Chapter 184: Luck Doubled!

Lin Yifan's heart twitched violently, as if pierced by an invisible blade.

Although he himself didn't want to face it, he had to admit that after this illusion incident, he indeed developed somewhat different feelings for Ruan Qingdan.

Although Lin Changsheng kept saying he was his future self, to Lin Yifan he was merely a stranger!

Aside from their faces bearing a slight resemblance, they shared nothing else in common.

He found it hard to regard this person as his future self!

However, Lin Changsheng now told him that Ruan Qingdan had died for him!

This really made Lin Yifan find it hard to accept, even though it was something that never happened to him, it was still the same.

Thus, he spoke somewhat irritably:

"Alright, my affairs are none of your business; if you have anything to declare, do it quickly—your body has reached its limit, and even if I wanted to save you, I couldn't."

Actually, it's not that Lin Yifan didn't want to save Lin Changsheng; it's that his body had truly completely collapsed, and though he hasn't fully died yet, it's likely because he's already been transformed into the Cthulhu clan, that is, 【Maggot Human Bone】.

Otherwise, he would have long been dead!

And Lin Changsheng's gaze gradually scattered, his voice growing ever weaker:

"I've already said what needed to be said; what couldn't be said, you'll have to rely on yourself. I hope you can find a path with more hope."

Saying this, he lifted his head to gaze at the red moon, a hint of mockery flickering at the corner of his mouth, leaving his final words:

"I believe you can defeat it!"

As his words fell, his body instantly began to burn without flame, reducing his body and all his belongings to a pile of ash.

Lin Yifan stared at that pile of ash, momentarily stunned!

Even if he had many doubts before, now he could be certain: this was his future self!

No, more accurately, this is the future of another timeline, not his own future!

Because he has changed the present, his future will absolutely not be this ghastly version!

Lin Yifan took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the sky; the red moon still hung in the firmament.

However, from the red moon he sensed only evil wrath.

"I never expected that, before I even figured out how to survive, I'd already provoked such a formidable foe—really, they think highly of me!" Lin Yifan gave a wry smile and didn't think further.

No matter what, his path must continue forward; thinking more would be useless.

And at that moment, a new information prompt finally appeared on the light screen before Lin Yifan.

【Now beginning to broadcast the Heavy Rain Disaster progress (once per hour)】

【Current Disaster Countdown: 6 hours (ends tomorrow morning at 8:00)】

【Now beginning to broadcast the Current Disaster mission progress (once per hour)】

【District remaining population: 46,543 people (currently ranked 1st)】

【Congratulations, Survivor Mr. Lin Yifan, in this disaster you contributed 16,325 points to all survivors in the district. (This information is viewable only by yourself)】

Lin Yifan looked at the information and suddenly realized that these broadcasts were almost identical to the previous disaster mission progress broadcasts.

It seems he wasn't mistaken; the core of the disaster mission is simply the number of survivors in this district.

As long as the number of survivors in the district remains stable, securing first place isn't difficult.

Lin Yifan let out a sigh of relief, and I didn't pay any more attention to it.

Because the heavy rain has stopped now, it's clear that the so-called Heavy Rain Disaster is just the red moon hanging in the heavens causing trouble.

And the reason he got dragged into the illusion realm is likely because he used the Source of All Waters to directly halt the entire disaster's progress, thereby angering the red moon.

Nevertheless, Lin Yifan has no regrets!

Moreover, regarding this matter, he also figured out what the Maggot Human Bone actually is.

This gave him at least some reassurance in his heart.

And Lin Yifan now noticed that the thick fog that had constantly been present before had now turned into a light mist.

Although it still slightly hinders visibility, the visibility has improved considerably.

Standing here, he could even faintly see, on the mountain where he obtained the Bloodsucking Vine Seedling, that swaying Man-Eating Flower.

As long as the formation beneath the Water Pool remains active, the Purifying Power will not dissipate.

Perhaps this amount of Purifying Power cannot purify the entire district, but at least around his Shelter it should be maintainable for a while.

So, Lin Yifan didn't bother with the formation in the Water Pool; seeing that it was getting late, he headed straight toward the Shelter.

He was busy all night long; to say he wasn't tired would be false, and besides, he faintly heard wolf howls in the distance.

Although he didn't know if it was the same wolf pack as before, he currently had no desire to confront them.

It wasn't fear; he was simply exhausted!

Upon returning to the Shelter, Lin Yifan discovered that the Source of All Waters, which had originally been floating in midair and combined with the light of the formation in the Water Pool, was still a child hanging in midair.

Only his mindset had somewhat changed!

Originally it was a drop of light blue water; now it had become a light blue ice crystal.

Moreover, as Lin Yifan approached, the ice crystal shot toward his forehead at lightning speed; he didn't even have time to dodge, and the ice crystal struck his forehead squarely.

However, the imagined intense pain did not come; instead, a faint cool sensation enveloped his entire head.

He curiously touched his forehead and discovered a small protrusion there, similar in shape to the ice crystal.

Just as he was about to find a mirror to look at it, his body was instantly enveloped by icy cold.

Especially at the spine in his back, waves of cold converged there, as if trying to freeze his spine into an icicle.

He shivered, quickly reaching out to try to pry the protrusion on his forehead off, but no matter how he fiddled with it, it wouldn't budge.

On the contrary, his skin grew sore from his picking; after about half a minute, the icy cold on his body suddenly vanished.

Only his spine remained slightly cool, but without discomfort; rather, it felt as if some power within his body was quietly awakening.

Lin Yifan frowned, for a moment unable to figure out what had happened to his body.

However, just then, a string of information suddenly appeared on the screen in front of him.

【Detected that your body is fusing with the Ice Crystal Primordial Entity, please wait patiently!】

【Fusion progress 5%……】

【Fusion progress 10%……】

……

Although I don't know what this Ice Crystal Primordial Entity is, it must be related to the Ten Thousand Waters Source.

Perhaps because the purifying power of the Ten Thousand Waters Source was exhausted, it turned into the Ice Crystal Primordial Entity.

But no matter what, this thing likely won't harm him!

If it really wanted to harm him, that blow just now would have left him with no power to resist.

I just don't know what benefits fusing with this thing will bring.

But everything is out of his control, so Lin Yifan can only wait quietly.

So he also got tired of waiting in place, returned to the Shelter, lit a fire, and simply prepared to make himself dinner.

After being busy for so long, he hadn't even eaten a hot meal; life had zero sense of experience.

The crocodile meat jerky that he had asked Hong Shaqiang to help make had all been finished.

His skill was good; the jerky he made could be eaten directly or used for further processing.

Lin Yifan rarely wanted some hot soup, so he went to the Trading Hall, picked up two radishes, added them to the jerky and directly stewed a pot of radish meat soup.

Needless to say, although his cooking wasn't great, with the boost from the Mithril Cast Iron Pot, his pot of meat soup turned out quite delicious.

While he was happily drinking his soup, his Private Chat Channel suddenly lit up.

Lin Yifan opened the Private Chat Channel, unexpectedly it was a message from Chen Rainuo.

Chen Rainuo: "Junior, do you know what exactly happened with this disaster? Clearly earlier tonight there was a torrential downpour, many people's Shelters were about to be flooded, but not long after the rain stopped, and it hasn't rained since—has the disaster ended?"

Lin Yifan thought about it, and indeed didn't hide anything, directly replying:

"The disaster has indeed ended, but only our District has ended; other Districts should still be ongoing."

At that moment, Chen Rainuo was lying on a Simple Wooden Bed, with a thick blanket half under her and half over her.

Seeing this message, she suddenly sat up on the bed, her face full of shock.

Then she quickly sent a message with her thoughts:

"The disaster ended? Really? The disaster can actually end early? The last disaster lasted all night, didn't it? What's going on?"

Lin Yifan couldn't be bothered to explain much, so he replied directly:

"I said it ended, so it ended; nobody said a disaster can't end early; as for why, I don't want to explain."

Perhaps he once had a bit of fondness for Chen Rainuo, but that was long ago.

Later he even had a new girlfriend, and now he's more fond of Ru Qingdan, so naturally he doesn't feel much for this senior whom he once liked.

So answering the question also became a bit impatient!

Moreover, he didn't want too many people to know about the Illusion Realm matter, so he didn't want to explain much.

And Chen Rainuo is also a smart person; she clearly sensed Lin Yifan's mood, so she didn't ask further, just cautiously probed:

"Since that's the case, do you want to go to the chat channel and tell everyone about this? Everyone's still hanging on this!"

"You are the strongest in our District; this disaster ended early because of you, so only your words can make everyone trust."

Lin Yifan naturally could see Chen Rainuo's probe, wanting to see if the disaster's end was related to him.

He was a bit tired of such probing, so he simply opened the chat channel.

It was already past 2 a. m., but the chat channel remained extremely lively.

Most people were discussing this disaster.

"By the way, what exactly is going on? Why did the rain stop?"

"Yeah, wasn't the heavy rain disaster supposed to last until tomorrow morning? It's only half past two at night, the rain stopped—could something have gone wrong?"

"Pah pah pah! Jinx! The rain stopping isn't bad? Do you really want a few people to drown before you're satisfied?"

"Exactly! But speaking of which, the rain stopping is indeed suspicious... Do you think someone might have triggered a hidden mechanism, ending the disaster early?"

"Nonsense! Can a disaster end early? Do you think you're playing a game?"

"Who knows! Don't forget last time, our District mysteriously got first place; maybe there really is a big shot pulling strings behind the scenes!"

……

Lin Yifan looked at these discussions and directly sent a message:

"The heavy rain disaster has indeed ended early; everyone can rest easy."

As soon as this message came out, the entire chat channel exploded.

"Holy crap! It's Lin Yifan the big shot!"

"The big shot personally spoke! Looks like it really ended!"

"I said it! Definitely Lin the big shot's doing! Last time the disaster, he led us to first place!"

"Lin the big shot is awesome! Please accept my knee!"

……

Seeing the screen full of praise, Lin Yifan felt no pride, merely adding lightly:

"But this is only our District's situation; other Districts should still be ongoing. Everyone, seize the time to rest; tomorrow there will be new challenges."

After sending that message, he closed the chat channel, no longer paying attention to the cheers and questions.

He lowered his gaze to his information panel; the fusion progress of the Ice Crystal Primordial Entity had reached 65%, the icy chill at his spine becoming increasingly obvious, even beginning to spread throughout his body.

"Looks like I won't be sleeping tonight……" Lin Yifan gave a wry smile, shook his head, simply sat by the fire, sipping his meat soup while quietly waiting for the fusion to finish.

However, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something.

That is his talent skill——Daily Buff!

Before, every day when it reached midnight, he would eagerly go draw a new Daily Buff.

And each Daily Buff that refreshed basically never disappointed him; they were extremely useful to him.

Today, because of the previous incident, he actually forgot such an important matter!

If he had drawn the buff back then, who knows, the Illusion Realm might not have broken so difficultly!

Lin Yifan's heart was full of regret, the alliance began to draw buff.

"Draw!"

【Draw Success! Today's Daily Buff: Luck Doubled!】

【Luck Doubled: You will be very lucky today! Please do whatever you want to do right away, your success rate will keep rising!】

Lin Yifan looked at the message, his eyebrows twitched slightly!

Well, don't say it, this buff may be simple and crude, but it's indeed useful.

His original luck was already not bad; now luck doubled, so tomorrow when he goes out to reclaim land, he estimates he'll have a big harvest!

And at this moment, the fusion progress of the 【Ice Crystal Prototype】 finally reached 100%.

【Congratulations! The Ice Crystal Prototype fusion succeeded, awakening the second talent: 【Ice Vein】!】

【Triggered Luck Doubled! The second talent 【Ice Vein】 evolved into 【Ice Body】!】