Chapter 290: Ten Years Later, the Change of the World

Chapter 290: Ten Years Later, a World Transformed

High atop a building, a man in a black trench coat wore a look of confidence in his eyes.

“With this shot, even a god would die.”

As a sniper in the employ of the Black Crystal Count’s house, the man in black was brimming with self-assurance.

His marksmanship was beyond question, and most importantly, the distance was not too great.

A single sniper round like this would be enough to end his target.

Beside the man in black stood an ordinary-looking young woman, her face bearing an air of arrogance and a confidence that looked down on the world.

“Good that he’s dead. A waste like that doesn’t even deserve to be my partner. Better to kill him off.”

The ordinary woman was named Wang Wei, merely a common office worker.

In the future, with no special skills, she would lose her job and, in desperation, become a nanny.

Burdened by online loans, she had a violent temper. As a nanny for a moderately wealthy family, tasked with caring for an infant, she grew annoyed by the baby’s crying. She often drugged the child and abused it, until one careless mistake led to the infant’s death.

She was arrested and sent to prison.

Originally, such a life was utterly dark and hopeless, but fate played a joke on her: the world reset, and she returned to ten years ago.

Back ten years ago, she believed herself to be the world’s darling.

Armed with memories of the past, she did not first seek to fulfill the alliance with the Seven Warlords families. Instead, she first found a local power to cooperate with.

The one she allied with was the Black Crystal Count’s family.

Through her memories of her previous life, she successfully gained the trust of the Black Crystal Count’s family.

And she also knew that in Tianyue City, there was another resetter.

Since this resetter was also from Tianyue City, she knew quite a bit about him.

She knew that he would die a year from now in the future.

Therefore, he likely had no memory of the world’s reset.

And being inherently selfish, she felt that Tianyue City should have only one resetter—herself alone as the true chosen one.

Faced with Qi Yuan, she felt a murderous intent.

People like her, so special, were better off few in number.

Besides, Qi Yuan would die in a year, lacking ten years of memories. Wang Wei was utterly contemptuous.

“Follow me, and in the future, you might yet earn a place among the Seven Warlords,” Wang Wei dangled a carrot before the sniper.

Just then, the black-clad sniper’s expression suddenly tightened: “What’s going on? He’s not dead!”

Through the scope, he saw Qi Yuan step out of the car.

This completely defied his expectations.

That was the king of snipers—he had clearly seen the bullet pierce the window. Even if Qi Yuan wore a bulletproof vest, he should have been dead without a doubt.

Wang Wei was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile: “Looks like he’s about to hit the jackpot.”

A change in plans meant nothing to her.

She had already prepared many schemes to hunt Qi Yuan.

As for hitting the jackpot… it was literally hitting the jackpot.

At that moment, on the highway, a Dayun brand heavy truck accelerated directly, its engine screaming as it charged madly toward Qi Yuan.

That Dayun heavy truck seemed out of control, its speed surging violently.

Such a powerful impact could even crush a sedan, let alone an ordinary person.

On the road, the driver, dressed plainly, had a manic look in his eyes, a pitying smile directed at Qi Yuan.

Inside a nearby sedan, a male driver slammed the brakes, his eyes wide with terror: “No!”

He saw the heavy truck bearing down on Qi Yuan and couldn’t help but close his eyes.

But when he opened them again, the scene he had imagined did not occur.

The heavy truck seemed to hit an invisible wall, flipping over in midair and crashing to the ground on its side.

The young man ahead had vanished completely in that instant.

“What happened?”

“Call the police!”

Without hesitation, the male driver dialed the emergency number.

He also quickly got out of his car to see what had transpired.

Not far away, a bystander stared at the overturned truck, eyes bulging: “That… a human tank!”

Though he hadn’t seen Qi Yuan’s move, the fact that the accelerating heavy truck had flipped on the spot defied science.

If Qi Yuan had caused this, then in his eyes, Qi Yuan was like a human tank.

Such strength, even on the border, would be enough to wipe out a squad of gene-enhanced elites.

Of course, that was assuming they didn’t encounter high-precision weapons.

At that moment, on the rooftop, Wang Wei’s smile froze: “What happened? The truck flipped?”

The distance was too great; she didn’t know what had occurred.

She tried to contact the driver through the communicator, but there was only silence—no sound at all.

“Did he flip it? Did he take a high-quality gene serum?” A flicker of panic crossed Wang Wei’s face.

“Impossible. High-grade gene serums are tightly regulated; he couldn’t have obtained one. It must have been an accident—the truck tipped over!” the black-clad sniper judged.

Hearing this, Wang Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, she reflected that her reaction had been somewhat poor.

As the chosen one, she should have the composure to face mountains crumbling without changing expression.

“Where is he?” Wang Wei raised her binoculars, staring at the overturned truck, but she couldn’t find Qi Yuan at all.

“He… probably escaped in the chaos. No matter, I’ll report to the higher-ups. In Tianyue City, he can’t get away!”

The black-clad sniper picked up his communicator to coordinate with the rest of the Black Crystal family.

Wang Wei looked at the truck, a smile forming on her lips: “Lucky for him.”

Yet in her heart, she vaguely felt that perhaps he was a resetter like her, favored by the world’s destiny, making him hard to kill.

At that thought, she felt both smug and a little troubled.

“He’s only half a resetter. How could he escape my grasp?” With that, Wang Wei regained her confidence.

About a dozen seconds passed, and the black-clad sniper spoke, a look of frustration on his face: “Miss Wang Wei, Zhao Shiqi has ordered us to return immediately and give him an explanation.”

The Black Crystal Count’s family was not monolithic; not everyone supported cooperation with Wang Wei.

Zhao Shiqi represented another faction, always wary of Wang Wei.

This time, their assassination operation was carried out behind Zhao Shiqi's back.

Now that the operation had begun, Zhao Shiqi discovered it and started cursing the black-clad sniper over the phone.

"Hmph, it seems he's gone senile." A glint of murder flashed in Wang Wei's eyes. "Ignore him. The Black Crystal family isn't under his command anymore."

She had long been dissatisfied with Zhao Shiqi.

She had already planned to eliminate Zhao Shiqi once she achieved her goals using the Black Crystal family's power.

Receiving Wang Wei's order, the black-clad sniper nodded.

"I'll give the order now, instructing the police station to summon Qi Yuan."

The law is a tool of the ruling class; as for maintaining order... it's merely the lackey of the nobility.

This world had not eliminated class differences with technological advancement and civilization; instead, it had become more entrenched.

Wang Wei heard the black-clad sniper's words, and a sense of smug satisfaction swelled within her.

Once upon a time, the nobles and guards she had feared like tigers and scorpions were now nothing but pawns in her eyes. This feeling of controlling others' fates was exhilarating.

"Alright, we should head back too, just wait—" Wang Wei's voice cut off abruptly, because right in front of her, a familiar figure suddenly came into view.

Her heart gave an involuntary lurch, then quickly steadied. She began to clap, as if applauding the newcomer: "Interesting. You actually found your way here. Could it be that I have a traitor who leaked the news to Zhao Shiqi, and Zhao Shiqi told you?"

At that moment, many thoughts raced through Wang Wei's mind, and she quickly deduced the most likely possibility.

If not for that, how could a worthless ordinary person like Qi Yuan, a half-rebooted individual, have found this place, and how could he have such confidence?

"It seems you've already contacted Zhao Shiqi and even obtained a high-grade gene potion."

Wang Wei looked at Qi Yuan, her heart calm, as if everything was under control.

At that moment, Qi Yuan stared at Wang Wei, a strange expression in his eyes: "Are you insane? Sending someone to kill me?"

"Why should I need a reason to kill you?" Wang Wei faced Qi Yuan, brimming with confidence.

"Damn, a pretentious bitch?" Qi Yuan was taken aback.

This woman before him was not only overconfident but also pretentious.

Wang Wei didn't let Qi Yuan's words stir much emotion; instead, she said, "As my half-kind, I'll let you die with clarity.

I kill you... because I am... a Rebooted One!"

"Just because you're a Rebooted One, you can kill? Just because you're a Rebooted One, you can disregard the law?" Qi Yuan was furious.

Why were there always these chaotic and evil people in this world?

If everyone in the world were as lawfully good as he was, the world would surely be a wonderful place.

Incidents like this shooting would definitely not exist.

Even if people had grudges, they'd at most kill the whole family, not drag innocents into it.

"It seems you only have a year's worth of memories, and you have no idea... what the future is like!" A look of longing and yearning, tinged with a hint of ferocity, appeared in Wang Wei's eyes.

"What the future is like has nothing to do with you, because... you have no future." Qi Yuan decided to crack down on evil.

This kind of street-killing trend couldn't be allowed.

And killing him—an innocent, naive, lawfully good, upstanding citizen—was simply wrong.

"After taking a high-grade gene potion, you've gained confidence from your narrow perspective? You have no idea what you're up against!" Wang Wei's expression turned somewhat savage.

"And do you know... what you're up against?" Qi Yuan's face grew solemn in that moment, his whole demeanor exuding an extraordinary air.

Wang Wei paused, then asked instinctively, "What?"

"Naturally, it's me—the one with a mental illness certificate, pretending to be mentally ill!"

At that moment, Qi Yuan pulled out his mental illness certificate and flaunted it before Wang Wei.

"With this certificate, even if I kill you, I won't bear any legal responsibility." Qi Yuan puffed out his chest, brimming with confidence, murder in his eyes. "Now... I can kill you freely."

"You... haha, you really are sick." Wang Wei looked at Qi Yuan and couldn't help but burst into laughter. "You have no idea what kind of world the future will be!

Dying by my hand will be the greatest honor of your life!"

In Wang Wei's hand, a blood-red orb suddenly appeared.

When she took out the orb, her eyes were filled with fascination.

The black-clad sniper beside her also showed a hint of fear, as if terrified of the orb.

"It will be your nightmare!" Wang Wei laughed triumphantly.

In the next ten years, Gongxing would undergo a great transformation.

The biggest change would be that five years later, several spatial rifts would appear on Gongxing.

Within those spatial rifts lay the legendary Immortal Realm!

Rumor had it that those immortals were immensely powerful, capable of cutting through tanks with a single sword strike, and even the strongest gene warriors could barely last a few rounds against them.

The immortals' most formidable means were various magical artifacts—uncanny and unpredictable, impossible to guard against!

This red orb was a remnant immortal artifact.

Wang Wei used her memories to seize the advantage, obtaining this immortal artifact and then activating it.

This was her greatest reliance, aside from her memories of the decade to come.

Holding the red orb, she felt as if she herself had become an immortal, lofty and above all, looking down on everyone.

"Pity, the frog at the bottom of the well has no idea what it's up against!"

She looked at Qi Yuan, her face marked with disdain and regret.

"Is this your only trump card?" Qi Yuan looked at Wang Wei, somewhat helpless. "A mid-stage Qi Refining... magical tool, and you treat it like a treasure?"

He looked at her and casually waved his hand.

In an instant, the seemingly indestructible red orb suddenly shattered into mist.

A wisp of spiritual energy drifted through the air, and Qi Yuan took a deep breath: "The spiritual energy it contains is less than what I'd release in a burp—no, wait, I don't burp!"

The expression on Wang Wei's face froze at that moment.

She couldn't believe it—the Xunluo Curse Orb... had shattered just like that!

"How... how do you know about spiritual energy? Didn't you die after a year?" Wang Wei's heart trembled violently.

Five years later, when the spatial rifts appeared, the legends of the immortal path would begin to descend upon this world.

Because of Canxing's interference, the arrival of the immortal path was especially difficult and slow.

But Wang Wei clearly remembered that a year later, this world had no immortal path at all!

How could Qi Yuan know about spiritual energy, and how could he have shattered her magical tool?

After all, that magical tool of hers... even ten years later, the prodigies on Gongxing who had embraced the immortal path couldn't handle it easily.

"Want to know? Too bad I have a mental illness certificate, so I won't tell a dead person!" Qi Yuan looked at Wang Wei and made his move directly.

At that moment, a gunshot rang out in response.

The black-clad sniper, who had been silent all along, finally found his chance to fire.

What a pity—he was destined to labor in vain.

“Oops, your aim was off—you blew that smug common woman’s head off.”

Wang Wei, once so arrogant and proud, could no longer smile.

Because her head had simply burst, like a shattered watermelon.

Such a sight would make any ordinary person feel physically ill, then vomit.

Yet in Qi Yuan’s eyes, a radiant smile appeared, and his gaze fell upon the black-clad sniper.

The sniper’s eyes bulged wide, utterly unable to comprehend what had just happened.

He had clearly… aimed at Qi Yuan.

From such a close distance, how could he have missed?

He felt that all his years of compulsory education had been fed to the dogs.

Just then, the sound of a snap echoed.

The black-clad sniper’s consciousness blurred at that moment, and his body went limp, collapsing dead on the spot.

“Good thing I have a mental illness certificate—otherwise, killing three people would break the law.”

Qi Yuan murmured.

He looked at Wang Wei’s corpse, his gaze growing deep and dark.

Because he realized that after killing Wang Wei, deep within his body, an imperceptible change seemed to have occurred.

His connection to this world appeared to have grown stronger.

“Is this… raising gu?”

In an instant, Qi Yuan conjured up the scenario of raising gu.

Cultivating a group of Restarters, making them slaughter each other—the sole survivor would receive a tremendous reward.

And after killing Wang Wei, Qi Yuan felt that, in some unseen way, his own “fortune” had grown a little stronger.

“Intentional… or coincidence?”

(End of this chapter)