Revealing Their Identities

After leaving Shirahira Reika's album in satisfaction, Lu Chen opened Alice's album.

It couldn't be helped. It was a common failing among men—some lust-addled men would always visit the social feeds of the women in the group.

Alice's album was very unusual.

Every photo contained zombies. Every city had become a forbidden zone for humanity, because tens of millions of zombies had gathered there.

Forests had turned into deserts, streets were overgrown with weeds, and even the flying crows had become infected zombie birds.

The desolation displayed by the entire world was enough to drive one to despair.

In such a world, simply staying alive took immense courage.

After exiting Alice's album, Lu Chen glanced at Godzilla's album. It had zero photos.

"It'd be strange if Big Bro Godzilla knew how to take pictures. I bet it still doesn't even know it joined the Myriad Worlds Chat Group."

Liu Peiqiang also had a great many photos.

Majestic Planetary Engines, the United Nations International Space Station, the ever-more-distant sun, Jupiter looming close at hand, and the frozen Earth.

3.5 billion people were taking Earth on a journey through the endless universe for more than two thousand years—an entire hundred generations, forever living underground.

Da Gu's album was quite ordinary, with some daily-life photos and pictures of Victory Team weapons and equipment. Other than that, he had recently uploaded a photo of the Sparklence.

Kibutsuji Muzan's album contained many photos, but most were of murder and cannibalism, along with inhuman torture.

"This guy probably isn't very welcome in the group."

Having basically finished looking through the albums, Lu Chen exited and continued checking the other functions.

"Red packet function?"

After thinking it over, Lu Chen casually created several hundred Gold Soul Coins with the Reality Gem and immediately sent them out.

"Ding-dong, your red packets were claimed in 0.1 seconds. Qilin is the Luck King."

Lu Chen: "..."

Qilin: "Wow! Are these gold coins? I grabbed over a hundred of them?"

Da Gu: "I only got two! -_-||"

Shirahira Reika: "It's real gold! I got more than sixty coins. Wow! This is great—I can buy the newest handbag."

Kamado Tanjiro: "Is Lu Chen's family in the mining business?"

Alice: "I got some too, but they're useless to me. In the apocalypse, they aren't worth as much as a piece of bread."

"This Myriad Worlds Chat Group really has some tricks. It can send things across countless worlds."

Lu Chen watched the chat group become lively again because of his large red packet, but he did not join in. Instead, he continued examining the group's other functions.

"So this is the check-in Shirahira Reika mentioned."

Lu Chen tapped the words "Check In" on the light screen.

"Ding-dong, congratulations. You have received 3 Points from this check-in. Please come again tomorrow."

"Points?"

Looking at the Group Shop and lottery functions, Lu Chen immediately understood what they were for.

Upon entering the Group Shop, the dazzling array of merchandise left Lu Chen overwhelmed.

There were spicy strips, ten packs for one Point, and Star Destroyers that required several million or even tens of millions of Points to exchange for.

Even superpowers and bloodlines could be exchanged for, though the Point requirements were so high that unless one worked hard and lived for several centuries, one probably would never be able to redeem them in a lifetime.

"They aren't of much use to me, but they'd be extremely useful to ordinary people."

"The lottery probably just draws items from the Group Shop. It all depends on whether you're lucky."

"There's only the arena function left. This one seems rather interesting."

Lu Chen tapped it.

"Please select the target you wish to challenge."

The image on the light screen changed into the avatars of the group members.

After considering it, Lu Chen selected Godzilla.

"You have selected Godzilla as your challenge target. Please pay 100 Points."

"Damn it, I knew it!"

Lu Chen cursed indignantly before exiting the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

Overall, the greatest benefit of the Myriad Worlds Chat Group was checking in for Points, then exchanging them for whatever one wanted.

However, those things were utterly worthless to Lu Chen. If he wanted them, he could simply create them himself using the Reality Gem.

The only thing that might prove useful to Lu Chen was that if he wanted to visit other worlds in the future, he could use the Myriad Worlds Chat Group as a medium and travel there with the Space Gem.

"Time to sleep!"

Lu Chen rolled over, tightly hugged Gu Yuena, and slowly closed his eyes.

The next morning.

Lu Chen's consciousness gradually cleared. He opened his eyes, looked at the still-sleeping Gu Yuena, and revealed a gentle smile.

After quietly getting out of bed, Lu Chen discovered that Tang San had not returned all night.

"Did he spend the night at Grandmaster's place?"

Activating Mind Perception, Lu Chen brought the entirety of Nuoding City within his sensing range.

In just a moment, Lu Chen found Grandmaster and Little San's traces.

"The direction they're heading in means they're going to Soul Hunting Forest."

"Tsk, tsk. He actually went to obtain a soul ring behind my back. Little San is trying to secretly surpass me."

After quickly washing up, Lu Chen woke Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu, who were still asleep.

"Lu Chen, why are you up so early? There's still plenty of time before class." Xiao Wu sounded displeased, her eyes half-closed as though she might fall asleep again at any moment.

Seeing Xiao Wu in her half-awake state, Lu Chen could not resist reaching out and pinching her cheek.

"Stinky Lu Chen, what are you doing?"

"It's already this late and you're still sleeping? Of course we're going to Soul Hunting Forest to obtain soul rings."

"Obtain soul rings?"

Xiao Wu instantly woke up. As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, she did not need to obtain soul rings at all. Once her Soul Power Level reached the required threshold, soul rings would automatically form on their own.

"We're going to Soul Hunting Forest for soul rings? Are the three of us really confident about that?"

Xiao Wu felt somewhat uneasy. What she feared most was having her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast exposed before she had fully grown.

Lu Chen naturally knew what Xiao Wu was worried about and was just about to reassure her when Gu Yuena spoke before him. "Brother, little sister Xiao Wu doesn't need to obtain soul rings. She's a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who took human form. Once her Soul Power Level reaches the required level, soul rings will automatically form."

"Uh... -_-||"

Lu Chen pressed a hand to his forehead. Great, now she had directly spilled Xiao Wu's entire secret. One only had to look at Xiao Wu's face to see that it had turned the color of pig liver from fright.

It was not really Gu Yuena's fault. Her mind was simply still too innocent. After Lu Chen had altered and erased some of her memories with the Mind Gem, Gu Yuena's current mentality was no different from that of a child.

"H-how did you know?"

Xiao Wu backed away two steps in terror. Just yesterday, she had thought her identity had been exposed and had nearly wet herself from fright, only for it to turn out to be a false alarm.

Yet the very next day, Gu Yuena had revealed her secret of being a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form. The bad news had come so suddenly that she did not know what to do.

Looking at the badly frightened Xiao Wu, Lu Chen thought for a moment and decided to reveal their identities directly. Xiao Wu would be his in the future anyway, so there was nothing wrong with letting her know sooner.