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Chapter 51 Winded Up the World
Jiang He swallowed hard, his heart pounding.

He realized he had made a mistake.

However, you can't blame him for this.

It's like someone pulls out a button and tells people that pressing it will grant them endless wealth, with no side effects and no impact on others...

Anyone would choose to press it, right?

After all, Jiang He could never have imagined that as an E-level superhuman, he could influence the entire world and even affect the [Demon Abyss] simply by using a single skill!
Jiang He said with difficulty, "Then what should we do..."

"Let's just make it cold."

Old Jiang had just been looking serious, but then suddenly he broke into a smile.

"You don't really need to worry too much."

Jiang He was taken aback: "Huh?"

Old Jiang laughed and said, "The doomsday declaration will trigger a chain reaction, such as people's panic, fear, and chaos... and monsters like the Demon Abyss, which forcibly appear even before they arrive, just to find the 'Destroyer' monster race, causing the crisis to occur earlier than expected..."

"However, this doesn't mean it's all bad."

"Just as a drowning person grasps at a last straw, a student crams frantically the night before an exam, and heroes emerge at the end of a dynasty..."

"When the world enters a 'near-death state,' those who refuse to perish will unleash their full potential, desperately striving to become stronger and stronger in order to fight against the 'apocalypse'!"

"And in this world filled with extraordinary powers."

"When all living beings develop the will to fight against the apocalypse, under the resonance and catalysis of countless wills, people's potential will be enhanced, and their strength will grow more rapidly."

"Perhaps one of them will be a chosen one, or even a 'savior'!"

"As long as you don't really want to destroy the world..."

"So what you did was like winding up the world."

Old Jiang paused for a moment, his face beaming with a smile.

"We all know that the future will bring both extraordinary rampages and monstrous rampages; it's impossible for things to be smooth sailing."

"In this situation, it might not be a bad thing to trigger people's sense of crisis in advance."

So that's another way to explain it?

Jiang He felt a huge weight lifted from his heart and finally felt a little relieved.

"Of course, you also need to remember this."

"Level X is not a game; we must be more careful in the future."

Old Jiang's expression became more serious as he spoke.

Jiang He nodded seriously: "I understand."

Just as the two rivers were exchanging views, the boy slowly woke up, looked around in confusion, and seemed to remember something, his expression suddenly turning to fear.

He was about to get up and run away when Jiang He grabbed him.

"It's alright, I've already dealt with the demon."

"solved?"

The boy touched his body, felt nothing unusual, and relaxed.

He looked up and saw an identity document.

"I'm a firefighter, and to prevent further incidents, I want to know what happened to you."

……

Under Jiang He's questioning, the boy quickly explained the whole story.

The matter itself is very simple. Just as the bat demon said, he had experienced bullying from his peers because of his talent and personality.

Jiang He had experienced something similar, so he naturally empathized with the boy and could understand why he was bewitched by demons.

If it were him, he might very well make the same choice.

However, more concerned about the origin of the demons than this, Jiang He was more interested in where they came from. According to the boy, a few days ago, he found a palm-sized monster stone sculpture on his way home from school. After returning home, the stone sculpture turned into a monster and made a contract with him, offering to help him improve his talents and become his "familiar" in exchange for his soul after death.

Since it was said that he wouldn't mind dying of old age, the boy agreed, and his abilities did indeed improve.

To his surprise, around 8 p.m. tonight, he felt a sudden heart palpitation, and shortly after, the monster suddenly went berserk and attacked him.

He didn't know what had happened until he was seriously injured and fell into a coma.

Ok……

It's really hard to guess why the demons went berserk.

"Damn it, they clearly broke the contract themselves. They were lying to me after all. They're no good monsters."

Jiang He coughed lightly.

In theory, he should send the boy to the police station.

But looking into the boy's panicked and fearful eyes, he felt as if he were seeing himself a week ago.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked the boy for the exact location where he found the stone carving, noted down his contact information, and then told him to go home first.

He stood in the park, waiting patiently.

It took more than ten minutes before firefighters arrived.

"We received a report that there was a fight here..." The firefighter recognized him and exclaimed in surprise, "Jiang He, is that you?"

Jiang He was already quite well-known in the fire department; even though this firefighter wasn't from the seventh team, he knew him.

It's much easier to explain when it's someone you know.

Jiang He recounted what had just happened, omitting the reason for his arrival and emphasizing his identity as a demon.

The firefighter's face darkened after hearing this: "A demon I've never seen before... There's been just too much going on lately."

"However, you've already dealt with the demons, so the rest is no longer the responsibility of our fire department."

"Go back and write a report, give it to Captain Zhang, and have him forward it to the Public Security Bureau for investigation."

Seeing Jiang He nod, the firefighter spoke again.

"The city was already chaotic enough after the Arc Light incident, and tonight everyone inexplicably had the same premonition of the end of the world..."

"Many people were already on edge and restless, and now they've completely exploded."

"Tonight, the bureau's phones have been ringing off the hook. There are incidents and problems everywhere."

"Even the strange beasts are restless, with a series of attacks occurring one after another. I don't know where they all came from..."

"I just came from Tengfei Road and ran straight here, I can't rest for even a minute..."

"Who the hell did this?! Damn it!"

Perhaps it was because she was too tired, or perhaps it was to suppress her anxiety.

The firefighter vented his frustrations to Jiang He.

Jiang He said awkwardly, "Yeah, he's such a jerk..."

The firefighter sighed, glanced at the time, and said, "Alright, I have other things to do. The station is short-staffed right now, so you should get back to the team as soon as possible."

After saying that, he didn't wait for Jiang He's reply, turned around, and leaped away, quickly disappearing into the night.

Jiang He looked in the direction he had disappeared, and his smile vanished.

Although Lao Jiang said that the doomsday declaration might not be a bad thing, it's like winding up the world, bringing enough "sense of crisis" in advance, thereby accelerating the growth of superhumans...

However, while things are accelerating, many problems will also be triggered prematurely.

Understanding this, Jiang He naturally couldn't go back to rest with peace of mind, and turned to head towards the fire station.

Tonight is destined to be another sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)