Magic: Reincarnate from high-voltage electricity at the start, level up independently.

Upon arriving in the courtyard, Su Lingbai immediately spotted Xiao Caihua slumped on the ground.

The girl lay on her back listlessly, staring blankly at the scarlet blood moon hanging high in the sky. Her emerald green snake tail slapped the ground intermittently, raising fine dust and swirling ginkgo leaves.

Seeing her languid and bewildered appearance, Su Lingbai felt a warmth in her heart, and a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

Her black leather shoes crunched lightly on the cool bluestone slabs, and the soft sound of her footsteps rose quietly as she walked slowly toward the little cauliflower.

The commotion behind her startled the girl.

Little Cauliflower withdrew her gaze from the red moon and slowly turned her head.

A pair of clear, sapphire-blue vertical pupils clearly reflected a slender and elegant figure—a girl in a black gothic dress, her posture aloof, standing amidst the falling leaves in the evening breeze.

"morning."

The little cauliflower greeted us in a languid tone.

"Breakfast is on the stone table. There's millet porridge, soy milk, and boiled eggs. It should still be warm."

Before Su Lingbai could respond, she turned back to herself, looked up at the eerie red moon again, and fell into a daze once more.

"Um."

Su Lingbai responded softly.

Looking at the innocent and adorable little cauliflower in front of her, the tenderness and doting in her eyes grew stronger, and a smile slowly spread across her lips.

A quiet hope arose in my heart: it would be wonderful if the little one could always be this well-behaved and adorable.

A moment later, Su Lingbai withdrew her gaze, her eyes passing over the cauliflower and landing on the black coffin quietly placed under the ginkgo tree.

The pitch-black coffin was solemn and dignified, almost blending into the remaining night, dark and deep, as if one were about to fall into an endless abyss.

Only the crimson moonlight poured down from the sky, falling on the coffin and outlining a strange and eerie beauty that firmly captured people's attention.

Su Lingbai lifted her foot off the bluestone slab and stepped onto the soft soil covered with golden ginkgo leaves, slowly walking to the front of the black coffin.

He gently placed his palm on the cold coffin, the pale skin contrasting sharply with the black coffin.

With a slight exertion of her arm, the heavy coffin lid was slowly pushed open.

A dull creak of wood grinding together quietly broke the silence, and the scene inside the coffin suddenly came into view.

At the bottom of the pitch-black coffin, a pale, ethereal figure lay quietly, eyes gently closed, breathing peacefully, as if in a deep sleep.

Staring at the increasingly solid and translucent Heavenly Soul within the coffin, Su Lingbai slowly nodded, a hint of satisfaction in her eyes.

"Soon."

At this rate, it won't be long before the girl's celestial soul is completely stabilized and ready to return to her body.

When the celestial soul returns to the body, it will be the day when Chu Ge is completely resurrected and returns to the world.

Of course, when Su Lingbai said "not long," she meant in months.

She was in no hurry and patiently waited for her old friend to return.

With a wave of her hand, Su Lingbai closed the coffin lid again, concealing the illusory image inside. She then turned and left, preoccupied with her daily chores.

……

Eternal Star.

A full year has passed since the Chu Ge quartet wreaked havoc on the world and caused chaos globally, ultimately being wiped out on a deserted island by hundreds of nuclear bombs dropped by various countries.

Over the past year, global magic has continued to recover and surge wildly, and the number of people in the world who have awakened magical talents is increasing day by day.

Official big data statistics show that out of the 7.2 billion people on Eternal Star, more than one-third of humanity has successfully awakened magical talents, and rare dual-elemental magical geniuses are constantly emerging in various regions.

Countless awakened individuals have grown rapidly, a large number of mages have reached the intermediate level, and some exceptionally talented individuals have even stepped into the realm of high-level mages.

The age of magic suddenly arrived, rapidly impacting the technological civilization that had lasted for thousands of years.

The clash between the old and new eras brought the contradictions among the ruling classes of humanity to a complete breaking point.

The world is caught in a dilemma: will the future of civilization adhere to technology or exclusively rely on magic?

The clash of ideologies has sparked a global conflict.

Many countries have split into two major camps: the science faction and the magic faction. They are locked in a fierce struggle for dominance and control, with local wars continuing to spread. The battle between science and magic has officially begun.

Nuclear weapons, which are humanity's ultimate strategic weapons, are tacitly banned by all countries, strictly prohibited from being used in this internal conflict.

No one dares to use this world-destroying weapon lightly.

Because nuclear weapons are indiscriminate in their destructive power, once detonated, they will trigger a chain reaction of disasters affecting everything, and neither side can withstand the devastating consequences.

The deserted island where Shadow, Chu Ge, and Zhu Rong fought their final battle was the most bloody precedent.

Hundreds of nuclear bombs were dropped simultaneously, completely leveling the island and sinking it into the ocean.

Relying on atmospheric circulation, the massive amounts of radioactive dust generated by the nuclear explosion swept in all directions, causing severe nuclear contamination of the sea, air, and water sources within a radius of over a thousand kilometers.

This sea area has become a desolate and barren wasteland, named the Radiation Sea by the world, and no one dares to set foot there.

Due to nuclear contamination, seafood sales worldwide have plummeted. No one dares to buy or eat it, as people are wary of seafood that may have mutated from radiation, fearing that they might be contaminated with radiation, suffer from strange diseases, or give birth to deformed offspring.

Countless seafood vendors lost everything and were filled with resentment, blaming all their anger on the four-person group that had caused the disaster.

That ultimate battle that shook the world was broadcast live by satellites around the globe, and the faces of the four men have long been known to everyone worldwide.

Officials from various countries secretly established special investigation teams to thoroughly investigate the identities and backgrounds of the four individuals.

After a thorough investigation, Xu Wan and Chu Ge's worldly identities were completely uncovered:

One of them is the daughter of a public official in Donghai City, and comes from a family with a system of government connections;

One of them is the child of a wealthy family in Donghai City, with an ordinary and unremarkable background.

As for Zhu Rong, when she first arrived on Eternal Star, she had direct dealings with the leaders of the Demon Hunting Bureau of Dachang City. The authorities have long confirmed that she comes from the "Fourth World" - the Divine Order Realm.

The last one, Shadow, remains a mystery in terms of his true identity. However, based on his unpredictable abilities, the authorities have deduced that he is not native to Eternal Star either, but rather originates from another world.

After their identities were confirmed, the authorities immediately summoned Xu Wan's father and Chu Ge's parents to try to reconstruct the whole story.

However, after several inquiries and investigations, the investigation team found that the three parents were completely unaware of their children's terrifying powers and world-destroying actions, and had no way of explaining these bizarre phenomena.

By then, the four-person team had already been wiped out, and all the key figures in the case had perished, making the investigation largely pointless.

Officials also secretly speculated that Chu Ge and Xu Wan were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

Ordinary humans could never possess the terrifying power to overturn the world, let alone maintain their fighting strength and continue to fight even after their hearts have died.

The two are most likely possessed by another world or reincarnated, and cannot be judged by common sense.

Based on the humanitarian principle of not harming family members, and given that the three parents were indeed innocent and unaware of the situation, the authorities ultimately decided not to pursue charges, lifted the inquiry, and allowed them to return to normal life.

They only stopped on the surface; the surveillance and investigation never ceased in secret.

On one hand, the authorities want to continue to uncover the secrets of the hidden power within the four individuals;

On the other hand, everyone harbored a deep-seated fear—they dared not be 100% certain that the four had truly perished.

Even if hundreds of nuclear bombs were launched simultaneously, enough to vaporize all carbon-based life forms, it would be an unsolvable world-destroying offensive.

After the nuclear explosion, the authorities dispatched top-notch detection teams to search the core of the radiation sea repeatedly, but ultimately found nothing, not even a trace of human tissue or remaining bones.

Was it completely vaporized by the high temperature, or did it shed its skin and hide to escape?

No one knows the answer.

Rumors have been circulating throughout the world, and countless people are secretly on guard: Chu Ge and his companions may not have perished, but are merely hiding in the shadows, patiently developing their strength, and will surely return to the world to settle scores with all their enemies when they have reached their full power.

After all, these people are really capable of doing something like this.

As a precaution, countries around the world never stopped searching for and monitoring the four men throughout the year.

This is also the core reason why the authorities have always treated the Xu and Chu families well.

Leaving his family alive would be the only bargaining chip he could have.

If the four of them really return, their strength will far surpass what they were before.

Thinking of family might offer a glimmer of hope for the precarious state of human civilization.

This move is not only benevolent and a check and balance, but also the most reliable means of self-preservation for human civilization.

The authorities chose to handle the situation leniently, but hundreds of millions of people around the world are still unable to let go of this world-ending disaster.

For a whole year, the Xu and Chu families endured the wrath and criticism of the entire society, finding themselves in an extremely difficult and precarious situation.

Xu Wan's father dedicated half his life to the system and was an honest and upright official.

After Xu Wan committed a terrible crime, he became the target of public criticism.

His rivals within the system, who had long coveted his position, seized the opportunity to launch an attack, fabricating baseless charges and secretly conspiring to oust him, resulting in his suspension and investigation.

Old grievances were also brought up one by one.

In her early years, Xu Wan took advantage of her father's position to privately accept monster cores as gifts from others, and she has already used them all.

At the time, Xu's father, upon learning of his daughter's actions, never showed favoritism or covered for her.

Having lived a life of integrity, he personally paid for the equivalent amount of crystal cores and returned them all to the bribe-giver. He also immediately confessed his mistakes to the organization and truthfully reported the entire incident.

After the organization verified the facts, considering that he took the initiative to stop the loss, sincerely repented, and did not condone or cover up the wrongdoing, he was only given a lenient punishment of criticism and education and admonishment.

But trouble arose again, old grievances were brought up again, and the lenient treatment in the past once again became a handle for others to attack and frame.

Despite repeated examinations, the results remained the same. However, the rumors, workplace infighting, and the coldness of human nature completely overwhelmed this man who was over fifty years old.

The daughter is gone; the white-haired man burys the black-haired man.

His reputation was ruined, his career was ruined, and endless frustration and despair overwhelmed him.

He sat alone in his study, smoking all night long, and his hair turned white overnight.

The following morning, exhausted, Xu's father voluntarily submitted his resignation, relinquishing all public office and bidding farewell to the system he had worked so hard for half his life.

Afterwards, he sold all his possessions and left the bustling city where he had struggled all his life, disappearing without a trace. No one has seen him since.

The Xu family has fallen into complete ruin.

The Chu family's situation was not much better than the Xu family's.