An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

"This system provides additional functions. The host can open a real-time light screen to view the situation of Blue Star from Lu Xueyao's perspective in real time."

Lu Li's mind stirred slightly: "Activate the light curtain."

The next second, a virtual light screen emitting a faint glow suddenly appeared in front of Lu Li.

This light screen was visible only to him, and it not only displayed clear images but also emitted sound.

The scene in the picture is the Awakening Room of Bureau 749 in Tianhai City, Blue Star.

Meanwhile, on Blue Star, the assessment had just ended. Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and was preparing to leave the Awakening Room with Lu Xueyao and Liu Mengxi to go to the lobby to complete the formal procedures for becoming an investigator.

But at that moment, a grand, cold, mechanical voice, seemingly from a higher dimension, suddenly resounded in the sky above Blue Star.

This sound exploded in the minds of people all over the world at the same time.

[National Fortune Announcement!]

[A bizarre invasion of Earth has been detected, targeting Earth itself!]

[The national survival challenge is now officially underway! Two humans will be randomly selected from each country to become the Chosen Ones and be teleported into a bizarre world to survive!]

The bizarre invasions that have erupted in reality are all caused by the spatial overlap between the various bizarre sources in the bizarre world and the real world. After entering the bizarre source, each of you chosen ones needs to establish a territory.

Once the Chosen Ones successfully establish their territory and withstand multiple waves of bizarre invasions from the strange world, they will be able to completely prevent the source of this strangeness from invading reality, thus resolving one source of the strangeness.

[All resources acquired by the Chosen One in this bizarre world will trigger a critical return of at least 100 times and up to 10,000 times, manifesting in the country where they reside!]

[Warning: If the Chosen One dies, their nation's destiny points will be deducted, and a penalty will be imposed!]

[All Chosen Ones will soon be deployed to the first source of this anomaly: the Eternal Night Wasteland!]

[This national survival process will be broadcast live simultaneously in dedicated livestream rooms in the respective countries, and will be available for viewing by all citizens.]

The moment the announcement ended, two blinding beams of light, ignoring the superalloy dome of Bureau 749, descended straight down into the Awakening Room.

The beam of light enveloped Lu Xueyao and Liu Mengxi.

Qin Chuan's expression changed drastically. He took a step forward, trying to stop it, but the barrier of rules surrounding the pillar of light bounced him away.

The next second, the beam of light dissipated, and the two disappeared into thin air.

"Damn it!"

Cold sweat beaded on Qin Chuan's forehead. Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately pressed the emergency communicator, his voice urgent: "Calling headquarters! This is the Tianhai City branch. Trainee investigators Lu Xueyao and Liu Mengxi have been selected by the National Fortune System as Chosen Ones and have been teleported away!"

……

In the Xuan Tian Realm, inside the Eternal Night Demon Palace, Lu Li sat on the throne, taking in everything through the light screen in front of him.

As he watched Lu Xueyao being transported into the so-called bizarre world, there was no panic in his eyes, but rather a strange look flashed across them.

"Surviving at the source of the strange phenomenon?"

Lu Li muttered to himself, then a mocking smile slowly crept onto his lips.

As a demonic emperor, he was proficient in various demonic cultivation techniques.

He had just sensed the so-called eerie aura through the projection; it was the ghost that, under some kind of mutation, had mastered a certain rule and thus transformed into the eerie.

In the eyes of the Blue Star people, the eerie is an indescribable and indestructible terrifying existence.

But in the eyes of Lu Li, the Demon Emperor, these strange phenomena were the perfect nourishment for demonic cultivators to refine the Myriad Soul Banner, inscribe the Blood Transformation Demon Array, and temper their indestructible demonic bodies.

Since the rules are meant to resist the invasion of strange forces, it means that countless nutrients will be delivered to his door. Originally, he was worried that the laws of Blue Star were incomplete and that Lu Xueyao would not be able to cultivate the demonic arts he controlled.

In retrospect, Lu Xueyao's entry into this bizarre world to survive is actually a great thing for him.

As long as he is there, no matter how many strange things happen, they are just stepping stones for him to pave the way for his sister's demonic path.

……

The scene shifted, and Lu Xueyao felt a blur before her eyes, followed by a bone-chilling cold rushing towards her.

She steadied herself and looked around. It was a vast, boundless wasteland, with the sky appearing grayish-white.

During the day in the Eternal Night Wasteland, the eerie creatures are not particularly active, but the environment is extremely cold.

She found herself holding a jet-black token and a survival guidebook.

At the same time, a semi-transparent system backpack appeared in the upper right corner of the view.

The backpack has 10 slots, each marked with the capacity to hold 9999 identical items. It also comes with two other items: a stone axe and a stone pickaxe, which can be used to mine wood and stone.

She looked down at the village establishment order.

[Requirements for establishing the Territory Core (Lord's Mansion): 0/100 Wood, 0/100 Obsidian.]

[Note: After building the Lord's Mansion, you need to continuously collect resources to improve other facilities in the territory, thereby creating a complete territory.]

Lu Xueyao immediately opened the survival guidebook, which contained detailed survival information. It was strangely active only when night fell and the blood moon rose.

Therefore, the chosen ones must seize the daytime to gather materials and build the lord's manor before nightfall.

Otherwise, at night, they would face a bizarre attack.

After understanding the rules, Lu Xueyao wasted no time and immediately took out the stone axe from her backpack and ran towards the dry forest not far away.

Using her physical advantage and the stone axe, she quickly chopped down the timber.

Before long, she successfully collected 100 pieces of wood.

However, she ran into trouble when she tried to find a second material.

She searched the area thoroughly but found no trace of obsidian.

At this moment, the live stream of the Dragon Kingdom's national fortune was filled with rapidly scrolling comments.

The screen was split in two, each displaying the real-time movements of the two individuals.

"These are the chosen ones of our Dragon Kingdom? Two little girls?"

Just as panic was spreading, an insider revealed in the live chat: "Don't panic, everyone, they are the agents from Bureau 749!"

"Great! We're saved!"

"Don't be too happy yet. The person on the left is Liu Mengxi, and the awakened one is the purple-quality pet Chu Renmei."

But Lu Xueyao only awakened a green-quality, unknown-form monster pet during the awakening ceremony just now.

The moment this comment appeared, the tide in the live stream turned instantly.

"Purple and green? The difference is too big!"

"It's over. What good is this green monster? If she can't even build her territory, she probably won't survive the first night!"

Let's all place our hopes on Liu Mengxi!

On the other side of the live stream, Liu Mengxi landed at the foot of a small black mine, surrounded by a large amount of obsidian and wood everywhere.

With the enhanced physique resulting from awakening her strange pet, she wielded the stone pickaxe she pulled from her backpack and began digging rapidly.