Mini World Game Console-Chapter 689 - 690: Ren Suo and Dong Chengling, They Ran Away! [Mass Release for Monthly Tickets]

February 20th, or rather February 19th-20th—after all, the Federation was still at noon on the 19th, while the Mysterious Country was in the early hours of the 20th—was destined to be a day that would go down in history.

Enemies from another dimension invaded Earth.

This was not just a regional server's storyline but a global server event going live simultaneously, Earth's first major event. Keep in mind that even during the last player-organized major event, "World War," there were newbies from South America still leveling up who hadn't participated.

Even though the Federation and the Mysterious Country had already notified other nations in advance, the occurrence of such an incredibly low-probability event, something straight out of a Federation superhero movie, still left the entire world flabbergasted.

The revival of Spiritual Energy, the Fairy Palace, the World Tree, the Supreme Supreme playing chess—these events had repeatedly shattered the world's psychological expectations, yet their ability to accept these changes couldn't keep up with the world's pace.

It's not that we lack imagination; it's just that Destiny is up to mischief!

Core departments of various nations were almost all operating urgently, with global OL players logging in en masse to tackle the world raid.

"Chaos in various regions of the Federation! Angel Zack is providing light-speed support! You Jiu's life is not in danger!"

"A Transcendent battle erupts on London Bridge! The Wizard Council's 'Lone Wolf' Kadell successfully eliminated multiple Otherworld enemies!"

"Intense conflict breaks out in the Rio area of South America! Dai Ze leads the Iron Sun in a grueling battle!"

"Ren Zuo, the organization is asking if we should mobilize troops to the capital..."

"No need."

In the Dispersing Spirit Space of the Sky Capital Underground Research Institute, Ren Zuo sat comfortably atop the Ice Throne. He wore a Heaven-Reaching Crown, Flowing Cloud Boots, and a gold and white Daoist robe, an air of celestial calm about him.

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said indifferently, "Within a thousand li, I am invincible."

After a moment, he added, "That's one thousand kilometers."

The reporting secretary couldn't help but say, "Ren Zuo, pinning the nation's safety on a single individual—the organization might not be satisfied with such a response..."

"If they're not satisfied, then they're not satisfied. That's my stance. They can waste military forces for security if they want, but don't expect me to support such a conservative decision. I'm a Cultivator, not a leader!"

Noticing the secretary's bitter expression, Ren Zuo added, "This is the friction between heroism and collectivism. Just report back as it is."

Ren Zuo remained composed. "But rather than mobilizing the army to guard Sky Capital, it would be better to let the army protect those areas I can't watch over... Any news from other cities?"

"None," a Great Wall Cultivator replied. "With the exception of some towns that can't be verified, the majority of counties and city districts haven't seen any Otherworld enemies... Wait a second!"

"Lianjiang! The Heavenly Lotus Academy in Lianjiang City is suspected of encountering Otherworld enemies! The Tactical Bureau is providing rapid support!"

Ren Zuo was slightly startled. "The Superhuman Academy was attacked?"

Someone said, "Yesterday was the Lantern Festival. All Superhuman Academies weren't allowing teachers and students back on campus for registration until after the festival. So theoretically, there shouldn't be many people in the academy... It's just that the Tactical Bureau is located in the city district, while the academy is in the suburbs..."

Ren Zuo frowned slightly. "Lianjiang... Lianjiang is almost at the southernmost tip of the Mysterious Country; my power can't reach that far. However, Heavenly Lotus Academy, that place seems familiar..."

"Yes. Last time, Britain's Euphy and Karen were visiting Heavenly Lotus Academy when they were attacked by the Card Assassin. Also, our country's only Fourth Level Space Cultivator is a teacher at Heavenly Lotus Academy."

Ren Zuo found this interesting and chuckled. "It seems like quite a charming place... If one day I break free from the Binding of Scattered Spirit, I must definitely visit Heavenly Lotus Academy. But, did that Fourth Level Space Cultivator not join the Great Wall?"

A Researcher checked the data and said, "The Great Wall did extend an invitation to her, but she refused, claiming personal reasons for not wanting to leave Lianjiang."

"However, the report from the Lian River Countermeasure Bureau stated that this Fourth-Stage Cultivator gave up her future prospects due to an 'insignificant romantic affair' and seemed to have an impure relationship with another Cultivator. The Lian River Countermeasure Bureau strongly hopes that the Great Wall will recruit this Cultivator for the greater national good…"

Ren Zuo was very displeased upon hearing this. What do they mean by 'insignificant romantic affair'? Romantic affairs are never insignificant! Using the greater national good to break up a pair of lovers, is that something a human should do?

That's why he had no desire to be any sort of leader; he just wanted to be a Cultivator. This meant he could make decisions based purely on his own will, without considering the grand scheme of things!

"If that's the case, then don't disturb her. The Great Wall isn't lacking a Fourth Level Space Cultivator. Such a Cultivator, who is of resolute will, cannot be corrupted by wealth, cannot be bent by force, and cannot be shifted by poverty, should receive focused resources and cultivation. Right, her partner is also a Cultivator? Then let's cultivate them together!"

Feeling as if he had done a great deed, Ren Zuo felt like he had accumulated immense merit. Now that I've helped others achieve marital bliss, my own prospects in marriage will surely improve!

After doing his good deed for the day, Ren Zuo asked, "So, aside from Lianjiang, no other areas have been attacked?"

Everyone shook their heads. "No. And that includes the Southeast Asia region and Flourishing Sakura's Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu islands. There appear to have been no Otherworldly Invasions there either."

The large screen displayed a world map. Staff marked all regions invaded by Otherworld enemies with red dots. The map instantly turned predominantly red, but a distinct white circle also appeared. Centered around the southern region of the Mysterious Country, this circle encompassed Flourishing Sakura and the Southeast Asia region, none of which had reported invasions from Otherworld enemies.

And at the center of this white circle was a very conspicuous red dot—Lianjiang.

This… Ren Zuo, sensing something amiss, turned his attention back to Lianjiang. However, at that moment, he suddenly felt something and casually mentioned, "Enemies from another world have appeared within Mysterious Country's territory."

"What!?"

"Where!?"

"Three thousand li away. Ready to strike at any moment."

"The Yellow River Monks Troop is already connected and on standby!"

The Dispersing Spirit Space was thrown into chaos. Everyone tensed up, fixing their gazes on Ren Zuo.

At that moment, however, Ren Zuo closed his eyes, as if in Feign Sleep. No one dared to disturb or urge him. But they were all incredibly anxious, suddenly missing You Jiu—that guy, despite his many flaws, was the only one who dared to interrupt Ren Zuo's showmanship!

As time ticked by, Ren Zuo suddenly relaxed as if he had just relieved himself, letting out a long, comfortable sigh.

Someone immediately asked, "Ren Zuo, the invaders…"

"The invaders have been crushed by me. I left one alive to go back and warn the others," the immortally cool Ren Zuo said with an air of indifference.

"Crushed them?" The crowd was stunned.

"I tried to capture them, but I discovered that everything about them, from their blood to their equipment, is under a Shelter that allows Automatic Traversal through space. Even as corpses, they would return on their own. Rather than letting them go back alive, it's better to kill all but one as a warning."

Ren Zuo crossed his legs and said calmly, "The other side consists of humanoid intelligent beings, and their bodily structures are similar to ours. I can use psychic resonance to communicate my Willpower directly to them… They should be able to understand my warning."

The crowd was silent for a moment before someone asked, "So where was the enemy…?"

"On the grasslands at the border between Mongolia and Russia. No notable landmarks nearby, only grass."

Everyone turned to look at the large map on the screen. A Researcher marked the straight-line distance from Sky Capital to the China-Mongolia-Russia border line—over nine hundred kilometers.

Although no one doubted Ren Zuo's veracity, the distance was still somewhat hard to believe. Are you some kind of space station's orbital particle cannon come to life? Can you target anywhere in East Asia?

The secretary hurriedly asked, "What about the enemy's strength? Could they pose a threat to Earth?"

Ren Zuo said with some difficulty, "I only annihilated a small team. To speculate on their entire army's strength based on one small team would be far too arrogant... However, the combat power of that small team was unexpectedly strong. I initially thought I could crush them in one move."

"What!?" Everyone was shocked—the Otherworld enemy actually possessed strength that astonished even Ren Zuo!?

"Are the enemies... that strong?" a Researcher asked rather pessimistically.

"Yes, pretty strong. I thought I could crush them in one move, but it turned out one of them blocked my first attack. So, it took me two moves to crush them," Ren Zuo said earnestly.

The people looked at Ren Zuo, who seemed to emanate an ethereal aura on the Ice Throne. They wanted to speak but held back, then wanted to speak again, a torrent of unspoken complaints caught in their throats. But Ren Zuo was their superior, and the foremost hidden Cultivator in the Mysterious Country. If he insisted on boasting like this, they really didn't dare to mock him. They wouldn't dare!

A thought suddenly emerged in everyone's mind: Perhaps... it would be better to have You Jiu, that audacious Sand Sculpture who wasn't afraid to challenge his betters, come back.

...

On the highway from Lianjiang City District to the academy, the ground was now scorched earth.

Black Flame still smoldered on the asphalt and concrete, giving off bursts of acrid black smoke. The once clean and tidy highway looked as if it had suddenly become an excavator testing ground, so overturned it was unrecognizable as a road.

But the Mysterious Country had a powerful team of infrastructure Cultivators; this level of road damage would soon be repaired. Therefore, Qiao Muyi had no intention of sparing public facilities, directly escalating her attacks to the Fourth-Tier Rank, unleashing Meteor Fire Rain and Formless Sword Qi as if they cost her nothing!

She had accumulated so much negative emotion for days, and now she burned through a great deal of it! The last enemy she had unleashed this much negative emotion against was now so forgotten that no one even remembered their name.

However, even so, the Purple-robed Woman still withstood all her attacks!

The purple glow flowing around the Purple-robed Woman seemed to effortlessly absorb all her direct and derivative attacks. Whether it was direct Energy Damage, mental piercing, or physical harm, none could injure her in the slightest.

Qiao Muyi tentatively discerned that the purple light on the Purple-robed Woman was not a Spiritual Energy Barrier, but a more advanced form of instant invincibility!

The Defense mechanism of a typical Spiritual Energy Barrier reduces the intensity of enemy attacks and consumes Spiritual Energy proportional to the reduction. The difference between strong and weak Spells lies in using less Spiritual Energy to weaken more powerful attacks.

But the Purple-robed Woman's purple light Defense was as if she entered a brief "physical-energy" invulnerable state the moment she was attacked. Hence, regardless of the power of the burst damage, the defensive cost for her was the same.

Realizing this, Qiao Muyi immediately changed her attack rhythm, using low-intensity but high-frequency flame pursuits to wear down the Purple-robed Woman's defenses, her offensive growing ever more fierce!

Thanks to this high-level, fourth-transformation battle, Qiao Muyi could feel her Qi Cyclone spinning wildly. The bottleneck that had always seemed within reach but could never be broken felt like it was loosening!

Driven by the dual stimuli of rage and the thrill of a breakthrough, Qiao Muyi's fighting spirit soared. Her body turned into a black shadow, relentlessly chasing the Purple-robed Woman. Everywhere she passed turned to scorched earth, and the air she swept through howled violently!

Yet the Purple-robed Woman seemed to exchange blows with ease, her purple Light Saber, capable of slicing through Spiritual Power Barriers, whirled and arced, forcing Qiao Muyi to dodge and evade.

Sensing the critical situation, Qiao Muyi's eyes flashed with a cold light. She instantly burned the remaining half of her negative emotions and pushed her Qi Cyclone to its absolute limit!

"Cry! Scream! And then go to your death!"

A blue flame column, the size of a swimming pool, suddenly erupted from beneath the Purple-robed Woman. The terrifying heat it unleashed uprooted nearby trees that had previously escaped destruction!

This was a fourth-transformation Flame Spell Qiao Muyi had created herself, capable of directly crushing a Fourth-Stage Cultivator's Defense Barrier—Exquisite Flame!

However, Qiao Muyi's expression turned grim, and she turned her head to look in another direction.

At the instant Exquisite Flame erupted, the Purple-robed Woman had Teleported far away, easily dodging the fearsome strike!

"Teleportation Ability..." Qiao Muyi clenched her teeth and seethed. "Was she playing with me just now!?"

The Purple-robed Woman hadn't used any Teleportation Ability at all before!

Even if the Purple-robed Woman did possess Teleportation, Qiao Muyi wouldn't have lost. But she certainly wouldn't have gotten entangled with the seemingly invincible Purple-robed Woman. Instead, she would have chosen to sustain an injury to reach Heavenly Lotus Academy first, rather than engage in a battle she was destined not to win!

"Void Speed Star Trace!" "Ghostly Stroll!"

Qiao Muyi transformed into a Dark Meteor and gave chase. However, the Purple-robed Woman didn't engage with Qiao Muyi but also hurried towards Heavenly Lotus Academy!

"You think you can offend me and then just run away!?" Qiao Muyi continuously fanned her anger, attempting to use this murderous intent to break through to the fourth transformation. However, the Purple-robed Woman completely ignored her now, leaving Qiao Muyi's fury with no outlet.

Moments later, they arrived at Heavenly Lotus Academy. From afar, Qiao Muyi noticed the tragic state of the faculty dormitory building, and her heart skipped a beat.

Then, on the Roof of the dormitory building, she saw a Black Armored Warrior, shimmering with dazzling colors.

The Black Armored Warrior held two seemingly unconscious people, one in each arm. He nodded to the Purple-robed Woman. Then, the Purple-robed Woman suddenly turned her head and waved at Qiao Muyi as if saying goodbye to a friend, reigniting the fury Qiao Muyi had just suppressed.

However, this anger was something she was doomed to swallow alone. In the next second, the Purple-robed Woman vanished into thin air as if she had walked through an invisible door.

The Black Armored Warrior on the Roof turned to look at Qiao Muyi. The blood-red eyes beneath his helmet stared intently at her, forcing Qiao Muyi to blink. His gaze is so intense it feels like it could make someone pregnant! I'll gouge out those dog eyes of yours in a minute!

But her wish would not be fulfilled. In the next instant, the Black Armored Warrior also vanished on the spot, stepping into a Spatial Crack.

Qiao Muyi couldn't care about anything else. She immediately entered the most severely affected unit in the dormitory: Dong Chengling's home.

She entered through the balcony and saw Little Jiu holding a Black Cat, both sitting obediently on the sofa, their four small eyes staring at her.

Little Jiu was Dong Chengling's Little Jiu, and the Black Cat was Ren Suo's Black Cat.

But as she looked around, she saw neither Dong Chengling nor Ren Suo.

An unthinkable thought slowly filled Qiao Muyi's mind. Endless grief and anger welled up from within her, negative emotions so potent they nearly materialized and filled the entire space. Little Jiu and the Black Cat held each other, shivering.

The fourth transformation... it seemed she was just one step away, but Qiao Muyi didn't care about that anymore. She looked at Little Jiu and the Black Cat, mist welling in her eyes, and asked with a trembling voice,

"Xiao Suo and Cheng Ling… did something happen to them?"

Little Jiu and the Black Cat immediately shook their heads. "No, no! They're fine!"

They're fine!

Qiao Muyi felt as though an immense weight had been lifted from her. Her body went limp, and she plopped down onto a single-seat sofa. She wiped the tears from her eyes and managed a smile of someone who had narrowly escaped death. "Then where are they?"

"They ran away! Big brother and Sister Ling ran away!" Little Jiu replied crisply.

"They ran away!?"

On the grand training field of Heavenly Lotus Academy, personnel from the Tactical Bureau, who were just disembarking from a helicopter, were suddenly slammed to their knees by an abrupt wave of Four Levels Pressure.

Kneeling on the ground and trembling, Yu Kuangtu was filled with humiliation. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west! Don't bully the young and poor! I must advance to the fourth transformation! Damn it, I'm kneeling again... Wait, why did I say 'again'?

On February 20th, during the first and only surprise attack on Earth from the Didra Plane, Deputy Director Qiao Muyi of the Lian River Countermeasure Bureau fought bravely to protect the Lianjiang Citizens. Filled with a sense of mission and responsibility, Qiao Muyi not only successfully repelled the powerful Otherworld enemy and protected countless innocent people, but she also achieved a Battle Breakthrough, ascending to the fourth transformation!