Chapter 2131 - 2129: Sealed World
Fang Zheng certainly wouldn’t believe what this Vampire Queen named Krul said, but he had his ways to verify her intentions—for example, by consulting a certain middle schooler who doesn’t look her age...
"What she said is indeed correct."
Shihou Souki looked at the notebook in her hand and then nodded toward Fang Zheng.
"The memories and information I extracted from her brain are consistent with this."
"Alright, it seems she was fairly honest."
Fang Zheng carefully scanned through the notes Shihou Souki handed over, then nodded. Based on the memories extracted by Shihou Souki from Krul’s brain, it was indeed Krul’s idea to capture these human children. The reason, as she stated, wasn’t quite clear, but Krul always had a bad premonition; if anything, it was akin to a woman’s intuition.
No solid reason, just an unsettling feeling.
Precisely because of this, Krul used the excuse of "collecting and preserving fresh blood" to coax those Vampires into capturing humans. She too was aware that, due to that prophecy, the Vampire clan was currently extremely fervent, especially after global nuclear blasts, leading them to believe it was time for their race to rise again.
According to Krul’s explanation, the history of the Vampire race was long—how long exactly, she couldn’t quite say, but certainly extensive. Throughout history, Vampires had their glorious days, but after human civilization developed, they could only hide and live in caves.
In Fang Zheng’s view, the hatred these Vampires held towards humans was somewhat similar to the racial grudge between Dark Elves and Elves. Although I don’t like the surface, I also don’t like you damned Surface Elves. If there was a chance to completely eliminate the Surface Elves, the Dark Elves naturally wouldn’t miss it.
The Vampires felt the same way.
Though Krul appeared to be just a little girl on the outside, she had lived for several centuries as a Vampire, so internally she wasn’t stupid. She knew that if she told these fervent Vampires that she had a bad feeling and advised against wiping out humanity, they wouldn’t listen. So she simply went along with their thinking, suggesting that if humanity perished, there would be no fresh blood to source, thus instead of killing them all, they could capture them as livestock—and this notion indeed received responses from many Vampires.
The decision to choose children over adults was because children were easier to manipulate and educate, especially given Krul’s appearance. If she mingled with children, it would be easier to gain their favor. This way, in the event that some hero or protagonist arose among them in the future, Krul could at least escape unscathed thanks to that favor!
One has to admit, this Vampire Queen was indeed far-sighted and well-prepared. If Fang Zheng weren’t around, perhaps she might have succeeded.
But unfortunately, despite all her calculations, she hadn’t accounted for the anomaly that was Fang Zheng, resulting in the complete failure of the Vampire’s revival plan before it even began.
"What should we do now?"
"Let her stay in Diamond City."
Fang Zheng pondered for a moment before giving his decision on how to deal with Krul. After all, she did save some lives. Given that Krul was a Vampire Queen, having thoughts and actions like hers was already commendable, so Fang Zheng didn’t make it difficult for her.
After all, Krul was a Vampire, not a human; despite differing stances, having such thoughts and implementing them was rare enough.
But as for the other Vampires, Fang Zheng naturally wouldn’t spare them.
However, the current focus was on the Apocalypse Virus mentioned by Krul...
"Any clues?"
Fang Zheng looked at Feli, who nodded and opened her personal terminal.
"Yes, but it’s somewhat unexpected."
"Oh?"
Fang Zheng looked at the screen and quickly understood Feli’s point.
On the screen was a city completely sealed by purple crystals, with patchy spots of purple visible all around, enveloping people in purple crystal formations. Yet what was crucial was that there wasn’t a single anomaly on the radar information.
In other words, if not for Fang Zheng receiving the exact location from Krul, scanning for anomalies with satellite signals would have revealed nothing, completely ignoring it.
"Not surprising. Do you remember that City of Death?"
"You mean...?"
Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s question, Feli immediately recalled encountering a similar situation in her own world. During their travels in the Wasteland, they had visited a City of Death where those who entered remained in a state of eternal limbo after death...
"...Is this such a place?"
"Similar, but different."
Fang Zheng nodded, then shook his head.
The City of Death was a system bug, but this city was clearly intentionally crafted. It was highly likely that some power had completely isolated this place right at the time of the nuclear explosion, forming a Sealed World.
To put it plainly, it was like an instance in an online game. You enter this Teleportation Gate to initiate an instance, and then you are in another map.
For the Order Clan, this was standard procedure; if the Goddess of Order could do it, her kin could certainly do so as well.
However, Fang Zheng had no idea why the opposition wanted to do this.
"Um... Mr. Fang Zheng?"
Just as Fang Zheng was pondering, Feli stared at him and spoke up.
"I have a suggestion."
"A suggestion?"
"Yes, the current situation of this world... is quite similar to what we encountered in our world before, but relying solely on our strength is not enough. Is it possible to bring those adventurers into this world as well?"
"Oh? You mean..."
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng raised an eyebrow.
"...those guys."
"Yes, they did very well in our world; they’re a group of very friendly and enthusiastic people, and they don’t ask for anything in return. Now our world is gradually recovering with their help, if it’s them..."
Because I’m the one distributing the Experience Points and Skill points as rewards.
But finding that group of players...
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng’s lips curled slightly.
It seems like a good choice, after all, I still have the Divine Position of the God of Games. As long as the game network spreads here, but... as the initial breakthrough point, being polluted would be troublesome.
"I understand, Feli, I will consider this suggestion."
The "Wasteland" world instance where Feli and the others are located has almost been cleared by those players, so it’s almost time to introduce a new instance.
But before that, it’s necessary to resolve the unstable factors in this place.
The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew by, dyeing the entire world white, and among it, only this city wrapped in purple crystals remained unchanged, seemingly unaffected.
Fang Zheng frowned, looking at the crystal wall before him, then reached out his hand—the next moment, the originally extremely hard crystal wall transformed into a huge cavity in front of his palm, and Fang Zheng stepped into it.
This time, he didn’t bring anyone, because according to Krul’s words, this place was likely created by the Order Clan. Whatever they wanted to do, it would be difficult for non-Order Clan members to defeat them. It’s not a matter of strength, but rather of authority—just like in a game, Wings of Death could destroy the world, but an outside programmer can make it act cute and roll over just by tapping the keyboard.
So, if you want to fight a programmer, no matter how many powerful players you bring, it’s useless; the only way is to also be a programmer and pick up the keyboard from the table to bash it over the opponent.
That’s right, those handsome, dashing, or adorably charming and beautiful characters in the game cannot save the world, no matter how steadfast their beliefs, how powerful their strength, filled with courage and hope.
So what does it take to save the world?
It’s all about a bald programmer and a chubby programmer smashing each other with keyboards outside the screen.
"Your ending is crap, you idiot!"
"You just don’t get it, this is true love!"
"True love my ass! You’re forty and still haven’t found a girlfriend, what do you know about true love!"
"Pfft! Didn’t your girlfriend also run off in a BMW?!"
"A BMW is nothing, it’s not like I can’t afford it!"
"You can afford it, but you don’t have time to drive it!"
"I’ll bash you to death, you forty-year-old virgin!!"
"Watch me beat you to death, you cuckolded jerk!"
Finally, the bald programmer smashed the chubby programmer with a keyboard, then went to the computer to input parameters and hit enter.
The world was saved.
When those game characters wept with joy, hugged each other and professed love, they never expected that the true savior of their world was a balding programmer wiping nosebleed with a tissue, who looked forty but was actually twenty...oh, and had stomach ulcers and hemorrhoids.
That’s why true heroes are always nameless.
Fang Zheng dismissed the thoughts in his mind, glanced at the void in front of him, then stepped directly inside.
The next moment, the scenery around him changed dramatically.
The howling blizzard was gone, the overcast sky was gone too, replaced by blue skies, white clouds, dazzling sunshine, bustling streets, and lively crowds. Fang Zheng turned around to see only an ordinary alley behind him, with no hint of any purple crystal structures.
Sure enough, it’s an "instance."
Looking at the world before him, Fang Zheng revealed a faint smile.
But it’s fine this way, although Feli’s guess was somewhat off, the information here should still be the same as before the outside world was destroyed, so... the trick of using the code from the City of Death to restore the world in Feli’s Wasteland world can be done again.
At the very least, once players arrive in this world, a main quest will be in place.
So the next question is...
Looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, Fang Zheng squinted his eyes.
What is the main quest of this "instance"?