Tragedy—no power, no water back home, having to fetch water from the well, and relying on neighbors for cooking because of the power outage—truly tragic. Whew, Xiao Gao is coming; I don't know if I can code another chapter tomorrow.

I have no certainty, and Old Gu dares not promise anything, only to try his best. ...

"You are now the master of this ruin?" Yue Heng looked at Ye Chen, his eyes shining brightly. "En," Ye Chen nodded.

Bailong opened his eyes and immediately saw Bailan. Seeing her eyebrows like the crescent moon, eyes seemingly holding stars, lips red and teeth white and fresh, clad in white as pure as snow, she looked as graceful as a light cloud veiling the moon, gentle and poised, like a fairy in a painting.

He couldn't help but stare, momentarily transfixed. Zhuge Fan coughed softly, startling Bailong.

Bailong glared at him, then turned back to Bailan with a beaming smile, "You must be the main system god of this ruin?" Bailan nodded with a slight smile. Bailong chuckled heartily, "From now on, we are all family.

Tell me if you need anything, and I will definitely help you." Yue Heng shot him a side-eye glance. Bailan smiled faintly, then turned to Ye Chen, "Now, I'll take you on a tour of the ruin first." Ye Chen didn't mind, "They can come too." Bailan paused slightly, glanced at Bailong and the others, her eyes flickering with light, and she nodded slightly, "Then everyone come together!" With that, she turned and walked away.

Suddenly— Boom! A loud explosion roared from the ruin's entrance, like thunder rolling across the sky, deafening.

Ye Chen paused, frowning, "What was that?" Bailan's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Recently, people have been bombarding the ruin from outside. But I have already shut down the spatial connection point.

Unless they throw a massive amount of ordnance, they cannot tear open the connection point. What you hear now is the sound transmitted through the gap in the connection point; it won't affect the ruin.

Ignore it." "Tch!" A disdainful sound rose, followed by a flash of purple light. Zilan, with long purple hair and a petite, exquisite figure, emerged from somewhere, sneering, "It’s clearly about to collapse, why are you still hiding it from him?" Saying that, she looked toward Ye Chen and the others, coldly and arrogantly, "Listen up, I’ll tell you the truth.

Those people are about to tear open space. They threw some nuclear bombs, and under the electromagnetic interference, a gap was opened in the spatial connection point.

They will break in soon. Although the ruin has a defense system, the enemy has superior numbers, and it will be very difficult for our lone empty city to defend against them.

You all should prepare yourselves for sacrifice!" Saying this, she suddenly sneered, "What a pity, you just became the little master, and now you have to die." Yue Heng angrily retorted, "Who are you? If the ruin is really breached by others, do you think you can escape?" Zilan looked at him dismissively, "I am the second system main god of the ruin, the auxiliary main brain.

What are you? You have no right to speak here!

Even if the ruin is breached, they won't harm us; they need us to control the ruin, hmph!" Slap! A crisp sound rang out suddenly.

Zilan froze, a clear handprint appearing on her exquisitely beautiful cheek, half of it swollen. She was momentarily stunned, turning her head to look in disbelief at Ye Chen, who had suddenly rushed in front of her.

She hadn't expected him to strike her... "You, you hit me?!" Tears welled up in Zilan's eyes, quickly replaced by intense hatred, "If you have the guts, then kill me!

Go on!" Ye Chen's gaze was merciless as he looked at her, "I hit you to tell you not to yell at my friend. You don't have the standing to speak to him like that!

Furthermore, no matter what grievances you suffered before, don't hold them against me. If you push me too far, I won't hesitate to dismantle you!" Friend?

Yue Heng stared blankly at Ye Chen's back. This was the first time he had heard Ye Chen refer to him as such in person.

Friend... He quietly clenched his fist.

Zilan stared fixedly at Ye Chen, venomously saying, "If it weren't for your status being bound to the ruin and the rules forbidding physical assault, I could crush you with one hand! Just wait, I will definitely repay this slap tenfold later!" Ye Chen glanced at her, then said nothing, turning to walk toward the ruin's entrance, telling Bailan, "Open the entrance; I'm going out." Bailong watched Ye Chen's retreating figure, then looked at Zilan, sighing inwardly, "Such a lovely girl, it's a pity she chose to threaten this harbinger of doom.

That’s not courting death; it’s suicide!" Bailan looked at Ye Chen, bewildered, "Why are you going out?" "To take care of the flies," Ye Chen waved his hand. Bailan was slightly stunned, pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Alright!" With a tap of her finger, the space before Ye Chen transformed into a black...

Ye Chen stepped through, leaving behind the words, "Wait for me here!" Yezhu looked worried, but Zhuge Fan laughed, "No need to worry; Brother Ye will be fine." Bailong added, "Exactly, Little Chen Chen has a life more resilient than a cockroach; he won't die." Yezhu glared at him, "Don't speak about my brother like that." Bailong quickly conceded, "Alright, alright, I won't say it." ... Outside.

After entering the darkness, Ye Chen quickly passed through the spatial tunnel and arrived at the ruin's entrance. As soon as he landed, he saw bright, glaring light, and three laser cannons fired bombardment beams from a distance.

Ye Chen's eyes turned cold. He slapped his palm out, circulating the Devouring Qi in his palm, forming a massive black handprint, reaching out to grab the three lasers.

Boom! Boom!

Boom! The three laser beams struck the black handprint.

They were like bull legs sinking into mud, tearing three rents in the print, seemingly about to pierce through. The black handprint suddenly collapsed, condensing into a single mass, enveloping the three lasers, grinding them to dust, and transforming into a streak of dark light that shot back into Ye Chen's palm.

Ye Chen felt his internal strength increase considerably. His gaze icy cold, he looked up.

Before him stretched an expanse covered in tents, figures moving about, a dense black mass like an ocean, surrounding the area. Inside the main tent of the Blue Mountain Guild.

"Report—" A youth rushed in and knelt on the ground. On the seat above the tent, the president of the Blue Mountain Guild, that seemingly docile young man, casually asked, "What is it?" "Someone has emerged from that ruin," the youth stated respectfully.

"En," the Blue Mountain President nodded. "Go ask him what the situation inside is like now?" Below him, Blood Dragon couldn't help but interject, "Also, ask how that Chinese person inside is doing, whether he's dead yet." The youth looked strangely at them, "The one who came out is Chinese." "What!" Blood Dragon exclaimed in shock, standing up from his seat, his eyes flashing with sharp light, "I didn't expect that he hasn't died after all this time.

Heaven helps me! Watch how I 'cherish' you!" With that, he prepared to walk out.

The Blue Mountain President smiled, "Do you have a grudge against this Chinese person?" Blood Dragon gnashed his teeth, "This person stole one of my weapons inside the ruin and killed many of our guild members. He absolutely cannot be let go!" The Blue Mountain President nodded slightly, "Then go deal with him." "En!" Blood Dragon flew out of the tent without looking back.

At the ruin's entrance. Those preparing to blast open the ruin stopped their activities and watched Ye Chen emerge from it.

They had been staking out this place for over a month. Initially, led by Blood Dragon, they arrived here only to find they couldn't enter the ruin, as if the mysterious ruin Blood Dragon spoke of had suddenly evaporated.

Just as the Blue Mountain President was about to vent his anger on Blood Dragon, a few people walked out from inside the ruin—appearing out of thin air to outsiders. Blood Dragon seized the opportunity to quickly clear his name.

Afterward, people would occasionally emerge, proving that a mysterious space truly existed here. Thus, the Blue Mountain President ordered them to forcibly tear open the space.

After more than a month of effort, the spatial traces had loosened considerably. "That looks like a Chinese person." "He looks quite strange." "According to what Lord Blood Dragon said, this person is not simple, being able to stay in that painful ruin for so long." Everyone started discussing amongst themselves.

Soon, Blood Dragon strode forward, the warriors on either side making way. With a proud bearing, he glanced at Ye Chen, two cold lights flashing in his eyes, chillingly asking, "Do you still remember me?" Ye Chen looked at him, then honestly shook his head, "I don't remember." Blood Dragon nearly spat blood.

He clenched his fists, his face ashen, "You're still stubborn even when death is imminent. You took my Dragon Might Battle Halberd before, and now, I will repay you tenfold." A Russian man fluent in Chinese stood nearby to translate.

Ye Chen recalled, "So that person was you." Blood Dragon was almost choked by his own rage. "Lord Blood Dragon, how do you plan to proceed?" A middle-aged man approached him respectfully and asked.

Blood Dragon stared at Ye Chen and grinned ferociously, "Kill him—no, don't kill him. Maim him so I can play with him properly." The middle-aged man’s heart chilled, but he smiled and nodded, "As you command!" Then, turning to his subordinates, he ordered, "Dispatch an elite squad to capture him alive." "Yes!" Whoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Twenty figures rushed out from the crowd. Some held shields, some carried battle sabers or long spears; some had brown hair, others had black curly hair.

They all looked different but stared at Ye Chen coldly, like hunters looking at prey caught in a net, rushing forward together. Ye Chen's pupils contracted as he noticed these were all experts who had reached level 50.

Each one was skilled, and their equipment was extremely fine. His face turned icy cold, and he took a step forward!

Dark clouds rolled in, quickly obscuring the bright sky. "Die!" Ye Chen pointed his finger, and the Devouring Qi inside him erupted violently, condensing into hundreds of small black swords that shot out, making the space sizzle.

Swish, swish, swish, swish... Like a whirlwind storm, it enveloped the twenty-odd men!

"Ah..." "No—" The twenty men had no time to react or resist before they were pierced through their bodies by the energy swords—through their throats, foreheads, and eye sockets. They fell to the ground, screaming, their bodies instantly desiccated as the residual Devouring Qi absorbed their life essence.

With a wave of Ye Chen's hand, all the Qi returned to his body. Killing ten men in one step!