"Quite normal..."
Bai Li had her right cheek lying on the desk, starting to feel numb. She lifted her head slightly to switch to resting her left cheek instead.
"From the perspective of ordinary people, as long as there are no deaths or disappearances, it's enough that it's not a monster incident."
"The one committing the anomalous crime is that anomaly wielder, not them."
"They only need to enjoy the pleasure of standing on the moral high ground, pointing fingers and passing judgment, adding some seasoning to their otherwise uneventful daily lives."
"The whole affair has no downside, only benefits for them. Does it really matter whether it's an anomaly incident or not?"
"Later, they can make excuses like 'Oh, I really didn't know it was like this,' and just apologize to end it."
"They might even outnumber and threaten others, saying 'I've apologized already, why can't you forgive me?'"
Bai Li kept muttering away, as if trying to vent all her frustrations.
Her explanations and reasoning were very clear, and she hadn't given up thinking despite her grief.
But as Hong Feiheng heard this familiar tone, he felt a twinge of pain somewhere inside.
He still remembered the day he challenged for the Nine Seats position, Bai Li was similarly muttering away while pummeling him with her power.
"Can I quit this job...
Why do the Nine Seats have to accept challenges...
Why is sitting down to fight disrespectful to others, I can manipulate energy without standing up..."
Hong Feiheng admitted he might have been a bit too loud in telling Bai Li to stand up and fight him that day, but did she really have to beat him to a pulp with full force...?
He may be a bit aloof, but he's not stubborn.
He made a note of those he couldn't beat, waiting until he could before talking smack.
He let Bai Li vent without interrupting.
After she finished, the logistics staff brought the topic back on track: "Today's meeting decided to have Sakura Island send someone to scout ahead first, and we technical staff will follow up."
"The support teams from other countries will arrive on site tomorrow to assess the situation. According to Deputy Director Yu, the information from the other four countries is that they plan to temporarily follow our lead."
There was another reason for Bai Li's exhaustion besides her personal state.
Today was supposedly a meeting, but in reality it was just a performance.
Whenever an issue came up, the five major countries would first kick the ball around, bickering endlessly.
At first, Sakura Island was rather smug watching them argue, planning out the entire lottery ceremony to ensure fair competition.
But as soon as Sakura Island's leadership stepped forward, they were immediately dazed by the barrage of balls kicked their way by the five countries.
You Sakura Island folks have this situation, you'd better send someone out, right?
Under the collective fire, no matter how reluctant Sakura Island was, they had no choice but to send someone.
"Captain Qi, what's your take on this?"
After the logistics staff finished reporting, they inquired with Qi Yuan.
This time, Qi Yuan was leading the team, so at major decision points they needed his confirmation to proceed.
Qi Yuan wasn't clear on the details, but his logistics staff had to follow protocol.
"Proceed. If anything else comes up, report to me immediately."
As long as it wasn't an SSS-level threat, there was no need to back down.
Qi Yuan had calculated this clearly.
Limited by his perspective and information, it would be difficult for him to pretend at two levels above his current power. But one level was still manageable.
This wasn't because he didn't try to study; the entire human race was in the dark as well.
If he could grasp how to overwhelm SS-level monsters, perhaps he could find inspiration for how to act like an SSS-level anomaly wielder.
"Got it, I'll notify all departments immediately."
...
The next day.
Dragon Country, Bit Buddha, and the other five major countries, along with Sakura Island, gathered in an area surrounding Xiaosaka City.
In the hastily constructed site, technical staff from each country were bustling about - some monitoring and testing energy levels, some operating high-tech devices to explore within Xiaosaka City, some constantly recording data...
Although the researchers from each country had arrived at similar conclusions by comparing the incidents in Shen City and Sanzhu, unverified information wasn't rigorous enough.
Qi Yuan couldn't possibly tell them that he could sense the monster's thoughts, confirming its claimed anomaly.
So the busywork had to continue.
Not only that, these technical personnel also had to further divide the process into stages, determining at what point they could initially control the area of reality, what percentage would allow them to level up, and so on.
The S-rank anomaly wielder sent by Sakura Island had already set out with equipment.
As for the unfortunate soul chosen...
When there's an idiot in a group, who else would it be besides Airplane Head?
There was no other candidate.
The silver lining was that Sakura Island's leadership didn't seem to want to lose this useful idiot either.
They swiftly gathered spatial anomaly artifacts, trying to protect Airplane Head.
Perhaps through the idiot's dumb luck, Airplane Head not only managed to gather sufficient intelligence as expected, but also successfully returned using the anomaly artifacts.
The most crucial piece of information was his confirmation of the monster's anomaly.
Consistent with everyone's guesses, it was a curse-type anomaly.
Although curse-type anomalies are convoluted and dreadful, they don't come without a price.
Whether a curse succeeds or fails, the anomaly wielder casting it must pay a cost.
Once the monster's anomaly was confirmed, its method of infection became clear as well.
Through the website, it lent its cursing power to ordinary people who inputted names, allowing those people to borrow its power to curse whoever they inputted.
In this way, the cost of the curse would be borne by the person inputting the name.
And by lending its power to ordinary people, it established a connection, allowing it to naturally infect and warp the will of those who inputted names.
Previously, Qi Yuan had wondered if enclosing the infected ordinary people within an anomaly domain might cause the monster's level-up to fail.
But he quickly dismissed that idea - it was more likely for the anomaly domain itself to be infected by the monster's power instead of preventing its level-up.
As soon as the intelligence was presented, the S-rank and SS-rank anomaly wielders from each country quickly convened and made a judgment that they could attempt an entry.
They had gathered enough intelligence, so rather than hesitating further, they simply canceled their plans for a clearance operation.
Time was pressing, so each country went to mobilize personnel, entering Xiaosaka City from different entry points.
With the engines roaring to life, the vehicles carrying their team sped towards the interior of Xiaosaka City.
The chaotic scenes within Xiaosaka City gradually unfolded before them.
Xiaosaka City has consistently ranked among the top few most prosperous cities in Sakura Island, with a considerable scale and well-developed urban construction.
The once congested streets were now exceptionally wide open, with only their vehicles speeding along the roads.
On the streets, there were quite a few people wandering about with eerie smiles on their faces.
After observing the deserted city for a while, a sense of oppression gradually set in.
The tightly drawn curtains and closed doors were evidence that there were still living inhabitants in Xiaosaka City.
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.
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
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!
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
