In less than a year, the 'doomsday crisis' in China was completely resolved, and many allied countries suffered relatively less damage because they had received aid from China at the beginning.

Of course, there are also cases where a country is directly destroyed.

After serious news channels broadcast reports of several countries being wiped out by the 'zombie virus,' countless people were filled with lingering fear and finally realized the ferocity of the virus.

Our country is the best! Our researchers are the most amazing!

[It's Dean Bai Yan! If it weren't for her developing the vaccine, more than half of us here would probably be zombies!]

[And there's Commander Qin! I was almost bitten to death by a zombie. If it weren't for Commander Qin saving me, even with a vaccine, my neck would have been broken! Our Chinese soldiers are not to be trifled with!]

[I suspect Dean Bai Yan might be a reincarnated person? I have a feeling something's off about this apocalypse...]

Speculation continues online, but China has returned to pre-disaster order. Almost all Chinese citizens have been vaccinated, as the supernatural abilities generated during the apocalypse disappeared after the apocalypse subsided.

Bai Yan was awarded the highest-level award, and after the award ceremony, Qin Lang proposed to her.

Even though Bai Yi'an didn't want his good girl to be taken, he couldn't stop them because one wanted to marry the other. He could only watch helplessly as the two got married with the blessings of the public.

...

When she opened her eyes again, she stepped into that fantastic and beautiful nebula space once more.

Unlike before, what hovered in the starry sky, besides the clouds, were several elongated willow branches and tender green leaves that stretched out among them.

Bai Yan reached out and touched one of the green leaves. Instantly, countless images flashed through her mind, and she couldn't help but show surprise in her eyes.

This is a world she once experienced, a world where she was controlled by the system and had no choice but to accept the tasks issued by the system.

In this world, she is a vicious villain who, after carrying out a series of actions against the protagonist, is exposed and ultimately commits suicide out of fear of going to jail.

However, from her perspective, the world after death was slowly enveloped in darkness. Under the cover of a huge, unseen shadow, all creatures in the small world were shrouded in the shadow of death.

Bai Yan's heart sank. She touched several green leaves in succession. The scorched earth world was filled with a deathly aura, and she even discovered that the once vibrant green was now covered with black mist.

This is... karma.

This word suddenly popped into Bai Yan's mind.

Why would someone have karmic obstacles? Why would he get tainted by such things?

Karmic obstacles refer to all good and evil deeds committed through body, speech, and mind, which are also sins that hinder spiritual practice. If one is tainted by karmic obstacles, one will be unable to achieve great success in spiritual practice and will even suffer the backlash of negative karma.

This should be something that only exists in a fantasy world or a world of immortals, but she doesn't remember ever experiencing it.

Bai Yan frowned, as if she had forgotten something deeply rooted in her memory. She reached up and pressed her hand to the spot on her forehead... it seemed to be a very important memory.

"Help me!"

"Help me!"

Suddenly, a frantic cry for help rang in her mind. Bai Yan looked up and saw that the beautiful nebula space was entangled by leaves. Those lovely and tender green leaves were like ruthless killers, strangling the space.

At the same time, Bai Yan was pushed forward by a force, and then a thick fog rose in front of her. After the fog dissipated, she saw him.

...

Eastern Flame Continent

This is a world where humans, cultivators, and demons coexist.

He was just an ordinary person born in an ordinary village in a corner of this world, worrying every day about how to fill his stomach.

He was often hungry and sometimes beaten.

Because he had no parents, and a fire broke out in the village on the day he was born, which not only burned his voice, half of his face, and a leg, but also made him a 'jinx' in the eyes of the villagers, and he was not allowed to live in the village.

Sometimes when he's extremely hungry, he'll steal food, and if he gets caught, he'll be beaten.

Having just been beaten a few days ago, he dared not go back to the village, so he went to a nearby grove of trees to catch birds.

His leg was injured, which greatly reduced his hunting ability. But perhaps he was lucky today, because he quickly caught a small bird and was just about to put it in his mouth.

But at that moment, I felt a sudden pain in my wrist, and the bird flew away.

"Senior brother, our demon-catching formation has been destroyed!" a sweet female voice rang out.

He looked up and saw a dignified Taoist priest in a long robe accompanied by a fairy in a pink dress—he knew that these people with tokens and a different aura from the villagers were immortals.

Ordinary people should not offend immortals.

He didn't even look at the two of them before turning to leave.

"Ugly monster, stop right there!" the female cultivator called out to him.

"Do you even know that you ruined my demon-catching formation while trying to catch that bird!" she glared at him angrily. "You have to compensate me!"

But he had nothing, so he could only kowtow to the immortals like the villagers.

The Daoist beside the female cultivator gave her a disapproving look: "Junior sister, don't waste your cultivation time on such things."

He casually tossed two gold ingots to him: "Here's a reward for you. I'll borrow your blood for a bit."

Immediately afterwards, he was bound by the rope that flew from Daojun's hand and hung in mid-air. Daojun simply made a sweeping motion in the air, and blood began to seep from his limbs.

"Junior sister, you will be practicing using barriers in a moment." Daojun's voice was gentle: "Cultivators must not only know how to subdue demons and monsters, but also protect the innocent."

"When demons come, protect their lifeline."

"Senior brother, don't worry." The female cultivator stared with her round eyes, "With your help, I'm sure I'll pass this assessment!"