Chapter 37: Ashes of the Puppet Master

“Captain Ding, why are you here?”

Xi Yu looked at the sky; it wasn’t night yet, and he knew that at this hour, Ding Ren should be exceptionally busy.

Aside from handling matters related to the [Underworld], he had acted as a hands-off boss, dumping all the external field division and farm shop affairs onto Ding Ren.

Previously, if not for his specific invitation, Ding Ren simply wouldn’t have had the time to seek him out.

“The matters on hand happened to be resolved,” Ding Ren looked at Xi Yu, his tone very calm, but his lips carried a faint smile, and then he pointed at the door. “Won’t you invite me in to sit for a while?”

“How could I not? Even if I block everyone else in the world, you, Captain Ding, are definitely an exception.”

Xi Yu extended a hand to invite Ding Ren.

In truth, his door wasn’t locked at all; if Ding Ren wanted to enter, he could have just walked right in.

It seemed he had been waiting here for a while.

However, those words made Ding Ren’s face twitch wildly for a moment, and then he walked in ahead of him as if nothing had happened.

“Captain Ding, do you have business with me?”

Once inside, Xi Yu sat down on a random stool.

Ding Ren never visited without reason; he didn’t seem like the type to come over to talk of romance with him.

“Are you leaving?” Ding Ren stared at Xi Yu intently.

Xi Yu looked at Ding Ren in surprise. “Captain Ding, how did you know?”

Ding Ren’s gaze lacked its usual coldness, and his body slumped slightly. “I was already prepared yesterday. How long will you be gone?”

“I don’t know, but I should return in a few days.”

Xi Yu flashed a large smile at Ding Ren, then quickly changed the subject, not intending to dwell on this topic. “Captain Ding, I’ll treat you to something.”

With that, he pulled a Songzao Baba obtained from Man Wenhuai’s home and handed it to Ding Ren.

Ding Ren looked at the round Songzao Baba presented by Xi Yu’s fingers, took it instinctively, and couldn’t help but laugh before stuffing it into his mouth.

Taking a bite, he looked at Xi Yu in surprise.

“It’s delicious, right, Captain Ding?”

Xi Yu rested his chin in both hands, looking at Ding Ren in an uncomposed manner.

“It’s delicious,” Ding Ren nodded seriously.

He consumed the Songzao Baba in a few bites, and then a new one appeared before him.

Ding Ren couldn’t help but shake his head. “Keep them for yourself; once you’re on the road, many things will be inconvenient, and this will save you the effort of cooking.”

“It’s fine, I still have many. Just eat,” Xi Yu currently seemed to want to feed Ding Ren, finding it quite amusing to watch him eat.

Ding Ren had no choice but to accept the next Songzao Baba, consuming it in a few bites.

This time, Xi Yu finally didn’t present a new one.

Ding Ren wiped the grease from his hands, looked at Xi Yu as if wanting to say something, and eventually said, “Try to return early when the time comes. Zhang Qingyuan and the others will miss you.”

“Alright, Captain Ding,” Xi Yu nodded seriously.

Ding Ren couldn’t help but reach out to ruffle Xi Yu’s hair, and Xi Yu didn’t dodge.

After ruffling Xi Yu’s hair twice, Ding Ren finally withdrew his hand.

“Captain Ding, help me deliver this to the First Realm Guard when the time comes.”

Xi Yu handed his final Scale Bead to Ding Ren, explaining its functions and precautions to him one by one. “You guys should be able to put it to use.”

Handing the Scale Bead to the Middle Continent was a decision he had made when he first refined the beads.

Xi Yu knew very well that handing the Scale Bead to the Middle Continent was highly likely opening a Pandora’s box. Once the Middle Continent operated at full capacity, the storm caused would absolutely not be small.

But the role the Scale Bead would play in their hands was surely far greater than keeping it in his own hands.

Only, once this single Scale Bead was exposed, it might trigger an unprecedented wave not only in the Middle Continent, but across the entire Kun Star.

Whether it was the other five major nations or the ghosts, they might all fall into turmoil, and this would depend on how long the Middle Continent could keep the secret of the Scale Bead.

But Xi Yu knew very well that the Scale Bead couldn’t be kept secret for long.

The one at the farm combined with the one in Ding Ren’s hand would sooner or later be discovered.

But he wasn’t worried. He had only made this decision after sweeping the globe.

At the very least, he was certain that currently, no one on Kun Star could do anything to the Middle Continent; if they didn’t seize this opportunity to rapidly strengthen the Middle Continent, they wouldn’t want to wait until the Food Sequence Lords attacked to be slaughtered.

Currently, the Middle Continent should be driven to act boldly.

With this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Middle Continent had to exert its all to try once; if they could increase the nation’s strength by one point, they would do so.

If the Middle Continent grew strong, he would also benefit.

As for how to use the Scale Bead, he would leave it to them.

Xi Yu only had four words to convey to Chu Luan through Ding Ren: “Act boldly.”

And aside from the Scale Bead, there were the twelve Ogaso B-classes for them to command.

***

Ding Ren held the Scale Bead and took a deep breath, deeply shaken by the object.

In truth, he had already guessed Xi Yu’s ability, but he truly hadn’t expected Xi Yu to one day hand such a divine artifact to the Middle Continent for safekeeping.

“Rest assured, I will deliver it,” Ding Ren said seriously.

“Captain Ding, I naturally believe in you,” Xi Yu nodded with a smile.

“Wait a bit before leaving; Zhang Qingyuan and the others have gifts for you.” Ding Ren stood up, looking at Xi Yu. “I’m heading to the capital now, so I won’t see you off.”

“Alright, safe travels, Captain Ding.”

Xi Yu smiled as he watched him leave.

He had been avoiding Ding Ren recently, but now he suddenly felt a bit of reluctance in his heart.

Ding Ren suddenly stopped and turned around, and Xi Yu nearly collided with his body.

Staring at Xi Yu’s face for a moment, Ding Ren suddenly reached out to straighten Xi Yu’s collar, which was already very neat, and then finally strode away.

Watching Ding Ren leave, Xi Yu let out a silent sigh, finding that although Ding Ren usually didn’t talk much, he could always make him sentimental at times.

He was merely going out for a trip, after all.

Not long after Ding Ren left, Zhang Qingyuan indeed appeared.

“The boss had me deliver some things to you.”

Zhang Qingyuan and his partners carried large and small boxes of items to Xi Yu’s door.

“What is this?” Xi Yu was taken aback; there were quite a lot of items, actually filling more than a dozen boxes.

“Most were brought by the boss, and we don’t know what they are either,” Zhang Qingyuan urged quickly. “Why don’t you open them and see?”

Xi Yu was indeed very curious, unable to help but open them.

“It’s clothes!” Zhang Qingyuan and the others nodded and sighed; indeed, it was Ding Ren’s style.

The items Ding Ren had brought were quite numerous; the first box was packed with clothes, at least dozens of sets.

Xi Yu opened the second box and shut it instantly.

“What is it?” Zhang Qingyuan and the others craned their necks but failed to see.

“Cough… just some clothes.”

Xi Yu coughed lightly; he suddenly felt Ding Ren might have a hidden, closeted nature, as that box was completely packed with undergarments.

He didn’t inspect the rest, storing them all into his space.

“Thank you for the items, I’ve accepted them all.” Xi Yu expressed his gratitude to Zhang Qingyuan and the others.

“Then we’ll take our leave.” Zhang Qingyuan and the others left decisively.

They weren’t worried about Xi Yu at all now, and they knew with his power, he could return at any time, so there was no need to act sentimental.

Xi Yu smiled as he watched them leave.

Before long, Fang Jianbo and Gabriel also arrived.

They brought a large quantity of cooked food, so Xi Yu wouldn’t have to cook himself while outside; in any case, the items in his space would remain fresh.

Aside from the cooked food, they also brought several pots, a pile of kitchen utensils, and a large box of seasonings, which would last him for a long time.

Additionally, there were several large crates of eggs; these were unfertilized mutated eggs, and the mutation traits inside them were not an issue for him at all. If it was inconvenient, Xi Yu could simply boil them to eat.

These had been delivered by Isaac.

Once everyone left, Xi Yu summoned Xiao Bai and Owen’s group, preparing to set out.

Half a day later, Xi Yu appeared in an unfamiliar location.

This was a dense forest, and he had no idea where he was. He had let Xiao Bai teleport him away randomly, so he didn’t care where it was.

Checking his direction, he walked toward the west.

Xi Yu wasn’t traveling fast, with Xiao Bai and the rat resting on either side of his shoulders.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, once he felt tired, he simply found a place to rest, sharing the delicacies Fang Jianbo had prepared with the cat and the rat.

[Comprehensive Grade: E-class]
[Mutation (E-class): 72 (73)]
[Soul Transformation (E-class): 100 (101)]

Thanks to Ding Ren’s assistance and the accumulation of various resources, his strength had progressed steadily, and he was very close to breaking through to D-class.

His hand had begun to be covered in dragon scales from his palm up. This was a massive potential limit.

He was confident he would soon break through to F-class, and then he could continue to pile up his strength.

Once he completed his breakthrough, his body would undergo another qualitative leap, which filled him with great anticipation.

In his previous life, he had spent a long time struggling to become an A-class, paying an unknown price, yet he was now about to break through easily.

And this breakthrough was by no means difficult for him; he just needed to continuously accumulate resources, which he currently didn’t lack.

After his breakthrough concluded, Xi Yu consolidated his strength for half a day and then focused on his glove space.

The Food Sacrifice ability of the Head-Swapping Ghost had already been successfully parsed.

[Head-Swapping: If you don’t swap, I’ll help you swap.]

[Extraordinary Food Sacrifice]

This Food Sacrifice ability indeed hadn’t reached the Morbid tier, but it was still extremely powerful.

To him, this ability was also highly useful.

Once he successfully ascended to S-class, even those SS-class entities would surely be caught off guard when encountering this ability. He wondered if one day he truly became a Food Sequence Lord, would it be interesting to use this ability to cut off the heads of other Lords?

Thinking about it, Xi Yu was indeed a bit expectant.

Food Sacrifice abilities were best in large numbers; ordinary people lacked resources and could only pursue the elite route, but he had no such worries. He had plenty of energy, as long as the ability didn’t conflict with the mutation traits in his body.

Mutation traits would conflict, but a completed Food Sacrifice ability was fully internalized; as long as they weren’t completely opposing powers, they generally wouldn’t conflict.

Xi Yu swallowed the Food Sacrifice ability in one gulp.

[Head-Swapping] had no negative effect on his body.

Merging a Food Sacrifice ability required a vast amount of energy to integrate with his body, so Xi Yu quickly swallowed a C-class Mutation Essence.

Soon, the [Head-Swapping] ability became his own power bit by bit, though he still needed to consolidate it further to merge it perfectly with his body.

The excess energy of the Mutation Essence was also absorbed by the dragon scales on his left hand.

Although he had obtained a Food Sacrifice ability, the black wooden door he had gotten from Ding Ren hadn’t ultimately condensed into a skeletal gear.

Yao Yanyi’s devouring ability hadn’t been parsed either.

Xi Yu felt some regret; he felt Yao Yanyi’s ability was also quite good.

But he didn’t overthink it; his strength was progressing too fast, and he would sooner or later encounter more suitable abilities.

He continued his journey.

***

It was already dark by now, but traveling at night was of no concern to him.

Night was the domain of ghosts and a forbidden time for humans, but currently, it had little effect on him.

This breakthrough to C-class had brought a qualitative leap to his strength, and combined with his [Head-Swapping] ability, he felt even B-class experts would suffer before his human form.

Since his strength had reached C-class, attempting to increase his strength through extreme physical training was no longer highly effective.

Xi Yu hadn’t possessed so many resources to increase his strength in his past life, so he felt a bit of a loss.

He was slightly greedy.

He wondered how he could keep his strength progressing fast while accumulating resources, though the current speed was already very fast.

***

“Kill!”

The military guards of Xishan Village fought desperately to kill the flying demons charging into the village.

These ghosts could fly, normally hiding in the deep mountains, but they would fly out occasionally to raid.

They were highly intelligent and knew how to create distractions, and no one knew where they would appear. Not only Xishan Village, but several surrounding cities were deeply troubled by them.

Every time they appeared, they brought massive losses, and sometimes casualties.

Grain was one thing, but Xishan Village’s County Seat, Zheng Youwei, only hoped no casualties would occur today.

But looking at the sky full of over a thousand flying demons, his heart sank.

Suddenly, the flying demons emitted panicked shrieks.

First, several flying demons turned and flew toward the mountains, and the next moment, as if triggering a chain reaction, all the flying demons charged toward the mountains.

Zheng Youwei was stunned.

The guards and villagers of the village let out a sigh of relief at having survived.

But they were quickly filled with confusion; what was going on?

“Look, there’s a person over there.”

A guard of thirty-odd years pointed at a figure in the distance.

Indeed there was a person; under the dim lights of the village, a white-clad youth appeared in the distance.

Then they watched as the youth chased the flying demons into the mountains.

“That figure looks a bit familiar,” a guard couldn’t help but say.

The appearance of a youth outside the village late at night indeed seemed bizarre, but strangely, he felt as if he had seen this youth somewhere before.

“He looks like the Lord Dragon,” a young man said in shock.

He had visited the city recently, where everyone was currently discussing the divine dragon. Regarding the dragon’s human form, it had spread across the internet, so he had naturally seen it. Although it was night and he couldn’t see the youth’s face clearly, he felt his aura was far too similar.

Xishan Village was firm in its belief of the divine dragon’s existence, as many had seen his massive form fly overhead, so they held deep devotion.

But regardless of their belief, they found it hard to believe the divine dragon would appear in their small place.

So, he likely couldn’t be the divine dragon, right?

“It’s definitely the Lord Dragon,” the young man said with absolute certainty; he felt the youth was far too similar.

His certain tone began to make the village doubtful as well.

So, had the divine dragon truly come to their place?

[Fate Connection: +11]

Sensing the increase in the Fate Connection value, Xi Yu had gradually figured out how the mechanics worked.

This night, he had encountered many ghosts and many people.

If someone was in danger, he would help, at which point his Fate Connection value would increase. But it wasn’t absolute; the increase didn’t match the number of people he rescued perfectly.

Still, he believed helping people was one of the triggers.

Compared to the Fate Connection value, Xi Yu was currently even more surprised by the [Head-Swapping] ability; this ability was simply too useful.

He discovered this ability was exceptionally terrifying to low-level entities.

He didn’t even need to perform a complicated ritual like the Head-Swapping Ghost; he could directly trigger the ability.

As long as he spoke of head-swapping, a flying demon would surely fall from the sky.

Thus, he walked along, speaking of head-swapping, and before long, he had collected over a hundred carcasses of the flying demons. Subsequently, he continued to pursue the swarm, following them all the way to their nest.

He had no intention of sparing any of these ghosts that actively attacked humans.

The number of flying demons was exceptionally large.

This was considered a B-class forbidden zone in the Middle Continent; even B-class experts would have headaches facing this sky full of flying demons.

When the demons realized they were outmatched, they would flee, and since their nest was located in the deep mountains, it was very difficult for B-class experts to hunt them, allowing them to remain a menace over time.

Once Xi Yu pursued them into the mountains, they immediately went wild.

Tens of thousands of flying demons swarmed out, including over a hundred E-class large demons. They threw stones and sharp objects from the sky at him.

With so many demons charging at him, Xi Yu was bombarded until he was quite disheveled, while Xiao Bai and the rat quickly found a place to hide. One possessed powerful strength, and the other could hide in another space, so they had no need to worry about their safety.

Unless absolutely necessary, Xi Yu didn’t want to transform into the white dragon, nor did he want Xiao Bai and his partner to strike, so the two watched Xi Yu’s perilous situation with some amusement.

However, they found the sight of his dishevelment to be quite novel.

Suddenly, Xi Yu’s eyes lit up; there happened to be a cave on the mountain, and he ran inside to hide.

“Decapitate.”

Thud. A flying demon fell to the ground outside the cave.

“Decapitate.”

Thud.

“Decapitate.”

Thud.

As long as he spotted a flying demon, the [Head-Swapping] ability could be used.

With so many ghost heads in his space, this ability was truly invincible in his hands.

The flying demons in the sky went wild; they couldn’t attack Xi Yu who was hidden inside the cave, and could only watch their companions fall from the sky one by one, completely helpless.

An hour later, Xi Yu returned from their nest unscathed.

In the end, the vast majority of the flying demons had become his spoils of war.

He now discovered the limits of the [Head-Swapping] ability.

Every use of the ability consumed a significant amount of energy, and the stronger the target, the greater the consumption. Even against flying demons, after eliminating several hundred of them, the energy consumption in his body was significant, but he had plenty of resources and didn’t care at all.

Once tired, he simply ate a hearty meal, and his strength quickly recovered.

And then, the flying demons’ nightmare returned once more.

Eventually, under Xi Yu’s relentless attacks, the once dominant flying demons were completely wiped out, and the remaining hundred that tried to escape were intercepted by Xiao Bai.

Subsequently, Xi Yu appeared in his next destination.

Starting from this day, Xi Yu’s figure appeared in various parts of the Middle Continent.

Many people met Xi Yu, some spoke with him, and some were even invited to eat with him; the legends of the divine dragon began to play out across the lands of the Middle Continent.

Weiyang City.

A few days after Mu Chengjiang’s return, the marine beasts launched another invasion.

Regarding this, the guards of Weiyang City were on high alert.

“Exhale!”

But as the marine beasts were about to climb onto the city wall, a strange sound suddenly echoed from the wall. Instantly, hundreds of guards saw their City Seat’s mouth suddenly shoot out a long blade.

This blade traveled with incredible speed, spinning through the air. The next moment, over a hundred marine beasts were sliced in half, completely dead.

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at this scene.

But this wasn’t over.

“Exhale!”

“Exhale!”

“Exhale!”

The guards on the wall saw Mu Chengjiang shooting bizarre, powerful breath blades from his mouth.

One by one, the blades flew from his mouth, dancing in the air outside the gates, and in just a moment, over a thousand marine beasts lay dead.

Of course, this loss was insignificant to the endless marine beasts.

But even so, it startled everyone.

Once they recovered from their shock, they were ecstatic.

Was this a superpower?

Had their City Seat broken through to B-class?

Mu Chengjiang had disappeared for a few days and returned with two strange individuals. If they hadn’t trusted Mu Chengjiang, they would have nearly mistaken them for ghosts.

Where Mu Chengjiang had gone for those two days, no one knew, and since he didn’t say, they didn’t dare ask, but now they felt they understood.

“Kill!”

Before they could think further, Mu Chengjiang leapt off the wall, charging into the swarm.

In an instant, Mu Chengjiang demonstrated terrifying power, destroying everything in his path.

Furthermore, the two strange individuals who had been accompanying him also charged into the swarm. Without them appearing to move, the marine beasts died the moment they brushed against them, collapsing to the ground.

One by one, the marine beasts died in an inexplicable manner.

In no time, the three of them had cleared the marine beasts beneath the wall.

Now, the marine beasts in the distance were terrified, beginning to retreat.

“Charge!”

Normally, Mu Chengjiang could only watch the beasts leave, as they would have no strength left by this point.

But now, he found his consumption was minimal, and his body was filled with strength. Without hesitation, he roared and chased after the beasts.

And the two strange individuals followed him without pause.

In an instant, the three of them unleashed a momentum as of thousands of troops, driving the marine beasts all the way to the coast.

At this, the guards of Weiyang City could no longer hold back.

They had also realized that not only had their City Seat become a B-class expert, but the two strange individuals beside him also seemed to be B-class experts.

Their minds went blank.

How could their small Weiyang City have three B-class experts at once?

But the next moment, intense excitement erupted in their hearts, and a guard roared, “Charge! Kill the marine beasts and reclaim our territory!”

“Charge!”

One guard after another leaped off the wall, chasing after Mu Chengjiang.

In the end, they drove the massive army of marine beasts half a day’s journey away from Weiyang City.

Finally, the guards collapsed from exhaustion.

Their harvest this time was remarkable.

This single battle had resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of marine beasts, with almost everyone securing dozens of kills.

The sea monsters were completely terrified, and wouldn’t dare threaten Weiyang City for at least several months.

“Hahaha!”

Mu Chengjiang lay on the ground, exhausted, but he still laughed wildly.

They had dealt the marine beasts an unprecedented blow, and he had finally vented his frustration.

With the Middle Continent’s strength growing, he believed they would eventually drive all the marine beasts out of their territory.

“Ghosts?”

At this moment, the two strange individuals beside him were also exhausted, finally revealing their true faces, which startled the guards who had caught up.

“Everyone, do not panic. These two ghosts are friends of our Middle Continent; they have no human blood on their hands, and they will continue to fight alongside us,” Mu Chengjiang’s strength recovered slightly, and he laughed as he looked at everyone.

“Quickly gather the sea beast carcasses on the ground; these are all treasures, and we can trade them with Star-Dream Farm for meat.”

The guards looked at each other, but the joy of eating meat quickly overwhelmed them, and they lunged toward the carcasses with excitement.

Mu Chengjiang turned to look at the two B-class ghosts. “I will report your contributions to the First Realm Guard. Why don’t you stay here for a few days? I’ll call Star-Dream Farm to have them send meat over, and we’ll have a feast together.”

The two ghosts looked at each other and nodded repeatedly.

***

This scene played out across the country over the next few days.

Especially with Sha Ren personally taking action, several S-class and A-class forbidden zones near the Middle Continent relocated.

Some didn’t even wait for Sha Ren’s arrival, leaving on their own. This instantly freed up more than half of the Middle Continent’s B-class combatants.

And at this moment, Ding Ren brought the Scale Bead to the First Realm Guard, Chu Luan, on the Wanmin Vessel.

When Chu Luan personally received the Scale Bead and learned of its function, he couldn’t help but laugh excitedly, and then tears fell from his eyes.

Even though Xi Yu had brought him surprise after surprise, he was still deeply shaken this time.

This Scale Bead was absolutely a divine artifact to the Middle Continent.

He finally knew why Xi Yu had promised to bring dozens of B-class experts to the Middle Continent within a year. In his eyes, Xi Yu had been too conservative.

Chu Luan’s gaze toward the Scale Bead was warmer than ever.

“Act boldly.” He savored Xi Yu’s words.

Subsequently, he made a major decision.

Counting the Middle Continent’s currently vacant B-class experts, along with Sha Ren and the other B-class/A-class ghosts who would temporarily assist them, he decided to form a task force of over twenty super-strong individuals to assemble at the capital and begin sweeping through the surrounding areas.

Then, Chu Luan contacted Star-Dream Farm directly, preparing to gather a batch of supplies to form an unprecedentedly large force. Combining the twelve Ogaso B-classes at Star-Dream Farm, they would start from Xichuan Province and sweep through the regions currently occupied by humans in the Middle Continent from both the north and south.

As for the lost territories, he didn’t plan on reclaiming them for now.

Consolidating their current territory and recovering their strength was the priority.

Chu Luan was currently very clear-headed, not acting on impulse. He knew the Middle Continent’s current strength wasn’t sufficient to reclaim the entire nation.

Xi Yu had handed the Scale Bead to the Middle Continent, and he wouldn’t let the dragon’s efforts go to waste.

Furthermore, they would sweep through the ghosts within the Middle Continent’s borders first, which would provide the Scale Bead with a vast amount of resources to accumulate Dragon Source, allowing them to nurture more B-class experts.

They might even have a chance to nurture one or two true A-class experts.

Once their high-end combat power was elevated, it would be time to completely reclaim the land.

And this plan had to receive the support of all B-class experts.

Indeed, all the B-class experts were excited, and no one objected. Their once settled hearts were now filled with passion. Once this plan succeeded, the Middle Continent would truly be saved.

And this time, the Middle Continent possessed immense confidence.

In fact, it wasn’t just them; the military guards across the country and the temporarily recalled border guards also began to take the initiative to clear out low-level threats.

It was only due to the lack of food that Chu Luan didn’t fully mobilize all three major organizations.

At this moment, the Wanmin Vessels of the Middle Continent were operating at full capacity.

The military guards were also moving.

Star-Dream Farm was busy as well.

And although the ordinary citizens didn’t know of Chu Luan’s decision, they could perceive the massive commotion, experiencing an unprecedented sense of passion and vigor.

They decided to do what they could—saving food to support the forces.

With the entire Middle Continent’s vitality restored, Xi Yu could also perceive the changes during his travels.

Whatever the Middle Continent did, he wouldn’t intervene. But he was somewhat influenced by their passion, his blood boiling.

As for the Scale Bead, as long as he was still on Kun Star, he didn’t worry about losing it, so no matter how much noise the Middle Continent made, he felt at ease.

And during his travels, his strength was changing by the day.

The dragon scales on his hand began to cover his arm bit by bit.

However, Xi Yu wasn’t particularly excited; this was within his expectations, after all. He would celebrate once he successfully broke through to A-class.

On this day, after Xi Yu rescued a small green snake from a ghost, he found his Fate Connection value had finally broken through to a new stage.

[Fate Connection: 10,000]

Looking at the small green snake connected to his fate, Xi Yu was delighted; he could finally summon his second [Believer].

He set the snake aside and sat down to think about whom he should summon.

But just then, a massive rumble echoed through the sky.

Subsequently, a boundless black light descended from the heavens.

The world before his eyes underwent a massive transformation; the earth rumbled and shook, and an indescribable massive rift formed before his eyes. The black light from the sky swallowed the rift, eventually forming a black barrier that traversed the sky and earth.

Before Xi Yu could even react, he felt an anomaly behind him as well.

He turned around, and a massive space not far behind him began to flicker, as if something was about to manifest.

Suddenly, the world went dark, and then a colossal building appeared out of thin air before him, with six large words on the main entrance:

[No. 13 Hospital] 

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