Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Wen Qi is right.

An hour later, the Lychee Hotel and the Ovation of the Deep Sea were upgraded to Level 3.

The rest of the time was spent accumulating progress on Heng'an Middle School.

Level 4 scenes require more new scenes and decorations.

And that's what Su Ming needs to do.

Find a new scene, wait for Wen Qi to push it across, then start the system loading to complete the inclusion.

It's that simple.

For example, right now, Su Ming is working on the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner that Shen Wanyu made for him.

Ahead lies a strange, residential area, now completely submerged by millions of black hairs.

Once all the black hair has faded, Su Ming can prepare to load.

Shen Wanyu slightly altered the material of this Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner.

Its flagpole was formed from Su Ming's entire spine.

The banner was made by Zhou Zhengyang using some kind of strange leather and strange objects.

The soul is a collection of resentment formed from countless grievances.

The saying "When one banner moves, ten thousand ghosts emerge" is its core principle.

the most important is.

Due to the characteristics of a collection of resentment, it can continuously transform and grow.

Besides.

To make it easier to use, Shen Wanyu also specially improved its storage design.

It would allow Su Ming to transform the Myriad Ghost Banner into his spine and wear it on his body.

A few minutes later, Wen Qi appeared next to Su Ming: "It's ready."

Su Ming nodded without hesitation and immediately started the system loading program.

The blue grid pattern spreads out like a tsunami, layer upon layer covering the entire community.

The loading progress bar has started to steadily increase.

As for the strange creatures that died inside, he shook the Myriad Souls Banner and absorbed them all.

Wait until this community is fully loaded.

Su Ming opened the upgrade progress bar for Heng'an Middle School.

[Level 3 Scene: Heng'an Middle School]

[Exploration Level: 100%]

Upgrade progress: 91.4%

Soon, Heng'an Middle School will be able to upgrade after collecting a few more new scenes and decorations.

However, at that moment, Su Ming's phone rang.

The caller ID shows Zhou Zhengyang.

The moment the call connected, Zhou Zhengyang's tired voice came from the other end of the line.

"Your Majesty, I have compiled all the information about Lin Jiajia over the past thirty years and have already sent it to you."

This is a screening task with an enormous workload.

Even though it took Zhou Zhengyang several days to sort everything out, it was still quite difficult.

Su Ming raised an eyebrow.

Judging from Zhou Zhengyang's tone, he seemed to want to ask him for a favor.

This guy.

If someone calls you by your own name, it's probably nothing serious, just casual conversation.

If someone calls themselves "Little Ancestor," it usually means they're trying to comfort themselves or complain.

But once they start calling him "Your Majesty," it's most likely they want a favor from him.

"Speak, what is it?"

Sure enough, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became excited.

I suspect even his earlier exhaustion was an act, just to wait for Su Ming to say those words.

"Your Majesty, didn't I announce your identity as a Sixth Awakener a few days ago?"

"The effect is very good; things have become much more stable within the Dragon Kingdom."

"However," he sighed, "you've remained hidden in the abyss, never showing yourself."

"Some forces have already become suspicious and doubt that the information released by the authorities is false."

"So, could you please show your face and intimidate us?"

Su Ming covered his phone and looked at Wen Qi.

Wen Qi's attitude towards 2026 is indifferent.

According to her, the year 2026 is meaningless; in essence, it is a false year.

I want 2026 to be meaningful.

Su Ming must break the world's upper limit ahead of time in the past.

Otherwise, all developments are just illusions and have no real meaning.

"This guy has had a tough time."

"Besides, the country's support for us is the result of the entire nation's efforts."

Wen Qi still dotes on him a lot in this regard.

Since Su Ming had spoken, she naturally wouldn't refuse.

Her tone was crisp and decisive: "Let him choose a city, and I'll go."

"Okay."

After Su Ming told Zhou Zhengyang the good news, he could hear the guy laughing uncontrollably over the phone.

"Old Zhou, it's not that I'm criticizing you."

"Rest when you need to, don't keep pushing yourself all day long, or you might die suddenly."

After giving Zhou Zhengyang his instructions, Su Ming hung up the phone.

Then, he opened the compressed file that Zhou Zhengyang had sent him.

Goodness, no wonder even Zhou Zhengyang took several days to sort it out.

In the past thirty years, there have been 792 people named Lin Jiajia across the country, a large and complex amount of information.

This is still after the screening.

So, while loading the new scene, Su Ming browsed through information about Lin Jiajia.

At 5:27 p.m. that day, the progress bar for Heng'an Middle School was full.

It can be upgraded to a level four scene.

According to Wen Qi's deduction.

The increased level of the fourth-tier scene is sufficient to support the weight of a god-level being.

Su Ming immediately stopped hesitating.

"System, begin upgrading Heng'an Middle School."

[The upgrade progress bar for Heng'an Middle School is at 100%, meeting the upgrade requirements.]

[Initiating upgrade...]

[Estimated upgrade time: 72 hours]

Level 3 scenarios are instantaneous.

It takes three days to complete a Level 4 scenario.

Just wait.

Anyway, there are still six days until Shen Wanyu and Tang Tang's favorability rating increases.

Several hours later.

Su Ming boarded the flying ship and officially left the first level of the abyss.

This entrance to the abyss is now encased in a brand-new, massive building, officially named the "Abyss Entrance Research Center."

Su Ming stopped and turned around.

Looking at this magnificent architectural complex, a sense of absurd vicissitudes arose in my heart.

Its original site was the Lychee Hotel.

It was later corrected by time to become the Rose Hotel.

Now, the Rose Hotel has also disappeared.

Instead, it became the Abyss Entrance Research Center.

Change, obliteration, rebirth.

It's a very strange feeling.

It's as if forgetting and alternation are the most terrifying truths in the world.

Upon returning to Pingjiang City, the city's structure remained relatively stable.

But an atmosphere of fear still lingered in the air.

There were very few pedestrians on the streets; most people stayed at home.

They are not yet quite used to this new world.

At the same time, Su Ming noticed that the number of awakened individuals in Pingjiang City had increased several times over.

Gu Yan greeted Su Ming, quickly stepping forward to greet him and explaining respectfully.

"Your Majesty, since the world update, the number of Awakened in Pingjiang City alone has tripled."

"The number of awakened individuals was even greater in other cities, and the death toll was also higher."

During this period of world updates, numerous strange occurrences have resurfaced, and many unknown areas have appeared.

Even though Su Ming dealt with most of the strange creatures in Pingjiang City in advance, quite a few people still died.

The other cities are even more dangerous.

It is in this life-or-death struggle that a large number of awakened individuals are born.

This is what Yu Mengnian wanted.

Between slowly boiling a frog and burning one's boats, she chose the latter, using the chaos of the world to temper all living beings.

Su Ming looked at Gu Yan in front of him.

Compared to before, she is much more cheerful, the gloom in her eyes has disappeared, and she has a more vibrant smile.

It seems that a slight adjustment in time and space allowed her mother to escape that deadly and bizarre disaster, thus altering the trajectory of her fate.

So, in that case...

Gu Shen's personality will also change.

As soon as you mention Gu Shen, he arrives.

At this time, Gu Shen successfully stepped into the realm of the Five Awakened Ones and became the newly appointed branch director of Pingjiang City.

"Your Majesty, you've finally figured it out."

"Director Zhou specifically instructed that you must undergo a comprehensive physical examination after you are released."

"Your dedicated medical team arrived in Pingjiang City a few days ago."

He spoke to Su Ming with a very respectful expression.

Su Ming looked at his appearance.

The frown lines on his eyebrows disappeared.

His wife hadn't died in the strange events, and the hatred for the supernatural in her eyes had faded considerably.

This is a chain of changes that will occur in 2026.

"I'm fine."

Su Ming waved his hand.

He is not like Old Lin.

Mr. Lin does have mental health issues; he would break down if subjected to strong stimulation.

I only retain the most complete memories of the original timeline, remembering the past that everyone else has forgotten.

But Su Ming couldn't resist Gu Shen's enthusiasm.

After a comprehensive inspection was completed and everything was confirmed to be fine, we drove back to Lanyue Community.

Since the incident involving the deformed mermaid statue, the entire Lanyue residential community has been under strict control.

In reality, this residential area has become Su Ming's private territory.

Accompanying Su Ming back to Lanyue Community was his personal medical team.

This is standard equipment for every powerful awakened one.

Because the stronger an awakened individual is, the greater the potential for mental health risks, and there is always a risk of them losing control, so a professional team is necessary to monitor and track them over the long term.

The head of the medical team is Bai Xinglan.

A very beautiful woman.

"School beauty, what's wrong?"

Su Ming looked at Wen Qi with some confusion.

While Bai Xinglan was helping him with his emotional support, Wen Qi kept staring at both of them.

"Don't you think she's very pretty?"

"She is just as beautiful as Shen Wanyu, has a great figure, and has rosy, glowing skin that is different from our pale skin; it has the vitality of a living person."

"Moreover, she has a very comfortable and clean demeanor."

Su Ming thought for a few seconds, then nodded frankly and said, "It is quite beautiful."

But Wen Qi frowned.

She knows Su Ming too well.

The "good-looking" that Su Ming mentioned was not a man's aesthetic appreciation or praise of a woman.

It's more like a human praising a cute kitten or puppy.

He had previously lost interest in human sexuality.

Even after Chen Zhiwei tried for a long time, she couldn't arouse Su Ming's sexual desire in the slightest.

At that time, Su Ming still retained a normal aesthetic sense.

But now, Su Ming's aesthetic sense has changed.

It seems that no matter how beautiful a woman is, she is the same in his eyes.

Just like how humans see kittens and puppies, the differences in their appearances are not actually that significant to humans.

This is a gap in the level of life.

In the eyes of higher life forms, lower life forms will gradually lose their individual characteristics.

Until they become indistinguishable ants, or even bacteria that cannot be observed with the naked eye.