Chapter 130: Chapter 130: 3 Seconds, Almost Didn’t Make It Out of the Polar Day World Alive
A Dark Energy Beam pierced through Xu Tongming. There was little surprise or hatred in his expression; instead, he was exceedingly calm.
He just watched Qi Suian quietly, ultimately being disintegrated by the Dark Energy Beam.
It seemed he had expected this.
The reason for his death was none other than being hunted down with nowhere to run, forcing him to turn back and try to kill Qi Suian.
In the end, just like Qin Sheng’s seven masters, he was lured into a trap and killed.
The scheme wasn’t particularly brilliant; its success hinged on the fact that Qi Suian was unafraid of death and could resurrect. Had it been anyone else, the scheme would have been a one-time use.
After all, the dead can’t use a trick for a second time.
After his opponent died, Qi Suian successfully obtained his protagonist’s halo, raising his Celestial Fate: Profound to Reinforcement +5.
[Reinforcement +5: Extreme Will]
Qi Suian wasn’t entirely clear on its specific effect, but he could be sure of one thing: his tolerance for his own illnesses and pain had increased.
But as the name suggested, it probably augmented his willpower.
In any case, he had never let his will reach its limit. Whenever it got close, he would simply deactivate himself, allowing death to reforge him.
Of course, most who reached their limit just died instantly, so he hadn’t experienced it many times.
The word "limit" was not a good thing. Pushing past this boundary didn’t grant greater power; instead, it led to collapse and death.
Qi Suian had a protagonist’s halo, but due to his own limitations, he understood the dangers of pushing one’s limits.
It was like someone who was full after one bowl of rice thinking they could eat even more by pushing their limit and eating ten bowls. In reality, they would just eat themselves to death instead of actually expanding their stomach.
This reinforcement, however, allowed Qi Suian’s will to be maintained at its absolute limit without issue. Unless he crossed that limit, at which point he would naturally face collapse.
The effect was somewhat useful. It would grant him better control when conducting destructive experiments and modifications on himself.
As for anything more, Qi Suian would have to see later.
"The last few days should be a bit easier." Qi Suian stretched his body.
The entire Horizon Realm seemed deathly still. This wasn’t a metaphor; it was literal.
The Desolate Beasts had frozen to death. As for the humans and survivors, they were already long dead, as dead as could be.
One could say that in the entire Horizon Realm right now, Qi Suian was the only living, breathing thing left.
Qi Suian looked at the dim sun in the sky. He knew it wasn’t over yet.
The Sun in a Bottle was buried, but that didn’t mean things would stay this way forever. When the time came, the hundred-year cycle would reset, and the Polar Day Doomsday would descend once more.
This meant that only the remaining time in this cycle would be normal.
Once the new cycle began, everything would return to how it was.
’Want to end the doomsday? Simple. Just get rid of the Sun in a Bottle.’
However, this was not something Qi Suian could solve, so the Polar Day Doomsday would continue to exist.
All he could do was leave the Polar Day World alive before the new cycle started.
Beyond that, he was powerless.
’As for taking the Sun in a Bottle with me?’
Qi Suian was not selfless enough to sacrifice himself for a strange world and unfamiliar species.
If he were truly that selfless, he would have just turned himself into the Zombie Dominator from the start, and he wouldn’t have become a violator of the Doomsday Game.
All of this had happened precisely because he wanted to live.
After that, Qi Suian found a place with a relatively better environment and began a peaceful life.
With his Reinforcement +5 Celestial Fate: Profound, Qi Suian’s research on the Blood Moon’s tissue samples went much more smoothly.
He estimated that with another month or two, he could definitely upgrade his A-rank Virus Control to an S-rank virus talent.
’If raw power won’t cut it, I’ll have to rely on luck.’
This continued until the last hour of the limited-time event, Sun Puppet.
In the gloomy sky, a scorching sunbeam shot down, appearing incredibly harsh to the eyes.
And the once-normal temperature actually began to rise slowly.
The ashes of the Sun Puppet were, after all, only SSS-rank quality. Compared to the X-rank Sun in a Bottle, the difference was still too great.
They could only block its light for a short time, allowing Qi Suian to live until the final moment. Truly burying the sun was impossible.
But it didn’t matter. Qi Suian had already achieved his goal.
[Temperature rising rapidly. Initiating evasion protocol...]
[One hour remaining. You may face a worldly backlash. Please be cautious.]
The Smart Brain spoke immediately.
A "worldly backlash" was a world-counterattack mechanism that Qi Suian had previously identified.
For example, the Blood Moon killing survivors was a form of backlash from the Profound World.
The Doomsday Game definitely had some ulterior motive for sending survivors into the Doomsday Worlds.
Qi Suian didn’t know what that motive was, but he knew one thing: the worlds would absolutely not let the Doomsday Game take what it wanted so easily.
As he was pondering this, a blinding golden light descended upon his location.
Through a visual illusion, the golden light appeared to be humanoid. Looking closely, Qi Suian found it somewhat familiar.
"Xu Tongming..." Qi Suian said softly.
The feeling was just like that bandaged face from before—an ambiguous, illusory visual structure.
’Since I can observe it, it must be real.’
’No need to fool myself with excuses like it being an illusion.’
When he blinked, its appearance changed again, becoming Chang Shaoyong, the former Mansion Master of Liebo Mansion.
It was only then that Qi Suian understood. The being’s form was a record of all the people who had died by his hand in the Polar Day World.
After realizing this, his heart finally settled.
He wasn’t worried about the dead seeking revenge. If Qi Suian could kill them once, he could kill them a second time.
He had been afraid that the protagonist, Xu Tongming, hadn’t actually died and had somehow revived. That would have been truly troublesome.
[High-energy lifeform · High-temperature heat source detected approaching. Activating emergency evasion!!!]
The Smart Brain determined they were no match for the golden humanoid and fled without hesitation.
The golden light flashed, catching up to them in an instant. It pierced through the Tai Sui God’s chest on the spot, severely injuring Qi Suian in the process.
"You’re still a step behind." Ignoring the excruciating pain, Qi Suian unleashed the greatest power he had ever mustered. Primordial Energy surged as the Tai Sui God’s iron arm slammed into the Golden Light Man.
What he felt upon impact, however, was an extremely hard sensation. Even the Tai Sui God’s iron arm shattered from the force.
Qi Suian’s hand made direct contact with the Golden Light Man’s body and was instantly melted by the high temperature.
The being possessed immense internal heat, yet it was extremely contained. It could only be felt upon contact or when actively released.
"Holy shit, I can’t even break its defense." Qi Suian felt like a complete clown.
The Golden Light Man raised its hand and brought it down toward Qi Suian’s head in a simple, unadorned strike.
However, the Smart Brain reacted faster. In the blink of an eye, the Tai Sui God vanished without a trace, taking Qi Suian with it.
This time, it pushed the Wind Master aerial system to its maximum speed and, making a decisive choice, became a mole and burrowed into the ground.
[Based on data analysis, the enemy’s dual attributes are extremely high, and it possesses numerous talents, passive effects, etc.]
[Even Zombie Chunyu Hu, who possesses the Source of Profound Virus, would be severely wounded by it in a single blow.]
Qi Suian wasn’t fine. He wasn’t dead yet, but was just holding on by a thread. The moment the Smart Brain finished speaking, his injuries flared up, and he died on the spot.
After resurrecting, he felt a lingering fear.
"There’s no way I can fight that. But why did it let us get away?" Qi Suian asked.
[The ashes on the Sun in a Bottle have not been completely removed. Its intelligence is limited.]
"How high is ’extremely high’ in terms of stats?" Qi Suian asked.
[Unable to estimate precise data.]
The Smart Brain’s meaning was clear: it needed corresponding data to make an estimate.
But right now, they had nothing to go on. Guessing was impossible.
’And what about using my 5 points in dual attributes to extrapolate?’
If the effect of attribute points wasn’t exponential, that might have worked. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Besides, he already knew he was no match. It was ridiculous for the weak to try and speculate on the strength of the strong.
When the Smart Brain said "extremely high," it meant it couldn’t effectively calculate a precise number.
"The temperature is getting higher and higher. It seems the Sun in a Bottle’s hundred-year reset is already underway."
"I hope it doesn’t find me. Protagonist’s halo, I’m counting on you!!!" Qi Suian realized just how weak he really was.
Perhaps compared to other survivors, he was powerful, but when compared to these doomsday-level disasters, there was simply no contest.
The Golden Light Man was more like a personified manifestation of the Sun in a Bottle.
Time ticked away. Perhaps the protagonist’s halo was working, as only thirty seconds remained.
Qi Suian nervously counted down the seconds.
Suddenly, his heart clenched.
’Is this... a warning?!?’ The instant the thought occurred to him, he willed twenty Floating Cannons out of his Subspace Pocket.
The next second, all the Floating Cannons simultaneously fired their Dark Energy Beams at maximum power.
For this action, Qi Suian didn’t have the Smart Brain control the Tai Sui God; he took direct control himself.
Because in his view, letting the Smart Brain take control would be too slow.
A golden light appeared, tearing apart the underground cave where Qi Suian was hiding. It was the same Golden Light Man from before.
The Dark Energy Beams struck their target precisely. The golden light on its body began to scatter, exactly like dissipating sunlight.
The effect of twenty Dark Energy Beams caused the Golden Light Man’s form to disintegrate in an instant.
But Qi Suian didn’t let his guard down, because he knew things couldn’t be that simple.
"Three..." Qi Suian couldn’t help but say the final countdown out loud.
At the same time, the Golden Light Man’s form began to re-form.
"Two..."
In just one second, the Golden Light Man had recovered. The suffocating pressure made Qi Suian shout the final number: "One!!!"
The Golden Light Man transformed into a thing of extreme heat and radiance. Everything in its path melted, forming a magma-like substance.
With the help of his Celestial Fate: Profound, the timer smoothly hit zero just before the radiance reached him.
He followed the Doomsday Game to a new Doomsday World.
