I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 119 Qi Shen... He's really about to become a god!

Just as Qi Xuan discovered the shocking truth, Blue Star was completely devastated because of his live broadcast.

Numerous forums and social media platforms have witnessed heated discussions:
"What's going on? What's the deal with that monster?"

"Damn! Could it be a four-armed gorilla in disguise?"

Is your four-armed gorilla so thin?

"I can't hold it in anymore! A person who is two meters tall is being called skinny."

"Honestly, in the group of four-armed gorillas, a two-meter-tall person is only fit to be a female gorilla."

"Oh, even the little guy has to change his gender?"

"By the way, was I the only one who saw that monster had a cut on its chest?"

"It wasn't just scratches. When I watched the video in slow motion, I realized that his chest looked like it had been pierced. The problem is, even with his chest pierced, how could he still be jumping around like that?"

"Could it be dragon-hunting grass?"

"The puppet controlled by the Dragon Hunter Grass is much slower and more sluggish than him. Its aggression is too strong, giving people the feeling of slaughtering everything. It is definitely not like the Dragon Hunter Grass, which also has a parasitic purpose."

"The most crucial thing is those corpses on the ground. Compared to the corpses we encountered before, those corpses in the forest were basically all Grandmasters. The fact that Grandmasters died so easily proves that the four-armed monster that made the move was definitely a terrestrial immortal-level fighter!"

"Holy crap! A terrestrial immortal has already appeared? I've only just entered the Ming Jin realm!"

"Judging from the video alone, the combat power of the terrestrial immortal is far too terrifying. And this is in his post-death state. If he were alive, could he really take on an entire country single-handedly?"

"Small countries should be fine, but it depends on the situation for large countries. After all, the lethal range of the mushroom shells is quite wide. If one isn't enough, multiple batches can be dropped in succession to take down the enemy. The key point is that even if we can successfully take down the enemy, the cost will be too high."

"According to the description in the Yin-Yang Jade Crane Technique, I always felt that the four-armed monster's destructive power was ridiculously strong, possibly even surpassing that of a terrestrial immortal."

"Is it really that bad? Even reaching the level of a Land Immortal is something that ordinary martial artists would find difficult to achieve in their entire lives. How could some random monster suddenly appear and be stronger than a Land Immortal? Don't you think the probability of that is extremely high?"

"Everyone doesn't necessarily have to associate it with a terrestrial deity. It's already strange that the monster could move after it died. Maybe, like the Dragon-Hunting Grass, something was secretly manipulating it, which is why it could unleash terrifying combat power beyond ordinary people's imagination. Perhaps it was an unparalleled grandmaster in life."

"That's true. The fact that this thing can move and attack after it dies means it has nothing to do with ordinary martial arts. Don't keep trying to apply it to martial arts. Maybe it wasn't even human when it was alive—who has four arms?"

"But at least it proves that there are indeed natives on the floating continent, although the species of these natives may be slightly different from ours."

"To be honest, I can accept three eyes or rabbit-eared girls, but the various bone spurs growing on those skeletons before, just thinking about what they looked like when they were alive, I just can't accept it. It's too bizarre and grotesque."

"Indeed, when someone sits down, the bone spurs protruding from their tailbone can kill you on the spot."

"I'm speechless after telling you all this. I even had some romanticized notions about the natives of the floating continent. What a waste of my exotic beauty!!!"

"Alien beauties? Based on the current exploration intelligence, the style of the floating continent is obviously closer to the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Even if there are still people alive, they are likely to look strange. Maybe having bone spurs on their bodies is considered good. They might even be closer to Cthulhu."

"Don't even mention it! I absolutely do not want to date Cthulhu!"

“Appearance is secondary; the most crucial thing is strength. If the weakest of those natives is an unparalleled grandmaster, what if one day a landmass falls down carrying a large number of natives? Do you think we can win the war between the two worlds that will break out next?”

"We can win! We can win! We absolutely can win! Even if our weapons are inferior, with the martial arts taught by Qi Shen, we will definitely be able to cultivate a large number of supreme grandmasters, or even terrestrial immortals! With our human population, we will never lose to them!"

"But what if the opponent has a martial artist at the Land Immortal Realm or higher? Can we still be so optimistic then?"

"At worst, we'll all die together!"

"What we couldn't kill even with the collapse of the sun, do we really have the ability to take it all down with us?"

……

Class One Garden Party.

Song Manman asked with concern:
"Is Xuanzi alright? It looked like he got hit by that monster at the end?"

Upon seeing the news, 【Chrysanthemum Sweetness】 immediately popped up:

"Don't worry, Xuanzi is fine. I replayed the video in slow motion afterward and listened to professional content creators online explain it. Xuanzi had already disappeared before being hit by the monster, so the attack missed its mark."

Many of the students who had been lurking also started to surface at this point:
"What kind of move is that? Vanishing on the spot, is that really something martial arts can do?"

"I really want to learn teleportation, especially teleporting people. If we ever get into a car accident on the road, I can save them on the spot."

"Teleportation is good, but I'm more interested in Xuanzi's fireball spell. Isn't casting fireballs so romantic? It's like going straight from a warrior to a mage, isn't it?"

"I think assassins are pretty good too. Those of you who watched the live stream should remember that among all the attacks Xuanzi unleashed, only that beam of light arrow knocked the monster back on the spot. This proves that the beam of light arrow contains extremely strong lethality and penetrating power. If the monster hadn't been so thick-skinned, it should have been killed on the spot with one arrow!"

"Sigh, I don't want any martial arts skills, I just want a loyal pet like Sunday. Damn it, I've had my Chihuahua for almost ten years, and it goes out to fight with other dogs every day. Yesterday it even bit a stranger. Just thinking about it makes me go crazy! I really want a well-behaved and sensible pet like Sunday!"

"@Riding an old lady across the street, Orange, when are you going to contact your childhood friend and ask him to teach you some martial arts techniques like teleportation and fireballs?"

"@Wrong, this guy changed his name. @Riding an old lady up a tree, this is the real him."

"@Riding an old lady up a tree".

……

After being tagged by a bunch of people, Xue Cheng quickly appeared on the list.

Upon seeing the chat history, he was completely stunned.

"I can't contact Xuanzi on the floating continent, so tagging me won't help."

"Even if it's useless, I can't think of anyone else who can contact him besides you. Didn't he prioritize passing on his skills to you last time? Who knows, he might do it to you again next time?"

Xue Cheng said speechlessly:
"Don't bring trouble to your buddy. The lousy code that he and I came up with in junior high school was already deciphered after the martial arts spread last time. This kind of method can only be used once. Do you really think that the cryptography experts are just playing around?"

"Do you have any other private communication methods?"

"What are you saying? We were just doing it for fun back then. Who would bother with these things all the time?"

"Useless oranges."

"Incompetent Orange".

"Oranges made from miscellaneous fish."

"Manman, you absolutely must stay away from him, or your life will be ruined."

"All BYD does is cause destruction, huh? If I can't catch Manman, I'll hang myself in your doorstep tomorrow! (The husky points at the person)"

"Manman, why don't you just give in?"

Song Manman: "..."

While we were chatting, [Chrysanthemum Sweet] suddenly shared a video.

The video is very short. It shows a forest, with an exploration team member running desperately toward the camera while a barrage of gunfire is firing at him from behind.

But even with the screen filled with flames, it still couldn't stop the pursuers behind them.

The last ray of dark light shot out from his hand, and the exploration team members who had just run out of the forest immediately fell to the ground.

Just then, the pursuer, who had stopped at the edge of the forest, revealed the clearly visible outline of his four arms.

After watching the video, everyone in the group was in an uproar: "What's going on? How come there's a four-armed monster?"

"How come there are these things on the mainland islands too?"

"What's going on with this video? Is it AI-generated?"

"Holy crap! Did the entire exploration team get wiped out again?"

……

Faced with the students' questions, [Chrysanthemum Sweet] said helplessly:

“I don’t know the specifics, but I can confirm that this is a video that was actually filmed on location, and it has gone viral online.”

It definitely exploded.

Since the video was leaked from a niche forum, it spread like wildfire across the world's internet in less than an hour, with an unprecedented speed of dissemination. Major websites couldn't keep up with blocking it, and eventually it was even reported on publicly. Several major media outlets also sent interview requests to the Joint Exploration Command.

Finally, the spokesperson held a press conference in public. Although he tried to evade the issue at times, he implicitly acknowledged the authenticity of the video and emphasized that the exploration team had already developed a response strategy and that people from all countries did not need to worry.

The news caused an instant global sensation.

Especially after Qi Xuan was severely injured and defeated by the four-armed monster, discussions about the four-armed monster in the video became rampant, dominating every corner of the internet:
"What should we do? The monster is so strong, can the United Nations really contain it? What if it escapes?"

"Even Qi Shen was severely injured and repelled. So many weapons were useless against him. If he manages to break through, is there any hope for us?"

"Deploy the nuclear missile! Deploy the nuclear missile now! Take him out immediately, don't delay any longer! Can you take responsibility if he escapes?!"

"No need to panic. We have concentrated our most elite forces on the island. If the exploration team can block it, then we have nothing to worry about. If the exploration team cannot block it, then worrying is useless. Eat and drink well, do what you need to do, and just pretend this never happened."

"That's right. Ordinary people should just stay calm at this time and not cause trouble for their superiors or affect their decisions. The exploration team is on the front line of fighting the monsters and definitely has more information than we do. We should just trust their decisions."

After all, even if they make the wrong decisions, they'll be the first to die. You may not believe in their abilities, but you cannot doubt their determination to save their lives.

"In my opinion, there's no need for everyone to worry too much, because the four-armed monster on the island is not the one that Qi Shen encountered. After my analysis, there are still many differences between the two. The most obvious one is that the one on the island is smaller in size and has smaller limbs under its ribs. It looks extremely ferocious in its movements, but it is still a bit different from the one on the floating land."

Most importantly, unlike the floating island, the one on the island doesn't continuously release mist. It's very likely that it has already passed the stage of releasing mist and is about to perish.

“We can see that the monster on the island has a fierce attack, but it stopped at the edge of the forest when it chased after us. This means that it may not be able to leave the forest, or rather, it may not be able to leave the fog. In this case, as long as we do a good job of defense, it will not be able to leave the forest at all, let alone the island outside the forest. You don’t really think it can cross the Pacific Ocean, do you?”

"What I want to know most right now is, how did these monsters come to be? Judging from their combat power, they are almost comparable to terrestrial immortals. Could it be that becoming a terrestrial immortal will transform you into these kinds of monsters? That's just too outrageous!"

“If it were only the one that Qi Shen encountered, we could consider it an exception. But now that two have appeared in succession, there are probably quite a few similar monsters. We must find a way to study it more and develop corresponding strategies so that we can deal with it in time if we encounter this monster again in the future.”

"Do you think the floating continent exists specifically to seal these monsters? As for the four suns in the sky, they are also there to suppress those monsters. Once the time comes, they will collapse and bring down heavenly punishment, destroying countless monsters on the ground."

"Then what about the [Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Palace]? Could it be a palace built specifically for the immortals who are responsible for guarding and suppressing these monsters?"

"If the [Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Palace] is truly used to monitor and suppress the floating continent, then their opponents could not possibly be these ordinary monsters. There must be far more terrifying and powerful monsters on the floating continent, which is why the Heavenly Palace would need to specifically seal them off!"

"The problem is, the floating continent has already appeared above Blue Star. One of its suns has collapsed, and the continent is constantly expanding. What if, after the remaining three suns have all collapsed, the monsters on the floating continent not only haven't died out, but instead take the opportunity to break through the barrier and descend upon Blue Star? What will we do then?!"

"Let's be optimistic. Perhaps the next sun won't collapse within a hundred years. We have plenty of time for many geniuses to cultivate into terrestrial immortals, or even reach a level above terrestrial immortals."

"What if the remaining three suns all collapse within three years?"

"There is no hope, just wait to die."

"Let's see what Qi Shen does next; maybe he can find a solution. I don't believe the entire floating continent is full of monsters; there must still be real natives surviving! There must be a way to deal with these monsters!"

"Exploration may have to wait until later, but what about martial arts? Let's hurry up and teach martial arts!"

"That's right, let's quickly teach them martial arts, at least to improve everyone's combat power!"

"Now, Qi Shen... he's really going to become a god! Only he can save the world!"

……

Land and island.

Joint Command Center.

The scene was bustling with activity, as representatives and commanders from various countries gathered together.

Daniel, a top billionaire, glanced around and asked curiously:
“It’s understandable that Barack is still on the island, but why hasn’t that old guy Alfonso come over?”

Theodore, who had just returned from the island, replied upon hearing this:
"I heard he's made a breakthrough; it seems he's found a sacred tree and is now trying to figure out how to get in."

"The Divine Tree?" Daniel's expression turned strange. "The old man's luck is that good?"

Theodore shook his head:
"I don't know about that."

"Hmph, even if we encounter a divine tree, we might not be able to harvest anything."

Daniel pursed his lips and said:

"Just like Barak, such a good spiritual fruit was picked, but it still ended up broken."
"Knowing absolutely nothing, yet still dreaming of harvesting the divine tree? He'll regret it someday."

Theodore gave an awkward laugh and didn't reply.

Soon, the scene officially entered into an emergency discussion on how to deal with the four-armed monster.

Theodore, as the commander who had been present at the scene, was asked to go on stage and give a series of intelligence reports, including not only what Ruan Wenhua had said initially, but also a great deal of intelligence they had observed afterward:

"...In conclusion, we can now confirm that the four-armed monster's activity range is severely affected by the fog. Without the fog, he is unlikely to venture out of the forest. We should try to avoid any actions that might provoke him to go out. Otherwise, if he does manage to break out, even setting up minefields and fire nets may not be enough to completely stop him, not to mention that we may suffer other losses in the process."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately raised their hand to ask a question:
“While the fog is important, we also saw through Qi Xuan’s live stream that some four-armed monsters can actively release fog. Is it possible that there is more than one monster in the forest on the island, and that there are other types that can create large areas of fog? If the other side also plans to come out, whether there is fog or not will not have any effect on it at all.”

"That's the point I'm going to mention next."

Theodore replied immediately:
"To avoid provoking the four-armed monster, we need to conduct a larger-scale and more detailed observation of the entire forest. We need to find out exactly how many monsters are hiding there, whether there are any that actively release mist, and if so, what their behavior patterns are, whether they show any signs of leaving the forest, and what circumstances would cause them to leave the forest, etc."

We must prepare contingency plans in advance for all aspects.

"Once it emerges, if it continuously releases mist around itself, it's equivalent to carrying a mist domain with it. In that case, other monsters that can only live in mist are likely to come out with it. Then we won't be facing just one or two monsters, but an army composed of land-based god-level monsters."

Upon hearing this, a commotion arose in the room, and the expressions on the faces of many attendees became very serious.

After more than four hours of on-site discussions, a series of plans were finally formulated.

In response to the four-armed monster and potential threats, the overall strategy focuses on restricting its range of activity. This is achieved through physical isolation measures such as designating danger zones, establishing warning lines, and stationing defensive forces to keep it within the forest.

In addition, a special research team for monsters will be established to sample and analyze forest fog, develop detection equipment that can be used in fog, overcome the fog's interference with visibility, and deploy various weapons such as heat cannons to limit the spread of fog.

In terms of monitoring, drones and sensors are used for full-coverage tracking, and a land-island early warning platform is established to share monitoring data in real time throughout the process.

In response, a tiered response system will be implemented: Level 1 response will focus on monitoring and observation to avoid direct conflict; Level 2 response will activate the outer perimeter fire network and the on-site defense forces will switch to offensive mode; Level 3 response will launch weapons of mass destruction, including heavy thermobaric bombs, to carry out a saturation attack; and Level 4 response will activate nuclear weapons with authorization from the joint command.

The long-term strategy focuses on the root causes of monsters, the development of targeted equipment, and the cultivation and improvement of martial artists, with multiple preparations to ensure that the threat is minimized.

Once the plan was finalized, the details of the operation were quickly deployed, and the massive war machine of the joint camp immediately began to operate, suppressing the monsters in all aspects.

Meanwhile, Qi Xuan, who was on the floating continent, drew a very peculiar martial arts experience card.

(End of this chapter)