasonable was a coincidence. Qi Yuan might as well have "noble family" carved on his face. If he truly believed things were as they appeared on the surface, he'd need to check if he was suffering from dementia.
Moreover, while Qi Yuan seemed unconcerned about being investigated, he kept paying attention to it. There must be some reason behind it, causing Qi Yuan to use the investigation as a cover.
Unfortunately, even if Yu An and that old man had once been acquainted, they wouldn't disclose any information because of it.
He shook his head regretfully. He had originally thought that Dragon Country would become overwhelmed with the monsters' advancement and further relax its policies towards superpower users. At that time, even if his affairs were exposed, it wouldn't be easy to deal with him.
Selling monsters to the Anti-Superpower Association was also part of this plan. While making money, he could also stir up conflicts between superpower users and ordinary people, reaping the benefits as a bystander.
As long as there was a rift between superpower users and ordinary people, with monsters and most superpower users caught in between, the authorities would have no choice but to loosen restrictions on superpower users and appease them.
The Anti-Superpower Association, naively believing that when things escalated, the authorities would compromise with ordinary people, was truly innocent.
Only those who hold military power have the right to negotiate, and obviously, ordinary people don't meet this condition.
However, Qi Yuan's sudden appearance disrupted his plans.
If the previous laws only gave him a slight headache, adding Qi Yuan, a walking weapon of deterrence, was a different matter entirely.
As said before, military power decides everything.
With unequal military power, Qi Yuan had kicked him back into the ranks where everyone is equal before the law.
Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was to give up the connections and foundations he had built over the years, Dragon Country was no longer suitable for him to stay.
...
After sending away two valuable subordinates, Qi Yuan picked up the documents he had set aside.
Even if he was only battling his imagination, he had to prepare for the worst.
After all...
The sound of chaotic footsteps came from downstairs, the trampling noise clearly indicating his little brother was running down the hallway with no regard for etiquette.
He wasn't running some orphanage from a web novel.
If there were no difficulties, he'd have to create some.
Qi Yuan flipped to a certain page, carefully examining the monster information.
[Monster Code: Gumantong (SS Class)
Location: Capital of Duoheluo Country...]
Fish, if you raise them, they'll grow fat...
He needed to carefully consider how to have both the fish and the seedlings, achieving a rice-fish system.
"Mom, why is the goldfish dying?" his little brother shouted loudly.
A vein popped on Qi Yuan's forehead as he frowned. Don't say such unlucky things at a time like this.
His mother rushed to his little brother's side, and the two of them frantically lifted the dying goldfish into the fish tank.
From a distance, Qi Yuan saw the fish sinking to the bottom of the tank, withdrawn. "..."
Well, at least it wasn't dead yet.
The two gathered around the fish tank, their conversation veering from fish-keeping to other topics.
"...My cousin filled in my name wrong, so I corrected it myself... He asked me why 'Qi' was different from his."
"Ah... I hadn't received forgiveness from the family before, and I felt too ashamed to face them, so I didn't change it back. I forgot about it this time... But isn't the surname 'Qi' quite rare? Don't you think it's cooler?"
His little brother's face scrunched up like a bun. "But 'Qi' has more strokes than 'Qi', it's troublesome to write my name."
"Hmm..." Qi's mother pondered for a moment, "Then you can change to a name with fewer strokes when you grow up."
Qi Ao thought this made sense and nodded vigorously, completely forgetting that he could change his name now.
Qi Yuan: ...
Suddenly, he felt that labeling himself as highly intelligent might not be such a bad idea.
...
In the capital of Duoheluo Country,
Unlike the dazzling neon lights of other cities, the streets here were sparsely populated. Only a few bulbs of the barely used signboards and street lights still stubbornly glowed.
This was the daily scene in every city of Duoheluo Country.
Not only were the streets deserted, but even the residential areas had no lights on. Only occasional screams could prove that there were still living people in the city.
Perhaps the former royal family of Duoheluo Country never imagined that the fusion domain suddenly descending upon a Buddhist temple would bring a disaster far greater than they could have imagined...
An A-class monster, the Gumantong, had launched a full-scale dimensional strike against Duoheluo Country when humans worldwide had just begun to figure out how to use superpowers.
The whole world was still in a state of self-preservation, unable and incapable of sparing any effort to deal with this monster.
Relying on its outstanding strength, it steamrolled its way to a certain town.
This town was different from the previous places where people had fled in panic. Here, they knelt down respectfully and offered sacrifices - dozens of humans.
The Gumantong, having learned new knowledge, summoned other monsters.
Soon, more than half of Duoheluo Country fell under the control of monsters.
To this day, Duoheluo Country has still not escaped the rule of the Gumantong.
Several figures suddenly appeared on the streets of the city center under the cover of night. They wore cloaks of different colors and identical masks.
"It's so dark?" one voice complained.
Another voice responded, "Indeed, but this creates the perfect atmosphere for mischief."
"Is it really okay to talk to ourselves like this? The original body might develop multiple personalities."
"Can't help it. From our clones' perspective, it's hard not to talk when surrounded by a group of people. Especially when we can't share our mischief and can only process it internally."
"So that's why villains always die from talking too much."
"I can understand now. Doing bad things day in and day out for decades, it's very blue to hold it all in."
The clone in the red cloak opened up the notebook in his hand, browsing through the script under the faint starlight. "I'm the main force for mischief, I don't have as many lines as you guys."
"The mindset is different. You're under pressure, we're not."
"By the way, which color cloak represents which status? I forgot."
"I only remember that red represents the high priest."
"Whichever color is the rarest is probably the highest status. The original body didn't even remember, why should we clones who won't live past two days bother?"
"That's true."
They were created by the original body and possessed its memories. If they couldn't remember, it meant the original body hadn't remembered either.
Ignoring the chatter of the other clones, the red-cloaked clone stuffed the notebook back into space. "Let's go. Time to find the Gumantong."
villain is the number one simp for the book's leading female protagonist, Shen Wan'er. As expected, he later becomes a tool for the main character to show off and slap faces, ultimately meeting a tragic end with his family ruined and his life in shambles. Fortunately, he awakens the [Universal Pure Love System], which allows him to earn points by performing acts of pure love. To change his fate, Gu Yan makes a decisive choice to seek warmth and companionship with the book's biggest villain—Cold Qingqiu. ........... My name is Leng Qingqiu. To find the murderer who killed my parents years ago, I deliberately blinded myself so that everyone would lower their guard around me. Just as I was secretly accumulating power and capital according to my initial plan, a man walked into my world. "Lengleng, Qingqing, Qiuqiu, which nickname do you prefer?" I don't like any of them. You'd better leave quickly! "Why aren't you saying anything? How about I call you my baby wife?" Leng Qingqiu thinks to herself, this man is truly annoying! (Stubborn pure love warrior + single female lead + true pure love + 1v1)
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!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
