Two hours passed. Luo Yunshi browsed the mall, using the black gold card from the Central Alliance to buy various items.
The mall offered recommendations from store clerks and analyses from Xing Yi and Xing Xing. Luo Yunshi purchased only high-quality goods.
With the black gold card's 30% discount, she could even profit from the exchange system's points.
As midnight approached, Luo Yunshi finally stored Xing Yi and the other two into her system backpack and returned to the villa living room behind the Hao Yun Lai fast-food restaurant on Pla Star with a thought.
She laid out all the purchased items on the floor, her gaze sweeping over them, filled with indecision.
"Xiao Qi, it's really hard to choose. I like everything. I feel like I'll need them in the future. I was happy for two hours, and now I have to declutter."
"Host, you can't possibly use all these things. You've bought over twenty different styles of space rings, that's over twenty!
Fans and big shots from the Central Alliance have also given you quite a few, and you have your system backpack. Can you possibly use so many space rings?" System Xiao Qi asked helplessly.
Luo Yunshi: "..."
"And these clothes, hair clips, pots, and pans, you bought so many in different colors. Anyone who didn't know might think the host went on a wholesale spree.
And these multi-functional shoes. You bought 5 pairs of identical shoes..."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yunshi quickly interrupted Xiao Qi's nagging.
"Hey, Xiao Qi, that's not right. They're different. You don't understand. Although the shoes have the same style, their colors are different, and they need to be matched with different clothes.
With different shoes, you have to buy different clothes, right? Once the clothes are matched, don't the hair clips need to be matched too? I haven't even mentioned makeup, thankfully I don't wear much makeup."
System Xiao Qi: "..." As expected, she hadn't changed at all from her previous life as a collector.
Xiao Qi sighed, curled into a ball, and nodded. "Whatever the host says is right. So, which items does the host want to declutter?"
Luo Yunshi hesitated for a moment, then a spark of inspiration flashed in her mind, and her eyes lit up. She was truly brilliant.
"We can wait a bit longer. It's almost midnight. Let's decide after the points data comes out."
"Okay, Host."
......
Time ticked by. As soon as midnight struck, Luo Yunshi began checking her points.
"220.3 million. Isn't that enough? It seems the Central Alliance bought a lot at the store yesterday. Good. Xiao Qi, upgrade."
It was good that the host, the great hoarder, didn't need to declutter.
System Xiao Qi was also delighted: "Okay, Host. Ding dong! The system has upgraded from Level 6 to Level 7. 200 million points have been deducted. The host has 20.3 million points remaining.
The cultivation world apocalypse has begun. Hao Yun Lai has successfully upgraded to a 1500 square meter, 6-story building. The upgraded villa has more functions; the host can check them later. You can recruit 6 employees per apocalypse.
Weapon Pavilion and Hao Yun Lai Phase 2 building have been unlocked. For Phase 2, the host can choose the style herself. The next upgrade requires 500 million points.
Unlocked items include a 100 million appliance store, a 200 million bath and sauna store, a 300 million bookstore, a 400 million park, and a 500 million villa area. The host can check other new functions herself. Xiao Qi has another piece of good news for the host."
Luo Yunshi saw Xiao Qi's small green bean eyes and a "ask me, ask me" expression on its face, and she couldn't help but feel curious.
"Huh? Xiao Qi. I suddenly noticed, you seem to have changed. I remember your rabbit eyes used to be quite large, but now your eyes are much smaller, and your limbs have grown quite a bit. Your appearance also seems to have become more solid from ethereal."
It looked rather dog-like. Had Xiao Qi's appearance also been upgraded? And upgraded into a rabbit-dog? Luo Yunshi wondered.
"Yes, Host, your eyesight is excellent. In the future, Xiao Qi will also transform into a solid form as the system upgrades. And I have gained the function to view apocalypse information." System Xiao Qi said proudly.
"Oh? Do you mean you can view information about all apocalypses, or only those that have been unlocked?"
"Ahem, of course, it's about unlocked apocalypses. For example, I know information about this cultivation world apocalypse. Would you like to hear it?" System Xiao Qi asked.
Luo Yunshi nodded. "Alright, tell me about it."
"Okay, Host.
The cultivation world we've unlocked is called the Cang Ling Realm.
One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, an unknown black gas merged with the spiritual energy of the Cang Ling Realm for unknown reasons. The Cang Ling Realm calls the black gas 'turbid qi'.
Inhaling turbid qi into the body makes humans more irritable. In severe cases, it can strip individuals of their sanity, turning them into killing machines. Even cultivators with strong willpower will undergo drastic personality changes.
For small amounts, cultivators can expel it themselves through cultivation, though it takes time. If too much turbid qi is inhaled, and it attaches itself more to the body, it becomes harder to expel.
In the cultivation world, there are human cultivators, auspicious beasts, and fierce beasts.
Cultivators who become killing machines are called 'fallen demons'. Auspicious beasts are sentient and their instinct is to avoid harm. Since the appearance of turbid qi, they have instinctively avoided absorbing external spiritual energy. The lifespan of auspicious beasts is much longer than humans of the same level. Host, don't worry."
Luo Yunshi: "???" She wasn't worried at all.
"Those who continue to cultivate with their sanity intact, as well as those who practice through unorthodox methods, harming others, are known as rogue cultivators, whether they are humans, demons, or beasts.
Of course, there are also those who use spirit stones to absorb external spiritual energy and then expel the turbid qi from their bodies, or those who cultivate without absorbing external spiritual energy. They are called orthodox cultivators.
Within a century, many orthodox cultivators, due to reasons like lack of spirit stones and insufficient lifespans, gradually transformed into rogue cultivators and fallen demons.
When there are no orthodox cultivators left, and only fallen demons and rogue cultivators remain, the Heavenly Dao will destroy this world and restart it after billions of years.
Currently, the number of orthodox cultivators in the Cang Ling Realm is dwindling, while fallen demons, fierce beasts, and rogue cultivators plague the land. The entire world is in chaos, with frequent large-scale wars and daily skirmishes." System Xiao Qi said.
"I see. I guess they can't help but cultivate, and gradually become mortals. This is truly..." Both natural and man-made disasters.
Luo Yunshi shook her head helplessly.
"Yes, when cultivation is possible, who wants to be a mortal? Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can live up to 200 years, Golden Core 500 years, Nascent Soul 1000 years, and the further they advance, the longer they live.
Actually, when everyone in the world becomes an ordinary person, the Heavenly Dao of this world will naturally expel all spiritual energy and turbid qi, thus downgrading it into a mortal realm. That way, the world will not be destroyed."
"It's human nature, I guess. What you've described is still relatively mild. There are probably many darker things we don't understand.
For example, after one becomes a rogue cultivator, they might drag their loved ones into becoming rogue cultivators too, falling together.
To enhance their power, they might practice dual cultivation and absorb essence. If such cultivation techniques truly exist in the Cang Ling Realm, then this world would be even more chaotic than you've described.
But speaking of which, is that all you have to say? Are there no sects or factions to talk about?" Luo Yunshi asked.
"This, Xiao Qi only has this much information. We will know more in the future. Host, quickly go and check out the other new functions." System Xiao Qi waved its claws and scampered away.