Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

The sword in the sky was entirely jade-green, like the finest jade stone ever found.

The sword's blade was so emerald green that it could be described as crystal clear.

Several thin red lines, like amber sealed for thousands of years, were encased within the sword.

"Stay away from me!"

Chen Xi moved away from the crowd while simultaneously urging them to stay further away from him.

Misfortune will only befall those who have progressed from 0% to 99% in Tier III, but it may cause collateral damage.

Therefore, Chen Xi chose to evacuate.

"Boss!"

Yang Wei placed his hands, cupping them around his mouth, as if he were subtly acting as a megaphone.

"Boss, should we go into Gray Mist Ridge now? It's a safe zone where misfortune will be kept out."

After speaking, he pointed sharply to the gray fog not far away, indicating that the distance was very close.

"No need, I'll test the strength of this misfortune!"

After maintaining a certain distance, Chen Xi once again emanated a faint blue aura of restraint.

The scythe, which had been put away not long ago, reappeared; the scythe's name was the same as the name of the extraordinary ability.

A bountiful harvest!

This is a sickle called Harvest.

After the emerald green flying sword hung in the sky, it did not immediately launch an attack, but instead seemed to be charging up, continuously increasing its brightness.

The emerald green sheen was so strong it could be used as a mirror.

However, Chen Xi didn't have the habit of waiting for the enemy to unleash their ultimate move. He simply aimed his scythe at the sword in the sky and then gently swung it.

The long, emerald-green sword in the sky suddenly shattered with a "crack," the sound like glass shattering into metal.

The next second, it broke in two and fell from the sky.

During the process, the cracks on the body continued to spread, and tiny particles kept falling off like shards of glass.

Unfortunately, these body parts disappeared before they even hit the ground.

It vanished without a trace along with the main body of the longsword during its descent.

Almost simultaneously, Chen Xi felt a slight increase in his progress.

1%

His progress has reached 1% of Stage III!

"Is that all?"

Chen Xi murmured something, her expression changing slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

"Boss, you're unbeatable!"

"You've completely eliminated the bad luck!"

After a brief silence, Yang Wei was the first to offer his congratulations, and then ran towards Chen Xi.

Yan Mingliang reacted quickly, grabbing Yang Wei's arm and shaking his head:

"Wait a minute. It might not be safe to go there now; the bad luck may still be brewing."

"That's true." Yang Wei stopped and responded. He often acted before his mind, so this was not unusual for him.

Ta-da-ta-da...

The sound of footsteps, neither fast nor slow, approached Yang Wei and his group of four.

"It should be over; the first day of misfortune is over."

Chen Xi said calmly.

"So fast?"

"This is absolutely rubbish!?"

"It seems like bad luck isn't going to work out either!"

The author exclaimed in surprise that he had originally wanted to see what this misfortune was all about, and whether he could find some inspiration to pave the way for writing a grand novel in the future.

I didn't expect to be killed before I could even make a move!

"It's not just bad luck junk, it's bad luck at this pace that's way behind me."

Chen Xi said in a deep voice, and immediately offered an explanation:

"After that attack, I realized that the intensity of this misfortune has nothing to do with me."

"Its strength seems to be pre-programmed."

"The timing of the misfortune corresponds to the progress from 0% to 99%, which can be simply understood as the misfortune occurring in 100 waves."

"These 100 waves can be understood as 100 intensities."

"Every time misfortune strikes, it will accompany you for a whole day. In other words, a second wave of misfortune will appear immediately after 24 hours, with no rest time in between."

"My attack just now was also a test, proving that misfortune can be destroyed directly. At the same time, the progress has been increased, proving that this sword will not appear again."

"In this way, even without a safe zone or a luck-avoiding bead, I still have time to rest and prepare for the arrival of the second wave of misfortune."

Chen Xi paused here, lowered his head slightly, and touched his chin:

"So, following this line of thinking, is it really possible for everyone to reach the state of sainthood?"

"It may be easy at first, but as you progress, you will inevitably encounter a bottleneck someday."

"Is this question important?"

Yang Wei scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

"It's very important," Chen Xi said earnestly.

"Let me put it this way. In terms of the upper limit, taking superhumans and pseudo-humans as examples, there are only two types of people who can be considered powerful."

"One type is the Overlord sequence, whose extraordinary characteristics are quite powerful, and there is also the exclusive ability of Return to return to its original identity."

"The other type is the imposter who has taken on multiple identities. Only these two types of people can be considered formidable characters."

"I don't believe a single pseudo-human, even one with an awakened supreme talent, can advance to 100% of Tier III!"

"Not to mention ordinary identities, even possessing containment objects is probably not enough."

"Judging from Lin Yaozu's description and the time when the principal left the Black Tower, Lin Batian spent at least three years in the Black Tower."

"After such a long time, he's only at 55% progress. Is it because he doesn't want to improve?"

The answer is definitely no!

"The school bully's power was only directed at my status as a farmer. Putting that aside, being a 'school bully' is just an ordinary identity."

In other words...

Chen Xi paused here, glancing at everyone:

"It may be hard to say, but the truth is that if you reach Level III, you will definitely encounter a misfortune that you absolutely cannot overcome one day."

"At that point, the only option will be to hide in the safe zone."

"But there are dangers even in the safe zone. Hiding in something like the Dragon Palace is tantamount to suicide."

"The Luck-Avoiding Beads are consumables and can't be kept forever. So, your final fate is either to stay with me at Tier II or to find a safe zone where there is no danger and stay there."

"But this stay might be forever!"

Misfortune can only be dealt with by oneself. If someone helps you, it will only amplify the misfortune, and in the end, both of you will die!

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They didn't expect that Chen Xi, after only surviving the first wave of misfortune, would analyze so many things, even determining their ultimate fate.

"Is there really no way?"

"Is the fate of ordinary people simply to cower in some safe zone and wait to die?"

Yan Mingliang asked somewhat unwillingly.

"Maybe so."

Chen Xi replied somewhat uncertainly.

"Maybe?"

"right."

"Our principal might know something." Chen Xi wasn't just guessing randomly; that infinite symbol was the best evidence. The principal's departure from the Black Tower back then certainly wasn't just about surviving, as Lin Batian had said.

However, the principal's progress is at 55% of Level III, and Chen Xi does not dare to reflect it yet.

Once the principal discovers that he can use his Tier III extraordinary abilities without restraint, he will become even more difficult to deal with than he was at his peak!

The five of them then stayed in the same spot for another three hours.

As Chen Xi had guessed, the misfortune did not occur.

In order to maintain the usage time of the Luck-Avoiding Bead, Chen Xi did not have the idea of ​​grinding the progress. Although doing so would increase his strength, it would also lower his margin for error.

During this time, Chen Xi was also troubled by an unsolvable problem.

That is, is his unlimited lifespan something he comes with as a farmer or something granted by the so-called forbidden item number 1, the Reverse Fate Clock?

Chen Xi had never thought about this problem before, but the mechanism of the Tier III extraordinary characteristic [Harvest] is precisely the point of unlimited lifespan, otherwise the "Harvester" can only do things other than killing.

Chen Xi originally thought no one could answer this question, but now it seems that those symbols might be able to.

However, I am not qualified at the moment.

Finally, what is the truth that the old mother wants to tell her?

Is it about me, or about the world?

"Let's go, that's enough. It's time to enter the Gray Mist Ridge safe zone!"

Chen Xi stood up, dusted himself off, and said calmly.