Chapter 116 A New Beginning Ends
The 601st day of the apocalypse, February 23rd.
Two days have passed since the Oasis final battle, and the Northwest Region has not been stable during this period.
After all, Li Danchen is the general of the Fei Kingdom. Even if the evidence is conclusive, the private execution without going through the procedures still caused a lot of trouble.
Especially the capitalists behind the scenes who are closely connected with the No. 1 Institute, they don’t care how the mutant animals reproduce, they only care about how much profit they can bring.
Li Danchen's sudden accident caused chaos in the No. 1 Research Institute. They were naturally dissatisfied, but with the video as physical evidence and Ji Ling as a witness, his betrayal was a foregone conclusion, so these people vented their anger on the team members.
Fortunately, most of them are high-level card drawers, so they have to think carefully before doing anything they want to do.
Li Danchen's accident caused great damage to the Capital District. The Northeast District took the opportunity to gather a lot of forces. Today, Fei Country is dominated by the Northeast District.
In the villa, Qiao Huizhou and Qiao Xinghe stayed at home, making sure their daughter could see them as soon as she opened her eyes. Even though now was the best time to annex the No. 1 Research Institute, everything had to give way to family affection.
Qiao Huizhou sat by the bed, holding Qiao Qiao's hand, "Is she still not awake?"
Yueying pursed her lips: "No."
Qiao Qiao was lying on the comfortable and soft big bed in her bedroom, her cheeks were rosy and her breathing was normal, but she had not woken up since she got home.
Qiao Xinghe comforted him: "Don't worry, Qiao Qiao's injuries have been healed in the primary treatment cabin. He must be sleeping until now just because he is too tired. You can hear how soundly he sleeps."
Qiao Qiao cooperated by snoring softly.
"Meow~"
A calico cat jumped onto the bed, and lay obediently beside Qiao Qiao's pillow, licking its fur. Its nine tails, which were bigger than its body, swung in the air.
[Nine-tailed Immortal Cat: After going through hardships and growing immortal roots, the nine-tailed cat may be able to achieve immortality in due time.]
[Skill 1: Nine tails, nine lives. Each tail represents a life, and one tail is restored every month.
Skill 2: Transform into a clone. Up to nine clones can be transformed, each with 90% of the original's strength. This skill can only be used once a day.
Skill 3: Cat Charm. No one will refuse a cat. After using it, the enemy will fall into chaos. It has no limit on the number of people and can last up to 3 minutes.
An emerald green vine climbed up from under the bed and coiled around Qiao Qiao's wrist disguised as a bracelet. Green light continued to flow on the vine.
[Forest Spirit Vine: The guardian of the forest. Every elf is a favorite of nature and naturally needs followers.]
[Skill 1: Spirit of the Earth: Communicate with the land and control certain earth elements and most plants.
Skill 2: Life Feeding: Forming a resonance with surrounding plants and providing each other with life energy.
Skill 3: All Things in the Universe: Deploy a barrier with a radius of ten kilometers, within which all surrounding plants can be controlled. 】
Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man both evolved successfully, but their appearance did not change much. Instead, they looked more ordinary, reaching a state of returning to nature.
Qiao Huizhou stood up. "Let's go and let her have a good rest."
Late at night, Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man went somewhere unknown, leaving only Qiao Qiao lying on the bed and Yueying accompanying her.
"Hmm..." Qiao Qiao turned over and stretched, "I slept well, so comfortable."
Before I opened my eyes and could see clearly, I fell into a cold embrace.
Qiao Qiao felt the hand on her waist tremble slightly, so she hugged the other's waist, raised her head and kissed her cheek, "Don't worry, I'm fine. You know I like to sleep, this time it just took a little longer."
Yueying buried her face in Qiao Qiao's neck, "Don't leave me alone again."
He never thought it was a problem to be alone before, and even often maintained his shadow form to avoid contact with people. But after he and Qiao Qiao became friends, he found that he couldn't leave her for a moment.
"Okay, I promise you." Qiao Qiao stroked the hair of the person in her arms.
After a long time, when Yueying's emotions had stabilized, Qiao Qiao checked the harvest.
[Congratulations on completing the S+ level mission: Find out the truth and eliminate the "God's Descent" organization]
[Task Rating: Excellent]
[Rewards: System dialogue qualification*1, SSR-level card pool draw ticket*1, SR-level card pool draw ticket*3, card upgrade card, R-level card draw ticket*2 (distributed according to contribution)]
Qiao Qiao held the black card in his hand with a serious expression, "Maybe this time we can figure out the cause of the doomsday and the source of the system."
"I will always be by your side no matter what happens." Yueying noticed Qiao Qiao's nervousness and held her hand to comfort her.
"Of course. You are my shadow. Where else would you go if you are not with me?" Qiao Qiao said with a smile.
No more hesitation, just use the card.
The system page pops up.
【Connecting to manual dialogue...】
【Connection successful】
[Hello, survivor No. 2333. ]
Qiao Qiao narrowed her eyes. What did number 2333 mean? Was she the 2333th person to contact the system?
"Hello."
Do you have any questions?
"I have many questions."
[Spacetime calls consume a lot of energy. You only have 10 minutes. I suggest you pick out the important questions.]
Qiao Qiao asked a series of questions that had been bothering her, "What is the Doomsday? Why is Blue Star suddenly facing various natural disasters? Who are you? What exactly is the system? What are these cards? What is your purpose? When will the natural disasters end?"
[Ms. Qiao Qiao, please don't worry, we have no ill intentions. Let me answer your questions one by one.]
[The Doomsday disaster is a very common natural phenomenon, but this time it is of greater intensity, higher frequency, and close in time. As for why this happened, we need to ask ourselves what humans have done to the Blue Planet over the years.]
[I am a person from the Blue Planet 2000 years later, or rather, a descendant of the Blue Planet people. Our time and space also experienced natural disasters thousands of years ago, but unfortunately, there was no system to help, and humans paid a heavy price to survive.]
【Now, we have mastered the ability to cross time and space. Everyone agreed that we should help the humans who once faced despair and paid a heavy price, so we invented the system. We use the system and cards to transmit future technology to you and improve your ability to face natural disasters.】
[If we talk about the purpose, it is naturally to save us who were weak in the past. 】
[Natural disasters do not end in an instant, but rather go through a long and slow process. The specific time depends on the situation and can range from decades to hundreds of years.]
As for the origin of the system, Qiao Qiao anticipated many answers, such as alien invasion of the earth, spiritual energy revival, parallel universe, etc., but he never thought that it was a rescue plan for present humans by future humans.
"If it's for the purpose of protecting humans, why do we have to set different card levels?"
[Our technology level is far beyond yours, and time-space transmission is sometimes unstable, so high-tech items can only be limited. ]
"I can understand some items with special functions, but are fantasy things like shadows turning into humans, elf blood, and superpowers also technology?"
[Of course, our technology allows humans to choose the abilities they want.]
Qiao Qiao did not ask about the specific principles, as she would not understand even if she did. Besides, the technological gap was too huge, so even if she knew it, it would not be possible to turn it into reality.
"What does number 2333 mean?"
[Your world is No. 2333. Before this, we have been deploying systems to blue planets in different time periods. Some blue planets have successfully resisted natural disasters and have now recovered to their pre-apocalyptic state. The rulers of some blue planets are incompetent and the human race is about to come to an end.] "Was the dream I had before the apocalypse also yours?"
[This was an accident. When we were preparing to launch the system into your world, a small bug occurred, which is why you dreamed about situations in other time and space.]
"So, everything in the dream really happened..." Qiao Qiao felt a pang of sadness when she thought of the ending of her parents in the dream.
[Time is almost up, do you have any questions? ]
Qiao Qiao looked at the time and saw that there was only one minute left. She asked the answer she wanted to know the most:
"You can tell me this. Does it mean that we have already initially defeated the natural disaster?"
[Yes, you have passed the most difficult stage with the highest casualty rate, and every day that follows will move you in a higher direction.]
"That's good." Qiao Qiao was relieved. "Thank you, future humans."
[You're welcome. Helping you is helping us. Although your actions cannot change our current situation, they will affect humans in parallel time and space.]
[The world you live in is the fastest among thousands of parallel worlds, and all this is because of you. You have the system in advance, and you have drawn a lot of high-level cards but you don't keep them all to yourself. You share them on the basis of protecting yourself. You are great.]
【Finally, I wish you happiness. 】
Qiao Qiao felt a little shy when she was praised. She was taught since childhood that "if you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world." She believed that most people with conscience would choose the same approach.
Of course, the main reason is that she has not really left the campus yet, otherwise she might not be thinking about how to save the world, but how to accelerate the destruction of the world.
After communicating with the system, many questions were answered, and Qiao Qiao sent a screenshot of the conversation to Tang Mingli.
She took out the card she had stolen from Li Danchen using the thief never leaves empty-handed.
[SR-level card Absolute Zero]
Next, continue drawing cards.
[Obtain SSR-level card large protective shield *2]
[SSR-level card large protective shield: After use, it can protect an area of 1,000 square kilometers, and is not affected by mutant creatures or extreme weather. It cannot be moved after use. It is valid for 10,000 days, 1/1]
[Obtain SR-level card intermediate shield] *2
[Obtain R-level card small protective shield] *2
The cards drawn this time are all protective shields. The system is trying to encourage humans to settle down and start their lives again.
Qiao Qiao tilted her head and looked at Yueying, "Now that we've had enough sleep, shall we go out for a walk?"
"good."
It was early in the morning and the entire Northwest District was still asleep. Qiao Qiao and Yueying sat side by side on the wall of the inner city.
In the distance, the sky was a fiery red, and the red sunrise slowly rose, shining on the two of them, soothing all their fatigue.
"It's a brand new day."
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