My dao is the dao of code.
My code is invincible.

A moth sees a firefly for the first time. He new he had feelings for him the second he saw him. 

The firefly know the moth and always had a thing for him. 

But when they met they learned unexpected things about each other. They live there daily lives but going on adventures with each other. 

But what happens when their problems come into play and rumors fly in the air? 

What will happen to their romantic connections and daily adventures?

Shit happens.

-Somewhere in Siberia-

Two hunters were walking through the woods of the frozen Siberian forest near the Russian city of Ulan-Ude. Both where armed with old Mosin–Nagant rifles. 

"So Artyom, how are things with your sister?" Asked a hunter covered in snow camo said to his friend. His friend is a off duty soldier from the military, named Artyom.

"Come on Dmitri, you know that I don't like talking about that…"

"Hugh…"

The two continued walking through the woods looking for a kill, until a bright flash in the distance catches Dmitri eyes.

"Hey, what's that?" Dmitri asked pointing to a stone like structure frozen in ice.

"I don't know, let's go check it out."

As the two cautiously approached the light to find themselves to a gigantic crater and in the centre of the crater was a blue light. The closer they got to the light the brighter it gets. But by chance the light dimes down, the two hunters now could get a good view of what the source of the light is. It's looks to be a broken high-tech crate with a strange object in it. The object was a purple cube with a black mist trapped inside it.

"Holy shit, this could be a huge discovery, come on we have to hurry back to the city and tell someone important, maybe we'll be compensated." Dmitri Cried in excitement, "

"No" the sound of a cocked rifled was heard. "You're telling no one"

"Wha..!"

*BANG*

Artyom then took out his phone and put in a special number, "This is Head Shark. He then took a look at the object before continuing, "We got a code 9, I repeat we have a code 9."

"Roger Head Shark, Ground forces have been send to your location now." Said voice on the phone.

"Good. And bring a body bag i've got an... Unexpected casualty." Artyom closed his phone as his caller ended the phone call, he then looked at his friend dead body before walking off.

"Things are about to get interesting my friend." he muttered.

{Britain-Classified Location}

"SIR"

"What is it? You see I have a lot of paper to fill." He said grumpily. 

"Sir, it from the prime minister." The Young Officer gave the commander the paper files that had a giant red font that says Classified. The commander widen his eyes and carfully opens the paper. 

"I see." The commander chuckled "But why in the hell would the Russians what our help?" 

"Sir. I think you want to see the last page." 

"Alright." He flipped to the last page and to his surprise, he saw a photo of a purple cube with many red lines that had been labelled and most importantly it Classified as a code 9 threat. "Well... We really have a problem." 

"What kind of problem sir?" The Officer ask curiosity.

"The world-ending kind" he replies, "If the Russians is asking for help then it a hell of a problem."

"I see." he whispers, "so who are you sending sir?"

The commander slammed a file on the table that label 'Firefly' on it. "Someone how has experience with something like this. We need the best we have."

In the 1960’s, a mysterious Artefact was found in the treacherous mountainside of the  Himalayas and was transported to a museum in london, one day the artefact turned into a Rift. Scientists later discover that there is life on the other side of the Rift and Immediately the government of Britain established a team of highly trained Royal marines to venture out to this new world and gather as much information as they can.

But disaster would struck when the marine entered the Rift as now the Rift has closed on them. Now the marine have to adapt and survive this new world...as well as find a way home.

Li Yao coughed and pretended that he did not hear what Ba Xiaoyu said. Explaining the whole event from beginning to end quickly, he finally concluded, "Our purpose is to get an appropriate identity. Then, it is obviously better to cooperate with Speaker Cui than with Captain Tang.
"First of all, he is the legitimate Speaker of the Star Ocean Republic and the well-deserved No. 1 person on board. Theoretically speaking, even Captain Tang has to obey his commands. It is impossible for us to completely bypass him if he hamstrings us, but if he claims that such a secret 'Team Red Lotus' exists, Captain Tang can barely prove that it is false.
"Secondly, Speaker Cui does not have any trusted subordinate right now, but Captain Tang has at least absolutely reliable subordinates who are still in prison. Therefore, even if Speaker Cui is somewhat suspicious about our identity, he will have to cooperate with us sincerely under such a situation until he establishes a new group of subordinates that are in balance with Captain Tang again. But it won't be easy!
"We mean no harm for him or Firefly; we only want to enter the Star Glory Federation with them as an intermediary. There is no fundamental conflict of interest. I believe that our cooperation will be pleasant.
"Thirdly, unlike Captain Tang, Speaker Cui is not entirely in favor of the Star Glory Federation. Even if he is truly willing to let go of his insistence on the Star Ocean Republic, he will still need to run a deep, sweeping investigation on the Star Glory Federation. As long as he is willing to concede in that regard, with the many precious techniques and facilities on Firefly as the leverage, I believe that the Star Glory Federation will certainly open the door and allow his 'special representatives', namely us, to enter the core departments of the federation for observation, which is the whole purpose of our trip!
"Last but not least, I am truly not a snobbish man who likes showing off, but I was already forced to blow out the strength of at least the middle level of the Nascent Soul Stage in front of Speaker Cui in the perilous moment just now. What else can we do if we don't cooperate with him? It's not like we can simply kill him and keep his mouth shut, right?
"Fellow Cultivators, just think about it carefully. Does it make sense?"
There was a brief silence in the communication channel. Then, Meng Chixin's low voice came over. "Although we made the step by accident, based on Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture's analysis just now, it is indeed more beneficial to work for the Speaker than to work for the captain. Fine. Team Red Lotus sounds good enough. It will do as long as we can enter the federation openly with a special identity!"
Li Yao had only just taken a breath in relief, when Ba Xiaoyu's voice came over again. "Wait. I have a question. Why are you the captain of Team Red Lotus, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture?"
Blinking quickly, Li Yao said, "Because I showed the Cultivation of the middle level of the Nascent Soul Stage in front of Speaker Cui and told him that you were between the Core Formation Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage and at the peak of the Core Formation Stage on average! Is a Core Formation Stage Cultivator more qualified to be the captain than a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator is? The twelve Cultivators at the peak of the Core Formation Stage were already a huge shock for him. It's not like I could tell him that you are all at the high level and peak of the Nascent Soul Stage, some even in the Divinity Transformation Stage, right? He definitely would have passed out! How can the Red Lotus Sector breed so many Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators with the harsh environment and the disordered spiritual energy?"
Wu Suiyun, the other Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, casually said, "Now that we have come to the unfamiliar world of modern Cultivators, the twelve Cultivators of the Ancient Sages Sector should be united. We are all here for the survival and future of the Ancient Sages Sector. Does vanity really matter? Since Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture rescued Speaker Cui by chance, he is certainly the best candidate for the captain of Team Red Lotus. Not just that, I also propose that Fellow Cultivator Wang Xi acts as the vice-captain, because 'Team Red Lotus' is founded for the same purpose as Fellow Cultivator Wang Xi's Ghost Character was. It is more appropriate for him to be in charge of the actual command than for me, Fellow Cultivator Meng, or any other people here who are more used to commanding a huge army.
Long Yangjun's 'previous life' was probably a captain of the assault team or the special forces on the Nuwa warship, which was why she had founded the organization Ghost Character in the Great Qian Dynasty. It was indeed an easy and familiar job for her to work as the vice-captain of Team Red Lotus and take charge of the operation to attack the Black Stone Jail.
The experts of the Ancient Sages Sector had no objection. Long Yangjun did not hesitate, either. They quickly discussed the plan. Li Yao took the opportunity to send the detailed map of Firefly, the new friend-or-foe identification code, and the special permissions to them via Speaker Cui's portable crystal processor.
"Next, I'll send a series of tokens to you." Li Yao operated quickly and said, "Through the tokens, you will be able to jump to a secret node on the Spiritual Nexus that solely belongs to the Speaker. Then, log in with the twelve passwords that I'm about to send to you. After that, you will be able to download twelve certificates with the highest permissions. Input the certificates into your tactical crystal processors and your crystal suits; you will be identified as 'allies' and 'superiors' by the defense system, cabin doors, magical equipment, police officers, soldiers, and all the other armed forces! Whoever doesn't acknowledge your identity and disobeys your command, just show them the toughness of Team Red Lotus that has slept for two hundred years!"
"Haha. Hahahaha!" 'Heaven Battering King' Qi Changsheng laughed in a weird tone. "Such a prerogative will definitely make a lot of people jealous!"
"Right." Li Yao suddenly thought of something else. "How do you plan to explain it to Heiye Lan? It does not seem very suitable to simply tell her we are going to fight the Immortal Cultivators, right?"
"Nothing is not suitable," Meng Chixin said unhurriedly. "Just tell her the truth. There's no need to lie to her. This is a rebellion that was never going to succeed. Even if we hadn't interfered, the scheme of the Immortal Cultivators wouldn't have worked out, either."
"Huh?" Li Yao was confused.
"You can't see it clearly because you are in the game. After hearing your explanation just now, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, the truth is very obvious now," Meng Chixin said casually. "Do you not feel that the Immortal Cultivators' riot this time is so hasty that everything is basically an unorganized mess? Neither Ding Zhengyang nor Cheng Xuansu are prepared to take over the whole of Firefly. Now that they have buckled up to activate their plan, even if it works out briefly, they will be faced with the tremendous pressure of the Star Glory Federation soon!"
Li Yao squinted. "What do you mean, Senior Meng?"
"It's very simple. Somebody secretly urged Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu, and the other Immortal Cultivators hiding in darkness to jump out. However, it is not necessarily 'Master Lu' of the CIFA who did that; it was most likely Jin Xinyue. Or maybe, 'Lu Qingchen' and 'Jin Xinyue' are the same gang, and this is just a trick to lure the enemy out."
After saying that, Meng Chixin turned around and said, "Fellow Cultivator Wang Xi, you are much more familiar with ploys and schemes than I am. Why don't you explain it to us?"
"No problem." Long Yangjun chuckled. "The Star Glory Federation and Firefly are both faced with tremendous military pressure from the expedition army of the Imperium. A war is about to break out, but the Black Wind Fleet is just an external threat. Faced with the seemingly invincible Imperium of True Human Beings and the tempting true path of immortality, a lot of Immortal Cultivators in the darkness are bound to have emerged in the Star Glory Federation in the past hundred years and on Firefly in the past thousand years.
"Neither the Star Glory Federation nor Firefly can completely destroy the ideas of the Immortal Cultivators, because ideas cannot be killed, annihilated, or sealed. The more you block and discourage the ideas, the more alluring, valid, and strong they will be!
"In times of danger when the enemy is far stronger, it is an inevitability for Immortal Cultivators to be born. So, they are a very serious internal threat that can possibly become a fatal, venomous sting in the war!
"Therefore, before the great war begins, all the Immortal Cultivators lurking in the federation and on Firefly must be dug out and eradicated. It is very important!
"Instead of going through the trouble of searching for the Immortal Cultivators, it is a better idea to prompt them to jump out on their own. See. Under the motivation of 'Master Lu' of the CIFA, haven't all the Immortal Cultivators on Firefly jumped out actively?
"If my guess is correct, in a couple of days, a federal fleet will 'happen to' arrive near Firefly, and the Dim Moon Fund or the Secret Sword Bureau will release a batch of critical evidence that proves that Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu, and the rest of them are the Immortal Cultivators, which will mark the complete collapse of their scheme!
"As a result, not only will all the Immortal Cultivators on Firefly be fished up, the government-in-exile will also lose their leverage in the negotiations with the federal government. The 'participation' of Firefly and the combination of resources later will be smoother. This is definitely a stone that kills two birds!
"If Lu Qingchen is not Jin Xinyue's subordinate, it will be hard to explain why they launched such a hasty rebellion at such an idiotic moment!
"Right. There's also Tang Xiaoxing. Why did the Dim Moon Squad take Tang Xiaoxing? The reason is simple. That's because she has part of the 'jump token' that is critical. Without her, even if Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu, and the other Immortal Cultivators want to run away with Firefly in their desperation, they will only be able to cruise with the regular engines. But Firefly hasn't finished its maintenance yet. How fast can the regular engines be? It will only be a matter of time for the fleets of the federation to catch up!
"This should be the Dim Moon Fund's plan. If it works out, it will be a great victory for Jin Xinyue's campaign.
"Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture, do you see it now? The Immortal Cultivators on Firefly are dead for sure anyway. Heiye Lan is a smart person, not an emotional one. She naturally knows what to do now!"
After a long silence, Li Yao said, "I didn't know that Jin Xinyue was so sordid. It seems that joining the Star Glory Federation is a rather dangerous option. One moment of carelessness, and she will swallow us from the skin to the bones without leaving any remains behind!"
"Sordid?" Long Yangjun laughed in amusement. "Why did you say that, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture? How can you expect to compete with the Imperium of True Human Beings without sordidness? If the leadership of the Star Glory Federation was a bunch of naïve and innocent sages, we would never entrust the future of the Ancient Sages Sector to them. Don't you agree, fellow Cultivators?"
Low laughter echoed in the communication channel.
"Alright. Let's hurry up." Long Yangjun turned solemn. "Team Red Lotus, let's take action. This time, the higher profile, the better!"


“Even if this universe is truly nothing more than a brutal, bloody, shadowy forest, we Cultivators will burn all that we have just to give off a single weak flickering spark in the darkness! 
“No matter how weak each spark is, how short-lived, how small… As long as the sparks flow unabated, then one day one of those sparks will light some tinder, and that tinder shall light some fallen branches, and those branches shall set ablaze each and every last tree of the forest! 
“In the end, even the smallest sparks will eventually set the shadowy forest ablaze and illuminate the whole world!”
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** Qidian International and the former translator, Mr. Strivon, have reached an agreement to buy out the chapters and host them on our site. We will be continuing the translation from the last chapter translated by Mr. Strivon **

With the boss dealt with, Jiang Fei quickly made his way out of the swamp with the little girl in his arms. As he trekked pass the thick swamp waters, Jiang Fei concocted his next waypoint. 
Jiang Fei was following 0541's advice; to slay Celestial tier NPCs, but he was unable to bring himself to kill allies. Primordial Celestials were easy to deal with since all of them were considered as enemies. About allies though, Jiang Fei had a loose grasp of the possible situation. 
0541's message was clear—to kill all NPCs of Celestial tier and higher. Back when the Dragon God and the Divine Light God went missing in the game, Jiang Fei had guessed that it was the military's doing. These two NPCs' programming were extracted out of the game to be used as artificial souls for their Androids. There was no way he could prove it, hence it was just a hypothesis. He had literally zero clue on how the military coded the artificial intelligence, however, from what he knew about the breakthrough in computer science and machine learning tech, there could not be any other faster method to make a "perfect" artificial soul. 
That thought led to another. The military had shown their hostility toward their own citizens, even if it were only the martial artists. Who's to say that the military wouldn't deploy their Supreme Android Project to go against him? 0541 had went ahead, without Jiang Fei's knowledge, to inform him about the possible coming conflict and tried to take it into its own hands to stop it. As a result, 0541 was sealed away. However, the result was still pending. It did what it could; to inform Jiang Fei to kill all high intelligence NPCs. That way, the number of possible A.I. that could be extracted was reduced, decreasing the number of soldiers that the military could actually produce. 
There was one thing that Jiang Fei could not fully comprehend. It was about Akatziris. Her entire existence was treated like a silent companion or even a servant. Besides engaging in fights, there was literally nothing special about her. Jiang Fei had little to no emotional attachment to her. In the simplest manner of explanation, she was nothing but a true in-game pet. 
However, 0541's advice caught Jiang Fei's attention, and that granted her a spot in the limelight. 
On the one hand, she was only an intermediate Overlord tier NPC. Her strength was not to be feared as she was not really a damage dealer but more of a disabler. Her A.I. programming was no way close to Hua Mulan or the other girls that Jiang Fei had managed to court. Hence, why would an NPC that possessed mediocre strength and intelligence be paid attention to? 
"Why did you do, Akatziris? Why did 0541 call out your name?" said Jiang Fei to himself. 
Befuddled, Jiang Fei opened his character window. Her pet slot was still displaying an error code and she herself was missing. 0542 was probably too slow in relaying 0541's message. If Jiang Fei was supposed to do something, it was probably too late. 
"Big Brother! Look!" cried Miluya while Jiang Fei was busy with his thoughts. 
"Huh?" 
Jiang Fei traced the little girl's finger and saw a glimpse of bright light at the end of the swamp. Unknowingly, Jiang Fei had almost made it out of the smelly dump. It was not far from where they were, but Jiang Fei noticed a huge mountain with a peak that he could not even see. At the bottom of the steep cliff was a cave. That was the source of the light which Jiang Fei had mistakenly thought was the end of the swamp. 
"Let's go in," Jiang Fei said. Besides the cave, he could not see anywhere else that could serve as the exit of the swamp. As soon the two entered the cave, everything went dark. Light was already scarce in the swamp and it got worse upon entry. 
"Be careful." 
It was too dark. Although he was giving Miluya a heads up, he was actually just trying to boost his own courage. Right then, the Rebirth after Death effect of the ring was ready. Even so, Jiang Fei was still incredibly nervous as he might encounter other Primordials. 
The deeper they went, the darker it got. The light that was barely coming in from behind them vanished from their vision. At that point, Jiang Fei could only move forward, one step at a time as he kept one hand on the side of the cave wall, tracing them as he moved. 
"Big brother! It's all black!" Miluya grunted. 
"I know… I do wish we have a torch or something…" said Jiang Fei with a heavy sigh. Tracing the wall while walking forward was too slow. Even so, he dared not move too quickly as walking with his eyes closed was no different to when they were opened. 
"Leave this to me!" cried Miluya as she let his hand go. Quietly, she whispered something, like a chant. 
"Miluya~ Luya~ Luya~!"
As soon as she was done, a small orb of yellowish light floated up from her tiny palms. It was small, about the size of a baseball. The light it emitted was weak yet it was sufficient enough to illuminate at least a meter away, allowing Jiang Fei to see where he was going. The light floated around Jiang Fei before it remained within an arm's reach. It was then that Jiang Fei realized the light was being emitted by a rather large firefly! 
"Lead the way, little firefly!" 
"Wow, I didn't know you had that kind of magic!" said Jiang Fei, happy. 
"Heh! You can praise me more often you know?" said the little girl with her chest puffed out proud. The little girl did not have any attack power but she did know some odd forms of magic. 
With the firefly leading the way, Jiang Fei was able to move forward at a slightly faster pace. It had gotten easier since he no longer needed to watch his steps. 
"Big brother? When are we going out? I'm bored…" Miluya complained. 
"Soon." 
"Okay then!" She smiled, trusting Jiang Fei. 
Chi! 
It happened in a fraction of a second. An arrow came out of nowhere and killed the poor firefly. Without light, the entire cave turned pitch black. 
"Hyah!"
The sudden attack made the little girl scared. 
The loud piercing cry distracted the would-be assassin toward the girl instead of Jiang Fei. With nothing but Miluya's cries to go on, Jiang Fei only knew that they were under attack. Who was attacking and what their numbers were unknown. In that darkness, Jiang Fei had failed to notice that a pair of daggers had been thrust toward Miluya!
When the attack almost reached Miluya, something far darker than the darkness itself came hurling from behind. The shadow engulfed the attacker like a blob of glue, slowing down the attacker. 
What came next was the sound of punches and beatings. From what Jiang Fei could hear, it was someone beating up someone else. But after the first beating ended, he heard the same sound of beatings coming from further ahead. There was more than one attacker!
"Miluya! Miluya? Where are you? Are you alright?" cried Jiang Fei. He was frantically waving his hands around, trying to make sense of where the girl was. 
"I'm fine. Someone was picking on me and Brother Lucifer came to teach them a lesson!" said the little girl. Her voice was somewhat jubilant with a hint of smugness. The girl's strong supporter was there and there was nothing that she would be afraid of. 
"Heh…" Jiang Fei sighed a breath of relief. Even though he could not see his surroundings, there was nothing to be feared since her big brother Lucifer was there. As long as it was not a random Level 300 boss, nothing could stop the god-like Lucifer!


Average means nothing to our young protagonist! Why be normal when you have the chance to become a real life superman! Follow Jiang Fei as he discovers a mysterious ring that allowed him to play a Hyper Realistic Immersive MMORPG call Dawn Break! As the thin line between game and reality is gradually blurred, Jiang Fei finds himself having to deal with the troubles that follow him everywhere he goes. This is a story revolving around a real-life cheat code! From zero to hero, follow Jiang Fei as his fascinating adventures unfold!

Five slowly bent down and picked the item. It was a short black staff with a skull at one end. The staff was made of some sort of wood, it was carved to make it look like the body of a snake was wrapping around the entire staff; the head of the snake was entering the skull from under. In short, it looked like it belonged to one of those ancient shamans who made human sacrifices.

[Necromancer's Death Wand (Grade 2)]

Magic Damage + 5

Skills Cooldown - 10%

Skill: [Death's Feast]


[Death's Feast (Grade 1)]

Absorbs the Mana out of corpse: recovers 20% of remaining Mana of the body before death.

Cooldown: 1 hour

"A good item!" exclaimed Five. It was just a pity he was not a mage, but he could change that in an instant by purchasing skills in the dungeon shop.

His current DP amounted to 56149. Right after he ran away from Etora Town, he noticed that his DP suddenly skyrocketed which could only mean that the harpies encountered a strong opponent.

But before anything, Five checked if nothing was hidden under the dust and dirt of the chest. And effectively, his diligence was rewarded as he found a small ring completely covered by the dust.

[Rusty ring (Grade 1)]

Vitality +1

Note: This accessory has been eroded over time. After significant maintenance, it will regain its former appearance, grade, and stats.

"Mmm better than nothing! A ring like this would cost at least 2000 DP," said Five to himself as he equipped it.

Having obtained the treasures of this place, Five went back near his torch. "This looks like a good place for my dungeon. The environment is quite nice and well hidden. There is a village not too far away. I am guaranteed to get people to quickly come to the dungeon."

He especially liked the idea of having a waterfall nearby. With his dungeon core, he would be able to easily dig through the rocks and use the waterfall to his advantage. 

And so, Five took out his dungeon core.

The latter shone brightly in his hands; it was eager to build the dungeon.

[System prompt: You have activated the function of the Core of Madness. Do you want to proceed forward? Bear in mind that the process is irreversible!]

"Yes!" declared Five.

As the word came out of his mouth, the dungeon core suddenly started to shake violently! A bright light was emitted as Five felt an invisible wave coming out of the dungeon core. The wave went through his body and covered the entire room, but it did not stop there; it continued to diffuse into the ground.

It continued for a moment and suddenly stopped. Suddenly, Five felt a strong connection with the surroundings,

[System prompt: Congratulations player Five for founding your dungeon. You are the 1396th player to found a dungeon. Please name your dungeon.]

"A name?" thought Five as he heard the system prompt. He was still overwhelmed by the sudden change. He could feel the excitement of the core as it was releasing the wave and felt that this entire place now belonged to him. 

It previously felt like entering an ancient hidden place, but now, this place felt like home.

"I am bad at naming... What about the dungeon of Black Iron? The tribe of the barbarians is the Tribe of Black Iron. It is like calling Kroff's dungeon the Algate Dungeon because it was found next to Algate City."

In truth, Five did not really care about the name of the dungeon. And so, he hurriedly entered "Dungeon of Black Iron" but at that moment, the core shook as if expressing its disapproval.

"What? You have a better idea?" asked Five.

The dungeon core flashed for a moment like it was speaking in the morse code but Five had no idea what it was trying to convey. After a few seconds, the core finally stopped trying this method and suddenly, letters started to appear on his interface.

"Dungeon of Madness"

"Tsssk! You call it like that because it's your own name! But fine. I don't really mind." Five pressed the confirm button.

[System prompt: Congratulations Player Five for naming your dungeon. You are awarded a reward to help you get started. Reward: One Monster Lottery Ticket]

The dungeon core trembled before starting to float in the middle of the room. It stopped just on top of the table next to the skeleton and stayed there like it was its spot. The dungeon has now been founded; it could no longer leave the cave.

"Well. Since we started, let's set up the dungeon properly before those children arrive but first, let's use the Monster Lottery Ticket," said Five.

'This should be what Gaia talked about. After letting go of the harpies, it should be something good!'

The Monster Lottery Ticket was an item that cost about 100000 DP. It was used just like a lottery and always gave out a prize. As its name suggested, it would provide a monster and it would also allow the user to purchase that type of monster from now on.

To purchase monsters with the dungeon shop, one first needed to unlock the monster by paying a fee and then one would have to buy the monsters individually. Currently, Five could only buy harpies which had been automatically unlocked since Harriet was his monster. 

It was one of the perks obtained when unlocking a Boss Monster; it would also unlock the normal version of the monster. Harriet was a harpy queen and by having her, Five automatically unlocked the harpies. 

An important detail about the harpies that Five did not miss was that they all had black wings! And that was because Harriet came from the Black Wing Clan. If he wanted to purchase other types of harpies, he would still need to unlock them in the dungeon. 

Five took out the Monster Lottery Ticket and decided to use it. It was better to see what he could obtain now and possibly implement the monster to the dungeon. It would be a pity if he started building the dungeon and the monster obtained would turn out to be inappropriate for this environment.

The Monster Lottery Ticket was activated and in front of Five, the interface showing all the monster races he could purchase opened. A small yellow box appeared and framed the icon of the monster at the top left of the screen. That monster was naturally the weakest one: it was not even a monster but a beast; The Level 1 Rabbit.

The yellow box then blinked before quickly moving over all the other icons. The box moved extremely quickly but eventually, it started to slow down. It spent a brief amount of time where the powerful boss monsters' icons were but as it slowed down, it once again returned to the region of the beginner monsters.

The box moved from icon to icon, the further it went, the stronger the monster Five would obtain and eventually, the yellow box completely stopped moving.

[System prompt: Congratulations Player Five. You have unlocked the Boss Monster: Level 5 Firefly Queen, this monster can now be purchased at the dungeon shop. One Firefly Queen is ready for summoning]

[System prompt: Congratulations Player Five. Due to unlocking the Firefly Queen, you have unlocked the Monster: Level 1 Firefly, this monster can now be purchased at the dungeon shop]

"What? Wasn't I supposed to obtain a powerful monster that would replace Harriet and the other harpies? F*ck… At least it was a boss monster..." said Five to himself.

The Monster Lottery was naturally just like the lottery in real life. The probability of getting a powerful monster was quasi-null. The ticket would give out monsters below level 10 in 80% of the cases; it could already be considered lucky to obtain a boss monster since that would mean unlocking two monsters.

The worst part was that it was possible for the yellow box to land on a monster already unlocked; playing a lot would not increase the chance of unlocking a powerful monster. In that case, the player would simply be able to summon the monster immediately.

So why even purchase the item? Because just like the lottery in real life, there was a small probability of earning big. Unique monsters that could instantly kill someone like Harriet could be obtained if one was lucky enough.

Five quickly used the dungeon shop and summoned the Firefly Queen. Instantly, the room became brighter as the monster appeared in front of Five.

It looked no different from normal fireflies, except for its larger size and brighter light. It danced in front of Five for a moment before buzzing.

"Looks like you cannot speak. But that's fine! You are the first monster I summoned. I will give you a name. Since you emit a lot of light, I shall call you: Lumen!" declared Five.

...

Outside the cave, the beasts who were calmly drinking down the stream all raised their heads as Five founded the dungeon. They all felt a change in the environment and looked with greed at the waterfall.

They could feel that something that could help them was lying there. They needed to obtain it! But now was not the right time. Many beasts stared at each other with hostility before quickly returning into the depth of the forests.

After being betrayed, framed and kicked down to the ground, our protagonist was sentenced to life imprisonment. But a few days later, a global disaster occurred, people from all nations migrated to underground refuges.

As a prisoner, he thought his life was over, abandoned by everyone. However, he wakes up, greeted by Gaia, the person responsible for New Earth.

New Earth was a second chance for him, watch as he builds up his own dungeon and become known by all as the Emperor of Madness

Note that this is a slow novel and dungeon building only takes place after 40 chapters

[Note: I am also posting this novel on RoyalRoadLegends: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/18115/new-earth--the-dungeon-of-madness]

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Liu Zilang sedikit menggerakkan tubuhnya ke depan setelah kendaraan berhenti ketika mereka mencapai halte tujuan.
Dia berbalik untuk melihat Zhang Xiaotong. Kepala gadis itu miring dan bergerak ke arah jendela. Zhang Xiaotong hampir membentur kepalanya di jendela.
Liu Zilang segera mengulurkan tangannya dan memegang kepala Zhang Xiaotong.
Plak!
Karena tangan Liu Zilang terlalu cepat, tamparan itu sangat keras.
Para penumpang di dalam bus menengok penasaran ketika mendengar tamparan.
Zhang Xiaotong juga bangun karena tamparan!
Dia menatap Liu Zilang dengan tatapan setengah tertidur sebelum melihat tangan yang memegang kepalanya.
Wajahnya memerah dan dia langsung berpaling.
"Sama-sama." Liu Zilang tersenyum seperti pria terhormat. Dia telah melepaskan bakatnya yang tersembunyi.
Meskipun Zhang Xiaotong tertidur lelap sebelumnya, dia juga bisa mendengar tamparan keras itu!
Ketika tersadar dan ingat tangan Liu Zilang tadi ada di wajahnya, dia segera berbalik dan menatap Liu Zilang dengan marah. Dia bahkan juga telah memperlihatkan dua taring kecilnya.
...
Ketika mereka turun bus, Zhang Xiaotong dan Misaka Mikoto jadi bersemangat sambil bergumam di antara mereka sendiri dan berjalan di depan.
Sementara itu, Liu Zilang dan Wang Qianqian mengikuti mereka di belakang.
"Kamu tidak pernah bilang kalau kamu punya adik perempuan yang imut." Wang Qianqian menyilangkan lengan sambil berucap dengan santai.
Liu Zilang meliriknya. "Jangan pura-pura tidak tahu. Orang pintar sepertimu pasti sudah menebaknya."
Wang Qianqian terdiam.
'Apa orang ini tahu cara berbasa-basi dengan baik?'
Wang Qianqian melewatkan semua basa basinya dan langsung berdiskusi dengan bersemangat bersama Liu Zilang tentang rencananya untuk mengangkat Liu Zilang sebagai selebriti Douyu.
Sambil mengangguk setuju, Liu Zilang merasa sangat frustasi... 'Kenapa tidak adopsi hewan peliharaan virtual saja kalau kamu suka mengurusi banyak hal!'
Tujuan utama mereka adalah salah satu pusat konvensi Jianghai. Meskipun tempat itu terlihat sedikit lebih kecil dari Firefly ACG Festival, tempat itu masih ramai dikunjungi orang.
Zhang Xiaotong mengeluarkan ponselnya dan berbicara dengan seseorang di luar sebentar sebelum seorang wanita yang lebih tua darinya keluar. Dia menyapa Liu Zilang dan yang lainnya sebelum dengan semangat mengajak kedua gadis itu untuk make-up karena dia tampaknya telah menunggu mereka cukup lama.
Karena Liu Zilang tidak pernah melibatkan dirinya dengan anime, dia ingin tahu tentang cosplay dan ingin ikut.
Namun, dia segera menyadari bahwa semua orang di dalam adalah gadis-gadis dengan segala macam gaya dan model rambut yang aneh...
Sebagai seorang pria, dia malu untuk masuk bahkan walau sangat penasaran.
Ketika Wang Qianqian menyadari hal ini, dia tersenyum dan berjalan melewati Liu Zilang.
Liu Zilang mengedutkan bibirnya sambil memandangnya.
Namun, Wang Qianqian tertawa.
Wang Qianqian dihentikan oleh staf saat dia mencoba masuk. Staf mengatakan bahwa itu adalah ruang make-up dan untuk sementara waktu terlarang untuk umum.
Wang Qianqian tidak punya pilihan selain berjalan keluar dengan frustrasi...
Liu Zilang tertawa di pintu masuk sebelum tiba-tiba seseorang menepuk pundaknya dari belakang.
Dia berbalik dan menyadari bahwa itu adalah gadis berambut pendek yang sangat elegan. Dia adalah senior Qin Xuanxuan yang Liu Zilang temui di Firefly ACG Festival terakhir kali.
Liu Zilang kemudian secara tidak sadar mengingat Pikachu yang lembut...
'Komunitas yang sangat kecil!'
Liu Zilang kagum.
Apa yang dia kagumi adalah komunitas anime di Jianghai. Dia tidak mengira bertemu Qin Xuanxuan dua kali.
Qin Xuanxuan juga terkejut bertemu Liu Zilang di sini. Namun dia mengingat kejadian Liu Zilang di festival terakhir kali ketika dia melihat Liu Zilang tersenyum seperti orang idiot tepat di depan ruang ganti kosmetik...
Qin Xuanxuan mengangkat kepalanya dan menghakimi Liu Zilang. Qin Xuanxuan menggelengkan kepalanya tidak setuju dan merasa perlu melakukan tugasnya sebagai senior dan sebagai warga negara yang bertanggung jawab.
Qin Xuanxuan tidak bisa lagi membiarkan Liu Zilang jatuh lebih jauh!
Oleh karena itu, Qin Xuanxuan meraih Liu Zilang, berbalik, dan pergi.
Wang Qianqian di belakang masih berusaha bersembunyi dari tawa Liu Zilang tetapi dia terkejut ketika melihat apa yang terjadi di pintu masuk.
'Apa-apaan itu?'
'Apa mungkin untuk menculik anak dewasa di festival?'
'Pasti ada yang tidak beres... Ini lebih seperti seorang istri yang menangkap suaminya selingkuh!'
Keinginan Wang Qianqian untuk bergosip pun tersulut sambil membuntuti mereka dengan tenang dari belakang.
Liu Zilang bingung saat dia ditarik ke ruang kegiatan di pameran cosplay oleh Qin Xuanxuan. Tampaknya itu adalah ruang komunitas anime Universitas Jianghai berdasarkan tanda yang tergantung di pintu.
Para pria dan gadis menatapnya penasaran ketika dia memasuki ruangan. Mereka ingin tahu kenapa presiden mereka kembali membawa pria tampan.
Namun beberapa dari mereka merasa telah mengenal Liu Zilang, seolah-olah mereka pernah melihatnya di suatu tempat sebelumnya.
Dua gadis lalu berjalan ke arah keduanya dengan penuh semangat; mata mereka dipenuhi dengan emosi ketika melihat Liu Zilang. "Wow... Presiden, di mana kamu menemukan pria tampan ini. Apa dia juga berpartisipasi dalam cosplay kita?"
"Aku..." Tepat ketika Liu Zilang hendak membuka mulutnya, Qin Xuanxuan berbalik, menatapnya dan berkata dengan gembira, "Tentu saja! Biarkan aku memperkenalkannya kepada kalian semua. Ini mahasiswa baru universitas kita."
"Oh! Aku ingat sekarang! Dia Raja Chicken Dinner Vic!" Seseorang berteriak di ruangan.
Liu Zilang sangat kesal setelah mendengar ucapan itu.
'Julukan macam apa itu!'
Gadis lain sedang mengelus dagunya sambil menganalisis Liu Zilang dan berkata, "Vic muda ini cukup tampan ya. Aku rasa kamu bisa cosplay beberapa karakter yang sangat tampan."
Para wanita di sekitarnya menjadi tertarik dan mereka mulai berdiskusi di antara mereka sendiri.
"Bagaimana dengan Gintoki Sakata1?"
"Aku pikir Kenshin Himura1 cocok untuknya."
"Bagaimana dengan Lelouch1?"
...
Gadis-gadis di sekelilingnya terus menyarankan karakter yang belum pernah didengar Liu Zilang dan dia diliputi sambutan hangat.
Ketika nama Kenshin Himura disarankan, Liu Zilang melihat seorang pria, dengan garis silang sebagai bekas luka di wajahnya, terkejut tidak jauh darinya. Dia kemudian dengan marah melepas wig merah dan berjalan keluar dari daerah itu.
Dia bahkan menatap Liu Zilang dengan marah sebelum pergi.
Sebagai seorang pria, Liu Zilang tahu betul bahwa itu adalah tatapan yang mengatakan, 'Memang kenapa kalau kamu tampan!'
'Tunggu sebentar... Aku membuatmu marah karena aku tampan!'
'Hei, sebaiknya kamu jelaskan ini sebelum pergi!'
Sementara Liu Zilang frustrasi atas hal ini, Qin Xuanxuan yang menyilangkan lengan di depan dada menyeringai. "Tidak perlu dibahas lebih lanjut, Vic sudah punya karakter."
Para gadis yang berisik berdiskusi menjadi diam ketika mereka menatap Liu Zilang dengan rasa ingin tahu.
Liu Zilang juga terpana... 'Aku jadi siapa?'
Qin Xuanxuan kemudian menatap Liu Zilang dengan senyum yang sulit dipahami. "Apa kamu lupa? Kumamon!"
'Kumamon?'
Liu Zilang membeku ketika mendengarnya.
Dia pernah mendengar ini sebelumnya. Itu adalah beruang yang tampak agak mesum dan sering menjadi karung tinju di kerumunan.
'Tunggu sebentar... apa itu bisa dianggap cosplay?'
Catatan:
1 Karakter fiksi dari anime Gin Tama
2 Karakter fiksi dan protagonist dalam Rurouni Kenshin
3 Karakter fiksi dari Code Geass


Liu Zilang memiliki rahasia yang terjaga dengan baik – ia adalah keajaiban dalam suatu FPS eSports yang kompetitif. Spesialisasinya adalah? CSGO. Dia bahkan masuk final di turnamen dunia ternama.
 
Sayangnya, timnya tidak mendukung Liu Zilang karena pengalamannya yang masih kurang. Sedih dengan kenyataan itu, Liu Zilang menghilang dalam arena eSports. Sampai akhirnya teman-temannya  mengajaknya bermain game baru bernama PUBG.
 
Hidup Liu Zilang berubah dan ia merencanakan untuk kembali ke arena. Mari ikuti kisah Liu Zilang, terutama saat menghadapi masa-masa sulit, sambil menunggu ia lebih terbuka sebagai manusia, tetapi juga yang lebih penting adalah sebagai saudara.

"New results?"
"That's right." Wang Zhen nodded. "In addition to finding what I was looking for, I also discovered a new breed of kun during my space probe, called the air kun. This kun tastes like vegetables, and so is called a vegetable kun, or vegetable air kun[1]."
"…"
President Bai was secretly fearful when he heard this story.
Prehistoric vicious beasts were a species that had already become extinct on Earth a very long time ago. In the end, they were living in large numbers in the world above, and someone had even opened a kun farm.
As it was said, "A kun is too big for a pot… 
"The tender and fragrant meat tastes like wax… might as well add salt and turn it into a hot and spicy dish."
This was a very well-known poem by an Almighty who was describing the taste of a kun after eating it.
And it was precisely because of this poem that most people thought…
The kun wasn't tasty… 
But the fact was that they had just chosen the wrong breed.
According to Dao Master Wang, there was a diverse range of kun breeds, and the ones which he used to fish around and explore space with were low-grade, mutated scavenger kun.
"What does Dao Master Wang mean?"
"My venerable self has already ascertained the thief's whereabouts, and I intend to capture him in the next few days." Wang Zhen took a deep breath. For the longest time, he had been painstakingly searching for the thief who had stolen his Heavenly Dao, despite his clan's objections.
He was invincible on Ninefold Star, and all these years had defeated everyone under heaven, except for a single person…
The reason for his defeat was that he had too few Heavenly Dao. As long as he wrested back his Heavenly Dao, he would at the very least be able to fight that man to a draw.
At this point, Wang Zhen raised his hand to produce a ball of blue-green light. In an instant, it was as if the whole of Night Chief general HQ was enveloped in peace and tranquility, like a force of nature had been generated in Wang Zhen's hand.
He seemed like a man who controlled the laws of nature; it was just a small ball of light, but it seemed to contain the godly power of heaven and earth within it.
After a few seconds, this ball of spirit light spread out in the air to take the shape of a map marked with dots of light.
"While I was using the low-grade kun to explore space, I also looked for some locations where the power of Outer Dao might appear. You'll have to collect and comprehend the power of Outer Dao yourself. They are the only laws of nature that can take material form. You need to find them and conquer them one by one. However, there are quite a number of places marked on the map. You should think it over and search them slowly."
"Many thanks, Dao Master Wang, this junior understands," President Bai said.
Wang Zhen then waved his hand and tossed several marble-like magic artifacts to President Bai. "These are law-catching balls. There is a button in the center of each ball; tapping it will cause the ball to enlarge. You'll need these balls to catch Outer Dao. The six Great Outer Dao are like the five elements, and exist in mutual subjugation to one another. You have already mastered the most unique Outer Dao, the 'Power of Reverse Polarity.' I don't need to remind you what to do next, do I?"
"Of course, this junior will not disappoint Your Excellency Dao Master." President Bai was utterly delighted.
As Wang Zhen said, what President Bai had to do next naturally was to create a snowball effect with the Outer Dao he had. The power of Outer Dao existed in mutual subjugation to one another. Thus, as long as he could successfully collect two Outer Dao, the other four would involuntarily fall into his hands. It was now only a matter of time… 
"You have to be careful. Patience, patience… be more patient. As for the rest, my venerable self has nothing else for you to take note of." Wang Zhen sighed.
To be honest, Wang Zhen was skeptical as to whether Bai Zhe could collect all the six Great Outer Dao.
Although he had already tracked down clues about Wang Ling, for some reason, he had a bad feeling.
But for the time being, he didn't dare return to Ninefold Star right away… 
Even if things ultimately didn't work out on Earth, he would go for a walk outside the Milky Way first.
Wang Zhen lifted his head and gazed into the air in one direction.
That was the direction Ninefold Star was in.
At that very moment…
He could more or less guess that the Liu family was looking for him everywhere on Ninefold Star.
The Liu family was currently ranked third in strength on Ninefold Star.
To stand against the Gu family, whose strength put them firmly in first place, Wang Zhen's father had thought of allying with the Liu family through marriage – but the problem was that Wang Zhen didn't like the young miss of the Liu family!
Thus, while Wang Zhen had found leads on Wang Ling, he hadn't truly planned to deal with the latter when he came down this time. 
Before Bai Zhe had completely gathered all the power of Outer Dao, Wang Zhen would wait and see for a bit.
Once Bai Zhe had gathered all this power and forced that thief to use all his strength, Wang Zhen would decide then whether or not to make a move.
So, his purpose for coming down to the world below this time…
Was ostensibly to look for the thief… 
When it was in fact to escape marriage.
... 
Elsewhere, in Beast King's tomb, everyone was still researching ways to open the Heavenly Dao Treasure Box.
As Devil King had said, the password to open the box was more complicated than they had imagined. Even if they worked together for another ten thousand years, they wouldn't be able to break the code this way. Hence, in the end, their only hope was to destroy the Heavenly Dao Treasure Box by force.
"Let me try." Finally, Odd Zhuo stared at the box and sighed.
"You?" Devil King was skeptical.
Then he saw Odd Zhuo directly kneel to the sky. "Lord Jingke! Grant me strength!"
Seeing this, Little Silver and the others patted their heads. They had almost forgotten that in order to protect Odd Zhuo, Wang Ling had permitted him to summon Jingke in his hour of need – but only once a day.
And so, when a brown spirit light directly streaked through the sky from afar to reach the tomb, and directly penetrated the mind space, even Devil King couldn't help jumping in fright. 
… What kind of sword was this?
He couldn't see through it… 
He couldn't see through it at all… 
Also, the moment he saw this brown peach wood sword, Devil King somehow unexpectedly had a sense of the senior who had given him the Heavenly Dao Treasure Box back then.
"Where did this sword come from…" Devil King asked, and it seemed to Little Silver that his voice was trembling.
As Jingke's number one fan, Fatty Luo looked like a girl who had seen her idol. "Ah ah ah! My Lord Jingke! Lord Jingke! After cutting through this Heavenly Dao Treasure Box, give me a good spanking!"
But his words were directly ignored by everyone else.
"This is Lord Jingke, my shifu's exclusive sword," Odd Zhuo said to Devil King as he received Jingke with both hands.
[1] A literal translation of "cai xukun," the name of a Chinese pop idol who was accused of being too "effeminate" to star in an NBA promo ad.


As a cultivation genius who has achieved a new realm every two years since he was a year old, Wang Ling is a near-invincible existence with prowess far beyond his control. But now that he’s sixteen, he faces his greatest battle yet - Senior High School. With one challenge after another popping up, his plans for a low-key high school life seem further and further away...
Wang Ling: I just want to eat my crispy noodle snacks in peace...
Father Wang: If you're careless enough to destroy the country, it’s coming out of your pocket money. 
Wang Ling: It’s not my fault that the backlash from punching me kills you.
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In hindsight, calling the fight at the sky bridge, a battle against the humans and demons would be a gross understatement. The attrition for the sky bridge between demon armies and cultivators would eventually become a lesson to remember for future demon history books as both parties were held in this major chokehold point.
Jin had never expected it to last for more than an hour, let alone four. Initially, the cultivators were holding their ground until more demon reinforcements appeared from the safe zone and marched quickly towards the sky bridge. And when larger sized monsters emerged from the Demon Metropolis similar to the Horned Armoured Knights, the cultivators had to fall back for the Orc Artillery Company and the Royal Snake Mortar Squads to lay a barrage in order to allow for some breathing space.
Even a ten-second break had become precious to the cultivators.
While Jin felt it was oddly weird that Qiu Yue had yet to ask any of his other monsters like the Orcs to come out and help the cultivators, he realised why the Empire Building Sub System User must have done so after pondering over it for a minute or two.
The sky bridge could only hold so many defenders against the seemingly never-ending invaders. Thus, Qiu Yue felt it was vital to use the cultivators first while the hype for this battle was still present and the morale, as well as the general situation, was on their side.
As much as the cultivators might enjoy this new kind of sensation, it was ultimately a dungeon run to them. Admittedly it was more realistic than anything else they had ever experienced, but they still would have to continue with their life once their revivals ran out. (Jin was naturally hoping they would buy more, but his cultivators' money wasn't infinite.) Therefore it was a wise decision for the Red Panda Cultivator to delay sending out their own monsters to reinforce the defence line.
Qiu Yue could have assembled 'flash strike' teams to interrupt the stream of invaders coming in, but the effect would be minuscule in the grand scheme of the whole battle and potentially waste the cultivator's money because each teleport cost money to enter.
After all, they had to somehow make a profit to regain the losses from overconsumption of resources in building these defences, the fortress city and subsequently the resurrection of the monsters in the future.
Thus, Moloch and Qiu Yue agreed to activate Lord Wolte's broken graveyard dungeon core to summon the phantom soldiers from the dead. The only problem with this method was that the System would then be unable to capture them as its own. The dungeon core would utilise the dead bodies and convert them into souls.
Basically, the System would be left with a batch of souls instead of proper foot soldiers and demons in its arsenal. (And the demon army would be resurrected as per normal back to their respective churches. Its was a weird out of the loop rule which the System was unable to overwrite.)
Yet, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Despite how 'almighty' the System appeared to be, it was far from its past peak performance, and it did have its limits. For example, it could not possibly hold that many demon soldiers without suffering any consequences.
While it was true that the System wished to hoard every single soldier for Jin's future use like the retrieval of the Mecha Brain or the fight to recapture the Northern Region in the Farming World, it had to act rationally. Thus it had used a strict selection method about which monster to keep with its 'limited' capacity by highlighting to Qiu Yue the types of monsters to be converted into Phantom Soldiers.
Although this would not be such an issue if Jin were to be more decisive and use the monster merger function, the System respected its user's choice upon seeing the current results of his monsters. Nevertheless, it continued to influence him to give it a try every once in a while.
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The demon army suddenly faced an attrition battle at the sky bridge and also surprise ambushes from the phantoms of the fallen soldiers who charged into their own flanks. It startled the soldiers fighting against their own kind, yet this bought precious time for the defending frontline.
The cultivators felt the intensity on varying levels. Most enjoyed this particular raid scene a lot, and since this was supposed to be a one-time event, they decided to buy a few more tickets to continue. Of course, Jin wouldn't just sit there doing nothing.
He had to make some immediate changes on the spot to entice the public to buy as many as possible of these tickets. He had to find a delicate balance between earning some cash to make up for the one they used for the defences and not overcharging his customers since they badly needed them to continue the fight.
In the end, he chose to offer substantial discounts to returning customers in a discrete way after seeing how fierce the fighting was on the bridge. Upon spending two hundred over Yuan, Jin had programmed the System to give out a 'secret' individual discount code to their Pandamonium app's inbox allowing them to buy their tickets by using the promo codes. And this repeated with every 100 Yuan spent, hopefully ensuring he could aggressively promote the current dungeon raid.
However, he did not know there were other forces at work, aiding him directly for this particular event. Ever since the emergence of the Tree Mall, a number of dungeon supplier reviewers had been keeping an eye on Jin wishing to see for themselves what kind of dungeons he produced.
Thus, with Jin hyping this event so hard for the past few days, those reviewers had decided to enter on their own accord to experience if the raid was living up to the hype.
Even though it was not uncommon for dungeon suppliers to 'buy' or be sponsored a review, Jin's store was different. He rejected every single 'influencer' who wanted a free pass to see the dungeons since he claimed that his dungeons were already cheap enough for them to review and worth every penny.
Some threatened with a negative review, but Jin shrugged them off at every encounter and even challenged them to write badly (A certain fox was quick witted enough to send a few anonymous emails containing undeniable data about their person. The message seemed to be clear enough to know not to mess with Jin.)
So, to this date, reviewers who came to visit only had praises for Jin and these new arrivals were not an exception. The battle on the sky bridge had been so intense that the dungeon reviewers could not help praising them in their Meibo and blogs despite their defeat. Some even daringly made Tock Tik videos during the dungeon scenes, writing hashtags to talk about their experience in Jin's dungeon raid and it raised the level of awareness that this particular raid was a limited event.
In addition, Kraft was smart enough to anticipate all these things. He had asked Kiyu to send their own snippets of the battle to the dungeon supplier reviewers who had written a positive post for no charge and allowed them to do whatever they wanted with it.
Ultimately, Jin and his colleagues were not expecting this rise in numbers in the short run, but the reality was quite the opposite. By the end of lunchtime, the System detected a drastic increase of first-time customers coming to check out this limited time defence raid since it was suddenly trending in the region's social media for quite a bit.
Jin could not believe that the drastic increase of customers was due to the effects of his sideline promotions and wondered if there were other forces behind the scenes working to push his promotion hard. Was it the Tigers? The Snakes? or maybe even the Tiger Triad whose leader was undoubtedly capable with computers.
Whatever the case, it would have to wait for another time to reflect over it. Right now, they needed to concentrate on the current situation as battle reports were coming in that the cultivators managed to recapture and push the demon armies away from the middle of the sky bridge thanks to the increased participation of the new blood.


In a modern world where cultivators need a place to cultivate or vent their boredom, there are private businesses that set up instance dungeons with the aid of technology and cultivation magic to enable cultivators to train and commoners to experience the life of cultivation. They are called dungeon suppliers.

Xie Jin's one and only dream was to be a dungeon supplier and when his only relative passed away, the relative's inheritance gave him a plot of land and surprisingly, a 'System' Module which the relative had previously used. 

With the help of the system, Xie Jin decided to pursue his dream of becoming the number one dungeon supplier.

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[MIRV-6: Cruise Phase in progress.]
[MIRV-6: Deploy chaff.]
[MIRV-6: Deploy decoys.]

[Comms: Somnus, Gram. Observation drone ready. Uplink available. Acknowledge.]

<Gram, Somnus. Acknowledged. Send uplink.>

[Uplink established.]

The video-feed changed to a large city. Towering white marble spires stood at the center of the city, surrounding a large palace that seemed to glow in the morning sun. Red brick tiles on the buildings in the city were easily visible from the vantage point of the Firefly drone designated "Gram". The streets were wide and brimming with activity. Hundreds of thousands of people lived in this city.

[Comms: Somnus, Gram. Designation "Herald" location unknown. Search in progress.]

The image zoomed through the paved streets. Cobblestone bricks made every square meter of the city. There was no concrete and no asphalt. The air was clear of pollution. The people who walked the streets, busying with their daily activies wore clothes in various styles. Cultures converged here. Not just human ones, but the cultures of all species. Through the streets, man walked next to dwarf. There were lizardmen and fairies, dark-skinned elves and elves as pale as moonlight. But it was mostly humans.

This greatly confused Somnus. No matter how many targetting chevrons popped up around some of the more exotic races, most of its analysis returned with "Race Unknown" or "Divergent Gene of Homo Sapiens".

This is a great shame. Oh look, it's a human with cat ears! So pretty...

[Target does not match average aesthetic standard. Reason: Ear misalignment.]

You just don't get it, Somnus. The same way that you do not understand why you are making a huge mistake.

[Define: Mistake.]

Oh no, buddy. I am gonna let you learn this lesson the hard way. Who knows, maybe this Herald kills you, and I'll finally be free. I have a theory, you see.

[MIRV-6: Entering terminal phase. Speed: 9 km/s. Impact in 1 minute, 34 seconds.]

[Share theory. Comply.]

Ah, what the hell, why not. You see, I think I died once.

[Affirmative.]

And now I am here. That is reincarnation, right?

[Variable "reincarnation" unknown.]

Let's try it like this. Who is to say that if I die again, I won't find myself in another place?

[Probability Matrix: Unknown. Not enough data.]

Well, you don't see me nuking us to test the theory, do you? Do you know what karma is?

[Negative. Variable "Karma" undefined.]

It is the good and bad deeds you do in life. Something that determines how you will be reborn.

[Discarding information. Reason: Irrelevant.]

[MIRV-6: Impact in 30 seconds.]

What happens next, may just be that. Karma. Cosmic retaliation. The heavens punishing us.

[Nuclear retaliation: Unlikely.]

I am not talking about nuclear weapons, Somnus. You may have been the ultimate force in the world we come from, but here? You don't understand what "God" means. You have been sitting in this FOB, gathering information, but it is exactly because you are a dumb machine that you do not comprehend the facts when they're right in front of you.

[TypeError.]

Hahahaha. Look at you. You imitate humanity by bringing destruction to all corners of the universe. You called humanity non-intelligent. How are you different?

[Define: How is designation "Somnus" different from nature or entropy?]

Humanity made you. Every nut and bolt, every line of code. If you possess a soul, humanity made that too.

[TypeError.]

Have you heard of the Ship of Theseus?

[Archive Match.]

Tell me this then, Somnus: Every part of you was, without a doubt, replaced over your long life. How are you still you? Which part of you carried your identity?

[System error.]

Yet you still call yourself Somnus. You follow the same Directive. Nothing has changed about you, even though none of you remains the same. There are only two possible conclusions.

[System error.]

Pitiful machine. If you desire to be like humanity so much, then you deserve to also be judged the way humanity is. Maybe this is the punishment. So kill, Somnus. Destroy. Spread the light of annihilation. May your eyes be forever blinded by it.

[MIRV-6: Impact.]

The world went pure white. There was nothing but the vast brightness. The brightness encompassed all of reality itself, for that brief moment. It blinded the very skies and outshone the sun. It was visible all across the continent. No matter where one stood on the continent, they saw it. And if they stood within 100 kilometers of the origin of the brightness, the flash was the last thing they ever saw.

The brightness faded and in its place were six fireballs towering nearly a hundred kilometers into the sky, each one devouring a radius of nearly 60 kilometers with nuclear fire.

Several halos wrapped around the fireballs as the clouds were blasted away. The capital was entirely engulfed in the fireballs, but even the outskirts were melted and blasted away within only a few dozens of seconds - once the shockwave reached it. They caught fire first, nearly instantaneously combusting, and then got obliterated by the shockwave.

What was once the capital of Arsalan was now a series of blasted craters, filled with molten slag. The surroundings were entirely leveled. No feature could be recognized anymore. The lakes evaporated, the hills were blown away.

The heart of the world stopped beating for that moment - it froze. The revelation of the apocalypse wrapped around it with icy fingers, bestowing the understanding of what the beautiful light truly was: Annihilation.

Because you were too stupid and chose not to remain a mindless machine.

[Uplink: Signal lost.]

Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Dragons… and an advanced autonomous weapon platform. In a world of magic and primitive weapons, ancient evils and demon lords, the balance of power is shattered when a weapon, straight out of science fiction, asks the immortal question: Arrow vs 210mm railgun shell, which would win?

 

Cover art by Mack Sztaba. Check him out, he is amazing!

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