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

The next moment, a cold, emotionless announcement of the nation's fate resounded once again across the Blue Star.

[National Fortune Announcement!]

[The Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom, Liu Mengxi, is dead!]

[Deduct 10 points from the Dragon Kingdom's national fortune!]

[Punishment will be imposed immediately: The system will randomly conjure 1000 D-rank summoning monsters within the Dragon Kingdom!]

The moment the announcement was published, the system's supplementary notification sounded again.

[A vacancy for the Chosen One has been detected. A new Chosen One is being selected from within the Dragon Kingdom...]

[Selection complete!]

[The new Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom: Xu Jingming, will be immediately teleported to the Eternal Night Wasteland and will inherit the Lord's Mansion built by the previous Chosen One, Liu Mengxi!]

Upon hearing this series of announcements, Xu Jingming, who was standing outside the 749 Bureau branch base in Tianhai City, was first stunned, and then a fervent expectation rose in his eyes.

"You picked me?"

He looked down at the black pine sword in his hand, and then felt the still ravenous glutton inside him.

For ordinary people or sheltered children, the struggle for survival of a nation is indeed a living hell with no chance of survival.

But for a top-tier monster master like him, who crawled out of piles of corpses, lived by devouring monsters, and had even fought head-on against A-level monsters, the high-level monsters that filled the Eternal Night Wasteland were undoubtedly a feast for the senses!

As for the first wave of strange events that triggered system warnings?

"Those few B-grade and C-grade grotesque creatures outside, do they even deserve to be called the Weird Tide?" Xu Jingming sneered.

"Buzz—"

In mid-air, a white beam of light, used for teleportation, had already locked onto him.

"Chief!" Xu Jingming seized the last few seconds, turned sharply, and rushed into the control room: "Quick! Get me some of the blood beads that just condensed from the Blood Transformation Array!"

Lu Mingyuan reacted quickly, immediately grabbing several blood beads from the array plate and stuffing them into Xu Jingming's hand.

These blood beads, capable of rapidly healing all injuries, are an invaluable life-saving trump card in the early stages of a nation's struggle for survival, where supplies are scarce.

The next moment, Xu Jingming was completely enveloped in white light, and he instantly disappeared from the spot.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the 749 Bureau in the Dragon Kingdom, Director Shen Xingzhou watched the scene of Liu Mengxi's tragic death on the big screen, but did not show much surprise or sadness.

"If your will is not firm, even if you are given a god-level monster pet, it will be of no use."

Shen Xingzhou took a deep breath and methodically issued the order: "Immediately mobilize all A-level and B-level investigators nationwide to assist local investigators in suppressing the manifested 'Shouting Ghost'!"

"It's just a Class D anomaly. As long as the public is educated and protected in advance, and they don't turn back or pay attention to it, it can't kill people."

With the current strength of our Dragon Kingdom, suppressing them won't take much time at all!

When Shen Xingzhou heard that Xu Jingming had been chosen as the new Chosen One, a hint of undisguised excitement finally flashed in his usually calm eyes.

"Xu Jingming...Good! That's great!"

He knew very well that Xu Jingming was the pillar of the entire 749 Bureau of the Dragon Kingdom!

In terms of both ability and potential, he is definitely ranked first among all the Ghost Masters in the country.

It's no exaggeration to say that as long as Xu Jingming doesn't die from recklessness, he definitely has a chance to grow into the Dragon Kingdom's first S-level Ghost Master in the National Fortune Game!

……

In the eternal night wilderness, the white light dissipated, and Xu Jingming appeared in the lord's mansion, which was surrounded by eeriness.

He glanced at Liu Mengxi, who lay dead on the ground, but showed no emotion whatsoever.

Outside the stone house, the sounds of piercing knocking and scratching rose and fell.

"It's so noisy."

Xu Jingming's eyes turned cold.

"Glutton, dinner's ready!"

Instead of choosing to defend to the death, he directly unleashed the entire bizarre domain he had acquired through devouring in reality!

A layer of bluish-gray mist instantly spread outwards from the lord's mansion.

Even if this is only a basic level of eerie realm, it is enough to distort and affect the eerie senses to a great extent.

In an instant, the group of strange creatures that had been frantically attacking the stone gate began to spin in place in the bluish-gray mist, like headless flies that had lost their target.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Jingming used the [Strange Fire] ability!

"Boom boom boom!"

Clumps of eerie green flames were precisely ignited in the mist, directly attaching to the strange, supernatural core and burning it wildly.

Holding a black pine wood sword, Xu Jingming personally pushed open the stone door, like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep, and began a one-sided slaughter!

It must be said that Xu Jingming truly deserves to be called the number one combat force in the Dragon Kingdom.

His application of the rules and his fighting instincts are virtually unmatched.

The wooden sword thrusts out, causing a stiffness control effect.

The strange fire burns, weakening defenses.

Finally, the Taotie opened its massive maw and swallowed it whole!

In just over ten minutes, the strange group that had been surrounding the lord's mansion and was enough to make countless chosen ones despair was wiped out by him!

The most troublesome B-grade knocking monster was bitten to pieces and swallowed whole by the Taotie.

The C-level headless ghost also became a meal for the gluttons.

"Buzz—"

As he continued to devour, Xu Jingming's supernatural power surged. He also successfully extracted and mastered the murder rule of "knocking on the door means certain death" and the heaven-defying ability of the headless ghost to cut off heads through the Taotie's talent!

As for the D-level Screaming Ghost that had killed Liu Mengxi, Xu Jingming didn't even have the desire to devour it, and simply cleaved it in two with a single sword strike.

At this moment, the live broadcast room of the Dragon Kingdom was filled with countless exclamation marks.

"Holy crap, what kind of god-like battle is this?"

"Killing B-rank enemies is as easy as slaughtering dogs! Who is this new Chosen One? He's too powerful!"

"This is our Dragon Kingdom's guardian deity, Boss Xu Jingming! His pet is a gold-quality Taotie! This is like creating a new account on a high-level account, a direct dimensional attack!"

The audiences from South Korea, Japan, and even the United States, who were originally waiting to see him make a fool of himself, were all taken aback by Xu Jingming's overwhelming performance, which was like a god of war descending upon the world.

"Damn it! This isn't fair! China is totally cheating!"

"Protest! Why does the Dragon Kingdom kill one useless person and immediately replace him with a monster? This national destiny game is unplayable!"

……

Outside the city walls of Lu Xueyao's territory, the ground within a radius of several miles began to tremble violently.

The black mist churned like a tsunami, and dozens or even hundreds of bizarre creatures of various shapes, smelling the scent of living people, let out chilling roars and pressed in from all directions.

However, in the face of this war fortress personally built by Lu Li, this catastrophe that drove countless chosen ones to despair turned into a one-sided massacre show.

At the main gate of the city's east side, a strange bride in a bright red wedding dress stood silently in the wind and rain.

Its veil was slightly lifted, revealing half of its pale, exquisitely beautiful, yet lifeless face.

Directly in front of it, the black mist was forcibly torn apart, and three B-rank monsters radiating terrifying energy suddenly appeared!