Chapter 194: Make the First Move and Catch Him Off Guard

[Personnel from the New World were unaccustomed to the environment, suspected to have fallen ill]

[Sudden illness outbreak at the frontlines; medical martial artists could go to the New World first]

[All legions temporarily suspended the expedition and migration wave]

[Infectious disease outbreak; those with sudden increase in Internal Energy or accelerated cultivation should take isolation measures and report]

[All citizens stopped public activities, isolated at home, and avoided contact with others]

Chen Xiyi looked at the newspaper headlines from the past five days. From the initial trouble in the New World, to the call for medical martial artists, then to stopping legions from entering the New World, and finally to the outbreak.

The danger caused by the Force-Devouring Gu had been discovered by the Temporal Response Bureau in the Fallen Land. However, they did not think it was man-made. Instead, they believed it was a disease plague caused by being unaccustomed to the environment.

“Too late. If they had found out ten days ago, they might have found one or two survivors. Now there’s no chance.”

Today was the twentieth day since Chen Xiyi spread the Force-Devouring Gu. In both the Fallen Land and the New World, all Postnatal Warriors, Xiantian, and Grandmaster level martial artists had been infected with the Force-Devouring Gu. The earliest infected had already started showing symptoms. Their bodies became weak, they got fevers, their skin showed spots, and they had difficulty circulating their Internal Energy.

This was only the first batch of Force-Devouring Gu. In the next five days, all the remaining Force-Devouring Gu would gradually break out.

Chen Xiyi could swear by the newspaper in his hand that no one would survive.

He had been quite merciful by not including the Body Forging Warriors.

Although there were not many Body Forging Warriors anyway.

In the New World, due to various viruses and bacteria brought from the Fallen Land from thirty thousand years in the future, a round of extinction had already occurred locally. Only Postnatal Warriors could withstand it with their Internal Energy and physical fitness. Body Forging Warriors and ordinary people had mostly died.

As for the Fallen Land, even newborns had the strength of Postnatal Warriors. In the New World, they would be like chosen ones, with treatment similar to signing in and obtaining a certain sacred body at the start.

“What a pity for so much Nourishment Resources.”

Chen Xiyi lowered his eyelids, his tone filled with deep regret.

“You can’t catch a wolf without risking the child. If you are unwilling to invest the cost, how can you gain high returns?”

Regarding this, although Chen Xiyi felt heartache, he knew when to be stingy and when to invest costs.

A few days ago, after he enlightened the Adventurer, he rushed to the Twelve Departments without stopping to find the Ascension Ritual at this time point in the Fallen Land.

Unfortunately, he was one step too late. The bone piece that carried the Ascension Ritual had disappeared. He did not know who took it first.

Even by reading the memories of the Twelve Departments personnel, he could not find it.

This made Chen Xiyi feel somewhat uneasy. He suspected that his actions had alerted the enemy.

Either it was taken by someone influenced by the First Immortal, or it was moved by Wandering Light’s people.

Moreover, this action was done very secretly. The other party seemed to know about Chen Xiyi’s ability to read memories and had countermeasures in this regard.

This move directly left Chen Xiyi helpless. He completely could not find the thing and did not know what secrets were stored on it.

Thus, it could only be said that one step slow meant every step slow.

These people were not fools. Their qualifications and experience were far above Chen Xiyi’s. Thinking back to this, Chen Xiyi felt some fear.

If the other party had set an ambush there, wouldn’t he have to go back and wait for resurrection?

Of course, Chen Xiyi guessed it was most likely not the First Immortal who acted, but Wandering Light who had his Wandering Light Devotees take action.

If it was the First Immortal, then he definitely would not have been able to come back at that time and could only resurrect and return.

If it was Wandering Light’s Wandering Light Devotees who moved it, it would make sense.

Because Wandering Light was entangled by Lin Feng and simply had no time to break free. It was impossible for him to personally go to the Twelve Departments to move the Ascension Ritual bone piece.

If he really went, he would probably get beaten up.

[You have a new mail, already stored in the mailbox, please check]

[A letter from the Immortal Lin Feng]

[Old Chen, the Mist indeed has problems. It is very likely the First Immortal you mentioned. Wandering Light is very wary of it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get much information. The other party also became quite alert because of my actions. Moreover, because of the appearance of the Mist, Wandering Light seems to have started acting recklessly. Clearly, Wandering Light should know about the First Immortal. This might be his enemy before we appeared.]

[Because of this, he established the Temporal Response Bureau and sent many future people into the past. On one hand, it might be as you said, to complete and strengthen himself. On the other hand, it was to find traces of the First Immortal.]

[If Wandering Light’s and my concept is the sword, then the First Immortal’s concept must be history, definitely not anything else.]

[He is hidden in history, but I can’t find him. That Mist might be his manifestation. He is forcing us to decide the outcome. It seems because something touched his bottom line, so he became so impatient.]

[Attachment: Spirit of Historical Heritage×15]

Lin Feng, as usual, sent another letter to Chen Xiyi. Because he was in the Fallen Land, Wandering Light’s territory, if not through the Home Game mailbox, Lin Feng also could not find Chen Xiyi.

“The other party is impatient, why?”

Chen Xiyi could not help but feel puzzled. Normally, the First Immortal should be sitting securely on the fishing platform. Even if he is impatient, why force Wandering Light and Lin Feng to decide the outcome?

He was sure that the reason the First Immortal became impatient was not because of the split between Lin Feng and Wandering Light, but for another reason.

“So, the other party is actually looking for me?”

Although Chen Xiyi did not have such a big face to think he could control the entire battle situation, he seemed to be able to influence the direction of history.

There were only five days left. The Force-Devouring Gu would fully break out. Once Chen Xiyi harvested then, he would at least cause the collapse of the entire Fallen Land together with the New World at two time points.

If people were gone, what would happen to the other party as the concept of history?

Look for the surviving animals and plants?

That was nonsense.

The reason for forcing Wandering Light and Lin Feng was also simple. No matter who won, as long as Chen Xiyi did not interfere, even if everyone’s martial Internal Energy system was ruined due to the Force-Devouring Gu, it did not matter as long as they were alive.

“The First Immortal wants the winner to appear before the Force-Devouring Gu fully breaks out. No matter who appears, as long as I don’t interfere, his room for maneuver later would be greater.”

If Lin Feng won, Chen Xiyi would be on the winning side and could just wait to receive the fruits of victory.

At that time, if the First Immortal showed some goodwill, many things could be easily resolved.

If Wandering Light won, the other party definitely would not let Chen Xiyi go. Then Chen Xiyi would face not one Immortal, but two.

Even if he triggered the Force-Devouring Gu outbreak, it would not help. The most likely outcome was that he would die along with them and then run away.

Therefore, the First Immortal’s biggest worry was that the two sides would remain deadlocked until the Force-Devouring Gu broke out. Then, no matter who won or lost, the First Immortal, as the existence of the history concept, would definitely suffer great losses.

“It seems my guess is correct. History is his concept, but the remaining two elements must be superhuman or martial arts or something similar.”

No matter which element, it required people.

Although one concept and two elements of Lin Feng and Wandering Light also required people, there was one difference: Lin Feng could give up. He was on Chen Xiyi’s side. Even if he had to abandon this level of strength, he would still fight to kill the other two.

After all, his strength came from a sudden rise. It was not like the First Immortal and Wandering Light who had painstakingly built it over tens of thousands of years. It would be too difficult to give up.

Remember, one month ago, Lin Feng was just a Postnatal Warrior. In the Fallen Land, that was even worse than being disabled.

Of course, more importantly, Lin Feng was Chen Xiyi’s 5-star level friend, the kind of friend to whom you could entrust your wife and children and share life and death, so naturally it was different.

“Once there are no people, both Wandering Light and the First Immortal would have problems because of this. So, is this a flaw of the system?”

“Or is it simply that they haven’t completed the ritual yet?”

Yes, Chen Xiyi felt the other party might not have completed the ritual yet. Otherwise, how could such a powerful system have flaws?

Just like the Qi Refiner system. In the early stages, they were indeed weak and specialized in the Primordial Spirit.

But in the later stages?

Those Qi Refiners became incredibly powerful. Even without a body, just relying on the Primordial Spirit, they could defeat all kinds of monsters and ghosts. Moreover, the Primordial Spirit could develop various terrifying effects. They could even pull an entire world in. Where were the weaknesses there?

“Or is it simply an insufficient system?”

Chen Xiyi was not clear about the First Immortal, but Lin Feng and Wandering Light, one from the past and one from the future, must have major flaws. They needed to devour and cover each other to complete.

“Enough, no more guessing. I’ll know when the time comes.”

There were only five days left. For Chen Xiyi, there was no need to guess blindly.

“However, five days is a bit too long.”

Chen Xiyi looked at the large amount of Force-Devouring Gu data continuously fed back in the System.

“If I really follow the other party’s pace, wouldn’t I definitely lose?”

Whether in battle or schemes, the most taboo thing is falling into the other party’s rhythm. Once that happens, you will only be led by the nose.

Chen Xiyi was in this situation now. Whether it was Wandering Light or the First Immortal, their schemes were not something a novice like Chen Xiyi could break.

So, to win, neither fair means nor conspiracy would work. Only by smashing the chessboard and overturning the table could there be a chance of survival. Otherwise, if he really followed the plan, who knows if his plan was just a part of the other party’s plan.

“My only advantage is that the other party cannot find me, at most making limited predictions.”

“They definitely cannot guess that I am a Player, that if I die I can just resurrect, and I bring all kinds of unscientific player abilities.”

“I even moonlight as a Qi Refiner, a profession completely different from this world’s system.”

“So, they have no idea how Bug the Force-Devouring Gu really is.”

Chen Xiyi closed his eyes. After his Primordial Spirit left his body, he felt the terrifying network formed by countless Force-Devouring Gu in the two worlds.

The Force-Devouring Gu was a Gu Insect, but it contained Magical Power. Although he did not have that much Magical Power, every time the Force-Devouring Gu reproduced, it would copy this strand of Magical Power.

Therefore, every Force-Devouring Gu was a node in Chen Xiyi’s Primordial Spirit network.

He was weak, but Qi Refiners never lacked the ability and means to borrow the power of heaven and earth, and all things.

As long as Chen Xiyi dared to invest enough cost and give up large benefits, he could completely use this huge capital as a one-time powerful strength.

For example, give up these Nourishment Resources as his one-time consumables, thereby gaining strength enough to match Wandering Light.

“A battle using countless living beings as fuel, going all in.”

“Win and become wealthy; lose and resurrect at the Homestead. After lying low for so long, shouldn’t I go for a huge profit with small capital?”

The next moment, Chen Xiyi casually stuffed his body into the Pixiu Pouch, leaving only his Primordial Spirit. After all, his Primordial Spirit and body shared a health bar. Once the Primordial Spirit went into battle, the body would become a weakness. If someone attacked his home base, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?