Chapter 370: Shelter

"Young Master, Young Master, Young Master..."

"My Lord, the Young Master has woken up!"

A female voice mixed with excitement and joy gradually reached Xiao Hao's ears. He opened his eyes in a daze, and a blood-red light entered his vision, causing his surroundings to gradually become clear.

Xiao Hao looked at everything around him with some confusion.

A dilapidated wooden house, damp walls, fungi and moss spreading in the corners, the air filled with spores was extremely turbid, and the dust drifting in the air could be seen with the naked eye; it was incredibly stifling.

Standing nearby was a maid with a beautiful face.

At this moment, she looked very excited.

Where is this...

That's right, he has returned.

Xiao Hao recalled everything and fell into deep thought.

At this moment, with a *bang*, the rotten wooden door was kicked open. A middle-aged man with a broad build walked in from outside, his face covered in stubble, looking incredibly decadent.

When the man saw Xiao Hao, he immediately became excited.

"You brat, you finally woke up! Didn't I warn you not to go out casually? If others hadn't happened to see you, you would have already died in the mouths of those monsters outside!"

After the excitement, the man was mostly angry.

Xiao Hao nodded calmly and spoke softly.

"Father, hello."

The man was none other than the former King of Xilie, the future Xiao Lietian.

Xiao Lietian frowned.

Escaping from the mouths of monsters and waking up, the first thing he did was greet him? This was not that brat's personality.

Xiao Hao ignored Xiao Lietian's reaction and continued to look around, observing everything that was both familiar and strange, his heart filled with endless emotion; he had returned after all, to this Desperate Future.

In the Desperate Future, Heaven and Earth are distorted, monsters run rampant, and the human race is either dead or has actively embraced the Pollution to adapt to the environmental changes, turning into monsters or being on the verge of turning into monsters.

However, he was lucky to have a powerful father to protect him, and he was located deep within a shelter suppressed by some powerful beings, so the degree of mutation was not high.

There was hope of living until the end of his natural life without turning into a monster.

However, at that time, he didn't know what kind of madness had taken him; he suddenly ran out of the shelter, then encountered a monster, and then inexplicably was reborn.

And now he had been thrown back again.

What kind of situation is this? Xiao Hao felt bitter in his heart.

And when that Senior Li threw him back, he didn't tell him to do anything specific...

Just as he was feeling at a loss.

He suddenly discovered that a light screen had appeared before his eyes.

"Savior System loading..."

"Loading successful. Welcome, Host, to the use of this system. This system will help the Host become the future savior and save the World."

"Now issuing main quest..."

"Quest reward..."

The text emerged one by one on the virtual light screen, and a emotionless mechanical synthesized voice rang in his ears. Xiao Hao was instantly stunned. What was going on this time? Savior System?

Could this be the method of that Senior Li?

Wait, weren't the quest rewards displayed on it the life-saving secret techniques and secret treasures that his old man had thrown to him? He hurriedly sensed his own body and found that the secret techniques and secret treasures within had all vanished.

Xiao Hao was instantly silent.

The quest reward is his own stuff; what kind of logic is this?

Damn it, the wool comes from the sheep, right?

He felt incredibly aggrieved in his heart.

"You brat have been acting strange since you woke up."

At this time, Xiao Lietian spoke, his expression grave.

To tell the truth, if he hadn't sensed that the brat's soul was still the original soul and that nothing strange had been added, he would have thought Xiao Hao had been parasitized or possessed.

"Father, didn't you see it?"

Xiao Hao pointed at the light screen in front of him.

"See what? Don't play tricks on me, brat. Since you're awake, get up. This place has already been discovered by those monsters. We must leave as soon as possible and head to the next shelter."

Xiao Lietian said suspiciously.

Xiao Hao fell into silence.

Should one say it is worthy of being that senior's method?

He looked grave, sat up straight, and spoke.

"Father, you might not believe it if I tell you. I was reborn into the past before, returning to before the Heaven and Earth Mutation."

Xiao Lietian nodded calmly.

"Then I truly don't believe it."

Having said that, he picked Xiao Hao up with one hand.

"Let's go, don't be foolish. Everything cannot return."

Xiao Lietian carried Xiao Hao out the door like a chick.

Outside the Desperate Future, on the Spirit Bridge that had not yet shattered because of the injection of Source Power into the Time-Space River, Li Heng's gaze was deep, watching this Desperate Future and observing what was happening on Xiao Hao's side.

That so-called Savior System was indeed his handiwork, and this system did have some useful functions; as long as it was used well, Xiao Hao could even make a comeback and become a powerful being.

But he didn't come here to play a protagonist-raising game.

Therefore, fundamentally, Xiao Hao and this Savior System were just bait he had cast out, waiting for the fish to take the hook.

At the same time, Xiao Hao and the Savior System can also be used as coordinates for descent; once the two of them lure out a big fish, he will descend in an instant to catch this big fish, boil it, and eat it!

And before the big fish takes the bait.

He will only descend in the form of a clone or Divine Sense, and will not personally enter the Desperate Future in his true form; after all, he is not stupid. That Desperate Future is a monster, and entering it in his true form would be like a sheep entering a tiger's den, walking into the monster's belly and adding unnecessary risk.

With a movement of his mind, Li Heng's consciousness submerged into the Desperate Future.

Inside the Yi-Zi Ninth Shelter.

"Sigh, it's been discovered here again; it's all that brat Xiao Hao's fault. Now there are very few shelters left."

"In the ten years since the Heaven and Earth changed, the situation has become increasingly dire; isn't that obvious? We are merely lingering on our last breaths, what other choice do we have? We only hope to live out our natural lives."

"I apologize to you two on behalf of this brat..."

Xiao Lietian dragged Xiao Hao in front of these two Heavenly Human experts who were talking to each other, and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

"It's not us two old men that your son needs to apologize to, it's all the humans in the shelter! If he hadn't suddenly run out, could this place have been discovered so easily?"

One of the Heavenly Human elders snorted coldly.

"Sigh, forget it, forget it. Let's not argue at a time like this. For the sake of old Xiao, why bother bickering with a junior? Besides, we have long planned to relocate to the Yi-Zi First Shelter."

The other Heavenly Human elder acted as a peacemaker.

Yi-Zi First Shelter?

Xiao Hao, who was standing to the side in a daze, felt his heart stir.

Within the Desperate Future, there exist some human shelters used to avoid the abnormal laws of the outside Heaven and Earth, generally categorized by the distinctions of Jia, Yi, and Bing.

The strongest in a Bing-Zi shelter is a Dharma Aspect, while in an Yi-Zi it is a Heavenly Human, and as for the Jia-Zi, it is said to be Heavenly Human Above. However, because the current environment is becoming increasingly harsh, the humans in the Bing-Zi shelters have basically all died or turned into monsters, existing in name only.

"Two seniors, is that Yi-Zi First Shelter very powerful?" Xiao Hao asked curiously.

Although Yi-Zi shelters are divided into first and second, the difference is not that great; after all, the strongest is only a Heavenly Human. Is this worth them planning a relocation ahead of time?

"Shut your mouth, this is not your place to speak."

Xiao Lietian frowned and reprimanded him.

"Hehe, old Xiao, don't be so harsh on the junior. Actually, this isn't any secret; the reason we are moving there is because that Yi-Zi shelter has a Saint Statue."

That peacemaker Heavenly Human smiled slightly.

Saint Statue? Xiao Hao was stunned.

At this moment, above the Heaven and Earth Void.

The Three Sages of the Future were still standing there.

However, their current state was not very optimistic; each of their figures had become somewhat ethereal, appearing and disappearing faintly.

"Sigh, this is troublesome. The imprints we left among the humans are getting weaker and weaker; perhaps they don't even know of our existence anymore."

"This makes no sense. Didn't we leave behind statues? The statues can protect the humans; the humans should remember us and even offer sacrifices to us."

The middle-aged-looking Sage said with sorrow.

"Indeed, we cannot hold on for much longer."

The youth-looking Sage also began to feel somewhat decadent and was speechless.

Then he spoke again, somewhat frantically.

"So, was that guy who was shouting about descending to the future just blowing hot air? I haven't descended yet, and we haven't sensed any movement; we simply can't smuggle ourselves back to the present through him!"

The elderly-looking Sage did not answer.

But from the expression on his face, one could see that his heart was not calm; he was indeed doubting his judgment. Could it be that he really misjudged him? Was that person really just blowing hot air?

Was he actually incapable of descending to the future at all?

"Alright, alright, stop shouting, you're making yourselves anxious."

A light laugh sounded in the ears of the three.

Afterwards, Li Heng's figure quietly emerged.