Chapter 1 I Save the World? Is this true or false? (Revised)
Shi Xu is an ordinary person who just found out that he won the highest prize in the lottery. He was enjoying a wonderful future life when he was unexpectedly hit by an out-of-control car and thrown into the sky. The moment he flew up, he cursed God and this ups and downs of life in his heart.
Without even having time to mourn for himself, he fell heavily to the ground and his eyes went black.
Before he died, he was still cursing in his heart. The resentment and unwillingness that could feed ten evil sword immortals filled his soul. Shi Xu felt that after his death, he would turn into a fierce ghost and claim the driver's life.
Goodbye, this damn life.
He was waiting for consciousness to fade. The next second, an irresistible strong pulling force pulled the peacefully rising soul into a vortex.
Shi Xu was confused and helpless, like the clothes in a washing machine, rolled up into a ball. After being tossed up and down, he was spit out cleanly.
……?
He opened his eyes dizzily and first saw a ball of light in front of him, made of some unknown material. It was hanging in the air and was very dazzling and unclear.
Looking around, it is a pure white space with no doors, windows or furniture, only warm white light filling the walls.
Is this the world after death? It is too different from literary works. He thought.
Before he could fully wake up, the ball of light suddenly rushed in front of him and forced itself close to his forehead at such a fast speed that he didn't have any room to react.
Shi Xu frowned subconsciously and raised his hand to push away the unknown creature. But suddenly, there was a sound exploding in my head, and the volume button of my body was adjusted without me knowing when. I was startled and my hand fell down.
This double-attack series is really hard to guard against. If Shi Xu hadn't felt even more dizzy, he would have applauded it.
I only heard the voice, male or female, saying, "Are you okay, foreign soul? Can you hear me?"
After waiting for a while without any response, the ball of light finally noticed his discomfort and silently took a few steps back.
I don't know what it did. A warm current flowed from Shi Xu's head to his body, and a feeling of comfort suddenly enveloped Shi Xu, making him squint his eyes involuntarily. The dizziness and the grumbling stomach calmed down, and he finally had the energy to speak.
"…What kind of creature are you? Where is this?"
As he spoke, he propped himself up and felt his body was safe and sound.
This is obviously unreasonable. What was that just now?
He subconsciously thought that he was sure that he was dead. It would be strange if he could survive with such injuries. So this is the afterlife? Then there is no need to talk about the logic of reality, just take it one step at a time.
"This is the safe zone I created with my energy. No third person can hear our conversation here."
Seeing that the person was getting better, the voice sounded again. Shi Xu also understood who was talking and turned his head to listen.
"You were in a car accident and died on the spot, but your scent allowed me to detect you and find you. I brought you here, but the accident happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to tell you."
It's amazing.
The assumption was overturned, and Shi Xu sighed expressionlessly. He never expected that he would encounter such a fantastic thing. He thought about it for a moment and accepted it calmly.
Then he asked smoothly: "So what do you want to do by bringing me here?"
Then, he sat cross-legged without any concern and smoothed his messy hair back. Shi Xu was very focused and cooperative.
The ball of light also rose to the same height as him, as if it was looking at him.
It was somewhat surprised at how quickly humans accepted it, and was secretly delighted, thinking it had bet on the right people.
With a thought, the white light emanating from the surrounding walls began to rise and fall like water waves, reflecting the scenery outside.
Everywhere you look is a scene of desolation, an abandoned city, broken walls, dried-up rivers, flying dust, a dead silence in the air, and the sky is covered with rolling dark clouds, with lightning and thunder.
It's lifeless, like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie.
“…”
Shi Xu watched quietly, absorbing the information without making any expression, wondering whether he should be more restrained or more assertive. The person you are talking to is not human, and has no facial features that can reveal micro-expressions for analysis. It is better to be cautious when you don't know the details.
"This is not the Earth you originally lived on, but another place far away from it." The light ball gave him some time to observe before slowly saying, "I am the world consciousness born from this world. Originally, I shouldn't have woken up so soon. There should be peace here, human civilization is glorious, and all things are full of vitality."
"However, four years ago, because the world wall was not yet complete, it was invaded by an unknown external force. A virus broke out, and some humans fell into a high fever and were dragged into a game. Most people died and never woke up again. The few who won the game received the so-called prize - superpowers."
"Superpowers?"
Shi Xu raised his eyebrows. Is that what he meant?
"Yes, superpowers." The light ball nodded. It was incredible that it could actually nod.
"However, the game is still not over. That unknown force has transformed reality and put the copy into reality. Look--"
The wall began to fluctuate again, and an area covered by black fog emerged. The black fog shook itself as if it had consciousness, slowly condensing there, and after a while it slowly expanded forward a few inches.
"These are dungeons. They will randomly appear in areas outside the safe zone. If they are not cleared, the difficulty and the area covered will gradually increase. The human government will recruit people with strong special abilities, train them, and form teams according to their suitability, so that they have the ability to eliminate dungeons. But so far, the death rate of dungeons is also extremely unstable, and people with special abilities are dying every day."
"When all the superpowers disappear completely, the whole world will be swallowed up by the black fog."
“That’s why I woke up.”
The wall returned to its original pure white, and the scene just seen was erased like a painting.
"I see." Shi Xu lowered his eyelids and asked methodically: "You don't have the ability to fight against it, so you brought me here. So, what do you need me to do? What can I get? Why do you think I can do it?"
The ball of light calmly floated in the air and replied, "Yes, I am still very weak. I cannot prevent that day from coming, and I cannot keep that power out. Bringing you here is my last resort. Your unwillingness before death and your potential made me choose you. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I will send you back to your original world after I succeed, so that you can live out the rest of your life in peace."
"How can I trust you?"
"These few words are not enough for us to completely trust each other. Therefore, I will use my authority to make an equal contract between you and me. From now on, we will prosper together and suffer together. There will be no possibility of betrayal. You will also feel a sense of restraint when the contract is established, and you can check the contents of the contract at will."
Shi Xu nodded in agreement, thinking that his partner was very well prepared, but the problem was not over yet.
"What if it fails?"
“…”
The ball of light suddenly stopped talking. Shi Xu waited patiently, and saw it suddenly fall to the ground like a dandelion and lie down peacefully.
"Then let's die together. I was just born, so please give way to me."
The light ball, which had never considered failure, made a sound of tanking. There's no way. The formal look just now was the result of several rehearsals. After all, it was just born and found that its home was about to be lost. The difficulty of saving itself is no less than that of SSS. It has already started running at the age of learning to walk...
Shi Xu:?
What was going on? The unreliability came so suddenly that he was forced to swallow back the words he had prepared.
"...I just died, so you should give way to me. But I have to say that your proposal really moved me. After all, I still can't forget my lottery ticket." Shi Xu looked at the ball of light lying on the ground speechlessly, "But you also need to give me some help. Let's not talk about my potential. No matter how powerful I am, I can't turn the tide alone."
"You agreed! Great, I will use all my strength to help you."
The ball of light suddenly flew up, and its excited appearance was indeed like that of a child. It completely lost its initial calmness and directly tore off the disguise that it had initially used in the hope of winning human trust.
"This world also has its own world line, but I checked and found that it was all be, not a single he! I have been struggling for this, for fear that the next second I stop will be the day of my death."
“? This is too much of a hell mode. Although it is very challenging, isn’t there any good news?” Shi Xu couldn’t help but complain.
"Don't worry about the rest. Humanity can still hold on for a while. Our main focus right now is to obtain energy, because bringing you here has already consumed most of my energy. The remaining energy I have must be used to cover you, so that the bad guys in the sky will not notice that there is something wrong with your aura."
"As for the rest...don't worry, I've already figured out a solution."
Is this really a reliable method? Shi Xu felt as if he had embarked on a path of no return and could not turn back.
He cooperated and asked: "So how do we get energy?"
At this moment, it seemed as if a resolute look could be seen from the featureless face of the light ball, and it firmly believed in Zhen Sheng: "I have read many strategies that embody the wisdom of my predecessors, and I plan to follow the trend, that is - draw comics!"
"Comics? You want to save the world by drawing comics?"
This is indeed a road of no return, he thought to himself.
"Yes, although my energy comes from all things in the world, most of the energy I need during my growth period comes from humans. The vitality emitted by their emotions can be absorbed and transformed by me, so I decided to draw what happened in this world into comics and cast them in other peaceful worlds to gain readers' emotions and thus gain energy."
Shi Xu:!
There is actually such an operation. It was presumptuous of him.
The unfashionable Shi Xu was amazed and raised his hand to give a sincere applause to the light ball.
"Your world consciousness is quite versatile."
“No, no.”
The light ball curled up awkwardly, then continued modestly, "However, I have no idea about the plot of the comics. You are a human, so you should know more about what humans like, right? We need to make the first chapter eye-catching enough to attract more readers. Anyway, let's get some energy first!"
Shi Xu nodded, indicating that he understood a lot. He knew quite a few popular characters in current comics. They were nothing more than the undefeated, beautiful, strong and miserable ones, the most powerful and awesome one in all comics, the wisest one in all comics and so on.
Traffic, made easy!
"Don't worry, I understand."
Shi Xu gave a thumbs up, and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to poke the ball of light in front of him. It was not the soft touch as he imagined, but a strange feeling, as if he was touching it and yet it seemed like it was just a ball of air.
The light ball allowed him to touch it without resistance. Shi Xu satisfied his curiosity, cleared his throat and pretended nothing had happened, then asked:
"Since we have to write a plot, what about the cast of other characters?"
"We've found them. Among the people with special abilities currently recruited by the government, there are three with superior special abilities who have formed a team. They have great potential, and if they grow up, they will be a very powerful force." The light ball floated slowly, "And the three-person team is one woman and two men. It's a very classic pairing in a shonen comic!"
"Well, how about you join them and become a member of the protagonist group? This way we can save them while they are still in their fragile stage of growth."
After hearing this, Shi Xu shook his head slowly and spoke like a primary school student reciting a text: "Wrong, wrong, wrong, Guangqiu, you still don't understand."
"The most popular characters in comics nowadays are not just these."
Light ball:?
"Is that so? Then what do you think we should do?" The ball of light showed a humane 'please enlighten me' look.
"Please listen to me carefully..."
Each person communicates with a ball.
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