Student Xiao Yizhou was an Anomaly cub who had only just awakened this year.
During his awakening, Xiao Yizhou suffered a massive shock to his worldview.
After all, whether it was the fact that "the motorhome his family drove every day was actually his dad's transformation" or that "his dad was the motorhome itself," it was enough to fry the brain of the young Xiao, who had believed himself to be an ordinary person until then.
Fortunately, worldviews are things you get used to once they've been shattered enough times.
Regardless, Xiao Yizhou adapted extremely quickly. He had performed brilliantly in the subsequent Internship Instance, wiping out his opponents with the strength of a single Anomaly.
This wasn't because he was exceptionally gifted; it was mainly because Internship Instances were often small, indoor settings, which happened to perfectly suit his traits.
That’s right—Xiao Yizhou was an Anomaly that required a fixed base. To put it simply, he was an "Earthbound Spirit."
Normally, his type was better suited to being an Instance BOSS. An open-world invasion mission like this was incredibly restrictive for him.
But Student Xiao Yizhou wasn't worried.
All he had to do was find a closed space with a high volume of foot traffic and hunker down there.
Kill a batch of people, then intentionally let a batch go to create chaos and cloud their vision—this would allow for a sustainable harvest.
And Student Xiao Yizhou had found a genius location.
That was the military camp... latrines.
Everyone had to use the bathroom, so the foot traffic here was rock-solid. Combined with the other Anomalies causing trouble elsewhere, even if someone went missing, searching for them would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
With this series of operations, even a master detective would find it difficult to identify a common thread among the victims.
Xiao Yizhou sat smugly in the latrine, waiting for progress points to deliver themselves to his door. His self-satisfaction hadn't even lasted two minutes, however, before he realized the entire latrine was empty—not even a fly was in sight.
He hurriedly pulled up the Anomaly Web forum to take a look and was instantly dumbfounded.
It turned out that by order of the Holy City's Son of God, the entire Holy City army had been deployed to hunt down mutant beasts.
"Does this damned Son of God have no brain?" Xiao Yizhou roared inwardly.
"What do mutant beasts have to do with the apocalypse? Ignoring Anomalies to go chase after mutant beasts—is he some kind of idiot?"
A despairing Xiao Yizhou squatted alone in the empty latrine for three whole days.
Finally, he was able to move his base.
Student Xiao shed tears of emotion.
But before he could even blink back the tears, he heard the roar of a jeep outside, followed by the clamor of human voices.
Xiao Yizhou was confused. "Wait, what are you guys doing back now?"
Terrified, he immediately shrunk back, rapidly shifting his form and peeking out the ventilation window.
He saw a group of burly, dust-covered soldiers jumping down from the vehicles. Without even stopping to catch their breath, they rushed back to the barracks and emerged again shortly after.
Only this time, their military uniforms had been replaced with sacred white robes. They surrounded a person, praying with reverent devotion.
Xiao Yizhou noticed that the person in the center was holding a holy crystal high above his head, a fanatical expression on his face.
Although that crystal looked incredibly holy, Xiao Yizhou's Anomaly perception could never be wrong...
Wasn't that a damn energy crystal?
"What are they doing worshiping an energy crystal?" Xiao Yizhou's mind was filled with mental question marks. "And where did they even get an energy crystal from?"
He frantically opened the Anomaly Web forum, wanting to see if any other students had encountered such an absurd situation.
The moment he entered, he was hit with a wall of lightning-fast updates.
The forum was filled with posts being forwarded by Anomalies, each title more abstract than the last:
【The Past and Present of the Three Cities World: From Altar to Purgatory】
【A Closer Look at Our Great Enemies: Guardians and Persecutors】
【The Ultimate Showdown: The Holy City Pope vs. The Leader of the Materialist Resistance】
【The Despicable Son of a B*tch: The Azure God—Uncovering the False God’s Path of Escape】
With a stiff expression, Xiao Yizhou clicked on one of them. He had intended to just skim through it, but once he started, he couldn't stop.
The titles were ridiculous, but the content was pure substance, the writing was excellent, and the plot was full of gripping twists and turns.
It laid out Azure's conspiracy, the Pope's obsession, and Extinction's steadfastness with absolute clarity.
Wait, what? So all three cities had powerhouse figures capable of clearing high-level Instances? It was that dangerous?
Holy crap, there were even Descended Ones who had escaped from previously destroyed worlds?
Wait, what about souls? What about aliens? Wasn't this just a post-apocalyptic world?
Even if they were all enemies... this Azure guy was a real piece of work!
By the time he snapped out of it, he remembered his actual goal. He quickly switched back to the main forum, wanting to ask where this information had come from.
As soon as he entered, he saw the screen filled with inquiries and praise.
【HeavenGrantsResponsibilityToTheDead: @WhatAreYouLookingAt, holy crap, Boss, you’re too incredible.】
【MyHeadCrawlsGloomily: @WhatAreYouLookingAt, Boss, you write so well. Are you some famous author’s alt account?】
【WhyDoAdultsAlwaysScareUs: You're missing the point! The point is, where did this info come from? Boss, you’re way too well-informed!】
【444AnomalyColdMedicine: Boss is awesome! Everyone, keep the formation going below.】
【AnomalyLightInMyEyes: Boss is awesome!】
【EmptyHead: Boss is awesome!】
Xiao Yizhou quickly followed the trend and posted:
【EarthboundSpiritsAreTheWorst: Boss is awesome!】
【EarthboundSpiritsAreTheWorst: I have to ask, Boss, how did you get all this information?】
Immediately after, the person being tagged appeared.
【WhatAreYouLookingAt: What’s going on?】
【WhatAreYouLookingAt: I haven't checked the forum for like, a minute.】
【WhatAreYouLookingAt: You’re giving credit to the wrong person. I didn't get this information; I was only responsible for the final editing and polishing.】
【WhatAreYouLookingAt: @SlimeFlightEdition, come claim your glory!】
Right then, the other protagonist appeared.
【SlimeFlightEdition: Huh?】
【SlimeFlightEdition: Man, the forum is this lively?】
【SlimeFlightEdition: Uh, as for the source... it's mainly because I currently occupy a high position in the Holy City, so it's easy to ask around.】
【SlimeFlightEdition: By the way, there's something I should tell everyone. Some of you might have already seen some very shiny energy crystals in the Holy City.】
【SlimeFlightEdition: Those crystals don't actually have much value. They’re just fragments of my body I split off [shivering.jpg]】
【SlimeFlightEdition: Please, fellow students, show some mercy and don't take them!】
【SlimeFlightEdition: In return, anyone who hasn't maxed out their progress points or is running into trouble can come find me. I'll help with whatever I can!】
Xiao Yizhou silently closed the Anomaly Web, letting out a heartfelt sigh of admiration.
This Slime boss was just too kind!
He hoped he'd have more teammates like this in future Instances and world invasions!
Rate on N.U.
