Using the MC system to pretend spiritual revival

Chapter 194 Tan Hui; Helpless and Fearful (1+1)

"Ok?"

Meanwhile, Lü Gu, who was still admiring the golden-armored warrior he had sculpted versus the purple-haired corpse, suddenly spoke up in confusion.

Turning to look at his apprentice at his feet, who was soaking and playing in the puddle, he blinked.

The next moment, he suddenly realized that his apprentice seemed to have fainted.

He quickly stepped out of the beam of light, grabbed the unconscious apprentice by the back of his collar, and lifted him up.

He shook his hands vigorously, getting rid of the dirty mud and water.

However, the foolish apprentice in his hands seemed to have been soaked through, still dripping murky mud and blood.

Lu Gu raised an eyebrow in disdain, picked him up and brought him to his front, then pointed his index finger at his chest.

My mind quickly went to the skin editor that I hadn't used in a while.

He directly replaced his dirty little apprentice's tattered uniform coat with a clean and tidy plain-colored Taoist robe.

Incidentally, she also dried and combed the strands of hair that had been congealed and matted with blood.

Almost instantly, Li Qingfeng, who had just been dirty and looked unusable, was now being held in Lü Gu's hands as if he were brand new.

He was still in a deep coma, showing no signs of waking up. However, without the bloodstains covering him, he looked as if he were asleep.

Lu Gu had no clue about this phenomenon either.

After all, in his eyes, there are only two states: health and death. He has never actually seen a case of someone being unconscious.

He then calmed himself down and instantly switched to another eerie perspective.

All the surrounding land, bricks, and tiles appeared with various borders and displayed text.

And in front of him, on the head of his foolish apprentice who had been lifted up.

His name, "Li Qingfeng," was written below him, along with ten red hearts representing his health and satiety, now fully restored.

Steve's abnormal health was completely unaffected; he was as healthy as if he had just drunk milk.

After checking, Lü Gu turned off the data display and looked his young apprentice up and down, whose breathing was steady and whose complexion was rosy.

I feel like a slap or a bucket of milk would be enough to wake him up.

It's likely that after being hit and losing all blood, the brain's emergency response was triggered once the body returned to normal.

With Steve's current physical enhancements, and since there are no debuffs, there shouldn't be any problems.

If all else fails, grant instant resurrection privileges and refresh the page on the spot.

Yes, it's like a computer.

Any system crashes or freezes can be resolved by shutting down and restarting.

However, after staring at the little apprentice he was carrying, Lu Gu hesitated for a moment and still did not implement the awakening plan.

It's been so long since we last met, and seeing each other again has really touched me.

A slap would be a bit too much of a mood killer.

Thinking back to when Li Qingfeng was seriously injured and fell to the ground, he had obviously been through a lot.

Taking a break might be a better option.

Having made up his mind, he withdrew his gaze.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Those three-meter-tall, towering, golden-armored burly men had already swung their arms, which were thicker than telephone poles and bulging with muscles.

With punch after punch, he slammed the two grotesque, purple-haired corpses down from over two meters tall to just one and a half meters.

"Boom——!"

Finally, with a sound like a solid steel pillar hitting the ground, the two corpses were completely converted.

This prompted Lü Gu, who had been watching the whole process, to shake his head helplessly.

The ancient tomb was discovered on a whim, and the plot was pretty good, but the zombies were a bit outdated and too weak.

He glanced at the golden-armored strongman sculpted from the white iron golem beside him. After smashing two zombies to death, the three of them combined hadn't lost more than five bars of health.

Of course, it could also be because the Iron Golem has an exceptionally long reach and an abnormally long attack range.

But it did expose some problems.

Having returned this time, I have made a decision to abandon the cultivation realm beyond the Qi Refining stage.

But the monster is clearly on the verge of becoming a walking, miraculous treasure, rather than being restrained.

The zombies in "Hundred Kings' Twilight" were acquired by spending most of my savings before I went abroad.

As a result, apart from its somewhat frightening appearance, it's incredibly weak.

Later, more and more people reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and even Golden Core and Nascent Soul stage monsters.

It's possible that the monster spawn frequency you set beforehand won't be able to keep up with what people are using.

Monsters are easy to deal with; we can use the same system as cultivation, make some modifications, and it won't be out of touch with the times.

Zombies and ghosts, even with upgraded versions, always seem lacking and don't last long.

As the saying goes, "Where there are no external troubles, there will be internal worries."

At that time, what if there are no villainous characters?

People who suddenly gain immense power and can fly or land might end up fighting each other to the point of madness in a civil war.

Thinking of this, Lü Gu frowned and pondered for a while, and several solutions came to mind.

One option is to buy some cheap original monster enhancement mods or small mods that add monsters.

…mutated creatures, or even more monsters.

…Hmm…I don’t think 'Sudden Change' and 'Parasite' would work. They’d probably be too expensive, and releasing them would likely mean the end of the world.

That works too.

However, as cultivation progresses and more and more experts emerge, it can only alleviate the immediate crisis.

However, there is a way to solve this problem once and for all.

That means buying a mod like Twilight, which adds a dimension out of thin air and a group of powerful monsters.

"...Ancient ruins, a blessed land, it does fit the art style quite well..."

However, this brings us back to the fundamental problem – lack of money.

This uprising at the Tomb of a Hundred Kings unexpectedly added several million points to Lü Gu's tree-planting efforts in the desert.

Moreover, it is estimated that as the subsequent events unfold, there could be another surge in the news.

Even so, it's still not enough to buy two modules that cost at least ten million.

They still have to choose between the planned paradise and the monster world.

Just thinking about the long-delayed Paradise Project, and the main island in the End that's probably already overcrowded...

"Forget it! Let's take it one step at a time. First, get the reincarnation system working properly. If all else fails, we can buy a few more monster-increasing modules to tide us over..."

After mentally arranging the order of the exchanges, Lü Gu also came to his senses and felt the wet, cool rain constantly pouring down on him.

Although Steve's special ability meant that the rain would only flow down smoothly and wouldn't get on his body at all, it still felt uncomfortable.

He glanced around again; the night was dark and murky under the torrential rain. He frowned slightly, feeling somewhat displeased, as the atmosphere was too oppressive.

So he calmed himself down, brought up the gray panel, and started searching in the mod shop.

Soon, a relevant instruction appeared before us.

Command: Weather Settings

Price: 2000mc

Commentary: "I call upon the power of the wind, I call upon the earth's..."

Click now without hesitation.

For him, two thousand points was nothing more than waiting a minute longer, so he simply raised his hand and bought it.

A piece of information instantly appeared in my mind.

Lu Gu narrowed his eyes slightly, added a special effect to himself, and raised his hand to point at the sky.

A beam of light, resembling a beacon, shot straight into the sky.

"Disperse."

The calm voice fell instantly.

Centered on that fleeting beam of light, the sky seemed to ripple like the surface of water.

Circular ripples spread rapidly towards the horizon.

The thick, dark clouds along the way, accompanied by lightning, vanished silently.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the typhoon and torrential rain that had enveloped the entire city overnight turned into clear skies.

As dawn broke, the dense rain curtain vanished in the next instant.

The sky, no longer covered by thick dark clouds, had turned bluish.

On the distant horizon, a sliver of the morning sun quietly rises.

The golden-red light illuminated the earth, casting long shadows of the ruins.

"Hmm? So it's almost dawn?"

As the sun rose, Lü Gu muttered something to himself, somewhat surprised.

With this earth-shattering operation completed.

He then muttered something under his breath, as if nothing had happened, and casually tossed his apprentice to the golden-armored warrior who walked over.

And it was only when his gaze swept across the room that he noticed that Li Qingfeng was always tightly gripping a broken wooden sword hilt covered in cracks.

He couldn't help but chuckle, realizing that his little apprentice had quite a deep affection for the sword he had given him.

He then waved his hand, sending out several enchanted spells.

Experience Repair, Durability, Loyalty, Sweeping Blade, Sharpness.

They've all been pushed to the normal maximum level.

Then, in the next instant.

"Shhhhhh..."

Fragments of the Righteous Path Sword, scattered on the ground not far away, rapidly sliced ​​through the air and flew towards them.

Then, amidst a series of clanging sounds, it was quickly spliced ​​and glued to the hilt of the sword he was holding.

In the blink of an eye, everything was back to normal.

Finally, Lü Gu pointed at something from a distance once again.

Using the item editor, the floating purple enchantment light on the surface of the Righteous Path Sword was hidden, and its appearance was slightly modified to highlight the difference between before and after the evolution.

"Done, job done!"

After doing all this, Lü Gu smiled faintly and, in a very pretentious manner, flicked his sleeve.

Then he stepped down and his whole body shot into the air with a "whoosh".

The three golden-armored warriors on the ground followed with great strides.

But in the end, while still in mid-air, Lü Gu slightly tilted his head and revealed a strange smile towards a cluster of collapsed houses in the distance.

next moment.

"call out--!!"

With a slicing sound, the figure in mid-air transformed into a streak of rainbow light.

In an instant, it flew towards the distant city and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

...

five minutes later.

After confirming several times that the terrifying figure had indeed left,

In the shadow of a half-collapsed concrete wall, four huddled figures suddenly relaxed.

"...What...what is that? A deity?..." A short-haired girl stood with her mouth slightly open, hugging her knees in a daze, her face blank with shock followed by numbness.

In response to her question, the other three teammates, dressed in Special Operations Bureau uniforms, exchanged glances and remained silent.

No one can answer this question.

After a long while, a man with different shoulder insignia, presumably the captain, stood up.

"...Alright...cheer up, at least we're still alive..."

"...Sigh...Now, the support target has been taken away, and the purple-haired zombies are all dead. Our team can't stay in this restricted area any longer..."

"...Pack up and prepare to evacuate."

As the order was given, although they looked dazed, their long-term training still enabled them to stand up quickly.

They were all exceptionally skilled as they packed up the various weapons and recording equipment they had set up.

At that moment, the team leader, who had just issued the order, walked up to a team member who was wearing glasses and carrying a lot of equipment.

He raised his hand and patted the other person's shoulder.

"So? Did you record everything that just happened?"

The team member who was asked the question looked surprised for a moment, but then quickly realized what he meant.

He pushed up his glasses, his tone serious and firm.

"Yes, Captain, the whole process was recorded. The connection with the bureau was never interrupted, and the data has already been transmitted."

Upon hearing this answer, the squad leader breathed a sigh of relief.

"...Phew...that's good..."

After his expression relaxed, the man changed the subject again.

"Help me draft a report first... let's explain it in a tactful way..."

"Okay, Captain."

...

Twenty minutes later.

Inside the Special Operations Bureau's underground office.

In a small conference room, a dozen or so middle-aged men and women sat in a circle with serious expressions.

All eyes were fixed on a monitor on the desk in the center of the room.

Tan Hui, who was sitting at the head of the table, had to wipe away his sweat with a towel from time to time.

If you follow the gaze of these people, you can see the content of the displayed screen.

The image was somewhat dark and distorted, as if it was too far away and there was insufficient light.

However, the specially designed equipment can still make out what happened.

First, a huge, dazzling pillar of light, familiar to everyone, appeared out of thin air.

The footage then became shaky, as if the person filming had been startled.

After a brief silence, the image flickered slightly again, as if moving towards the beam of light.

Next, the whole screen flashed.

The perspective is still that beam of light, but it's much closer, as if the meaningless part about traveling has been cut out.

The camera now focuses on a dilapidated wall.

The enormous pillar of light that filled the field of vision was still several hundred meters away, but after zooming in and out with the camera, the situation at the foot of the pillar of light could be clearly seen.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the office, a figure dressed in a Taoist robe emerged from the giant golden pillar.

With a wave of his hand, a tower-shaped object appeared out of thin air, and the pillar of light disappeared in an instant.

Then the other party flicked his hand, as if throwing something out, and several golden-armored giants, each about three meters tall, appeared out of nowhere.

Then, the giant unleashed a barrage of punches on the two purple-haired zombies, killing the invulnerable zombies in less than half a minute.

Then came the thing that shocked them the most, and made them break out in a cold sweat.

Then the white-haired Taoist priest who appeared out of nowhere raised his head, looked at the sky, and shook his head, seemingly quite dissatisfied.

He then raised a finger, and a golden light burst forth, the screen suddenly brightening in the next moment.

A circular hole appeared in the dark, heavy clouds, then quickly expanded and disappeared like melting ice and snow.

The rapid change in light and darkness prevented the camera from reacting and adjusting, leaving the entire scene a white blur.

After a while, the person filming probably recovered from the shock, adjusted the settings, and the lens quickly darkened and the image became clear again.

In the scene, the Taoist priest had already handed over Li Qingfeng, who had changed his clothes, to the golden-armored giant he had summoned.

Without making any visible movement, he simply transformed into a blur.

When I looked again, it was already suspended in mid-air.

By this point in the video, not only Tan Hui, but also decision-makers from various systems in other cities were sweating profusely.

It wasn't the white-haired Taoist priest flying in the scene that scared me. Although he was indeed very fast, there was no shortage of people among the supernatural beings who could fly.

But what happens next is what we see.

At this moment, the camera begins to move.

Because the camera had just been exposed and the other party had shot into the sky, there was a jolt before the image was re-centered.

And then, the moment the image stabilized.

The white-haired Taoist priest, who had been flying in mid-air, looking ahead at the city, suddenly turned his head.

He looked in the direction of the camera.

That face, bearing a faint smile, was filled with an inexplicable expression.

It also made everyone in the conference room outside the frame shudder.

There's so much to say about that expression.

But the most basic thing is that the other party should have noticed the camera from the moment they appeared.

Even more so, the group of people who were startled several times felt as if the other person could see them through the screen.

Regardless of what the individuals think.

The scene played again, marking the end.

As the Taoist priest turned around in mid-air, the person filming was likely startled as well. The camera panned for a moment, eventually showing a mottled wall in the background.

Clearly, they've gone into hiding.

Following that was a report detailing the entire incident, which was several thousand words long.

The core idea was that they were afraid and didn't dare to take action.

However, everyone in the conference room had already read this several times.

They all expressed their understanding of this.

Even watching from behind a screen, the people were terrified, let alone those watching from a first-person perspective on-site.

If we were to name the person present who was the most unsettled, it would undoubtedly be Tan Hui.

Others might not know, but Director Tan knew who it was. Going back a month, he had even sent people to investigate the other party.

Looking back now, I'm amazed that I'm still alive.

With a mix of nervousness and relief, cold sweat was beginning to pour down my forehead.

I had thought that Master Li Qingfeng would be very strong, but I really didn't expect him to be able to turn the world upside down with a flick of his wrist!
An investigation revealed that the typhoon and torrential rain that had blanketed the entire province and made landfall along the coast had just vanished...

To be honest, what Tan Hui is afraid of now is no longer whether he can survive.

But what if the other party's beloved disciple gets injured or killed while they're with me, and they take their anger out on me? Will I even have a chance to go to the underworld then?

And just as he was lost in thought...

On the left, a bald man dressed in simple clothes suddenly asked in a low voice, breaking the long silence in the conference room.

"...Director Tan, Li Qingfeng from the Special Operations Team was taken away by that person...Is he in any danger?"

"We don't have enough information yet to determine whether that person is good or evil..."

Before he could finish speaking, Director Tan, whose thoughts had been interrupted, couldn't help but look up at him with a look as if he were an idiot.

I wanted to say, what danger could there be for someone else's master? You should worry more about yourself instead of wasting your energy on that.

However, after thinking about it, he decided to keep their master-disciple relationship a secret.

There's no benefit in making it public, but keeping it private might even help build some positive relationships.

At least if someone comes knocking on your door, you'll have something to say when you're begging for mercy.

Having made up his mind, Tan Hui gradually calmed down from his shock.

As the first department to undergo a supernatural transformation, their mindset and adaptability are naturally much higher than the others.

Just as he was about to get up and announce the adjournment of the meeting.

An emergency communication was connected and projected onto the central conference screen.

This made Director Tan, whose buttocks had already left the seat, sit down again.

I wonder what big thing has happened again.

It was an emergency channel, but he had deliberately opened it with the highest level of access to avoid missing any opportunities, so that he could dial it without any problems no matter what he was doing.

However, despite his inner doubts.

But his hands moved quickly, and he immediately raised his hand to answer the request.

The next moment, a scene was projected in front of everyone.

Various tanks rumbled past, and the roar of guns and cannons filled the entire conference room.

Tan Hui was not surprised by this, as the only emergency communication that could be made at this time was from the defense line at the edge of the restricted area, which was resisting the zombie horde.

Looking at the disheveled young soldiers in the video, Director Tan composed himself and asked with a serious expression.

"This is the Special Operations Bureau. Soldiers, what happened? Where is the commander of the defense line?"

The young soldier who made the call appeared visibly flustered in response to the barrage of questions.

But the situation seemed really urgent, so he gritted his teeth and shouted urgently.

"The captain went to the front lines to boost morale! He asked me to contact you!"

"The situation is too complicated for me to explain in a few words. Sir, you should take a look for yourself!"

As he spoke, the soldier took the communicator, quickly climbed up the watchtower next to him, and pointed the camera out of the defensive line.

Meanwhile, the group of people in the conference room widened their pupils as the camera panned upwards.

Besides various soldiers and their weapons, what came into view were dense hordes of corpses charging desperately under artillery fire.

These were familiar to the people present, but what surprised them was what was further away.

At the edge of their line of sight, several golden figures were rapidly approaching.

As the distance gets closer.

Upon closer inspection, they were horrified to discover that there were actually more than a dozen tall, golden-armored giants, each as tall as the two-story building next to them.

Their faces were grim as they swung their arms through the dense horde of corpses, tossing zombies into the air as if crushing ants.

Under the stunned gazes of the group, he charged through the horde of corpses as if they were nothing, sending limbs and internal organs flying everywhere in his wake.

Just watching this for a short while, I'm afraid hundreds of zombies will be torn to pieces and smashed flat.

This bloody method, unlike that of guns and cannons, even left some soldiers with unstable minds stunned.

Now I understand why the head of the defense zone needs to go to the front lines to stabilize morale.

And at the same time.

The dozen or so people in the conference room gradually came to their senses and recognized the giants that were rushing closer and closer—they had seen them somewhere before.

The bald man who had previously expressed concern for Li Qingfeng's situation spoke again, his voice hoarse.

"...They're here to help us, they won't tear humans apart along with them...right?"

(End of this chapter)