Disaster of Distortion
Ten years ago, thanks to a certain group's reckless summoning of Doros, and the passage of a small, rust-red comet that emitted beautiful music incomprehensible to humans, two beings in this world were awakened. The combination of these forces created a Twisted Storm that covered the entire world.
The biggest distortion was that the planet was transformed into a continent. Countless people cried out that this was unreasonable and unscientific, but it was the truth. However, it is clear that not many people cared whether they were on a planet or a continent afterward; their primary goal was to survive.
After the Twisted Storm, some things were directly twisted and deformed into other objects, while many more were infected by the distortion power, and humans and various life forms were naturally among the targets of infection.
All humans and living beings have been infected with the power of distortion to varying degrees. The degree of infection is roughly divided into three levels. Those with severe infection are directly Mutation into another kind of life form, known as distorted creatures. These creatures have bizarre abilities, and each one is extremely dangerous.
Those with slightly less infection underwent various mutations and could hardly be considered human anymore. Only those with a milder form of twisted infection retained their human appearance and had only a slight amount of twisted antibodies in their bodies.
Zheng Li and Fang Yi belong to the lowest level of infection. Their bodies only have a certain amount of distorted antibodies. It is unclear whether this is a good or bad outcome. Because of this, their diet consists only of low-infection foods. If they were to directly consume higher-level infected foods, it would cause a distorted change.
Low-infection items are precisely the fewest, which led to the great famine that began ten years later. The bright red, juicy fruit on the tree, judging from its aura and scent alone, belonged to highly infected items, items that only twisted creatures could consume.
Zheng Li wondered when the research on reducing infectivity would be completed. He thought to himself that, compared to the scarcity of low-infectivity foods, high-infectivity foods had grown considerably in recent years due to a lack of consumers. Once the research was successful, the problem of the Great Famine could be solved.
Fang Yi, didn't think that much about it. Even if the research was successful, the results wouldn't be something that people at the bottom of his community could use. Popularizing it would probably be a matter of a lifetime.
Fang Yi took out a wooden bow and arrows, and pulled the bowstring made of the sinew of an unknown animal. The wooden arrows, which had been sharpened to an exceptionally sharp point, flew out and hit the tree canopy. After waiting for a while, the two slowly walked towards the tree canopy, intending to push it open, and found some fresh blood and chunks of flesh on it.
Even more terrifying was that the chunks of flesh were still writhing. The two exchanged a glance and slowly backed away. Could it be that the object that fell from the sky had smashed some twisted creature with an immortal body into a pulp?
Suddenly, Zheng Li stopped in his tracks, startling Fang Yi quickly said, "Why aren't we leaving? Once that twisted creature recovers, we'll both become its food!"
"Fang Yi, you said something that could smash a twisted creature like this, could it possibly be a twisted artifact?" Zheng Li said, touching his rapidly pounding heart. "I don't want to live like this anymore, half-dead, living in constant fear, sometimes hungry, sometimes full. I want to take a gamble."
"Are you crazy? This is most likely just an ordinary meteorite!" Fang Yi knew exactly what the other person was thinking: risking their life for a future, but the probability of that was extremely low.
The so-called Twisted Anomalies are objects within the Twisted Storm that, for various reasons, possess special properties, but exhibit only the lowest level of infectivity, or are even uninfected.
After the cataclysm, it was discovered that those with low levels of infection could Integration their bodies. Those who Integration twisted artifacts could slowly absorb the twisted power emanating from the air, increasing their resistance to twisted power while maintaining their humanity. They called themselves Correctors, meaning those who corrected the twisted.
In theory, if there are enough Correctors, they can gradually purify the warped power and restore Earth to its original state. However, the number of warped artifacts is far too small, and the number of Correctors is also pitifully small. Their purification speed is far from keeping up with the rate at which new warps are generated.
What's truly insane about the Correctors is that after absorbing a certain amount of the Twisted Power, their bodies undergo a chemical reaction, granting them various extraordinary abilities. In this chaotic era, they become superior beings, the so-called lords.
"If it's your decision, then so be it!" Fang Yi said in a low voice, but he stepped back. He knew clearly that from today onwards, the two of them would become people from two different worlds.
If that thing is truly a rare treasure, then Zheng Li can use it to become a master overnight, and naturally there will be no further contact between them. But if it isn't, then Zheng Li, with his current gambler's mentality, will most likely never be able to leave this forest this time.
Zheng Li didn't look at Fang Yi had retreated. He walked to the edge of the tree canopy, breathing heavily, and moved it to one side. He put all his strength into it and even let out a low growl. There was no other way. During the Great Famine, if you don't have enough to eat, you won't have any strength. Zheng Li slowly moved the tree canopy away. Then he heard the sound of something being cut, and blood splattered, blurring Zheng Li's vision.
"Did it hit that twisted creature that got smashed?" Zheng Li wondered to himself. Recalling the scene of flesh and blood writhing, he felt a chill run down his spine. Fortunately, he closed his eyes quickly and didn't get any in them. So Zheng Li immediately wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
"Thank you so much, sir!" A hoarse voice rang out, freezing Zheng Li in place. With his still blurry eyes open, he turned around and saw a mangled creature, so finely dressed it could play a villain in a horror movie, crawling up from the side.
Lu Li felt that he was lucky. He fell from the sky and landed on the tree. Unfortunately, he was crushed by the broken canopy. Although he would not die because of his immortality, his body was still smashed to pieces.
Furthermore, a branch from the tree canopy was stuck in his heart, rendering him powerless. Upon noticing two people approaching, Lu Li did not hesitate to use mental interference on them, amplifying their greed.
This wasn't difficult for Lu Li, after all, he had studied the Seven Deadly Sins in depth. With his current level of awareness, interfering with the target was not a problem. However, he didn't expect the other person to be so vigilant. Instead of being interfered with by Lu Li, the person quickly escaped.
Touching his heart, which had been repaired and was now beating slowly, Lu Li smiled at Zheng Li and said, "If you're going to help someone, help them all the way. Little brother, do me another favor!"
I might not update this afternoon; I'll save the two updates for tonight. Sorry, everyone, I won't be able to celebrate the holiday with you all today.