There was simply no room left. No matter where Xiang Yu teleported, he would always end up in the group of old mine owners, and every single one of them used the same move: "Sleep!"
Finally, Xiang Yu was struck by one of the old men's palms, and drowsiness surged up; the palm strike indeed had a hypnotic effect.
Huff, huff, huff...
Xiang Yu fell asleep instantly, collapsing into the pile of little old men!
Countless old men smiled slightly, then took out a pair of handcuffs, intending to lock Xiang Yu up.
Just then, Xiang Yu suddenly opened his eyes and destroyed the kingdom!
Swish...
An invisible sword aura spread out, and all the old men it touched were dissolved within it.
"Huh? That's impossible! How come you're still awake!" the old mine owner exclaimed in shock.
"Because I've been dreaming all along, and I've already started treating you as another dream of mine. Come on, show me your true strength and let's fight to the death!"
Xiang Yu fought Ying Gou, a powerful Dao Ancestor, in the Yuan Energy Training Machine. Although the old man's magic was strange, his combat power was still much weaker than Ying Gou's.
However, in the dream world of the Yuan Energy Training Machine, no matter how many drugs one takes, it won't actually consume energy. Right now, every bit of Xiang Yu's strength increases requires energy, but fortunately, what Hao Jiu has the least to lack right now is energy.
Because the host level of Xiang Yu's clones has been promoted to the Earth level, while the host level of the main body has reached the Heaven level!
Not counting the energy provided by the shadow hosts, these six Xiang Yu alone can provide about 350,000 energy points per day!
However, Hao Jiu did not tell Xiang Yu any of this, and even how much energy he had was kept secret. When asked, he said that he had spent it all on attribute points and was penniless.
In reality, energy is just a string of numbers to Hao Jiu. If there were a rich list in the system world, Hao Jiu, a newbie system, would have no problem breaking into the top ten.
This is the real reason why Hao Jiu dared to let Xiang Yu venture into higher planes in his clone form. It might take hundreds of millions of years for the big shots in the system world to find and cultivate a Heavenly-level host.
The rarity of a Heavenly-level host is self-evident. Hao Jiu always believed that it was Xiang Yu's talent that moved the God of the System, which led to the bestowal of the Ruyi Divine Iron and the intentional or unintentional arrangement of various powerful opponents for Xiang Yu.
And Hao Jiu, the strongest system created by the God of Systems, is now truly starting to resemble the strongest system.
Hao Jiu has already equipped several powerful modules available in the God's Shop, plus the Awakening Divine Power modules captured in battle. As long as Hao Jiu is willing to spend energy, Xiang Yu will be an invincible god-level RMB cheat player!
Of course, Hao Jiu is only being this generous to Xiang Yu, with his clones and alt accounts stacking all sorts of stats. But he's not so generous to others, including Yu Ji and Li Canghai.
Otherwise, Yu Ji would have become a Dao Ancestor by now. Why would she need to cultivate herself? What tribulation would she be undergoing?
The same applies to Li Canghai. Hao Jiu could use energy to buy items and turn them into Dao Ancestors. The so-called unstable realm and weak strength could be made up for with more energy.
That being said, if Yu Ji and Li Canghai asked Hao Jiu to help them quickly become Dao Ancestors, Hao Jiu would probably still agree. It would just require spending more energy, but with Xiang Yu as a towering money tree, they could earn it back quickly.
However, since Yu Ji was determined to cultivate herself, Hao Jiu naturally went along with it, letting her experience the process of cultivating immortality step by step.
Actually, Li Canghai could have advanced to the Mahayana realm with Yu Ji, but she was very busy lately and didn't want to go to the Immortal Realm. Staying in the modern world was actually quite good for her.
What else is there in the immortal realm besides cultivation and fighting? It's nothing like the vibrant and colorful modern world.
Xiang Yu's main body fights in his dreams day and night, while his clone, who remains in the Soul Technology plane, studies future developments with Xiaoyaozi, the second generation of sages, Li Canghai, and others.
Of course, this development refers not only to the Soul Technology plane, but also to all planes possessed by the Great Chu Empire. The ancient planes are bound to accelerate their transformation into the modern planes, especially in major areas related to people's livelihoods such as agriculture, education, medical care, and transportation.
Meanwhile, research on the restrictive chains that lock up the Blue Star is also gradually unfolding. The preliminary conclusion is that if these restrictive chains are damaged, the Underworld and the Human World will be directly connected. At that time, the Underworld can send powerful beings to the Human World to destroy soul technology and completely turn the Human World into their breeding ground.
Although with Xiang Yu in charge now, even if the Underworld sends a powerful expert, it won't be a big deal. However, Xiang Yu is currently focusing on breaking through to the Divine Realm, so it's best to avoid that situation as much as possible.
The initial dream cultivation method involved using a guided program to make users mistakenly believe that dreams were reality. However, such exaggerated dreams would not work because it is impossible for real life to have situations where someone could destroy the world with a wave of their hand.
But now, Xiang Yu's arrival has opened a window for the world, showing that true strength is omnipotent!
In the world of Ant-Man, everyone is only the size of an ant, and they spend their days outwitting and fighting against all sorts of enormous insects and small animals, leading a difficult life.
Everyone is praying, praying that one day a savior will come to end their nightmare.
But many years have passed, fewer and fewer people are alive, and the savior still has not appeared.
Until one day, a voice claiming to be the Feather God spread to every corner of the world: "Call my name when you are in danger, and I will save this world!"
Chapter 555 Ant-Man World
The Ant-Man world is not the world where the superhero Ant-Man is invincible, but a world that is exceptionally cruel to humans.
The upheaval occurred three years ago. In less than a day, everyone on this planet, whether rich or poor, leaders or commoners, was reduced to the size of ants.
Living has become an extremely difficult thing. Technology, which was originally unique to humankind, all tools and equipment, including weapons, are now completely isolated from humankind.
Human civilization seems to have regressed to a primitive society; even getting bread in a vacuum-packed bag from a supermarket has become an extremely difficult task.
Tragically, although humans have become the size of ants, they lack the strength and structure of ants. If they were to encounter an ant, there is a 99% chance they would become its food.
In this environment teeming with natural enemies, finding a suitable home for human survival became the most pressing issue.
Fortunately, when humans first shrank, cities had not yet been overrun by insects and animals, giving humans some buffer time and time to adapt.
Moreover, while God closed one door for humanity, He also opened another window, and as humans shrank, the intelligence of animals actually increased considerably.
It's certainly not a good thing for our natural enemies to be smarter, but let's not forget that humans also have friends. Cats and dogs, who are already very intelligent, can help humans in many ways if their intelligence increases.
Their super-sensitive ears allow them to hear commands from their ant-sized masters and complete challenging tasks with their master's guidance.
Each kind and intelligent companion has become a human settlement, allowing humans to avoid most dangers.
Of course, there are also some disobedient cats and dogs, or those that accidentally step on their owners and kill them.
In short, with the help of these human friends, the frail humans survived as Whisperers.
With a glimmer of hope, humanity took precautions and began migrating to large cities, military bases, refuges, and even prisons while the environment was still relatively mild. It was an inevitable trend that remote cities would gradually be abandoned and occupied by various wild animals.
Unless it is a place with special terrain, such as an ancient city surrounded by water, with city walls and drawbridges, such a place may be able to resist attacks from wild beasts in the future and become a pure land where humans can live for a long time.
The place where Xiang Yu first arrived in this plane was an abandoned city. Although there were survivors there, their survival was not guaranteed at all.
Not long ago, Xiang Yu rescued an old teddy dog and several families who were living on his body. He inquired about the situation in this dimension, but he did not figure out why humans had shrunk.
Thus came Xiang Yu's announcement to the world: he wanted to find someone who knew the truth, even if they were an enemy.
The domineering energy has spread out, but because humans have become much smaller, the perception of domineering energy has become more demanding, so Xiang Yu is not yet able to monitor every corner of the world at the same time.
We can only sift through endless information to focus on specific words, such as the words "feather god".
"Feather God, can you really save everyone who calls your name when they are in danger?" the little girl with slightly disheveled hair asked curiously.
A boy of about twelve or thirteen years old next to her curled his lip and said, "Silly girl, you actually believe him when he's bragging? His voice was indeed loud, but even if it was loud, it couldn't have traveled beyond this town, could it?"
“Yes, it is possible,” Xiang Yu said with his eyes closed.
"Tch, bragging." The boy was about to start his argumentative mode when suddenly the ground trembled. Well, to be precise, Teddy stood up.
Woohoo!
"Hold on tight! Atai spotted some stray dogs approaching, get ready to retreat!" The whisperer not only had to guide Atai's actions by shouting, but also had to be able to understand what Atai was saying.
The so-called stray dogs were originally stray dogs in the town. After this incident, they have gradually returned to their wild nature and are very dangerous. Atai is no match for them and can only avoid them as soon as possible.
Xiang Yu knew that it was a pack of five stray dogs, and no humans lived there. If they dared to chase after him, he would kill them.
But Artest was clearly very experienced, and he easily shook off his opponent by taking advantage of his size, and then returned home.
Actually, these stray dogs at most bully Atai; they haven't gone so far as to eat their own kind. But what will happen in the future is hard to say.
Xiang Yu continued his search worldwide for clues about the shrinking of humans, but unfortunately, no one has been willing to contact him to provide any valuable leads so far.
In fact, many people around the world heard Xiang Yu's bold words, but their first reaction was to think it was a hallucination. However, everyone heard them, proving that it was not.
My second reaction was that someone was playing a prank, and not a very good one at that. There's no such thing as a savior in this world.
Of course, the secret of how humans shrink is not known to everyone, so it's understandable that no one contacted Xiang Yu about it.
The daytime was relatively safe, and not many people actually encountered danger, so no one asked Xiang Yu for help.
As night falls, it's time to hunt. There's a folk saying that dogs catching mice are meddling in other people's business, but nowadays there are dogs like that everywhere.
To survive, the large-scale reproduction of rats and cockroaches has become the most stable food source.
"Go, Atai!" The boy hugged Teddy's fur tightly with one hand and held his sister with the other.
"Yu Shen, you need to hold on tight too! Atai is most likely to throw people off when he's hunting." The little girl also hugged a dog hair tightly with both hands.
"Yes, please be careful." Xiang Yu remained seated cross-legged, but was actually busy rescuing people.
While catching mice in the east of the city, a cat was attacked by a stray dog that tried to steal its food. During its escape, the cat accidentally rolled on the ground a few times, and the entire family of three, including the whisperer, were thrown out.
The vicious dog wouldn't let it leave, so the cat wasn't going to stop and look for that family; it had to shake them off first.
The family didn't die from the fall, but they were bound to get injured. Even if they weren't injured, there were dangers everywhere in the dark night, so it was extremely difficult for them to get back to the cat; the possibility was almost zero.
In desperation, the mother called out the name of the Feather God, and then the three of them floated up and flew to a large tree in the distance. The cat was enjoying a delicious meal there, while several stray dogs below sadly left the tree.
Only now did the rescued family realize what had happened—it was the Feather God appearing to them!
Even more miraculously, the child's father, who was originally seriously injured, recovered immediately after eating something unknown.
That night, many similar things happened. All those who cried out for help from the Feather God were rescued. As word spread among cats and dogs, more and more people learned that calling upon the Feather God could truly save lives.
However, this only applies to remote cities and rural areas. Major metropolitan areas do not face as many dangers, and they all have their own protectors, rescue teams, and armies.
The city was able to maintain a certain level of prosperity, the nuclear power plant continued to operate, and the maintenance was left to the Whisperers and their partners.
In a city like this, it's not surprising to see a few dogs in uniforms patrolling in a car. They may not be big, but they work together seamlessly. Some are in charge of the steering wheel, some are in charge of the brakes and accelerator, and others are in charge of the clutch and gear shifting.
Smart dogs can do everything, and smart cats are no less so.
From a very young age, cat and dog puppies are paired with selected whisperers for early education, which is then applied to various fields, including producing their own dog and cat food.
Humans even selected the smartest dogs and cats to work in laboratories with scientists to research an antidote that would restore their bodies to their normal size.
It's a pity that we haven't been able to figure it out yet, but at least it's a hope.
In the abandoned city, an old teddy bear returned home dejectedly. He rummaged through the cupboard and found the last bag of expired snacks. If he couldn't catch a mouse after finishing this bag, he would have to eat cockroaches. The thought alone made him feel disgusted.
Of course, eating rats isn't much better.
Just then, a black cat landed on the windowsill with a salted fish in its mouth.
Atai immediately wagged his tail, looking ingratiating. He was able to survive for so long without starving after the world's dramatic changes thanks to such a neighbor.
The black cat gave Atai a disdainful look, then threw the salted fish into the house, flicked its tail, and jumped away.
"Look, Feather God, it's Little Black!" The little girl clapped her hands.