"Chapter 1: When Destiny Begins"

"1999, Solar System, Pluto"

The Supreme Being was suspended outside a rust-red planet. A thin layer of atmosphere protected this dwarf planet, which was only one-third the size of the moon, like an eggshell. The light clouds beneath the atmosphere sparkled with a rainbow glow that was impossible to look away from.

"In 1999, the immortal source of Pluto in the solar system has been generated. The Ark troops transferred by the time and space reversal formation will be transferred to the space closest to the external immortal source point and automatically move towards the immortal source point. They urgently need to replenish energy from the immortal source point."

"Attention: Triggering the Immortal Source Point and borrowing the power of the Immortal Source will automatically activate and explode the Immortal Source, increasing the concentration of the cosmic spiritual energy."

"Before the aura tide officially erupts, the higher the concentration of cosmic aura, the more beneficial it is to the immortal civilization of the old era."

"After the cosmic battle begins, the Supreme Being will continue to fuse the activated immortal source. At the moment when the immortal source cannot be restrained and activates and explodes, the Supreme Being can use the power of this moment to kill all enemy forces on the battlefield."

"5% of the erupted immortal energy will inevitably dissipate, increasing the concentration of cosmic spiritual energy and strengthening the Ark's forces. This part of spiritual energy will be affected by the tide and grow rapidly before the spiritual energy tide erupts, slightly advancing the time of the spiritual energy tide."

"The remaining 95% of the immortal spiritual energy will be suppressed and solidified by the Supreme Being using the laws of the Great Dao, becoming the energy source for the Supreme Being's divine tool. When the Supreme Being is in a good mood, the spiritual energy tide will officially begin, and then the immortal spiritual energy will be gradually returned to the universe."

"Pluto's Immortal Source: Level 1 Immortal Source, generates 5 spiritual energy points, activation time required 01:00"

Ren Suo curled his lips. With the help of the auxiliary explanation of the "listening headphones", he basically understood the meaning of this setting.

To put it simply, the Xianyuan Point is useless after being used once.

Just like the Supreme Being used the immortal source of the Centaurus Galaxy directly as the energy for the space-time reversal formation, the immortal source point in 1999 must also be processed immediately after being used once, and the immortal source spiritual energy cannot be allowed to dissipate.

Although it’s not mentioned in the game, it’s estimated that there are a limited number of immortality points in the entire solar system, and if one is used, there will be one less.

In order to defeat the Ark troops that are arriving one after another, players need to make good use of all the fairy source points. They cannot be triggered in advance and can only be activated when the enemy arrives.

The victory conditions are the same as the teaching level. Either the monk army directly defeats the Ark troops, or the Supreme Being who holds on until the countdown is over and successfully activates the aura points will kill all the Ark troops in one move.

Moreover, this fairy source point is similar to the spiritual storage in "Spirit of the Devouring World". After it is opened, it will increase the concentration of cosmic spiritual energy.

But in this universe, apart from the future monks, only the Ark troops can use spiritual energy. The higher the spiritual energy, the more beneficial it is to the Ark troops. However, the future monks themselves can use the power of spiritual energy points, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the universe has no effect on them.

Therefore, the strategy to fight in the game is to open the immortal source points one by one, try to create growth time for the monk army, and let the Supreme Being use the power of the immortal source to destroy the Ark troops as much as possible.

Ren Suo understood all these principles, but why was the Supreme Being so awesome?

5% of the spiritual energy inevitably dissipated, and the remaining 95% was taken away by the Supreme Being as energy for the artifact?

Although he didn't just snatch it away directly, when the Supreme Lord is in a good mood, he will return the spiritual energy to the universe... but why does it sound like he deserves a beating?

However, Ren Suo felt relieved by the behavior of the Supreme Lord - this character was indeed worthy of the name of the Supreme Lord.

Free and unfettered, in control of the overall situation. Although I don't know who is stronger than the goddess, at least she is not inferior in terms of style.

Returning to the game, Ren Suo took a look at the distribution of spiritual energy points and felt that he was in trouble.

Pluto's immortal spiritual energy points are surprisingly distributed on its five satellites. Of course, the satellites are not distributed on the same straight line, and are even almost divided into two halves of Pluto, which means that Ren Suo has very few spiritual energy points to use.

When the Ark troops officially appeared, Ren Suo blinked, and suddenly zoomed in on the battlefield, dragging the sun into the picture.

With the sun as the reference system, Pluto is as small as a grain of rice, and the Ark troops are as small as pixels.

However, Ren Suo saw clearly that the vanguard troops that appeared this time were the worm battleships that appeared in the teaching level!

As big as a star!

It even nearly killed the eighth-turn powerful Red Flame War Wolf!

How come it’s so small now that it’s even smaller than Pluto?

This shrinkage is too serious! ?

Although Ren Suo didn't care much about it, he had a vague feeling that the group of people in 2049 were doing something unnecessary.

Yes, the Ark of the Immortal Civilization is very powerful, and it would take an Eighth-Rank Monk to destroy even the weakest scouts, but is it really necessary to transfer them to 1999 to deal with them?

Why do I have this lazy feeling of "I'm not doing well now, so let my past self struggle for it"?

Even though the Supreme Being seems to be giving many benefits to all future monks who participate in the war, it still cannot eliminate the suspicion of shirking responsibility in 2049.

It was not until Ren Suo saw the Ark troops in 1999, which were as weak as bugs, that he finally felt relieved.

With a power gap of nearly a thousand times, anyone would have to move the battle back to 1999!

If fighting the Ark in 2049 was a battle for human survival, then fighting the Ark Force in 1999... was really like taking a group of kids to a playground.

Although the worm warships of the Ark Force are almost the size of aircraft carriers, but... facing the army of monks whose combat power has reached the fourth level after the integration of Dao, aircraft carriers are just larger pigeons.

"Number of enemies: 10/10", "Activation time: 00:59"

One minute later.

"Battle Success"

In the outer space, a huge black humanoid weapon collapsed with a bang, turned into spiritual energy and dissipated, falling only one grid away from Pluto.

Ren Suo was also shocked just now. He followed the routine and deployed Xiao Meng's team in the only long-range position, and then deployed Dragon King Zhao Huo's team at the spiritual point closer to Pluto, allowing Xiao Meng's team more time to output.

The worm warships in the front were easily destroyed, but the last wave consisted of three worm warships and a black humanoid weapon that appeared at the same time. Xiao Meng's team only had time to destroy two worm warships, and Dragon King Zhao Huo's team engaged the enemy.

Dragon King Zhao Huo’s team could only intercept one enemy, and the black humanoid weapon bypassed him and charged towards the fairy source!

Fortunately, Dragon King Zhao Huo's team quickly dealt with the worm battleship and turned around to entangle the black humanoid weapon. However, the black humanoid weapon was smaller than the worm battleship, but it was more durable and stronger. When the countdown was almost over, it was destroyed by these naughty kids.

No, you can't say they are naughty kids.

Because after merging with the real immortal spiritual energy points, these children actually obtained perfect future bodies through "Future Echoes"!

They all turned into adults!

So Ren Suo could see this scene - the adult form of Dragon King Zhao Huo stepped on the head of a black humanoid weapon, wearing a cloak and armor, with his back against the sea of ​​stars, spinning a circle with the alloy spear, and posing in a very girlish posture:

"The beautiful dragon king of love and justice, Zhao Huo! I will destroy you on behalf of the Earth!"

Ren Suo nearly threw the handle away with laughter. Fortunately, Zhao Huo was not alone, because under the effect of the Five Battle Comrades Ring, the five hundred people he led all made the same gesture!

With an explosion, the shattered black humanoid weapons under their feet disintegrated into spiritual energy, further highlighting how much love and justice their victory was!

“Wait, if this game reflects reality and is broadcast as a video…” Ren Suo didn’t dare to imagine it any further. He could only pray that none of these 500 people knew the current Zhao Huo, otherwise Mortal Kombat would be the least of his worries.

"Perfectly clear the level and get an extra reward, Xiao Meng's token*1"

"Obtain 2 Immortal Source Stones"

「Get Tactical Matrix*1」

"Tactical Matrix: The tactical matrix collected by the Supreme Being from the tactical weapon 'Black Iron' of the Ark Civilization. It can be used to strengthen the spell effects of the melee monk legion."

'Black Iron' is the black humanoid weapon that almost broke through the blockade of Dragon King Zhao Huo's team. Although this level also has a "0/5" error tolerance rate, which means that the Supreme Supreme can tear at least 4 Ark troops apart, Ren Suo, who always pursues a perfect clearance within the scope of his efforts, is still a little nervous.

According to intelligence, 'Black Iron' is actually an Ark unit whose size has not changed.

Unlike the worm battleships that are made entirely of spiritual energy and are responsible for reconnaissance, the small 'Black Iron' is a real combat unit. One 'Black Iron' is enough to destroy a star-level civilization. The tactical matrix stored inside is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Ark civilization, and it is like a source of power to maintain the operation of the 'Black Iron'.

However, the Ark Civilization did not expect that the Black Iron would be trapped in the spiritual desert to fight. Even though their size had not been reduced, their combat power had dropped to the bottom. The Tactical Matrix was struggling to maintain the size of the Black Iron, so how could it have the energy to launch a world-shaking attack?

But when the tactical matrix falls into the army of monks, it can increase the efficiency of utilizing aura points and slightly enhance the effect of Hedao spells.

As trophies from the Star Wars, the tactical matrix and two fairy stones were only average, but the extra rewards aroused Ren Suo's interest.

"Xiao Meng's keepsake: a photo of a trembling little boy standing in front of a big dog, protecting a little girl who is so scared that her legs are weak. Use it in a space war to call Xiao Meng from the future back to 1999 to help in the battle."

Ren Suo rejected this usage after taking a look at it. According to the nature of this game, this 'future Xiao Meng' is most likely the current Xiao Meng - she hasn't even started practicing yet.

Even though this was a war before the revival of spiritual energy, it was also a cosmic war that ordinary people could not participate in.

Even if he could really summon Xiao Meng from the future, Ren Suo was not optimistic: if the moment of extreme danger really came, then Xiao Meng, who had the seventh level of cultivation, might not be able to become a force for a comeback.

Fortunately, the token has other uses: "Use it directly on Xiao Meng to randomly trigger any first-level enhancement effect (Trust +50%, characteristic enhancement, attack distance +1)"

Ren Suo decisively used the token on Xiao Meng, triggering the effect of trust +50%, gaining a 15% attack bonus... It seemed like the worst option, but Ren Suo had anticipated his bad luck. He was afraid that he had used up all his luck to draw the ninth-level cultivator Dragon King Zhao Huo at the beginning.

After the game is over, you return to the Earth Base and the game prompts: "Do you want to upload the record? After uploading, you will enter the second chapter of the game. You can also pay 50 points of merit to restart the first chapter of the game (restarting the game will permanently reduce the game rating)."

This game is really strict. Not only does reloading the game file cost money, but it also lowers the game rating. However, Ren Suo also understands that for a game like this, as long as you reload the game file multiple times to find the correct strategy, it is not difficult to get a perfect rating. The small world game machine will naturally limit his score.

Ren Suo naturally chose to upload, and the game popped up the task evaluation:

"1999 Pluto Victory - Destroy all Ark troops, 100 points"

"Killed by a Panda for the First Time - Defeated by a Panda once, -1 point"

"The total score is 99 points, and you get extra rewards: 1 Xianyuan Stone, 9 points of merit."

"The next extra reward pool is expected to be 100 merit points. Please keep up the good work."

Ren Suo raised his eyebrows. Extra reward?

In other words, isn't this drawn from the merit rewards after completing the mission? If you get it, it's pure profit, and if you don't get it, it's not a loss. Is it purely paid by the game itself?

No wonder it is completely different from the normal task evaluation. The evaluation of other games starts from 60 points, but the chapter evaluation of "Tomorrow's Disaster" starts from 100 points.

The scene suddenly changed, and the Supreme Being was sitting in a conference room meeting with representatives from various countries. The game popped up a prompt: "Unlock the public recruitment function."

"The heroic figures of the monks fighting in space have been broadcast live around the world. The powerful Ark Corps has finally made all countries put aside their last concerns and are willing to accept the wartime leadership of the Supreme One, allowing the Supreme One to recruit future monks in various countries."

"Unlike the search, the future monks who are publicly recruited will not automatically receive the blessing of 'Future Echoes'. The Supreme Being needs to cast a spell for them personally, and the screening work is very cumbersome."

"The Supreme One can publicly recruit 10,000 future monks in Chapter 2. During the selection process, the Supreme One can recruit at least one future monk of rank 5 or above by sending out a specific 'future echo'."

"Optional future echo types: Energy Concentration, Magical Power, Vanguard, Natural Disaster, Guard, Barrier, Shelter, Support."

The state machine is the state machine, and one move can kill 10,000 people. Then again, will there really be so many fourth-turn monks in the future?

Is it true that in 2049, those who have turned four are worse than dogs, and those who have turned seven are everywhere?

There are eight types of future echoes, which naturally correspond to the eighth-turn monk legions. Dragon King Zhao Huo is the vanguard, Xiao Meng is energy gathering, Tongtian Diting is supernatural power, and Crystal Maiden is natural disaster.

Ren Suo looked at the introduction. Guards seemed to be a high-damage melee unit with no interception ability, Bastion was a high-defense unit with extremely strong taunting ability, Sanctuary should be a healing unit that added buff effects and battlefield treatment, and Support was mainly a curse unit that added negative effects to the enemy.

Ren Suo did not select the recruitment type first, but went to the search interface - first spend the Immortal Source Stone to make a few thousand consecutive draws, and then see what type of future cultivators are lacking.

However, Ren Suo saw this introduction:

"The base camp of the three idiots in Lianjiang: the first search is over."

"You can go to other places to search. The first search in each place will have a high probability of finding a high-level future monk."

Why?

Is there such a setting?

Ren Suo could continue to draw, but he could only get a guaranteed seventh-turn monk in one thousand consecutive draws. According to the game introduction, if he went to other places for the first search, he would not only get a guaranteed seventh-turn monk, but he could even get an eighth-turn or ninth-turn monk with a high probability!

But what does the Lianjiang Three Idiots mean? Are they Yu Kuangtu, Zhao Huo and Bai Ji?

According to this setting, Ren Suo's best game strategy is of course to go out and draw cards. If he stays at home, he might end up drawing seven times until the end of the game.

But the name of this card pool, 'The Base Camp of the Three Idiots of Lianjiang', meant that Ren Suo had to go somewhere else, or at least leave Lianjiang City - this was no small matter for Ren Suo.

If I have to travel so much just to play games...

This is not because Ren Suo is too lazy to go out, but mainly because his current travel is under the control of his girlfriends. Important activities like this in other cities must be approved by his girlfriends, and it is not known whether every city can trigger the first visit effect.

It’s not that Ren Suo couldn’t make up an excuse, it’s just… he just didn’t want to lie to his girlfriend!

Alas, honest people always encounter problems of one kind or another.

Moreover, he doesn't have a car, and it's a bit troublesome for him to take public transportation. In short, there are many inconveniences.

No, no, this game can't be completed without eight or nine turns, right? It can be completed with seven turns, right?

But, if you can draw an eighth-turn monk or a ninth-turn monk, it will definitely be more fun...

Ren Suo was torn between conscience and desire, as if a demon was whispering to him, "Why are you going? Going out is so troublesome. I can use it if I draw the seventh turn! Look how strong Xiao Meng is! Why waste my precious personal time for the Earth of 1999?"

Then an angel appeared and said anxiously: "Ren Suo, you can't do this! This is the Earth of 1999. One more rank eight cultivator means one more force! And you can ask Cheng Ling to take you to travel around the world, so that you can stay at home and drain the card pools in various places!"

The devil yelled, "You are a gigolo!"

The angel punched the devil to death: "I am proud of being a gigolo!"

Um!

Ren Suo had made up his mind when his cell phone suddenly rang: "Xiao Suo, are you awake? We agreed to get up at 7:30."

"Awake, are you going to work?"

"No, I'm at Cheng Ling's house, come quickly."

Ren Suo scratched his head, washed up quickly and rushed to Cheng Ling's house, but the person who opened the door was Lin Xianyu.

Ren Suo looked at the time, then looked at Lin Xianyu.

"You stayed up all night last night?" Ren Suo made a reasonable guess.

"I just slept for four hours." Lin Xianyu yawned.

Well, that makes sense.

Ren Suo went in and saw that everyone was there, even Xiao Jiu was already sitting at the dining table in a daze, eating cereal with milk with the black cat.

Xiaojiu has been getting up at 8 o'clock to go to school for a long time. The reason is simple: the whole school loves her, the head teacher doesn't scold her, her classmates like her, and her grades are good enough for her to be promoted to junior high school at any time. She can go to school whenever she wants.

"Are you all gathered so early this morning?" Ren Suo asked curiously. He saw that Qiao Muyi was not wearing a countermeasure vest. "Mr. Mu, don't you have to go to work today?"

"Well, no need." Qiao Muyi said with a smile, tilting her head to look at Ren Suo: "Xiao Suo, do you still remember the agreement you made with me?"

"Remember, remember!" Ren Suo nodded immediately.

"Then tell me what the agreement is."

Ren Suo was slightly startled, glanced at the others, and said embarrassedly: "It's not a good idea to say it here... right?"

"What's wrong with that?" Qiao Muyi snorted, "You didn't forget it, did you?"

"No, it's just... what did I say?"

"explain."

Ren Suo glanced at Dong Chengling and the others awkwardly, then made up his mind and said with a red face, "I promised to lick—"

"Wait, wait, wait!" Qiao Muyi hurriedly stopped him, "It's not the appointment that night, it's the one at Lianjiang Tower?"

"Suo, go on. What did you agree with Xiao Qiao?" Dong Chengling said calmly, holding the teacup, but the milk in the cup spilled out.

"Yes, Mr. Suo, what did you agree with Sister Qiao?" Gu Yueyan crossed his arms and looked straight at Ren Suo: "Which night was that?"

"Could it be that night when he suddenly broke into the girls' dormitory to look for me?" Ren Xingmei raised her eyebrows and said, "The person brother looked for in the end seemed to be Sister Qiao..."

Qiao Muyi stood up suddenly and changed the subject directly: "Back then, when you were on the Lianjiang Tower, you asked me not to cancel my flight ticket and to fly directly to Fanying for tourism. Now it's time for you to fulfill your promise!"

"Okay!" Ren Suo breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously: "When?"

"Now!"

Qiao Muyi pointed to the seven or eight large boxes in the living room and said, "Those are my luggage. You carry them."

Ren Suo's eyes widened: "Traveling now? Is this true?!"

Everyone narrowed their eyes slightly and watched Ren Suo for three or four seconds. Suddenly, everyone burst into laughter.

Lin Xianyu reminded: "Brother Ren, look at what day it is today."

"Today... April 1st? April Fool's Day?" Ren Suo reacted and couldn't help but burst out laughing. He sat down and said with a smile: "You called me here just to trick me?"

"Yeah," Qiao Muyi's smile gradually disappeared: "I just lied to you."

"Because it's not just Sister Qiao," Ren Xingmei put her arms around Ren Suo's neck from behind and said with a giggle, "We're going to travel too."

"ha?"

"I've asked for leave for you." Dong Chengling said as he wiped the table with a rag, "I've asked for leave too, and so have Yueyan and the others."

"Why?"

"And we're not just going to Fanying, we're going to many other places! We can go and see the Crystal Cathedral in person!" Gu Yueyan said with a little excitement.

"What?"

"Xiao Suo..." Qiao Muyi suddenly reached out and pinched Ren Suo's face, and asked with a smile: "Are you happy that the two-person trip has become a group trip?"

"Negative emotions from Qiao Muyi, +999"

Dong Chengling turned his head to look at Ren Suo and asked calmly, "Yes, Suo, are you happy?"

"Negative emotions from Dong Chengling, +10"

It seems like no matter how you say you're happy or unhappy here, you'll die. How should I answer this? Waiting online, urgent!

The demon that was beaten to death seemed to be resurrected, and whispered in Ren Suo's ear: "If you eat too much free food, you will choke to death..."