The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Now that the victim has appeared, the zombie king will arrive in two or three minutes at most. Although he has the advantage of waiting patiently and being caught off guard, a fierce battle is inevitable.

So Su Ning waited and waited and waited and waited... until dawn was breaking, but the Corpse King he had expected still hadn't appeared.

Suning: "..."

After hastily disposing of the tools, Su Ning dragged his weary body back to his rented apartment building. On the way back, he kept thinking about one question.

...Where exactly did the problem go wrong?

Suning appeared quite heavy-hearted, even somewhat bitter.

Having missed such a good opportunity, he had almost completely eliminated the possibility of killing that zombie king again... Was it due to the butterfly effect caused by his own rebirth?

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"Well, congratulations, you have successfully dealt a significant blow to the confidence of a certain protagonist, causing his future fate to deviate slightly."

Seeing the predetermined "protagonist" of a certain world return to his house in a daze, Shi Bai shrugged and turned to Yakumo Yukari, who was studying the zombie king, and began to speak.

"First come, first served. What does it matter to me if he's incompetent? It's a wonder he actually had the nerve to spend the whole night in the women's restroom..."

She curled her lip, her face full of disdain.

"Getting back to the point, I think I've now found a way to save the world."

"Oh? What method? Did you figure something out so quickly while researching this weird thing?"

After listening to Yakumo Yukari's story, Shi Bai raised an eyebrow with great curiosity.

"No, I haven't figured anything out. Viruses are too difficult to understand."

Standing up from the ground, Yukari Yakumo shook her head.

"However, the biology books I looked at online last night did give me a few hints."

"What hint?"

"It's simple. Since the main body of that virus is a key to evolution, then let everyone in the world become immune to the virus."

Holding up a finger, Yukari Yakumo appeared quite confident.

"Isn't there an immune protagonist right next door to my house? If I can use him as a template, all I need to do in the future is develop the realms of both immune and non-immune individuals!!"

"And then what? There are so many people in the world. Even if you had three months, you still wouldn't have enough time, would you?"

Shi Bai took two bags of ice cream out of the refrigerator and casually tossed one bag to Yakumo Yukari.

"I'm not surprised that you can solve the virus problem, but that's not the key issue."

"Isn't there internet? This powerful communication tool can completely meet my minimum requirements."

Holding up her laptop on the sofa, Yukari Yakumo looked brimming with confidence.

"If I can gain enough attention online and become a global icon, I can save the world!!"

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P.S.: Ah, I'll save the third update for tomorrow. My head hurts, I'm about to...

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Chapter Seven: Magical Boy Saves the World

As someone who was reborn three years after the apocalypse, Su Ning is currently quite bewildered.

Having survived the apocalypse for three years, he believed that no one in the world was more familiar with the future situation than him. Although the plan to hunt the Corpse King failed for unknown reasons, he did not give up. Instead, he actively prepared for the next plan.

However, his plan was only halfway through when, to his astonishment, a purplish-red rift silently opened before him, and a stunningly beautiful blonde girl gracefully stepped out...

While spatial ability users are extremely rare in the apocalypse, they are not non-existent. But the problem is, this is three months before the apocalypse... Are you kidding me? Or am I not the only one reborn from the apocalypse?

For a moment, Su Ning was in a state of utter confusion.

Then, seeing the Corpse King, bound tightly with duct tape and falling out of the crack like a maggot, whom he had waited for all night in the women's restroom without success, his feelings became even more complicated. He was completely in a state of "Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?"

He felt there was something wrong with the world.

"So, are you willing to take on this responsibility?"

Looking at Su Ning, who was clearly still in a daze, Yakumo Yukari frowned in dissatisfaction.

"If you're unwilling, I won't force you. I can find someone else. The reason I chose you is because you're the most familiar with these matters. I'll ask you one more time: are you willing to save the world?"

"Uh……"

Sitting blankly on the ground, Su Ning nodded dumbly... although he didn't quite understand what the other person meant.

—Then what happened next shattered his original values ​​one by one.

"Choose whatever you like, this is a grand opening sale, don't miss it, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

Yesterday, I saw my new neighbor sitting in front of me with a smile at the entrance of the building. Various strange points of light in his hand floated in front of me.

"Mr. Shi, these... these are all systems?"

Looking at the points of light in front of him, Su Ning couldn't help but swallow.

He naturally knew about systems, after all, he was a novelist himself, and he had read quite a few novels with systems. He originally thought it was a rebirth novel with himself as the protagonist, then he thought it was a fantasy rebirth novel, but now it turns out to be a rebirth fantasy system novel?

"That's right, this is our gift to you."

Faced with his question, the neighbor, who had become incredibly mysterious in his eyes, smiled quite gently.

"My brother and I are wandering merchants who travel through countless worlds. We travel from one world to another because this world is about to be destroyed. That's why we're staying here briefly, hoping to save this civilization and this world."

"really?"

Looking up at the blonde woman sitting on the sofa in front of the computer, seemingly doing something, Su Ning appeared quite excited.

"Can you really save the world? Everyone in the world is infected with a mysterious virus, and the virus will break out in three... two months and twenty-nine days. At that time, the virus will kill nearly 80% of the world's population. Can you really save the world!?"

"Mr. Su, please don't get agitated. We came here with peaceful intentions. If you can fully cooperate with our actions, then this world will surely be saved."

With a smile, Shi Bai pointed to the systems in front of him that he had brought back.

"Due to certain restrictions, we cannot act arbitrarily. You are the savior we have chosen to save the world. These are some trinkets I collected when I was bored. Choose one first."

"May I ask if there's anything you need me to do?"

After a moment's hesitation, Su Ning spoke, but as soon as he finished speaking, he quickly waved his hand to avoid any misunderstanding.

"It's not that I doubt you or anything, it's just that I really can't think of any way I can help you, I feel..."

“Mr. Su, don’t underestimate yourself. Believe in yourself. To save this world, you…”

"It's very simple. In order to save the world, you must debut as a popular idol. You have about three months to achieve this goal."

Before the mysterious neighbor could finish speaking, the girl sitting on the sofa suddenly interrupted, turning her computer screen towards him as well.

"Can you do what these big internet celebrities do?"

"To become...an idol?"

After receiving the answer, Suning was completely dumbfounded.

"Ahem... That's right, because our main goal is to collect various human emotions and then use that power to save the world."

Shi Bai glanced at Yakumo Yukari speechlessly, coughed a few times, and then continued speaking.

"We can talk about some things later, Mr. Su. Why don't you choose a system that belongs to you first?"

"Oh……"

With a dazed expression, Su Ning raised his hand and pressed it against the nearest pink dot of light. In an instant, the dot of light spontaneously merged into his body.

Then, immediately afterward, a pleasant voice, seemingly quite aggrieved, rang out in his mind.

[Welcome to the Magical Girl System. This system is dedicated to transforming you into a perfect magical girl. Please...]

Su Ning didn't listen to anything that followed, because he was completely dumbfounded.

"Wait, wait a minute, why is it a magical girl...?"

"Fate is predetermined. This means you, Mr. Su, are destined to be with magical girls. Congratulations! This system is one of the most highly regarded systems among my collections."

Shi Bai waved his hand to collect the other points of light and then congratulated the other party in a serious manner.

"...Can I uninstall this system?"

"Mr. Su, do you want to save the world, or do you not want to save the world?"

The man in front of me had the same gentle smile on his face as always.

Suning: "..."

...He now feels like he might be in a comedic novel about a reborn system where he is the protagonist.

Watching a newly minted, dazed magical boy walk out of her house, Yukari Yakumo, curled up on the sofa with a laptop in her arms, turned to look at him.

Do you think he's a good match?

"Otherwise, since you're unwilling to debut as an idol, you can only choose someone else. Otherwise, if you were bound to a magical girl system or a goddess development system, there wouldn't be any chance for that guy."

While tidying up the coffee table which was covered with snack bags, Shi Bai replied rather irritably.

"Also, next time you buy snacks, remember to throw those trash bags in the trash can. What kind of job is it to make me clean up after them all the time?"

"Anyway, don't you consider yourself my older brother? Since you're my elder brother, it's only right that you help with these little things."

Yukari Yakumo looked completely at ease.

"I've searched online for information about magical girls before. Making me dress so shamefully and recite such embarrassing lines in front of so many people is worse than death. Besides, I've heard that magical girls often fight with tentacles..."

"Stop, stop, stop! What kind of garbage are you searching for online?! You'd better not browse those websites anymore, or I'll cut off your internet."

Shi Bai interrupted the other person, clearly in pain from his teeth.

"And what about the Goddess System? If you don't want to become a magical girl, can't you just become a goddess?"

"I am a sage among demons, how could I possibly become a god?!"

"........."

Regardless of the system, each possesses various wondrous powers, and those who are favored by a system can be considered chosen ones. This is because a system, in essence, is the embodiment of the ultimate essence of a world, and the powers possessed by different types of systems basically represent the original power of that world.

If we want to save this world, then we must connect with this world itself. The simplest, most convenient and quickest way is to bind ourselves to a system.

Yukari Yakumo initially harbored considerable curiosity about those systems, but after learning about their capabilities, she absolutely refused to bind herself to them. Therefore, she had no choice but to settle for the protagonist, Su Ning. In truth, it didn't matter which system he chose, as long as he could serve as a bridge connecting to this world itself.

Actually, as the protagonist chosen by the world itself, Su Ning's luck is not bad. After all, the [Magical Girl System] is much better than the [Peerless Transvestite System], right?

Normally, systems like the "Goddess System" or "Magical Girl System" would never choose a male as their host; they would only select kind-hearted and beautiful girls. However, they are at the mercy of others, and in front of a great demon king who can destroy them at any time, they have no choice but to submit.

"Well... something is better than nothing..."

Back in his home, after glancing at the zombie king writhing on the floor like a maggot, Su Ning collapsed onto the sofa, intending to take a good rest and rebuild his shattered worldview.

I was originally a reincarnated person who was reborn from after the apocalypse back to before the apocalypse, yes, that's correct. The apocalypse will arrive in three months, so I need to desperately increase my power before then, yes, that's also correct. Then I encountered two strange visitors, and in the end, I was bound to the [Magical Girl System] and became a magical girl… yes, that's also correct… What the hell?!

Su Ning really wanted to curse, especially when she saw herself transformed into a magical girl in the mirror, wearing an extremely eye-catching pink dress and holding a sparkly pink magic wand.

"Forget it, I'm saving the world, I'm saving the world, saving the world and... I don't care about my personal reputation..."

Taking a deep breath, Su Ning closed her eyes in an attempt to hypnotize herself.

So what if I become an extremely cringeworthy magical girl if I can save the world? True heroes are always lonely!!

That's right, I am a lone hero!

Hmm... I'll go buy a face mask to cover my face later, after all, I can't bear the embarrassment... Wait, why is this newbie gift pack empty?? WTFK???

Su Ning has always been a man of action, and after obtaining the [Magical Girl System], with the support of those magical abilities, his actions became even faster.

Within a few days, urban legends about a perverted masked magical boy with outrageous clothes but a compassionate heart and a strong sense of justice had spread widely throughout the city.

After more and more film and television materials were uploaded to the internet by netizens, the police, who were at their wits' end in their search for the corpse king, finally noticed the existence of this magical boy.

On an unusually noisy midday, in the largest shopping plaza in the city center, the legendary magical boy reappeared, engaging in a duel in full view of the crowd against a zombie king who had been bound for six or seven days and had become extremely irritable.