Chapter 46: The Disaster-Prone Group Admin
Wrapped in golden light, Zhang Chulan and Zhang Huaiyi dashed down the mountain. Such a commotion naturally caught others' attention.
"Damn it, the mission failed. Not only did we not find Zhang Xilin's corpse, we didn't even catch Zhang Chulan."
A pink-haired girl hid behind a zombie as she spoke, visibly frustrated.
Meanwhile, Feng Baobao, who had been locked in fierce combat with the undead, saw Zhang Chulan fleeing and immediately went all out.
With a flash of white light, the heads of the zombies before her exploded one by one—just like ripe watermelons bursting open.
But it was already too late.
By the time she finished off the last of the zombies, Zhang Chulan and Zhang Huaiyi were nothing more than two golden silhouettes disappearing into the distance.
"That old man's qi… feels familiar."
Watching the pair vanish, Feng Baobao frowned, trying to recall where she'd sensed Zhang Huaiyi's aura before.
…
[Unshaken Bilian]: I didn't expect it to be Liu Yanyan who saved me. Looks like it's not my time to die after all, haha.
Having escaped, Zhang Chulan immediately shared the good news in the group chat.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Tch, just dumb luck.
[Seeker of the Dao]: It's good that you're safe.
[Seeker of the Dao]: By the way, speaking of plots—where is everyone in theirs?
[Moe King]: Just entered the Jura Forest. Haven't run into the goblin tribe yet.
[Photo Princess]: Same here. I just arrived at the Herta Space Station, and it got invaded right away.
[Photo Princess]: Dead inside.jpg
[Photo Princess]: So unlucky. I was hoping to look around the station.
March 7th fired an ice arrow and took down a void creature, then posted in the group. She encouraged herself softly, "Come on, it'll be over soon."
[Passerby]: A few people from the start of the story just showed up. Looks like my arc is beginning too.
[Celestial King of Heavenbase]: Just got word—there's been an attack at Tao Tie Airport.
[Seeker of the Dao]: Same here. If my estimate's right, Tang San and Xiao Wu should have arrived in Soto City.
[Seeker of the Dao]: Looks like everyone's story is starting around the same time.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Huh? Why hasn't my world changed at all?
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Could it really just be an ordinary world?
Gu Ruoli stared at the chat, confused. If everyone else's story was beginning, shouldn't hers show some changes too? Why was there no sign of anything? Was her world really just a parallel one?
[Seeker of the Dao]: Hey, does your world have any defining elements? Maybe I can figure out what it is.
Wu Tong looked at the group admin's messages and asked after thinking a bit.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: No, it just feels like a normal parallel world.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Except half a year ago, the authorities suddenly created an agency called the "Relevant Department."
[Dragon King Spits Water]: And some schools started teaching martial arts… but that's it.
[Seeker of the Dao]: The "Relevant Department," martial arts education… and that didn't make you suspicious?
[Dragon King Spits Water]: I had some guesses, but it's been six months with no changes. And martial arts don't seem very useful either.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: So those initial theories stopped mattering.
[Seeker of the Dao]: Any prominent figures? The details you gave are too broad to narrow it down.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Let me think… oh, right! There's a renowned martial grandmaster named Zhou Zongsheng. He's respected nationwide in Daxia.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: You figured it out?
[Seeker of the Dao]: I did, but… it's probably not good news.
If it was truly the world he suspected… Wu Tong's eyes filled with sympathy.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Are you saying my world is scary?
[Seeker of the Dao]: Yes. The danger level is nearly on par with the Perfect Trilogy.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Ah!!! That bad? What the hell is going on?
[Seeker of the Dao]: I'm uploading it to the group folder. Take a look yourself.
A moment later, under everyone's watchful eyes, a file named "Spiritual Energy Revival" appeared in the shared folder.
Gu Ruoli didn't dare take things lightly. Upon learning that her world's danger level was comparable to the Perfect Trilogy, she was nearly scared stiff.
The Perfect Trilogy! What kind of threats did that involve? Foreign Immortal Kings, chaos across the Sea of Realms, dark corruption, and that eerie Plateau Above the Heavens...
Every one of them was world-ending. There was no way someone like Gu Ruoli, a complete small fry, could survive in such an environment. Just the shockwaves from a battle between true powerhouses would be enough to wipe out countless people like her.
And yet her world was on the same danger level? Her heart felt like it was about to leap out of her throat.
Staring at the file titled Spiritual Energy Revival, she didn't hesitate and clicked on it.
In quick-browse mode, a torrent of information poured into her mind.
Once Gu Ruoli had sorted through it all, her hopes were completely crushed.
What the hell was this?
Spiritual energy revival? Sure, that was fine. Everything fighting for survival—reasonable. After all, the revival of spiritual energy would naturally lead to the reordering of the food chain.
Weird phenomena reawakening? Also understandable. If spiritual energy came back, it made sense that supernatural entities would too.
Alien invasion? A stretch, but acceptable. The universe is vast—who's to say aliens don't exist?
Erosion by Old Ones? Even if unlikely, ancient gods drifting through endless void occasionally brushing past a world seemed like a fair stroke of bad luck.
But abyssal invasion? What the hell was that?
The graveyard of worlds. The garbage dump of the void. A convergence point for shattered realms, filled with hatred and destruction, instinctively pulling other worlds into ruin.
How the hell is someone like me supposed to deal with that? Gu Ruoli was speechless.
Why was her world so plagued by disaster after disaster? Every time a catastrophe ended, an even greater one arrived. And in the end, no matter how hard they fought, everything still got swallowed by the abyss. She was feeling utterly hopeless.
[Seeker of the Dao]: …That's the story of your world.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Who's the author of this novel? I swear I'll @#¥%$& him!
[Seeker of the Dao]: Judging by your cursing, that's pretty intense. But if you really want to go after the author, you'll need to become a Tier 9 powerhouse first—only then could you traverse the endless void. And even then, you probably still wouldn't find them.
[Celestial King of Heavenbase]: Terrifying. Your world isn't just dangerous—it's utterly hopeless.
Recalling the descriptions from the novel—everything under the abyss's gaze beginning to wail, bodies being slowly corrupted, and eventually turning into mindless abyssal monsters—He Xi couldn't help but shiver.
[Photo Princess]: That's horrifying. Even disasters caused by Stellar Gods seem trivial in comparison.
[Passerby]: And based on what Wu Tong said, everyone's storylines are starting now… meaning…
[Moe King]: Moment of silence.
[Celestial King of Heavenbase]: Moment of silence.
[Seeker of the Dao]: Moment of silence.
[Photo Princess]: Moment of silence.
[Unshaken Bilian]: Moment of silence.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: I'm not even dead yet! Why are you all already mourning me? Are you that sure I'll die?
[Passerby]: Does the group admin think they can become a Tier 10 powerhouse before the abyss arrives and either fight it off or take the whole world and escape?
Gu Ruoli fell silent. There were only about ten thousand years left until the abyss descended. That wasn't even enough time for a cultivator to finish a closed-door retreat in a normal xianxia world.
Faced with that, she gave up entirely.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Whatever. If the sky falls, someone taller can hold it up. I refuse to believe the chat group would just sit by when the time comes.
[Dragon King Spits Water]: Besides, who knows? Maybe before the abyss arrives, some bigshot might show up. Maybe they'll casually resolve everything.
[Unshaken Bilian]: …Classic you.
[System Message]: Zhang Chulan has been muted for 10 minutes by group admin [Dragon King Spits Water] due to inappropriate remarks.
(End of Chapter)
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