Chapter 467 Appearance

As the ghosts and gods stepped onto the wheel of fate, the dials that covered the endless road gradually broke apart, along with the still time.

The pain spreading throughout my body became vivid.

Before passing out, Xu Zhiyan vaguely heard the electronic sound of the system coming from his ear.

[A violation has been detected.]

[The Infinite Game is about to restart...]

[Restart failed.]

[Try restarting the system again.]

[Restart failed...]

His consciousness was about to be completely swallowed up by the darkness. Just when he thought he could not hear the ending, the broken electronic sound gave a new hint.

[This round of game settlement is successful.]

[Winning Guild: Krypton Gold Changes Destiny]

[An unknown fault was detected, the reward distribution failed, and the game is temporarily closed to the public...]

Then, Xu Zhiyan knew nothing.

…

He didn't know how much time had passed, but in his hazy state he heard confusing conversations.

[Host? Host, are you okay?]

[Severe injuries detected, Qu... No, that's not right, Asa! Advanced healing equipment...]

"Wait, Brother Xu's injuries are recovering..."

“Ding ding ding—”

"A new warning has appeared!"

[Shit, the temporary closure of the game actually affects us? How long will it last?]

"Half an hour."

"The progress of the morgue has been accelerated. The game seems to have reserved some repair power for us."

[Wait, why didn't the host wake up——]

"The power blockade...is it because of the ghost master?"

[Where is Asa?]

"Asa is transmitting data externally. The safe house is temporarily closed. We cannot enter the real world, but it can..."

It rains a lot in spring, and through the blurry windows you can see new buds sprouting on the branches of the trees outside the yard.

Xu Zhiyan woke up in the hospital.

Wearing the familiar white hospital gown, he opened his eyes and stared at the wall clock on the opposite wall. His brain, which had been stiff for a long time, moved slowly, integrating his memories.

There were a lot of instruments on both sides of his body, but apart from the detection ring on his wrist, there was nothing else. There were some fruits and fruit knives on the low table next to him, and there were fresh fruit peels in the trash can, so someone must be taking care of him.

The image of the ghost stepping onto the wheel of fortune was still vaguely lingering in my mind. After the game was temporarily closed to the public, the shell was also closed, along with the safe house.

Before Xu Zhiyan could think about anything, the sound of a door being pushed open was heard.

Then there was a loud noise.

"Bang——" Something fell to the ground.

Xu Zhiyan turned around following the sound and saw Jiang Huaique standing there in shock. There was a thermos on the ground. He seemed to have not yet come to his senses and looked like he was about to cry.

After thinking for a while, Xu Zhiyan raised his hand and greeted him.

"Hi, big boy~"

The voice was a little hoarse, but the effect was very good. Jiang Huaique immediately switched out of the reunion mode, and without caring about the things on the ground, he strode forward, put his hand on the top of the young man's head, and rubbed it a few times with a ferocious expression.

"Xu Zhiyan! You're going to die if you don't act like a jerk, right?"

Although he was cursing, Jiang Huaique was very gentle this time, as if he was afraid of hurting the person.

Xu Zhiyan shrank his neck and felt a pang in his heart.

"Why are you so gentle? I'm not going to die."

Otherwise, why would Jiang Huaique show mercy?

His words wiped out the last bit of worry in Jiang Huaique's heart.

"...Yes, you are going to die soon, and I am waiting here to collect your body." Jiang Huaique said unhappily, and took out his cell phone from his pocket and handed it over.

【Good afternoon, Mr. Xu. I am Asa. 】

[I’m glad that you woke up within the safe time frame. I believe you must have a lot of questions. I will answer them one by one for you...]

It’s been three months since the game was shut down.

Since the safe house is directly connected to the game, the safe house was also forced to close.

Fortunately, the ghost's consciousness remained in the game, leaving some time for everyone. It was a pity that he did not predict that the fusion of the Heart of the World that Xu Zhiyan had been waiting for would be completed.

[It just so happened that after you recovered from your serious injury, the fragments of the Heart of the World you had obtained from countless ruined worlds merged into a new small world. So when you became the master of the small world, your physical condition changed a little...]

Even in a coma, his indicators are far superior to those of ordinary humans.

The world consciousness of the present world rejects all external powerful forces, and Xu Zhiyan is no exception.

[Newly born gods are very fragile. ]

[I realize that you are not yet fit to confront the forces of this world head-on, so I force you into a coma to adapt to the complex situation. ]

When he saw this, Xu Zhiyan could no longer hold back.

He didn't even have the time to ask where he was. He just stood up straight and let Asa show him what his little world looked like.

Asa's answer was a beat late.

[…It is still very small and is kept in a safe house. It is very safe.]

[If you want to see it, you can close your eyes and feel it, but be careful not to go in. We are in the real world now, and it is very troublesome to go back and forth. ]

Soon, Xu Zhiyan realized that the small Asa mentioned did not mean that the world was young, but that it was small in size.

He closed his eyes according to the method given by Asa, and saw the golden guidance in the void. His consciousness followed the flow of light, and Xu Zhiyan found the world that belonged to him.

It was indeed very small. As a world, it was shockingly small. The entire empty space was only about 200 to 300 square meters. The ground and the surrounding walls were all blank. If it wasn't for the infinite height, Xu Zhiyan would probably have been torn apart by now.

"So I went to so much trouble just to create a space that can store potatoes?" After coming out of consciousness, Xu Zhiyan's voice became a little weak.

As if sensing his master's breakdown, Asa quickly gave an explanation.

[The small world will change as its power grows. ]

[It may look small now, but it has endless possibilities. ]

Most worlds have no controllers when they are first created.

They develop freely and grow wildly, becoming prosperous and powerful after repeated changes, or declining and destroying.

[But you are different. You can even guide it to bear fruits of power and money trees from the beginning, filling your wallet from the source. ]

Gold cannot be circulated in all worlds, but power can.

Xu Zhiyan immediately changed his tone.

"It's a world I worked so hard to create!"

Long life and endless money.

He could almost imagine what kind of future was beckoning him.

Jiang Huaique, who was peeling an apple nearby, couldn't help laughing when he heard this. His hands were steady and the thin peel was not broken from beginning to end. In a few moments, the white and tender flesh cut into small pieces was piled up on the plate.

Xu Zhiyan and Asa’s chat about the small world also came to an end.

When he turned around, a piece of apple was stuffed into his mouth.

"I have already informed Jin Sheng and the others. I estimate they will be here tomorrow." Jiang Huaique withdrew his hand and looked at Xu Zhiyan with a rare gentle look.

"How is our sister?"

Xu Zhiyan put down his phone and thought of his sister first without asking his teammates.

"Next door." Jiang Huai'er's voice softened.

When the game was closed, the last guest in the morgue was Dou Hongshan. Her sister, who was no longer human, could not leave the game through normal means. Fortunately, it was ghosts who dealt with everything in the end.

Sister Jiang, who had regained her new body, was sent back to the real world before the safe house was closed. It always takes some time for the new body and memories to adapt, and because she couldn't recover in the safe house, this time became much longer.

"In another six months, she will wake up."

Without any memory of the game, when his sister wakes up, she will only remember that she had a car accident and hit her head, and was unconscious for a while. Jiang Huaique didn't want his sister to be tortured by the memory of death and pain, so he thought it was good like this.

Returning to the normal track, living a life without blood and suffering, which should have belonged to her.

"Ah - I thought you came to take care of me because you cared about me, but it turns out you came to take care of my elder sister and visit me by the way?" Xu Zhiyan laughed exaggeratedly and was not surprised to get a slap on the face.

"Yeah, what else do you think?"

"I thought that with our father-son relationship, you would take better care of me."

"Okay, okay, I'll show you what a deep father-son relationship is now—"

Suddenly, chaos broke out in the ward.

The young man in the hospital gown was agile and nimble. He ran around the room, avoiding his teammates who were rolling up their sleeves and ready to hit him.

Asa looked at his energetic master and missed the idiots in the safe house a little.

[Mr. Xu, since you are awake, we may be able to try to enter the safe house in advance.]

Xu Zhiyan’s identity is different now.

Moreover, three months have passed, and the world consciousness of this world has also relaxed a lot.

In the afternoon, the rain stopped and the sun rose.

When Xu Zhiyan was discharged from the hospital, he discovered that this hospital was newly built and was located near Xu's residence.

[After all, your physical condition is abnormal. If you go to an ordinary hospital, it will inevitably attract public reports. In addition, some of the equipment is not from the present world, so I chose to build a new hospital at the former intersection. ]

Only Xu Zhiyan and Sister Jiang lived in the huge hospital. Apart from the teammates who often came to visit, there were no other humans in sight, only advanced technology that did not belong to the modern world.

After leaving the hospital, Xu Zhiyan did not return to the safe house first, but opened the door of Xu's house under the guidance of Asa.

On the way, Xu Zhiyan got more news.

In these three months, Asa has taken care of almost every aspect.

First is the worldly industry.

The most complicated thing is the Xu family’s property.

The collector died, the mimic was expelled, and Xu Zhiyan, as the only heir of the Xu family, even though the money had been squandered by the collector, the remaining wealth was unimaginable for ordinary people. The Xu family started out as an industrialist, with a large family and a large business. There were thousands of real estates alone, not to mention other companies and factories that had already developed normally.

During the three months that Xu Zhiyan was in a coma, Asa had successfully transferred all the property that should have belonged to Xu Zhiyan back to his name.

From then on, there was no more Xu Yan in the world.

The Xu family's huge fortune finally returned to its rightful heirs.

Everything was done quietly without causing any social unrest.

Asa has a plan.

[I have issued a new project in your name to assist us in transforming our previous negative assets. ]

The Joker had been busy with the messy business left by the Summoner. With the projects and technical assistance provided by Asa, and the help of Macho, the former president of the Pantheon, although the hole could not be filled in three months, the project that had been losing money has gradually turned around and started to make a profit.

As for Xu's house, no major changes were made to it.

The Collector died, and all the subordinates who once surrounded him were turned into powder. When the wind blew away, not even a trace was left.

[Because it costs money, I didn’t change it. 】

"Yeah. Let's leave it like this for now."

Talking about Xu's house, Xu Zhiyan also had mixed feelings.

In his eyes, the luxurious and noble Chinese courtyard was a man-eating den, but thirty years ago, a prosperous and powerful family had once lived here.

Xu Zhiyan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He followed the path full of not-so-good memories across the courtyard and finally came to the back door of Xu's house. Passing through the small door, Xu Zhiyan stepped onto the somewhat unfamiliar cobblestone road.

At the end of the road, there stood an unmarked grave.

【I’m sorry, Mr. Xu.】

[Due to the interference of the mimic, the names of the 231 members of the Xu family could not be found.]

Their existence was wiped out, all records disappeared, and no one in the world knew about them. Now, only Xu Zhiyan remembered them... No, perhaps the players who watched the live broadcast also remembered them.

However, after the game was closed, although the players still retained the relevant memories, they were unable to speak them out. Now that the shell is gone, everyone doesn't even have the chance to get together and talk about the past. Those things about life and death seem like things from the previous life.

The air was dull for a moment. Xu Zhiyan looked at them from afar across the road and spoke only after a long while.

"Let's go there next time."

"I wasn't well prepared this time. I didn't bring anything with me. It's not good to go there empty-handed."

He murmured softly, as if he was comforting someone, or as if he was comforting himself.

"Next time, bring Bai Jin with you to visit them."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Asa rarely saw his master so depressed, and he began to wonder if he should say something to revitalize his master. But before he even reached the door, Xu Zhiyan spoke excitedly.

"The game was shut down abruptly, and players may not have fully adapted to it yet."

"The rules of the world restrict players from talking about the game. Everyone must be very lonely. At this time, someone needs to provide them with a place where they can chat..."

Yes, that’s right, new business opportunities.

"The Xu family's old house is very large and is located in a border area, so there are no restrictions on conversations."

As his thoughts unfolded, Xu Zhiyan's steps became much lighter. "Set aside half of this place and turn it into a high-end resort. Develop the mountain next to it as well. See if you can use technology to create a few hot springs. The target audience will be those players who have earned enough in the game to enjoy the rest of their lives..."

Asa listened and took notes, and when he heard that he had made enough money, he couldn't help but vibrate his phone to remind him.

[Mr. Xu, the betting before the final battle emptied almost all the players' pockets. If they want to move in, they can only spend their own savings.] Therefore, entering the same round of the game with Xu Zhiyan meant that the last dime in these people's wallets would be emptied...

"It doesn't matter. The rules at the border are more relaxed. As long as we can provide things that are not available in this world, they will want to come here even if they go out to work every day." Xu Zhiyan didn't care.

The Xu family has always been pragmatic, and he believes that his ancestors would not mind him turning the house into a resort!

【Okay, the plan has been submitted. 】

This is probably the fate of players in the same batch, Asa couldn't help but think.

…

After leaving Xu's residence and following green lights all the way to the safe house, Xu Zhiyan stood at the door, looking at the overgrown yard in a daze.

The spring breeze is not warm, but it is gentle.

The Yunshan old house now looked exactly the same as when he first came here.

Desolate, quiet and dilapidated.

It was not until he placed his hand on the gate that Xu Zhiyan suddenly felt a sense of reality - the game was really over.

As he exerted a little force with his hands, the gate opened a little and he heard a familiar electronic sound.

[Safe House System is activating——]

[Drop!]

[Startup successful.]

In an instant, the yard covered with dead grass burst into new vitality. The originally dirty weeds disappeared, some monster limbs poked out from the neat corners of the courtyard, and the old buildings disappeared, replaced by a luxurious and imposing safe house.

Everything returned to the way he was familiar with it.

Including system.

[Host——I miss you so much——]

The drawn-out electronic sound revealed an infinite sense of grievance. Before it started to act coquettishly, it seemed as if it had thought of something and added another sentence.

[Quick, come in and close the door before the world consciousness finds out!]

Xu Zhiyan closed the door obediently, and when he turned around, he found that the yard was full of monsters.

Xu Xiaohua, Qu Ji, Liuliu, Xiaocuigu, Dahei and Erhei, Otter Monster, Lao Yang... Even Honghong, who had only half of her body repaired, was entangled with other monsters and couldn't wait to appear.

"Brother Xu!"

"Brother Xu is back——"

"Daddy, wuwuwu, I thought you didn't want me anymore."

“Ah—ah—ah.”

"Xu... Brother Xu..."

The monsters' voices came one after another. At the beginning, they could still be heard clearly. Some of the monsters in the back were so excited that they could only utter some meaningless weird cries. Xu Zhiyan was surrounded by monsters almost in the blink of an eye. Listening to everyone's excited voices, he felt much more at ease.

It’s a pity that the monsters are still so competitive.

Xu Zhiyan just subconsciously touched the head of the black otter monster that was close to his hand, and the next second, the sounds of other monsters also sounded one after another.

"Touch me! I'm obedient too!"

"Brother Xu—touch me!"

“Squeak…”

"My head is soft, touch, touch my..."

The game was shut down for several months, and the monsters were really annoyed.

“…Okay, touch them all, touch them all.”

Xu Zhiyan had no choice but to touch his beloved monsters one by one. Some of their heads were quite prickly.

By the time I finished touching all the monsters, almost an hour had passed.

But when Xu Zhiyan walked towards the hall of the safe house, he found that all the monsters had braked obediently and stopped ten meters away from the hall door. They were so cowardly that even Xu Xiaohua, who was clinging to his legs desperately, retreated to the side without knowing when.

"What's wrong?"

Xu Zhiyan looked at the guys who had suddenly become as quiet as chickens.

The monsters looked at each other, and finally the system came forward and gave an answer.

[The host, mainly Mr. Ghost...'s body is still there.]

Although his consciousness remained in the dungeon, the remaining body of the ghost was still in the safe house. Without restraint, his originally overbearing and powerful strength was trapped in the safe house, emitting terrifying pressure all the time, causing the other monsters to not even be able to enter the monster room. For the past three months, they could only squeeze into the temporarily closed and shrunken yard, and each of them compressed their presence to the minimum.

“…”

Xu Zhiyan thought that the ghosts and gods might not have come out yet, but he really didn't expect that the remaining body of the other party was so powerful that it almost forced his monsters to death.

Quickening his pace, Xu Zhiyan stepped into the hall.

The empty hall no longer had its former bustling glory, and all the doors were tightly locked by lingering black fog. But the strange thing was that the violent force that had been running rampant suddenly calmed down and gathered around Xu Zhiyan the moment he stepped in.

There was clearly nothing, but Xu Zhiyan could feel an invisible force wrapping around him.

Wrists, calves, neck...

Feeling that these unconscious things were increasing in number and tightening, Xu Zhiyan quickly turned his head, gave a faint kiss, and coaxed in a low voice: "Be good, don't make trouble."

It’s numb. The unconscious power bodies of ghosts and gods are more difficult to deal with than the conscious bodies of ghosts and gods.

The power body that was kissed trembled for a moment, then let go obediently.

After regaining his freedom, Xu Zhiyan crossed the chaotic hall of power bodies and walked towards the restricted area of the safe house.

“Squeak—”

The gate of the restricted area opened. This time there was no golden ginkgo tree. Everything was dark and empty. In the center of the area, there stood a huge stone altar. Xu Zhiyan saw the complete body of the ghost.

Snake tail, black feathers, and sharp horns.

Although it was obvious at a glance that this was just a shell with only strength left, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help but lean against the altar and look at it carefully for a while.

"How long will it take him to finish this?" Xu Zhiyan asked.

Since the safe house will be temporarily closed due to the closure of the game, the progress system of the ghost-seizing game should also be able to sense it.

The system hesitated for a moment before answering awkwardly.

[Actually, from what I see, the ghost-god side has already ended, but the disappearance and change of rules takes some time... The time inside is not equal to the time outside.]

In the third round of the game, the main system took away almost all the time props and related items.

[From the data feedback obtained, Mr. Ghost has been in the last location for more than ten years. He created a new copy, probably wanting to erase all the chaotic time and no longer have to worry about the future.]

Xu Zhiyan stroked his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly asked.

"Can I come in?"

Although he was not able to fully awaken his time ability in the game, Xu Zhiyan, who has already entered the ranks of gods, has a new understanding of the time mechanism in the original game.

After confirming that he could enter, Xu Zhiyan no longer had any worries.

He was going to bring Him back.