Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

Wherever the energy blast went, space was instantly distorted and scorched. All sorts of bizarre and fantastical scenes appeared in its trajectory, in different times and spaces, in different scenes, as if tearing apart all the rules.

"boom--"

The moment the energy blast touched Martina, the entire deserted island was engulfed in shockwaves. Thick tree trunks snapped in half, and the surrounding vegetation was dried up by the intense heat, instantly turning into wisps of white smoke that rose up and turned to charred black.

The shockwave hurled gravel into the air, and sand and dust billowed into thick fog.

The ground on the deserted island trembled violently and sank more than half a foot.

The sand was baked red, and even the sky was tinged with an unusual color.

If you stand high in the sky and look down, you can see at a glance that rings of blue energy are sweeping across the surrounding area for hundreds of miles with unstoppable force.

If this energy were to explode completely, the nearby deserted islands would be barren for a century.

Fortunately, Sisyphus, sensing the danger in the pond, looked up and stopped the devastating energy. He then looked at Jin Xiaoman's location with admiration: "You taught her to do this?"

Lilith flicked her tail: "No, I'm going to help Kane clean up his mess."

Upon hearing this, Sisyphus's eyes showed weariness: "This child still hates me so much."

Lilith: "The child is disobedient, so I probably didn't hit him hard enough. I'll go see him after I'm done with my work these next few days."

"She's your junior sister, be gentle."

Lilith said unhappily, "If it would just call me 'senior sister'."

Watching Lilith's departing figure, Sisyphus sighed and slowly sank to the bottom of the water.

Throughout its life, it did many good things, but also one bad thing.

It received praise, but also punishment.

The god who punished it thought it would be consumed by resentment among its people, and over countless years, it would be consumed by deep self-reproach. But no, its only emotion now is resentment—resentment for its hesitation and lack of decisiveness, which led to its discovery.

.........

Where the broken wave struck, Martina had already turned into a wisp of gray smoke and could no longer be found anywhere.

Countless blue energy shields protected one animal after another, including Jin Xiaoman and her two companions, a squirrel, a fur ball, and a photograph.

Master Xuantian's message: Please believe that Duanlang is truly powerful, for it is my life's work. It's just a pity that I lost my beloved and have no heart to recreate it. But I know that one day it will meet someone who can activate it, so I added a protective mechanism to it, hoping that when Duanlang is activated, some remedial measures can be taken to prevent some irreversible things from happening.

Once the wave-breaking protection mechanism is triggered, an additional 12 hours of charging time will be added.

[Charging time: 23:59:58]

The fighting has actually started?

Didn't they say they'd tried a thousand times without success?

Jin Xiaoman stared blankly at the broken wave in her hand, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

Dipping Beans stiffly looked up: "You once wanted to use this cannon to bombard me?"

She raised her voice and asked again, "Money is plentiful, did you ever want to use this to bombard me?"

Jin Xiaoman scratched her head, giving a deeply apologetic smile: "I said I was very confident at the time that it wouldn't hurt you, did you believe me?"

Looking into Jin Xiaoman's sincere eyes, Zhan Dou paused for a moment and said, "Of course I believe you. Didn't you say it could tell who deserved to die?"

"Haha." Jin Xiaoman laughed sheepishly, "Yes, yes."

She looked down at Duan Lang again, her heart pounding so hard it was deafening.

Honey, you didn't say you were this strong, you...

[Ding! Player "Full of Money" has successfully defeated the Level 5 Dangerous Mutant Beast - Golden-Eyed Crocodile. Player is rewarded with 1 "Full of Money" SS-level Treasure Chest.]

At the same time, three energy orbs appeared in front of the three people.

[A gift from Martina.]

According to the game rules, the three players were supposed to choose the light orb themselves, but one of them floated to the spot in front of Zhan Dou.

Dipstick looked at Jin Xiaoman and number 2775, and after receiving their signals, she touched the orb of light.

[S-Rank Talent: Martina's Blessing (Active Skill)]

Triggering the ancient contract will summon a limited-time phantom of Martina to join the battle.

Combat Power Sealing: Bound by the contract, Martina will forget everything from her past and can only exert 80%-150% of the contractor's own combat power.

A message: This is the divine gift Martina bestowed upon her most valiant and skilled child, "Dipping Bean Dipping Bean." Do not grieve for my departure; how do you know I have not reached heaven?

Is this considered a disguised contract?

Diptych didn't know, but she thought, "Now Martina is back by my side."

Jin Xiaoman made the first choice among the remaining two orbs of light.

[S-Rank Talent: Withered Tree Rejuvenates (Passive Skill)]

This passively triggers when the player takes damage, restoring 3% of their maximum defense as health per second for two seconds. It has a ten-minute cooldown and is a non-upgradeable talent.

Compared to when it was on Martina, this talent has been significantly weakened.

Even without knowing that the remaining orb is numbered 2775, Jin Xiaoman could guess that it was most likely the active skill of "Rejuvenation of Withered Trees".

In addition to the three orbs of light, the rewards that also appeared included some game currency, Hearts of Purification, etc., which the three of them divided according to the proportion of the items provided.

After dividing the rewards, the three began to observe their surroundings.

Dipping Beans: "Little panda, look what's that?"

Jin Xiaoman looked in the direction Zhan Dou was pointing: "A photo."

Dipping Beans turned around and said, "You're protecting photos with your cannon? So saintly! Why don't you protect these flowers and plants on my island too?"

The desolate island of Zhan Dou Zhan Dou is too horrible to look at; the surrounding area has been destroyed, with the land now more than ten meters below the average height.

Forget about the flowers and plants, even the stones are gone.

It became a veritable deserted island.

Jin Xiaoman, though unconvinced, retorted defiantly, "How dare you talk like that? Protecting someone is wrong now?"

Dipping Beans: "I've figured it out. You just want to argue with me, to argue without thinking. You don't think at all."

Jin Xiaoman: "You're the same as everyone else."

Dipping Beans: "I owe you, I'm going to get the photos."

Jin Xiaoman saw that Zhan Dou looked listless and said, "Fine, I owe you, I'll take it."

She used force to move left and right inside the blue bubble, controlling her direction until she reached the photo and pulled it into her protective shield.

Then he made a gesture: Find a place that hasn't been bombarded.

Dipping Bean and number 2775 gave each other an "OK" sign, then spread out their long arms and scooped up the squirrel and the fur ball.

The three's first destination was Dip Bean's safe house, since it was the closest place to Dip Bean.

But when the safe house was revealed to the two of them, Jin Xiaoman forced a smile and said, "This... haha... ha..."

Jin Xiaoman sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry."

............