"It seems the flow of time in both worlds is the same," Su Mu muttered to himself.
He took out the hundred-yuan cash from behind his phone case, then put his phone into his pocket.
He ignored the dozen or so unfamiliar missed calls displayed on his phone screen.
They were nothing more than customers urging their orders; the food was already ruined, and with so much time passed, the customers had surely applied for compensation from the food delivery platform 'Kuaishi'.
Now, there was nothing for him, the "missing" delivery rider, to do.
Anyway, the platform would deduct the customer's losses from his delivery account.
Su Mu walked along the road, leaving the scene of the accident.
After about ten minutes of walking, he finally got into a taxi waiting for passengers by the roadside outside a KTV... Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of an old residential complex.
Su Mu paid the fare in cash, then got out and walked into the complex.
The complex was pitch black.
He used the faint light from his phone screen to find his way to his familiar building.
Fortunately, each floor had sound-activated lights.
He coughed loudly on each floor, coughing his way up to the twelfth floor.
He stood in front of the iron door of 1202, panting heavily.
This was his rented apartment, a forty-square-meter one-bedroom, one-living room for three hundred yuan a month.
It was so cheap because it was a walk-up building with no elevator, and it wasn't simply the twelfth floor; the first floor of this building started from the fourth floor.
In other words, it was a walk-up apartment located on the sixteenth floor.
Ninety percent of the people in this complex only went up and down once a day: when they left for work and when they returned home from work.
This was also a forbidden area for food delivery.
Unless the customer was willing to pick up their order from the actual first floor, or pay extra, delivery riders would rather add to their meal than deliver here.
Su Mu took the key from the electricity meter box on the door, unlocked it, and pushed the door open.
The room was pitch black. He fumbled for the light switch on the wall and pressed it.
Then he closed the door behind him, went into the living room, and sat down on the tattered sofa.
The room was very simple; besides the sofa, there was a dining table and chairs, and the open bedroom next to it contained only a bed and a wardrobe.
"Phew."
Su Mu let out a long breath and leaned back on the sofa to rest.
Climbing sixteen floors in one go was extremely tiring.
He came straight back, ignoring the totaled motorcycle and not reporting the hit-and-run driver.
This was because when he returned to Blue Star from the biochemical world, he already had a plan to initiate the apocalypse.
The Multiverse Evolution System he acquired required him to intervene, guide, and transform the world to complete its evolution in order to gain Evolution Points.
But he was just a low-level delivery rider, neither a scientific big shot nor a business magnate, much less a child of the elite. Trying to push and change the world's direction on his own...
It was harder than ascending to heaven!
Currently, besides having 100,000 in savings, 320 Evolution Points, a pistol with fifteen rounds, thirty-five t-viruses, and thirty-four antiviral serums, he had no other items.
A single gun was not very useful; besides self-defense, it might be useful for robbing a bank.
However, it was already 2061, and everyone used digital currency; banks didn't even have much paper money without an advance appointment.
The key was that even if he robbed one, he wouldn't live to spend it.
As for the 320 Evolution Points, he could buy quite a lot of things from the System Mall.
If he bought only bullets, he could get several thousand rounds. If he bought firearms, he could get a few rifles and sniper rifles. If he used them to buy rice, he could get over thirty thousand jin, enough for him to eat for over a hundred years... But none of these could enable him to promote the evolution of a local area of this world, let alone the entire world.
Anything that could help the world's evolution, even a little, required tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Evolution Points.
He simply couldn't afford it.
The only item in his hand that could promote the evolution of this world was the t-virus he obtained in the biochemical world.
Once the t-virus was shattered on Blue Star, the apocalypse would begin.
Whether or not to find the hit-and-run driver became unimportant; ninety-nine percent of people would die anyway.
Every man for himself, or heaven and earth will destroy him.
Anyway, he was an orphan and had no weaknesses.
Su Mu's thoughts stirred, and a virtual screen visible only to him appeared before his eyes.
Gazing at the items in the System Mall that could turn people into gods.
His eyes burned with fervor.
He became even more determined to initiate the apocalypse.
Without initiating the apocalypse to transform the world, he wouldn't be able to gain Evolution Points, and thus wouldn't be able to afford the items that could make him extraordinary.
"System, filter out items I can afford that are suitable for enhancing my strength," Su Mu said in his mind.
In an instant, the items displayed on the virtual screen changed:
Body Tempering Pill — 100 Evolution Points: A low-grade body refining elixir that can cleanse impurities from the flesh and slightly enhance physique.
First-Order Genetic Potion — 300 Evolution Points: Repairs the user's genes and enhances strength, speed, self-healing ability... perception, and resistance, with a certain probability of awakening special abilities.
Combat Goggles — 170 Evolution Points: Comes with an auxiliary system that calculates all possible moves an opponent might make in advance and determines the optimal counter-strategy.
Exoskeleton Arm — 190 Evolution Points: Amplifies the user's arm strength, allowing him to easily lift objects several times his own weight... After careful consideration, Su Mu's gaze settled on the "First-Order Genetic Potion."
Although it was a bit expensive, there were benefits to its high price.
Besides enhancing his own strength, there was also a certain probability of awakening special abilities.
Most importantly, it could enhance resistance to viruses, toxins, extreme temperatures... and radiation, making it perfectly suited for the impending apocalypse.
Su Mu took a deep breath and confirmed in his mind, "Purchase First-Order Genetic Potion."
【Ding, 300 Evolution Points consumed. First-Order Genetic Potion successfully purchased.】
The Evolution Points balance on the virtual screen instantly became 20.
He felt no heartache; with a thought, he chose to extract it, and a test tube containing a pale golden liquid instantly appeared in his hand. The cold touch made his heart pound.
After unscrewing the metal cap, he directly poured the golden genetic potion into his mouth, drinking every last drop.
"Tsk tsk, it tastes quite good."
"I hope I can awaken some special ability."
As his words fell, Su Mu felt his whole body burning, as if flames were raging inside him.
He cried out in pain, rolling on the ground with agonizing groans. Cold sweat instantly drenched his entire body, and his vision slowly blurred.
Finally, his eyes went black, and he passed out.
However, the repair and transformation of his body continued.
Night faded, and day rose.
Su Mu slowly woke from his coma. The burning sensation in his body had long vanished, replaced by an unprecedented feeling of lightness.
He felt his five senses become sharper than ever before.
His body felt as if it was filled with inexhaustible strength.