All the heavens, starting as the ruler of the universe

"Next," Lin Yan said.

The little girl floated slowly down from mid-air toward Zhang Jingyuan, who instinctively reached out and caught her.

She was so light that Zhang Jingyuan couldn't feel her weight at all, as if she could be blown away by the wind at any moment.

Zhang Jingyuan stood there, holding the little girl, at a loss for what to do: "Brother Lin, why are you giving her to me?"

"These are people from your world. If you don't take responsibility, who will?" Lin Yan looked at him strangely.

Zhang Jingyuan was stunned. He looked down at the little girl in his arms. Her face was still very pale and her lips were bloodless.

But the spatial rift in his chest was gone.

"I..." Zhang Jingyuan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He's just a garbage collector; a few days ago he was fighting tooth and nail over half a bottle of water. What responsibility can he possibly have? What makes him think he can take responsibility?

Lin Yan seemed to see through his thoughts: "You are destined to become the strongest person in the world."

"Brother Lin, you're kidding, right?" Zhang Jingyuan chuckled dryly.

"The identity of a time traveler plus a chat group, in a novel that would definitely be the protagonist's setup."

"But...aren't all the people in the group equipped with this setup?" Zhang Jingyuan knew himself well; he didn't have any grand ambitions, just surviving was good enough.

"I'm leaving her to you." Lin Yan didn't reply, and continued, "I've already sealed the spatial rift on her body, so the insects on the other side won't be able to get out anymore. Once she can control her abilities, the seal will naturally be broken."

Zhang Jingyuan was silent for a moment: "What if she can't control herself?"

"The seal will remain closed," Lin Yan said, looking at him. "But before that, you can't let her die."

Why?

"Her soul is bound to the passage," Lin Yan said. "If she dies, the passage will expand indefinitely, and all the insects from the other side will come over."

"The insects you saw were just a tiny bit peeking out from the opening of the passage. Once the real passage opens, this world will be eaten clean, leaving nothing behind."

Lin Yan had just peeked through the spatial rift at the other side of the passage and discovered that the world there was entirely a world of insects.

Countless bizarre insects devoured and consumed all the matter in that world, leaving it empty except for the sleeping "Insect Queen" and the restless insects.

While the two were talking, some changes were taking place in Hurricane City in the distance.

A dazzling and mesmerizing scene is unfolding in the sky above Hurricane City.

The thick, lead-gray clouds, which seemed to have been frozen for a hundred years, were forcibly torn open by an invisible yet vast force, creating a huge gash.

The long-awaited sunlight, like molten gold, poured down through the crack, piercing the gloom and scattering dappled light across the devastated street.

"The sun! It's the sun!"

"It's dawn...it's finally dawn!"

Survivors peeked out from the cracks in the ruins, their chapped lips trembling. Some even knelt down, weeping bitterly towards the long-lost light.

For ordinary people struggling to survive in darkness, this sudden light is a miracle, a salvation.

However, the superhumans of Hurricane City are currently experiencing hellish terror.

Inside the city lord's mansion, the piercing alarm sounded so loud it almost punctured eardrums.

"Warning! Warning! Energy index has exceeded the critical value!"

"Unable to calculate! Unable to calculate! Value overflow!"

The energy monitor on the wall was frantically jumping up and down in readings. Finally, with a "bang," the display screen shattered and white smoke billowed out.

"This energy..." The city lord looked into the distance and couldn't help but feel a chill.

Not only him, but several top-tier detection-type ability users in the city also fainted on the spot after subconsciously glancing in the direction of Lin Yan.

That wasn't an impact of energy; it was an absolute crushing on a life level.

Like an ant trying to peek at a dragon's scales, that single glance is enough to shatter one's soul.

"Take me to see!" The city lord's heart pounded wildly. He forced himself to suppress his fear and rushed quickly toward a superhuman with teleportation abilities.

"Yes!" The superhuman suppressed his fear, grabbed the city lord's hand, and the two disappeared from the spot.

However, when the two figures appeared in that open space, the terrifying aura that had changed the color of the sky and earth had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

Only a faint trace of heat remained in the air, along with... Zhang Jingyuan's figure.

Lin Yan is no longer here.

Only Zhang Jingyuan remained, still in that stiff posture, holding the light little girl in his arms as if he were holding a nuclear bomb that could explode at any moment.

"Where is he?" The city lord's eyes flashed like lightning as he scanned his surroundings, but he found nothing.

He took a deep breath and looked at the girl in Zhang Jingyuan's arms.

With just that one glance, the city lord's originally cold and hard facial muscles twitched suddenly, his pupils contracted sharply, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

That pale, bloodless face, those tightly closed eyes...

too familiar.

The floodgates of memory were violently flung open at this moment, and time seemed to flow backward to ten years ago.

She was also a pale little girl, just as weak, floating in mid-air.

She was still conscious at that time, her eyes filled with struggle and pain, as she desperately suppressed something.

The city lord subconsciously touched his left cheek, where there was a hideous scar that ran through his cheekbone.

That was left over from ten years ago.

At that time, the little girl was surrounded by insects. As soon as she appeared, the insects rushed towards her.

With her last ounce of strength, the girl forcibly dragged the insects, along with herself, deep underground just as they were about to break through the barrier.

That scar was from when one of the insects slashed his face at the last moment.

He looked at Zhang Jingyuan, his gaze becoming extremely complicated. "Where did you find her? Why...?"

"My older brother brought her out," Zhang Jingyuan said, trying to appear less guilty. "Her superpowers have been sealed."

He remembered how people in the group would bring up Lin Yan to scare others whenever something happened, and now he was using the same trick himself. Surprisingly, it actually worked.

"Your older brother? Where is he?" The city lord had no doubts, after all, the two of them had appeared and acted together, and the terrifying energy fluctuations were undeniable.

"He had to leave early. Who are you?" Zhang Jingyuan tried his best not to appear so humble.

"I am the lord of Hurricane City," the lord introduced himself.

"This isn't the place to talk. Other new humans will come to check on us later. Why don't we go to Hurricane City first?"

"Can."

He believed the city lord wouldn't do anything to him, not because of trust, but because he knew the city lord wasn't afraid of him, but of Lin Yan.