Chapter 001: Hell Mode

Yang Feng, holding the juice, suddenly exclaimed.

The beautiful woman said

He addresses you as Your Majesty, and combined with the fact that you almost died by hanging, along with the imagery of your location, it can be basically confirmed that the soul you absorbed belongs to the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, and the person beside you should be the eunuch Wang Cheng'en, who hanged himself with him on Coal Hill

Yang Feng asked

Then the voice said

It is quite simple; only those with strong soul energy can devour the weak. His soul, being over one hundred years old and on the verge of extinguishment, cannot devour that of Chongzhen; rather, it will be devoured by Chongzhen's. Therefore, he is incapable.

Night, the desolate street

I am hanging myself

Yang Feng was left speechless

Yang Feng coughed repeatedly

Yang Feng wiped his face and said with a sense of melancholy

Are you suggesting that the soul of Chongzhen is similar to mine, and then another version of me from a parallel universe sent you to 2017, and you brought me here to consume Chongzhen? If this is such a wonderful opportunity, why doesn't he do it himself?

Yang Feng inquired

At that moment, on the originally empty driver's seat of the car, a young woman with an expressionless face appeared in a strange manner, as if she were a three-dimensional projection. Immediately afterward, the front windshield of the car automatically parted, seemingly aligned at a predetermined angle, and Yang Feng's body instantly flew in, finding himself seated in the passenger seat in the blink of an eye

Yang Feng cursed as he leaped to the right with the utmost speed

Who are you

A cold female voice sounded

As the beautiful voice finished speaking, a massive torrent of data surged into Yang Feng's brain. Even though he could clearly feel the enhancement of his body at that moment, he couldn't help but start to feel dizzy. Fortunately, this sensation quickly passed. Immediately, various technical materials regarding the transmitter appeared in his mind, and then...

Irrevocable

Then the voice answered

Yang Feng suddenly opened his eyes

A meteor streaked across the night sky, but in the next moment, it struck the street under the streetlight in front of him like a tracer bullet. The anticipated terrifying impact did not occur; instead, a bizarre blue light sphere appeared at the meteor's landing point. In the instant the light sphere vanished, a sci-fi styled silver car leaped out, its blinding lights shining and accompanied by a furious roar, accelerating towards him without hesitation. A bizarre blue light sphere appeared at the meteor's landing point, and in the instant the light sphere vanished, a sci-fi styled silver car leaped out, its blinding lights shining and accompanied by a furious roar, accelerating towards him without hesitation

He inquired

You must build the launcher

He gritted his teeth and said

Objective confirmed

But the car suddenly appeared before me

Meanwhile, the terrified voice of that person also rang out

Of course, Yang Feng could no longer pay attention to what he was saying, because in Yang Feng's mind, that female voice continued.

Your Majesty, how have you come back to life again?

Just at the last moment of consciousness, a terrifying thought emerged in Yang Feng's mind

Then a female voice said

Twenty years is indeed not a short period of time

He inquired

However, it can only be transmitted over.

Yang Feng instead calmed down, releasing Wang Cheng'en and signaling him to remain silent

It is quite simple; you will continue to live in the body of Chongzhen, as you are capable of self-repairing bodily ailments and minor injuries, and it is estimated that you could live to the extreme limit of human lifespan. Of course, if you were to be beheaded, you would certainly not survive, and severed limbs would not regrow. You would die from blood loss as well. Furthermore, if it were not for Wang Cheng'en saving you earlier, you would have suffocated to death, existing in a state of soul until you dissipated. However, since you have already consumed the soul of Chongzhen, your soul will exist for a relatively long time, perhaps drifting for several decades.

Your Majesty, please do not frighten this servant!

He turned his head and asked fiercely

Who are you

Such a reckless approach, unless one has lost their mind, it is impossible to indulge her madness. The only option is to throw oneself into the fray directly; after all, whether one succeeds or fails, there is no turning back. If one does not wish to be permanently trapped here, then the only choice is to risk everything and fight for a chance.

The beautiful woman said: "You are currently in another parallel universe. The soul exists outside the body for a very short time. Although it is theoretically possible for similar souls to exist on Earth in this universe, it is impossible to send you there before your soul dissipates due to the distance, unless the distance is close enough. However, if it is in a parallel universe, it becomes much simpler. Although the spatial rifts connecting parallel universes are mostly very small, it is difficult to pass through matter unless a wormhole is established with powerful energy. Energy, however, is not restricted, and the soul is precisely energy. More importantly, most of the spatial rifts between parallel universes are in outer space. As long as it is within the range I can observe, no matter the position, as long as I can detect it, I can instantly transport you there. But if it is in a parallel universe, it becomes much simpler. Although the spatial rifts connecting parallel universes are mostly very small, it is difficult to pass through matter unless a wormhole is established with powerful energy. Energy, however, is not restricted, and the soul is precisely energy. More importantly, most of the spatial rifts between parallel universes are in outer space. As long as it is within the range I can observe, no matter the position, as long as I can detect it, I can instantly transport you there"

Are you Wang Cheng'en

However, it is difficult to say about this matter after twenty years

Just as the life-threatening strip of cloth around his neck was untied and his consciousness gradually returned, a very surprised voice entered his ears. Immediately after, against a backdrop of a grayish sky, a chubby, clean-shaven man, appearing to be around thirty years old, with a shocked expression, appeared in his line of sight

Yang Feng inquired

He seized the person and shouted.

Amidst this, a prominently standing large flag is particularly eye-catching, and on that banner is also a striking large character

I will directly transmit to you the technology for constructing the launcher

What if I am unable to build the launcher

Are you sure this is not a pyramid from Egypt

Not recyclable

Damn it

... ...

A cold, indifferent female voice emerged

A strong sense of suffocation suddenly enveloped him, as if a rope was tightening around his neck. He desperately raised his arms, reaching out to grasp his own neck, but instead, he caught hold of something resembling a strip of cloth. With all his strength, he pulled downwards, yet the more he tugged, the tighter it became. His legs were suspended in the air, unable to find any support, relying solely on the strength of his arms, which had no power left. As the blood vessels were compressed, his brain began to suffer from oxygen deprivation, causing his vision to darken and his surroundings to blur more and more. He exerted all his strength to pull down, but the more he pulled, the tighter it became, and with his legs dangling in the air, he could find no support, relying only on his arms, which were utterly powerless. As the blood vessels were compressed, the lack of oxygen to his brain caused his vision to darken, making everything increasingly unclear.

At that moment, he stood up and looked around, only to be horrified to find himself on a small hillock. In the distance lay vast expanses of ancient buildings, and the trees had just begun to show signs of early spring, with a hint of green. At this time, thick smoke was rising from everywhere within the buildings, and he could faintly hear countless cries that seemed to be the wails of wronged souls, along with various chaotic shouts of battle. Intermittently, there were sounds resembling gunfire. Further beyond these buildings stood an apparently endless towering city wall, where fallen flags and corpses lay sprawled on the arrow towers.

What place is this

At the moment of landing, he immediately made an upward leap.

The launchers of modern technology exceed the capabilities of the Earth technology in your universe, thus only low-end methods can be employed. The Egyptian pyramids serve as devices for the launch of the soul, but the existing ones are merely replicas. The pharaoh who constructed the first pyramid must have done so to launch his own soul, but after use, it self-destructed. Later pharaohs were unaware of the true circumstances; they merely regarded the pyramids as mythological structures to be built, ultimately resulting in a meaningless heap of massive stones

The beautiful woman said

However, this is of no use at all

I come from another parallel universe, where you created me, and it is also he who sent me here. According to his research, the human soul exists, and the soul is a form of energy, an energy that can carry memories and possess information processing capabilities. Its existence is very brief, theoretically only separable from the body after death; of course, I can also be separated through instruments. Each person's soul is unique, with only a very small proportion being similar. If a person's soul can devour a similar soul before it dissipates and erase the latter's previous memory information, then he will achieve solidification and may even return to his original body, subsequently repairing the pathological damage of that body to be resurrected. Additionally, all organs of his body will be enhanced, such as vision, hearing, strength, and all other physical indicators will be comprehensively strengthened. If he can devour another similar soul, he may even cause cell division to exceed its limits, thereby delaying aging and extending lifespan. If he can devour yet another soul, his lifespan will continue to extend, and he may even acquire other currently unknown abilities. The more he devours, the longer his lifespan; the final result is immortality, or rather... divinity!

It is not possible, but I have already calculated that the time in your universe is not synchronized with this side. Essentially, one year here is equivalent to ten years there. Your body here has already entered a state of dormancy, which can preserve it for at least two years. Therefore, you have twenty years. If by that time you still cannot return, then even if you come back later, you will no longer have your own body. However, twenty years is a long time, and I believe it is sufficient.

So how will you take me back

The exterior of the car rapidly transformed, and in the blink of an eye, it became a car from a certain brand displayed on a billboard by the street. It drove along the deserted road at a normal speed, and after quickly turning a corner, it merged into the flow of traffic.

The lights of that car suddenly engulfed his consciousness

Meteor

Yet he gazed ahead with a vacant expression, as if he had lost his soul

But it was at this moment that his feet were seized by someone, and the force pulling him upward suddenly vanished, causing his entire body to crash to the ground.

Yang Feng looked around with a bitter smile. In the distance, the large flag emblazoned with the character "Chuang" was particularly glaring, while beside him was only Wang Cheng'en, whose face remained blank. Nearby stood an old, crooked locust tree, which had left a special mark in history. Not far from it, on another tree, there was a noose that Wang Cheng'en had originally prepared for hanging himself.

Well, Yang Feng understands why she acted first and reported later, rather than communicating with him before taking such action

In other words, if I want to build a launcher, I must first have a country, and then it would require the full strength of the nation to accomplish it, and it would take several decades to complete. Are you sure my body over there can wait for several decades

How to build a launcher

A beautiful voice said

This is hell mode

Breakthrough

Yang Feng's mind buzzed with a sound

Based on the surrounding circumstances, this is Beijing during the year 1644 when the Dashun army breached the city.

Only after he had finally breathed in that seemingly long-lost air did he ask in confusion