Central Plains, the Divine Capital.

Shendu is an ancient city with a civilization history of more than 5,000 years!

This ancient city is steeped in mythology and was one of the world's must-visit destinations before the apocalypse!

It is also one of the five cities in my country with underground cities.

On the day the apocalypse broke out, surrounding cities were affected, many ancient artifacts were destroyed, and many cities were submerged by the tsunami, and one city is still an ice city to this day.

Only God is intact; earthquakes and tsunamis seem to deliberately avoid Him.

Even more miraculously, while plants around the world mutated and attacked humans, the plants in the capital city remained unchanged from before the apocalypse. If they hadn't entered hibernation due to the cold, the entire capital city would have been lush and green.

Because the capital city was well preserved, people from surrounding cities and other provinces moved here, increasing the population from the original seven million to over twenty million, far exceeding its capacity.

With more people, trouble is more likely to happen. Even without attacks from strange species, internal conflicts arise among humans, and they argue, fight, and kill each other frequently over various issues. Even with military patrols and the use of firearms to suppress the violence, this situation still occurs every day.

Shen Du · Lao Xian Shan.

Deep within the Old Immortal Mountain lies a Taoist temple. Its location is extremely secluded. Before the apocalypse, even though countless tourists visited the Old Immortal Mountain every day, no one discovered that a Taoist temple was hidden there.

Inside the Taoist temple, two young Taoist priests dressed in blue robes sat on a rock, looking up at the sky with furrowed brows. One of them said in a solemn tone, "The Divine Capital Formation won't last much longer. At most, it will be broken by the evil energy in four days."

Another Taoist priest sighed heavily: "We had imagined that many people would flock to the capital, but we never expected so many to come."

Their arrival already burdened the formation, and each of them brought with them malevolent energy; it's truly remarkable that the formation has been able to maintain its position for so long.

He looked at another Taoist priest and said, "Brother Taoist, we have done our best. Now it's up to fate."

"puff--"

He spat out a mouthful of blood as soon as he finished speaking.

"Brother Dao!"

"fine."

The Taoist priest wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Hopefully we can wait for the person you mentioned. If we fail again this time, then we can only accept our fate."

"I've calculated this at the cost of forty years of my life. This time, we will see a turning point."

"What? You... Ugh~"

The Taoist priest chuckled, "For the sake of all living beings, forty years of lifespan is nothing. Brother, let me help you back to rest first; I can stay here and watch over you."

*

Inside the capital city.

Zhao Xin, wearing a worn-out military overcoat, arrived at a noodle shop with his three teammates and asked the owner, "Are there any seats left?"

"Hey, Captain Zhao, you've arrived. You'll have to wait a moment, it's packed inside right now."

Zhao Xin looked at his teammates: "Should we wait?"

"We've already been to so many restaurants, and they're all packed. We just have to wait."

Zhao Xin's stomach was growling with hunger, and he said, "Boss, could you give us some soup first? We're really starving."

"no problem."

The owner politely served them four bowls of beef bone soup.

There was no way around it; Captain Zhao was a well-known celebrity in the capital. He was the only superhuman in the capital to have awakened dual superpowers: level three ice and level two earth.

Don't be fooled by his worn-out military overcoat; he actually has plenty of clothes, but he really likes this one. In his words, it was a gift from a very important friend.

After a bowl of beef bone soup, I felt like I was back to life.

Zhao Xin's teammate said, "Let's search around the lobby again later. The strange creatures outside are getting bigger and bigger, and the few of us are far from enough."

Zhao Xin hummed in agreement and asked the boss, "Boss, it seems like there are a lot more people in the city today."

While busy preparing the food, the boss sighed, "You guys don't know, since this morning, several batches have come in, each batch exceeding two hundred people."

As you can see, there are people everywhere. If a riot breaks out, we locals will be the ones who suffer.

Zhao Xin's teammate said gravely, "Something bad is bound to happen sooner or later."

The restaurant owner said, "That's right. There was a murder at that restaurant at the intersection just an hour ago. It happened because of queuing, which led to an argument. They got angry and pulled out machetes to start slashing at each other."

Two more were accidentally injured; they couldn't be saved. Three died, and three were seriously injured. The police came, the soldiers came, but what good did it do? Everyone was dead.

He lowered his voice and whispered, "If you ask me, we should stop those people from entering the city. This capital is already overloaded. If this continues, we won't have many good days left."

Zhao Xin and his companions felt uneasy, sensing that something terrible was about to happen.

*

It was six hours later when Ye Ling escaped from Ye Jinyan's room. She didn't know if her strong vitality was a good thing or a bad thing. She really wanted to faint and end it all.

Their fighting power is terrifying; thankfully, she is equally powerful!

The bright light outside made Ye Ling squint. The mysterious light was a size larger than before, causing the temperature in the small world to rise from about 25 degrees to about 28 degrees.

At the very edge of the small world, a barren volcano appears, where the temperature reaches around 45 degrees Celsius!

At this moment, Ye Jingyan, Wen Yanchen, You Ziming, and others were surveying the perimeter of the volcano, and then began to arrange for prohibited signs and other items to be displayed around the volcano.

Ye Ling also discovered that the Fusang tree had grown quite a bit taller, and its branches and leaves had already covered half of the small world.

The white fish in her mind had grown larger, and the light it emitted made her feel warm all over.

They really did get a lot of nourishment!

Ye Ling slipped back to her room to change her clothes and rest, only to find Ye Boxuan resting on her bed.

When he noticed she had returned, he opened his eyes and looked at her.

Ye Ling did not miss the sorrow and grievance in his eyes.

She looked at the rose petals on the quilt and the lingering fragrance in the air, pursed her lips, and stepped forward to hug him: "I'm sorry, I broke my promise again."