Thunder cracked.
Gleaming rays of destruction snaked through the clouds.
Rain poured down.
The entire city was deserted.
The bustling crowds and streams of traffic had vanished.
Rain cascaded down, relentlessly striking the ground and splashing into oval sprays.
Shen Ye stood silently in the rain.
-After the fusion, all the phenomena had disappeared.
The world had suddenly become like this.
Several lines of glowing text appeared in the void:
"You have obtained the authority of the 'Eternal Brain' and can now issue quests for yourself." "Each quest issued will be generated based on the current circumstances. After accepting a quest, you must wait through a cooldown of at least 1 hour before issuing a new quest." "Quests will help you grow. After all, you are the 'Eternal Brain.'" "-Do your best. If you can hurry and complete a few more quests, you may still have a slim chance of survival."
All the text vanished.
Shen Ye did understand part of it.
-Advancing as a "Guiding Daoist" required completing quests.
He had already completed two. One more would raise this class by one level.
But there were also things he did not quite understand.
Why did he have to hurry to complete quests?
And what was this chance of survival?
As Shen Ye pondered, he suddenly saw a glowing flying object descend from the sky through the downpour and hover in midair.
It looked somewhat like a mechanized control console, flashing with countless electronic signal lights, yet also like an aircraft he had never seen before.
A deep, mighty voice rang out from the object:
"Do you like the scene I arranged, Shen Ye?"
"This is the final scene of the last The Matrix film."
"Imagine it: the most powerful forces humanity created have merged to form me,