Free Web NovelChapter 385: Chapter 2: I, Bai Wu, the Tycoon of Heaven-Sent Series
The network is still ongoing.
Zhao talked about the various anomalies he had seen through satellite observation. Across the world, there were hundreds of such strange occurrences, far exceeding what had been reported by the news media.
As the ship emerged from the Hei Wu, more and more bizarre events occurred, but if one considered the entire world, it was still normal.
These anomalies were dealt with quickly, and the news about them was suppressed just as swiftly. But those who had seen the giant cat would never forget the shock of witnessing such a massive feline creature.
People speculated that perhaps humanity was conducting some kind of forbidden experiment. But the truth was even more terrifying.
[Some people have started to mutate, I heard that the celebrity Chris’s half face turned into a mechanical one... and some people’s physical abilities have greatly increased. To be honest, I always thought this was something only we would experience. When monsters from the Hei Wu came out, I had always thought we were the saviors.]
The speaker was a chef. Zhao had not discovered him until recently.
Tang Jing had thought the same, but to date, even people from the software field had mutated and broken the human world record for 3000 meters, but what about himself?
He didn’t even dare to confidently say at the gym: "Load the heaviest weight for me."
In the past, he always saw many fragments in his dreams, but he couldn’t guarantee if these fragments were of any use to the world as it is now.
[We’ve all been saying that the Hei Wu will spread, but when it does, we can’t stop it... so what’s the point of us, these people, even those who have mutated, Zhao, even with the situation as it is, if we share what we’ve felt, does it mean anything to this world that’s already starting to mutate?] a group member with a cracked eggshell avatar said.
[Yeah, the huge ship broke through the Hei Wu, just like someone in the group predicted, but the prophecy has come... Have we failed? We didn’t succeed in making humanity take this matter seriously. Prophets are important before a disaster, but what can we do afterwards? That mutated cat could defeat a hundred of me.]
More and more people started to notice something—we who could sense the spread of the Hei Wu before, what value do we still hold?
What can we do to stop all this? Why are we just ordinary people, while around us, "Heroes" are starting to appear?
People felt dispirited.
At this moment, Zhao said:
[Not only those with power can play a role in this disaster, my friends, I firmly believe this world has given you a mission, the visions you can see definitely indicate that you are different from other people.
Moreover, even if you don’t have power, doesn’t mean you can’t participate in saving this world.]
The mutations had just begun, maybe it was just not your turn yet?
Zhao really wanted to convince himself, but felt that something was not quite right. Clearly, his words didn’t boost people’s morale.
These individuals believed that during the invasion of the Hei Wu, they would become some sort of special existence, but now they felt that... maybe they could only foresee some information and do nothing else.
The meeting eventually ended.
Tang Jing continued to watch news from around the world, feeling a bit depressed, and also wanting to know, what was the significance of those future visions he could see? freёweɓnovel.com
Does the arrival of that ship to humanity mean he has already lost his purpose?
It was an answerless question that became more troubling the more he thought about it; being young, of course, he also longed to have great strength, to save something in this gradually mutating world.
But at the same time, that premonition told him, the real savior wasn’t himself.
The winter sports meeting was still going on as normal, although the school had produced a world record creator, he was the only one, and no one else was so fortunate.
Or rather, in terms of physical abilities, there was no second mutant to be seen, what about other aspects, one didn’t know.
In the evening, the surrounding restaurants did booming business, and all the nightclubs and night venues were packed to the brim.
So many major events had occurred during the day, many people felt the desire to chat.
The socially active started to make dinner plans, while the homebodies began to post various speculations online.
Tang Jing played an updated version of an ancient game called "Magic Tower" in his bedroom, watching the forum arguments.
Indeed, aside from himself, people seemed somewhat envious of the mutations.
Why weren’t they the ones who mutated? There were many such comments about why it was someone else.
Others said, could it be a spiritual awakening? Some people were early bloomers, while others were late bloomers.
Tang Jing found it a bit amusing.
He continued to play Magic Tower, obtaining the Holy Sword, Holy Shield, herbs, and getting ready to challenge the Great Demon King.
Unexpectedly, with all the Divine Artifacts on him, thinking he was the hero, he was almost killed by the Demon King.
At that moment, Tang Jing thought he had missed something and decided to search for anything he might have overlooked.
The result took him by surprise:
"What is this weird version of Magic Tower? Turns out I’m not the main character, but a side character?"
After collecting the Holy Sword, Holy Shield, herbs, and various items for enhancement, Tang Jing discovered he had missed a key.
This key could unlock a door, behind which lived a hero.
Yes, a hero, he was the key to defeating the Great Demon King. The role that the player played was someone to free the hero.
This type of game, where he played a supporting role and toolman throughout, was very unsatisfying for Tang Jing.
Eventually, in order to pass the game, Tang Jing started giving all his equipment, potions, and gold coins to the hero.
Then the hero defeated the Demon King.
"Crazy, what about the most important sense of immersion in gaming? Is this design, which emphasizes that the player is not the main character, just meant to disgust people?"
Tang Jing was completely disheartened. But soon, something took his attention away from his disappointment.
In the class group chat, a college music teacher from Aulora posted a distress call.
[Save me... I’m trapped in the piano classroom and can’t get out! There’s... there’s a ghost here!]
This music teacher hardly interacted with students on regular days, only occasionally appearing to share links to their own compositions.
As the students would put it, the teacher carried themselves with a certain aloofness, resting on their laurels as an elite, and especially being a native Aulora person, they showed a bit of arrogance toward the people of Sheng Country with different skin colors.
Right now, the class group was discussing the terrifying supernatural incidents that had come from all over the world today, so no one paid attention to this music teacher who was out of tune with the students.
Tang Jing strongly trusted his intuition; he suddenly got the feeling that something... might have happened in the music classroom.
Although it could still be a prank, since the teacher wasn’t well-liked, after mulling it over for a while, Tang Jing stuffed a pair of scissors into his clothes, intending to check out the music classroom.
He hoped to himself that it was all just a joke, and that he could simply scold the teacher a couple of times.
Although he disliked the teacher, Tang Jing didn’t wish any misfortune upon them.
No one else, not even Tang Jing, was there to come to the aid of this teacher, even though strange events had occurred around the world and even in Aulora’s Shengxiang Academy, but to most people, such supernatural events seemed very distant.
Everyone was a staunch atheist, at least outwardly.
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...
The music classroom was on the third floor of the Art Building.
When Tang Jing arrived, he found a burly Aulora male with exaggerated muscles also in the classroom.
And the petite music teacher was hiding behind this man, Tang Jing understood at once--her boyfriend.
With such a towering Aulora presence, Tang Jing suddenly felt a bit superfluous.
It seemed they really had run into some kind of strange occurrence, maybe the mutation had spread to the school, but with the couple there, Tang Jing suddenly lost interest.
"Forget it, I’ll leave first, investigate later," he thought.
As Tang Jing was about to leave, the sound of a piano came from the classroom, and he froze, something bizarre happened!
The building--was changing, the location of the original stairs had been blocked.
There was no particular style to the piano music; it sounded like someone was playing haphazardly.
People inside the building also felt a sense of distortion and chaos.
Tang Jing was shocked by this scene--where was the big safety exit?
Without a safety exit, even the classrooms became strangely shaped. The flat building now had a slope, and this slope was continuously changing.
He suddenly remembered something, the bulky Aulora man seemed extremely tense, as if he was facing some kind of monster.
So Tang Jing immediately turned around, deciding to see what had happened.
It wasn’t that Tang Jing was particularly brave, but he felt that since he had stumbled into this place, it was better to stick together with others; there was strength in numbers.
Tang Jing opened the door to the music classroom, a clear, nerve-wracking noise echoed from the piano.
The music teacher was named Tina, and her boyfriend was named Kang Deluo.
Both had looks of terror on their faces, but when Tang Jing entered, Kang Deluo still managed to show his disdain.
Even Tina didn’t exhibit any desire to be rescued.
Because to Tina, people from Sheng Country in Aulora were just a bunch of parasites.
In front of the pair, there was a vague outline seemingly composed of musical notes. It was only an outline because its body appeared transparent, yet not completely so.
It looked like a balloon one could see inside of, very empty, yet very large.
The outline was constantly changing, at times resembling ferocious beasts like lions or tigers, and at other times like some kind of bizarre prehistoric insect.
This monster was much larger than Kang Deluo, occupying nearly half of the music classroom.
Under its roar, Tang Jing, Kang Deluo, and Tina were all unable to move.
Tang Jing tried to reach for the scissors he had hidden, but the roar of the huge beast made him feel as if his body was no longer his own, a numbness setting in.
The huge outline gradually approached Tang Jing.
Kang Deluo and Tina were overjoyed; the monster’s outline had turned into a wolf, sniffing at something incessantly.
It seemed to particularly like the scent on Tang Jing.
It was the smell of fear.
Tang Jing was terrified, and although Kang Deluo and Tina were also frightened, at this moment, as the beast stopped howling, they slowly regained control of their bodies.
Both thought of the saying, "As long as I run faster than my companions, I won’t get hurt by the bear."
This was the situation they found themselves in, and Tina came to her senses amidst the danger:
"Kang Deluo! Run!"
Kang Deluo also snapped to action, and as the piano music stopped, he and Tina immediately started running towards another door of the classroom.
Tang Jing swore under his breath, he had not expected to encounter such an unprecedented monster in the classroom!
At this moment, Tang Jing’s fear overshadowed that of Kang Deluo and Tina, and this emotion seemed to greatly interest the monster.
The huge, outline-only monster suddenly grew even larger, and it seemed that with just one bite, it could swallow Tang Jing whole. freēwēbnovel.com
And that’s exactly what it intended to do, the next second, a powerful force shook Tang Jing so hard that he spat out blood.
Tang Jing’s body was embedded into the wall.
The ferocious force almost ripped Tang Jing apart, and he passed out.
What awaited him was to be killed or devoured by this monster, but at that moment, an even more "delectable emotion" appeared.
Tang Jing fell into a coma, breaking the flow of fear, and when Tina and Kang Deluo, in their attempt to escape, saw that the stairs were blocked and the straight corridor had somehow turned into a bend, they were scared stiff.
At that instant, the monster’s target changed, and the dying Tang Jing suddenly lost its allure.
The monster ran after the two Aulora people.
In Kang Deluro’s heart, there was such resentment. Why didn’t it eat that person from Sheng Country first!
The huge monster licked its lips, eagerly advancing towards its two prey.
And Tang Jing’s eyes remained tightly shut.
He seemed to have arrived in a space of consciousness.
When the creature in the Hei Wu hadn’t run out, he could feel the real world within Hei Wu in his dreams.
Now, a breach had been made in Hei Wu by the massive cruise ship, and after it twisted and spread, the barrier that had been blocking Tang Jing was gone.
Those who grew stronger in the distortion were not only the people mentioned in the news; Tang Jing had changed as well, he just couldn’t feel it.
He was the one among all the people of Sheng Country who could sense Hei Wu most intensely.
Therefore, Tang Jing was sent to the mental hospital, luckily he encountered Doctor Kang.
At this moment, walking in the world of supreme consciousness, Tang Jing suddenly felt something profound.
"Is this my ability, or am I already dead? Is this the afterlife?"
Memories began to slowly flood into Tang Jing’s mind, like an instruction manual, but at this moment, Tang Jing still hadn’t realized it.
In the endless expanse of white space, Tang Jing felt as though he was enveloped in a mist of white.
Then... he met someone.
...
...
In the High Tower at that moment.
Bai Wu felt somewhat sleepy, the drowsiness came suddenly.
He had returned to the High Tower not long ago, and the Investigation Corps had also returned to the High Tower. Regarding the shelter, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it.
Even though this secret would definitely not be kept from those on the fifth level, everyone was clear that the shelter was just established and should not yet be made known to too many people.
And Wu Jiu left the High Tower alone, heading straight from Baichuan City on a journey to become stronger, acting like a hands-off manager, which caused Bai Wu much trouble.
At the request of Qin Zong, Bai Wu returned to the High Tower to start dealing with some affairs, and he would also help out in the shelter, running between both places.
The captain is a very responsible person, and if the captain suddenly disappeared, it must be with great resolve.
Bai Wu believed that the next time he saw the captain, he would have become even more reliable.
At this very moment, Bai Wu was going through investigation reports, but overcome by sleepiness, he suddenly fell forward onto the table.
And fell asleep.
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...
Bai Wu thought he had had a dream. But soon he realized that this was not a dream at all.
In this strange space, a young man suddenly asked him for help. The two seemed to find it quite bizarre that they could meet each other.
And Bai Wu, through Prayle’s Eye, saw the sequence on the other person and guessed at certain possibilities.
"I am willing to be your summoning beast, to accompany you through the perilous cosmos~~ Oh, don’t get me wrong, he isn’t your master, but indeed, you do have some connection to him. In a sense, you will be his guider. Anyway, his sequence has sensed you, and I must say, the kid has an eye for talent, managing to find us. Are you confused? Just look at his sequence, and you’ll understand."
[Sequence 22 — God Descent. Sent from heaven, the very first, but it should not be ranked ahead of me, after all, I am the first in the universe.]
God Descent.
Bai Wu remembered this sequence, which allows the summoner to possess one’s self. At the same time, the possessed would slowly learn the summoner’s powers over time.
Simply put, this young man was a Spiritual Medium.
Through simple conversation, Bai Wu understood the situation.
"You come from within Hei Wu! Are you a person of Hei Wu?" the young man exclaimed in shock.
"It seems you really are a person from outside Hei Wu. I had already felt something was off, how could I suddenly become so sleepy? So, it appears that you summoned me. What is your current situation? Since I have fallen asleep, you must also be in some kind of unawake state."
The young man was bewildered. What’s with this person? How could he remain so unfazed? What was with this inexplicable sense of seasoned calm?
Of course, the young man was Tang Jing.
Tang Jing looked at Bai Wu with surprise, thinking of the monster, his expression was one of terror:
"I am being attacked by a strange creature... You’re right, it seems like I’ve entered a comatose state. Yes... I’ve been knocked unconscious."
"I see, your expression suggests that you were surprised to encounter this monster, which indicates that such incidents hadn’t happened before. That means that the world outside of Hei Wu where you are has recently undergone mutations. It seems that Hei Wu is spreading. The world outside the fog, as I suspected, is one without mutations."
Bai Wu’s adaptability was incredibly strong.
There was something about Bai Wu that made Tang Jing feel calmer, especially how he could so simply deduce the state of the world Tang Jing came from.
After asking some more questions, Bai Wu confirmed his conjecture.
Tang Jing’s prior memories slowly merged, and in this space of consciousness, he gradually mastered the use of the Sequence.
It seemed like an ability that came to him instinctively, one that required no explanation. Over time, Tang Jing naturally came to understand.
Bai Wu was going to take over his body next, leaving him as a mere consciousness, a bystander.
All it took to complete the switch was to open his eyes.
But there was still one problem—
Although this person was clever, he seemed to be about his own size. Could he deal with the monster in the music classroom?
Besides, the classroom had been sealed off, twisting and warping as if it had turned into a closed maze. Was he able to solve these puzzles?
Bai Wu said,
"Kid, listen to three things. First, it’s best to summon me at midnight; judging by the information you’ve provided, you can’t yet control the Sequence proficiently and can only summon me in your sleep, so you’d better choose to do it late at night."
Tang Jing was intimidated by Bai Wu’s presence.
The Tang Jing of the moment carried a professional aura, just like Bai Wu had felt the first time he saw Wu Jiu.
But Tang Jing had no concept of Bai Wu’s strength and didn’t know how powerful Bai Wu really was.
"Second, meet regularly with me in this space every Saturday evening to report the changes in your world."
This person was moving the plot along too quickly. Was he already using him? Tang Jing was shocked, feeling like Bai Wu had been summoned by countless others before, so skilled.
In reality, though, he was well aware that this was Bai Wu’s first encounter with such a situation.
"Third, this is my first time facing this circumstance as well. The Sequence within you will continually make you learn my abilities and thinking. In short, due to the Sequence, you’ve been forced to become my apprentice. You need to kneel and formally acknowledge me as your mentor."
Tang Jing hadn’t quite snapped back to reality, feeling as if the complex conversation had swiftly moved to the next stage because this person’s mind worked so quickly.
Furthermore, Tang Jing didn’t want to kneel.
"Um... although I think you’re very impressive, can I check the goods first? How do I know this isn’t just a dream?"
Of course, Tang Jing knew this wasn’t a dream, but prostrating himself to acknowledge a mentor, if not to a real expert, was not something he could readily do.
Bai Wu nodded and said,
"Fine. Then let’s move on to the next step."
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Inside the Art Building, on the third floor, the straight staircase seemed to form a loop.
No matter how Tina and Kang Deluo ran, they couldn’t escape this place.
The huge monster reveled in the process, truly hoping these two plump and juicy humans would keep running for a while longer.
But soon, Tina couldn’t run anymore, and Kang Deluo didn’t care anymore, taking advantage of the monster’s distraction with Tina to continue running.
Tina despaired; she hadn’t expected that the man who had been intimate with her in the classroom several times the day before would abandon her and flee!
The monster that was but a silhouette stuck out its tongue, licking her face, covered in high-end cosmetics.
Afterward, the monster flashed its claws, ready to pierce Tina’s heart.
Tina screamed in terror, her world-class high pitch could have shattered glass any other day.
But it was pointless. Humans had no power to resist in the face of mighty monsters.
"It’s so noisy."
A slightly disgruntled voice, as if tinged with morning grumpiness, suddenly appeared.
Tina’s eyes widened, and through the transparent body of the monster, she saw a slender silhouette.
Tang Jing.
Just when Tina thought she would be killed... Tang Jing suddenly appeared.
"Tsk tsk, there really are white-skinned people," Tang Jing’s tone was completely different from usual.
Tina was amazed. Wasn’t this person dead? How could a normal human being, stuffed into a crevice in the wall, still be alive?
And why... did he seem not afraid at all?
The monster too was taken aback, not expecting its prey to have appeared behind it. It turned its head and roared.
Tang Jing just picked at his ear, glanced at the "Level 2 Mutant" popping up in his view, and felt like he was back to half a year ago when he first arrived outside the Tower.
Kang Deluo, who’d come full circle and had returned to the original point, was also surprised at how Tang Jing was still alive.
Tang Jing glanced at Kang Deluo, then at Tina, and felt his heart racing faster, as if the true soul of this body was in utter terror. He laughed,
"People from outside Hei Wu... are so weak. This is it? I thought it would be a disaster."
The huge monster let out another ear-splitting roar, but the next second, Tang Jing suddenly disappeared. And the huge monster, like a punctured balloon... burst apart!
Monster and human alike, none had time to react.
Tang Jing looked bewildered,
"What a boring dream..."
(Today’s Chapter is a bit late, really... the officials backstabbed me and I just didn’t feel like writing. Blindly struck by the capitalist, I might miss an update tomorrow. I’ll try my best not to, but my mind is a bit scattered right now.)
