My Endless Life

Only more than 30 years have passed. Except for the elderly who are already at the end of their lives, most of the people Li Qi knows should survive.

Even Zhao Hong, who is relatively old among them, should only be around seventy years old this year.

Of course, Li Qi also knew that in the doomsday era, very few people could live peacefully into old age, but at least those acquaintances that Li Qi knew should still be alive.

For example, the middle school girl Yi Cheng.

For example, the magical girl Xu Leying.

When Li Qi left, they were only in their twenties, and now they are no more than sixty years old, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Li Qi looked at the Spirit of the World, wanting to get a satisfactory answer from her.

However, what made Li Qi's heart sink was that after hearing Li Qi's question, the Spirit of the World fell silent and did not speak for a long time.

"Someone died?"

Li Qi asked in a deep voice.

The World Spirit nodded and said, "Many people... have passed away, and some of the people you know... have also left Dream Town. More than 30 years is still too long for ordinary people."

"..." Li Qi was silent, "Tell me what happened in the past thirty years."

"Yes, you can...but, don't you solve this problem first?"

The Spirit of the World pointed to the gloomy sky above his head.

Li Qi said casually: "It's not too late to solve this later, let's go back to Dream Town first."

When Li Qi logs into the doomsday world with administrator privileges, solving the world crisis is just a matter of a word from Li Qi.

He only needs to take back all the permissions of the AI, and then let the AI ​​disintegrate on its own to bring life back to the world.

What is a catastrophic event for the people in this world is just a matter of words for the managers of game companies in the interstellar era.

The Spirit of the World did not insist after hearing this. When Li Qi returned to this world, the Spirit of the World's trust in Li Qi had reached its peak.

Since Li Qi said he would solve it, the Spirit of the World would choose to believe him.

No longer talking about solving the doomsday crisis, the Spirit of the World walked back with Li Qi and told him everything that had happened in the past thirty years.

Li Qi used the temporary management authority to travel to the twelve sealed ancient sites. After sealing all the pollution, the world had a brief respite.

The Human Doomsday Federation, the human government composed of the last human nations, began searching the world for all survivors that could be found.

They used strange objects to build more dungeons, restore the application of electricity rules, and try to restart human civilization.

However, as more and more strange objects appeared, the world crisis gradually disappeared, and ambitious people also surfaced.

All kinds of people emerged, trying to gain dominance over the world.

Among them, Blackwater Group and Silver Technology are the most powerful. The two groups have each built a new dungeon, declared independence, and become forces that do not belong to the Human Federation.

Other organizations that possess powerful artifacts followed suit, resulting in the current world structure being extremely loose, with dozens of large and small forces spread across the entire planet like stars.

As a result, the Human Federation announced its dissolution ten years ago, and at the same time split into four large forces.

Huaguo is one of them, and it should now be called the First Underground City.

They also continue the kingdom culture before the end of the world without any changes, and have been working to restore the past order.

Now, the world situation has been initially stabilized, and all major forces have entered a stage of rapid recovery. Before their own strength and order have been restored to a certain level, no one will arbitrarily provoke disputes.

Therefore, the past ten years from the establishment of the Human Federation to the present have also been a rare decade of peace for mankind.

Li Qi listened to the description of the Spirit of the World without any reaction throughout.

It was not until the World Spirit had finished speaking that he picked out the key points of their conversation:

"Blackwater Group and Silver Technology...? I seem to have heard of these two groups somewhere."

"Of course you have heard of them." The World Spirit said, "They are the two major groups that funded the establishment of the Ancient Monuments Society. However, before the Ancient Monuments Society was destroyed, they disappeared without a trace."

After the Spirit of the World said this, Li Qi remembered.

He did remember that the Antiques Society had big groups behind it to fund it, and it was precisely because of these two groups, which were comparable to those in Umbra, that the Antiques Society was able to compete with the major countries during the period of orderly society.

However, when the Ancient Monuments Society carried out its doomsday plan, these two groups completely disappeared and no one knew where they had gone.

Even the Ancient Relics Society was wiped out by Li Qi, and these two groups had never appeared before, making it seem as if the Ancient Relics Society was the big boss, and the Blackwater and Silver Technology groups were just puppets.

Li Qi was puzzled by his sudden reappearance.

If the Antiquities Society was really funded by them, then why was there no trace of them when the Antiquities Society was carrying out its doomsday plan?

If the Antiques Society was not funded by them and they were merely puppets of the Antiques Society, then why didn't the Antiques Society take them with it when it perished?

Li Qi, who was quite curious about these two groups, asked the World Spirit:

"Apart from declaring independence, have these two groups done anything else?"

"Too much to do. Which ones do you mean?"

Li Qi: “?”

Seeing the expressionless face of the World Spirit, Li Qi was also stunned. After thinking for a while, he asked:

"Can you tell me a few first?"

"There's nothing much to say. These two groups were inhumane before the apocalypse. Living experiments and virus experiments were commonplace for these two groups. After the apocalypse, they became even more wanton and exploited their own employees..."

The World Spirit sighed at this point: "...You don't want to know the miserable conditions of ordinary people living in their territory."

"Okay, I think I understand."

After hearing what the Spirit of the World said, Li Qi had a general impression of these two companies.

Certainly not a good impression.

Let’s not talk about this for now. Li Qi and the Spirit of the World stepped into the Dream Town.

As soon as he entered, Li Qi couldn't help but stop and looked up at the "town" in front of him.

"Is this... Dream Town?"

Li Qi looked at the completely modernized town in front of him with great surprise.

The Dream Town that Li Qi previously owned, although it was called a town, its overall style was more like some backward villages of the past.

The town consists of several large houses that look nice, a few farms, a mansion that looks quite luxurious, and some convenient living facilities.

But in the town today, those backward-looking wooden houses have been transformed into sturdy buildings made of mud bricks. The outside of the buildings are painted white, and some houses have been transformed into large villas with floor-to-ceiling windows.

The town as a whole looks more modern and no longer gives people a backward feeling.

Especially in the core of the town, the large mansion standing at the farthest point has also been renovated inside and out. The entire mansion is more magnificent and luxurious, and its extraordinaryness can be seen at a glance.

The World Spirit explained:

“After you left, the residents in Dream Town who couldn’t go out started to renovate the town. After all, they had nothing else to do except work.

"After that, the girl named Yi Cheng went back and forth between the real town and the dream town, bringing back many people one after another until the town was full.

"Of course, there have been conflicts and some spies from outside, but that is all in the past. The scale of the town has basically taken shape now, and everyone has their own responsibilities."

Li Qi listened to the explanation of the Spirit of the World and swept his eyes over the residents in the town.

Indeed, there were many people here whom Li Qi didn't recognize at all. They were wearing clothes representing different duties. Some were carrying things back and forth, while others were patrolling the streets to maintain order.

Everyone who stays in the town has work to do so they won't be bored and can maintain the daily operations of the entire town.

After standing at the edge of the town and watching for a while, Li Qi heard the World Spirit ask:

"Are you going to meet them? Or are you going to go directly to the mansion to meet your old acquaintance?"

"Well... let's go directly to the mansion. This town is no longer mine."

Li Qi shook his head and said.

He never had absolute control over the town, nor did he really think about keeping the town in his hands forever.

Moreover, he is still in the interstellar world. Even if he obtains ownership of the town, it is only in the "game" and not in reality.

Instead of wasting time greeting the townspeople, it would be better to go directly to Yi Cheng and the others to reminisce about the past and talk about business at the same time.

Without disturbing the residents who were doing things outside the town, Li Qi followed the Spirit of the World into the mansion.

In the mansion, Li Qi could see the puppet he made helping to clean the room, but apart from the puppet, Li Qi did not see anyone else.

"Where are the people?"

Looking around, Li Qi did not see Yi Cheng and Liu Cheng, so he turned to look at the Spirit of the World.

The World Spirit raised his head and looked at the second floor, and said:

"Liu Cheng should be sleeping. As for Yi Cheng...she and Xu Leying are the decision-makers for the First Underground City. She should still be busy outside."

"Wait, what did you just say?"

Li Qi looked at the Spirit of the World in astonishment.

The World Spirit blinked: "I think Yi Cheng should still be busy..."

"One more sentence."

"...Yi Cheng and Xu Leying are the decision makers of the first underground city?"

"…What's wrong with the brains of those senior executives before them?"

"?"

Li Qi's question made the World Spirit look confused. She looked at Li Qi in confusion and heard him say:

"Yi Cheng's chuunibyou can't be cured, so is it really okay to let her be the decision maker?"

Regardless of whether Yi Cheng is Mu Xi or Li Qi’s nominal third sister, Li Qi has not forgotten the side effects of Yi Cheng’s magic book.

Letting a person with chuunibyou be the decision maker, are they really not afraid that Yi Cheng will have a chuunibyou attack and just expose it to the whole world?

So is it really okay to let Yi Cheng be the decision maker?