"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.

作为星际大战的战利品，战术矩阵和2颗仙源石只能算一般般，反倒是额外奖励引起任索的兴趣。

「小孟的信物：一张照片，小男孩瑟瑟发抖地挡在一只大狗面前，护住后面吓得腿软的小女孩。在宇宙战争中使用，可以呼唤未来的小孟回到1999年助战。」

任索看一眼就否决了这个用法，按照这游戏的尿性，这个‘未来的小孟’，多半就是现在的小孟——她现在都还没开始修炼呢。

哪怕这是灵气尚未复苏前的战争，但也是宇宙战争，绝不是普通人所能参与。

就算真的召唤出未来的小孟，任索也不看好：如果真的到了极其危险的时刻，那么七转修为的小孟恐怕也无法成为翻盘的力量。

幸好信物还有其他用法：「直接对小孟使用，可以随机触发任意第一阶强化效果（信赖度+50%、特性加强、攻击距离+1）」

任索果断对小孟使用信物，触发效果是信赖度+50%，获得15%的攻击加成……好像是最差的选项，不过任索对自己的脸黑早有预料，能一开始就抽到九转修士龙王赵火，怕不是耗尽他所有的运气了。

结束之后回归到地球基地，游戏弹出提示：「是否上传记录？上传之后进入第二章游戏阶段，也可支付50点功勋重新开始第一章游戏（重新开始游戏会永久降低游戏评价）。」

这个游戏真的很严格呢，读档不仅要钱，还要降低游戏评价。不过任索也明白，像这种游戏只要多次读档找到正确攻略法，想刷出完美评价并不困难，小世界游戏机自然要限制他刷分。

任索自然是选择上传，游戏弹出任务评价：

「1999年冥王星大捷——歼灭所有方舟部队，100分」

「被熊猫初见杀——被熊猫击败一次，-1分」

「合计评分为99分，获得额外奖励：仙源石*1，9点功勋。」

「预计下次额外奖励池为100点功勋，请再接再厉。」

任索看得眉毛一挑，额外奖励？

也就是说，这不是从任务通关后的功勋奖励里抽出来的咯？拿到就是纯赚，拿不到也不亏，纯粹是游戏自掏腰包给的？

怪不得跟正常任务评价完全不同，其他游戏的评价都是60分开始加上去，《明日之劫》的分章评价却是从100分开始减。

画面忽然一转，无上至尊坐在会议室里与各国代表见面，游戏弹出提示：「解锁公开招募功能。」

「修士军团在太空奋战的英姿已经在全球直播，强大的方舟军团令各国终于放下最后的顾虑，愿意接受无上至尊的战时领导，允许无上至尊在各国招募未来修士。」

「跟寻访不同，公开招募的未来修士并不会自动获得‘未来回响’的加持，需要无上至尊亲自为其施法，筛选工作非常繁琐。」

「无上至尊可在第二章内公开招募一万名未来修士，在筛选的时候，无上至尊可通过发出特定的‘未来回响’，至少能招募到一名五转以上的未来修士。」

「可选未来回响类型：聚能、神通、先锋、天灾、近卫、壁垒、庇护、支援。」

国家机器就是国家机器，一招就是一万人。话说回来，未来真的有那么多四转修士吗？

难道2049年的时候真的是四转不如狗，七转遍地走？

未来回响类型有八个，自然是分别对应八转修士军团，龙王赵火是先锋，小孟是聚能，通天谛听是神通，水晶室女是天灾。

任索看了看介绍，近卫似乎是没有拦截能力的高输出近战军团，壁垒则是嘲讽能力极强的高防御单位，庇护应该是添加增益效果和战场治疗的治疗单位，而支援主要是给敌人添加负面效果的诅咒单位。

任索没有先选择招募类型，而是转到寻访界面——先花仙源石来几发一千连抽，到时候再看看缺少什么类型的未来修士。

然而任索却看见这样的介绍：

「莲江三傻的大本营：初次寻访结束。」

「你可以到其他地方进行寻访活动，每个地方的初次寻访都会大概率寻访到高转未来修士。」

哎？

还有这种设定？

任索固然可以继续抽，但只能获得一千连抽里的七转修士保底。而按照游戏介绍，他去其他地方进行初次寻访，不仅会有七转修士保底，甚至还能大概率抽到八转九转！

不过这个莲江三傻是什么意思？指的是于匡图、赵火和白忌吗？

按照这个设定，任索的最佳游戏策略当然是去地方抽卡，呆在家里怕不是抽七转抽到游戏结束。

但这个卡池的名字‘莲江三傻的大本营’，就意味着任索要去其他地方，至少也得离开莲江市——这对任索来说可不是什么小事。

如果只是为了玩游戏，就害得自己舟车劳顿的话……

这个真不是因为任索懒得出去啊，主要是他现在的出行都受到女朋友们的管辖。像这种到其他城市的重要活动，必然需要得到女朋友们的审核才行，而且也不知道是不是每个城市都能触发初次寻访效果。

任索也不是编不出借口，只是……只是他不想骗女朋友啊！

唉，诚实的人总是会遇到这样那样的问题。

而且他又没车，乘坐公共交通又有点麻烦，总之就是多有不便。

不去了不去了，这游戏肯定不是要有八转九转才能通关的吧？七转也能通关的吧？

但，如果能抽到八转修士九转修士的话，肯定会玩得更爽吧……

任索心里天人交战，仿佛有个恶魔在呢喃：“去什么去，出门多麻烦，抽到七转也能用啊！你看小孟多强！何必为了1999年的地球而浪费自己宝贵的个人时间呢？”

然后一个天使冒出来，着急地说道：“任索，你不可以这样的！那可是1999年的地球啊，多一个八转修士就多一份力量！而且你可以求承灵带你去周游列国啊，那样你就可以躺在家里抽爆各个地方的卡池了！”

恶魔大叫道：“你这是吃软饭！”

天使一拳打死了恶魔：“我吃软饭我自豪！”

嗯！

任索下定决心了，这时候手机忽然响了：“小索，醒了吗？约好7点30分要起床的哦。”

“醒了，你去上班了？”

“没呢，我在承灵家，你快来。”

任索挠挠头，稍微洗漱一下就赶去承灵家，然而开门的居然是林羡鱼。

任索看了看时间，又看了看林羡鱼。

“你昨晚通宵了？”任索提出合理的猜测。

“我只是睡了四个小时。”林羡鱼打了个哈欠。

嗯，这就很合理了。

任索进去一看，发现大家都在，甚至连小玖都已经迷迷糊糊地坐在餐桌边，跟黑猫一起吃牛奶麦片。

小玖很早之前就是8点钟才起**学，原因无他，全校爱她，班主任不骂，同学们爱戴，成绩更是可以随时升上初中，她想什么时候上学就什么时候上学。

“今天一大早的就这么齐人？”任索好奇问道，他看见乔木依没有穿对策马甲，“木公子你今天不用上班吗？”

“嗯，不用。”乔木依笑盈盈地说道，歪着脑袋看任索：“小索，你还记得你跟我的约定吧？”

“记得记得！”任索立马点头。

“那你说说看是什么约定。”

任索微微一怔，看了一眼其他人，不好意思说道：“在这里说……不太好吧？”

“有什么不好的？”乔木依哼哼说道：“你该不会是忘了吧？”

“没有，只是……那我说了哦？”

“说。”

任索为难地看了东承灵等人一眼，下定决心，满脸通红地说道：“我答应了要舔——”

“等等等等！——”乔木依连忙喊停：“不是那晚那个约定，是莲江塔那个？”

“索，继续说下去，你跟小乔约定什么了？”东承灵端着茶杯，平静说道，只是茶杯里的牛奶都撒出来了。

“对啊，索先生，你跟乔姐姐约定什么了？”古月言叉着手，直勾勾地看着任索：“那晚是哪一晚？”

“该不会是忽然夜闯女生宿舍找我的那一晚吧？”任星美挑眉说道：“哥最后找的人好像是乔姐姐吧……”

乔木依蓦地站起来，直接转移话题：“当初你在莲江塔上面，让我不要取消机票，直飞繁樱旅游，现在是你履行诺言的时候了！”

“好！”任索松了口气，猛地点头：“什么时候？”

“现在！”

乔木依指了指客厅里七八个大箱子：“那些都是我的行李，你来搬。”

任索眼睛都瞪大了：“现在去旅游！？真的假的！？”

大家微微眯起眼睛，围观了任索三四秒，忽然噗嗤一声，全部笑了。

林羡鱼提醒一句：“任大哥，你看看今天是什么日子。”

"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..."