Chapter 90

Suburb.

Martial Arts Hall.

"This is my friend Zhao Junyu, and this is Old Qian, Qian Mingkui, the current successor of the Treading Snow to Seek Plum School."

Wu Xiaode introduced the two to each other.

Lu Renyi stepped forward to serve tea and silently retreated to the side.

Wu Xiaode looked at him in surprise and said, "Xiaoyi, why are you still here?"

"I've joined the school." Lu Renyi said.

"What about your brothers?"

"They've all scattered."

"Are you not involved in the underworld anymore?"

"No, I'm not."

"What do you do for a living now?"

"I used to repair bicycles and appliances. I plan to open a shop next to the martial arts hall."

"Why do you have this plan?"

"I work to support the school and my master."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiaode finally began to look at him with new eyes.

He pondered and said, "I'll ask you, you could have stayed in the underworld, why are you so determined to join the school?"

"Born into poverty, I have a large family to support. There's no other way, but now I see a path for myself, and my family supports me." Lu Renyi said.

Qian Mingkui chimed in, "When I'm not around at night, he always loyally guards the martial arts hall. I think we need someone like him."

"I actually dislike people like you, but as the old saying goes, a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. If you can serve Master Qian well, follow the rules of the school, and no longer bully the weak, I'll give you this opportunity." Wu Xiaode said.

"Thank you, Elder." Lu Renyi knelt down and bowed deeply.

"Alright, we'll talk about the apprenticeship later. Xiaowu, come look at this martial arts manual." Qian Mingkui said.

He placed an ancient book with vertical text on the table.

Wu Xiaode picked it up and saw four large characters on the cover:

"Slashing Spear Technique."

He flipped to the first page, which contained evaluations of various weapons and how to use a spear to counter them, as well as historical accounts of spear usage in battle formations.

Wu Xiaode was immediately engrossed.

The book started from the basics, gradually explaining the advantages of basic spear techniques to the methods of using a spear to fight thousands in battle formations, and even included mythical spear techniques with corresponding evaluations.

By the time Wu Xiaode came to his senses, he had already read ten pages.

The next page read: "Three Slashing Techniques."

"Good! Good! Good! Even I, who have never practiced spear techniques, am captivated. It must be a good spear technique." Wu Xiaode sighed.

"I feel the same, Elder Wu. Would you like to practice together?" Qian Mingkui rubbed his hands.

Wu Xiaode hesitated.

How could he find time to specifically practice a spear technique?

The most efficient way was to take commissions from the Wall of Wishes and receive the teachings of the ancestral spirits.

— Speaking of which, he could take a commission today.

As he thought, the Book of the Dead quietly opened, revealing lines of icy text:

"You can practice various techniques!"

"You have already obtained the relevant technique knowledge. As long as you accumulate enough admiration from the masses, you can use their power to learn the relevant techniques."

"Slashing Spear Technique."

"Continuous skill, three techniques."

"The Book of the Dead has recorded it."

"Cost: one million likes."

"This spear technique is of a higher grade and can be used to sacrifice to the Wall of Sighs to enhance the Silent Fog's abilities."

One million likes.

Enhance death-related skills.

Since that's the case, why not learn it?

If any strange events occur, he could do a live stream. After all, he had already gained ten million likes.

Wait!

He had recorded a session in a parallel world!

Wu Xiaode patted his head, took out his phone, and logged into the live streaming app.

Countless messages popped up.

He had to read these comments first.

About half of the audience was interested in the videos and praised the high quality of both sessions.

The rest were various bizarre insults, doubts, and criticisms.

The two main viewpoints were:

One: Little brother, this is too fake, completely detached from the structure of mechs and bone dragons. Let me tell you!

The other: Big brother, stop pretending, this is all real, we can tell!

Many people even made videos, analyzing Wu Xiaode's videos frame by frame, concluding—

All fake / all real.

Wu Xiaode didn't continue scrolling, and simply uploaded the session he recorded in the parallel world.

The title was:

"Sci-fi Epic in the Making, Preview of Special Effects!"

The video was successfully posted!

Wu Xiaode threw his phone on the table, took a sip of tea, and said:

"Old Qian, how did you kill a monster in the other world?"

Qian Mingkui recounted the events.

Everyone was speechless.

Zhao Junyu adjusted his glasses and said, "Master Qian, your luck is truly unmatched."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"According to our statistics, less than one in ten people successfully returned last night."

"Such a high casualty rate?" Qian Mingkui was shocked.

Zhao Junyu nodded, his expression heavy.

If the Awakened all died, what would humans do when other disasters struck and they had to face the monsters?

The world Wu Xiaode saw three years later indeed headed towards destruction.

What could be done?

Wu Xiaode was thinking about something else.

He pondered and said, "You mean the bird saved you from the city of venomous snakes, and then you saved it?"

"That's right." Qian Mingkui nodded.

"That's strange... I've never heard of a monster helping a professional. Junyu, do you have any records of this?"

"No." Zhao Junyu said.

"This is a bit odd, but since you've saved each other, there's a bond. Next time, try to connect with it and become true friends." Wu Xiaode said.

"Great idea!" Qian Mingkui slapped his thigh.

At that moment, neither of them knew how much their conversation would influence the future of humanity.

Qian Mingkui said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the midnight teleportation is random. I might not be teleported there next time."

Zhao Junyu snapped his fingers and said, "I'll solve this. I'll get you a spatial teleportation device. It will record your last entry point and lock onto that area, so you'll be teleported there next time."

Qian Mingkui's eyes lit up, and he said insincerely, "Thank you, Brother Junyu. To receive a gift on our first meeting, I feel quite embarrassed."

"No need to be modest. We've never befriended a monster before. You're the first, a milestone event." Zhao Junyu said seriously.

"That's worth a drink." Wu Xiaode raised his glass.

Everyone laughed, raised their glasses, and clinked them together.

Online.

Wu Xiaode's video began to gain traction.

Many people who followed Wu Xiaode received notifications on their phones.

As soon as Wu Xiaode's video was posted, it was featured as the cover video on the platform.

More and more people opened his video.

Wu Xiaode stood under a gray sky, facing the camera and said:

"Viewers, friends."

"Welcome to the filming site of our large-scale sci-fi movie."

Behind him was a scene of the apocalypse.

The streets were littered with corpses.

It was raining.

Some monsters were wandering in the distance.

Despite this, many people immediately recognized the scene.

This was the street in front of the capital's palace!

As the center of the country, the royal family held various parades and large events on this street!

It was the most heavily guarded area.

Yet, in front of the camera, it looked so eerie and terrifying.

As Wu Xiaode spoke, a monster not far away suddenly turned around and let out a howl.

Such a scene was truly chilling!

Wu Xiaode smiled at the camera and walked toward the monster.

The monster was unaware.

Wu Xiaode leaned close to the monster, raised his phone to film himself and the monster, and made a cute gesture with his other hand, puckering his lips.

— He was making a cute gesture!

But the monster didn't react at all!

Could it be fake?

As soon as this thought crossed everyone's minds, they realized:

Of course it's fake!

How could it be real? If it were real, he'd be dead!

The special effects were amazing!

Thud—

A dull sound.

Just after making the cute gesture, Wu Xiaode punched the monster, sending it flying.

"See, viewers? Our special effects are very realistic."

People started to like the video.

The number of likes increased at an incredible speed.

Wu Xiaode walked forward, holding his phone and explained:

"Look at the modeling of the street, the palace, and the corpses on the street. Isn't it a scene of the apocalypse?"

"If you think this is real... ha ha, please compare it with the daily street scenes of the capital."

"These things haven't happened in reality!"

Thud!

A monster charged forward and was punched away, rolling several meters before getting up and going to find other monsters.

Wu Xiaode changed his position.

He found a overturned bus, jumped on it, and pointed the camera in the direction the monster had disappeared.

"Alright, now let's show you our monsters."

"..."

"Please enjoy quietly!"

He turned the phone to face the street.

Rumble—

On the street, a group of monsters of various shapes and sizes came running.

As soon as these strange creatures appeared, the number of likes in the video skyrocketed.

The number of viewers quickly surpassed fifty million and steadily approached the hundred million mark.

No one had ever seen such realistic monsters!

It was almost like they were real!

But the filming location was in front of the palace—

In the past few months, the street in front of the palace had always been bustling with traffic and had never been closed.

So it was definitely special effects!

And the most realistic special effects in human film history!

A groundbreaking achievement!

...

In the martial arts hall.

The group continued chatting.

"Old Qian, practice this spear technique first. We'll exchange insights later." Wu Xiaode said.

"But this spear technique is a bit difficult. I want to discuss it with Elder." Qian Mingkui said.

"Difficult? Isn't each move clearly described?" Wu Xiaode was puzzled.

"I... although I have awakened soul power, my academic performance was poor. I dropped out of school in the third grade of elementary school." Qian Mingkui said embarrassedly.

Pfft—

Zhao Junyu sprayed the tea out of his mouth.

"Is that so? Then reading it might indeed be difficult..." Wu Xiaode pondered.

— Right, how did the video perform?

As he thought, the Book of the Dead fell down, opened in front of him, and quickly displayed lines of icy text:

"Enough likes have been collected to practice the Slashing Spear Technique."

"Do you want to learn it?"

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