Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

Perhaps even shorter.

Because he had just thawed from the ice, his body was undergoing a massive metabolism, and this was now the biggest death knell.

Unless one can abandon the physical body, like the Stigmata Project (psychic ascension) or transfer consciousness into a mechanical body (mechanical ascension).

"Forget it, there's no way to survive in such a short time."

Chen Jie controlled the Soul Steel to transform, creating a seat that could fly, somewhat like... a flying wheelchair?

"In my last moments, I'll explore and travel around this land eroded by Originium."

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Chapter 114 Eating Raw Originium, Giant Beasts, Demi-humans

The Honkai energy in the surrounding environment is decreasing rapidly.

It drops by about half every day because civilization has become extinct, and it has lost its magical ability to continuously multiply.

"From this perspective, Honkai energy is not simply an energy with strong corrosive power; it also has some idealistic and spiritual characteristics."

Chen Jie took out a piece of unlocked soul steel, which turned into fine sand and dust and scattered with the wind.

Rather than wasting it all, it's better to let him make use of it one last time.

Look up at the sky.

Unlike yesterday's gloom, the clouds seemed much thinner, and a pale corona could be seen, weakly scattering its meager light and heat onto this frozen wasteland.

Did the Originium dust surrounding Earth dissipate after humanity's extinction? Or was it also severely damaged by the gamma-ray burst?

Compared to these speculations, Chen Jie felt that the seemingly thick layer of Originium dust was more likely a one-way mirror, which could not see the scene on Earth from the outside, but could receive the light and heat of the star from Earth.

We spent the whole day sightseeing.

There are no small animals, no moss, no lichen, and not even bacteria or viruses in the air...

Chen Jie found no trace of life. Occasionally, he could see some ruins, which had been weathered by natural disasters and wind erosion for an unknown amount of time.

Exposed Originium was everywhere.

The sample was collected, and considering the possibility that it might be alive, it was placed in liquid nitrogen using a vacuum container.

Chen Jie even ate several large pieces raw.

It's a bit like eating glass. According to the system panel's monitoring of his physical condition, he was actually able to digest this thing and obtain the energy and substances needed by the human body.

Originium is indeed an organic substance.

After eating it, there's a refreshing feeling of mental clarity, just like the relief after enduring the spiciness and choking of wasabi, or like washing your hair with Tiger Balm.

My sanity has strangely increased!

"Do my cells and blood show signs of Originium?"

The operating system did not respond.

"I almost forgot, you're not a simulator..."

Ever since it developed this implantable personal terminal, the emulator has been constantly babbling about something—

Inferior product, gray machine cup, her worst, worst, worst, worst alternative.

Then you'll have to manually perform the query yourself.

Perhaps because the time was too short, there were no traces of Originium in his body.

So Chen Jie found another large piece of source stone, cut it off and ground it into powder. He then divided the powder into two parts, filling one part into his clothes and storing it close to his body.

To accelerate the infection of Originium, if his genes hadn't been damaged by radiation, he would have even wanted to make several cuts in his body and inject Originium powder directly into his bloodstream.

But he can't do that now, otherwise his wound will stop healing and his skin will rot away over time.

Another portion of the Originium was inhaled in one gulp, and the light, ethereal energy rushed straight to the top of the head.

"Ah~ That feels so good!"

This thing is really toxic. According to the terminal's prompts, my brain becomes abnormally active every time I consume Originium.

It seems to enhance mental strength? He really suspected that if he could eat Originium every day, sooner or later he would be able to "conquer material things with his mind and transcend the mortal realm."

If this prevents me from contracting Oripathy.

That would lead to the conclusion that humans, or rather, he, cannot be infected with Oripathy.

In the next simulation, let the protective umbrella conduct experiments on death row inmates to verify this conclusion and see if it can be established as a theorem.

If that's confirmed, that'll be interesting.

The most threatening Originium disease will not take effect; instead, Originium will become a panacea that can enhance people's spirit.

In all fantasy works, such treasures that can enhance one's spirit are extremely precious, so in the end we might have to artificially cultivate Originium (laughs).

Suddenly, a notification came from the terminal.

Something moving in the distance, possibly a living being.

Chen Jie piloted his flying wheelchair over and saw a creature the size of an Asian elephant...

Why is it called a living being? Because Chen Jie had never seen such an animal before. It had deer antlers, a lizard's face, elephant ears, a pangolin-like body, and a porcupine-like spiky tail. Its different features were fused together using exposed Originium.

It's like a creator with a slightly mental problem opening his Photoshop and starting to do things that carbon-based life forms would never have thought of.

It's like a Frankenstein's monster!

"It seems to have some research value. Let's take some body samples first."

Put on SP-2 and choose Hyperdimensional Hacking!

The Earth's crust contains abundant metallic elements. After releasing the Soul Steel, it can infect all metals in the world and transform them into Soul Steel-like substances.

By hacking into the superdimensional world and giving it orders, in the next instant, several chains with a strange metallic luster emerged from the soil, circled the Stitched Monster twice, and suddenly tightened.

The monster struggled a few times, but found that it could not break free at all. It roared, the source stones on its body shone, and its entire body suddenly expanded, shattering all the chains.

It noticed the little insect in the sky, charged, and then leaped up like a flying mountain with immense momentum, determined to smash the offending insect into powder.

"Oh, they can even use spells similar to Originium Arts."

However, this was far from enough to threaten Chen Jie. With a burst of flame, the entire mech suddenly rose into the air, dodging the big guy's attack.

Indeed, the ability to fly is a good civilization.

Unable to attack Chen Jie, the stitched behemoth crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, like a small plane crashing. The earth cracked open, and the shockwave swept across the surface, raising billowing dust. The loud noise could be heard for dozens of miles.

"Besides getting bigger, did your strength and physical power also increase?"

Chen Jie snapped his fingers, and thicker, stronger chains emerged from the ground, binding him once again.

Another source stone on the giant beast's body glowed, and seeing that it might be about to use its power again, Chen Jie retreated a thousand meters, only to see the giant beast's body burst into flames.

However, the Originium Flame did not reach the temperature that threatened the Soulsteel Chains. After trying for a few minutes, it realized that it was useless and stared at the small insect in the distance with a venomous look.

The Originium at the tail lit up, and porcupine-like spikes shot out towards Chen Jie. Chen Jie transformed the Soul Steel into a huge lance, and with a burst of spear flowers and afterimages, all the spikes heading towards him were deflected from their original paths.

"Wood, big, big, big, big, big!"

With SP-2 pushing at full power, Chen Jie hurled his lance, which split into four pieces in mid-air, its tail transforming into a jet accelerator. Under these three stages of acceleration, the four sharp spears, like giant steel nails, pierced through the beast's limbs.

As they were both made of soul steel, they liquefied in the next moment and then solidified with the surrounding chains.

Capture successful!

Chen Jie flew slowly closer, and suddenly, he conjured a lance and pointed it at a nearby ruin.

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

The detected life forms remained motionless, so Chen Jie flew to the other side.

He saw a group of people.

Or, to put it another way, a group of demi-humans with animal features such as horns, animal ears, and tails.

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Chapter 115 God, Death, and the Food Chain

The presence of life on the surface indicates that Originium dust blocked the gamma-ray burst.

In fact, thick lead plates can block gamma-ray radiation, but its most dangerous aspect is that it cannot be observed by humans because gamma-ray bursts travel at the speed of light, while all current human observation methods are limited to the speed of light or below.

If human civilization advances a little further, it should be able to find a way to deal with this.

The other party must have known about the level of human science in advance, and then chose a clean and efficient cleaning method that would not cause a big bang and would not damage the cosmic environment.

Chen Jie sized up the trembling demi-humans.

Their attire resembles that of savages from a tribal era, but their clothing is not made of leaves and fur, but rather of various metals and plastics bearing traces of human industrial processes.

These items, which still bear the marks of advertising slogans and circuit boards, were haphazardly woven together with metal wires salvaged from electrical wires, forming garments and armor with a distinctly post-apocalyptic style.

The weapons they carried were all sorts of things, including lightning rods, signposts, and even small radar dome lids used as shields... Some weapons had Originium blocks haphazardly and violently embedded on top, it was unclear whether they were for sacrificial purposes or could actually be used as staves to cast Originium spells.

Ignorance and civilization intertwine, barbarity and technology merge... There is a sense of absurdity after the extinction of civilization and the interruption of knowledge.

The leader, upon closer inspection, bore a striking resemblance to the stitched-together behemoth.

Chen Jie made his own guess.

"So, I defeated their god?"

He was sizing up the crowd, and the crowd was also secretly sizing him up.

Because of the versatile nature of Soul Steel, the SP-2 does not need to be equipped with various weapons, functional modules, and heavy armor plates like other power armors. Its streamlined metallic color gives it a minimalist, technological aesthetic.

Of course, the group of savages didn't understand any of this; all they knew was that the metal man had easily defeated the god.

Then, it flew to their side, its towering figure silently looking down at them.

Led by the chief priest, the nearly one hundred people knelt down before Chen Jie.

"Gibberish, woof woof!"

"I understand, we don't speak the same language."

We want to collect blood samples from these demi-humans, observe their living habits, and provide them with some compensation and assistance.

There is a way to do all three things at the same time.

Chen Jie had an interesting idea in mind: to play their god!

With the advanced technology he possessed, he could easily do this in front of a group of primitive people.

The Soul Steel from dozens of kilometers underground began to converge here.

A rumbling sound came from underground, as if an earth dragon were turning over, accompanied by strong tremors.

Some of the demi-humans wanted to run away, but when they thought of the terrifying metal man still standing there, they dared not make any move and could only secretly observe him out of the corner of their eyes.

Amidst the flames, the metal giant slowly ascended.

A feeling of extreme gravity descended upon their bodies, the surrounding scenery shrank, and their position rose sharply!

miracle!

A giant pyramid, over a hundred meters high, rose from the ground.

The group was standing at the very top of the tower.

The rest was easy. Chen Jie discovered that although they couldn't communicate in the same language, they could use projected images to communicate with these primitive people.

Guided by Chen Jie, they settled at the base of this massive Soul Steel Pyramid.

A huge conduit extends into the ground, generating electricity through deep geothermal energy. This allows the surface Soul Steel Pyramid to self-repair even without Honkai energy.

As for why we didn't choose the more efficient controlled nuclear fusion... we couldn't build it. Although we had the blueprints, that thing required a lot of other materials besides Soul Steel. Geothermal power generation is much more robust and durable. We just need to find a lava pipe and insert it into the ground.

There are many living facilities inside the pyramids; let them explore their uses on their own.

Chen Jie found that these demi-humans were under a lot of pressure when he was around; they knelt, trembled, and dared not move. So after creating the settlement, he hid and observed them through surveillance.

They began to communicate in hushed tones, which suggests they were using some kind of language, or at least a rudimentary form of language.

They brought their belongings from outside, which Chen Jie considered to be dilapidated. Instead of staying in designated rooms, they set up tents in the large square at the entrance...

It turns out that before meeting Chen Jie, these subhumans lived a nomadic life, wandering around to avoid natural disasters.

So, a new question arises: what do they eat?