As the divine oracle descended, Chu Fu also noticed that the elemental spirits had begun to flee the moment they spotted her.
So the spirits ran, Chu Fu’s party chased them, and they spent all day grinding out their step count across the Elemental Lands.
There was no doubt that this method had drastically slowed the leveling speed of Chu Fu’s group of players.
And so, as time passed, the final deadline of six months drew closer and closer.
……
In the real world.
The tenth wave of monsters had fully awakened, and countless felines had mutated.
However, with the Thorn Printing Factory mass-producing contracts, players who owned cats contracted their own pets.
Some people even raised tigers—and contracted their tigers as well.
Every tiger in the zoos was contracted to its keeper.
As for tigers in the wild, those that could be subdued were tamed. Those that couldn’t had to be killed, however painful it was.
Of course, most mutated felines were far too numerous to kill.
At last, the day arrived when the time predicted by the Analysis Bureau drew near.
Even Chu Fu had no choice but to suspend her leveling plans and return to Thorn City.
After half a year of construction, Thorn City had become practically impregnable.
Not only that, but three enormous mechanical cities were even flying above it.
They were cities built by Shen Chi.
Everyone returned to the real world.
The upper echelons and shareholders of the Thorn Guild all gathered at Chu Fu’s estate.
Shen Chi suddenly asked, “Fufu, what will you do after we put an end to the apocalypse?”
Chu Fu froze, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
She didn’t know either.
Ever since arriving in this world, she had been far too busy.
All she had ever thought about was playing the game properly.
As for the kind of longing many transmigrators felt—the desire to return to their original world—she had never experienced it.
It seemed that this was where she truly belonged.
But what about the future?
After becoming a god, what would she do if she no longer had games to play?
Chu Fu suddenly smiled.
“I’ll be able to bring the attributes and strength from the game into the real world. My lifespan will definitely be very long.”
“There are so many things I’ve never done before. I can do them all and go see the world!”
“I want to travel, wear beautiful clothes, and eat delicious food.”
Shen Chi’s eyes darkened. At last, he murmured, “Have you never thought about falling in love?”
Chu Fu turned her head toward Shen Chi.
He stood beside her, his head slightly lowered as he looked at her. His eyes held a faint, scattered glimmer of expectation, carefully concealed beneath a layer of caution.
Chu Fu really hadn’t thought about it.
But if it were Brother Shen…
“Of course I have! Why wouldn’t I? If I’m going to date anyone, it’ll be someone like Fufu. Sorry, I’m not here to break you two up—I’m here to squeeze into the relationship. Don’t you dare start dating behind my back, got it?”
Xie Lin walked to Chu Fu’s other side, hugging his sword as he gazed up at the sky. Yet beneath his healthy complexion, the tips of his ears and the back of his neck had turned slightly red.
Chu Fu let out a giggle, and the romantic atmosphere vanished in an instant.
As expected of Brother Xie Lin—the undisputed champion of ruining the mood.
But Xie Lin, holding his sword, really was incredibly handsome.
Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed to keep staring at Xie Lin, Chu Fu raised her head and looked at the sky.
“As for dating, we can talk about it later! We haven’t reached Level 100 yet, we still don’t know the answer hidden within the Primordial Gate, and we haven’t driven away the evil gods.”
“They’re here!”
Everyone immediately grew solemn.
All the humans who had become false gods instinctively looked toward the sky.
At that moment, they were all under the enhancement of divine power.
Chu Fu’s perception spread across the entire world.
She suddenly realized that the whole world was trembling.
The planet itself seemed to be having something injected into it.
From her divine perspective, Chu Fu “saw” it.
A continent was being forcibly injected into this world.
It was a continent Chu Fu had never seen before, yet it contained countless wild beasts.
The entire landmass seemed to exist within the void—or perhaps in another dimension.
As the continent forced its way in, the entire planet began to expand.
In an instant, Chu Fu understood.
This was the Wolf God’s continent.
The fusion of the Wolf God’s continent with Blue Star was causing Blue Star to expand.
At the same time, silver light appeared around Thorn City.
That silver light was made up of spatial elements.
Only under the protection of this light was Thorn City spared from being torn apart.
This was the safe zone—and one of the rules of the Primordial Gate.
No monsters spawned inside the safe zone. Only the wilderness was dangerous.
The distance between Thorn City and the nearest district, Fengdu District, was pulled apart to ten times its original length.
The signal towers and power stations in the wilderness were all destroyed.
Those residential buildings and skyscrapers outside the safe zone instantly became ruins as the land split apart beneath them.
Fortunately, China had begun preparing for a full evacuation several months ago.
Because of Thorn City’s high costs, it was actually far less crowded than the game. Even so, it was still home to a population of three million—the employees of Thorn Studio and their families.
They had moved there from every corner of the country, entire households relocating together.
Now, everyone stared at the scene in shock.
Among them, no one felt the impact more deeply than Chu Feng.
Chu Feng had once been a regressor and had witnessed the moment when the game invaded reality.
Only now, viewing everything from a “god’s perspective,” did he discover the truth.
It was the fusion of the Wolf God’s continent with the planet that had caused the land to expand.
Back then, he had desperately rushed to the hospital, hoping to find Chu Fu, who was in a vegetative state.
At the time, his life had been extremely difficult. After selling his house, he could only live in the suburbs, and Chu Fu’s hospital had also been a convalescent facility in a suburban area.
Neither of them had been inside a safe zone.
Chu Feng had run through the wilderness, but vehicles were completely useless. There were no roads, and monsters were everywhere.
Chu Feng had been utterly desperate.
He had searched through the surrounding ruins again and again, fighting wild beasts along the way, but in the end, he still hadn’t found Chu Fu.
The apocalypse had arrived. How could a person in a vegetative state possibly survive?
Fortunately, he had been given a second chance.
In this life, his sister had become the One True God.
She could slay the werewolves.
At that moment, the system’s voice rang out across the real world.
[System Announcement: Congratulations to all human players. You have automatically obtained the Primordial System. Players who have not entered the game may bind to it as well.]
[System Announcement: Game Version 1.0—Beast Tide Invasion—is now active. The attributes of all Level 10 players will be synchronized. Players below Level 10, as well as those who have not entered the game, may explore and grow stronger on their own.]
[System Announcement: The first beast tide is about to arrive. Death in the real world will be true death, and you will be unable to create another character. Human players, proceed with caution.]
[System Announcement: …… ]
Wave after wave of announcements struck everyone’s hearts.
The game had truly descended into reality!
Real-world currencies collapsed in an instant, while the old social hierarchy had already been reshuffled within the Primordial Gate.
The Thorn Guild had become the greatest dark horse.
At the same time—
China’s Analysis Bureau.
“The magic network has been activated and connected to the atmosphere! All network signals have been restored.”
“The teleportation arrays are active. All 1,008 cities in China are now connected.”
“The nuclear warheads are in position. The locations of the beast tide have been locked. We can attack at any time!”
“Prepare to launch!”
