Consuming lifespan to draw rewards, I'm invincible in the apocalypse!

"No, what do you mean by that?"

"Want to fight? Or do you really have a death wish?"

"I've never killed anyone before, so I'll use you as practice!"

Luo Shan was cursing and swearing, but he seemed quite imposing.

But Jiang Yi knew he was all bark and no bite.

He glanced at Luo Shan indifferently.

He casually uttered, "The literal meaning."

Then, with a meaningful gesture, he patted the corpses of the Illusionary Butterflies and the Blood-Devouring Gu that he had collected.

Luo Shan was initially quite annoyed by his attitude.

But he wasn't stupid. Suddenly, as if realizing something, he asked again:

"You? What do you mean?"

Jiang Yi raised his chin: "Let's talk in your room."

So Luo Shan quickly took him back to his room.

As soon as the door closed, he lowered his voice furtively and said, "You don't collect these butterflies and insects just to eat them, do you?!"

Jiang Yi did not answer directly.

Instead, while carefully removing the corpse of the Illusionary Butterfly, he leisurely asked:

"You spend all day bragging and chatting with those tumor-ridden people, you must have heard of Chang Jiao'e, right?"

Luo Shan's eyes were strange; he was about to use this name to mock Jiang Yi.

But he suddenly noticed—

Jiang Yi's methods were very unique, both in collecting the corpses of the Illusionary Butterflies before and in taking them out now.

The appearance of the Phantom Butterfly is similar to that of an ordinary butterfly, except that its wings are slightly larger and wider.

When they are alive, they emit a hallucinogenic fragrance.

In addition, the phosphorus powder on butterfly wings also has a paralyzing effect.

Although the numbing effect is weak, if too much phosphorus powder is applied to the hand at once, it can cause serious paralysis.

My whole hand will turn blue and go numb!

But Jiang Yi, who collected so many Phantom Butterfly corpses...

His hand was completely unharmed!

Luo Shan noticed that Jiang Yi always seemed to be able to precisely pinch the tiny, almost imperceptible antennae on the top of the Illusionary Butterfly's head.

While doing all this, his movements looked very natural, and his hands never got covered in phosphorus powder!

At this point, Luo Shan finally realized—

This guy looks half-dead, with only a month left to live...

It might not be that simple!

He quickly dropped his sarcasm and nodded, "Of course I've heard of her! Chang Jiao'e is currently the only expert in the entire Jiangcheng who can refine the Longevity Pill!"

Jiang Yi chuckled inwardly upon hearing this, but didn't say anything more.

Instead, while continuing what he was doing, he slowly asked, "Do you know which school Chang Jiao'e attended before the apocalypse?"

Luo Shan blurted out, "Hanjiang University."

Jiang Yi then asked, "Have you heard about the beast tide that struck Hanjiang University on the seventh day of the apocalypse?"

Luo Shan nodded: "I heard that a student pulled out the beast tide from the blue spinning wheel!"

"Back then, on the seventh day of the apocalypse, the strength of most people was roughly the same as that of us tumor worms..."

"The beast tide at the Blue Wheel was a devastating disaster for players at the time!"

"I heard that the teachers and students of Hanjiang University almost all perished because of that disaster!"

"Fortunately, there was a team that led hundreds of students and fought their way out of the beast tide with their lives on the line..."

"I heard that among that group of survivors, there is an invincible top expert!"

"However, the name of that powerful figure has not been widely circulated."

"Even after that, no more stories about him have been reported."

"There are also rumors that that powerful figure is probably already dead!"

"Heh..." Jiang Yi chuckled softly again.

He found a knife and a bottle cap in the room and scraped the phosphorus powder from the wings of the magic butterfly into the bottle cap little by little.

At the same time, he said casually:

"The reason that expert was so strong was because he gained an attribute boost through a lucky draw."

Luo Shan nodded: "Of course! To be able to lead people out of the beast tide, they must have drawn some powerful ability from the wheel to defy fate!"

Jiang Yi shook his head slightly and said casually, "He didn't defy fate."

"Because what he extracted was not a permanent ability."

"It is a time-limited capability."

"So, seven days later, he disappeared without a trace, blending into the crowd, and no news of him ever came out again."

"I see!" Luo Shan suddenly realized. "That's right! It's a time-limited ability! I remember seeing a time-limited ability in the options on the green wheel!"

"That guy is such a pity!"

"I finally managed to draw an ability, but it turns out it's time-limited! No wonder he's lost his talent and faded into obscurity!"

"If he can pull out something good within that timeframe... or find a way to continuously improve his advantages, he might actually be able to defy fate!"

"What a pity, what a pity!"

Luo Shan loves to hear stories of "defying fate and changing one's destiny".

Upon first hearing this story of a failed attempt to change one's fate, I felt quite moved.

but……

He suddenly realized something and frowned as he looked at Jiang Yi: "You seem to know quite a bit about that powerful figure?"

"Oh, right!" He suddenly exclaimed, his eyes widening. "You and Chang Jiao'e are classmates! So you're also a student at Hanjiang University!"

"So, you were also rescued from the terrifying beast tide by that powerful figure, a survivor from Hanjiang University!"

Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow: "Yes. But also no."

Luo Shan frowned: "What do you mean? Something's not right?"

Jiang Yi stopped what he was doing and looked at Luo Shan calmly: "I am that nameless expert myself."

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In an instant, Luo Shan's mouth widened into a round "O" shape!

It took him a while to recover: "Really? You, you kid, you're not just bragging, are you..."

Jiang Yi didn't say anything more, but simply said, "What I wanted to say is—"

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

"Although the abilities I used back then were time-limited, at least I had my moment of glory."

So, I'll ask you one more time—

"You still want to defy fate?"

Luo Shan straightened up instantly: "Yes! I fucking want to!!"

Jiang Yi carefully placed the bottle cap filled with the phosphorus powder of the Illusionary Butterfly on the table, and then took out the bottle filled with the Bloodthirsty Gu.

Those blood-devouring gu were still alive, crammed into the bottle, making it look like it was filled with filthy blood.

After deliberately showing Luo Shan the two items, he raised an eyebrow and said casually, "If you want, go and get me a bag of fireflies first."

"What? Fireflies?" Luo Shan was completely bewildered. "No, buddy, I have nothing. Where am I supposed to get those kinds of bugs?!"