A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

She had given McGrady a chance before, but McGrady's answers to her tests repeatedly disappointed her.

In terms of pure talent, McGrady is superior to Mersey. Whether in politics or interpersonal relationships, McGrady is far better than Mersey. This is not an advantage brought by age, but rather a result of superior talent.

If it weren't for Maddie's truly terrible personality, Mirelia wouldn't have made the choice to pass the throne to her second daughter, Melty.

Perhaps because of the stimulation brought about by this incident, Maddie's personality is becoming increasingly vicious. Although she disguises herself very well, Mirelia herself is no pushover and can naturally see through her disguise.

Li Wei said, "These are things you can't decide. The matter between McGrady and Melty can only be decided by themselves. After all, you can't always be by their side. Besides, Melty might not be as good as McGrady in terms of political maneuvering now."

In half a year, Melty had gradually taken over the Shadow Organization. A considerable number of the Shadow Organization members retired with the Queen and now work as idle maids in the palace, waiting for Mirelia to leave so they could follow her.

This can be considered a case of the whole family benefiting from the success of the leader. After all, these older members of the organization know far too much sensitive information. If Melty wants to secure her position as queen, a purge of the organization is inevitable.

Despite her relatively young age, Melty, as the current de facto ruler of the kingdom, has already begun building her own power base. Whether it's the court officials in the open or her loyal followers within the Shadow Organization, she walks on two legs, with a large number of her own people both overtly and covertly.

On the surface, of the personnel Mirelia left for Melty, Melty only kept a few capable and relatively loyal veterans. As for the other officials who were not as outstanding in ability and lacked loyalty, she replaced them all through various means. Within the Shadow Organization, she also used a mentorship system, managing to barely complete a major reshuffle of the core personnel in six months. Even if Mirelia were to suddenly leave, she wouldn't have to worry about the Shadow Organization's personnel slipping out of her control.

Mirelia nestled on Levi's shoulder. She knew she couldn't stop certain things from happening. She had experienced similar royal infighting when she was young. Some things just wouldn't happen if she didn't want them to, and anything could happen after she left.

Levi said, "The time is ripe, and Melty is well-positioned to govern the country. It's time for us to leave."

Mirelia said, "Thank you for giving me so much time to arrange things."

Li Wei laughed and said, "Time is meaningless to us now, so what's wrong with waiting a little longer? What I want is for you to leave with me without any worries, not for you to miss this place after you leave. There's a saying in my hometown: 'Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and you can't always take care of what the younger generation does.'"

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In the span of six months, two waves of attacks occurred. The kingdom suffered no losses because Li Wei was there to guard it, while the other three great nations that had obtained their respective heroes suffered some losses, after all, the gap between the other three heroes and Li Wei was simply too great.

Meanwhile, Li Wei's divine sense imprinting of the bell was nearing completion, and he was about to start overturning the table.

Inside the stronghold of the spirits, Li Wei once again infiltrated the place. He knew the way like the back of his hand and arrived at the hall where the clock was located. It was still as deserted as ever. Apart from the white orb that illuminated the entire space, there were no other man-made objects.

Li Wei entered the interior of the bell. At this moment, the bell's patterns inside and out had changed significantly. Originally, the bell's patterns were a fiery red, but now, all the patterns had become golden and radiant, full of Li Wei's unique "nouveau riche" aesthetic.

Gold might seem tacky, but Li Wei just loves gold.

The puppet clone placed inside the bell, after completing its historical mission, vanished into ashes with a smile on its face. The constant imprinting of divine consciousness had brought the puppet clone's life force to its limit, leaving it exhausted. After using its last bit of strength to complete the imprinting, the original body took over the final task.

Li Wei's consciousness sank into the space inside the bell. At this moment, the space inside the bell had become a place shining with golden light, completely different from the sea of ​​fire created by the Flame Demon God. It gave people a warm and gentle feeling.

After Li Wei's consciousness left that space, he took a deep breath and said, "Little!"

The enormous clock began to shrink rapidly, eventually becoming a tiny bell only a few centimeters in size.

This ability to freely change size demonstrates Li Wei's perfect control over this magical artifact.

"Excellent! A purple-grade magic weapon can make up for my current weakness in attack power. If I encounter other Qi cultivators, I won't be fighting empty-handed." Li Wei couldn't suppress his smug smile. A powerful magic weapon is like a cheat code for a Qi cultivator, greatly enhancing their strength.

Chapter 1. Conclusion

As Li Wei acquired the magical artifact, the barrier maintaining the white orb began to collapse rapidly. The energy supply to the entire base of the spirit-like creatures was cut off, and the entire space became unstable to a certain extent.

These sprite-like beings reacted extremely quickly. Once they confirmed that the energy had been cut off, they immediately rushed towards Li Wei's location.

Li Wei used magic to conceal his presence, then watched as these elf-like beings stormed into the hall, enjoying the terrified expressions on their faces.

"The energy has disappeared!? What happened?! Where is the detection team? Why did this happen?!" A spirit-like being that looked like an official shouted.

"We don't know what happened either; the energy just suddenly disappeared!"

At this moment, the spirit-like beings were in complete disarray. The energy provided by the Great Bell was the foundation of their survival. Now that this energy had disappeared, they had no way to find another energy source in a short period of time. Moreover, even if they could find one, its output power would be incomparable to the Great Bell.

Before long, a large number of elf-like beings gathered in the hall. The number of surviving people of this civilization was already quite small. With such a major event, everyone began to rush here. Even the various fleets that were carrying out exploration missions outside used the "forced jump" ability to rush to the entrance of the space where the main camp was located.

For the survivors of the civilization who had mastered warp and hyperspace jump, it took them less than an hour to get to the hall.

The hall was now as noisy as a vegetable market. When facing those primitive civilizations that hadn't even left their home planet, they were like high and mighty gods. But now, they were like chickens and ducks being chased around.

Upon seeing that Qi Qi had returned, Li Wei began to activate his newly acquired magic weapon. Because of its characteristics, Li Wei named it the Soul-Swaying Bell. Although the name was a bit vulgar, it described the characteristics of the magic weapon very well. At least this name was much better than the "Golden Armor" that Li Wei was wearing. Li Wei felt that he really didn't have much talent for naming things.

As the bell tolled, the eyes of all the spirit-like beings began to glaze over, because their souls had been severely impacted, inevitably triggering a self-protective mechanism.

As the Soul-Shattering Bell tolled for the first time, all the elf-like beings rolled their eyes back and collapsed to the ground, their souls shattered. In just two tolls, all the elf-like beings had been annihilated. Except for a few lucky ones who were too far away to return, every single elf-like being who returned was utterly destroyed.

Li Wei revealed himself, looked at the fallen corpse, and sighed, "This magic weapon is really powerful. I was lucky. If I had encountered that old monster at his peak, I would have been the one who suffered the most."

Li Wei began to plunder his own spoils. Although the civilization of the elf-like beings had been destroyed by that mechanical civilization, it did not mean that these elf-like beings had nothing of value. The reason they were hiding here and barely surviving was not because they were too weak, but because their opponent was too strong.

It was quite a coincidence. Li Wei came to this world only to rack up points, but he never expected such a pleasant surprise. It was also because the Flame Demon God was now extremely weak that Li Wei had the opportunity to obtain a multi-functional purple-rated magic weapon.

After sending all sorts of valuable items into his sea of ​​consciousness, Li Wei used the power of the Soul-Shaking Bell to directly detonate the entire space.

As the stable support points of the spatial structure were destroyed one by one, this man-made space began to collapse inward. Faced with such spatial collapse, Li Wei ran to a safe distance early on and admired the strange yet beautiful scenery from the outside.

Creating a new giant space in an extremely stable space is not an easy task. At least Li Wei would find it difficult to do so. It can only be said that the Flame Demon God was indeed incredibly powerful before his fall. Unfortunately, all of the Flame Demon God's efforts were just foolish acts that benefited others.

"I will use this magic weapon well and make sure I don't disgrace it," Li Wei muttered to himself.

After seizing the magical artifact and eliminating the hidden danger, Li Wei used the spatial beacon for a long-distance teleportation. When he returned to the planet where Mirelia was, he felt dizzy and almost vomited.

According to the feedback from the space beacon, Li Wei learned how far he had traveled in this teleportation: approximately 23,000 light-years.

It was precisely because the teleportation distance was so far that he experienced that negative feeling, similar to motion sickness.

Li Wei returned to the palace, where Mirelia and the former Shadow Organization members were already waiting for him.

"Welcome back, Hero." Mirelia smiled gently.

At this moment, Mirelia was not wearing the magnificent gown symbolizing her queenly power, but rather a relatively simple long dress. However, her natural beauty made her irresistibly charming no matter what she wore, especially after receiving Livy's favor, which brought her back to her youthful bloom, making her stunningly beautiful and captivating. (Qian De Zhao Ju)

Li Wei laughed and said, "I am no longer a hero. In fact, I should say that the historical mission of a hero has come to a complete end."

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, not only Mirelia, but also the former members of the Shadow Organization behind her, all showed expressions of surprise.

Li Wei said, "I have dealt with the mastermind behind the Wave. From now on, there will be no more Waves. Now I plan to take you to a new world, which is my backyard."

Mirelia and the others felt as if their vision was blurred, and the scenery before them had changed drastically.

Li Wei had arranged for Laraphtalia and the others to arrive here long ago. Now that he had brought Mirelia and the others in, there was nothing more worthwhile for him to do in this world. He was too lazy to care about Maddie and Kitamura Motoyasu, and simply chose to return to his own world.

Chapter 4. International Phone Chats

After the teleportation ended, Li Wei returned home. This trip took quite a while, but the gains were enormous. Not counting the points earned directly, the purple-rated magic weapon Soul-Sweeping Bell alone was worth at least 10,000 points. This was based on the guaranteed minimum value. If he were to directly exchange for a magic weapon of this level, the value would definitely be more than 10,000 points.

Back in his room, Li Wei stretched, opened the French doors to the balcony, and stepped onto the balcony.

Although the world of "The Rising of the Shield Hero" has pristine, otherworldly scenery, this world is more familiar to Li Wei, after all, Earth is where he grew up and where his roots are.

Li Wei turned around and looked at the digital clock on the wall. The time on it was less than a minute since he left.

He spent nearly a year there, but in the real world, it was less than a few seconds. This huge difference was so great that even Li Wei, who possessed extraordinary powers, was somewhat unable to comprehend it.

After all, a great deal had happened in that world. The long period of wilderness adventures had gradually made Li Wei take on the identity of an adventurer. However, because of his own great strength, what was an adventure that was life-threatening for others was just a picnic for him.

Li Wei returned indoors, turned on the TV, and sat on the sofa, casually placing his legs on the coffee table. He planned to rest in the real world for a while, as he had just ended a nearly year-long stay in another world, and a faint sense of fatigue lingered in his heart. He needed some time to buffer.

To be honest, life in the other world only looks good on the surface. It's because the technology there has advanced to the level of the post-war era, and many convenient items for daily life have already appeared. In addition, Li Wei can handcraft all kinds of things he needs, so he can live a life with a quality no less than that in modern society. If it were someone else, they would just have to endure the environment there.

The phone on the coffee table rang. Li Wei glanced at it, and the phone floated up against gravity and landed in his hand. The caller ID read "Mother." Li Wei didn't dare keep his mother waiting; he'd get scolded.

"Hey Mom, what's up calling at this hour?"

"It's a holiday now, and it's daytime. What do you mean by 'now time'? What are you doing right now?"

"watch TV."

"You seem to be in a good mood, and you even have time to watch TV. I want to ask you, when it comes to finding a partner, do you feel that you are too young and have plenty of time to waste, or do you simply not want to find one and don't want anyone to disturb your life?"

"Mom, this is a difficult question for me to answer. I guess it's because I haven't met someone who can attract me. After all, relationships aren't like exam questions where there are marked answers."

Li Wei understood her mother's concerns. It should be said that all parents in Chongguo would instinctively worry about their children's marriages, and Li Wei had always been her pride, which made her even more concerned about this matter.

Li Wei wasn't exactly the "perfect child" from a young age, but compared to his peers, he was always more mature and never caused his parents any worry. It was precisely because of this that his father and mother tried to give him more care in the details of his life. After all, their child's maturity often made their education and care seem superfluous, giving them a sense of failure.

Moreover, after Li Wei went to study in Japan, he disappeared without a trace, making it impossible for them to check on him even if they wanted to. So, they would call their mothers from time to time for long phone conversations. The sensible Li Wei would also try his best to chat with his mother.

"I knew there were no answers to these kinds of questions, but now you're not even going to give me one. The girl I introduced you to last time was actually quite nice, but you didn't like her. I didn't expect your standards to get higher and higher. Are you planning to find a young star from Japan and bring her back?"

"In Japan, entertainers don't actually have a high social status. They are entertainers, but they can't be considered stars. With my current abilities, it wouldn't be a problem to bring a star back, but the key is that I don't want to."

"It seems my wish to hold my grandson before he turns four is going to be dashed. But I support you finding someone prettier, after all, good genes mean the next generation will be even more beautiful. All those rich people are handsome men and beautiful women, to put it bluntly, they rely on this method to ensure the good looks of their offspring. Just wait, you have to find someone worthy of you."

Li Wei didn't know how to answer his mother's question. If we're talking about confidantes, he has many. Even the most ordinary of them would be considered heartthrobs in the real world.

It was precisely because he had so many beautiful female confidantes that Li Wei's aesthetic sense was elevated to a level far beyond the pinnacle of the real world.

To put it simply, the various cosplay pictures that otaku often see online, besides the exquisite props, costumes, and makeup, also involve a lot of post-production retouching to achieve the same level of attractiveness. Ordinary people in the real world can't achieve that level of attractiveness, since pictures created with a lot of time and effort are not simply a waste of time.

However, any random "ordinary girl" among Li Wei's confidantes on the floating islands could easily outshine those meticulously edited cosplayers. After all, the average beauty of the girls on the floating islands is at least Tifa or Yuna's; each one is as beautiful as a 3D model.

Even if Monica Bellucci stood in front of him now, Levi would just smack his lips and say, "barely passable."

"Mom, instead of relying on me, why don't you and Dad give me a brother? The task of carrying on the family line can be left to my brother."

"Hey, you little rascal, you're actually making fun of your mother now. Aren't you afraid of having another person fighting over the inheritance?"

"Ha, with my abilities, why would I need to go home and fight for inheritance? I've already started a company here in Japan. I'm a rich man now. The assets my family has in China are simply incomparable to the businesses I've acquired in Japan."

"You little rascal, you've got businesses in Japan now? You've got some nerve, huh? You've got guts now. How come I didn't know about this?"

"This is a surprise for you and your father. I'll bring it back for the New Year, so that you can have some face."

It is said that returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night. Although Li Wei did not want his confidantes to show off their wealth, it was not a bad thing to display their riches appropriately.

Chapter 1. Clan Power

The surname Li is quite common, with a large number of people bearing it throughout the country. In the area where Li Wei lives, there is an ancestral hall for the Li clan. His branch of the clan is not particularly famous in his hometown, but it is not exactly declining either. It has produced some capable individuals, but most of them are just mediocre.