Chapter 51: Into a Post-Apocalyptic Superpower Novel, Day 3
Chapter 51: Into a Post-Apocalyptic Superpower Novel, Day 3
Chapter 51: The Third Day of Being Thrown into an Apocalypse Superpower Novel
Boom!
The blazing flames were not ordinary orange-yellow, but a near-platinum white, a terrifyingly hot inferno that precisely transformed into a roaring dragon of fire, instantly engulfing the main vine that was entwining the woman and about to attack An Yi!
"Sizzle—Roar—!" A sharp screech erupted from deep underground.
The vine wrapped in platinum flames twisted, carbonized, and disintegrated at a visible speed.
The fire, like a bone-gnawing maggot, spread fiercely along the vine's veins toward its underground main body, burning!
The sudden high temperature and intense light made everyone instinctively close their eyes.
An Yi was also forced back a step by the terrifying heat wave so close, and he let go. The woman collapsed to the ground, staring in shock at the vine rapidly turning to ash before her eyes.
The vines rampaging across the square seemed to sense a fatal threat, instantly abandoning their attack and retracting wildly underground, leaving only chaos and the lingering stench of burning.
A figure landed lightly on a half-collapsed wall not far away.
It was a young woman.
She wore a form-fitting combat outfit, accentuating her slender, powerful figure.
Her face was delicate, with striking, flamboyant features like a blooming rose, and her closely cropped hair drew attention.
Most striking were her eyes—startlingly bright, burning with a wild, all-conquering passion.
She casually flicked her hand, and a playful golden spark seemed to dance at her fingertips.
"Tch, damn mutant plants."
Everyone's gaze—including Weng Daixuan, who had just gotten up from the ground with blood at the corner of her mouth, and An Yi, whose heart was still pounding as he forcibly suppressed the icy chill at his fingertips—focused on this young woman who had descended like a miracle.
An Yi blinked, his lashes fluttering slightly. As the plot entered his mind, he realized that he had indeed transmigrated into a book again.
The protagonist was this bright and bold woman before him—Ji Qin!
The story had already reached its midway point.
The original novel was a typical post-apocalyptic romance. The heroine was Ji Qin, and the hero was Que Xiuqi.
The novel began by depicting the terror of the apocalypse, where Ji Qin struggled to lead a small group of survivors fleeing a city overrun by mutant plants and animals, searching for shelter.
Food shortages, threats from mutants, and internal suspicion and despair among survivors were the main conflicts, spanning hundreds of chapters.
During this time, Ji Qin's flame ability was in its initial awakening.
The turning point came when they found an abandoned old steel mill.
Its easily defensible terrain became a natural fortress.
Ji Qin's flame ability evolved from a mere offensive tool into the cornerstone that sustained the safe base.
Smelting steel to fortify walls, lighting furnaces to dispel the cold and forge weapons, purifying collected precious rainwater... none of these could be done without the fire that danced at her fingertips.
In the novel, she earned initial leadership through absolute power and unquestionable iron will, naming the safe base "Blazing Fort."
During this time, they repelled multiple mutant attacks, took in more survivors, and Ji Qin discovered by accident that her flame had a purifying effect on mutants, though she did not publicize it.
When Ji Qin's ability grew stronger and Blazing Fort became secure, her innate pioneering spirit could no longer be confined within the walls. She began to take the initiative to expand their living space.
Among the main group was a very brilliant research expert, Que Xiuqi, the male lead. In one study, combining Ji Qin's ability characteristics with research on mutant energy, he proposed a shocking theory: the source of the mutation might be buried deep beneath the earth's crust, like a huge polluted heart.
To end the apocalypse, they had to venture into dangerous territory and use Ji Qin's purifying flame to cleanse it, but this was almost suicidal.
The source of mutation seemed to sense the danger as well, controlling mutant plants and animals to launch a fierce assault on safe bases around the world.
After learning about the source, Ji Qin left most of her strength to defend Blazing Fort and other strongholds in a brutal battle, buying time for her own mission.
She herself led the most elite squad, breaking through layers of mutant guardians, deep into the source of pollution—a massive, pulsating core tumor filled with viscous mutant energy.
Facing a pollution core far beyond imagination, conventional attacks were useless.
Ji Qin knew Que Xiuqi's theory was correct. She pushed her ability to an unprecedented peak, even beyond her limits, and her body began to energize.
She unleashed the ultimate form of her flame—a pure, blazing torrent of light and fire, imbued with the will to purify and renew, piercing through the core tumor!
The two collided, sending a massive energy shockwave across the globe.
The core tumor was completely incinerated, and the mutant energy lost its source, rapidly declining. The blood-red haze in the sky began to dissipate, and long-awaited, true sunlight pierced through the clouds, shining on the devastated earth. Mutant plants and animals, along with a few zombies, lost their activity and turned to ash.
The surface defense battle ended in a bloody victory due to the collapse of the pollution source at the critical moment. People emerged from shelters, basking in the sunlight, weeping for joy.
Humanity finally welcomed a new life.
As for An Yi, in the vast text of the original novel, he was nothing more than an extremely vague background character.
He wasn't even cannon fodder; his name was only casually mentioned once by an insignificant side character in the later part, as trivial as a speck of dust.
An Yi: ...
Alright.
This time, even the villain script was saved, and he was directly promoted to "extra."
He twitched the corner of his mouth. Well, at least it was worry-free.
The story had already reached its midpoint; Ji Qin and her team had already established Blazing Fort.
One of the goals of this expedition was to collect samples.
And the vine that had been burned to charcoal before him... An Yi's gaze swept over the remaining piece of vine residue on the ground, stinking of burning... it was one of the key triggers that would later lead Que Xiuqi to discover the truth about the apocalypse in the original novel.
An Yi's ears twitched slightly as he heard the sound of the comment section again.
The corner of An Yi's mouth unconsciously curved up into a faint arc.
The tense, slightly stiff line of his jaw, caused by the transmigration and battle, quietly softened a little.
A hint of warm, almost nostalgic smile flickered in his eyes, so fast that it was impossible to catch.
It seemed that this was not an ordinary transmigration, but a fast transmigration. He thought back; over a hundred years ago, when he was still an ordinary college student, he had also read a few novels of this genre.
The protagonist is bound to a system, travels through countless worlds, completes missions... he knew the tropes.
But An Yi nonchalantly rubbed his fingertips, where a faint chill of ice crystals seemed to linger.
Where was his system?
Lost? On strike? Or... had it never been assigned to him from the start?
This "fast transmigration" experience was a bit too "self-service."