My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 524: Chapter 336: We Need the Mysterious Armored Man

Flakes of ash, like scales, drifted on the hot currents. The system announced, ”Otherworldly creature remains detected. Energy level: Saint Tier.”

THUMP... THUMP... THUMP...

From deep within the fissure, a faint, heartbeat-like thrumming could be heard. Each pulse intensified the tremors across the ice shelf.

Li Xiang used his Saint Tier Earth Superpower to construct an ”Earth Vein Furnace” in an attempt to absorb the heat, but the furnace was corroded by the otherworldly energy and shattered.

Luo Feifei, for her part, tried to activate the Abyssal Sea Royal Seal to freeze the hot current, but the ice vaporized the instant it made contact.

They had considered many other plans. For instance, Li Xiang could use his Otherworldly Warehouse to temporarily store the seawater. Unfortunately, while his warehouse was large, it was far too small compared to the world’s oceans. Even if he filled the entire warehouse, it would barely lower the sea level.

Another idea was for Luo Feifei to use her Water Superpower to divert the seawater through the Space-Time Passage. However, water was a precious resource on Earth. Sending it to an unknown world on the other side would be a tremendous loss. Earth’s water resources were already limited.

Although seawater isn’t potable, it can be desalinated or evaporated to produce fresh water.

Besides, judging by the current situation, that plan wouldn’t work anyway. The seawater was vaporizing before it could even get close. Worse, this could trigger torrential downpours across the globe, forcing them to repeat all their previous flood control and rescue efforts.

In fact, even if they did nothing, the ”super-deluge” would likely return with a vengeance in a matter of days.

Luo Feifei suddenly let out a muffled groan, and the light from the Royal Seal dimmed abruptly—her Water Superpower was being suppressed by the laws of the Otherworld.

Li Xiang wrapped an arm around her slender waist and flashed backward several thousand meters in an instant. When he looked back, his pupils contracted: the spot where they had just been standing had collapsed into a boiling, icy abyss, and the fissure was tearing outward at a rate of over ten meters per second.

”What do we do?” Luo Feifei asked, looking at Li Xiang. She was, of course, still angry with him, but with a catastrophe looming, she decided to temporarily ”let bygones be bygones.” She would settle the score with him later.

Luo Feifei had actually performed a Divination about it later. As always, the results indicated that she and Li Xiang would need several more years before their relationship could come to fruition.

Luo Feifei wondered, ’Does that mean in a few years, something happens to Jiang Cai’Er? Or do they have a falling out and get divorced?’ But that felt unlikely. She had observed Jiang Cai’Er from a distance; the woman was very powerful, and Luo Feifei wasn’t sure she could win in a fight against her. Besides, Li Xiang doted on Jiang Cai’Er.

After a moment of thought, Li Xiang said, ”I have a Magical Treasure, a Star Core Barrier. I’ll throw it out and see what happens.”

This was an SSS-Level item he had just spent a fortune on in the system store, exchanging over six million Achievement Points for it. He had truly broken the bank; his account balance was nearly empty again.

Luo Feifei’s eyes lit up with anticipation, hoping for a miracle.

Unfortunately, when Li Xiang deployed the Star Core Barrier, it shattered after only three seconds. The system prompted: ”Insufficient energy level. Intervention from a fundamental law is required.”

Li Xiang winced. That was a huge loss. Over six million Achievement Points, all down the drain just like that.

But for the sake of all humanity, he couldn’t dwell on it.

Li Xiang had always been one to see the big picture, always considering things from a global perspective. Even his ”global zero-dollar shopping spree” had been for this purpose. The supplies he gathered were stockpiled for the Apocalypse. They weren’t for his family alone, but were ”life-saving rations” preserved for all of humanity.

His family was only a few people. How much could they possibly eat? How much could they possibly use? They didn’t need anywhere near that much. So it wasn’t for them.

Many people misunderstood him, believing he was morally corrupt. They saw his global looting and thought it was not the conduct of a gentleman, but he didn’t care what they thought.

Unfortunately, if even the Star Core Barrier was useless, then Earth’s existing technological weapons would be even more so.

”I’m going back to think of another plan,” Li Xiang said.

”Hmph. Then go ahead. I’m leaving,” Luo Feifei snorted, activating her Electric Light Illusion Armor and disappearing over the horizon. Being exceptionally sharp, it wasn’t hard for her to guess that Li Xiang wanted to go home and consult his genius wife.

’Tch. So what if your wife is a genius? Is that any reason to look down on me because I didn’t go to school?’ Luo Feifei fumed inwardly, her heart filled with endless bitterness. When it came to education... well, she hadn’t even graduated from high school.

With her status and wealth, she shouldn’t have needed to care about academic credentials. But seeing Jiang Cai’Er attend the nation’s top university, hailed as a young research prodigy, hearing she had published numerous high-impact-factor papers, earned several master’s and doctoral degrees in just two years, and was now pregnant with enviable twins... it was only natural to feel upset.

Li Xiang gave a wry smile. She was right; he really was going back to ask Jiang Cai’Er for advice. Jiang Cai’Er was also quite hostile toward Luo Feifei, so there was no way he could bring Luo Feifei home with him.

「Back in Li Family Village.」

Jiang Cai’Er was focusing on her pregnancy. Her belly was getting bigger, so she hadn’t even participated in the disaster relief efforts. Instead, she was at home designing a new type of nuclear reactor. She was only drawing up the blueprints, of course, not conducting experiments.

The radiation from such experiments would be too high and harmful to the baby. Besides, they couldn’t conduct that kind of experiment in Li Family Village anyway.

Li Xiang explained the situation in Antarctica, describing it in great detail. He just omitted the part about being there with Luo Feifei.

Jiang Cai’Er pulled up the quantum computer to run simulations. After a long while, she designed a ”Space Anchor.” Li Xiang followed her blueprints, activated his Crystal Gold Armor, and spent two days and a night building it. He then eagerly flew back to Antarctica.

As a result, when the Space Anchor was thrown, it lasted no more than a dozen seconds before being twisted into scrap metal by the spatial node.

When he returned and told Jiang Cai’Er what had happened, she pondered for a moment before saying, ”The only option left... is to go and disturb those seniors.”