Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"Epic Task."

"Path of the True God of Chaos (Task One):"

"Kill thirteen ghost creatures, and this sequence will generate a Chaos skin exclusive to you."

"Begin!"

Wu Dade charged out of the town and headed toward the Hell Rift in the desert.

Thanks to the "Lone Sitter by the Gloomy Pond" title from the Fishing Sequence, he didn't draw any attention from the ghost creatures and made it directly to the edge of the rift.

A dark, humanoid ghost creature was just crawling out of the rift.

Wu Dade drew his sword, quietly preparing.

Finally, the creature stood up.

Whoosh—

The blade flashed.

The ghost creature was flung into the air, slashed into pieces.

—Yet it was still clinging to life.

It flew and flew, across the sky, carried by the force of the sword all the way beyond a dune, and crashed into a sandpit that had been prepared in advance.

Wu Xiaode stood at the edge of the pit, casually throwing a punch.

Smack.

The creature's head was blown apart by his fist.

Hunting ghost creature +1!

First, Wu Dade approached the danger zone and launched the creature into the air;

then Wu Xiaode struck the final blow!

Perfect cooperation!

—The Chaotic Sequence parasitized in Wu Dade's body, it would never think of upgrading in this lifetime.

But it seemed that Wu Dade's strike had agitated the other ghost creatures in the rift.

Amidst a series of shrill howls—

Uncountable ghost creatures rushed out, surrounding him completely.

Even more enormous ghost silhouettes with immense presence emerged from the crevice, maliciously staring at Wu Dade.

Caught in the encirclement, Wu Dade snorted coldly, lifted his long sword, and slashed at his own neck!

From a distant sandpit.

A few lines of text suddenly appeared on the light-shadow screen before Wu Xiaode:

"Your Super Shadow Followers have died in battle."

"Do you wish to continue from your current position?"

"Yes/No."

Wu Xiaode directly chose "No."

Another line of text quickly popped up:

"You have selected no. Please restart from the save point to control your Shadow Followers next time."

Done!

Wu Xiaode put away the game controller, ready to reload, but suddenly looked up at the sky.

The sky had taken on an abnormal, murky color.

"Here it comes again..."

Wu Xiaode murmured.

He stopped preparing for battle, put away the game controller with one hand, and casually yanked the invisible rope around his waist.

With a "whoosh,"

He was back in the bar in the small town.

The bar had been refurbished by Wu Xiaode and was no longer in shambles.

"Who knows how long this will last this time."

Wu Xiaode muttered to himself, closed all doors and windows of the bar, and turned off all the lights,

then sat down alone in a corner of the wall.

It wasn't long before

the sound of howling winds came from outside.

The whole world darkened.

A gold-like but not gold sandstorm filled the land, ravaging everything in its path.

The sandstorm rattled against the windows, soon sounding like monsters battering them, exploding into intense noise.

Wu Xiaode closed his eyes and quietly waited for the sandstorm to end.

A few days ago.

The first time he saw this sandstorm, he let Wu Dade out to test it.

As a result, Wu Dade was instantly scoured into a skeleton.

Even holding the "Wind-shielding Umbrella" was futile afterward.

Only buildings worked.

—Fortunately, the bonuses to buildings were still in effect when the Pangu World awakened.

He wondered how those mysterious creatures were faring.

However, in the face of such a world catastrophe, Wu Xiaode guessed they were likely not having an easy time either.

—They had always disdained to use human buildings.

At this moment.

Those overly arrogant beings were probably suffering heavy losses.

Wu Xiaode carelessly took a fruit knife and made a mark on the edge of the wall.

—The fifth horizontal line.

That is, the fifth day.

It had been exactly five days since Pangu had declared the destruction of all existence.

The sandstorm had been raging since the very beginning for three days and nights.

It stopped on the fourth day.

Wu Xiaode had Wu Dade go out and kill for a while.

But just after killing two ghost creatures, the sandstorm struck again, forcing him to hurry back to the bar.

This was the fifth day.

—In five days, only three creatures had been killed.

Six ghost creatures were needed for the skin upgrade.

Three were still missing.

But looking at the growing scale and ferocity of the sandstorm—

It was unknown when the remaining three ghost creatures could be killed.

"This won't do..."

"I still need to find a way to upgrade..."

Wu Xiaode grumbled, then suddenly, feeling something, stood up and looked out the window.

Under the sweeping sands, the glass in a building across the street shattered with a "crash."

The sandstorm surged in.

The building began to make "creak, creak" noises.

Before long.

The house collapsed with a bang, kicking up several meters high of dust, which was quickly dispersed by the wild wind.

Wu Xiaode withdrew his gaze, landing it on the bar's window.

——These windows are all bulletproof glass, and behind the glass there's an iron door that can be raised or lowered at any time.

Wu Xiaode held his breath as he observed the situation outside.

He saw more and more houses in the town beginning to collapse.

——Perhaps in other cities, such scenes are all too common.

All life in the world will eventually be completely extinguished!

"No, I must upgrade my skin urgently. My skin has the 'Heaven' attribute. Maybe if I can enhance it to a certain level, I'll find a way to protect myself..."

But with such strong winds and sand, how can I go out and kill the spirits?

That's a problem.

The can made a noise.

Wu Xiaode leaned against the corner, opened a can of beer, and took his time drinking it.

The food and water stored by Xiao Baihong and the others was not only for their own consumption but also with consideration for the operation of the bar, hence the variety and abundance of food.

Though temporarily safe, it was urgent to make plans!

"Goldie, report on our reserves, and give an analysis of the external environment. I'm waiting to see."

Wu Xiaode said.

The Book of the Dead opened, and Goldie squatted on its pages, saying:

"I have checked all the food reserves, and these reserves will be sufficient for your use for a year and a half."

"Good news, what else?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"The wind outside has reached a level eight, and the power of the sandstorm is growing stronger. It's expected to continue increasing in intensity over the next 5 hours," Goldie said.

"Any suggestions?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Stay inside buildings. Going outside would be certain death—you have to trust the judgment of my world's intelligence," Goldie said.

Wu Xiaode took a sip of beer and fell into deep thought.

"A building huh..."

Goldie nodded, "But it has to be a building that's sturdy enough."

Wu Xiaode pondered for a few moments, then suddenly stood up, walked to the back of the bar, turned behind the door, went down the steps, through the tunnel, and pushed open an iron door.

——This was the door to the basement in the backyard.

Shen Feixue designed the Mecha here.

Wu Xiaode searched around and finally found a Mecha transport passage.

——This was a simple channel designed for the convenience of pushing the Mecha out so that it could stand up and be activated for use.

"What are you planning to do?" Goldie asked, puzzled.

"With such a vicious sandstorm and no idea when it'll stop, I want to try a different approach," Wu Xiaode said.

"An approach? What specifically?" Goldie asked.

"You know, only a building can withstand this sandstorm a bit. I'm wondering—" Wu Xiaode said.

"If a Mobile Battle Armor can be considered a building."

Wu Xiaode swiped his ring and placed the Mecha on the transport channel, gently stroking its thick steel shell.

He recalled the past.

He had obtained knowledge about Mecha from Xia Huilan and learned the art of control; later on, he acquired even more knowledge about Mecha in numerous worlds.

So these things weren't difficult for him at all.

But what was more important was——

Wu Xiaode suddenly realized that this was fate.

Yes.

Everything here, the direction of Pangu, the life and death of all beings, the schemes of the Mysterious life and the sequence.

All of these were closely related to the future era.

If he didn't handle things well here.

Once he returned to the future, the future would surely be interpreted by "others."

Just as only the victors have the right to write the "history."

"The future" would also be written by the victors!

Everything happening here was related to the future!

He must make every effort.

Otherwise, many things might differ from what he expected.

For instance——

What if all future humans are actually Mysterious life forms?

——As long as the Mysterious ones won, this was almost a certainty.

"Do you think the Mecha is a kind of building? It's really hard to say, but you can't bet on it either, because if you lose that bet, you're finished," Goldie said.

"No choice, I must hurry and upgrade this skin," Wu Xiaode said.

"Are you planning to risk a try?"

"Risk? Why should I risk anything?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Then—" Goldie began.

Wu Xiaode shook his head and produced a Gold Coin, placing it in the void.

"Activate save point."

The Gold Coin disappeared.

Wu Dade appeared on the spot.

——Yes, this was his save point.

Wu Xiaode manipulated the game controller, directing Wu Dade towards the Mecha.

Wu Dade was seen opening the Mecha cockpit, crawling inside, and closing the hatch.

After a few moments.

The Mecha trembled slightly.

——It was activated!

Goldie quietly watched the scene, speechlessly saying:

"You're planning to control the substitute, then have the substitute operate the Mecha to try it out?"

"What else? Life is about taking risks to see how deep the waters are," Wu Xiaode responded.

Wu Xiaode pressed the red button on the wall.

Suddenly, the Mecha moved along the conveyor towards the outside of the tunnel.

5,

4,

3,

2,

1!

Boom——

In the yard, a Mobile Battle Armor soared into the air, then landed on the street outside.

The dense, tapping noises covered the entire steel Mecha's surface.

But it remained undamaged.

Wu Dade, sitting safely in the cockpit, controlled the Mobile Battle Armor under Wu Xiaode's guidance.

"Go on, head to the east side of the town."

Wu Xiaode said softly.

——That was the location closest to the Hell Rift.

The Mobile Battle Armor immediately took large steps forward along the predetermined route.