"Are you coming over today just to talk nonsense with me?"

...

This morning, as I opened my eyes, smack, it seemed I was a second late and a slap came down.

"Ouch, that was a hard hit... Mom, you're killing me!"

Opening my eyes - Yukari sister?!

"Who are you calling mom? Go to school!"

Yukari sister pulled my sleeve.

"Today is the opening ceremony! If you're late, you'll end up as a fourth-year student!"

Right, in the academy, defeating four hundred people can make you a first-year student, the participants are determined by the system, not the school's combat power, defeat is based on arithmetic.

Although it was morning, the weather was unusually hot, passing through a small grove led to the school gate, inside the gate was a two-kilometer-long bridge.

Usually, this place is surrounded by beautiful scenery, a good place for post-lunch naps, but not today...

Today was different, the top was filled with thousands of freshmen, selected from the residents who newly moved into the fortress and passed the physical tests to enroll, while the rest would continue studying in regular technical and agricultural fields.

"Haha, truly the latest technology of the new era, all virtualized devices!"

The new students were very surprised when they entered, many of them from ASEAN, so it was understandable that they were unaware of this place.

"Hai, don't let those newbies defeat you during the competition, or else... hehe!"

Ignoring Yukari sister's nagging, I looked for my arena number from the office, number 2475, easy to find!

Huff...huff...

"Sorry, teacher!"

Just as I arrived at the classroom door, a seemingly elderly teacher was already waiting for me.

"Hello, you must be Hai?"

"Yes, what's up?"

"Hehe, I don't have a name, but you can call me Yue Lao."

The old man kindly explained to me.

"The new students can only fight honestly with you all, remember to go easy on them, some of those students are children who haven't even realized their abilities, so... well, not asking you to hold back, just don't want a repeat of last year's incident."

At this point, a hint of pleading flashed in the old man's eyes, then he told me.

"You probably don't know about the many new students who died last year, do you?"

"What are you talking about?!"

The academy had been established for just a few years, but had produced many ability-users, including outstanding students from the previous first-year class.

They were the first batch of users driving the initial machines, and it was they who triggered the fourth human war, crumbling the Western Alliance in just three hours, conquering the capital without slackening.

Faced with divine-like fear, human technology seemed insignificant.

"And a new era is slowly erasing the real world from six worlds, new..."

The night before yesterday...

The grandiose battle scenes still vividly appeared in the old man's mind, countless shoddy mechanical soldiers almost effortlessly wiped out dozens of countries and millions of troops of the Western Alliance in front of the powerful source energy of the initial machines, just like a breeze sweeping fallen leaves.

This was Elena's massacre, which also ended the era of false peace belonging to humanity.

After some troublemakers reduced in number, the Western Alliance, along with most of the allied soldiers, fled to the remaining territories of the Eastern Alliance, while some chose to submit to Elena like us.

In short, did the alliance quickly abandon its people, trading off their well-being for temporary security?

Yuanhui and I talked late into the night, finally reaching the time to bid each other farewell.

"Take care, brother!"

I waved goodbye to Yuanhui.

"The rest is up to you. I'm just a useless guy."

…

"Hahaha..."

An evil laughter rang out, angering Yuanhui.

"Who the hell is making those slaughterhouse sounds! You... You're Nathan?"

"That's right, I'm Nathan, but now you'll need to give me a new title—The Evil God!"

Such a wicked guy, Yuanhui said scornfully.

"I mean, how did you end up like this?"

"Why? It's simple because I want power!"

"But I'm not the puppet master behind the scenes!" claimed the dark mist who identified himself as Nathan.

"Whoever you've become now, if you do anything against us..."

With a warning tone, Yuanhui hurled a bolt of lightning towards the dark mist nearby, instantly dispersing the cloud of smoke that had just merged together.

But the defeated mist immediately reformed elsewhere, indicating a very troublesome situation had just arrived.

"I won't let you off so easily!"

"Well, how are you going to do it?"

"Oh, as long as you don't bother me, do whatever you want!"

"Oh ho ho, I don't mean to listen to your useless nonsense, but... how are you going to get rid of me?"

"Tch, you're really a delusional psychopath!"

Although Yuanhui was not happy, he remained unprovoked.

Despite a failed strike, he still smiled and said,

"Hahaha, even if you're a moron, there should be limits!"

"Hey, it's not right to curse, you know?"

"Nonsense, are you even human?"

Yuanhui looked disdainful and didn't mince his words.

"Hmph, curse all you want, but don't expect to get out of here alive, hahaha... Hm?"

Before Nathan could sense the anomaly, Yuanhui vanished from his original spot, disappearing without a trace even his breath going unnoticed in that moment.

An unnamed sense of fear surged through Nathan's mind—instantaneous teleportation?

"Oh, don't you know?"

"What?!"

Yuanhui quickly reappeared behind Nathan, simultaneously using a cage made of several lightning bolts to trap the dark mist.

"Besides this God of Thunder identity, I had another identity, you know. Let's start a quiz!"

"..."

"Please, what's the name of the missing chief archangel in the divine realm?"

"That... Hold on, what does that have to do with you?"

"Tsk, your history knowledge is lacking. Besides, I seem to have only asked you one question, right?"

With that, his outstretched hands slowly began to close in.

"Yes! Yes!"

"Then hurry up and answer; I'm quite curious."

The more Yuanhui pressured him, the more nervous and frightened he appeared, despite being a once influential figure reigning over both the divine and demonic realms. Now, he was completely subdued by the man before him, causing some fear to seep in.

"Are you talking about the Archangel of the third rank... the Angel of Death, Michael?"

"Haha, you got it!"

"Is that so... haha, then can you let me go? For the sake of our past friendship..."

"No one has called me by another name in a long time, you are the first in thousands of years!"

...

We had a mission to handle in the southern part of ASEAN, and heard that several ASEAN representatives had already boarded the plane.

"Hmph, we still caught the plane, that'll show them!"

Chiyori still held a grudge against Yuanhui, but I knew things weren't that simple. My intuition was right, up in the sky...

Buzz buzz buzz!

There were countless 'dragonfly'-like creatures, of course, in a larger size, swarming towards our spaceship as soon as they spotted it. No one could think of a good solution in that moment of urgency. In a rush, I immediately raised the ship's armed weapons and aimed at their heads.

"Energy blast!"

These 'dragonflies' and the group behind them were reduced to powder. My eyes lit up, thinking: they were just a bunch of trash.

The other Elena mercenaries, seeing this, quickly grabbed machine guns and shot at the monsters; they didn't stand a chance. In no time, the bodies were raining down like raindrops.

Just then, a parasite crawled into the engine of the plane, but we thought nothing of it and quickly escaped that ominous place. However...

After a few hours of flying, in a strait, the spacecraft crashed!

We were still alive at that point... I sure do know how to mess with people, except pain, I'm an immortal guy.

We thought it was over, but little did we know, the misfortune had just begun!

The engines of the ship carrying the mercenaries were smoking, and with us unable to land successfully, there was nothing we could do.

"It can't be fixed, quick, parachute out, you guys figure out a way to stabilize the ship... and Hagrid, go to the front and pilot the ship!"

After saying that, Sister Yukari was the first to jump out, and when I was the last one left, I realized... I didn't have a parachute!

Well, these people truly are unreliable. I had no choice but to follow Sister Yukari's instructions and stabilize the ship. But it seemed like I was the only one on the ship who couldn't die, right?

"In that case, it does make sense to leave me behind."

However, due to the intense vibrations, I passed out and vaguely saw a little girl with soft and beautiful hair similar to Sister Yukari's... she was Jeana?

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, a figure suddenly appeared on the quiet beach, rushing out from the bushes on the side and continuously saying,

"Big sister, that guy is catching up... let's get out of here quickly!"

"Nin? How did you..."

"Hehe, it's not just me, there's more."

With that, the others also appeared around Nin, and Yukari's lingering doubts were finally answered.

"Has Nin's competence finally awakened?"

Earlier today...

"Hey, wake up and open the door, first time sleeping so soundly?"

Things have been increasingly uneasy these days, interrupted early in the morning by Chiyori and the others knocking on the door.

Really, just when I finally could have a good night's rest, I have to be clear, I haven't had a good night's sleep in many days!

"Why are you all here? There must be something important."

So, with a weary body, I complained one after another after opening the door to the room.

"Hey hey, you guessed it right. Do you know about the bugs?"

"I do. The news has been all about it since this morning. Seems like it's a new species."

Yukari said helplessly as she replied.

"Do you guys believe in this?"

"Of course, Big Sis!" Shinobi said with unusual seriousness. "Elena has gathered us for this. Let's quickly head to the far west of Africa in ASEAN. The plane is coming."

After saying that, I locked the door and they were left to carry out this absurd task. Really, does this thing actually exist?

"Haha, as the saying goes, in a world where even gods exist, what else is impossible to happen?"