Gods, Ashes Descend

Chapter 1 This is a huge deal

Li Wei, who had been working late into the night fixing screws, had just bought two buckets of instant noodles from a 24-hour convenience store. He was planning to go back and have a snack before going to sleep and then start another day of backbreaking work.

Just as Li Wei was crossing the zebra crossing, a blinding light suddenly appeared, making it impossible for him to open his eyes for a moment.

Li Wei instinctively raised his hand to shield himself, but through his fingers he saw a large red car hurtling towards him at 100 miles per hour.

In his hallucination, Li Wei seemed to see something dressed in a red robe chanting the Om Messiah Ritual on the red dragon, which startled him.

He dropped the instant noodles in his hand and narrowly avoided the motorist's invitation to travel through time.

Before Li Wei could even curse, another Yunche truck with its high beams on came crashing into him head-on.

This time, Li Wei saw it clearly: a lobster spirit was gripping the steering wheel with its pincers. Don't mistake this thing for a seafood; its appearance signifies that the Holy Terra is calling you.

Li Wei gasped. Time travel was possible, Terra was possible, but Holy Terra was not!

That godforsaken place is open to anyone who wants to go. Li Wei is certainly loyal, but he would refuse to actually go.

He scrambled and tumbled to avoid the cesspool's second invitation, but the next second, a skeleton with a red eyepiece, driving a yellow DaYun, rolled toward Li Wei, who was lying on the ground.

Li Wei's eyes were filled with tears as he looked at the oncoming car. Damn it, did you have to be so ruthless? You, the weasel, are personally going into battle?

At least let me go back and delete the confidential data on my hard drive! Wait, hard drive!

As we all know, human death is divided into three stages. The first is physiological death, which is the end of the physical body.

Spiritual death occurs when the last person who remembers you passes away, and no one in the world recognizes you anymore.

The third is death at the social level—when all your social relationships and traces are completely erased.

Thinking of the hard drive at home, Li Wei, with a trembling strength he didn't know where he got the strength, propped himself up.

If it were just a mere terabyte of study materials, that would be fine. Men aren't going out to brothels, so what's wrong with looking at these things? If someone finds out, at most they'll just call him a thirsty young man.

But this particular area is different; people here are afraid that even if they die, they'll be buried in the streets, and there's no place on Earth to display their ashes.

Although this is money I, a wage earner, am risking arrest to make a little money for massages, it's all for technician number 11, so it's not shameful.

But if someone finds out, who the hell cares about that!

Li Wei's eyes were sharp, his gaze resolute.

In a bizarre way, he used his hands and feet to support himself on the ground, and crawled out of the weasel's invitation area.

"Fuck!"

Hearing the weasel's curses, Li Wei smiled coldly. No one could stop him from going home. Today, he would kill gods and Buddhas if they stood in his way.

As the Universiade receded into the distance and the surroundings fell silent, Li Wei, feeling weak in the knees and arms, sat on the curb, intending to smoke a cigarette to calm himself down. He laboriously put the cigarette in his mouth and took out a lighter to light it.

But to Li Wei's bewildered gaze, a small flame on the lighter suddenly sprouted long legs and rushed into the fingers holding the lighter, giving Li Wei no chance to react.

I can't escape this today, can I?

He stared blankly at the flames drilling into his flesh, and the next second, he was reduced to ashes.

"...Save...the...world...fire......all...."

Li Wei couldn't hear what they were saying, and when he came to his senses, he found himself lying in a stone coffin. He used his legs to kick and struggled to lift the coffin lid, feeling his back rubbing against the stone, which was quite painful.

To be honest, the lid of a stone coffin weighs at least 200 pounds, if not 300.

Li Wei was very fortunate that he often helped with material handling when tightening screws, so he had some strength and wasn't completely drained by the night shift. Otherwise, he wouldn't have collapsed halfway through, he would have had to call it over before he even started.

When Li Wei sat up, feeling the edge of the coffin, he immediately exclaimed "Oh ho!" and began to check if there was a chicken leg stick in his coffin.

As a skilled worker, one can relieve some of the stress generated at work.

Games are a good option, after all, the poor play with cars, the rich play with watches, and those who can't even afford cars can only play games.

Therefore, Li Wei knew very well what forbidden areas were for time travelers: Stellaris (7+), Orbital Star (12+), Dark Souls (16+ back then), and Warhammer (18+).

Every world is insane. Power levels aside, Dark Souls III represents the end of fire. The living have been completely wiped out, and those who remain are all cursed undead.

Unfortunately, Li Wei is currently in the Ash Graveyard. After all, the stone coffins, withered trees, streams, and the undead sitting on the ground not far away, covering their heads, are all quite recognizable.

Li Wei rummaged around in the coffin for a long time, then climbed out and searched the surrounding area, but he didn't see anything that could be called a weapon.

They could only collect some pleasing and handy stones from the ground and put them in their pockets, transforming into stone-throwing goblins to begin clearing the land.

It's hard to describe how damned and panicked Li Wei was.

The thing I've killed most in my life is a twin-tailed monster that jumps in my face, and now there's a zombie in front of me... Fuck! Forget the chicken leg, you didn't even give me the Elemental Flask, the standard item for Ashen Ones!

Therefore, Livy himself was unsure whether he was ashes or an immortal.

Moreover, he was a laborer, not a soldier—the difference is enormous. Besides, he didn't have any real skills; it was a miracle he didn't wet his pants.

The cemetery had grown larger, but we had to keep going, even if it was tough, until we reached the campfire on the cliff edge, if there was one.

Because this place is so eerie, surrounded by withered trees and stone coffins, yet there isn't even a crow in sight, it's incredibly quiet. The other stone coffins are arranged like a mass grave, and the scratching sounds coming from inside would be a perfect way to drain your SAN (Sanity Points) at night.

Not far away, the graveyard watcher was huddled up in a ball, clutching his head. It was hard to say that he hadn't been in this godforsaken place for too long and had run out of SAN points, resulting in this ghastly appearance.

So at least I need to find a place that isn't too shabby to stay in.

Holding onto the stones tightly, I carefully walked along the path, scanning my surroundings for any movement.

Just as Li Wei stepped into the creek, there was a splash.

The zombie, which was about ten meters away and had been clutching its head, stopped moving, slowly raised its head, and looked at Li Wei.

Li Wei focused 70% of his attention on this guy, and became alert the moment he looked up.

The other person's withered face had no flesh on it at all; it was just a skull covered by a layer of skin, and his white eyes were staring intently at Li Wei.

That sharp gaze made Li Wei's bladder tighten, and he felt a slight urge to urinate.

He hurriedly grabbed a stone and threw it with all his might at the living corpse that was desperately clinging to the broken sword and struggling to get up.

The stone struck the other person at high speed, but the other person didn't even flinch or react, which made Li Wei gasp.

Damn it, not only is there no obvious damage, but they don't even give you a stun reaction. This is outrageous.