Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

The first layer of the abyss.

Wen Qi was discussing something in hushed tones with Yang Jian.

Su Ming's gaze was drawn to a small, thin figure in front of him.

It was an extremely short and withered monkey, its body thin and bony, and it looked to be only about 1.3 meters tall.

Its fur was thick and coarse, layered and messy, covering its entire body. The texture was rough, like dry tree bark.

Its face was bizarre and ferocious, with sunken cheeks and no jaws, and two pale white fangs protruding.

A pair of murky, dark red eyes churned with overwhelming ferocity and violence.

Before Su Ming could speak, a piercing hissing sound rang out first.

The monkey, with its strange face, asked, "You're Wen Qi's man?"

Su Ming didn't say anything. He held his forehead, feeling as if the sky had fallen.

This is completely different from the Monkey King he has been cultivating since childhood, who possesses immense power and unparalleled arrogance.

With a slight shift in perspective, the scene on the other side becomes even more striking.

Nezha stood still, his three-meter-tall, imposing body covered in cold armor, the armor plates displaying a menacing pattern and sharp edge.

His eyebrows furrowed, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his fangs protruded from his lips, exuding a murderous aura that seemed almost tangible.

"Nezha?" Su Ming murmured subconsciously, his eyes filled with a daze.

Nezha didn't speak, but Sun Wukong grabbed Su Ming by the collar, his dark red eyes fixed on him as he asked, "I'm asking you a question."

The commotion alerted Wen Qi and Yang Jian, who were chatting.

Wen Qi glanced at Su Ming and knew what he was thinking.

On the way to the first level of the abyss, she had given Su Ming some instructions.

Yang Jian and his companions were born from the Blood and Flesh Mountains and were influenced by them; their appearance is definitely not that of the gentle and holy gods in traditional mythology.

Instead, it will be disturbed and reshaped by the fears of all living beings.

Just like when Su Ming followed the primal urge to proliferate flesh and blood, the angel he transformed into was terrifying.

At that moment, Su Ming patted his chest and said, "It's okay, I understand."

He's seen Yang Jian before.

Although it was somewhat eerie and ominous, it still had a certain imposing and handsome appearance.

Until he saw Sun Wukong and Nezha in person.

That's what I mean.

Su Ming activated his Great Observation Eye, his gaze piercing through everything and landing on the flesh and blood mountain range.

Deep within the mountains, a giant, luminous, silvery-white sphere floats in the air.

An ancient tree is rooted in the center of the sphere.

The crown of the ancient tree is actually the head of a woman, exquisitely beautiful and otherworldly, exuding an eerie holiness.

Beneath the ancient tree, three white rabbits with their ears joined together run endlessly around the trunk.

If he's not mistaken.

This one must be Chang'e, who probably grew out of a mountain of flesh and blood.

With just one glance, Su Ming shuddered and quickly looked away.

Compared to the extremely bizarre Chang'e, Sun Wukong and Nezha in front of me are not unacceptable.

He immediately grabbed the monkey's hand, the surprise in his eyes fading, replaced by excitement: "Great Sage, can we take a picture together?"

Wen Qi and Yang Jian, who were originally planning to come over, stopped in their tracks, exchanged a glance, and continued their conversation.

Meanwhile, Su Ming was taking photos with his phone.

"Your Highness, let's take a picture together."

"I've only heard your myths before, but I've never seen you."

"I was just too excited."

"You don't know, I've heard your stories since I was a child."

At this point, Sun Wukong and Nezha's basic understanding had become very close to that of humans.

They could clearly hear the joy and excitement in Su Ming's tone.

They suppressed their fierce aura and stood quietly.

However, they mostly just listened in silence.

Listen to Su Ming tell their mythological stories.

These stories, which are fictional creations of humans, are real memories for them.

In reality, they do not exist.

If the flesh and blood mountain range disappears, they will disappear too.

A moment later, Wen Qi and Yang Jian finished their conversation.

Yang Jian stepped forward, his gaze falling on the phone in Su Ming's hand, and asked, "Want to take a picture with me?"

Although Su Ming had taken a photo with Yang Jian before, Yang Jian had just recovered and was experiencing cognitive distortion and disorder, so Su Ming only dared to take a few photos with Yang Jian from a distance.

"May I?"

Su Ming's eyes immediately lit up with an astonishing brightness.

He was taking pictures with his phone, snapping away.

It's not just individual group photos.

He also took several group photos with Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha, which were taken by Wen Qi. Su Ming was standing in the center.

After the photo was taken, Su Ming was looking down at it when Yang Jian patted him on the shoulder.

His thin lips moved slightly, as if he had a thousand words to say, but in the end he didn't utter a single word.

He simply squeezed Su Ming's shoulder with a little force, a faint yet genuine smile appearing on his lips.

He waved his hand and said, "Alright, we should go now."

The moment the words were spoken, Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha had vanished.

Su Ming, still holding his phone, stared blankly at the empty space ahead, then turned to Wen Qi beside him: "School beauty, what did they go to do?"

"And what did you talk about with Yang Jian just now?"

Wen Qi naturally took his arm, her voice soft yet tinged with complexity: "They're going to destroy the Flesh and Blood Mountain Range."

"I'm not sure if this matter is even meaningful."

Wen Qi sighed softly, gazing into the distance: "But they insist on trying."

"Su Ming, in the next apocalyptic timeline, all sources of pollution in the world will materialize, and you will break the world's upper limit."

"When the descent of the gods ends, Earth will enter a completely new era."

"And all the traces they left in this world will disappear with the old era."

"That includes..."

Wen Qi pointed to Su Ming's phone: "A photo of you with them."

Su Ming looked down at the three faces on the screen, a feeling of indescribable emptiness welling up in his heart.

They had no choice.

Because they were merely fleeting, illusory creations, destined for annihilation from the very beginning.

Unless they forcefully kill Su Ming and freeze time forever at the moment the gods descended to earth.

"If Yu Mengnian becomes your nurturing character."

"Her doomsday scenario should be the descent of the gods, and you might meet again."

"And their decision to destroy the Flesh Mountain Range is a gamble on an opportunity."

"We're betting on whether they'll leave even the slightest trace on Yu Mengnian's doomsday timeline."

"They hope that if they ever return, they will have a complete and stable self-awareness, rather than relying on my inferior blind spots."

"This is their pride, and their obsession."

Wen Qi withdrew his gaze and said softly.

"Let's go home."

"Prepare to establish the law, and prepare to enter the next doomsday line."

Su Ming took a deep breath, glanced one last time at the group photo on his phone, suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and looked up with a smile, asking, "Sister School Beauty, is the meeting over?"

Wen Qi nodded: "Everything that needed to be discussed has been discussed."

"But the specifics will have to wait until the law takes effect."

the other side.

Zhou Zhengyang, his eyes red, was searching for information about whose life trajectory had changed.

This project is simply too massive.

Because every time Su Ming returns to 2026, the trajectories of countless people will change.

The dead return, the living die.

How could Zhou Zhengyang possibly find a pair of beautiful legs based solely on Su Ming's description?

Zhou Zhengyang had specifically investigated Jiang Qian, whom Shen Wanyu had previously suspected.

Jiang Qian tragically passed away in 2025 at the young age of 16 while rescuing a child who had fallen into the water.

At the time, she was only 1.58 meters tall.

According to Su Ming, the height of the Corpse-Wrapping Vengeful Spirit is estimated to be over 1.7 meters.

This shows that Jiang Qian is definitely not the Corpse Wrapper.

However, digging deeper along the line about Jiang Qian...

Zhou Zhengyang actually found a very likely candidate.

Jiang Qian's cousin: Chi Nian.

Before the world was corrected in 2026, she served as Su Ming's homeroom teacher.

He is 1.72 meters tall, which is quite consistent with the height of the Corpse Wrapper.

However, she is a missing person.

They suddenly disappeared in 2025, leaving no trace of their bodies or whereabouts.

Even now, there are still missing person notices for Chi Nian.

However, according to Zhou Zhengyang's extensive intelligence network, which spans various regions...

If even he can't find Chi Nian, it can only mean that Chi Nian is most likely dead.

However, the specific cause of death remains shrouded in mystery and cannot be verified.

"Should we tell the King?"

Zhou Zhengyang thought for a long time and decided not to say anything for now.

After all, he wasn't sure either.

If he says something wrong, Su Ming will come over and beat him up again.

He's already beaten himself up twice in the last few days.

This is clearly settling a personal score, because he feels he had kept it hidden for too long.

But whenever Zhou Zhengyang thought of Su Ming beating him up, a smile would appear in his eyes.

It's not that he has masochistic tendencies.

Instead, Su Ming was trying his best to control his strength every time he beat him, for fear of accidentally killing him.

Even when you're about to beat him up, test the force on yourself first.

The thought of Su Ming's furious yet cautious and restrained manner almost made Zhou Zhengyang burst into laughter several times.

He reached out and ruffled the lump of coal that was sleeping on his desk, and said with a chuckle, "You queens have really taken good care of the king."

at the same time.

The task to increase Bai Xinglan's favorability has been completed.

[Affection Level Up Quest: Survive for seven days in the clutches of the ghostly female ghost] (Completed)

[Affection Level Upgrade: Acceptance → Admiration (400/400)]

[Capacity limit increased: 34 → 36]

Backpack capacity increased from 51 to 54.

[The current favorability level has reached its maximum, activating the favorability upgrade quest.]

[Affection Level Up Quest: Kill her]

Having maxed-out favorability from birth is great; it can save Su Ming a lot of time.

Right now, what he lacks most is time.

However, before heading to Bai Xinglan's doomsday line, Su Ming still had two things to do.

I looked at my personal page.

Physical strength has officially exceeded 10,000.

This number is enough to break the world's upper limit ahead of schedule.

There's one more thing.

The laws that were previously agreed upon are now ready to take effect.

He looked back at Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu.

Su Ming no longer hesitated and pointed to the sky.

In an instant, the sky, which had been shrouded in black mist in the old world, suddenly dispersed, revealing an extremely dazzling and boundless starry sky.

It can be clearly seen that five dazzling auroras transformed into long ribbons of starlight, slowly flowing through the sky.

Su Ming raised his eyes, staring directly at the starry sky, his voice steady and resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

"From this moment forward, all things that humans designate as sources of pollution shall not set foot on Earth in a purely nonexistent form; they shall descend upon it only by relying on a tangible, concrete carrier."

"The old laws shall take effect immediately."

As the words were spoken, the starry sky slowly rotated, and a pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth crashed down.

A law etched into the old world has officially come into effect.

It not only covered all the doomsday lines, but also completely covered the Earth at this moment.

All members of the Anomalous Containment Facility were fully armed, ready to go, and on high alert.

The moment the law takes effect.

A series of bizarre and unsettling events suddenly erupted across the planet, with countless strange phenomena beyond human comprehension emerging one after another.

The walls of the city's high-rise buildings trembled, the beams and pillars shifted, and thick, muscular limbs grew out of them.

The clouds in the sky twisted and swirled wildly, coalescing into blurry and eerie human face outlines.

The lighthouse in the sea, its tower cracked, suddenly opened its vertical pupils, silently gazing at the vast ocean.

The figures in the ancient murals move their eyebrows and eyes slightly, their eyelids opening and closing slowly.

The cold, rigid stone sculpture has been revived, its stone joints creaking as it descends step by step from its base.

All the sources of pollution that descend upon Earth arrive in tangible form.

"All members, mobilize!"

Zhou Zhengyang shouted loudly.

Meanwhile, after Su Ming established the laws, he directly determined Bai Xinglan's advancement task.

In an instant, boundless black mist from the deep space swept in from all directions.

As is widely known, the Anomalous Containment Facility was officially established in 2026.

But very few people know that its true origins are rooted in the distant past.

The old laws that are in effect today were actually laid out and put into operation quietly since 1996.

The establishment of the Anomalous Containment Facility in 2026 merely provided Earth with a general direction for correction.

If we compare the world to a constantly running game...

The law is like a major update to this game.

Anomaly containment facilities are like patches for this game.

The patch is currently in effect.

However, for the game to not crash, this patch must be applied at the beginning of the game.

1996 marked the beginning of a new order on Earth.

The new era that Wen Qi speaks of is never the present year of 2026, but rather a new era that comes from the past.

2026 is not the beginning of a new era, but rather a continuation of it.

[It's being adapted into a live-action series; feel free to check it out if you're interested!]