Chapter 2

Driving the car, Ye Zhan quickly left the building and headed towards the location of Sanhe Hospital.

In the car, Ye Zhan's thoughts kept wandering, recalling the bits and pieces of the past five years.

The great disaster suddenly erupted, plunging everyone into chaos. Everyone in his company began to flee for their lives, and Ye Zhan was among them. Most people died during the escape.

Later, someone discovered that demon cores could enhance physical abilities, so everyone started hunting monsters to obtain demon cores and improve their bodies.

Ye Zhan seemed to have a high talent for this kind of battle. After his physical abilities were enhanced, he killed countless monsters, and his strength grew higher and higher.

With strength, he began to search for his friends in Kyoto. His best friend was naturally the fat man, Zeng Cheng. However, he ultimately did not find the fat man. Instead, he found the fat man's friends, who said that the fat man had been eaten by a monster at the beginning of the great disaster.

Later, he was concerned about his parents and younger brother at home, so he fought his way back to his hometown. The journey was fraught with difficulties, but when he arrived home, three months had already passed since the outbreak of the great disaster.

He found the NPC camp in Dongxi Village and saw his parents' bodies. They had died of hunger because they were severely injured and could not go out to hunt demon beasts, and they had no money to buy food. His younger brother had died a month earlier, trying to earn money to buy food for his parents and pay the fees to enter the camp by hunting monsters alone.

He owed his parents and even more to his younger brother. For so many years, he had worked in Kyoto and only returned home once a year, failing to fulfill his filial duties.

In contrast, his younger brother, who had dropped out of school in junior high, had been taking care of his sick parents. Compared to his younger brother, he was truly unfilial, unable to do anything for his parents.

Later, Ye Zhan lived in a daze, struggling and killing in this chaotic world to survive. In the end, he reached level 97, just three levels away from the 100 levels mentioned by the ruler, but he was surrounded and killed by monsters while searching for a treasure.

Who would have thought that after his death, he would return to five years ago, just before the outbreak of the great disaster.

In this life, he would absolutely not allow his friends and family to die tragically.

Driving the car, Ye Zhan arrived at the entrance of Sanhe Hospital an hour later. He parked the car randomly and didn't even lock the door. He then went to a nearby supermarket, bought a large backpack, and put some simple food in it.

After that, Ye Zhan went to a pharmacy near the hospital and bought many bandages, red medicine water, and other medical supplies, filling a large bag.

Finally, he came to the entrance of a nearby building. At this time, the fat man Zeng Cheng had not arrived yet. Ye Zhan stood at the entrance of the building, leaning against a marble pillar, quietly thinking about the next steps, how to become the strongest in this chaotic world as quickly as possible.

It was already five o'clock, and in an hour, the disaster would descend.

Half an hour later, at 5:30, Ye Zhan's phone rang.

"Hey, Brother Ye, where are you?" the fat man asked anxiously.

Ye Zhan said calmly, "Come to the entrance of XX Building."

The fat man immediately hung up the phone. A minute later, a fat figure appeared in Ye Zhan's field of vision. He was wearing slippers, a large vest, and shorts, and he was sweating profusely from running, looking as if he had just been fished out of a pot of oil.

Seeing the fat man, a smile appeared in Ye Zhan's eyes. He was finally seeing him again.

"Brother Ye, what's going on?" the fat man, Zeng Cheng, panted as he ran over, bending over and gasping for breath.

Ye Zhan looked at the gray sky in the distance and said, "Fat man, do you believe me?"

Zeng Cheng was slightly stunned and said, "Brother Ye, of course I believe you. Look, I brought all my savings, though, hehe, it's not much, just over ten thousand yuan."

Ye Zhan looked at the thick stack of bills Zeng Cheng pulled out of his pocket, including a few ten and five-yuan notes, and felt a surge of emotion.

"Fat man, I lied to you earlier. I'm not sick. I called you here to save your life," Ye Zhan said, looking at the fat man intently.

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng was completely confused. After a while, he said, "Brother Ye, so you're not sick? What's going on? How is it saving my life?"

Ye Zhan looked at his watch and said, "You'll know in twenty minutes. Don't ask now."

"Okay," the fat man nodded, put the money back in his pocket, and sat down at Ye Zhan's feet, panting heavily and saying nothing.

The two of them were silent for a while. Then Ye Zhan said, "Fat man, do you have any family left?"

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng smiled and said, "My mom ran away with someone when I was three, and my dad was a drunk and a gambler. I don't know if he's dead or not. I've been working since I was thirteen. Now, I'm the only one who can feed myself. If I have any family, it's only you, Brother Ye."

Ye Zhan nodded, moved by this, and said, "So, Brother Ye won't abandon you."

Ye Zhan and Zeng Cheng had met five years ago. At that time, Ye Zhan had just graduated from university and come to Kyoto without a job, living in a basement. Zeng Cheng also lived there. At that time, Zeng Cheng was only fifteen, a silly and cute fat man.

They became familiar with each other after frequent meetings. Ye Zhan, feeling that he was young, often educated and warned him, afraid that he would go astray, and even scolded him several times. Later, when Ye Zhan was seriously ill, the fat man spent all his savings to treat him and took care of him for over a month.

At that time, Ye Zhan asked the fat man why he was so loyal, and the fat man simply said, "Because Brother Ye treats me like family. You take care of me and don't let me go out and fight. No one has ever taken care of me like that."

From then on, their relationship became closer than that of brothers.

"Brother Ye, what's going on? Do I have an incurable disease?" Zeng Cheng looked puzzled.

Ye Zhan smiled and said, "It's not that you have an incurable disease, but that the world has an incurable disease. To survive in this world, we must work together."

"Uh... Brother Ye, are you planning to rob a bank?" Zeng Cheng asked, puzzled by Ye Zhan's tone.

Ye Zhan laughed and said, "If I really wanted to rob a bank, would you come with me?"

"Of course! Why not? I've been working for that bastard, delivering goods, and it's exhausting. I earn barely enough to get married. I'm sick of this life," Zeng Cheng said without hesitation.

Ye Zhan patted Zeng Cheng's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, we're not robbing a bank. Banks will soon be useless."

"Banks will soon be useless? What do you mean? Brother Ye, I'm getting more and more confused," Zeng Cheng was truly puzzled.

Ye Zhan looked at his watch again and said, "You'll understand soon. Come, let's go inside the building."

"Okay," the two of them stepped into the building. As soon as they entered, two security guards walked over, looking at the fat man with disdain and said, "Sorry, no one with untidy clothing is allowed in."

"We'll just stand for a while," Ye Zhan said calmly.

"Not even for a while. Do you know where you are? This is a high-end office building, not a place for migrant workers like you," the security guard poked Ye Zhan with a stick.

Ye Zhan gave a slight cold laugh, moved quickly, and grabbed the security guard's stick, pulling it towards him. The security guard stumbled and was pulled over.

Ye Zhan then lifted his foot and kicked hard.

Bang...

The security guard was kicked more than two meters away.

"You... you dare to hit..." The other security guard didn't even finish his sentence before Ye Zhan swung the stick and hit him.

He hit with great force and speed, striking the security guard's head, making him dizzy.

Ye Zhan didn't stop, hitting the security guard several more times, leaving him on the ground, groaning and unable to speak.

Zeng Cheng was stunned by this scene.

"What's going on? Didn't Brother Ye always tell me not to fight? Why is he hitting so hard now, and without any regard for the other person's life? And when did his skills get so good?"

A flood of questions filled his mind, but Zeng Cheng didn't back down. He stepped up to Ye Zhan and said, "Brother Ye, are we going to rob this building?"

Ye Zhan smiled and said, "Dare you?"

Zeng Cheng puffed out his fat belly and said, "Why not? Is my 250 pounds of meat for nothing?"

Ye Zhan nodded in satisfaction, picked up the security guard's stick, and handed it to Zeng Cheng. Then, he didn't continue inside but returned to the entrance of the building, looking out through the large glass window, as if waiting for something.

Zeng Cheng, seeing Ye Zhan standing by the glass window, was confused and didn't bother to ask. He also stood beside him, curiously looking at the sky.

At this moment, the two security guards who had been beaten by Ye Zhan had already contacted the others in the security room through the walkie-talkie, asking for backup.

But Ye Zhan ignored them and just checked the time again.

"It's time," Ye Zhan muttered.

As soon as these words left his mouth, the sky outside suddenly seemed to roll with hundreds or thousands of thunderclaps, making everyone's ears ring.

Then, a huge human-like face appeared in the already dark sky. Although it was human-like, it was clearly not human, with extremely long ears, a very narrow face, and a pair of strange horns on its head.

The face looked down at the earth and suddenly showed a strange smile.

Then, it spoke.

"Humanity is a low-level intelligent species that has not evolved for too long and will eventually be eliminated by the universe. Now, I give you a chance. The fittest will survive, and the strong will stand out, becoming citizens of the universe and gaining the opportunity for eternal life. The weak will become stepping stones for the strong, disappearing into nothingness."

Its voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone, as if it were speaking right next to their ears.

"To help you adapt to this evolution, I will use a method that humans like, which is the game level-up method. The chosen game is 'League of Legends.' Now, the time to test your courage has come. Only the true brave will survive."

After saying this, the huge face gradually faded from the sky, and the sky suddenly turned a strange red, casting a red glow on everyone's faces.

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