The End of the Earth

On May 3, 2033, the weather was still numbly cold, and the room temperature in the shelter seemed to have dropped again.

People in the shelter called this period the Little Ice Age. The weather was freezing cold for nearly half a year. Even though there were ways to keep out the cold, people always liked to stay in an environment with a moderate temperature.

Xiang San went back and forth to the Miracle Orb many times within a week, and his gains were beyond words.

Knowing that if he died in the Orb of Miracles, he would also die in reality, he was a little hesitant about whether to risk entering the Orb of Miracles again.

But desire drove him to take risks frequently, just like when he was a mercenary, except that this time he longed for power.

In addition, his inner curiosity was so strong that he could not suppress it, so he entered again and again.

The Miracle Tower was destroyed, and the Miracle Orbs were no longer connected to each other. Each type of Orb was of a different type, and each type of Orb might have only one layer or 20 layers.

Enter three different miracle orbs three times. After coming out, Xiang San will classify the orbs he has entered and mark their types.

He was the only one who could get in? Yes, he thought so at first.

But, what about the future? He was determined to popularize legends in this temporary shelter. Imagine a shelter composed of owners of legendary items.

He entered the Orb of Miracles three times, returning severely injured on the third. The moment he returned to reality, everyone was at a loss. He was severely injured, with over 20 lacerations on his body, the deepest nearly reaching his heart. Despite this, his eyes were dull, and he collapsed before everyone, clutching three golden cards.

"Commander! Quick, the medical team, prepare first aid immediately!"

News of Xiang San's serious injury gradually spread throughout the shelter. Everyone could guess the cause of the commander's injury, given the existence of the Miracle Orb. The administrators didn't deliberately conceal the fact, organizing weekly attempts by shelter members to access the Miracle Orb.

Although no one could get in.

Xiang San did not reveal the key information that only legendary creatures could enter the Miracle Orb.

He wanted to let everyone see the seeds of hope subtly, so that people would move towards it and stay away from despair.

This can be considered a helpless deception.

In two days, Xiang San's injuries recovered at an astonishing speed, as if the hourglass of time began to flow backwards, and the wounds slowly healed. Two days later, Xiang San, full of energy, appeared in the leisure areas of all the shelters as usual.

It is widely believed that the commander possesses extraordinary vitality.

"Commander, it's so exciting to see you back to normal."

Li Er, the material manager and Xiang San's former follower, has also taken on important responsibilities.

"Tell me, is there anything I need to take care of?"

"It's nothing. The shelter is well-stocked. The construction manager's expansion plan has already begun, and excavation work has begun on the second and third underground floors. He's been busy with many details, so I'll give you a brief report on his behalf.

Also, the items that the Commander brought back from the Miracle Orb need your specific handling arrangements. Should they be sealed temporarily?"

Xiang San thought about those things, he almost forgot. He did not come back empty-handed, he had fought many bloody battles in person, and he finally confirmed one thing.

Giving birth to another consciousness took away not only his emotions but also his fighting instincts.

In the last life-and-death battle, he almost died in the Miracle Orb because his body's reaction nerves were not as good as before, even though there have been some slight improvements recently.

When he reached the third floor, he had very little magic power left and had to rely on the sunspot ray gun to turn the situation around.

"I'll use the three cards myself, and don't seal the two eggs. Let the population manager arrange a simple incubator to try to hatch these two eggs.

Skin the two giant horned wolves and see if there's anything useful to use. As for the meat, do some simple testing. If everything looks good, we'll have a barbecue tonight."

"Yes! Commander!"

Miracle Orb-Hunting

Miracle Orb-Exploration

Miracle Orb-Collector

After entering the Miracle Orb many times, Xiang San seemed to have some kind of connection with these spaces. He could see their type of space information the moment he touched them, and even refused to enter at the moment of touching them.

"It seems that a certain level of authority has been obtained."

Xiang San returned to his and Anman's small room. Anman had painted a realistic panoramic window on the wall, as if it were a real window, and the forest and sky outside the window were so real.

He sat at the desk and looked at the three cards in his hand. He was also confused. These three cards were obtained from the Collector's Orb, but Xiang San was facing three completely different contents.

A high-tech spaceship capable of phase shifting, an ugly orc, and a puzzle to be solved.

The one who caused him serious damage was the orc. Each of his four arms held a knife that could tear everything apart. Unlike ordinary knives, the knives in the orc's hands were more like assembly knives, and their appearance was extremely technological.

The sharp blade emitted a faint light, and the golden tower shield made by Xiang San using alchemy had no effect against the orcs' technological weapons, and was broken down after four slashes.

At the last critical moment, Xiang San reversed his thoughts and revealed a suicidal fatal gap to the orcs, forcibly closing the distance and using alchemy to reverse the structure of the orcs' technological weapons without changing the material, turning them into a cage with reverse built-in spikes. The locks in the cage held the orcs' limbs tightly and fixed them in the cage.

The seriously injured Xiang San mobilized the last bit of his magic power to activate the spiral spikes in the cage, which slowly drilled into the orc's body until it died.

He didn't know how to use these three collector cards, and he tried every method he could think of, but to no avail.

"Is it really necessary to collect other cards?"

He remembered that Giroud had one in his hand and could exchange it for something else.

What he was thinking about now was whether the things inside the miracle orb were unique.

Just as he was about to enter deep thinking mode to brainstorm, the alarm in the shelter interrupted his thoughts.

"Everyone, please be alert. Unknown creatures have invaded the third underground expansion area of ​​the shelter. All members of the Construction Department must evacuate. Armed personnel from the Order Department are on their way. Please do not panic!"

The broadcasting system mentioned the situation in a timely manner. Xiang San calmly put on his coat and went to the expansion area. The fact that there was no direct call to Xiang San's communication code indicated that the situation was still under control.

The cave excavated in the expansion area is connected to another space that seems to be a cave.

"what happened?"

The insect corpses scattered around the expansion area looked like giant ants, as big as cows, and covered with various spore-like substances.

"During the excavation process, the construction team dug a passage. It seemed that the cave was just entered to check and was startled by such a huge thing."

Calista and Aman also came over and checked the dead insects on the ground.

Xiang San breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they were wearing protective clothing and rubber gloves.

"How about having the medical team do a biopsy on everyone present, Amman?"

Amman rested his chin on his right index finger and thought, "They might be mutants exposed to nuclear radiation. The spores on these giant ants might be spewing out toxic substances.

The expansion area must be closed and isolated, quickly! "

"Notify the Order and Population Department managers to immediately quarantine and prepare chemical protective clothing. I'm going in to see what the hell this place is."

Xiang San planned to go in and investigate personally. If they had dug up a giant ant nest, there would be no reason why there would only be these few.

"The improved chemical protective suit has been prepared in advance, Commander!"

Xiang San began to put on the chemical protective suit with an oxygen tank backpack, and Anman next to him also put on one.

Xiang San looked at her in surprise and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Do you know anything about biology?"

Xiang San shook his head and asked, "Don't you understand either? Stop it, what if you encounter danger?"

"I know a little bit. If you want to say it's dangerous, the whole world is destroyed, it's not as dangerous as this. Let me go with you, maybe I can help you."

Xiang San agreed reluctantly, and since Anman actively asked to participate, he had no choice but to agree.

He handed her the sunspot ray gun and asked her to fire it when in danger.

"You will stay here. If any other creatures emerge, eliminate them. Have the subsequent team deploying the composite glass wall next door add an entrance and exit to the disinfection area. Do you understand?"

"Understood! Commander! Do you need a team to accompany you?"

"No need, just follow the order."

The armed personnel from the Order Department responsible for the area responded with a military salute.

Xiang San and Anman stepped over the hole in the cave, and the novel environment dazzled them.

The cave walls were covered with various mycelium spores, and some insects that had never been seen before were foraging for fungi. A black beetle the size of a palm with four antennae took just a few bites of fungi before being swallowed up by a sudden predator, and a living giant ant appeared.

The ant crawled in front of Xiang San and the other man, sniffed them, moved its antennae, seemed to have no interest, and then walked around them.

"This one seems a little different. Look, it doesn't have those spores on it."

Xiang San pointed at the ant's smooth shell and said.

"Those spores might be parasites. The ones that invaded our shelter were probably parasitic ants. I wonder if they could parasitize us humans. This is too dangerous. We need to closely monitor the air quality in the expansion area."

"Does the shelter have this kind of equipment?"

"Zone C used to be a semi-industrial area, so we still have a lot of these devices. However, disinfection supplies are running out, and we also lack large medical equipment. It will be troublesome when we need it."

"Looks like we'll have to search outside of Area C. There's no hospital in Area C, so it's impossible to find any medical equipment."

They continued to move forward in the tunnel ahead, which was covered with various mycelium and spores. About half an hour later, they came to a more open space where strange spore trees were spewing out bright green powder.

"It seems like a unique ecological chain system has been formed here. It's amazing."

Xiang San nodded slightly. The vitality under the earth really opened his eyes, but what he was concerned about was whether this ecological chain posed a threat to other lives.

"Since there is an ecological chain, is there... a predator at the top of the chain?"

At this moment, a pig-slaughtering roar was heard, which seemed to confirm his question.

Although I couldn't hear it because of the chemical protective suit, the sound waves spread everywhere, and the spore trees in the spore cave swayed wildly as if driven by a strong wind.

"Xiang, there seems to be someone else? Look, there seems to be a light over there!"

There seemed to be lights flashing behind the spore trees in the cave. When Xiang San saw the picture with tracer bullets, he realized that there was a firefight!

"Let's go and take a look. If there's any danger, open fire, whether it's human or other living creatures."

"Yes, my commander!"

Xiang San rolled his eyes at her. This woman could be so relaxed in such an environment. I wonder if she is too careless. With such a smart brain, she shouldn't be like that, right?

At this moment, the armed forces of Jia City are fighting desperately against the underground monsters.

"Protect the mission target! Damn it, beat it back for me!"

"Ahhhhhhh~"

Several soldiers wearing highly sealed power suits squeezed the triggers hard, pouring bullets from heavy weapons.

It is ten meters long, and the biological armor on its body is so hard that it makes people despair. Its triangular head has green compound eyes, and there is a layer of bright green transparent biological shell outside the compound eyes.

The eight sharp insect claws and the six green-glowing thorn horns on the back are intimidating.

The green devil worm opened its mouth, the horns on its back shone brightly, and a green energy began to conduct into its huge abyssal mouth.

"No! Disperse!"

Dias roared, but it was too late. The green energy beam had already been spit out. At the same time, a purple-black particle ray shot towards the green energy beam, swallowing it up and melting through the body of the green devil worm.

Diaz and his group, still in shock, turned around and looked to their right rear.

Two men in chemical protective suits were watching them vigilantly, one of them holding a special pistol in his hand.

"Don't you want to thank us?"

Xiang San's voice came from the public communication channel of Diaz and his group.

"I didn't expect it to be you. What kind of weapon is that and why is it so terrifying?"

Diaz looked at the black pistol in Anman's hand with envy.

"Don't change the subject. Tell me about your mission."