At the same time.
Xu Mu and the others were hurrying toward their destination. Along the way, through his perception, he had already noticed that other people were heading to the same place.
The three of them walked for about another ten minutes before spotting three men in the distance.
It was an old man leading two young men.
After Chen Xuan saw them, he whispered, "Brother Mu, we rushed over so quickly, how are there still people ahead of us?"
He had just checked the map on his phone specifically for this; if they had driven, it would have taken at least five or six hours to get here.
But taking a helicopter, they arrived in just two hours.
"Old Chen, is your brain broken? Maybe they just live closer to here."
Xu Mu couldn't help but laugh.
"Damn! I didn't think of that."
Chen Xuan waved his hand awkwardly.
Their original five-to-six-hour journey had been cut down to two hours.
But for some people, even driving might only take an hour.
When incidents like this happened, everyone was notified by phone. If others received the call and rushed over without stopping, they would naturally arrive before them.
Finally, led by Jiang Huihui, Xu Mu and Chen Xuan arrived at their destination.
There were obvious signs of battle all around. The ground was devastated, and a large swath of surrounding trees had been felled.
Xu Mu looked around and noticed that most of the groups consisted of an elder leading several young people.
Clearly, these were formidable experts bringing the younger generation out for experience.
Engaging in life-and-death battles with alien races in ruins like this was far more effective than just talking about theories within their sects.
"Jiang Huihui, you got here pretty fast."
A man walked over from a distance. He had a slender build, his long hair tied in a bun, and an effeminate face.
On his shoulder hung a white armband with a black character "Four" written on it.
Xu Mu recognized him: Ma Henggu, the son of the sect master of the Absolute Beginning Hall.
In the original plot, Ye Chen had been showing off all the way, but he stumbled when facing the Absolute Beginning Hall.
He was almost killed by them, and Xiao Ran died at their hands while trying to save him.
"You're much faster than me."
Jiang Huihui kept her hands in her pockets and blew a bubble-gum bubble after speaking.
"I originally belonged to the Jiangnan Jinling Sanitation Department, so I was much closer to here than you were."
As Ma Henggu spoke, he stepped closer to Xu Mu. "We meet again."
Xu Mu smiled and nodded. "Heh, Captain, why aren't you going in?"
"The people from our sect haven't arrived yet. I need to wait here for a bit. If you're in a hurry, you can go in first."
Ma Henggu said calmly, "Quite a few people have already gone in."
"Then let's go."
Xu Mu said to the two beside him.
Jiang Huihui and Chen Xuan nodded in unison.
Stepping into the ruins.
The group found themselves high up on a mountain peak, from where they could overlook the entire ruin.
It was a mountainous region with rolling peaks, covering a massive area.
It looked to be about the size of an ordinary county town.
Xu Mu looked to the left, where there were stone buildings not far away.
Obviously, this entrance to the ruins originally had guards.
But now, they probably knew they had stirred up trouble.
So they gathered their race together to deal with this crisis.
"It's so big here,"
Jiang Huihui said, gazing into the distance. "I wonder where the boss of this place is right now."
"We'll know once we head over."
Xu Mu smiled and looked at his two companions. "This is their turf. They might have already set traps, so let's be careful."
Hearing this, Chen Xuan took his woodchopping knife out of his woven bag.
The group started to descend the mountain, heading deeper inside.
A few minutes later, they encountered a group of people ahead.
It was a bald old man leading two young people.
The other party also noticed Xu Mu and his group.
Among them, a woman with long hair wearing a long dress cast a faint glance toward Xu Mu's side.
She wasn't very tall, looking to be under 1.6 meters. The longsword she held seemed almost as tall as she was.
She had a baby face and was very cute, but her expression was freezing cold.
"Intermediate cleaner?"
The woman looked at the cleaner uniform Jiang Huihui was wearing.
Jiang Huihui, hands still in her pockets, replied calmly, "That's right."
"Even an intermediate cleaner shouldn't come here to throw their life away. Don't you know that the four cleaners who entered here earlier were all intermediate level?"
The woman's face remained impassive. "You came in here bringing two youngsters. Do you have a death wish, or are you just tired of living?"
Xu Mu raised an eyebrow. Although this woman's words were harsh, she generally meant well.
He used his Eye of God to briefly scan the woman and couldn't help but gasp. Another female lead.
Name: Wei Yinyun
Identity: Disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect, female lead of The Evil God Leaves Prison.
Affection Level: 0
Destiny Level: 8 (Max level 10)
Xu Mu had seen quite a few female leads by now. The reason he gasped was that this woman came from the Profound Heaven Sect.
One had to know that the senior cleaner of the Sanitation Department, Wei Jingzhi, was the Supreme Elder of the Profound Heaven Sect.
According to the plot, the Profound Heaven Sect used to be a top-tier sect as well, but due to a certain incident, a massive number of their experts had died.
It was exactly because of this that Wei Jingzhi joined the Sanitation Department.
To put it bluntly, it was to establish a protective umbrella for the sect.
Xu Mu then roughly scanned the others and found that they were all from the Profound Heaven Sect.
"Beautiful, the few of us just came in to take a look. We won't go too deep."
Xu Mu smiled and shrugged. "Thanks for your concern."
Wei Yinyun didn't say anything more to him, instead turning to the bald old man next to her. "Elder, let's go. They are courting death, and it has nothing to do with us."
"Alright."
The bald old man nodded and continued heading deeper inside.
Chen Xuan watched their retreating backs and said softly, "This woman isn't tall, but she has a huge temper. Brother Mu, you should just conquer her and take her home to discipline her properly."
"Damn! Why don't you conquer her?"
Xu Mu looked at Chen Xuan helplessly.
"Xu Mu wouldn't do that. Isn't there a saying? A short mother makes for a short litter. With Xu Mu's height, if he married her, their future children would all be very short."
Jiang Huihui chimed in from the side.
Chen Xuan laughed, "Then doesn't she exactly need Brother Mu to save her? To balance out the next generation."
"I think Huihui is right."
Xu Mu glanced at Jiang Huihui and continued heading deeper into the ruins.
[Affection Level +8]
In her heart, Jiang Huihui also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she was currently Xu Mu's fake fiancee, for some unknown reason, she didn't want too many women appearing around him.
...
The group spent twenty minutes crossing another mountain peak.
Suddenly, fluctuations of battle came from ahead. There were two separate fights, and the ground beneath their feet was trembling.
Xu Mu immediately used his perception to check, but the battles were over four hundred meters away, so he couldn't sense the specific situation.
"Old Chen, which way?"
Xu Mu asked, looking at Chen Xuan.
"Let's go left."
Chen Xuan pointed in a random direction.
Xu Mu nodded. They had been in the ruins for quite a while now and still didn't know what race inhabited this place, so it was a good opportunity to go and see.
When the range of the battle entered Xu Mu's perception.
He was completely dumbfounded. This Chen Xuan truly lived up to his reputation; it was his usual performance at play once again.
Because one of the parties fighting in the distance was none other than Wei Yinyun from just a moment ago, and she was currently looking rather disheveled.

pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"

【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)

for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”