Chapter 515 This is for Your Self-Destruction (13,000 Words, Large Chapter Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

July 7, 2018, 7:12 PM.

Zheng Nation, Tiandu.

Evening.

A figure clad in an exoskeleton armor suddenly materialized from the empty sky, the Tongyou Dao Armor, which had been in a state of invisibility, descended from the sky. Under the protection of wind-based Daoshu (Taoist arts), it decelerated in an instant as if without any reaction force, gently landing on the roof of the Zhuzhao Group building, and rippling out a visible wave of gale.

The towering exoskeleton armor was pitch black all over, with faint cracks on the originally smooth chest armor. After landing, the armor on the back of the exoskeleton opened, and a young man with wood-colored long hair, who looked a little tired, got up and disengaged from it.

"This time's enemy was quite strong... I almost had to directly notify the local security bureau and request official forces to strike."

The body part of the Dao Armor is composed of artificial bionic spiritualized cartilage structure, which can buffer various shocks and impacts, and can also transmit the spiritual power of the exclusive user almost one hundred percent.

The head is also completely wrapped, with only a narrow v-shaped observation window for the eyes.

However, this Dao Armor, which seemed to be born from shadows and hidden in darkness, had a penetrating broken wound in the center of its chest. Although the wound was not deep, the outer armor of the exoskeleton was indeed broken through. If the user's body was not tougher than the armor, he would have been severely injured by this attack.

"A dependent on the verge of reaching the Commander tier, a full-force blow before death, even I cannot completely avoid it."

Standing on the roof of the building, letting the engineering robot load and transport the Dao Armor to the repair room, Shao Qiming stared at the scar on the armor's chest, and couldn't help but ponder: "As most of the weak dependents have been suppressed by me and related departments, what remains are all thorny guys."

"It is indeed getting harder and harder to hide my strength and quickly solve them."

Recently, Shao Qiming has been maintaining a high-intensity hunting operation targeting various dangerous Celestial God dependents.

However, with the launch of the sixth national anti-crime campaign in Zheng Nation, most of the weak and dangerous individuals were either captured or killed in the early stages, which led to Shao Qiming having to repeatedly expand his hunting range, and even be forced, like his good friend in the past, to leave the national border and hunt in neighboring countries.

Similarly, the dependents who can survive the repeated official strikes in Zheng Nation are all very thorny and powerful without exception - just like the one Shao Qiming encountered this time, a 'Tie Zhen Songmu' (Iron Needle Pine Wood) with a Shenmu (Divine Tree) bloodline, which is a dependent individual that combines strength and cunning.

This Shenmu dependent, entrenched in the Siberia region, has become a local forest tyrant. It has assimilated all the pine forests within a few kilometers. Its main body is entrenched deep underground, like an underground hedgehog covered in thorns.

Any creature with hostility will be shot and killed by thousands of pine needles that are more powerful than armor-piercing naval guns. Up to now, more than twenty people have died in this forest, and the Ross Country officials have not yet figured out the situation, and are even guessing whether some kind of ferocious spiritual beast is entrenched in this area.

When Shao Qiming used the convex lens effect to gather the surrounding sunlight to conduct high-temperature scorching strikes on the entire forest, and used his Shenmu power to seal the earth's veins, forcing the Tie Zhen Songmu body to break out from the ground, he found that in the center of the round core, which was intertwined with countless renewals, there was a seedling belonging to the 'Shenmu' lineage germinating.

If it continued to grow like this, perhaps in a few years, it might transform into the most primitive Shenmu bud, growing a brand new posture from its original body.

And this is probably the way most native Shenmu dependents advance.

The strength of Tie Zhen Songmu is very powerful. Without revealing his identity and needing to hide a certain amount of strength, if it wasn't for Shao Qiming's use of the Tongyou Dao Armor to travel through shadows, and the combination of Fusang Shenmu (Hibiscus Divine Tree) releasing divine light attacks, he would not have been able to do anything to it.

Even so, when he finally beheaded the core of Tie Zhen Songmu, he was almost severely injured by the opponent's dying blow, which used the life spirit leaves of the budding Shenmu sapling as a weapon, shattering his heart.

Fortunately, Shao Qiming himself is also a Shenmu, and has great resistance to wood-based attacks, so only his armor was broken and a few ribs were broken. Now he has almost healed himself.

In fact, Tie Zhen Songmu is not the most powerful of all known dangerous creatures in the world.

Currently, in the Africa region, there are already news of Commander-tier spiritual beasts and divine beasts appearing - many small countries are already under national martial law, and are applying for assistance from the United International, otherwise, without strong people, if they are attacked by this level of divine beast, they may usher in national滅亡.

Just like Tie Zhen Songmu, ordinary conventional armies are no longer useful for dealing with this level of monster, unless heavy firepower is used to wash the ground for a long time, and combined with strong people to force it to expose itself on the surface, otherwise, as long as it escapes into the ground thousands of meters deep, even nuclear bomb bombardment will not be able to kill it.

Even Shao Qiming probably cannot defeat Commander-tier dependents who are stronger than Tie Zhen Songmu. At most, he can only protect himself - this may still depend on luck.

Of course, if he really encounters a very, very powerful Celestial God dependent, then the young man will notify the local security bureau without saying a word, and apply for the assistance of the Holy Seat.

And if it's a little stronger... he will directly inform his friend and apply for a dimensional reduction Overlord-tier strike on the dependent.

At that time, the other party will definitely regret why they didn't obediently let him kill them.

If in doubt, just report it directly.

Being a Dark Knight is only when you can solve the matter yourself. If you can't solve it—then Batman calls for Superman to save the day in many cases.

Asking for help is not shameful... What's more, he is originally within the system, and calling for official strikes is originally a normal part of the means.

Just as Shao Qiming was thinking about how to repair the damage to the Tongyou Dao Armor in a short period of time.

Suddenly, he raised his head and looked at the high sky.

"Huh?"

Staring at the shimmering spiritual light above Tiandu, which ordinary people cannot see, Shao Qiming couldn't help but mutter to himself: "This... A Zhou is here?"

"Isn't he supposed to be busy with meetings everywhere today?"

His tone was with a bit of worry and hesitation, but soon, this worry was thrown away.

There's nothing to worry about.

Although he didn't notify the officials about his secret hunting activities against Shenmu dependents and learning the Celestial God Spirit Convergence Method, this is not a big problem in essence.

It is true that he chose the path of Shenmu cultivation, which he didn't want the other party to know, but what if he knew?

So, he smiled and shook his head, and turned back to his office.

When Su Zhou landed on the top floor of the Zhuzhao headquarters building in Tiandu, and skillfully passed through a series of identity verification facilities, and came to the chairman's office, he heard a familiar voice.

"The list of suspicious people among the national comprehensive competition athletes within Zheng Nation is on the table."

"Okay, I'll take it then."

Su Zhou raised his head and saw Shao Qiming sitting behind his desk, browsing matters related to the group. He smiled and said, "What's wrong? Is the group very busy?"

"It's okay. With the intervention of Zheng Nation officials, although it is subject to supervision, generally speaking, the specific matters are not so troublesome, and various departments will give the green light."

With the relationship between the two, there is no need for greetings or thanks, or even greetings.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Su Zhou is very grateful to Shao Qiming.

Since the revival of spiritual energy, Su Zhou has been traveling back and forth between different world earths. Although he deliberately spent time with his parents and friends, and fulfilled his duties as a professor to lead a group of students, most of his energy was indeed spent on improving his strength and fighting against various dangerous enemies and disasters.

Shao Qiming's existence has solved many of his worries, such as helping Su Zhou's parents relocate to safer areas, initially helping him prepare various materials that could not be prepared openly, and later directly establishing a company group to plan various resources for him, including politics.

Just like this 'National Comprehensive Competition' plan, Su Zhou essentially only put forward an outline and ideas, and various real implementations and improvements were made by Shao Qiming - it was Su Zhou who enhanced his reputation, but it was the other party who was busy behind the scenes.

Indeed, both sides gained something, but this kind of thing cannot be calculated by profit.

"In a few days, the national comprehensive competition official preliminaries will open. Those who participate this time are the winners from various states. If you can play, that would be best."

"Okay, I'll go. I'll take this opportunity to catch all those dangerous people."

Casually confirming the plan a few days later, the two also talked about some things about the family, such as Shao Shuangyue recently being a virtual vup, and hasn't left home for several days, and the Shao family elders recently decided to go to Qingqiu Star for a tour, to see the giant Su Zhou statue that was recently carved by the Qingqiu people.

Of course, there are also some decisions of the group.

Because of the large-scale construction and future planning in recent years, the available land on Earth is getting less and less. If Zhuzhao Group still wants to continue to develop related spiritual plant and spiritual animal planting and breeding industries, it must apply for land use qualification certificates in other worlds. This certificate requires some guarantees from Zheng Nation's top officials.

In this regard, Su Zhou naturally signed several sets of words on the spot - today's Earth, probably no one's signature guarantee is more authoritative than Su Zhou's.

Most of the things are solved.

Usually, Su Zhou should leave after talking about this, and today seems to be no exception.

"By the way."

Just as Su Zhou turned around and walked to the door of the office, and Shao Qiming also looked back at the computer screen.

The young man turned his head and said seriously to his friend: "Qiming, there is something I must say."

"...What's the matter?"

Hearing this, although Shao Qiming didn't have any changes on the surface, even a slight daze, but not having changes in itself is a flaw.

In this regard, Su Zhou said seriously: "The way of Shenmu, I don't know it completely. I can't help you much in this regard."

"The wisdom tree in my home is just accumulating resources and then slowly taking root and growing - but Qiming, you are not a real Shenmu now, so naturally you can't learn this method. What's more, I don't think you will accept such a boring life as staying in the same place like a tree."

"So, I'm afraid I can only give a piece of advice - the most important thing in Shenmu's cultivation is 'stability', not 'radical'. Hunting other Shenmu dependents to be your nutrients can indeed accelerate growth, but this kind of mentality is not in line with the characteristics of 'existence' and 'derivation' of Shenmu itself, and it is likely to embark on the evil path, or even go astray."

"This time you are injured, so take good care of yourself and don't continue to do it recently... In fact, your accumulation is completely enough, you only need to calm down and settle down, and feel the essence of Shenmu's 'eternal existence'. Breaking through the Commander tier should be a matter of course."

"A Zhou..."

Hearing this, it is naturally impossible for Shao Qiming to pretend to be nonchalant. His expression is a little complicated. Although there is a feeling of being discovered 'secret', there is more relief in his heart.

Choosing the way of Shenmu is indeed his own decision to catch up with Su Zhou, but after really being discovered by the other party, and being discovered that he has embarked on a different path of greatness, Shao Qiming still feels a sense of unease that he is not traveling with Su Zhou.

After all, he also knows that the relationship between great existences is not harmonious. Although there may have been a period of cooperation between some great existences, generally speaking, they are all opposed to each other.

"I'm sorry..."

However, before Shao Qiming could continue speaking, Su Zhou had already seriously stretched out one hand, and condensed a little bit of cyan-purple light, similar to the inheritance imprint floating in the 'Transmission Tower', at his fingertips.

Then, he sent it to Shao Qiming, interrupting the other party's words, causing him to subconsciously reach out and catch the light.

Immediately afterwards, the young man said calmly: "The Celestial God Spirit Convergence Method is indeed a very good quick method. But like all quick methods, it has hidden dangers."

"The Celestial God factors gathered are essentially the life essence of the dependents. Qiming, if you absorb too much, it will affect the purity of your essence - of course, purity is not useful, but at least it can reduce the pressure on your spirit, and you can focus on your own path, instead of being affected by the remaining spirit of others."

Speaking of this, Su Zhou showed a confident smile: "By practicing my 'Myriad World Innovation Method', you can slowly expel these impurities, and even expel other foreign thoughts."

"Although it is not a powerful fighting method, if it is said to temper the essence and consolidate the foundation, I think that under the sky, there is no inheritance that can compare with it."

After speaking, the young man put his hands behind his back and smiled at his friend.

——The way of Shenmu?

That is also a correct one.

In that case, what is wrong with admitting it?

Although he didn't say a word, Su Zhou's meaning was so obvious that there was no need for any words at all, and Shao Qiming clearly understood his meaning.

"...This Myriad World Innovation Method of yours, I remember you boasted to me last time that it was recorded in the Transmission Tower, and it belongs to the inheritance of the Great Heavenly Venerable?"

Putting his hands together and absorbing the cyan-purple light into his body, Shao Qiming closed his eyes slightly and felt the information of the inheritance of the 'Myriad World Innovation Method'.

Afterwards, he opened his eyes and said with the same grace: "Then I'm not taking a big advantage? This is at least a Heavenly Venerable cultivation method that can only be obtained with more than a million citizen points, right?"

"Millions? At least tens of millions, or rather, priceless!"

Su Zhou laughed loudly. Although he didn't know how the Zheng Nation officials would handle the relevant Heavenly Venerable inheritance in the future, he knew very well that if you want to practice the Heavenly Venerable-level inheritance, the prerequisite is to bring the basic immortal god inheritance to perfection like Bai Yingxue - otherwise, you may not even be able to understand the relevant cultivation method, let alone practice it.

Without understanding the True Dragon thoroughly, how could you learn the way of Conquering Heavenly Ying Dragon, and how could you learn the Candle Dragon Dharma Body? Without a deep understanding of the way of the divine bird, I am afraid that even the essence of the phoenix cannot be broken.

Learning rashly will only lead to self-destruction.

Even if this kind of cultivation method really becomes a great community in the future, it cannot be shared casually, because the information contained in these inheritances, unless it reaches a certain level, will cause harm to people just by knowing it.

After laughing, Su Zhou's expression became serious.

He looked at Shao Qiming, who was thinking, and said seriously.

"Actually, I did think about whether to ask Yala, or condense 'Immortal Blood' myself, for you and other members of the family to use together."

"But the erosion of Immortal Blood is too powerful. After accepting it, you will basically be marked with the imprint of 'Chaos'... This is not a good thing. Although Yala seems to be a kind great existence, its essence is chaos. Becoming its core dependent, who knows if you will be besieged by other great existence dependents - and in the future, if Yala and I part ways, I can abandon this power, but what about you?"

Even in the soul space, Yala began to lose his temper again, saying things like 'Su Zhou, you brat, you are obviously my covenantor and you are saying bad things about me to others?!' 'What's wrong with Chaos? At least I have better interpersonal relationships than Twilight!'

But Su Zhou still insisted on finishing these words.

This is actually a problem that has been bothering Su Zhou... Until today, although he has experienced many adventures together, he still has a certain degree of suspicion towards Yala.

In fact, this is the result of Yala deliberately creating it - because only endless questioning can be considered his dependents, people traveling together.

But even if Yala didn't guide him, Su Zhou would still doubt him, until the youth knew the whole picture of Yala's plan.

Faced with Yala's plan, which is still hidden in the dark curtain and only showing its head without seeing its tail, Su Zhou is still trying to guess the other party's purpose.

So, now, seeing Shao Qiming actively choosing the path of 'Shenmu' himself, although Su Zhou still has some worries in his heart, more of it is a sigh of relief.

Because in this way, at least Shao Qiming chose this path himself, and was not coerced by him and Yala.

As for not being on the same path...

Friends don't necessarily mean that they can only walk on the same road. Only those who are on the same path can be friends.

In addition to this, there is another kind - precisely because they have chosen different paths, but they can still have a very good relationship, this is also a true friend.

"I understand. I will temporarily stop the plan to hunt other Shenmu dependents and try to feel the true essence of the way of Shenmu."

Now, Shao Qiming also knows very well that Su Zhou probably knew all his actions from the beginning, but kept silent for some complex reasons.

And saying it suddenly today... I am afraid that Su Zhou himself has figured something out, right?

He smiled and sighed, and then said calmly: "Don't worry, I can listen to opinions, and I also understand that my previous actions were indeed a bit rash and hasty... Don't worry, A Zhou, I understand."

"Haha, in this way, it is very innovative."

Hearing Shao Qiming's guarantee, Su Zhou laughed.

Although they said so, neither Su Zhou nor Shao Qiming marked anything about the obviously illegal things such as 'privately taking action to kill dependents' and 'hunting demons across national borders'.

After all, in essence, they are not good guys who abide by the rules.

With that said, Su Zhou should really leave.

However, this time Shao Qiming asked him to stay.

"By the way, A Zhou, there is something I didn't plan to tell you before, so as not to disturb you."

Getting up from behind his desk, the wood-colored long-haired youth looked at Su Zhou and said with a serious expression: "But since you are here now, I will say it."

"Recently, Shuangyue's situation is a bit strange. The results of the Holy Trial election are very good, and the family members have completely let go in terms of live broadcasting and games, letting her do it... But she has always been a little unhappy."

"I have asked her several times, but every time she just deals with it with 'um' and 'ah'... I, her brother, can't do anything. Maybe if you ask, you might get something."

Hearing this, Su Zhou raised his eyebrows and nodded in reply: "Coincidentally, I also have this intention."

"After all, this may indeed have something to do with me."

"Then I'll leave this matter to you."

Nodding slightly, Shao Qiming sat back in his seat and smiled: "Then I will continue to handle the relevant matters of the competition. If there is any situation, contact me directly."

"No problem, I'll leave everything to you. I'll go see Shuangyue now."

Responding seriously, Su Zhou turned around, walked out of the chairman's office door, and then turned into a streamer and disappeared.

Sitting in the seat in the office, Shao Qiming used the camera above the Zhuzhao Group building to look at a cyan-purple spiritual light rising rapidly. After reaching the upper atmosphere, it turned and flew towards the south of Zheng Nation.

Lowering his head, the youth closed his eyes and felt the inheritance of the method called [Myriad World Innovation] in his mind.

"...Admit mistakes, correct and improve."

Silently reciting the core essence of this method, he smiled silently.

Opening his eyes, Shao Qiming looked at the photo on his desk, a photo taken by the Shao and Su families ten years ago, and he stared at the young boy in the photo frame, whose appearance and temperament were still very young, but who could still see the shadow of the present, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"That guy who was wholeheartedly pursuing the extraordinary, so dead-headed to the extreme... That guy who refused to admit that he was wrong and insisted on picking on others to prove that he was right."

"Now, has he become such a person?"

He muttered to himself, then smiled and shook his head slightly: "Too considerate..."

"In that case, I am afraid that I also need to 'innovate'."

The cyan-purple light flew past from above the atmosphere.

July 7, 2018, 7:46 PM.

Zheng Nation, Hong Prefecture, Hong City, Shao Family Mansion.

Evening.

In the quiet room on the second floor of the mansion, there was the sound of typing.

[Qing Yinghua]: "How is it? Have you filled out the application form? Registration has already started! We have time in August, we can go to participate in the most basic pre-selection to warm up and increase some popularity to cooperate with the future competition!"

[Shao Shuangyue]: "Um, it has been filled out. But Yinghua, are we really going to do pre-selection live broadcast? If we accidentally lose, then we will lose face."

[Qing Yinghua]: "???"

[Qing Yinghua]: "You, can you even say such things? With your national front-ranking results and the practical combat class being the first in the school, and me being at least a first-class level among my peers, we just need to work hard and there is no problem in entering the 'Human Ranking'. How can you even say that we might lose the basic pre-selection?"

[Shao Shuangyue]: "It's just that I'm a little worried..."

[Qing Yinghua]: "What is there to worry about? Both of your brothers are the hosts of related events, and you usually have extra lessons, right? I know you usually hide your strength. What are you not confident about!"

[Shao Shuangyue]: "..."

The continuous typing sound suddenly stopped here.

Looking at the chat records on the screen, the black-haired girl with her hair tied up was slightly stunned.

Human Ranking.

To be precise, it is the [Heaven, Earth, Human] three rankings.

Initiated by Zhuzhao Group in conjunction with Rainbow Serpent Group, and supported by official organizations such as the United International, Europa Concorde Bureau, Zheng Nation National Security Bureau, Ross Country National Security Bureau, and American NW Foundation, it is a ranking of related practitioners conducted globally.

Heaven Ranking, now refers to the Commander tier and even above the Commander tier, belonging to the category of 'Human Immortal' and 'Earth Immortal'. In theory, this should be a ranking that only Earth Immortals and above exist, but because there is only one Earth Immortal, Su Zhou, in the world, the standard has been lowered and Commander Human Immortals have also been added.

Earth Ranking, refers to the extraordinary tier - it will be upgraded to the Commander tier in the future, but now it refers to the ranking of practitioners of this level. People like Shao Qiming, Guan Wanjing, Li Hanshan, Jin Qiong, and Li Yeyu are all on this ranking.

Human Ranking, needless to say, is the potential stock of the awakening tier among the younger generation. Unlike the Heaven and Earth rankings that collect the data of the world's strong, each country and region has a corresponding ranking of the Human Ranking.

Su Zhou is the first in the Heaven Ranking, no one doubts it. Shao Qiming is in the middle and rear of the Earth Ranking, but he is also considered a well-known strong man of the younger generation.

According to the usual results, Shao Shuangyue's strength is indeed some distance away from entering the global Human Ranking. Even the national Human Ranking may not be able to get the first-class ranking.

But for a friend who is familiar with the girl's true strength and has personally sparred with Shao Shuangyue, Qing Yinghua knows very well how strong this girl, who usually does not show off and is even a little lazy, is.

Not to mention the first-class national Human Ranking, she is also a solid top strength among the global younger generation.

After all, her two brothers are now the number one person on Earth and the chairman of a well-known emerging group in the country!

But Qing Yinghua herself did not know that her casual remark suddenly pierced Shao Shuangyue's heart.

"What am I... not confident about?"

Looking at her computer screen, she muttered to herself in a low voice.

A compliment that could be regarded as a friend's hidden boast instead caused huge ripples in Shao Shuangyue's fairly calm heart.

——Can I win?

——Can I really win?

——If I participate and don't get good results... wouldn't that be embarrassing my brothers?

[Qing Yinghua]: "What's wrong, Shuangyue? Why did you suddenly stop replying?"

"Are you unhappy? I'm sorry, I just think you are really strong. I didn't specifically say how you got extra lessons..."

Shao Shuangyue did not see her friend's speech.

The girl's heart was already in a mess at this moment.

This kind of panic, this kind of fear, no one else can understand, and the impact is greater than others imagine.

Even greater than Shao Shuangyue herself imagined.

So much so that when Shao Shuangyue herself realized it, she had left the Shao Family Mansion after a long absence and was walking on the path along the Gan River.

"What am I... not confident about?"

Under the dim street lights, Shao Shuangyue sat on a seat beside the path along the river, and she stared at the flowing river in front of her, and couldn't help but mutter to herself: "Or rather, what am I unwilling to do?"

Thinking of this, the girl smiled bitterly.

Unwilling?

There are too many.

——Every morning, wake up from the bed in the house. Nothing happened, nothing changed.

She wouldn't suddenly put on a new outfit, get a new identity, and spend a new day. It's just a boring repetition of yesterday.

She obviously lives in an exciting world, but she can only watch her brothers be powerful and be protected in the safest nest, so much so that she is a little afraid to move forward.

Taking out her phone with the Necron peripheral phone case, which has no girlish style, Shao Shuangyue subconsciously browsed the news.

[Returning from Jupiter - Zheng Nation's New World Exploration Minister Su Zhou interacts with alien civilizations again! The Galactic Upper Kingdom of Cenos Tia reveals its mysterious veil!]

[Young entrepreneur - Chairman of Zhuzhao Group, one of the representatives of Zheng Nation's younger generation, Mr. Shao Qiming will be interviewed by the 'Global Martial Arts Comprehensive Competition Committee' to reveal the mental journey behind his launch of the global competition plan!]

[New Era - United International once again empowers countries around the world to conduct close cooperation. In this new era of great waves, mankind should move forward hand in hand!]

Just by casually swiping, Shao Shuangyue could see several news items related to her relatives out of ten news items.

Especially the various news about the New Era series, although Su Zhou and Shao Qiming's names do not appear every time, most likely, they are related to them behind the scenes.

[Yes, I call for world peace. The power of mankind should be united, not consumed by internal strife. Countries should work together to move towards the future and the stars.]

[Who will guarantee the fairness of cooperation? I will guarantee it.]

[How do you guarantee it? It's too simple. Whoever is unfair, I will be unfair to him.]

[No, no, no, this is not a threat, Mr. Reporter. I have the support of the law - United International has granted me global law enforcement power. Accompanied by the relevant teams of the four permanent member states, I can investigate any relevant person I think has problems. As long as they do have problems, then I can throw them in jail.]

"Brother Zhou is always so confident..."

Shao Shuangyue watched Su Zhou's eloquent and confident appearance when he was interviewed, and she stared at this scene, then closed her eyes and frowned.

She whispered to herself: "This is probably the life he likes the most."

[——I felt a sense of frustration.]

It seemed that there was such a voice in the depths of her heart.

It seemed that something was calling in her heart, making the girl's mouth dry and wanting to say something loudly, but she couldn't figure out why she wanted to shout.

At this moment, a light suddenly flashed in Shao Shuangyue's mind.

That light that once appeared in her computer, belonging to that string of mysterious words.

[Do you want to go to a higher place, set foot on a farther place, and become stronger?]

[Do you want to know the meaning of life?]

Danger.

Whether thinking seriously or feeling instinctively, Shao Shuangyue could sense the danger that could threaten her life from these words.

But that danger gave her a feeling of expectation.

If she clicked 'yes', she would undoubtedly usher in a completely different fate from now?

If it wasn't for Brother Zhou helping to dispel that mysterious text... then perhaps that was the road she was about to usher in.

"Am I really yearning for a dangerous and novel life, rather than being brainwashed by that light?"

Asking herself so deeply.

The answer Shao Shuangyue got was an unexpected 'yes'.

Of course.

She certainly wanted to go.

Precisely because she didn't know what the result would be... that's why she wanted to go.

Precisely because no one else knows what the future will be like... that's why she wanted to set off!

No matter how many times she thought about it, no matter how confused and hesitant she was - although at first, because she didn't understand, she was afraid and confused.

But now, the girl who has gradually grown to this point vaguely realized her true heart.

So, the girl gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

"Next time... ask Brother Zhou, what is the light about, and no matter whether he tells me or not, I have to ask!"

"If I can't even do this, I will despise myself!"

At this moment.

Su Zhou was standing in the clouds, watching the girl by the river, who was somewhat confused about the future.

He was also silent.

Now, all those who intended to do evil in Hong City, or even had begun to take action, were all suppressed in place by an incomparably powerful force at this moment, and were terrified and unable to move.

Su Zhou's thoughts swept through, and all the potential extraordinary patients, Celestial God dependents hidden in the crowd, or even simple criminals, were completely seen through under the supernatural powers of 'Evil-Eating Demon Lord' and 'Heart of Non-Thought'.

However, this terrible thought only swept for a few seconds, and after memorizing all the restless people, it returned to nothing.

Because at this time, the young man had landed in front of Shao Shuangyue.

"I can tell you, tell you about that text, about the 'Pioneer Space'."

Under the girl's surprised and wide-eyed gaze, Su Zhou, who almost descended from the sky, strode forward and sat beside Shao Shuangyue.

"Brother, Brother Zhou?! Could it be that you have been..."

"That's not important. Shuangyue, what's important is, do you really want to know?"

Su Zhou didn't care at all about his younger sister's shocked, finger-pointing, and trembling questioning tone. He just looked ahead at the flowing river and calmly reiterated: "Do you want to know from the bottom of your heart?"

"Even if that road is dangerous and rugged, and you may face death and various crises... A life completely opposite to the current comfortable and peaceful life, with no games and no fun... Do you really want to know?"

At this point, Shao Shuangyue couldn't help but forget the shock in her heart, as well as the confusion in her heart.

Su Zhou's words did not scare her, but instead strengthened her determination.

So Shao Shuangyue opened her mouth and took a deep breath. She bit her lip and said seriously: "I want to."

"I want to know."

Clenching her fists, Shao Shuangyue's voice trembled a little.

But then, her tone turned into firmness: "I want to go to unknown places, brother. I want to go to places that don't exist on the map, to places that no one has ever been to."

"And... I don't want to be treated as a foil. I don't want to only watch your news on my phone... I don't want my friends to always say 'Shao Shuangyue is your sister' - I'm vain, I yearn for the recognition of others, I want to be praised, not because of others, but because of myself."

"That's why I want to play games, that's why I always play the ladder, that's why I play those competitive games... Because I know that the things I yearn for don't exist in reality, only in fantasy."

"But now, this new world has arrived... I can no longer immerse myself in virtual fantasies! I want to truly step into this new world, and not just a game!"

Stating her deepest desires, Shao Shuangyue even seemed to be about to cry when she said these words.

But until the end, she did not shed tears.

Because this is not a complaint, not a grievance.

But a girl, a human being, made a determination when deciding her own path.

Listening to Shao Shuangyue's resolute answer, Su Zhou was silent for a moment.

The once spirited young man seemed to have become an elder when facing the girl in front of him.

That unique entanglement in the elder's heart had been boiling all along. That kind of hope that the girl could choose a better, more familiar, easier, smoother, simpler path that could easily achieve 'happiness' always made Su Zhou want to interfere with the other party's life.

But now... Listening to the other party's determination, Su Zhou could no longer make a second attempt to stop the other party from contacting the 'Pioneer'.

So he just reached out and pinched Shao Shuangyue's face.

Then, he laughed amid the other party's angry words.

"Okay."

Su Zhou said so, and then began to tell.

Those things about the Pioneer Space, about the different world, and even about the Pioneer.

Except for the great existence, Su Zhou told Shao Shuangyue everything about the Pioneer Space.

"This is different from games. After entering the Pioneer Space, you are equivalent to becoming a character in the game, and no longer a player - you may still be able to make various choices like a player, but if you are injured, you are injured, and if you die, you die."

"I will no longer bind your choices, but Shuangyue, can you be sure that you can become such a character?"

At this moment, it was already night.

The moonlight and the dim lights on the river bank intertwined, causing the river water along the bank to reflect light.

"...I want to try, and I can be sure that I will not regret it."

In response, Shao Shuangyue replied with the utmost seriousness.