CHAPTER 730: CHAPTER 596: THE SECRET OF THE BOUNCY!

"Do you accept this commission?"

"Accept!"

Wu Xiaode said without hesitation.

The next instant.

The ice crystal in his hand flew out and landed on the Wish Wall, paused for a moment, then disappeared without a trace.

Several lines of small ice crystal characters emerged:

"Congratulations!"

"You have completed this commission!"

"The client will come in person to grant you the reward!"

On the Wish Wall, a huge, fierce outline gradually appeared.

The outline quickly shrank and transformed into a human form.

——Human Emperor.

"Master."

Wu Xiaode smiled.

The Human Emperor’s appearance became clear, and he sighed while looking at Wu Xiaode:

"When I ascended the Heavenly Ladder, I originally wasn’t going to make it to the last level, but thanks to that move of yours, I withstood the attacks of mysterious life-forms and returned to the Holy Realm."

"There’s no need for formality, Master, but I’m in trouble now. Can I call out to you in the future, and you’ll come down in your true form to kill off all those mysterious monsters?" Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but ask.

"You think this is a gang fight." The Human Emperor glared at him.

"They dared to attack you—don’t you want revenge?" Wu Xiaode scratched his head.

The Human Emperor spoke with deep meaning:

"Do you think there are many Holy-Level beings on the side of human civilization? If that were so, why is human civilization merely the prelude to the arrival of mysterious life-forms?"

"But I reversed the ceremony." Wu Xiaode said.

"Exactly because of that, all beings and mysteries have entered an unpredictable fate, and I could only try to use the Wish Wall to give you a little help." said the Human Emperor.

He produced a Holy Fragment Crystal in his hand.

"Is this thing useful to you?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"I’ve just returned to my true form and am very weak, which also affects my true body, so something born from the Chaos Initial Tribulation era like this is still somewhat useful." said the Human Emperor.

He crushed the Holy Fragment Crystal.

Wisps of chill air dissipated from the crystal stone and entered his body.

"It’s useful for you, Master? That’s good."

Wu Xiaode said gladly.

The Human Emperor smiled and spoke, "I can’t stay much longer, so I’ll give you the reward now."

He reached out and pointed to the top of Wu Xiaode’s head.

Wu Xiaode immediately felt as if something on his head had become heavier.

At the top of his head—

It was the health bar.

It was a very mysterious feeling, so much so that Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but look up.

The health bar seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

This change was indescribable, even others scrutinizing closely wouldn’t notice anything wrong.

Even Wu Xiaode himself just faintly felt something was different.

"Little Wu."

After granting the reward, the Human Emperor said earnestly, "Have you ever thought that the mysterious life-forms are also dealing with the awakening of ’Pangu’ and that you forced them to face the Primordial Tribulation, which, to them, is also an extremely terrifying matter?"

"So what?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"They will stop at nothing to deal with you. As long as you die, your skill ’Love, Dreams, World Peace’ will also disappear, and they’ll be able to freely wipe out all beings," said the Human Emperor.

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

That’s right.

This meant he was in great danger!

No wonder the Master came down through the Wish Wall to warn him!

"I will definitely be careful, but what was the reward you gave me, Master?" Wu Xiaode saluted with his fists.

"That thing, you can call it ’Q-tan’ (second tone of ’tan’)." said the Human Emperor.

"Q... tan?" Wu Xiaode was dumbfounded, "Are you running a milk tea shop in the Holy Realm, Master, or selling jelly?"

The Human Emperor made a mysterious shushing gesture and whispered:

"Disciple, this matter is against fairness, can’t say."

Wu Xiaode felt itchy with curiosity and wanted to keep asking, but the Human Emperor had already changed the subject:

"The means of the mysterious life-forms are extraordinary, beyond the comprehension of beings. Little Wu, you must be extremely cautious."

"Can’t I have the ’Graveyard Deck of Laws’ again?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"They are the power of the Laws and have completely returned to the Laws themselves, let go of your wild hopes." said the Human Emperor.

"With endless mysterious life-forms and means beyond comprehension, you won’t tell me anything, won’t I just be waiting to die?" Wu Xiaode had a defeated look.

The Human Emperor’s brows twitched, and his tone softened, "You must avoid arrogance and rashness, make good use of your two ’Holy’ abilities, along with the Spirit Skill ’Element Detection’ from ’Babylon’—"

"The mysterious life-forms have no way to counter these three skills."

"Remember, remember!"

After speaking, the Human Emperor’s figure gradually faded and disappeared from Wu Xiaode’s view.

Only Wu Xiaode was left standing at the bar entrance.

He stared at the torrential rain outside, lost in thought for a while, then walked back in.

"Are you okay, Little Wu?"

Jiang Shanglan asked worriedly.

"I’m fine, slap me." Wu Xiaode said.

"Huh? Why?" Jiang Shanglan asked.

Without further words, Wu Xiaode suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped his own face.

Pia!

The Void trembled.

That slap actually produced a wave of sound!

Both women were moved.

——Has this kid gone mad?

After slapping himself, Wu Xiaode immediately looked up to see.

He saw his health bar, like the jelly of Q-tan, trembled violently for a few moments, and then shrank back by one notch.

He lost a notch of health!

But the next instant—

——the health bar sprang back!

It was restored to full health!

Wu Xiaode was astonished.

Is this how it works?

Rows of small ice crystal characters rapidly appeared:

"You have received a secret Holy Realm Attribute blessing:"

"The Revolving Cycle of Life and Death."

"Basic."

"This attribute is attached to your health bar, giving the health bar a ’recursion’ property, which only loses health blocks when subjected to a string of brutal attacks."

"——This attribute stems from the title of the Holy Realm Eternal Demon: ’Lord of Consumption of Life and Death’."

Wu Xiaode held his forehead.

Master...

Such a flashy ability, I could totally act as a tank, yet you call it ’squishy’?

Though, it is quite illustrative.

...

Ten minutes later.

The rain outside was getting heavier.

But for the time being, there were no floods.

Wu Xiaode, Jiang Shanglan, and Shen Feixue sat at the bar, quietly discussing their next course of action.

"The foundation needs to be more solid, leave that to me."

Jiang Shanglan placed her hand on the bar’s tabletop, her eyes suddenly flashing a faint Golden Light.

The bar began to tremble slightly.

"Don’t worry, I’m controlling the strength."

Jiang Shanglan assured, seeing the worried look of the other two.

A moment later.

The trembling of the ground stopped.

"The land and the bar have become one, unbreakable," Jiang Shanglan stated.

"It seems that cataclysmic destruction is not permitted, but construction and reinforcement are not restricted by the world’s rules," Wu Xiaode mused.

"Exactly," Jiang Shanglan nodded slightly.

"Feixue, do we have enough food in storage?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Plenty, Xiao Baihong took Zhao Junyu with her, they used a truck for a big grocery run, everything’s in the warehouse," Shen Feixue replied.

She seemed hesitant to speak further.

"Go on, what is it?" Wu Xiaode inquired.

"Where’s Xiujun? She shouldn’t be in any danger," Shen Feixue spoke softly.

Wu Xiaode sighed.

"Where to begin... Alright, let me start with a Destiny Skill called ’Existence.’"

He recounted everything about Shen Xiujun.

Shen Feixue listened with disbelief, though given the current state of the world, nothing seemed impossible anymore.

Jiang Shanglan appeared intrigued, "Is that so, a life born from the Causality Law, sharing a body with an Eternal Demon?"

"Do you know where she might be?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"I don’t know, but I suspect this Primordial Tribulation is some sort of life selection mechanism. When it’s time for her to appear, she will naturally do so," Jiang Shanglan conjectured.

Wu Xiaode nodded.

Passing through the Primordial Tribulation of Wind, Fire, Earth, Water would allow one to ascend a life level.

As long as one survived, perhaps Shen Xiujun’s whereabouts would be revealed sooner or later.

"I’ll go make dinner."

Shen Feixue let out a sigh and stood up to say.

"No, you’re pregnant, let me do it," Wu Xiaode immediately stood up.

Suddenly, a commotion arose on the street outside.

All three turned to look.

The hotel opposite, which had been destroyed by the floods, came apart into bricks and stones that rapidly assembled together, forming a bar.

A bar?

"Little Wu!" Shen Feixue exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah," Wu Xiaode nodded solemnly.

That’s right, the bar opposite was an exact replica of Wu Xiaode’s "S-Class Club"!

"Attention, someone is coming,"

Jiang Shanglan whispered.

At the end of the street,

three figures emerged.

One man.

Two women.

Each of them holding a wall to shield themselves from the wind and rain, they slowly approached the bar opposite.

——It looked like their walls were their "mobile shelters."

The man waved at Wu Xiaode’s side and said with a smile,

"Hello there, we’re refugees who’ve come to seek shelter. From now on, we’ll be neighbors, hope we can get along well."

While speaking, he transformed into Wu Xiaode’s likeness.

"Do you also have a pregnant woman? When is her due date?" one of the women asked cheerfully, greeting Shen Feixue.

Her belly gradually grew, and in an instant, she took on Shen Feixue’s appearance.

The other woman glanced at Jiang Shanglan and nodded respectfully,

"Ah, a wounded Master of the Stars, just like myself. Perhaps we can share some insights on healing methods?"

Before Jiang Shanglan could react, she too turned into Jiang Shanglan’s duplicate.

Three people.

Along with their shelter.

Exact duplicates of Wu Xiaode’s side!

Wu Xiaode pushed open the door, gazing at the trio firmly, and shouted, "Who exactly are you?"

The Wu Xiaode across the way also made a door-pushing gesture, mimicking his tone,

"Who exactly are you?"

Jiang Shanglan pulled at Wu Xiaode and whispered, "There’s something off about them, they might be Mysterious life forms."

The "Jiang Shanglan" across pulled at "Wu Xiaode" and said,

"There’s something off about them, they might be Mysterious life forms."

This scene was too eerie!

Wu Xiaode and his companions were rendered speechless.

The trio across also stood at the bar’s entrance, staring intently at them, seemingly ready to mimic their every move.

Having never encountered such a situation, Wu Xiaode’s mind raced with thoughts, and suddenly he remembered the Human Emperor’s admonition.

"Do beware, the methods of Mysterious life are no ordinary affair, beyond the understanding of living beings, Little Wu, you must be extremely cautious."

Damn!

That’s right, this had to be the doing of Mysterious life forms!

But what was the point of them doing this?

A wave of confusion swept over Wu Xiaode.

Yet quickly, lines of ice crystal text appeared before his eyes:

"Warning!"

"???? is attempting to replace you, it seeks to become the real you."

"????’s attempt has failed."

"Next, it will further mimic you until it completely replaces you and acquires everything you own."