"Sorry, we're late."
The Blood Kite on the ground began to shake violently, then suddenly pulled itself out of the ground and flew back with a swoosh.
It landed firmly in Ning Yu's hand.
She retracted the Blood Kite, swung it down, and held it diagonally at her side as she walked towards Wu Di.
Her peripheral vision, however, had already locked onto the zombie with the black eye circles.
[Detected: Sloth (Mid-tier)]
[Location: Approximately 74 meters at 9 o'clock direction, vertical height difference less than 1 meter]
Intel: Symbolizes the evil of escaping reality, wasting life, and lack of responsibility. Its attacks will cause opponents to become weak and paralyzed. Its lethality is lower in a drowsy state, but it will summon invisible Hands of Diligence upon being awakened.
[Weakness: ??? (Can be viewed upon upgrading skill to High-tier)]
Wow, another Mid-tier mutated zombie.
Ning Yu looked at the thick black eye circles in the center of its face, those wide, staring eyes, which made it look like a person who died from staying up all night at an internet cafe due to internet addiction.
Earlier, in her rush to save Wu Di's life, she had thrown the Blood Kite, cutting through those invisible arms along the way. They must have been the 'Hands of Diligence' mentioned in the intel.
Since the Hands of Diligence had already been summoned, it seemed the Sloth was now in its 'awakened' state.
The Sloth had noticed Ning Yu. It retracted all its Hands of Diligence, which circled around it a few times.
The severed Hands of Diligence, with faint outlines, began to regenerate.
[Ding! Mission: Proximity Progress Updated!]
[Mission Objective: Both Ji Mengyao and Wu Di have been found alive, triggering the hidden phase of the mission]
[Objective: Kill Sloth 0/1 before Wu Di dies]
[Basic Reward: Random Attribute Points *5, Points *20000]
[Hidden Phase Reward: Mid-tier Skill Upgrade Book *1]
A notification rang in Ning Yu's mind, informing her of the mission progress update. She had thought finding them would complete the mission and was ready to claim her 5 attribute points and 20000 points.
But it turned out there was a hidden phase, dragging the mission out further.
This meant if they had arrived to find Wu Di and Ji Mengyao already dead, the mission might have been completed immediately.
However, the hidden reward was a Mid-tier Skill Upgrade Book, which she could use to upgrade her [Scout (Mid-tier)] to High-tier.
This would allow her to view the weaknesses of these Mid-tier mutated zombies.
Ji Mengyao had noticed the situation and rushed to Wu Di's side without even greeting Ning Yu.
She crouched down to check on Wu Di.
"Wu Di, Wu Di, how are you?"
She helped Wu Di up from the sunken floor pit, noticing blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
His armor was completely shattered, with not a single intact piece.
His breath was faint, and he was on the brink of death.
No... They had to take Wu Di back to the base immediately, or else...
Seeing Wu Di's condition, Ji Mengyao's heart raced with anxiety.
He had already taken a heavy blow from the Sloth's Hands of Diligence earlier.
Now, after being struck by all the Hands of Diligence again, if not for his armor, he might have been killed instantly.
But...
She looked up at Ning Yu, who was confronting the Sloth. Ning Yu's reliable figure stood in front, making it impossible for her to abandon her companions and flee with Wu Di alone.
What should she do...?
This situation left Ji Mengyao in a state of panic.
The large chandelier on the ceiling swayed, and a familiar figure jumped down from it, almost losing balance before steadying herself.
"Mengyao, we're here! Don't worry!"
Shen Yiyue, carrying a sniper rifle, quickly arrived beside Ji Mengyao, who was supporting Wu Di.
Ji Mengyao wasn't sure what Shen Yiyue was doing, but she saw her gently place her hand on Wu Di.
"Wow, he's pretty badly injured..."
Shen Yiyue began using her new ability to heal Wu Di. Given the severity of his injuries, it felt like her brain had momentarily crashed.
The bloodstains on Wu Di's body and face suddenly began to disappear, and his body started convulsing as if undergoing some kind of reorganization.
After nearly 20 seconds, Shen Yiyue was so exhausted that she plopped down on the ground, barely able to support the weight of her sniper rifle.
She let the rifle drop to the ground and wiped the dense sweat from her forehead, her lips turning pale.
Pulling someone back from the jaws of death took a huge toll on her.
Ji Mengyao had been regretting her decision. If she had to choose between Wu Di dying or losing all his emotions, she would have chosen the latter.
But just now, she hadn't let him use his ability and nearly got him killed.
If Wu Di had died here, she would have lived the rest of her life with an unbearable guilt.
Now, Shen Yiyue had miraculously healed Wu Di's severe injuries!
She looked at Shen Yiyue in disbelief, who was gasping for breath, wondering when she had gained such a powerful ability.
She clearly remembered Shen Yiyue's ability was to ensure her hot weapons always hit their target?
But that question no longer mattered. Wu Di was clearly out of immediate danger, even though he hadn't woken up yet.
Ning Yu dodged the Hands of Diligence's attacks, unleashing a series of continuous and dense strikes with the Blood Kite, cutting through all the invisible arms again.
She didn't rush to approach the Sloth but took advantage of the moment when the Sloth was regenerating its hands to retreat to Ji Mengyao and Shen Yiyue's side.
Ji Mengyao was suffering from hallucinations, barely able to support Wu Di, while Shen Yiyue was weakened from overusing her ability.
"Take Mengyao and hide over there. I'll put Wu Di with you."
The Hands of Diligence were too close to them, and Ning Yu couldn't fight while also taking care of them, so she wanted them to retreat from the battlefield.
She took Wu Di's body from Ji Mengyao, and the weight was negligible for Ning Yu.
Shen Yiyue helped Ji Mengyao up and moved towards the spot Ning Yu pointed out, to take temporary refuge.
However, Ning Yu had a small personal motive for helping Wu Di.
[Your Friendship Level: Friendly]
[Detected Origin: Protection]
[Detected Replicable Origin Ability: Strength Conversion]
[Copy?]
As she was about to set Wu Di down, Ning Yu immediately chose to copy.
She hadn't had the chance to touch Wu Di and replicate his ability. After all, being a girl, she needed a suitable excuse to touch a man's body.
Now, she had the perfect opportunity.
[Ding! Acquired Origin Ability: Strength Conversion]
[Passive Effect: Stamina +4, Spirit -2. Can be toggled on and off.]
[Active Effect: Temporarily gain Stamina +10 for 10 minutes. However, the passive effect will be unavailable for three days after use.]
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!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
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.
