Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

"Reward received: The space of the Qiankun Ring has been expanded to 10.21 million cubic meters; "

Skill Five Thunder Orthodox Method - Divine Thunder;

The destiny of the supreme ruler;

Ability: Dream control.

Lin Yi suddenly opened her eyes from her sleep, a glint of light flashing in them.

S+ rating! This is the first time he has received an S+ rating.

He quickly reviewed the previous reward patterns in his mind—

A-level rewards are the basic feedback for participating in the storyline, S-level rewards will provide substantial ability enhancements or rare items, while S+ level rewards will have effects that are at least a hundred times greater.

The divine thunder of the Five Thunder Orthodox Method should correspond to Shi Jian's Lightning Thunder Fist, the supreme destiny of the emperor should correspond to Qiu Sheng's Three Yangs Bring Prosperity destiny, and dream control is undoubtedly a mutation of Shi Shaojian's evil technique of astral projection.

Shi Shaojian's Soul Astral Projection Technique is essentially a form of mental invasion. The S+ level amplification directly transforms this low-level Soul Astral Projection Technique into a supernatural ability that can control the dreams of others.

He first acquired the skill "Divine Thunder".

Divine Thunder is the most lethal thunder in the Five Thunder Orthodox Method—the Five Thunders are Heavenly Thunder, Earthly Thunder, Divine Thunder, Water Thunder, and Social Thunder.

Heavenly thunder governs divine punishment, earth thunder governs the thick soil, water thunder governs the cold and yin, and community thunder governs evil spirits. Divine thunder, on the other hand, is the most powerful thunder that possesses the ability to kill all other kinds of beings.

In orthodox Taoist mythology, divine thunder was originally the domain of the Thunder God, who was in charge of slaying demons and monsters that did not obey the Heavenly Court. The "thunder" in the Five Thunders is headed by divine thunder.

This world has no Heavenly Court, no Thunder Gods, and therefore no true divine thunder.

But from the moment Lin Yi received this skill, he, who wielded divine thunder, became the Thunder God of this world.

In the darkness, a flash of golden lightning appeared in Lin Yi's eyes.

That lightning bolt was completely different from the dark gold corpse fire he had seen before—corpse fire was a dark gold of fallen divinity, carrying twisted and ominous connotations.

Divine thunder is pure gold, of utmost strength and righteousness, carrying an awe-inspiring and majestic aura.

One yin, one yang, one dark, one bright—two completely different forces coexist within him, yet they do not conflict at all.

His body was like a furnace; no matter what kind of power it was, once it entered the furnace, it would be melted into one.

He closed his eyes, carefully sensing the new abilities that the divine thunder had bestowed upon him.

Divine Thunder has the power to kill and subdue all "outsiders"—and "outsiders" here is not a general term, but a strictly defined one.

In this world, the Pangu zombie, the earth deities, and the Ma family are the legitimate ones.

In addition, all demons, monsters, evil spirits, and even rogue cultivators, wild gods, and mutated zombies that do not belong to these three lineages are all judged as "abnormal beings" and are all restrained by divine lightning.

From this moment on, Lin Yi's status in this world has undergone a fundamental change.

He is no longer a pawn; he is a player.

A chess player with independent territory, an independent army, and an independent divine system; a chess player who transcends the Three Books and is not controlled by fate, the Book of Man, or the Book of Earth.

Then he looked at the destiny of the supreme ruler.

The term "Nine-Five Supreme" (九五至尊) literally means "the destiny of an emperor."

Without exception, those with this destiny are all emperors—not ordinary kings and generals, but true emperors who ascend the throne.

The saying "First is fate, second is luck, and third is feng shui" is no joke. Fate comes first, while luck and feng shui come second.

Whether in the feudal monarchical era or in modern times, anyone with this destiny is destined to become an emperor at some point.

Even if he only sits on the throne for a few days, fate will push him to that position.

Of course, being an emperor in the inland areas would only lead to certain death.

It's impossible that none of the 400 million people in mainland China have the destiny of becoming emperors, but what was their fate?

Shi Dingwu's Great Chinese Buddhist Kingdom was executed after only a few days as emperor; Zhang Qing'an's Central Plains Buddhist Kingdom was sentenced to life imprisonment after a few months as emperor; Cao Jiayuan's Cao Yu Imperial Kingdom was wiped out before he could even warm his throne.

The inland human tide is so powerful that even gods and Buddhas must give way, let alone a mere emperor with the destiny of the emperor.

If Puyi, the legitimate last emperor, is now sweeping the streets, who else would dare to claim the title of emperor in the mainland?

Lin Yi got up and went to the study. She spread out a map of East Asia on the table and slowly traced it from Hong Kong Island to the southeast.

Ryukyu Islands!

Those scattered islands in the East China Sea have been tributary states of China since ancient times, only to be forcibly annexed by the Japanese.

The surrender treaty of World War II clearly states in black and white that Japan's territory only includes the four main islands, excluding the Ryukyu Islands.

However, in order to contain China, the UAE later handed over the Ryukyu Islands to the UAE for safekeeping.

For reasons unknown, Chiang Kai-shek of Taiwan agreed, and Ryukyu was swallowed up by Taiwan again without any explanation.

The previous S-rank reward for the "City in Crisis" storyline gave him 8 German-equipped troops.

This powerful army is completely useless on Hong Kong Island.

The reason? Those who know, know!

After all, Hong Kong Island was only a leased territory of the British, and it had to be returned when the time came.

As a true-blue Chinese, it was perfectly legal, reasonable, and justifiable for him to reclaim Ryukyu, a country that had been a tributary state of China since ancient times.

A few days ago, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and used the corpse poison extracted from the body of a descendant of King Ai of Zhou as a biological weapon, which wiped out the US military at Pearl Harbor.

The United States has officially declared war on Japan, bringing the Pacific War to a year or two earlier than previously thought.

Japan's demise is imminent, and the Ryukyu Islands are about to become unclaimed territory.

What God does not take, is to be blamed.

It's decided, I'll become the King of Ryukyu.

Lin Yi no longer hesitated and immediately accepted the destiny of the Supreme Ruler.

After obtaining his destiny, he didn't feel anything special. There was no golden light shining upon him, no dragon roars or phoenix cries. It was as ordinary as wearing the emperor's new clothes.

But he didn't know that from the moment he received his destiny, his personal charm and persuasiveness had undergone a qualitative change.

He himself may not feel anything, but people around him will subconsciously prioritize him, be moved by his words, and feel that every word he says makes sense.

This is what the ancients often referred to as "looking like a ruler"—

It's not that my appearance has changed, it's that my aura has changed, it's that kind of personal charm that makes people want to follow me.

After receiving her destiny, Lin Yi also received the ability to control dreams.

This kind of ability reward is like an instinct, just like how he naturally learned to breathe, swim, and perform various movements in water after he gained the ability to walk in water.

The same applies to dream control—the moment he gained this ability, he naturally mastered how to enter other people's dreams, how to manipulate the direction of dreams, and so on.

With such abilities, Lin Yi would be perfectly capable of serving as the God of Dreams in the Western mythological system.

If he so desires, he can construct a complete life spanning decades or even centuries in a person's dream, transforming that person into a completely different individual upon waking.

He immediately tried to enter Ren Tingting's dream.

Ren Tingting was curled up in bed, fast asleep, dreaming of the days when she was still a young lady in Renjia Town—

Her father, Ren Fa, was still alive and sitting in his study using an abacus, while she was watering the flowers in the yard.

Lin Yi's consciousness silently merged into the dream, and then, without Ren Tingting's knowledge, began to reshape everything in her dream.

He expanded the entire dream into complete worlds and complete life stories.

In the dream world, he stayed with her for three hundred years.

Together they traveled to famous mountains and rivers, witnessed the changing of dynasties, raised their children together, and grew old together only to regain their youth.

Three hundred years of mutual support and companionship are condensed into a dream on a single night.

The moment Ren Tingting woke up from her dream and opened her eyes to see Lin Yi, the way she looked at him completely changed.

That wasn't the look of a young girl in love looking at her sweetheart, nor the look of a newlywed wife looking at her husband, but a deep affection that had been accumulated over hundreds of years between an old married couple.

She subconsciously reached out and touched Lin Yi's face, her eyes slightly red, but a smile on her lips. She didn't say anything, just leaned against him, as quiet as a cat that had found its nest.

Lin Yi looked down at Ren Tingting in his arms and realized just how terrifying the ability to control dreams was.

This isn't just dream control; it's practically life control.

If he wanted, he could make anyone overnight treat him as their closest lover, their most trusted relative, and their most loyal follower.

It can also drastically change a person's temperament, turning them from cowardly to brave, from kind to cruel, fundamentally transforming them into another person.

If this ability were used against an enemy, it would be the most terrifying psychological weapon.

The next morning, Master Ikkyu finally arrived.

He was wearing a faded gray monk's robe, carrying a staff in his hand and a simple bamboo bag on his back.

When Qingqing heard that her master had arrived, she ran out from the backyard to greet him and threw herself into Master Yixiu's arms.

Upon hearing that Qingqing had become Lin Yi's third concubine and that Master Simu had become a ghost god under Lin Yi's command, Master Yixiu nodded without hesitation in the face of Lin Yi's invitation.

He agreed to serve as the lord of the City of the Unjustly Dead.

For him, the line between life and death had long been blurred. He could practice Buddhism anywhere, and helping the wronged souls in the City of the Unjustly Dead to find liberation was also a meritorious deed.

Similarly, he also took the initiative to recruit the ghosts and spirits of the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

After thousands of years of development, Buddhism's cultural heritage is not much inferior to that of Taoism.

Birds of a feather flock together, and Master Ikkyu also knew many eminent monks in the Buddhist community.

……

Time flies like an arrow, and soon it was the tenth day.

Early that morning, Zuo Lan, as the military representative, arrived at the Marshal's Mansion once again.