This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 45 Settlement and Becoming a Boss
Nie Weiyang returned to the office with a smile on his face. The changes in the ministers' expressions were truly amusing.

Anyway, these guys are not good people, so it doesn't matter if they are teased - he will not humiliate their character, but he will not hesitate to make such intimidation that will help complete the task.

Now, although it is a bit abstract that he only knew that he was an investigator after he had raised the subject of the investigation, after Angelita died completely, Nie Weiyang became the official administrator and completed the task.

The internal system of the shelter was being renovated very quickly. The logistics director knew that the matter had been exposed, and that he had failed to conceal the fact that he had deceived Nie Weiyang, so he should be punished even more severely. Although he actually suspected that he had not deceived Nie Weiyang at all, he was also afraid that he would be killed by this person, so he worked very hard.

After that, everyone worked together. Kangsen's people went to other shelters to ask for a batch of resources. Although no one knew what the entire 4701 shelter was busy with, it did show a thriving atmosphere.

Nie Weiyang didn't touch the four ministers. After all, compared to the others, they were already the most obedient group—they didn't need to understand his orders, just execute them. It was a pity that the people in the dungeon were just phantoms; their obedience couldn't increase the progress of the charismatic quest.

Over a period of about a year, the external environment gradually deteriorated.

In the first month, the Pale Wilds expanded.

By the third month, the wilderness had engulfed everything in its path, and the terrain had flattened, revealing the shelter's main structure above ground. From the 'inner gate' onwards lay the true shelter. Everything beyond that was merely artificial additions.

By the sixth month, Nie Weiyang had become familiar with the locals, with a base Charisma score of over 50. As long as he wanted to, no one would dislike him. If the mission requiring recognition hadn't disappeared, he would probably have completed most of it by now. As for why the mission disappeared, he knew it well: because the system believed that the strong didn't need recognition, and the mission was wrong from the beginning—but the system would never admit its mistakes, and it would definitely take revenge on him later.

In the eighth month, a disaster occurred in the outside world, the sky changed drastically, and something seemed to have gone wrong with the Hope Space Station. It began to approach the planet's homeland, and the light in the sky changed strangely, flickering endlessly.

The shelter was damaged and its integrity declined again. People who were closer to the damage began to suffer from radiation sickness. The shelter staff tried their best, but could only barely keep them alive.

In the eleventh month, the Hope Space Station was completely close to the planet's mainland. The huge gravitational force began to cause the two to disintegrate, and fragments flew between the two like a galaxy.

The integrity of the shelter declined again, and the life support system and artificial gravity system in some areas began to fail, resulting in many deaths.

In the twelfth month, the Hope Space Station crashed into the planet's homeland.

On the last day, the world comes to an end.

……

Nie Weiyang sat in the office chair.

He was wearing an old-fashioned pair of wired headphones, a fixture of his Walkman.

【[Strange Item: No on-demand Walkman]-
Listen to the voice of your heart. -
Transform your own and others' thoughts into music to read their emotions and gain random buffs.

Prioritize using known tracks. You cannot specify playback content. Please explore on your own.
-
Love listening to music? Then you must be an interesting person. -】

An unknown country tune drifted through Nie Weiyang's mind, reflecting his own mood: peaceful, calm, not overly passionate or grandiose. Just like now, he simply stared quietly at the "bridge" that stretched to the sky on the surveillance screen, the bridge of destruction.

Above it, the Broken Hope Space Station had obscured the entire sky and earth. In his eyes, it now showed a population of '1'.

The entire shelter fell into a dead silence. People knew that everything they knew in the past had disappeared. There was a cry, and then there was a long cry...

Nie Weiyang took a look at the shelter's integrity, which remained at 65%, the number of survivors at around 3000, and the map with several large black areas on the edges.

Although the process was heavy and painful, and although it was really hard to take care of the eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping of three thousand people as soon as he opened his eyes every day, he always felt that it was too easy to pass the dungeon this time.

He had originally thought that in the second half of the plot, the system would assign him a few "security lines" to visit him...

So why?
Could it be that you haven't figured out how to deal with him yet?
Hope finally fell. The impact occurred, the broadcast stopped, the world was destroyed, and the dungeon was settled. All tasks were completed, but Nie Weiyang's sense of crisis grew. He had enough experience to upgrade to level 12, and he also had currency, boxes, and accessories... Everything seemed normal, which was actually a bit abnormal.

Just as he was waiting intently, a new prompt popped up from the bottom of the list:
[Obtained rare item: [Mind Prism Fragment·Light Energy] (Administrator No. 2)]

Another rare item? This time... for 'Administrator Number Two'?

Nie Weiyang was stunned for a moment, then saw something dazzlingly colorful appear in mid-air, flash by, and crash into his mind. The next moment, brilliant colors flooded his vision, and he was back in the original Vault 4701 lobby, facing the empty control panel. Nie Weiyang was completely dazed for a moment. He sensed in his mind and discovered that in addition to the badge, there was now a patch of irregularly shaped, diamond-like crystals in the mist.

[[Strange Item: Heart Prism Fragment·Light Energy]-
Reflecting the brilliance of the soul. -
Appears to be an important material for synthesizing something.

Can convert its own mental power into light energy and release it outwards. The attack strength is proportional to the output mental power, and the strength limit is proportional to the total value of the mental attribute.

·Can only be used when in the [World BOSS-Second Administrator] state.

Nie Weiyang's spirits lifted. This was a magical tool for him! Although its use was limited...but 'Avatar Second Administrator'? What did that mean?
Perhaps due to the restrictions on the use of identities, the fragments of the Mind Prism were now completely unable to be removed from his mind. However, he pondered for a long time and could not find any function such as "incarnation".

Well, if you really can’t figure it out, just don’t think about it.

Nie Weiyang came back to his senses and stared at the groove where the "artificial destiny" was originally placed. A line of words was displayed on it: [[Token] 0/1].

'Keep the Token'...

Could it be that 'artificial destiny' is also a token of trust?
Nie Weiyang took out a stone from his backpack thoughtfully, on which the sword and shield emblem hidden in shadows shone brightly.

This is the keepsake of the 'Second Administrator', and it doesn't even have an introduction of its own... Well, that's mainly because the person who made it didn't fill in any text at all.

Nie Weiyang reached out and placed the token into the groove. A burst of light erupted, and beneath the halo of light in the quiet hall, countless densely packed figures appeared, overlapping and moving past him.

He seemed to see familiar faces among them, but most of them were complete strangers. They passed by him as if they didn't see him. No... they really didn't see him...

Because it's just... an illusion.

A phantom that existed here long ago.

The token fell into the pit and naturally floated up, gently rotating clockwise, with the black and white logo on it slowly circulating.

The highest authority of Vault 4701 has changed. The current holder is [Administrator No. 4701]. Vault 1 has been assigned to [Administrator No. ]. Current Vault Integrity: %. Current Vault Functions: Closing and unlocking, creating instances, generating player clearance records within instances, generating player clearance records...

Dear [Administrator No. 1], congratulations on gaining management rights for [1] shelter. The [Avatar] function is now available. You can now enter the [Avatar: Administrator No. ] form around the shelters you manage. You can transform into the avatar state in the shelters you control. During a Level Red Public Hazard event, you can transform into the avatar state at any location. Your different forms will use the same attribute template, but the avatar form cannot use the main profession skills.

[Dear [Administrator No. 2], you have a new task: [Blood Moon Ascending], please check it out.]

[[Blood Moon Rising]: The Crimson Moon will kick off a grand journey! As the current sole World Boss, you must appear during the [Blood Moon Rising] event and be seen for more than 5 minutes.

The 'Avatar' function is now available. Please fill in the basic information and customize a unique appearance in the character preparation interface.

[Optional: Kill at least one player during the [Blood Moon Ascending] event.]

"..."

Nie Weiyang's face turned a little dark.

He knew that this crappy game wouldn't let him have an easy time.

He glanced at the avatar function, opened the list of permissions for the shelter, and, leaving aside a string of temporarily unavailable functions, fixed his eyes on the only option that was lit.

[Shelter Bonus]: Currently provides a 1% passive bonus to all attributes, increasing with the completeness of the shelter. Currently, 1/3 of the shelters offer this bonus. The completeness of the shelter can be increased by collecting [Underworld Crystals].

...Thank you for the invitation, it smells really good.

Nie Weiyang remained calm.

(End of this chapter)