He Was Truly Tired...

The Eye of the Sahara, beneath the ruins of the Nine-Tailed Fox base.

A figure covered in dust crawled up from the ruins. Looking at the devastation before him, Qin Leng knelt on the ground, his expression numb.

Fate seemed to be playing tricks on him time and time again.

Every time he saw a glimmer of hope, he was met with even greater despair.

God does not seem to favor humankind.

Qin Leng said he was really tired, this time, he was truly exhausted.

He struggled to get back up after each of his previous failures.

But this time, he was kicked back to square one.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was gone, all the monsters had fled, and all the previous achievements were lost, leaving only Qin Leng.

Having experienced countless ups and downs, once again losing everything, and collapsing several times, who could possibly persevere?

"Back to square one again, nothing has gotten any better..."

"We still haven't managed to do anything right."

Qin Leng wiped the dust off his face. This feeling of helplessness made him feel as if he had returned to his youth.

He knelt there blankly in the desert until dusk.

Qin Leng slowly raised his head and took out his phone in the moonlight.

Hehe...

"I'm just the kind of person who refuses to accept my fate."

Give up?

Naturally... impossible!

Since we've already failed countless times, why fear failing one more time?

Having already fallen to the bottom, any upward movement from this point on is still progress!

"Just this once, let's try it!"

Qin Leng took out his phone and dialed a number. "It's me. Help me find a helicopter. I need to go back to China."

"Don't forget, you're now charged with treason," the voice on the other end of the phone said.

"Then say it's because I threatened you to do it."

"Sigh... well, what can I do when we've known each other for so many years?"

Qin Leng hung up the phone and then looked at the ruins beneath his feet.

"There are still some things that weren't taken away."

When 009 left, he took the Beast of a Thousand Throats and the computer, but he didn't take some of the fragments inside.

Asia.

A noodle shop in a certain city.

A handsome young man sat inside the shop, and the noodle shop owner sat opposite him.

"Yang Jian, do you think my new necklace looks good?"

As she spoke, the proprietress puffed out her chest and deliberately swayed it a few times in front of Yang Jian.

But Yang Jian's attention was not on the proprietress at all; instead, he stared intently at the kitchen inside the shop.

"Sister-in-law, have you hired a new employee at your shop?"

Upon hearing this, the proprietress quickly stepped in front of Yang Jian, "Ah, she's my sister, she's here to help out during her summer vacation."

Yang Jian turned his head to look at the woman in the kitchen, "Oh, how old is your sister?"

The proprietress stepped aside to block Yang Jian again, saying, "What does my age have to do with you?"

"No, I was just asking my sister-in-law," Yang Jian said, pulling his head back.

The proprietress sat back down, blocking Yang Jian's view once again.

Yang Jian frowned upon seeing this. "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? I was just looking. Do you think I look like the kind of person who would have any improper thoughts about your sister?"

Upon hearing this, the proprietress quickly took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes from her pocket. "Let's not talk about that. Have you been out of cigarettes lately?"

Seeing this, Yang Jian quickly pushed the cigarette back, saying, "No, no, no, sister-in-law, it's not a holiday, don't do this."

"I'm just a little hungry. I'll go to the kitchen and take a look."

As Yang Jian stood up, the proprietress also stood up and stopped him.

When Yang Jian went left, she went left; Yang Jian went right, she went right.

The two remained awkwardly stuck there.

"Sister-in-law, it doesn't have to be like this..."

The proprietress smiled and said, "Just tell me what you want to eat. There's no need for you to come over yourself. I'll definitely arrange it for you."

"How about... a plate of fried noodles?"

The proprietress had just turned her head when she heard this, but Yang Jian suddenly darted into the kitchen!

"Hey, Yang Jian, you!"

Yang Jian turned around and came to the side of a female student.

He only witnessed one side of the test, and his heart felt a pang.

This, this is!

The girl turned around. "You are... Brother Yang Jian?"

"Yes..."

Before Yang Jian could finish speaking, the proprietress suddenly appeared and blocked the way between the two of them!

She knew her sister's level well; as far as she knew, her sister's school only had two types of boys.

One group consists of people who like her sister, and the other group consists of people who have never met her sister!

As expected, Yang Jian fell for it.

Just as my sister was about to say something, the noise outside suddenly became loud!

"What is that?!"

"Waves?"

"Fishman?!"

"It's Fishman!"

Yang Jian frowned and turned to look outside the shop, only to find that the sky outside had suddenly darkened.

Um?

Yang Jian wasn't the only one who noticed something amiss; many shop owners on the street rushed out of their shops.

But they were dumbfounded as soon as they came out!

A massive wave swept through the city, and floodwaters poured down from the sky!

Boom!

Buildings in the distance were swallowed up and collapsed by the waves!

Countless monsters emerged from the sky, from the ground, and from the sea, sweeping across the city in an instant!

Is this the end of the world?

At that moment, everyone had the same thought!

Am I dreaming?

Yang Jian was the first to react. He rushed into the shop and grabbed the proprietress's sister, shouting, "What are you standing there for? Run!"

The proprietress realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Hey, it's me!"

"Sister-in-law, good luck to you!"

Yang Jian grabbed the landlady's sister and ran out.

He was very fast; at least, it shouldn't be the speed of a normal human being.

The city in the distance is being swallowed by the flood. Although we haven't arrived here yet, judging from the trend, it won't be long!

Yang Jian looked at his palm as he ran.

There is an inverted triangle circle pattern on his palm.

"I knew this day would come."

That's right, Yang Jian is also a player of the 'Death Game'.

But he wasn't famous in the game. Although he was always in the top ten, people never cared about his rankings below the top three.

It wasn't until the top two on the leaderboard disappeared one after another that Yang Jian gradually gained attention.

Unfortunately, he failed to become the new number one on the leaderboard; he is currently ranked fourth overall.

Yang Jian's physical abilities were at the Second Tier. His speed was so great that the female student behind him could hardly keep up, and she soon ran out of steam.

"No, I... I can't run anymore..."

Seeing this, Yang Jian picked up the female student and carried her on his back, saying, "It's okay, little sister, I'll carry you!"

After carrying the female student on his back, Yang Jian moved even faster. He even showed off a few wall-climbing stunts in front of her.

Until a large patch of red fog appeared!

Upon seeing this, Yang Jian abruptly stopped in his tracks!

The city before us was shrouded in a massive red fog!

Those who are inside the red mist either turn into a monster that is half plant and half zombie, or their bodies rot and they are assimilated by the Blood Mist!

The Blood Mist was expanding at an extremely exaggerated speed!

It seems that the more lives it devours, the larger the fog becomes!

Seeing the miserable state of those people in the red mist, Yang Jian naturally dared not go any further!

Just as he turned his head, the waves and those monsters surged forward!

With red mist in front and waves and monsters behind, there was no way to advance or retreat!

"It's over..."