A Toast to the Rising Sun

"You're awake!"

Cheng Kui opened his eyes, and what came into view was a flawless face. The series of events that had just occurred to him made Cheng Kui exclaim in surprise.

"Get up if you're awake, the chairman wants to see you!" the voice continued, taking the things and stepping aside. Only then did Cheng Kui realize that the speaker was the girl who had saved him earlier.

"Who are you people? I just went out to buy soy sauce, why has the world changed so much?" Cheng Kui said, somewhat devastated. Anyone who goes out gets chased and killed, then bombarded by artillery fire, and whipped a hundred times over. Even now, the pain of death still lingers on Cheng Kui's body.

"Go see the chairman, your questions will be answered there!" the girl said calmly. She drew back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in. Through the glass window, the morning sunlight seemed exceptionally soft.

The girl reached out as if to grasp the sunlight, but immediately lowered her hand, turned around to look at Cheng Kui, her face still indifferent, and urged Cheng Kui to get up and go with her to see the so-called chairman with her cold eyes.

Looking at the girl in front of him, it was as if something soothed Cheng Kui's wounds. For some reason, Cheng Kui felt a lightness in the pain brought by hundreds of deaths. It wasn't because he was driven by lust, nor was the girl his type. It was an indescribable feeling that made him feel relieved of the pain of death.

"Alright!" Cheng Kui sighed, "We've met twice already, and I still don't know your name. My name is Cheng Kui!"

"I know your name," the girl said, opening the door. "Also, this is our first meeting. My sister was protecting you before, but she died in battle yesterday!"

Looking at the girl waiting at the door, Cheng Kui was a little stunned. He carefully examined the girl and found that she was almost exactly the same as the girl from yesterday. The same expression, the same outfit, the same youthful face and large breasts.

"Uh... my condolences!" Cheng Kui said somewhat awkwardly, wearing a military-style trench coat that was placed by the bedside, and followed the girl into the rather chilly corridor.

Looking at the girl ahead of him, whose walking distance was uniform, Cheng Kui felt that she was more like a machine than a person. He wanted to strike up a conversation with her and ask her more questions, but then he remembered that her sister had just died, and it seemed a bit disrespectful to start a conversation now.

So Cheng Kui could only follow behind the girl in silence. The corridor was unusually enclosed, and there was nothing to see. After the girl entered an elevator, she pressed the floor button and quickly entered a series of passwords. Then, some grid-like infrared beams scanned the two of them, and the elevator slowly started moving.

The elevator slowly descended. Cheng Kui looked at the girl next to him. She stood straight in the elevator, motionless. If it weren't for her faint breathing, Cheng Kui would have thought she was dead.

The elevator doors opened, and the girl pointed to the door at the end of the corridor, saying, "The chairman is inside. Go there yourself; I'll wait for you here!"

Cheng Kui glanced at the girl, stepped out of the elevator, and after a few steps, Cheng Kui turned around and saw the elevator doors slowly closing. The girl stood inside, her eyes seemingly devoid of any expression, giving Cheng Kui the feeling that she was a piece of merchandise being loaded into a shipping container.

Slightly startled, Cheng Kui continued walking towards the wooden door at the end of the corridor. He knocked on the door and saw an elderly man with a scar on his face sitting in a chair behind a desk. Opposite him sat four or five other people with a strong presence.

"You're here, have a seat!" The scarred old man pointed to an empty seat opposite him, his tone leaving no room for argument. After Cheng Kui sat down, the scarred old man said in his somewhat hoarse voice, "From now on, the six of you will be teammates. The heavy responsibility of saving the world is entrusted to you."

"Ha, are you kidding me? Suddenly talking about saving the world? I haven't even brushed my teeth this morning!" Cheng Kui felt like the world had gone mad, or maybe he himself had gone mad, otherwise why would he make such an absurd statement?

"You'd better figure out what's going on first!" The scarred old man pulled out a pistol and fired at Cheng Kui. A bullet accurately hit Cheng Kui between the eyebrows, and some blood splattered out. Cheng Kui slumped into a chair.

"Alright, let him lie down for a while. Let's talk about what you need to do next!" the scarred old man said to the other five people, showing no emotion whatsoever as if he had just shot someone, and continued calmly.

"Your suicide squad is planned to consist of seven people, but one more person will be Extraction by your entire team. Your next mission will only begin after you are all complete!" The scarred old man handed them a document and slowly said, "Each of you has Implantation with various devices. I hope you can successfully complete the mission and return to have these devices removed."

Just then, Cheng Kui shuddered and scrambled to his feet. The bullet contained a wealth of information, informing him of the danger facing Waterblue Star.

The Evil God that is about to Destruction the Waterblue Star is on its trajectory and will descend upon Waterblue Star in seven days. However, the protective barrier that safeguards the Waterblue Star is being constantly Destruction by the messengers of doom. Only by activating the hidden C Plan can the Evil God be driven away.

The reason those doomsday messengers were hunting him down was because he was also one of the fulcrums of the barrier, or even the most important fulcrum. Only he was the most suitable to complete C Plan. Of course, Cheng Kui discovered that apart from being able to resurrect himself, he did not find any other special abilities.

"You've gone too far! Although I won't die, the pain of death hasn't lessened at all!" Touching the healed spot on his forehead, Cheng Kui glared at the old man opposite him, walked towards him, clenched his fist and swung it at him, but was stopped by a black crystal that suddenly appeared in the air.

The other person remained calm. He glanced at the six people present and then slowly said, "Qianqiu will take you to collect some necessary equipment first, and then he will take you to the location of your last teammate. You don't have much time left. I hope everything goes well for humanity!"

After saying that, the scarred old man actually managed a smile, pulled out his pistol, pointed it at his forehead, and with a gunshot, he collapsed onto the desk. Blood flowed from the slightly burned wound on his head. Unlike Cheng Kui, who could resurrect infinitely, this man was completely dead.

Furthermore, the bullet that entered his skull was special; a layer of black crystals emerged from his head, rapidly proliferating while stained with blood, until his entire body transformed into a cluster of black crystals.

"They're really going to great lengths to keep this a secret!" one of the bespectacled men said, shaking his head.

Cheng Kui stood frozen in place, staring at the vanished layer of black crystal and the corpse inside that had turned into a cluster of crystals, feeling a sudden heaviness in his body.