Survival in Sequences: Eighteen Years Old, Slaying Monsters Like Horses

Inside the pillar of light, Yi Yi's figure finally solidified completely.

The emerald green light receded like the tide, revealing her newborn body.

She wore a long dress woven from the tender leaves of the World Tree, stood barefoot in the void, and had long, emerald-green hair that reached her waist, with tiny golden specks at the ends, like dewdrops just picked from the tree crown.

"It's done." She said, her voice clear and crisp like new leaves unfurling, carrying the ethereal quality of a newborn world.

Xu Si nodded.

The entire planet Earth fell completely silent at that moment.

The cracks in the sky slowly closed, but the torn sky was no longer the same.

The new sky is higher and bluer, with visible bands of energy flowing through the clouds, like countless thin aurora borealis slowly moving across the heavens.

The earth is no longer the earth it once was.

Mountains, seas, and rivers have been rearranged, new mountains have risen from the ground, and plains have stretched to the horizon. The whole world seems to have been widened more than tenfold by an invisible hand.

The World Tree has transformed from a "giant tree" into a true "boundary tree".

The tree's canopy soars into the clouds, reaching the zenith of the new world. Its trunk is so thick that it cannot be measured by the naked eye. Its roots extend deep into the Earth's core, firmly holding the energy veins of the entire planet in its palm.

"Is this the Middle Ages?"

Sora's voice came from the edge of the World Tree's root system, carrying an almost dizzying shock.

"The energy concentration has increased at least fivefold."

Gu Ke's voice was deep and filled with barely concealed excitement.

"Not only that." Sora's canopy slowly turned in all directions, sensing the fragments of laws flowing in the air.

"Brother, can you feel it? The laws... the laws themselves have become clearer."

"This means that awakening sequences and comprehending laws on this planet will be much easier than before."

"Yes, Earth's potential has improved, and the potential of the races that belong to Earth has also improved."

"Congratulations!" Xu Si's voice came from the top of the World Tree canopy, carrying a calm that seemed to control everything.

His gaze pierced through the newly formed crust, seeing countless energy veins intertwining into a network deep within the Earth's core, seeing the World Tree's roots spreading like blood vessels to every inch of land, and seeing Yi Yi's figure already integrated with the entire planet.

"Is this the surprise you prepared for me?" Xu Si looked at the girl floating in front of him.

Yi Yi tilted her head, golden patterns swirling in her emerald green pupils, a hint of smugness in her eyes: "That's right!"

Xu Si smiled, a rare occurrence for him.

The aftershocks of the world's ascension are slowly receding, but the impact on Earth's inhabitants is far from over.

In the City of Fire, hundreds of people have already completed their sequence breakthroughs at the same time.

Zhou Wan knelt on the edge of the field, panting heavily, her forehead soaked with sweat.

The sequence core within her body expanded by a full size. Just moments ago she was at sequence 5, but now she has firmly stepped into the threshold of sequence 6, and her aura is still slowly rising.

"Sister Wan! Sister Wan, are you alright?" Kaochang rushed over, her face as white as paper.

"It's okay..." Zhou Wan propped herself up and looked at her trembling hands. Emerald green life energy flowed through her fingertips, more than twice as concentrated as before.

"I've advanced to Sequence 6."

"I want to get stronger too!" Sausage felt aggrieved as it sensed its own sequence core, which seemed to have jumped up a little, but not as obviously as Zhou Wan's.

"You're still young, what's the rush?"

"I'm not young anymore!"

In the city guard camp, Wang Hu, shirtless, clenched his fists, the sequential power flowing through his muscles like a tiger that had been dormant for a long time suddenly awakening.

His sequence core throbbed wildly, and the metallic sheen on his body surface surged like flowing water, eventually condensing into three dark golden lines on his back, which were deeply embedded in his bones.

"Phew! I've broken through..." He exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.

"Dad!" Yao Yao ran over from a distance, her face still covered in mud, but her smile was brighter than the sun.

"I felt it too! Something's spinning around inside my body! Like it's drawing circles!"

The little girl seems to have broken through to Sequence 2 as well. Due to the special nature of her sequence, Wang Hu is very strict with her, and she has hardly ever used her sequence abilities.

Wang Hu scooped Yao Yao up and hoisted her onto his shoulder, laughing heartily, "Great! Great! Our family is going to have two Sequence Powerhouses from now on!"

In the government affairs hall, Yue Lengshu sat in a chair, feeling the faint but no longer dormant sequence core within his body, and his eyes even felt a little hot.

Wu Pian stood behind him, also silently sensing the changes in his body. After a long while, he finally uttered, "Damn it, I've finally advanced again."

"It must be Earth that is advancing, raising the upper limit of the entire world." Yue Lengshu's voice was soft, but every word carried an undeniable power.

"Hahaha, even we old guys can have a second spring!" Wu Pian laughed so hard that the wrinkles around his eyes were squeezed together.

"Watch your wording. By the way, how are the preparations for that matter going?"

"Preparations are almost complete!" Wu Pian's expression became unusually serious.

"That's good, just don't make any mistakes!"

"Definitely not!"

Similar dialogues were taking place simultaneously in every settlement, every city, and along every official road.

After recovering from their initial shock, people began to notice the changes in themselves.

Some people looked up to the sky and roared, some wept bitterly, some knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude, and some rushed to their newly formed families, eager to share their newfound strength with others.

The entire planet Earth is transforming at an unprecedented speed.

On the platform outside the palace, Xu Si withdrew his gaze and turned to Xu Miaomiao and Jiao Jiao: "How are you two?"

"I'm fine, and the two children are doing well too." Jiao Jiao held Xu Wuyou in her arms, with Xu Wujiu standing beside her. The two children were not frightened by the commotion just now; instead, they stared at each other with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Sister Yi-yi has become more beautiful!" Xu Wujiu suddenly blurted out.

Everyone was stunned.

"You little sycophant. Call me 'Auntie'." Jiao Jiao scolded with a laugh.

"No, Sister Yi doesn't look that much older than me and my sister!"

In mid-air, Yi Yi was closing her eyes and regulating her breathing. Her newborn body was supported by an emerald green halo, her long hair was like a waterfall, and her eyebrows and eyes were so exquisite that they seemed otherworldly.

Xu Wujiu's shout was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Yi Yi to hear.

Her eyelids twitched slightly, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile, but she didn't open her eyes.

"Mmm!" Xu Wuyou giggled, kicking her two little legs in Jiao Jiao's arms.

Looking at the adult and the two children, Xu Si felt a rare sense of relief.

He walked to the edge of the platform and gazed into the distance.

After Earth was upgraded to a Middle World, the sky was higher, the land was wider, and even the air had a fresher, sweeter scent.

The World Tree's canopy resembles a verdant continent suspended in mid-air, with extremely faint patterns of laws flowing among its branches and leaves, constantly absorbing and releasing massive amounts of energy.

Summer of the third year of the New Era

The aftershocks of Earth's ascension to the Middle World have finally subsided completely.

The palaces atop the World Tree canopy have been completely renovated, making them more spacious and airy than before.

The morning light filtered through the translucent emerald green branches and leaves, casting dappled patterns of light on the bluestone ground, like scattered pieces of jade.

Xu Si sat on the steps of the main hall of the imperial palace, with a newly drawn geomantic map of the planet spread out in front of him.

The course of mountains and rivers, the location of newly built cities, and the distribution of energy veins are all clearly marked.

"Looking at this again?" Jiao Jiao walked out of the hall, holding Xu Wuyou's hand. The little girl was holding a green fruit that she had picked from somewhere, and her face was covered in juice.

"Earth has expanded several times over, and most of the previous plans need to be redesigned."

"Yue Lengshu said this place is suitable for building the fourth city after Xinhuo City, Luoshui City, and Guangming City. What do you think?"

"This place looks like the Great Lakes? Is Chief Yue starting to claim territory?" Jiao Jiao sat down next to him and shoved Xu Wuyou into his arms.

"Haha, it really was American territory before." But now there's no distinction between countries.

"Isn't this a bit too far? I'm afraid not many people will be willing to immigrate!" Jiao Jiao's perspective on the issue has become clearer now.

"It's alright, what's there to be afraid of with a spatial teleportation array?"

The little girl immediately stretched out her two chubby arms and pounced on Xu Si, abandoning the fruit, and mumbled, "Daddy, lift me up high!"

Xu Si caught her with one hand, tossed her up, and caught her again steadily.

Xu Wuyou laughed so hard she almost fell over, her short legs kicking wildly in the air.

"Forget it, you guys discuss it! I have to take the little girl to work!" Jiao Jiao didn't want to get involved in these things. Now that their milk tea shop had opened in Guangming City, she had a lot of things to do.

Seeing Jiao Jiao make an excuse to leave, Xu Si shook his head helplessly.

Autumn of the third year of the New Era.

The first harvest season after Earth's ascension to the Middle World came earlier and was more bountiful than anyone had anticipated.

South of Luoshui City, thousands of acres of newly reclaimed fertile fields stretch as far as the eye can see, with golden waves of grain rippled by the wind, like someone combing the earth's hair.

Since Earth ascended to a higher level, the crop growth cycle has been shortened by more than half. Coupled with favorable weather, there is no longer a need for Zhou Wan's ripening methods. Grain warehouses have been built one after another, but they still cannot keep up with the growth rate of the harvest.

The main lag is in the rate of human growth.

Despite the various pro-natalist policies introduced by Yue Lengshu, they were still insufficient for the vast Earth.

He was even considering whether to suggest that Xu Si accept interstellar immigrants.

After all, in the vast universe, Xu Si has discovered more than just one or two human worlds.

The old town of the City of Fire beneath the World Tree is now the most prosperous place on the entire planet.

Several main roads were repaved with smooth bluestone slabs, and two-story buildings with eaves were built on both sides. There were teahouses, restaurants, pharmacies, and a stone house with a sign that read "Museum of Human Fire". Inside, weapons, fragments of strange objects and photos used since the apocalypse were displayed.

People have begun to have the energy to reminisce about the past.

That evening, Xu Si was handling affairs at the imperial palace as usual.

After Earth ascended to a higher level, his small world became completely connected with Earth, or rather, he planted a part of his roots into this newly born middle world.

If he so chooses, once he activates his Star Eyes, he can see everything from the beasts in the mountains and the fish in the sea, to everyone's heartbeat, and even the growth of every crop.

Xu Si stood on the platform outside the palace, his starry eyes slightly closed.

After Earth was upgraded to a Middle World, he would set aside fifteen minutes each day to spread his perception throughout the entire planet.

This is a rule he set for himself.

Power and strength are too easily corrupting, and he did not want to gradually lose his "human" qualities over the long years.

He did not want to repeat the mistakes of the gods.

Perception spread like a tide.

At the market in Luoshui City, Zhou Ma was leading several young women to buy supplies for the winter.

In the school of the City of Fire, Jiang Li led the children in reading aloud from the newly compiled textbook.

Outside the new city wall, Wang Hu, shirtless, was forging iron, sparks flying everywhere.

Chen Pei sat on the rocks by the sea, the ebb and flow of the tide beneath his feet like his breathing.

everything is fine.

Xu Si withdrew his senses, but his gaze involuntarily fell on a certain direction in the void.

There was nothing there.

But that feeling of being "called" came back again.

It was clearer and more urgent than last time, as if someone was calling his name over and over again from a great distance.

"What are you spacing out for again?" Jiao Jiao walked up from behind, carrying a bowl of steaming mushroom soup with a few tender green wild vegetable leaves floating on the surface.

Xu Si took the bowl but didn't drink it; he just stared at the soup noodles in a daze.

"You seem troubled." Jiao Jiao sat down beside him, hugging her knees with her hands.

"no."

"..." Jiao Jiao wanted to ask more questions, but she touched her bulging belly and didn't persist.

Xu Si turned to look at her, her face, softly illuminated by the moonlight, was filled with knowing trust.

He paused for a moment, then said, "The Gate of Return to Nothingness is calling me."

Jiao Jiao paused for a moment.

"When did this happen?"

"It's been going on for a while now. It's been happening more and more frequently lately."

Did you tell Miaomiao?

"No." Xu Si shook his head.

Why?

"I don't want her to worry."

"..." Jiao Jiao slapped him in annoyance.

"So what do you plan to do?"

"I might go."

"When?"

"After that matter is completed."

"Xu Si! I won't allow you to go!" Jiao Jiao turned her head sharply, her eyes filled with worry that was almost overflowing.

"I promise, I'll definitely come back!"

I don't need your promises.

Because she knew that Xu Si had no chance of success on this trip.

Everything was just getting on track, and he was afraid that something might happen to Xu Si.

"I'd rather go than have it!" Xu Si looked at the endless void.

There are never a shortage of enemies, whether they are overt or covert.

Jiao Jiao's eyes instantly reddened; she knew Xu Si had made up his mind.

Perhaps he had waited a long time before making this decision.

"You're not alone anymore. You still have Wujiu, Wuyou, and..." She looked down at her slightly protruding belly, her voice choked in her throat.

Xu Si put the soup bowl aside and reached out to pull her into his arms.

Jiao Jiao struggled for a moment but couldn't break free, so she let him have his way.

"I promise you, I'll be back soon," he said.

"It is because of you that I have not done enough!" Xu Si's eyes sparkled like stars.

Perhaps this is why Jiao Jiao has always loved Xu Si.