[Beautiful Saiyan from Earth]: "I was in the bath just now. I'd just finished rinsing off when you tagged me."
He Lingxuan had finished bathing in the hot spring, rinsed off, and changed clothes. Now she was sitting on the sofa in her room, looking at the Chat Group messages.
[Beautiful Saiyan from Earth]: "Don't panic, all right? I've already reached the fourth tier in my normal state. I'll handle the overpowered enemies in this mission. Anything above the peak of the second tier is mine."
[Beautiful Saiyan from Earth]: "@Death God Elementary Student, you can come earn some points too. With me here, you won't be in danger."
[Beautiful Saiyan from Earth]: "How about this? I'll send each of you a protective shield of energy. Anyone below the third tier, level five, won't be able to break it."
[Beautiful Saiyan from Earth]: "It'll also boost your attack power and help you recover your strength, so even if you run into a third-tier enemy, you won't get killed in one hit or anything."
After reading He Lingxuan's messages, everyone in the Chat Group was stunned. A red-envelope notification chimed in the group.
"Ding! Chat Group member Beautiful Saiyan from Earth has sent a generous red envelope. Hurry and claim it!"
[Lord of Time and Space Awakening]: "??? You've definitely got cheats! You do, don't you? Do you have a system too? How did you get so strong so fast?"
Li Jiahao was completely thrown off. In this era of spiritual energy revival and awakened talents, he had awakened an ability related to spacetime.
He had thought he was already invincible, but after joining the Chat Group, he'd found out there was a monster like this!
He Lingxuan had been barely above the first tier at the start. How had she reached the fourth tier so quickly?!
Even cheats couldn't make someone this strong this fast, could they?
Gradually coming to terms with reality, Li Jiahao hurriedly claimed the red envelope. Then he felt an endless stream of energy well up inside him.
Combined with his spacetime talent, this power even made Li Jiahao think he could stop time over a vast area, control space, and do all sorts of other things!
"Ding! Lord of Time and Space Awakening has claimed the red envelope from Chat Group member Beautiful Saiyan from Earth."
"Ding! Ninja World Asura has claimed the red envelope from Chat Group member Beautiful Saiyan from Earth."
"Ding! World's Greatest Swordsman has claimed the red envelope from Chat Group member Beautiful Saiyan from Earth."
A long string of notifications followed...
[World's Greatest Swordsman]: "After merging with this power, I feel like my stamina is inexhaustible. I just casually swung my sword, and the slash even split the sky and sea!"
[Arataki Gang Boss]: "Hahaha! I just teamed up with the others and noticed that the pursuers behind us were nowhere to be seen. I feel so full of energy right now!"
[Rock-loving Opera Singer]: "@Beautiful Saiyan from Earth, thank you for your generosity. Thank you for coming to save Teyvat."
Yun Jin had just sent her message of thanks when, in the next moment, she felt a terrifying presence rising from the sea!
If she hadn't just absorbed the energy in He Lingxuan's red envelope, she might have been unable to move by now.
A flicker of panic crossed her delicate face. She looked around and saw that everyone seemed to have been stunned by some great horror, standing motionless.
The next moment, dark clouds swallowed everything, even hope and salvation.
Outside Liyue Harbor, the Demon God Osial had awakened, just as in the original story. But now he seemed to have undergone a terrifying mutation, and even the sea looked polluted. Its color had darkened, as though ink had been poured into blue water!
The abyss-like sea churned up countless waterspouts, and several tentacles had appeared on Osial's body, wrapped in black runes!
The immense aura radiating from each tentacle made even the prepared Liyue Qixing feel that something was terribly wrong.
Even the Adepti rushing over from afar sensed the terrifying presence.
A young Adeptus wearing a mask and holding a green spear stood atop the Jade Chamber. His grip tightened until the veins in his hand seemed ready to burst.
An ominous aura emanating from him was constantly eroding his consciousness!
"This level of pressure... How is this possible? I've only ever felt anything like it from the Geo Archon. Even at his full strength, the Demon God Osial of old was nowhere near this powerful. He's only just broken free of his seal—why is he so strong?!"
That's right. This was the young Adeptus Xiao.
Feeling the aura radiating from Osial, Xiao was overcome by a profound sense of helplessness.
The other nations of Teyvat were also facing disasters of varying degrees!
In Inazuma, countless phantom Demon Gods and monsters appeared in places where people lived and began attacking them. If the aura hadn't felt so wrong that the Raiden Shogun noticed it and immediately raised a protective barrier, slaying countless monsters, it was hard to imagine how many people would have died!
The endless monsters kept attacking from outside the barrier, as if they meant to destroy Inazuma completely!
And all these disasters were only the beginning of the anomaly!
Even the Cataclysm of Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago was insignificant compared to this crisis threatening the world.
Neuvillette, Fontaine's Chief Justice and the incarnation of the second-generation Hydro Dragon Sovereign, could only do his best to hold back the sudden disaster, as his authority was incomplete.
People continued to die, despite all his efforts.
Venti, the ever-idle Anemo Archon Barbatos, had only just felt that something was wrong with the wind blowing across Teyvat when he immediately returned to Mondstadt.
After recovering from their shock, Arataki Itto and Yun Jin immediately posted pleas for help in the Chat Group.
[Arataki Gang Boss]: "Come help us! If I hadn't gotten stronger and gained Ling Xuan's power, my Arataki Gang would've been wiped out just now.
Out of nowhere, countless monsters appeared and charged at us. Luckily, they were only between the zeroth and early first tiers.
With my great strength, I can still hold on, but it's like there's no end to them. We kill one wave, and even more show up.
Thankfully, it seems the Raiden Shogun just intervened. A lightning barrier appeared over all of Inazuma, protecting everyone. But I don't think it'll last much longer."
[Rock-loving Opera Singer]: "It's the same here. I suddenly felt a terrifying pressure coming from the sea. If I hadn't been empowered by He Lingxuan, I might still be frozen in place with fear. This enemy is at least second tier!"
The Chat Group members who saw the messages accepted the mission one after another and descended into Teyvat. But they discovered that the Chat Group had sent them to different nations across the continent instead of bringing them all to one place as before.
(Quick question for everyone: do you want no female lead, one female lead, multiple female leads, or a harem? The majority rules; I'll go with what everyone says.)
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