Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Winter Apocalypse, the Locally Sourced Survivor
"Why is it so cold?" Qi Suian looked around, finding himself in a land of ice and snow.
"You just pulled me out of the scorching Polar Day World, and now you’ve dropped me into this sub-zero wasteland?" Qi Suian’s expression was strange.
No. You are simply in the Arctic.
I have just connected to the network. I can confirm for the time being that no doomsday event has occurred in this new Doomsday World.
The level of societal development is comparable to the planetary settlements in the Profound World you came from. This, of course, does not account for the influence of the Watchman Morning Company or the Divine Prayer Association.
’Without those two factions, it would just be an unremarkable modern society.’
Of course, there is also bad news.
Hearing the words "bad news," Qi Suian actually relaxed. If there wasn’t any bad news, he’d suspect the Doomsday Game was holding back some nasty trick to use on him.
’Then again, even without bad news, it was always trying to get me. The Doomsday Game just had the will but not the power to actually eliminate me.’
The Doomsday Game hasn’t pulled in humans from other worlds to act as survivalists. Instead, it has turned this world’s native population directly into survivalists.
Qi Suian’s expression shifted slightly. "What the hell? Is it out of its mind?"
He understood. Things were truly terrible.
Arriving before the apocalypse, or having the world’s natives turned into survivalists—neither of those on their own would have been an issue. Qi Suian wouldn’t have been afraid of either.
But the two combined meant that an established order existed, and it already had the upper hand.
Not only could they prepare for the apocalypse ahead of time, they could also move to eliminate a violator like Qi Suian.
He looked at the death count in the "Permanent Event: Violator" tab, and his eye couldn’t help but twitch.
’Dropping into this desolate, frozen wasteland was purely thanks to my protagonist halo.’
’Otherwise, if I had appeared anywhere near a populated area, I’d probably be facing a violent crackdown.’
’They’d definitely dispatch a heavily-armored combined arms brigade to deal with a "murderous" violator like me.’
This was the situation Qi Suian feared the most.
But even so, the danger hadn’t passed.
After all, the "Permanent Event: Violator" broadcasted his position to all survivalists every thirty minutes.
’If things go as expected, in half an hour, missiles from every nation will be heading straight for my skull.’
Fortunately, with the Tai Sui God’s Wind Master flight system, dodging wouldn’t be much of a problem.
Unless they actually managed to drive an armored brigade into this frozen hellscape.
However, Qi Suian wasn’t worried in the slightest. His location was, for all intents and purposes, the heart of the Arctic.
’Even if they could get here, I wouldn’t be afraid. Did they really think my Floating Cannons are just for show?’
’As long as I can lay low until the apocalypse truly begins, the rest will be easy to deal with.’
For this, Qi Suian could only admit that the protagonist halo was the GOAT.
"Find a way to jam them... never mind. When the missiles start flying, we’ll just have to be quick." Qi Suian didn’t know when the apocalypse would begin, so his top priority was staying alive.
Detecting activity from some kind of unknown energy...
Hearing this, Qi Suian was taken aback.
"Was it here when we arrived, or did it just appear?"
It was present prior to your arrival, but the unknown energy was extremely faint.
But after your arrival, the faint energy began to become active and increase. Time is needed to calculate its effects.
"You take your time with the calculations, then. Just keep an eye out for missiles." It was painfully obvious to Qi Suian that this had to be a sign of the coming apocalypse.
He could only curse inwardly. After two worlds, the Doomsday Game’s resolve to eliminate him was only getting stronger.
Too bad for it, its own power was too weak. It simply had no way to get the job done.
’For now, I can only take it one step at a time. The best case would be to use their resources to my own advantage.’
Qi Suian glanced at the Tai Sui God’s armor value. It had already reached 21.9.
With a little more effort, it could evolve today.
He was thinking that if he completed the evolution this time, he wouldn’t install a translation module in the newly available slot.
Instead, he planned to save it, to be used as a countermeasure after the apocalypse arrived.
He then told the AI about his plan and asked for its advice.
The AI naturally approved of Qi Suian’s idea. The Melting Furnace still had fuel burning inside; they weren’t in short supply.
So the previously planned translation module could be postponed.
"I guess you could say I’m flush with module slots now," Qi Suian said with self-deprecation.
Finding humor in hardship is also a form of Spirit state recovery.
Qi Suian could only roll his eyes. ’This isn’t finding humor in hardship, this is just being flat broke.’
"But then again, my protagonist halo dropping me here must be for more than just keeping me safe. There must be other factors at play."
"Maybe there’s a fortuitous opportunity nearby."
’After all,’ Qi Suian mused, ’this is a +5 enhanced Celestial Fate: Profound. It’s a world apart from when I first got it.’
Based on your line of thought, the reconnaissance network has located a rather large white bear. Preliminary analysis suggests it is a polar bear.
"Rather large? How big could it... wait, what???"
"You call *that* ’rather large’?" Qi Suian’s expression screamed, ’What the fuck?’
It is possible that the difference in worlds has resulted in speciation divergence.
"I get that species can differ, but this is way beyond what you could call a ’divergence’!" Qi Suian was left speechless.
That white bear was at least five meters tall and weighed at least twenty tons.
He wondered how the thing even managed to stay alive.
You are correct. In-depth analysis reveals the white bear’s body contains a large amount of the unknown energy. This may be the cause of its mutation.
I recommend you kill it. It might be usable as a module.
"Me?" Qi Suian’s face screamed, ’Are you fucking kidding me?’
’Is that something *I* can kill? It’s five meters tall and weighs twenty tons.’
’It could crush me to death just by falling on me. Besides my Floating Cannons, I can’t think of anything I have that could kill it.’
The unknown energy in the white bear’s body is in a state of stagnation. Its natural size and weight are most likely not of this magnitude.
It is overly bloated and has not yet fully adapted. With your Ancient Martial Technique, killing it should not be a problem.
It looks terrifying on the outside, but it is still just a living creature. You can treat this as a trial.
The AI’s feedback basically meant the creature was just a paper tiger right now.
"If I don’t kill it, once it completely absorbs the unknown energy and adapts, won’t it become a boss?" Qi Suian asked.
Correct. This is likely the opportunity granted to you by your protagonist halo, a means to prepare for the coming apocalypse.
’Killing it with the Floating Cannons would be simple. It’d be over in an instant.’
’But I wouldn’t gain anything that way.’
For Qi Suian, this white bear wasn’t actually that hard to kill, especially since it was in a weakened state.
It just looked intimidating. With Qi Suian’s dual attributes and his Dragon and Tiger Primordial Force, killing it wouldn’t be difficult.
"Alright, let’s go..." Before Qi Suian could finish, the white bear raised its head and roared at him.
Then its massive body rushed towards him.
Evidently, multiple factors had combined to awaken its feral nature.
Seeing this, Qi Suian immediately adopted a stance.
And was immediately sent flying by the white bear’s charge.
He felt a sharp pain in his guts, and his bones were CREAKING.
"Wait, this is what you call ’not a problem to kill’?" Qi Suian scrambled to his feet.
As for his injuries, they recovered in an instant.
He was great at making himself stronger, but actual combat was definitely his weak point.
If you meet its charge head-on, you are naturally no match for it.
You need to...
The AI began to guide him patiently. It was a rare opportunity to hone Qi Suian’s skills.
It would stop Qi Suian from always relying on brute force.
Qi Suian also calmed himself. Watching the bear charge again, his mind became perfectly serene.
If he truly wanted to fight, he had a whole arsenal of abilities to help him: from Celestial Fate: Profound to the Profound Virus, from Seven Elements Relief to the Big Dipper Stars and Extreme Will.
These were all top-tier combat talents. It wasn’t that they were better or worse, just that they served different purposes, and Qi Suian had always used them for study and research to make himself stronger.
"Dragon and Tiger... Primordial Force."
With a nimble flip, power erupted from his body as his right hand landed on the back of the bear’s neck.
The Calamity-level Primordial Force surged from his hand, pouring into the white bear’s body.
In a flash, it suffused the bear’s flesh and bone.
To the naked eye, a mass of writhing movement became visible beneath its fur.
The fur remained intact, but everything beneath it was instantly ground into pulp.
The massive white bear died on the spot.
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"NO!!!" Tang Qing’s eyes flew open, a look of confusion on his face.
"I... I’m... not dead?"
Tang Qing had a strange expression. He remembered clearly that after the apocalypse arrived, his girlfriend’s family sold him out due to a lack of food.
And in the end, he was carved up and eaten by the neighbors.
But now, he was somehow not dead.
He dazedly checked the time, and his expression tightened.
"I... I’m back. Three days before the apocalypse."
A look of ecstasy appeared on Tang Qing’s face.
"The Doomsday Game has also arrived, but that’s okay. The first three days are just the preparation phase."
In three days, an energy called "Cold Energy" will sweep the globe, blocking out the sun and causing temperatures to plummet.
The Winter Apocalypse is coming. Countless people will die from the cold and starvation.
And he... he had led his entire residential complex in surviving for three months, only to be carved up and eaten by a pack of ungrateful bastards.
The main culprit was, of course, his own girlfriend.
"Three days... that should be enough time. I remember from my past life, there was an extremely hidden and warm shelter. I just need to gather enough food and medicine, and then..."
"Wait, what is this?" Tang Qing’s expression changed. He discovered a huge space inside his mind.
He instantly recalled that right before he died, his family’s heirloom Jade Pendant seemed to produce a cool sensation and merge into his body.
It’s just that he was too angry when he died to notice.
Thinking back now, it was highly likely that the ancestral Jade Pendant had brought him back in time to be reborn, and had even granted him a spatial ability.
"After the Winter Apocalypse arrives, the order of nations will shatter. I... I have to look out for myself!" A sharp glint flashed in Tang Qing’s eyes. Food and medicine... he now had a way.
