Bang!
The leg bone smashed heavily into the Living Dead's mangled head. The lump of flesh instantly burst apart, and a thin crimson mist rose from the Living Dead before drilling into Feng Qi's body.
Feeble Undead: Feng Qi Strength Level: Unranked Prefix Title: Feeble (Physical Strength Reduced by 30%) Bloodline: Human (Beginner) Bloodline Evolution Points: 13/1000 Feeble (Upgradeable): First Stage (39%) First Prefix Title Milestone: Kill Living Dead to gain Title Evolution Points and increase evolution percentage. ...
At this point, Feng Qi had already killed thirteen Living Dead in a row.
He now had answers to his previous two guesses.
Just as he had suspected, there were prerequisites for obtaining Bloodline Evolution Points in the strange dream.
For example, if he gained ten Bloodline Evolution Points during his first dream, then the next time he entered the dream, he had to kill ten Living Dead before the eleventh could produce new Bloodline Evolution Points.
Like milestones, only after passing the previous milestone could he continue harvesting Bloodline Evolution Points.
As he continued eastward, Feng Qi's hunting efficiency gradually improved.
He had already figured out the trick to hunting Living Dead.
Living Dead had little combat power and no ability to think. They could only sense creatures within roughly fifteen meters before launching an attack.
After roughly mastering that distance, he was never ganged up on by Living Dead again.
To ensure his safety, he specifically targeted Living Dead with incomplete bodies, missing arms or legs.
As his Bloodline Evolution Points increased, Feng Qi discovered something strange.
Pink flesh buds had actually begun growing on the surface of his rotten, damaged body. Now, every time he gained Bloodline Evolution Points, his body underwent subtle changes.
If he kept killing, he felt that he might be able to become human again in this strange dream.
Following the road covered in dry bones, he saw motionless Living Dead scattered ahead. Like scarecrows in a rice field, they swayed in the wind.
He continued slaughtering his way forward. Despite the consecutive high-intensity battles, Feng Qi did not feel tired. Instead, as his bloodline value increased, he felt full of energy.
"Die for me!"
As he swung, the leg bone struck a mangled Living Dead's head, shattering the fleshy tumor inside its skull. A cloud of blood mist immediately poured into Feng Qi's body.
After absorbing the blood mist from this kill, he found that his body had undergone a noticeable change, much stronger than before.
He summoned the status panel, and sure enough, it had changed.
Normal Living Dead: Feng Qi Strength Level: Unranked Prefix Title: Normal (Title with No Positive or Negative Effects) Bloodline: Human (Beginner) Bloodline Evolution Points: 34/1000 Prefix Title Milestone: Normal (Upgradeable): Second Stage (1%) Second Prefix Title Milestone: Kill Living Dead to gain Title Evolution Points and increase evolution percentage. ...
The information on the status panel made Feng Qi realize that changes to his Prefix Title could directly affect his physical condition.
Previously, his Prefix Title had been "Feeble," so he had constantly felt weakness lingering in his body. Now that it had upgraded to Normal, the weakness vanished completely, as if shackles had been removed.
After trying to jump and clenching his fists to familiarize himself with his strengthened body, he prepared to continue hunting Living Dead.
Just then, a passage of text suddenly appeared in his mind.
You turn toward the three o'clock direction and discover that the black stone stele standing in the distance is extremely strange, so you decide to investigate it!
Feng Qi: ...
Following the narrator's prompt, he turned toward the three o'clock direction and spotted a two-meter-tall black stone stele beside a locust tree several dozen meters away.
He stepped up to the stone stele and examined it carefully.
The stele had weathered the years, bearing obvious marks of erosion. The writing on it had become blurry, but Feng Qi could still roughly make out what it said.
Star City Shelter
Wait, Star City?
Seeing the words carved on the stele, Feng Qi could not help but freeze.
Star City was the city where he lived in reality, yet no shelter had been established within the city.
Although the real world, gradually eroded by Domain Fields, was dangerous, the nearest Domain Field was five hundred kilometers from Star City. Thus, Star City was nowhere near the danger of being covered by a Domain Field. It was a safe zone, so there was no need to build any shelter.
Filled with doubt, Feng Qi carefully inspected the stele, trying to find an answer.
You discover a Blood Trough beneath the stone stele. It seems you can drip blood into it for testing, so you bite your finger and drip your blood into the Blood Trough.
"Why should I listen to you? You tell me to bite my finger, and I bite my finger?"
Then... how about trying to bite your toe?
Feng Qi: ...
In the end, he still followed the narrator's instructions. He bit open one of the fingers on his nearly rotten right hand. Accompanied by a foul stench, black blood flowed down and dripped into the Blood Trough beneath the stele.
After a brief wait, a mechanical synthesized voice suddenly sounded from within the black stele.
"Bloodline test complete... Human... Permission granted to enter Star City Shelter!"
The black stone stele slowly moved aside, revealing a passage. Under the moonlight, he could see that the Metal Passage was covered in rust, as though it had not been used for a very long time.
Driven by curiosity, Feng Qi stepped into the passage. Lights immediately flickered ahead, and the tubes embedded above the Metal Passage lit up one by one, illuminating the path forward.
The passage was about a hundred meters long and sloped downward. When he reached the end, his view suddenly opened up.
Before him was an underground plaza filled with all kinds of machinery. Iron doors lined the surrounding walls, all tightly shut.
You discover the enormous machine placed at the center of the Underground Shelter, so you decide to inspect it!
"Fine, fine, fine. I'll do whatever you say!"
In that case... please cut off your little brother.
Feng Qi: ...
If he could meet the narrator, he would definitely roll up his sleeves and fight it to the death.
The enormous machine at the center of the underground plaza resembled a brain. A control console stood in front of it, with a massive display screen erected before the console, now covered in dust.
When he arrived at the console, Feng Qi's gaze was drawn to the red button labeled "Activate."
That's right, that button. Without hesitation, you press it!
He reached out and pressed the activation button. The machine trembled, and the dust-covered screen lit up as multiple options appeared.
Star City Historical Database Domain Creatures Database (Real-Time Updates) External Situation Survey Remaining Shelter Supplies Shelter Residents' Physical Condition Cultivation Methods Information Spell Information ...
As he browsed the directory, Feng Qi's gaze suddenly stopped on the date in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Current Date: March 28, 3528
Feng Qi: ...
The date in the real world was 2023, but the shelter's date was actually 3528—more than fifteen hundred years ahead of reality.
At that moment, a terrifying guess surfaced in his mind.
He had traveled through time in the dream and arrived in the future!
To verify that guess, he turned his attention to the screen, hoping to compare the database's information with reality and find an answer.
There was a search field in the database. After thinking for a moment, Feng Qi entered his own name.
Before long, detailed information appeared on the screen.
Feng Qi (Galaxy Research Institute—D-Class Researcher): Age at Death: 27 Cause of Death: An accident occurred while creating a new cultivation method, causing spiritual energy to flow backward and his meridians to rupture. He then bled from all seven orifices and lost consciousness. Rescue efforts failed, and he died. Date of Death: June 1, 2032. Lifetime Achievements (Honors): Galaxy Research Institute Researcher, D-Class Human Elite Medal, Outstanding Graduate of Star City Middle School, B-Class Cultivation Method Assistant Researcher... Evaluation: A cultivation method researcher with great potential, rated by the Galaxy Research Institute as a B-Class potential researcher. However, due to his unwillingness to admit defeat, he made a major mistake while researching a new cultivation method and met a regrettable end at the age of twenty-seven. ...
Above the text description was a photograph. The man in it looked very similar to him, but more mature, with determination in his eyes.
Staring at the photograph and description, Feng Qi was dumbfounded.
The "Galaxy Research Institute" mentioned in the introduction was one of the research institutes within Galaxy Academy, which he was preparing to apply for. It was also his dream for the future.
The credibility of this information rapidly rose in his mind.
"So... I'm going to die young?"
"I don't believe it!"
I don't believe it either!
The narrator appeared at just the right time to encourage Feng Qi.
Before you continue