Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 926 The End of the World
[Task: Build a new home (4 stars)]

On April 4, 2044, the planet Yi Ju (乙木) was struck by a meteorite, resulting in the destruction of more than half of its surface. Countless humans, animals, and plants perished, and humanity has yet to recover from this catastrophe. The cosmic virus carried by the meteorite rapidly spread across the globe.

This virus is highly infectious and universal; neither humans nor animals and plants have developed resistance to it.

There are usually four outcomes for a life infected with a virus: death, mutation, gaining superpowers, or acquiring antibodies and no longer fearing viral infection.

Mutated humans and animals are usually irrational, extremely powerful in combat, and like to devour and attack all life.

Due to the global spread of the virus, social order collapsed, and the state apparatus could not function. By 2047, the last nation on Planet Yimu, the Yanmu Kingdom, declared its dissolution. Human bases were then established to maintain the operation of society.

The client, Yuan Muxia, was born in 2038 and was only six years old when the apocalypse arrived. However, her father was an official of the Yanmu Kingdom and later became the deputy base chief of the Yanzhong Base. Moreover, she awakened her spatial ability in the early stages of the virus's spread and received attention from the Yanmu Kingdom. Therefore, she did not experience too many hardships in her growth.

If things had continued along this trajectory, Yuanmu Xia would have inevitably become an important figure in the base and lived a peaceful life. However, she encountered the first major tribulation in her life, involving a man and a woman: Fang Yanlei and Xia Zhixue.

The man is a powerful superhuman who rose to prominence after the apocalypse, possessing both lightning and fire elemental abilities. He is handsome and has many admirers. The woman also possesses powerful superhuman abilities, including spatial and wood-based powers.

As a girl, Yuan Muxia was naturally attracted to Fang Yanlei. However, thanks to her father's careful guidance, Yuan Muxia was very sensible and gave up after learning that Fang Yanlei had a girlfriend.

However, after learning that she was the daughter of the deputy base commander, Fang Yanlei began to approach her and deliberately showed his affection for her.

As Fang Yanlei's tacitly acknowledged girlfriend, Xia Zhixue was furious to see her boyfriend acting this way. So, during a hunting trip, they encountered a horde of mutated beasts. In the ensuing battle, Xia Zhixue seized the opportunity to push Yuanmu Xia into the horde of mutated beasts.

As a space-type user, Yuan Muxia had been protected since childhood, so it was naturally impossible for her to defeat so many mutated beasts. However, she didn't want to die like that. Perhaps it was the life-or-death situation that awakened her potential, and she awakened her wood-type ability, which, in its outburst, killed all the mutated beasts.

However, normally, awakened superpowers wouldn't have such strong offensive power, would they? The reason why Yuanmu Xia unleashed such a powerful superpower was because she overdrawn her life force!

That's right, Natsumi Haruka died!
Shi Jia smacked her lips. "So the client's request is to take revenge on Xia Zhixue?"

The little system quickly checked the mission description. "Host, it doesn't seem so. The mission title is 'Building a New Home'!"

Shi Jia was a little confused. "Build a new home? But that wasn't mentioned in the mission description, was it?" She felt that the mission description from the Dimensional Management Bureau was very confusing, really, very confusing!!

"Hmm, perhaps the host can ask the client after entering the small world," the small system suggested.

Shi Jia nodded, "Okay, I'll ask later."

"Okay, so, does the host wish to enter the small world now?"

"Let's go!" Shi Jia stretched his body and walked towards the black hole in the wall.

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"Hiss—" Shi Jia felt as if her whole body had been crushed. She immediately stopped moving and could only try to breathe, "Huff~ huff~", attempting to relieve the pain through breathing.

Gradually, the pain in her body seemed to lessen. At this moment, she sensed a vast amount of energy around her, some of which she absorbed with each breath, slowly repairing her body.

Shi Jia breathed a sigh of relief and tried to open her eyes. It only took a second for her vision to clear. The blood-stained animal carcasses, the huge and grotesque withered vines, the stench... left Shi Jia stunned as she opened her eyes.

"This is where?"

"Host, this is Tiger-shaped Mountain, a hundred miles away from the Flame Center Base," the little system said.

"No, I'm asking what time it is now?" Shi Jia tried to sit up, but all the bones in her body felt like they were broken and not set properly, limp and unable to support her body.

So she had no choice but to continue lying down.

'June 7, 2061, morning...' "Wait, why is it this time? If I remember correctly, Yuanmu Xia died on June 6, which is yesterday, right?" Shi Jia's tone was somewhat sharp.

The small system nodded.

“Go ask them why they’re teleported after death, not before. Those people should already know that Yuanmu Xia is dead, so how are we supposed to complete this mission?” Shi Jia expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Okay, sure." The smaller system immediately contacted the main system.

Shi Jia closed her eyes again; she needed to talk to Yuan Muxia.

Entering Yuanmu Xia's spiritual sea with practiced ease, there was a pond-sized area where Yuanmu Xia's soul floated. The soul was very faint, and wisps of death energy lingered around it.

Shi Jia discovered that these wisps of death energy were decreasing at an extremely slow rate.

"Yuanmu Xia!" Shi Jia's voice struck straight to the soul.

Yuan Muxia opened her eyes and saw Shi Jia with some curiosity, "Were you sent by heaven to help me?"

"Yes, tell me your wish?" Shi Jia didn't waste any words. Besides, Yuan Muxia's condition didn't allow them to chat casually.

"My wish?" A sharp killing intent flashed in Yuanmu Xia's eyes, but it vanished in an instant, leaving only expectation in her eyes. "Can you help me take care of my father? And... my younger brother."

Yuanmu Natsu's younger brother is her half-brother, born after the apocalypse.

"That's all?" Shi Jia raised an eyebrow. "Don't you need me to avenge you? And what's the meaning of your mission to build a new home?"

Yuanmu Xia hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. "I would be very grateful if you could avenge me, but that's not my biggest wish."

"As for building a new home?" Yuan Muxia was somewhat confused. Like all people in the post-apocalyptic world, she had longed to return to that materially rich, open-minded, democratic, and law-abiding society.

But can that really be achieved?
Putting aside everything else, the material aspect alone is difficult to achieve. Global soil and water resources are polluted, and crops grown there, unless mutated, cannot grow normally. These mutated crops possess powerful attack capabilities, and most are inedible.

If even food alone cannot satisfy our needs, how can we talk about anything else?

She couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I dare not ask for more."

Shi Jia said, "But the task you submitted was named 'Build a New Home,' which means that this is your deepest desire."

Just like in the previous mission, Zhao Wenwen's deepest desire is to marry someone and live a happy and harmonious life.

Yuan Muxia was stunned by what she heard. She couldn't help but recall the joy of flying kites and camping with her parents before the apocalypse, the grievances and guilt she felt when being criticized by her teacher with her classmates... the warmth at the dinner table, the earnest teachings in the classroom, the carefree laughter on the playground...

These are the scenes that flashed through my mind before I died.

She really, really misses it.

"Yes, I really want to, but is it possible?" Yuan Muxia looked at Shi Jia expectantly, but shook her head the next second. "One shouldn't be too greedy."

Shi Jia nodded. "I understand. No matter what, I will try my best to fulfill your wish."

"Okay, thank you."

"Sleep now. When you wake up, you will see everything you desire," Shi Jia whispered her promise.