Old Song's Shadow

Song Shige stayed in an important border prefecture for more than ten days, slaying monsters and leading the garrison and the people to resist many Beast Tides.

However, just as the situation stabilized somewhat, he was betrayed by the local elites and ousted from the center of power.

I was puzzled at the time.

Song Shige's tone carried a hint of absurdity:

"This is the apocalypse, how come people are still playing these palace intrigue games? Who gave them the courage?"

He glanced at the group of Superpower following him and discovered a blind spot.

So he picked up his Zhanmadao and began to play a game of match-3 for the local nobles and powerful families.

A single Zhanmadao, capable of slaying both demons and humans.

Gradually, with his absolute strength and the growing support of the people, his power quickly became a third force on par with the Great Yong Court and the Superpower Management Bureau.

The Emperor of Great Yong sent someone to give him some information, saying that he had seen through him and wanted to ask him to help kill the director of the Superpower Management Bureau.

Looking at the generous reward and the bureau chief's various misdeeds, Song Shige had his subordinates verify the information before deciding to help.

On the day of the operation, he witnessed a Berserk lightning shadow descend upon the Imperial Capital, howling as it began its indiscriminate slaughter.

Anyway, the people of Great Yong were weak and beastly, Song Shige patiently waited until everyone in the Imperial Capital was dead and weakened that figure before making his move.

Then he realized that the two of them were in an awkward situation: he couldn't break through the other's Thunder Armor, and the other couldn't do anything to his defense, resulting in a stalemate where neither could hurt the other.

Then, what pained him even more was that his former comrades-in-arms suddenly lost their minds and rushed at him in a frenzy.

Song Shige had no choice but to kill them all with tears in his eyes.

The two top experts fought from the Imperial Capital to the wilderness, battling until the sky darkened, the sun and moon reversed, and blood and energy overflowed, until the director of the Superpower Management Bureau inexplicably flew away on his own.

In the end, the sea monsters come ashore, and an even more terrifying catastrophe descends. Song Shige runs around trying to save the embers of civilization.

But in the end, they could only stand atop the ruins, watching the endless Beast Tide swallow the world whole...

"Just Beast Tide? Is there anything unusual elsewhere?" Su Luo asked after listening to Song Shige's account.

"No. Once all the humans in a certain area die out, it quickly becomes desolate, with nothing but ruins and a few scattered monsters, as if all life has been drained away." Song Shige recalled for a moment.

Su Luo thought for a while and then told Song Shige about the continental-level life forms, the Heavenly Dao, Heavenly Mandate in his Dungeon Asian Continent.

"Wow, that's ridiculous!" Song Shige's eyes widened when he heard that Su Luo had ended up in space.

"You only rated this difficulty level 'Excellent'?"

"My Dungeon strategy leans towards avoidance and research, with not much direct confrontation... and the hard requirement for Supreme rating might be saving the world."

"So, are we already capable of surviving in space?"

Su Luo looked at Song Shige, who had asked the question, with a peculiar expression.

"With your Talent, you could have been hanging in the sky long ago."

"Next time you encounter this situation, maybe you can try going straight to the sky."

The two then sat down at a simple metal table and began comparing the fragments of information they had recorded, trying to piece together the timeline of the Dungeon world and the same key events.

Song Shige stopped writing. In front of him were about thirty pages of densely written papers, mainly recording his battle experiences, the distribution of forces, and his personal insights.

Su Luo's report, on the other hand, was over two hundred pages long, covering a wide range of topics. In addition to combat data analysis, it included detailed records of the world's human geography, historical fragments, energy systems, and even various Biological Samples. Its completeness and rigor left Song Shige in awe.

"By the way, Consultant Su, what kind of system does that bureau chief have?"

"Have no idea."

Although he made many speculations based on Dongli Cang's behavior patterns and abilities, the core mechanism and ultimate purpose of his system remained shrouded in Mist.

"Perhaps in our original world, fantasy works hadn't yet touched upon such a tricky genre."

Song Shige sighed:

"After all, there is a huge chasm between imagination and reality."

Su Luo remained silent.

Indeed, many of his current reasoning models and cognitive frameworks are deeply rooted in the scientific theories and literary logic of the Original World.

Perhaps only when we come into contact with more and deeper extraordinary systems in the Future will we be able to truly understand the Essence of such existence.

"Is anyone in Zone 76 going to Class Change recently?" Su Luo asked, pausing her pen.

"Our top Survivors in the Mutual Aid Association, except for me, are all farming [Class Change Certificates ] in five-person teams, and it will take at least a few days before they can all change Class Change. As for the other Survivors..."

Song Shige shifted his gaze and began to read the information.

"That guy with the Thousandfold Increase... Ye Xu, he disappeared from the rankings a day ago. It's unlikely he's dead; he probably Class Change."

Su Luo nodded:

Since there's no immediate need to Class Change, these two documents will be stored away for now.

"If simply having information about Trial Instance could increase the success rate and Dungeon rating, then it would be possible to mass-produce high-quality professionals through Prophet. It's unlikely that the Survival System would leave such a loophole."

Those who have already entered the profession will help those who are not.

That's a bit difficult.

"Good."

Song Shige made a copy of the document and stored it in his System Space.

Seeing Su Luo pick up Skill Book as if preparing to continue studying it, Song Shige suddenly spoke up:

"Consultant Su, shall we go out and explore?"

Song Shige took the initiative to extend the invitation.

"Since we're just killing time anyway, and I still have almost forty hours left, let's go out and look for [Dangerous Terrain] and see if we can get Attribute- type blue Skill Books."

We'll have to go out and explore sooner or later anyway.

The two strongest people in Zone 76 exploring together would undoubtedly be far safer than Su Luo acting alone, and would also be much more efficient. After weighing the options, Su Luo decisively agreed.

"Wait a moment, I'll revise it."

This wait lasted five or six hours, during which Song Shige familiarized himself with the new abilities he had gained after Class Change on an open space nearby.

He watched as Su Luo's originally ugly metal Laboratory, under the entanglement of various elemental lights and the Burn of flames, began to deform and expand as if it had come to life.

Thick armor plates covered the surface, strange channels meandered across the surface, and several clearly visible launch ports slowly emerged from the sides and top, emanating a chilling aura.

Ultimately, the entire Laboratory transformed into a small, heavily armed aerial Barricade gleaming with a cold metallic sheen, slowly lifting off the ground and hovering.

After letting Song Shige get into the car, Su Luo closed the Laboratory.

Song Shige originally wanted to call the wet nurse over, but Su Luo said it wasn't necessary, and Jing Yunxin couldn't afford the energy needed to treat Song Shige's powerful body, so they gave up.

A box radiating multicolored light flew into the boundless darkness, surrounded by terrifying weapons...