I've become the emperor of humanity, and only now is spiritual energy reviving?

The notification for the King's Treasure did not pop up immediately.

It seems that it will only take effect again after the progress bar of the Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Method is full.

An Sheng watched the boy named Xiao Chun disappear from sight, and instead of continuing north, she withdrew from the Lostbelt.

But this time, things were a little different from usual.

An Sheng opened her eyes again in the dark bed, and several new lines of text appeared in her mind.

The first wisp of spiritual energy has reappeared in the Terra universe.

[3 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds remain until the first surge of spiritual energy.]

An Sheng blinked in surprise, then noticed that the end of the text had changed.

[2 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 58 seconds remain until the first surge of spiritual energy.]

"This is... the legendary resurgence of spiritual energy? So the entire universe is a land devoid of spiritual energy?"

An Sheng immediately and keenly noticed the word "again" and fell into deep thought.

—Doesn't this mean that those outrageous ancient historical and mythological stories might actually be true?

In addition, the Fermi paradox has also been explained.

Because perhaps the "spiritual energy," which was once one of the fundamental logics of the universe alongside the four basic forces, has disappeared, rendering all technologies that relied on spiritual energy ineffective.

Thus, the universe entered an era of silence.

And now, spiritual energy has reappeared.

Then, this universe, silent as a graveyard, may one day become lively again.

The world is about to become more interesting, little by little.

Feed me... please don't make me too excited.

An Sheng forced herself to stop her thoughts from wandering here.

Having walked through the Lostbelt for so long, it's almost time for school.

I arrived at the school before 6:10.

Life has changed a little tonight, but life goes on.

An Sheng believed that with his current power, he was far from being able to act differently from ordinary people.

To become arrogant and insane simply because one possesses a tiny bit of power is not the mindset of a strong person; it's nothing more than that of a clown.

An Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, feeling refreshed as she jumped out of bed. She glanced at her phone and, seeing that the progress bar was only at 9%, put it in her pocket.

I changed into my school uniform and went out onto the balcony.

A cool morning breeze brushed against my cheek.

An Sheng watched the crimson-gold sun slowly rise from the horizon, then gently closed her eyes, feeling an unprecedented sense of ease and comfort.

One can sense that the invisible yet real cage that society has created for everyone, that life that could be seen at a glance yet had no end, has now disappeared.

The world is different now.

"Yawn~"

A girl with messy hair, wearing two chibi dragon slippers, walked out of the room across from An Sheng's.

Upon seeing An Sheng on the balcony, she gave him a look of utter disbelief: "...Hey, how come you're up earlier than me? Is the world about to end?"

"It's not the end of the world, it's just that the spiritual energy is about to recover."

An Sheng turned around and answered truthfully and happily.

"Your most urgent task is to uninstall the Qidian novels from your phone..."

After muttering something, An Zhiwei closed her eyes and began to wash up.

"Silly little sister."

An Sheng shook his head, too lazy to waste any more words.

If his sister had said those words to him yesterday, he would have just thought she was having another bout of teenage angst and responded with a simple and direct "What the hell?"

This little misunderstanding will be resolved when his sister sees him punch a reinforced concrete wall and it shatters.

To be honest, Ansei doesn't want to rule or change the world, to become Light Yagami, the Emperor, or a god revered by eight billion people; that would be too much trouble.

"I'm An Sheng, I just want to witness more interesting things on my path to becoming stronger."

Then, he simply wiped out all the evil people and unpleasant deeds he encountered without leaving any trace.

……

Senior high school students arrive at school half an hour earlier than freshmen, so An Sheng didn't wait for his younger sister to leave together.

As soon as he arrived at the classroom door, a dozen or so dark figures suddenly darted out of the classroom, which was filled with a drowsy atmosphere before morning reading, their speed comparable to that of a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey.

An Sheng placed her bulging backpack, full of breakfast, on the empty seat in the back row: "Same as always."

"Dad! ×8"

Then, he placed the science test paper he had assigned yesterday on the table: "Don't forget to hand it in for me after you've copied it."

"Godfather! ×5"

"Ugh!"

An Sheng listened to his father's chorus of voices and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, she quietly walked to the back of her deskmate and best friend, who was also the captain of the school basketball team, ranked in the top ten in the grade, had both parents who were deceased, owned a car and a house, and even had an older sister and a younger sister. She was a model protagonist who was both academically and athletically gifted.

You can see that there's a thick novel under Gu Mingsu's English notebook.

An Sheng took a closer look and found that the title was "A girl with sandalwood-scented hair." She never expected that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes would be watching Dragon Raja.

He deliberately didn't say anything, but instead patted Gu Mingsu's shoulder heavily.

The latter nearly dropped the book in his hand, only turning around to laugh in exasperation: "Holy crap! Your mother's An Sheng scared the hell out of me!"

An Sheng chuckled: "I haven't settled the score with you yet for using my phone to watch videos and download a baby yesterday."

"What the hell?" Gu Mingsu felt the surrounding gazes gradually converging and immediately panicked. "I was just chatting on the edge of being a female streamer, and this can produce offspring?"

As soon as he said that, bursts of suppressed laughter immediately filled the classroom.

Gu Mingsu became even more anxious.

Seeing that his expression didn't seem fake, An Sheng was certain that the appearance of "Terra: Chronicles" was probably unrelated to him.

This game really did appear out of nowhere.

"That's all for you, go have fun."

After casually dismissing his best friend who was almost red-hot, An Sheng took out an English dictionary that he had barely even flipped through.

"abandon... oh no, not that."

An Sheng glanced at the list of words to be dictated during the morning reading session and wanted to test his memory.

So, words that he might not be able to memorize even after copying and reading them dozens or hundreds of times were now flowing into his mind like a stream.

Fifty words in less than a minute.

Remember it all.

As expected, An Sheng easily got a perfect score on the dictation test for the first time in her three years of high school.

"Is this the joy of learning? No wonder I couldn't understand it before; I really didn't have the talent!"

An Sheng thought about his "0.8" mental attribute. It was already so powerful. If it reached "1" or even broke through "1", wouldn't he take off on the spot?

Not only was the English teacher shocked, but even Gu Mingsu was astonished: "How come I didn't even notice his little act of copying? Did the old man even use his incense to blast him away?"

"It's very simple. Just memorize all the words and then write them down by hand..."

"If it doesn't explode, then crawl!"

The first Chinese class followed immediately.

Gu Mingsu continued to use the test paper as a cover to look at the Dragon Clan, while An Sheng began to daydream, pondering what to do next.

English is no longer a challenge for him.

You can memorize all the words by simply flipping through the dictionary a little bit.

Naturally, the college entrance examination became much less difficult.

Although she has a cheat code that can fundamentally change her life, An Sheng does not intend to give up the college entrance examination.

Firstly, studying doesn't take much time at all; it can be done in any spare moment, as long as it doesn't affect his Lostbelt strategy and his ability to become stronger on his own.

Secondly, having more options is always better than having fewer options.

Just then, the Chinese teacher was suddenly called out of the classroom. When she returned, she said, "Class, our class has been selected for the provincial physical education test. Get ready to go down in a bit."

"Yay!"

The classroom, which had been filled with a deathly silence, suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers.

Seeing this, the Chinese teacher added with a smile, "You have to run 800 or 1000 meters."

The previously enthusiastic atmosphere suddenly came to a standstill, disappearing as if doused with cold water.

"The boss is really something else..."

"This is just incredibly unlucky."

"Teacher! My stomach suddenly hurts a little..."

Amidst the endless stream of similar complaints, An Sheng felt her phone vibrate in the drawer, and then a progress bar suddenly popped up in front of her.

[Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Method: ...100%]

[You have learned the skill "Hou Tu Nourishing Qi Method"!]