Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 121, Section 120: A Distress Signal

"I was born at the wrong time."

Wang Ji couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Once upon a time, when facing Wang Ji, the Grand Master said the same thing. Now that he has left the world, Wang Ji also gives him this evaluation.

Within the world, Wang Ji felt the tranquility and peace around him. He remained still for a while, sitting by the window and watching the scenery for a while before standing up and going outside.

At this point, I still have one unused knowledge point, which I acquired by learning various kinds of knowledge from different realms.

After a moment's thought, Wang Ji selected a target and consumed his Cognition Points.

The world is changing.

Above the ground, colorful flowers sprouted from the soil, blooming one after another, each containing some mysterious power.

Plant magic has appeared in the world.

A book appeared in Wang Ji's hands—"The Dictionary of Plant Magic".

With the emergence of the new system, Wang Ji immediately began to develop it.

Plant Magic, in fact, this module doesn't offer much help in improving combat power at present, or rather, most modules don't offer much help in terms of combat power these days.

Their greatest role is to enrich the system, providing more tools and equipment.

These new tools and equipment hold many possibilities, enabling the creation of a host of new automated machines, or their integration with other systems to enhance the functionality of certain items.

With the help of equivalent exchange, the development of plant magic was completed in no time.

Wang Ji built a Gaia altar and summoned the Gaia guardian, who was covered in black.

As soon as the Gaia Guardian appeared, it was slapped into a phase transition, turning into a bunch of white noise. What followed was a smooth boss-farming session. Before long, Wang Ji had farmed all the materials and relics he could get.

Graduation in a flash.

After that, Wang Ji crafted all the plant magic items and equipment he could obtain and threw them into the conversion table to enrich the variety.

Several items are particularly noteworthy, such as the three cloaks among the accessories.

Divine Cloak: Immune to one instance of damage, 10-second cooldown.

Sinful Cloak: When attacked, enemies within an eight-meter radius will suffer the same damage once. Cooldown is the same as above.

Balance Cloak: Shares damage with the attacker; cooldown is the same as above.

These cloaks are not expensive to make, but the effect is quite good, making them very cost-effective in comparison.

It would probably be a good product to sell.

Despite saying that, Wang Ji was rather lazy to get involved in trade or any kind of business.

After all, no matter how rich you are, you can't buy a world singularity. As for world currency, a little is enough; having more is meaningless.

After developing his plant magic, Wang Ji returned to the cabin, sat on the chair by the window, and felt the silence of the world. He felt he should do something.

Continue to accumulate knowledge points through knowledge from all realms?

It's feasible, but continuing to accumulate them will only result in more modules without any fundamental changes, unless a particularly powerful one comes along.

For example, we could study the species of dragons.

Many dragon-related modules are very powerful, which makes Wang Ji very envious, but he can't get them.

only…

"I didn't expect it to be so hard to find."

Wang Ji was really struggling with the question of dragons.

I thought dragons would be commonplace in all the worlds, since there are so many worlds, surely there must be a place for dragons to live.

Upon searching in the administrative world, it was discovered that dragons are an extremely rare species. Many worlds have legends about dragons, but it's not always possible to find a living dragon that matches the legend.

However, as mentioned earlier, dragon legends are everywhere, and many worlds have developed unique cultures and designs based on them.

'Perhaps we can learn something useful from these derivatives.'

With this thought in mind, Wang Ji couldn't wait any longer. He boarded the Radiant-type spaceship, broke through the world layer, and headed to the Administrative World. Taking advantage of his access to world information and his identity, it wasn't long before a message caught Wang Ji's attention.

It was a distress signal from an abandoned world millions of layers away from the main world.

The information about it is recorded as follows:

"This world has long been ravaged by the apocalypse and is now only ruins. Most of the inhabitants have left with outside help to find new places to live, while only a few remain on the old land to fight against the apocalypse."

"Security level: -0.3 (yellow)."

"Recommended level..."

Wang Ji glanced at it but didn't quite understand this level; it was a system he had never seen before.

But regardless of the system, it's not world-class.

That means it's not very dangerous.

Although I know it's not good to think this way, and it might seem like I'm being dismissive, the levels below the world level are currently not something that deserve too much attention.

In any case, no matter what system it is, as long as the Cloak of Absorption World Max Edition exists, it will be nullified.

What deserves more attention is the disasters in this world.

Wang Ji began to peruse the messages about the world facing an apocalypse.

"The laws have collapsed, and the dragon's remains have been revived."

The collapse of laws is a common type of apocalypse. It causes the fundamental laws of the world to collapse directly, causing everyone to lose their extraordinary power. In severe cases, they may even die on the spot. Only world-class powerhouses who possess their own laws can offer some resistance.

In a world where the mind often triumphs over matter, once such an apocalypse occurs, thoughts will be unable to influence matter. Many rules built upon this underlying logic will collapse rapidly, like a building without a foundation, triggering a terrible disaster and taking away a large number of lives.

Even the world could be destroyed as a result.

In a world where the laws of matter are stronger and mental power is suppressed, this manifests as a certain physical rule being distorted or disappearing altogether.

The result is self-evident, and the resulting disaster may be even greater than the former.

"Doomsday often cannot directly affect living beings."

While reviewing the materials, Wang Ji suddenly caught sight of this explanation and was immediately drawn to it.

Upon closer reflection, it does seem to be true.

Even the seemingly unsolvable apocalyptic disasters he had experienced all harmed living beings and ended their lives through various triggering methods or the distortion of external objects.

Looking back now, if the apocalypse could directly affect life, why bother creating any catastrophic scenarios and going through all that trouble? Why not just create a sudden death apocalypse and have everyone in the world die instantly?

Efficient and fast.

Following the explanation, Wang Ji clicked on further annotations about the apocalypse and saw another sentence:

"It has been verified that the ultimate goal of the apocalypse is to eliminate all living beings, and the resulting disasters are merely a means to an end."

This explanation is a supplement to the statement that 'the apocalypse cannot directly affect living beings'.

Looking at these summaries and explanations, Wang Ji gained some new insights and couldn't help but start thinking.

The apocalypse... Where did they come from?
Could it really be as the records say, 'appearing out of nowhere without any warning'?
Wang Ji was reluctant to believe it, and most scholars in the world were also unwilling to believe it.

Everyone is searching for answers, but no one can find the root of them.

"The road to resisting the apocalypse is long and arduous."

Shaking his head, Wang Ji decided to put those things aside for the time being and retrieved the previous distress signal.

drop--

Wang Ji responded to this signal.

"Let me see if this so-called 'dragon skeleton resurrection' is truly a dragon..."

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(End of this chapter)