The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 986 Instantaneous Speed ​​(Part 1)

Liu Sheng has finally become a star.

A massive amount of energy erupted like a torrent, releasing the bandwidth that she had temporarily occupied, carrying the surging energy back to each node.

The cultivation level of all individuals within the Heavenly Net instantly increased by a fraction.

Several more seats have been added for those who can be promoted to gods, and there will only be more in the future.

Her cultivation level also dropped, falling from the level of the Nascent Soul stage, which she had just forcibly broken through, back to the level of the Divine Realm, which is above the Divine Treasure Realm.

It was only at this moment that my heart found peace again.

The higher one's cultivation level and the farther one is from the divine treasure, the more one can feel the gaze descending from the unknown heights.

Coldness and indifference enveloped everything; there was nowhere to escape.

It felt as if a hand from a higher dimension was reaching out to grab her, about to crush her completely.

Now that the pressure has subsided, she feels a long-lost sense of freedom.

It was as if I had learned to breathe again.

However, her current stellar mass is still far behind that of the Golden Crow Civilization, let alone the Federal Empire.

Therefore, if used on a spaceship, although it can guarantee long-distance voyages, the maximum speed that can be achieved is still limited.

As for escaping the abyss, the engine still needs further improvement.

But Liu Sheng doesn't have many thoughts on this yet.

Anyway, for now, we've solved the problem of igniting the star.

[Countdown: 145 seconds]

Time was running out, and Liu Sheng had to enter the next planned instance.

Sudden.

knock knock knock.

There was a knock on the door.

But this is the Heavenly Court. Besides her, Ling Xiaoshu, and "the World," who else could knock on the door?
Liu Sheng was filled with doubts.

With a slight thought, he detected the source and was slightly surprised.

She then walked step by step toward the main hall in the center of the Heavenly Court.

The knocking came from behind the door.

Pushing open the door, I saw Qiao Yu.

His hand was still raised, in the posture of knocking, and a shy yet joyful smile was on his dark face.

"I was worried that I wouldn't be able to break through to the upper realm, but just now I suddenly had more energy, and the barrier wasn't so obvious anymore, so... I came."

She scratched her short, thick hair.

Liu Sheng never expected that Qiao Yu would be the first to benefit from the opening of the Godhood Seats.

I never expected Qiao Yu to come here.

"I can help you."

"what?"

"You're probably going to another world now, right?" Qiao Yu said confidently. "I can help."

"How did you know?"

Qiao Yu shook the divination tube, making a clattering sound.

"A-Qian said you will enter multiple other worlds tonight, where divination will be impossible, but there will be danger."

Liu Sheng's gaze sharpened slightly. "Then you shouldn't have come at all—"

"No, Sheng Sheng, now that I know, I have to come!" Qiao Yu said seriously. "I've had enough of being a lone wolf, and I don't want you to keep fighting alone. What's this called 'Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you'?"

Liu Sheng chuckled: "That doesn't seem to be the correct way to use it."

"I do not care!"

"Anyway, in exchange, you have to help me too!" Before Liu Sheng could refuse, Qiao Yu continued, "This is very important, it's related to my breakthrough in abilities. Of course, I can wait, until you finish what you're doing right now."

Liu Sheng blinked.

It seems that what Qiao Yu said was true; the aura within his body was surging abnormally, as if he was about to break through but was forcibly suppressed by some force.

Looking at the countdown again, there's no time left.

"Alright, you can come along too."

……

[Interstellar Express is looking for Shunfeng!]

Following the passage opened up by the Seven Mysteries Token, the first thing Liu Sheng heard upon landing was this repeatedly broadcast advertisement.

It has a rough, hoarse sound, and carries a certain regional accent.

and--

Why does it sound like half a sentence is missing?

While she was still confused and disoriented, Qiao Yu landed through the passage.

He clutched his head, looking like he had a splitting headache, and leaned against the railing as if he was about to vomit.

"Hey, hey, wait! Don't spit out like that! These are all my packages!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw an old man wearing a dirty military green windbreaker running over in a panic, pulling up his belt as he went.

All around was a barren wasteland, without even a blade of grass, only the bare stone ground gleaming coldly in the gray light of the sky.

What Qiao Yu was supporting at that moment was actually a tricycle, also called a "three-wheeled vehicle," which was filled with all sorts of brown packages.

Believe it or not, she almost vomited into the container, contaminating the packages.

Liu Sheng helped Qiao Yu up and apologized.

My gaze swept over the small loudspeaker hanging on the side of the three-wheeled vehicle, which was playing that advertisement on a loop.

It was this slogan that led Liu Sheng to choose this place as the next stop on his journey to strengthen his immortal ship after confirming the coordinates using Tian'er Lake.

[Interstellar Express: Find Instant Wind, Arrives in Another Star System the Next Day!]

This sounds like a well-established courier company capable of delivering goods across star systems. Based on her deduction, it should at least have a travel protocol, stargate coordinates, and a complete star map.

Unexpectedly, what appeared before them was an old man who had just relieved himself in the wasteland and was still fastening his belt, along with his bright red three-wheeled motorcycle.

It seems to have nothing to do with any mature, large corporation.

It has nothing to do with high technology.

Except that this tricycle is electric.

However, Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu also seemed strange to the old man, who stared at them for two seconds:

"Why are you two girls dressed like this and running around everywhere?"

Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu exchanged a glance.

Indeed, because they entered across star regions using the Seven Mysterious Tokens, they were still wearing Tang Dynasty attire, which was out of place in the current context.

However, the old man quickly found the reason himself.

He looked up at the already gray sky.

"Oh, you guys are... what kind of streamers? Is that why you're dressed up like ancient-style girls?"

Although he was completely confused by what he was hearing, Liu Sheng nodded in agreement and even took out the "Never-Stop Camera" to pretend to be an expert.
"That's right, we are those kinds of live streamers."

The old man looked at the worn-out camera in Liu Sheng's hand, its paint chipped and revealing a plastic casing, and a look of envy appeared in his eyes: "This thing, it must be expensive, right?"

Liu Sheng looked left and right. If this were in the Federal Empire, he would almost be the kind of person who would be eliminated, but this old man actually reacted like this.

He coughed lightly: "I'm fine."

"Alright, it's getting dark. I think you guys shouldn't be filming that stuff outside anymore. You're really risking your lives for clicks! Hurry up and get in the car before nightfall..."

The old man always spoke in half-truths, speaking vaguely.

But the fear trembling in his eyes revealed that there was something he didn't want to talk about in this desolate place at night.

"Thank you!"

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you!"

The two men climbed into the truck bed, squeezed past the packages, and sat on the seats on either side.

"Hold on tight!" The old man immediately pedaled the three-wheeled vehicle, which sped off at lightning speed, racing along the empty highway in the wilderness.

Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu, who were almost thrown out of the truck bed, quickly steadied themselves with their core strength.

In their exchanged glances, Qiao Yu seemed to be saying to Liu Sheng: Isn't this the high-tech you wanted?
Liu Sheng also admitted that she had never seen such a fast three-wheeled vehicle.

The old man, however, seemed completely oblivious, and the conversation returned to the camera in Liu Sheng's hand, with great interest:

"Young lady, your camera must be an old model from decades ago, right? I wanted one back then too, but when my daughter was born, I had to use all my savings to buy diapers!"

"Now I have a little extra money, but in this day and age, it's not easy to get one. The price has increased several hundred times!"

"And your outfits, what used to be called Hanfu? I think only streamers on Xingwang would wear them, but those streamers are all dressed up nicely and make money in front of the camera at home. I didn't expect to meet two of you out there today, it's really something!"

"It's just that this material doesn't seem as exquisite as others, so it shouldn't be that expensive, right?"

Without waiting for their reply, he continued, "Speaking of which—that tall girl, your buzz cut really doesn't match this outfit. You should save up some money to buy a wig, otherwise your audience won't like it... But it's not cheap, so try your best!"

The old man was completely unaware that he was speaking with low emotional intelligence; he just kept rambling on and on, always implying that this was expensive and that was not cheap.

But one piece of information can be gleaned from these words:
Nowadays, resources are extremely scarce, and even ordinary items have become expensive luxury goods.

This means that the present era is not a good era.

Liu Sheng looked out of the car; the space was empty and desolate.

Only the noisy advertisements recorded by the old man himself echoed.

But from the images captured by "The World" during her travels, one can discern abandoned bricks and tiles, dusty billboards, daily necessities half-buried in the dust, and even vaguely visible broken human skeletons.

This desert may have once been a city, but it has now been razed to the ground and buried in dust.

Although Liu Sheng had many questions, the "world" had already warned him.

Although we arrived here using the Seven Mysterious Tokens, there's no need to worry about characters being out of character...

【but?】

However, given that the higher dimensions have already set their sights on us, we certainly cannot appear out of place in this era and this world. We must try our best to integrate into the local community to avoid being discovered.

This is even more dangerous than high-dimensional analysis.

In higher-dimensional analysis, we can at least escape before being caught, and as long as we escape in time, they won't be able to catch us.

[But now, once discovered, they can directly follow the passage to our planet, and we don't know what methods they might use.]

Liu Sheng felt a chill run down her spine, and could only patiently listen to the old man's incessant chatter about his favorite female anchor.

The car sputtered along, then the old man suddenly fell silent:
"We've arrived! Hey, we made it before dark!"

Not far ahead, a group of buildings of moderate size stood isolated beside the road, surrounded by high walls, obscuring the interior.

The old man turned the three-wheeled vehicle straight over and stopped it in front of the heavy iron gate.

Only then did he pull a crumpled black jacket out of his bag and put it over his windbreaker.

Liu Sheng, with her sharp eyes, noticed that the words "Swift Wind Transport" were written on the chest of the jacket.

The old man's loudspeaker was constantly replaying that statement, so it naturally sounded like a kind of announcement, and soon a question came from inside:
"Who?"

His voice was weak and hoarse.

"You deadbeat, what else do you need to ask? Who else could I be?"

"Hey, Old Zhang! You've finally arrived! You have no idea how long we've been waiting for you..."

The person inside seemed to be getting agitated, followed by a violent coughing fit.

"Then open the door for me right now!"

"Ahem, the routine inquiry is still necessary."

"Okay, okay, go ahead and ask."

"Old Zhang, how old are you now?"

Sixty-three years old.

"What year is it now?"

"The thirty-second year of the Gregorian calendar."

What is your greatest obsession?

Old Zhang remained silent for a long time before finally uttering three words: "My daughter."

"Okay, approved!" the person inside said cheerfully. "We've been waiting for you for ages!"

With a creaking sound, the iron gate opened, and a person in protective clothing stood there, beckoning Old Zhang to come in.

Old Zhang was about to drive his three-wheeled motorcycle in when the man suddenly shouted to stop him:

"Wait! Who are those two behind us?"

Through the protective goggles, the other person's gaze was fixed on Liu Sheng and Qiao Yu, filled with suspicion and tension.

Old Zhang explained, "Hey, Lao Lai, don't be so fierce! I just saw them on the road. I thought it wasn't safe for two young girls to be walking outside alone..."

"Unsafe? What if it's... you know? Wouldn't that be even more unsafe!" The other person's voice suddenly rose.

"No, no, it can't be, right?" Old Zhang's head trembled slightly. "That thing wouldn't come out during the day, would it?"

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully, it's already dark!"

Old Zhang hurriedly looked up.

Liu Sheng couldn't help but look towards the open field.

Before I knew it, the surroundings had been swallowed by twilight, so dark that I could hardly see my hand in front of my face.

"Tell me your name and what you do!" the debtor demanded sternly.

Qiao Yu scratched her head: "Um... the streamer..."

Seeing that the other party seemed increasingly suspicious, Liu Sheng raised the camera in her hand: "My name is Liu Sheng, and her name is Qiao Yu. We are anchors."

"Livestreamer? Which platform?"

“That… Douyin!” Liu Sheng blurted out, remembering that Old Zhang had mentioned earlier that the older sister he liked worked for this platform.

"Really? Tell me the account details?"

[They're really troublesome...]

Qiao Yu was nervous, sweat dripping down her face, her fists clenched silently, ready to break through at the slightest provocation.

Liu Sheng silently pressed Qiao Yu's hand down and said with a smile, "I haven't created an account yet."

The air seemed to freeze instantly, the suspicion in the man in the protective suit deepened, and even Old Zhang's smile froze.

Liu Sheng continued, "We specifically bought this equipment to shoot a really explosive video, hoping to get off to a great start."

The debtor was somewhat suspicious.

“That’s true,” Old Zhang chimed in. “Sister Long said that the first video platform to promote your account will be the one that gets you streaming, so you have to seize the opportunity.”

"Sister Long? Oh, the one you watch every day."

"Absolutely! She's truly an outstanding woman!"

"Alright, come in. It's getting dark outside." Old Lai didn't want to argue any longer and waved his hand to urge them on.

Old Zhang chuckled and stepped on the gas: "That's right! These two young girls are clean and tidy. I've talked to them. Their thinking and logic are normal. How could they be that kind of thing!"

As soon as the three-wheeled vehicle drove in, the iron gate slammed shut with a loud bang, cutting off the last vestiges of twilight outside.

It was pitch black inside, with only the headlights of Old Zhang's three-wheeled motorcycle casting two beams of light.

Why aren't the lights on here?

Old Zhang's words came to an abrupt end.

It felt like my neck was being gripped by some cold hand.

Because he saw something moving rustlingly inside the lamppost.

Realizing something, he stiffly turned his neck to the side little by little.

Under the dim light, a hideous tear was visible on the back of Lao Lai's snow-white protective suit, from which large patches of crimson blood were slowly seeping out, and intestines were being pulled out and hanging long on the ground.

But the defaulter did not turn back.

He simply lowered his head and said in a low, deliberate voice, enunciating each word clearly:

"Old Zhang...we've been waiting for you for so long."

(End of this chapter)