Apocalypse: Everyone Levels Up, I Return to the Time Before the Server Opened-Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Aside from living beings, all civilizations shall vanish!

Ye Qiu was scrolling through the forums.

Most of the posts were about the “anonymous” player, with a few discussing a so-called “mysterious NPC.”

Ye Qiu was curious.

Who is this mysterious NPC?

In his past life, he didn’t remember any such figure in the Novice Village.

He clicked into a few threads and watched some videos.

And then, he was speechless.

He was eating melon seeds (watching drama), only to realize the drama was about him!

Just then, a villager came by to purchase some bruise medicine.

Ye Qiu was just helping watch over the medicine shop.

But when it came to the pricing of the medicine inside? He knew absolutely nothing!

Luckily, a young girl NPC in a light blue dress walked out from the back room.

“Madam Zhang, is it the same medicine as before?” The girl seemed familiar with everyone in the village.

As soon as she came out, Madam Zhang beamed. “Yes, your family’s bruise medicine works best. My old man was bedridden half a month ago, couldn’t move at all. Now he’s already walking!”

The girl smiled back. “As long as it helps. I hope Uncle Zhang recovers soon. That’ll be 3 gold coins.”

Madam Zhang paid, then gave Ye Qiu a side glance.

She winked at the girl and whispered, “He’s our Deputy Village Chief and a big hero. You better hold on to him!”

The girl’s bright and cheerful face instantly turned shy and red, like a ripened apple, very enticing!

“Madam Zhang, don’t say nonsense!” The girl pouted coyly, but her beautiful eyes kept sneaking glances at Ye Qiu.

Yet Ye Qiu was sitting there, eyes closed, doing who knows what.

After Madam Zhang left, the girl hesitated, then nervously walked up to Ye Qiu.

Biting her lip and gathering her courage, she asked, “Hero, I don’t even know your name yet?”

Ye Qiu was just finishing up a voice reply.

It was from Ning Qianjun, who said he had something important and wanted to meet Ye Qiu at the usual spot — below Tiger Mountain.

Ye Qiu agreed.

At this moment, hearing the girl’s voice, he finally opened his eyes.

In front of him stood a pure and beautiful girl, with glowing skin and bright eyes. She nervously held the hem of her blue skirt, watching him shyly.

He activated Heavenly Eye!

[Name: Ji Yun]

[Subclass: Alchemist]

[Level: 10]

[Favorability: 95]

“Huh?”

Ye Qiu was stunned.

Favorability at 95 already?

Thinking back...

It seemed... maybe...

We’d only met once before?

He had definitely heard of the herbalist shopkeeper’s daughter. She was very famous.

In his previous life, a player had made a ranking list of the most beautiful female NPCs in Trial City.

Both the herbalist shopkeeper and her daughter made the list.

And Ji Yun, the daughter, was near the very top!

Now that he saw her in person, her reputation was well-deserved.

No wonder many players had dubbed her the “goddess of their dreams.”

As for the 95 favorability? Ye Qiu figured it must be because of slaying the Outer Demon and being the Deputy Village Chief.

“I’m Ye Qiu,” he said.

He didn’t feel the need to hide his identity from NPCs.

The reason he hid it from players was to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After all, the game hadn’t merged with the real world yet, but he already had access to his in-game stats in real life!

Not to mention the three global announcements from Trial City, and that terrifying stat panel of his!

If people found out, he’d definitely be taken away for “a nice little interrogation.”

“Ye Qiu... One Leaf Knows Autumn...” Ji Yun repeated his name, smiling. “I’m Ji Yun, my mother’s first apprentice!”

Ye Qiu immediately understood.

Trying to latch onto me, huh?

He went along with it. “Senior Sister.”

Ji Yun’s face lit up with a bright smile. That one address seemed to bring them closer.

She sat down beside him, blinking curiously. “Grandpa Village Chief said you Undying come from a blue planet. What’s it like? Is it anything like the Trial City?”

Good thing Ye Qiu had lived a second life.

Any other player, hearing an NPC mention “Blue Star,” would’ve probably jumped in shock.

Right now, to most players, this was still just a game.

But Ye Qiu knew better.

TheTrial City was actually a drifting continent in the universe.

According to legend, it had ties to the Ancient Primordial Continent, and was one of its shattered fragments.

Of course, Ye Qiu had only heard the rumors. He never got deep into that part of the game, so he didn’t know if any of it was true.

As for Earth’s fusion with Trial City, that was one of the city’s features.

During its endless cosmic drift, any planet it collided with would be absorbed and assimilated!

In short, Earth just got unlucky!

It happened to get smacked by Trial City!

“We called our blue star ‘Earth.’” Ye Qiu sighed. “It was a beautiful planet, with a way of life totally different from the Trial City. Everyone was just regular flesh-and-blood beings. There were no levels, no stats, no terrifying monsters or demons…”

As he spoke, Ji Yun leaned on her arms, listening with rapt attention, but she could hear the sadness in his voice.

“Junior Brother, you sound really sad.” she tilted her head and asked gently.

Ye Qiu was the first Undying, first player, she’d ever met.

But she knew not all Undying were like Ye Qiu.

“Our homeland will soon be gone,” Ye Qiu smiled bitterly.

Ji Yun quickly reassured him, “No way! The Trial City just fuses with other worlds. It doesn’t completely destroy them! My father was from another planet too. After he assimilated, he married my mom!”

After she said that, she realized it sounded a little ambiguous.

Her cheeks flushed again.

Ye Qiu didn’t read too much into it.

He simply replied, “It’s not the same. Earth is way too small compared to Trial City, so small it’s not even worth mentioning. After the fusion, aside from living beings… all civilizations will vanish without a trace.”