Is This Still Earth?

"What have you done to me?"

With an explosive hairstyle and a face as handsome as Daniel Wu's, Zhou Tong, who looked as if he had been struck by lightning, got up from the ground.

Looking at the unfamiliar city ruins around him, he was bewildered and at a loss.

"Woof! Woof!"

"dog?"

Hearing the shouts, Zhou Tong snapped out of his daze and immediately looked around, his heart filled with joy: there's hope!

In the distance, on a dilapidated street, a dog-shaped monster, about the size of a tiger, galloped past.

Before Zhou Tong could even express his surprise...

On the street, two more monstrous wild boars, each with a single horn and about the size of an elephant, rushed out, seemingly chasing the monster dog in front.

A moment later, Zhou Tong heard a piercing bark from a dog, confirming his suspicions.

A gentle breeze blew by, and a nauseating smell of blood filled the air.

Immediately afterwards, the entire ruined street seemed to come alive, with all sorts of strange monsters, big and small, emerging from the corners and rushing toward the source of the bloody smell.

"...Holy crap! Is this still Earth?"

With a terrified expression, Zhou Tong quickly scanned his surroundings, disregarding the safety of the abandoned building next to him, and stumbled and staggered inside, his legs feeling weak.

Rushing up to the third floor of the abandoned building, Zhou Tong chose a mostly intact room and hid inside.

Leaning against the wall, panting, Zhou Tong realized he had really messed things up; one wrong move and he could lose his life.

Recalling his brief experience, Zhou Tong was now certain that this was not Earth.

However, Zhou Tong was quite a bachelor; he had nothing on Earth to care about anyway, so it didn't matter whether he could go back or not.

Since we're already here, we might as well make the best of it. The most important thing now is to figure out how to survive in this world full of monsters and dangers.

As Zhou Tong slid down to the floor and gradually calmed down, he remembered the culprit who had sent him on his journey through time.

"Jade plaque!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Tong hurriedly looked at the jade pendant wrapped around his wrist.

However, the jade tablet still had the cracks that covered the entire tablet from the second engraving of the Gate of Eternity. The Gate of Truth from the first engraving was no longer visible, making it completely unusable.

In fact, the cracks on the jade plaque were constantly changing, but Zhou Tong did not notice because the changes were too subtle.

This jade pendant was originally just a simple, unassuming pendant. Zhou Tong became so engrossed in watching a live stream appraising treasures that he impulsively bought it online.

Today, as usual, he was scrolling through short videos. When he came across a video about the Gate of Truth, the jade pendant he was playing with suddenly became hot, flew off his hand, and stuck to the phone screen, overlapping with the Gate of Truth.

When the jade pendant fell off, Zhou Tong discovered that the originally blank jade pendant now had an engraving exactly the same as the Gate of Truth.

In an instant, Zhou Tong thought of a whole bunch of classic scenes.

After some attempts, just as he had expected, the jade tablet could indeed use the alchemy of the Gate of Truth, but it required a reference object or the corresponding knowledge.

Zhou Tong did not receive the truth knowledge that the Gate of Truth was supposed to give him, but he did not have to pay any extra price when using alchemy.

At the same time, Zhou Tong also discovered that the blank side of the jade plaque could be engraved again.

With only one imprint left, Zhou Tong was naturally very careful in choosing his imprint target and dared not make any other attempts, as it would be a huge loss if he wasted it.

After careful selection and repeated consideration, Zhou Tong finally chose the Gate of Immortality.

Cultivating immortality is a dream etched into the bones of every Chinese person.

However, this time the jade pendant had a problem. Not only did it take a long time to carve, but dense cracks also kept appearing on the jade pendant.

Just then, the clear sky outside suddenly became overcast, and thunder rumbled across the sky.

"boom!"

A bolt of lightning struck straight down on the house where Zhou Tong was.

In the white light, Zhou Tong seemed to see a door in the void that was exactly the same as the Gate of Immortality, which suddenly shattered and disappeared.

When Zhou Tong regained consciousness, he found himself in the ruins of a city.

Leaning against the corner, sorting out my thoughts...

Zhou Tong suddenly remembered that the monster dog and monster pig he had just seen looked familiar; he must have seen them somewhere recently...

After racking his brains, Zhou Tong finally remembered that the monster dog and monster pig were almost identical to the unicorn boar and tiger mastiff from the anime he was watching, Swallowing the Star.

Although this world might be one he was familiar with, Zhou Tong felt no joy whatsoever.

If this really is the Swallowed Star world, then he has to consider how to survive the RR virus infection. He remembers that the RR virus in Swallowed Star has a 30% mortality rate.

Zhou Tong only came into contact with the extraordinary today, and he was still in his body. Given his weak body from staying up late for so long, it's highly likely he won't be able to withstand the RR virus infection.

"Hold!"

With the survival problem still unresolved, and now an even more deadly viral infection has struck, Zhou Tong couldn't help but offer a polite greeting.

Fortunately, he still had an external advantage, so Zhou Tong hurriedly began to study the jade tablet again, since he had no other means of support.

Even if he wanted to find a human base city for help now, he would be powerless. Any ordinary monster outside could easily kill him, and besides, he was transported from another world, so his identity was also a big problem.

Looking at the jade pendant again, Zhou Tong was pleasantly surprised to find that the originally dense cracks on the jade pendant had been arranged into a blurry door shape.

However, after some research, Zhou Tong discovered that the incomplete Immortal Gate inscription was still unusable.

Fortunately, on the other side of the jade tablet, the engraving of the Gate of Truth returned to normal and could be used again.

However, what troubled Zhou Tong was that without any reference points or corresponding knowledge, he could not use alchemy, so the infection of the RR virus remained unsolved.

However, since his life was at stake, Zhou Tong did not give up and continued to research the only usable Gate of Truth imprint.

Before we knew it, the moon was high in the sky.

Today's experiences were more than Zhou Tong's total of the previous 20 years. Exhausted both physically and mentally, he quietly fell asleep while conducting his research.

early morning.

Zhou Tong, who was in his sleep, suddenly twisted and convulsed; the RR virus had broken out.

House seemingly endless rain.

At this moment, the jade pendant hanging around his neck suddenly became hot, and it grew hotter and hotter, and began to soften and seep into his body.

As the jade tablet fully merged into Zhou Tong's body, he was like a boiled shrimp, his entire body crimson, curled up, and convulsing.

Awakened by the pain, Zhou Tong was in so much pain that he couldn't even groan. He could only roar in frustration in his heart.

"...I absolutely cannot die here!"

Driven by an intense will to survive, and aided by the jade pendant and the RR virus, Zhou Tong's body and soul began to transform, evolve, and gradually grow stronger.

Until a certain critical point was reached, a powerful spiritual force erupted from Zhou Tong's body, crushing all the clutter in the room into dust.

At this moment, Zhou Tong deflated like a punctured balloon, collapsing into a deep sleep.