Near an interdimensional teleportation array, a man lay in a pool of blood, severely injured and on the verge of death.
He was surrounded by a dozen or so people, all of whom were eyeing him with greedy intent.
The man's surname is Lu, and his given name is Lu Yuan!
Two war beasts were beside him, one dead and one wounded.
"Zhang Qian, Su Lei, you two despicable couple, you deserve to die a horrible death!"
Zhang Qian, whom Lu Yuan mentioned, is Lu Yuan's girlfriend, while Su Lei is...
This needs no further explanation.
"Lu Yuan, hand over the iron box now. I'll leave you a whole body out of consideration for being from the same hometown."
"Maybe if I'm in a good mood, I might even bring your body back, so you won't die far from home!"
The person speaking was none other than Su Lei.
Lu Yuan, Su Lei, and Zhang Qian are from the same place. Lu Yuan and Zhang Qian are a couple, but that was only their relationship before the apocalypse.
After the apocalypse, Zhang Qian got involved with Su Lei, though Lu Yuan was unaware of it.
By the time he found out, it was too late; he had already been ambushed, and this is what happened.
The reason for this situation dates back to half a month ago. Half a month ago, the portal to another world opened, and countless monsters poured into Earth through the portal.
Moreover, the number of these passages is unknown, so the Earth's military decided to organize a suicide squad to enter the other world through the passages and destroy the teleportation array.
Lu Yuan was unfortunately chosen, along with several hundred others, but now there are less than 20 left.
The reason why these people wanted to kill Lu Yuan dates back to three days ago.
Three days ago, they accidentally entered a secret realm, which contained not only monsters but also a large number of weapons and martial arts techniques.
Everyone was scrambling for these things, but nobody wanted this iron box. Lu Yuan wasn't particularly strong to begin with, so he didn't get anything else, and in the end, he picked up this iron box.
Who would have thought that the greatest treasure in this secret realm was this iron box, because inside the iron box was a pet egg and a book.
The pet egg was dark gold, and the book was blank, with only four words written on the cover: "Illustrated Catalogue of Gods and Demons".
It's all Lu Yuan's fault for opening the iron box, which is how Zhang Qian and Su Lei came to see the golden pet egg.
And that's how the scene at the beginning came about.
"Lu Yuan, we've spent some time together, so why don't you just grant my wish?"
The person speaking was Lu Yuan's girlfriend, Zhang Qian!
"Cough cough cough!"
Lu Yuan coughed incessantly. He knew he was doomed to die today. He reached out and touched the Purple Nether Star Wolf King, who had been with him for more than half a year.
"Make it leave, and I'll give you the metal box; otherwise, I'll destroy it!"
The "it" in front refers to the Purple Nether Star Wolf King, and the "it" behind it is naturally the dark gold pet egg.
"You keep your word?"
The reason Su Lei and the others didn't try to steal it was because they were afraid Lu Yuan would destroy the pet egg.
"Don't worry, I, Lu Yuan, keep my word. Unlike some people who do despicable things."
Su Lei naturally knew that Lu Yuan was making a veiled attack, but that didn't matter. So he waved his hand, and the people made way for him.
"Go back, go back and find a deserted mountain, and live a good life!"
Lu Yuan stroked the Purple Nether Star Wolf King again, then had someone send it into the teleportation array.
The Purple Nether Star Wolf King howled incessantly. It was reluctant to leave Lu Yuan, but it was now covered in wounds and powerless to resist.
With a flash of light, the Purple Nether Star Wolf King disappeared from the teleportation array.
"Alright, I've done what I promised you. Now it's time to hand over the iron box."
Lu Yuan nodded, reached out, and took the iron box out of the virtual space. Instantly, everyone's eyes were fixed on the iron box.
Completely unaware that Lu Yuan was holding a high-explosive grenade in his other hand.
"You two, you scoundrels, die!"
"boom!"
The whole world fell silent.
Just when everything had settled down, the catalog inside the silver box suddenly opened, emitting a golden light, and took the pet egg inside.
"Kid, you're just my type. I'll help you this time."
A sweet female voice echoed in the space.
"Heaven and earth are boundless, time and space are reversed, immortality and undying, turning the tide of fate!"
As soon as the sweet female voice finished speaking, a crack suddenly appeared in the sky, and then the God and Demon Atlas went back into the iron box and shot towards the crack.
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On December 1st, 20xx, the end times arrived.
Humanity faces an unprecedented catastrophe: zombies and monsters ravage the globe.
Six months later, a new profession, Spirit Master, was born!
People could contract with monsters to fight for them, and only then did humanity emerge from the darkness again.
One year after the apocalypse...
"Qianqian, I have some good news for you."
"The Big Beard team is short of a support staff member, and they have agreed to take me on."
As soon as he got back to his rented apartment, Lu Yuan couldn't wait to share his joy with his girlfriend.
"Lu Yuan, we can talk about it when I get back from my mission."
"I need to leave now. We're going to explore a mysterious ancient realm tomorrow. Brother Lei will be leading the team. I'm off now. We can talk about anything else when I get back."
The "Brother Lei" that Zhang Qian mentioned is actually named Su Lei.
Zhang Qian has been mentioning this name more and more frequently lately.
Su Lei not only comes from a good family background, but most importantly, he is also a spirit master!
Lu Yuan felt a deep sense of crisis.
"Aren't you leaving tomorrow?"
Lu Yuan voiced the question that had been bothering him.
"Brother Lei said that we should meet a day early for a meeting."
"Alright, I should go now, or Brother Lei will be unhappy."
When Lu Yuan saw that Zhang Qian had already packed her luggage, the excitement he had felt earlier gradually disappeared.
"Then be careful, it's outside right now..."
"Okay, okay, I got it, I'm leaving!"
Lu Yuan was interrupted by Zhang Qian before he could finish speaking.
Zhang Qian agreed impatiently, then left without looking back.
Lu Yuan watched Zhang Qian leave and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In this perilous era, not being able to become a Spirit Master is truly a tragedy!
"Huh, what's this?"
Lu Yuan picked up a metal box-like object from the table and examined it curiously.
Zhang Qian obtained this box-like object by chance.
The edges of the metal box were very sharp, and Lu Yuan accidentally cut his index finger.
Fresh blood immediately stained the iron box.
Before he could react, the metal box flashed by and disappeared into Lu Yuan's head.
Lu Yuan was terrified, but then something even more unbelievable happened.
A book appeared in his mind, a golden book.
"Hello, Master! We meet again!"
Lu Yuan shook his head and murmured to himself.
"Damn it, it must be because I didn't sleep well last night!"
This chapter has ended!
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