Chapter 197

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Give me the data, I'll handle it."

Shen Yao took the relevant data content and sat in the car, lowering her head to read it carefully.

The perceptive Person in Charge no longer spoke to disturb her; she also instructed the driver in front to drive slower.

Soon, Shen Yao and her group arrived at the destination.

The originally affected Apartment Building had been cordoned off with a Fence, and Police were restricting entry and exit of people in the relevant area.

It was no longer the undisclosed situation of previous years; nowadays the entire Huaguo populace had grown accustomed to it, and the bold even gathered to the side to watch the spectacle.

"How is it inside? Did the other side say anything?"

The Person in Charge ran off to communicate, but returned moments later with an ugly expression.

"The situation is bad. The other side refuses to communicate, and the people inside are of unknown life or death."

This was the worst possibility; they might not even be able to rescue the people inside.

Shen Yao signaled the other party to calm down, closed her eyes with a calm expression, and used her continuously extending Shenfu to inspect the Apartment Building's interior.

"The people are still okay, but need to be dealt with as soon as possible." She named several areas where crowds were dense. "I'll deal with those obstructive Magic Cultivators; you take the opportunity to rescue the people out.

Also, there are Magic Cultivators deliberately disguised as Ordinary People inside. Everyone bring your tools and be careful to identify them."

As her words fell, Shen Yao's figure directly vanished without a trace.

Seeing this, the Person in Charge exhaled and called the others to act as Shen Yao said.

"Time is urgent, we can't delay too long. Shen Yao isn't from our squad; once this is done, she'll soon be transferred elsewhere to fight fires."

Huaguo is too vast; even if only a few sporadic incidents occur in one place, the accumulation is enough to cost lives.

Not everyone has Shen Yao's ability; fighting Magic Cultivators requires utmost caution, otherwise you're sending food to the Magic Cultivators while adding difficulty to your own side.

Everyone rushed to their own Battlefield. Facing the strong enemies coming at them, they had no road to retreat. If they couldn't win beautifully, what awaited them was only endless sinking and despair.

Shen Yao had already arrived inside the Apartment Building and did not linger overlong in the Stairwell.

Along the way, Magic Qi constantly overflowed, Magic Beasts jumped out; Shen Yao killed them one strike each, and didn't forget to place items that could clear Magic Qi beneath her feet.

The dispute between Magic Qi and Spiritual Energy has existed since the beginning. They are like two sides endlessly entwined; before a thorough verdict of high and low, no one can separate them.

Bang—

A distant Room door was pushed open, and Puppets eroded by Magic Qi began attacking Shen Yao.

She sidestepped to dodge the Puppet's attack, the Long Sword gripped tightly in her hand slashing horizontally; Sword Light was fierce and cold, cutting the oncoming Puppets in two halves.

The Puppets had no consciousness, let alone thought.

They stumbled and rushed over, like warriors fearless of life and death.

Shen Yao continued walking forward, killing an unknown number of Magic Beasts along the way.

The Stairs beneath her feet had already been stained black; dense corpses made one nauseous to look at.

Shen Yao's face was expressionless. Since the Magic Qi Invasion intensified, she had long grown accustomed to scenes like this before her eyes.

Drip drip—

Black Water dripping from the sword tip fell to the ground, also awakening Shen Yao's rationality.

Beautiful Xiguang Liuming Flowers appeared out of thin air, melting and decomposing the surrounding Magic Qi.

Golden radiance filled the entire Stairwell, and also summoned Magic Cultivators from not far away.

Shen Yao's main purpose was to lure out the Magic Cultivators staying with the trapped people, to facilitate the outside people entering to rescue.

The Xiguang Liuming Flower being revered as a Buddha Flower by Buddhist Cultivators of the Cultivation World naturally has its reason.

Like mice smelling lamp oil, the Magic Cultivators swarmed toward Shen Yao in droves.

The two sides collided head-on, a life-and-death battle where only one survives.

Shen Yao tossed the Xiguang Liuming Flower in her hand high up, turned and swung her Long Sword, delivering fatal blows to these Magic Cultivators.

Cooperating with the Light Halo emitted by the Xiguang Liuming Flower, the Magic Cultivators gradually fell into a disadvantage, becoming dead souls under Shen Yao's sword.

However, Shen Yao handling this side with ease didn't mean other places were also smooth sailing.

Despite Shen Yao's reminder and various tools for detecting Magic Cultivators, the Rescue Personnel saving Ordinary People still suffered significant casualties.

Even this wasn't the end; some people, even after being rescued, had no gratitude whatsoever, or rather had despaired to the point of losing control — complaints that rescuers came too late were everywhere.

Outside was a chaotic mess, until Shen Yao appeared covered in Fierce Evil Magic Qi; everyone fell silent in tacit agreement.

"If you don't want to die, shut up. Being able to save you is already lucky; many people don't even have this hope."

Insufficient manpower is the hardest point; the Investigation Bureau and Patrollers are all overloaded.

When the day comes that the two Forces collapse, that will be when the entire Huaguo officially falls.

"No one left inside. Prepare the goods, demolish the entire building."

This is the simplest and most convenient method, although the Expense is huge.

The Person in Charge nodded in agreement, telling those who could still move to hurry and prepare the Explosives.

"You, are you an Investigation Bureau expert? Why couldn't you come save us earlier?"

"Yes yes, we are Ordinary People with no means of self-protection; if you don't come, we can only wait to die."

Who wants to die if they can live? The venting just now was just pent-up frustration in their hearts.

Once rationality returned, they understood even more clearly how difficult their current situation was.

"Don't want to die? Then rely on your own efforts to survive. Counting on others will forever leave you passive."

Shen Yao took out a handkerchief and wiped the sword body; the long sword, originally stained black, returned to a silver-white color, and flowing light kept flashing across the blade.

"Sounds nice, but how are we supposed to rely on ourselves?" They didn't even have basic combat methods.

Where there were complaints, there were people smoothing things over; any clear-eyed person knew Shen Yao's identity was not low.

Daring to offend people without regard for her life at a time like this — be careful you don't get targeted and end up worse off than dead.

"Soon, there'll be a way right away." The Investigation Bureau and the Patrollers have already produced a plan; they're just waiting for the timing to ripen, then they'll roll it out comprehensively.

With the explosion of the explosives, the entire apartment building collapsed and turned to ashes.

Shen Yao feared those magic beasts might revive after death, so she simply laid an array on top of them.

Having smoothly resolved these matters, she let out a long breath and immediately rushed off to the next incident site without stopping.

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In all of Huaguo, there were quite a few people running around like Shen Yao; without exception, they were all Big Shots.

When the entire planet falls into trouble, this world's consciousness will try every means to save itself.

The three children Shen Yao gave birth to were entrusted by the world consciousness with the Savior's responsibility, but that doesn't mean other people won't be favored by the world consciousness.

For many years, Shen Yao has maintained a neither-close-nor-distant distance with the Investigation Bureau and the Patrollers; for the three parties, this has both benefits and harms.

Overall, though, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.

Just like now — Shen Yao has already confirmed there are traitors inside the Investigation Bureau and the Patrollers, but the Investigation Bureau and the Patrollers haven't been able to figure out her trump cards.

She can wait calmly for them to make a move, while they have to be wary of her every action.

"System, those people can barely hold back anymore, right? Five years in, and they still haven't improved."

Shen Yao didn't know what to say; magic cultivators — stupid, vicious, and evil.

Unable to make headway in the Strange Instances, they turned to attacking the Reality World, not realizing the Strange Instances are supposed to be their Base Camp.

Without those magic sources inside the Strange Instances, is the Reality World really that easy to breach?

Not to mention Shen Yao has even given birth to a Spirit Vein; the current Spiritual Qi Revival is truly stepping forward, advancing toward a Cultivation Era.

"Didn't expect them to be this stupid; the traps the Host laid down earlier are enough to give them a hard time."

The System also finds the development boring; don't be fooled by how busy the Host seems right now — all this is just to confuse those watching her.

Openly repairing the plank road, secretly crossing at Chencang!

On the surface Shen Yao runs around, but underneath she has plenty of small moves.

Besides, Shen Liu Nian and Shen Luo Sheng have grown up and can share Shen Yao's burden.

Right now it's just that Shen Chen Xi is too young to show her face directly; otherwise all three kids would be pressed into service by Shen Yao.

"Still far from enough; magic qi creatures — even if you wipe them out completely, they'll still return and make a comeback."

While hurrying on her way, Shen Yao explained to the System why magic qi is harder to deal with than spiritual energy.

Human hearts!

Human hearts are greedy, desires too heavy — these are all points that can lead people into demonic cultivation.

As long as human hearts don't change, magic qi will never disappear; it will only lie dormant, waiting for the chance to make a comeback.

"But what does that have to do with me? That's all future people's business." She can't possibly be expected to handle the vague, intangible after-sales.

Right now she only needs to help the three children save this tottering world, claim the rewards she's owed, and this Mission World will count as perfectly completed.

"How much Merit have we received so far? If in the end I sacrifice myself for this world's righteousness, will the World Consciousness compensate me with extra Merit?"

Shen Yao suddenly thought of a clever scheme — like in some stories, a happy family ending is more pleasing, but a tragic ending elevates the theme more.

Shen Yao doesn't have much attachment to this world, even though Xi Chen and the three children are here.

She has to admit her feelings have grown increasingly indifferent; Shen Yao feels no inner fluctuation, even using her own life to stir up trouble is done calmly.

The System was startled by the Host's question; it first confirmed the Merit Value in hand: "Host had better not take risks; perhaps staying could yield even more."

Shen Yao didn't care: "No matter how much more, there's a fixed limit; a newborn world where spiritual energy has just revived — how many treasures can there be for me to harvest wool from?"

Instead, she might as well set her sights on the World Consciousness.

After all, the World Consciousness is truly rich, possessing Absolute Authority over the entire planet; it can be called the True Ruler of the whole planet.

System: ……

The System couldn't win against the Host in argument, so it could only beg her in a low voice to not stir up trouble for now.

"Right now isn't the time for the Host to sacrifice for the masses' righteousness; I suggest the Host think more on it — best to dispel this notion."

As a System that loves peace and likes happy family endings, it hates family-destruction scenarios most. Waaah, because that would make it uncomfortable and it'd shed Small Pearls.

Shen Yao: ……