The crowd was resigned, knowing they couldn't persuade her to stay, and could only lament Comrade Luo's swift arrival and departure.
After the meal, the various leaders, aware that meeting Comrade Luo again would be difficult, saluted Luo Yunshi together before taking their leave.
"Comrade Luo, thank you for your contributions to Xia Kingdom. On behalf of all the people of Xia Kingdom, we wish you success in all your endeavors and hope to meet again by fate."
"Alright." Luo Yunshi returned the salute. Then, with a slight smile, she watched the robots escorting the dignitaries away.
Looking at their retreating figures, Luo Yunshi felt a wave of emotions.
But emotions aside, her footsteps would not falter.
The apocalyptic plot of this world had already changed; its future course no longer required her involvement.
Luo Yunshi flew through the air, cloaked in invisibility aboard the Golden Bell Shield cloud aircraft, reciting the Maraṇasati Sūtra for a long time.
Suddenly, a golden light, visible only to cultivators, shot into Luo Yunshi's body.
Luo Yunshi felt a cool sensation flow through her body, spreading to her dantian and all her limbs.
Excellent, her merit had increased significantly.
With a thought, she returned to her villa in the Cang Ling Realm, and the speed at which her body absorbed external spiritual energy increased considerably.
...
As midnight struck, Luo Yunshi checked her points.
5.7968 billion.
"Xiao Qi, upgrade!"
"Understood, Host. Ding dong! The system is upgrading from level 10 to level 11, deducting 1 billion points. Remaining points: 4.7968 billion.
Underwear store, pharmacy, and smart bus all unlocked within a budget of 300 million, 600 million, and 900 million respectively.
The system is upgrading from level 11 to level 12, deducting 1 billion points. Remaining points: 3.7968 billion.
The barbecue store is unlocked for 500 million. The Demon Realm apocalypse is unlocked. 2 billion points are required for the next upgrade. Does the Host wish to continue upgrading?"
"Yes, continue upgrading."
"Understood, Host. Ding dong! The system is upgrading from level 12 to level 13, deducting 2 billion points. Remaining points: 1.7968 billion.
The coffee shop is unlocked for 1 billion. 2 billion points are required for the next upgrade. The protection range of Good Fortune is 10,000 meters, and the attack range is an additional 10,000 meters outside the protection range. For more rewards, Host, please check yourself."
After Xiao Qi finished speaking, she started admiring herself in the mirror, twisting and turning. "Wow, I look so beautiful!" Xiao Qi wiggled her hips, twisting and turning, complimenting herself in front of the mirror.
Luo Yunshi shook her head, amused and helpless.
But Xiao Qi's current appearance was indeed quite lovely. Rabbit ears, golden eyes. Her body was plump, palm-sized, like a puppy. Her fur was pure white, and she looked adorably naive, twisting and turning in front of the mirror, truly incredibly cute.
Luo Yunshi wondered what Xiao Qi would look like when the system reached its maximum level, but she guessed it wouldn't be too bad, and perhaps she might even have a physical form.
Luo Yunshi couldn't help but smile as she thought about it.
Then, she began to examine the changes to the system after its consecutive upgrades.
The Good Fortune Building had been upgraded to a fixed 9 floors, each 5,000 meters high, and could still recruit 10 employees. Not only had several new decoration styles been added, but there was also a misty, ethereal special effect.
Luo Yunshi guessed that 9 floors might be the highest possible for the Good Fortune Building.
The villa, which could previously be stored away, could now fly.
The barbecue store had a modern minimalist decor.
The underwear store was decorated in a pink, modern style.
Luo Yunshi placed the underwear store next to the clothing store in the Good Fortune Building. The barbecue store was placed next to the fried chicken store. The pharmacy was placed next to the medical clinic outside. The coffee shop was placed next to the cinema.
In the Good Fortune fast-food restaurant, Luo Yunshi looked at the broom and selected the newly appearing "Get Up and Dance" option. Instantly, a small, self-service KTV appeared in the fast-food restaurant. The KTV could accommodate 2 people, and fees would be deducted automatically based on usage time.
The system backpack contained three 1-liter bottles of O-Pao Fruit Milk Lingquan Water.
The spiritual energy concentration of this Lingquan Water was even higher than before. If the initial O-Pao Lingquan Water had 20% spiritual energy, then the subsequent Lingquan Water had 60%. This time, it was 80% or even 90%, enough to use until one ascended to immortality. Even if one accidentally arrived in a world without spiritual energy, it would not hinder ascension.
This was simply an overpowered method for ascending to immortality. The only drawback was that after drinking it, unlike the previous small bottles of O-Pao Lingquan Water, it would not replenish daily, meaning it was gone once consumed.
Luo Yunshi happily put it away.
"Xiao Qi, tell me about the situation in the Demon Realm apocalypse," Luo Yunshi said to Xiao Qi.
"Understood, Host.
This time, the Demon Realm was quite tragic. Tens of thousands of years ago, this place and another world were a single world, a modern world at that.
One day, spiritual energy suddenly revived in that modern world, and it entered a phase of universal cultivation. However, humans lacked orthodox cultivation methods, so they created a 'scientific cultivation' method that fused with science.
In that modern world, humans, animals, and plants could all cultivate. Although animals and plants did not have cultivation methods, they would unconsciously absorb external spiritual energy to cultivate and become demon cultivators.
After years of research, human cultivators discovered that contracting with demon cultivators could lead to faster advancement in strength. They even discovered more valuable resources from demon cultivators after experimenting with demon cultivators of different strengths and types.
However, at that time, those animals could already cultivate and possessed intelligence. Humans unscrupulously captured demon cultivators for experiments. Furthermore, some humans knew that many demon cultivators were unwilling to contract with humans, so they began to use forceful means, severely injuring powerful plants and animals, and then forcibly establishing master-servant contracts.
After many incidents, that world descended into chaos. A powerful demon cultivator used all of their mana to split that world into two isolated parts: the Human Realm and the Demon Realm.
As time passed, the Human Realm and the Demon Realm evolved into independent small worlds, each forming its own minor Heavenly Dao.
In the plot, the Demon Realm is currently ruled by the Demon King Bai Li. Although there are occasional minor disturbances among the demon races, it is relatively peaceful. However, when Demon King Bai Li attempted to ascend but failed and was severely injured by lightning, the various races in the Demon Realm began to stir, vying for the position of Demon King.
However, just as they conceived these ideas, the humans from the modern cultivation world, due to a world war, suffered heavy casualties, were short of resources, and could not survive. They found various ways to locate the spatially closest Demon Realm and broke through its barrier.
Thus, a great war erupted between the human race and the demon race. The most powerful Demon King, Bai Li, was too severely injured to manage the demon race. The next Demon King, Bai Qian, temporarily took the throne and led the demon race in a fierce battle against the human cultivators. However, the demon race had been too accustomed to peace and was no match for human cultivators combined with technology. In the end, many demons in the Demon Realm were killed, the demon race was annihilated, and the realm was occupied by humans."