Chapter 1: The Fallen Genius

“Xiao Yan, fighting power, stage three! Level: Low!” The inspector glimpsed the message shown on the magic monument, then announced the results. He spoke indifferently, and didn’t look at the young man at all…

Just after reading the first 300 words or so, the woman was already obsessed. She finished the first chapter in the blink of an eye. Then, she took a deep breath and kept scrolling down, but — nothing was there…

“Huh…” The woman frowned. “No more?”

It was such a pity. She was already hooked by the first chapter.

Since there was only one chapter, the woman moved on to the other document, “Swallowed Star Story Setting.”

“During the early 21st century, there were several consecutive outbreaks of influenza worldwide, from SARS in 2003 to H1N1 in 2009. In 2018, a scarier R Virus appeared. When the R Virus spread, it mutated into more than 20 variants, making prevention extremely difficult. Every country around the world reported deaths.

“As prevention measures progressed, the epidemic was eventually contained.

“However, in January 2020, the R Virus mutated into its most terrifying variant, RR Virus!

“In addition to body fluids and water, the RR Virus could also spread through the air! It could survive in the air for up to three hours!

“Once the RR Virus emerged, it spread rapidly all over the world. Every living thing on Earth… human or animal, as long as they breathed, they contracted the RR Virus.

“Following the RR Virus infection, the mortality rate was as high as 30%. In just three months, the global population was down by almost two billion! Scientists were at their wits’ end!

“In the end, about five billion of the population survived. All of them had developed natural antibodies!

“Soon, the survivors discovered that they had become stronger. Every single person’s strength, speed, cell viability and skin durability had more than doubled! Even a normal person could easily break the world record for weightlifting or the 100m sprint.

“Then… disaster struck!

“The bodies of the animals that had survived improved in far more extraordinary ways than human bodies. Some horrifying monsters even developed intelligence!

“In September 2022, countless sea creatures attacked. Innumerable ‘monsters,’ which had evolved from animals, started to invade human settlements!

“Those powerful monsters weren’t afraid of bullets or gunfire. Their skins were too hard for bullets to pierce through! The quick monsters could also easily dispose of missile attacks!

“Even nuclear bombs didn’t make much of an impact. Only monsters in the center of the attack range died, while those in the outer areas didn’t. In fact, not only did they survive, they also mutated.

“While some tremendously frightening monsters were born, warriors also emerged among the humans…”

After reading this “Swallowed Star Story Setting,” the woman was completely shocked by Wang Hao’s imagination.

He’s truly a special young man. How did he come up with such a perfect Armageddon setting?

The woman gasped; she couldn’t get enough of it. Unfortunately, this was just an outline of the story.

“That’s it?” The woman shook her head.

“My lady, were you reading… a novel?” Uncle Wang asked cautiously from where he was standing behind her. “You don’t read novels, do you?”

“Sometimes I do.” The woman was a bit sad. “But these two are too short.”

“The writer of these two novels is your… friend?” Uncle Wang was surprised.

The woman had been extremely cold since she was young. Uncle Wang had served the family for a dozen years now, but he had never seen her hanging out with any friends. She wouldn’t even look at her hottest suitors.

She was acting a little unusual today.

“I don’t know,” the woman replied ambiguously. She closed her eyes and pondered for a while, then the corners of her mouth suddenly curved up. She took out her phone and sent Wang Hao a message: “Do you have more of the novels you wrote?”

After sending the message, the woman closed her eyes again and waited for Wang Hao’s reply.

She waited for 10 minutes, but nothing came.

“Not replying?” The woman frowned. She was clearly anxious.

“My lady, well…” Uncle Wang soon noticed that something was amiss. He said, “You seem to care a lot about the owner of this computer.”

The woman didn’t respond.

Uncle Wang then gave the woman a subtle reminder. “My lady, you should know that given your family’s power, ordinary people can never get any closer to you. So…”

“I understand,” the woman slowly replied. “I know what I’m doing. Don’t worry.”

“Okay, my lady.”

The living room was silent again.

Five minutes later, the woman said, “Uncle Wang, please do something for me. Get the best computer and send it over.”

Uncle Wang hesitated, then asked, “The best one?”

“Yes.” The woman nodded and said, “He saved my life, so I must give him the best one.”

Uncle Wang had heard about the car accident, and he immediately agreed. “Okay, got it.”