Chapter 3 (2/2)

But this was just the beginning. The beasts from the other dimension were coming. What would they look like? Could he really survive? Everything was unknown.

The only thing that Chu Yunsheng could feel relief was, that he could finally sense a little bit of Yuan Qi. But with that little bit of Yuan Qi, he could not do anything. He still needed to continue practicing. It was also the only thing he could do now. Satellite communications were down. The soldiers were using a megaphone on the street to keep the residents in the area informed about any updates.

Everyday Chu Yunsheng went downstairs to receive his portion of supplies from the army. Although he did not really need it, he did not want anyone to notice anything odd about him.

One day, on his way back to the flat, he heard the upstairs neighbor say that a few places in the city were still having riots. Even though people were being ordered to stay at home. Some of them could not handle the pressure of the apocalypse and started to dispute with the army. A lot of people were shot dead. Fear had started to spread even among the soldiers.

Chu Yunsheng decided to stick to his routine – which was staying home most of the time. He did not have any ability to protect himself from danger at the moment. All he had was one Li Huo Talisman which could be used to summon fire. However, he hasn’t even tested its power yet.

Time slowly pa.s.sed in the darkness. The weather outside was getting colder and colder until it started to snow. The upstairs neighbor said that the ice age was probably coming, but Chu Yunsheng did not know if it was true.

Chu Yunsheng had sealed all the windows but he still could not stop the temperature from dropping inside the room. The electricity supply started to break off, and he only had three hours of electricity during the day. The supply of gas started to decrease as well. For now, only tap water was being supplied regularly.

Chu Yunsheng bundled himself up and sat on the bed. It was the 5th day in the darkness. The Yuan Qi he had stored up was just about enough to make one low-level talisman.

Speaking of making talisman, Chu Yunsheng outlined two different routes for himself.

The first one was the combat route.

As his spirit, which he thought was the sixth sense, had grown stronger in the fourth-dimension, he clearly felt that Tian Gui was bringing the other dimension closer and closer to Earth every day.

The closer Tian Gui was near Earth, the more dangerous it would become. So he needed to make at least one ‘Liu Jia’ talisman that would protect him with an energy s.h.i.+eld and also improve his physical strength; one “Huo Bing” talisman that would summon celestial soldiers with fire attribute to enchant his gun with fire elemental damage; and one final talisman called ‘Shen Bing’ talisman that would enchant a sword with additional physical damage.

He predicted that with his current ability, he could store just enough Yuan Qi to make those three low-level talismans before the other dimension collided with Earth.

The other route he could choose was, he could make one ‘Huo Bing’ talisman to enchant his gun with fire elemental damage, and one ‘Wu Na’ talisman that would create a pocket dimension to store things out of thin air. He could use the s.p.a.ce to stockpile all the stuff he had stored in the past three months.

Storage (TL:Wu Na) talisman is one level higher than the other talismans, and if Chu Yunsheng finished the Huo Bing talisman, he only had enough time left to make one Storage talisman. He had to give up on the talismans for defense and sword. The only weapon he would have at that time would be a gun enchanted with fire elemental damage.

Chu Yunsheng was struggling to make up his mind. On the one hand, he was afraid of dying, and on the other, he slowly started to realize that this area would not be safe in the long run. Soon he would probably need to escape from here, and supplies were most important.

Chu Yunsheng knew that he was not a talented guy. If it was not for the book, he would probably be struggling to survive right now. He would be just like other people – incapable of surviving the apocalypse. He felt that he could lose everything right now, but he could not lose this book. As long as he had this book, he believed that he would be able to survive. He inherited this book from his parents after they died and this book meant a lot to him.

What if he lost the book during an escape! Chu Yunsheng considered. It was a risk that he could not afford to take. He had to make a Storage talisman first and use it to store the book. Then he would need to cast the Storage talisman onto his body. This way, he would never lose the book.

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