Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

"An opportunity to escape chaos? Do I need to fight for it?"

Xu Xiaoan repeated it in a low voice, then suddenly looked up at Jiang Li with eyes like knives, as if she wanted to cut her apart.

"Are you really Jiang Li?!"

During her time with the Chaos Cult, she had already developed a cautious and prudent approach to things.

The "Jiang Li" in front of her was so strange that it was hard for Xu Xiaoan to believe that she was the same person as the older sister who had taken good care of her during the period after her rebirth.

Xu Xiaoan is not a selfless person.

If asked to give her life for the world, she would certainly hesitate, or even run away.

But if it can help Sister Mian, she will do it without hesitation.

After all, they've been busy all this time, trying to find an opportunity to eliminate the threat of [Chaos], haven't they?

Seeing the hesitation in Xu Xiaoan's eyes and her wariness towards her, Jiang Li sighed softly and reached out her hand.

"Xiao An, I am Jiang Li, no doubt about it."

A surge of vitality emanated from her, but considering the characteristics of the [Nether Sun], she deliberately restrained it somewhat.

"Take it away, take it away now! I believe you, okay?!"

Xu Xiaoan was startled and instinctively shrank back into the chair.

【Nether Sun】inherits the curse characteristics of Wither, and also inherits its weaknesses.

They are naturally quite sensitive to the life force from the [Origin].

After Jiang Li withdrew her power, Xu Xiaoan remembered her rambling words and asked:

"Sister Jiang Li, what's going on with you?"

"Yes. You can understand it as me remembering something from a long time ago."

"At first, I was just having some strange dreams, but now these memories are becoming clearer and clearer, and they are related to the deepest secrets of this world."

Jiang Li walked to the window, turned her back to Xu Xiaoan, and looked out at the gray city.

Do you remember the meeting before we parted ways?

"Remember."

Xu Xiaoan nodded. The meeting was originally for exchanging information, but Jiang Li acted a little strangely at that time.

"Did it start around that time?"

Jiang Li shook her head, neither confirming nor denying.

"I couldn't say it then. But as the countdown intensified, the world's constraints had dwindled to a precarious level."

"Countdown?"

Xu Xiaoan frowned upon hearing this term.

Yun Ling and the others did say that this world had reached the end of its lifespan, but it shouldn't be this fast.

She seemed to remember that it would take at least another ten years before the period of complete decline began.

Did she remember wrong? Or was Yun Ling and the others' information incorrect?

Jiang Li did not answer her question, but instead brought the topic back:

"Xiao An, you haven't answered the question yet. Of course, before I answer, feel free to ask any questions you have, and I will try my best to answer them."

Xu Xiaoan calmed himself down and said seriously:

"Sister Jiang Li, what consequences would occur if Chaos devoured the world? And what is 'your' goal?"

Jiang Li's eyes revealed an "I knew it" look as she answered:

"When the world descends into chaos, life, rules... and even beings above the ninth rank, everything will be unified by His power of [fusion]."

"Only you, as the offspring of [Chaos], can make Him hesitate for even a moment."

"We just wanted to find a way to save ourselves, but we've failed twice already."

Xu Xiaoan was silent for a moment, then asked in confusion:

"Is this 'moment' of hesitation what we call an opportunity?"

Jiang Li remained silent, only nodding quietly.

A long silence fell over the room once again.

Xu Xiaoan was filled with apprehension as she meticulously processed the information Jiang Li had provided.

Her self-reference as "we"—could it be referring to the resurrected Old Gods?

Also, twice... There are only two generations of peaks now, so where did the failure come from?

There were so many problems, but Xu Xiaoan only ever cared about one thing.

"Jiang Li, I have one last question."

Her expression became extremely serious, and even her way of addressing people became much more formal.

Jiang Li nodded slightly.

"you say."

"If I'm not mistaken, Sister Mian should be part of your plan, and perhaps she plays a very important role?"

When Xu Xiaoan asked this question, even Jiang Li couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.

When did this child become so smart?

"Hehe, looks like I guessed right."

Xu Xiaoan chuckled softly.

"I'm willing to do anything to help Sister Mian. Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Looking at Xu Xiaoan's relaxed expression, Jiang Li felt a pang of guilt and couldn't help but lower her voice to say:

"Not so fast, let's wait a while longer."

"Once Jiang Mian breaks through to the ninth rank, it will be time to act. Before that, you also need to try your best to get closer to the ninth rank."

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang, after wandering in the virtual world for an unknown amount of time, finally found the "main world".

After finding a suitable location, Jiang Mian dug a hole and brought Ye Chenyang back to the present world.

However, the sight around her made her suspicious.

"Hiss~ How come I can't even see a shadow of the mist creatures?"

Jiang Mian stroked his chin, while his tail behind him restlessly slapped Ye Chenyang's calves.

"Brother Ye, did we come to the wrong place?"

The two were currently in a vast wasteland, and strangely enough, there wasn't even a mist plant in this huge uninhabited area.

The fog is quite lively, making it almost impossible for such a vacuum zone to exist.

Moreover, the surrounding elements carried a strange, polluted aura, just like the Northern Brahma Realm they had visited before, though not as severe.

"Perhaps."

Ye Chenyang looked around, but he couldn't recall any similar place. Yet, he had a vague sense of familiarity.

"This is the main world, that's true, but... it might not be the main world we know."

"The other half of the main world?"

Jiang Mian, hands on her hips, complained:

"I'm starting to wonder if we've been deliberately set up. Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences... Oh well, we're already here, might as well broaden our horizons."

Ye Chenyang nodded slightly, reminding him:

"There may be unimaginable dangers here, so we should be careful."

This is, after all, a major world, so there must be beings of the eighth rank.

Although the Torrent Avatar is powerful, if it encounters a top-tier eighth-order opponent, it can only buy them time to escape; defeating them is out of the question.

"Yes, I know."

Jiang Mian readily agreed and began to use his senses to search for human settlements.

Within a radius of ten kilometers, not a single trace of living creature could be seen, let alone humans.

There was no other way but to increase the distance. If ten kilometers wasn't enough, she would try twenty kilometers, and if that still wasn't enough, she would try even further.

Finally, about thirty kilometers away, Jiang Mian found a... ruin?

"Well, ruins are ruins, at least there are traces of human activity."

Jiang Mian temporarily abandoned the search.

With her current mental strength, she was finding it difficult to continuously search such a large area.

Jiang Mian jumped onto Ye Chenyang's back, wrapped her legs around his waist, and pointed in a direction.

"Brother Ye, let's go!"

Ye Chenyang smiled helplessly and replied:

"Yes, ma'am."

……

As soon as the two left, a crimson moonlight shone down from the sky.

A burly figure emerged from the crowd, gazing in the direction Jiang Mian and Ye Chenyang had gone, and muttered to himself:

"They've arrived so quickly? Good..."