The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 221 1 Three years have passed in a flash

Li Can sat cross-legged by a pool at the foot of the mountain in the villa area.

In the clear water, several plump red koi carp are swimming around.

Thirteen years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the little fish he fed here back then have grown as plump as two fish.

However, it's also possible that a new batch of small fish was introduced, grew to this size, and he can't remember anymore.

Li Can's own cultivation has also come to an end.

Ah Yun's main body is still in seclusion in that bedroom, recovering her energy, and her overall condition is steadily improving.

In the quiet woods, a gust of wind blew by, making a rustling sound. A moment later, a white cloud suddenly darted in front of Li Can.

He wasn't startled. Over the years, Ah Yun's favorite thing to do was to show up without warning, just to scare Li Can and see him jump up and down.

Ayun never follows the rules. He always arrives much earlier than the agreed time when we're supposed to meet in the villa area.

It started with a seven-day period, then changed to six days, five days, and finally to three days.

Even when he's in a good mood, we might not see each other every day.

"Ah Yun, stop fooling around. Why are you out so early again today?" Li Can slowly opened his eyes, looking completely at ease.

Years of training have given Li Can more confidence and strength, as well as a touch of composure.

"Isn't it because you're going to go into a solo dungeon to torture the NPCs again? While you're still here, take some time to wander around."

"In a few more days I can finally emerge from seclusion. How about it? Excited? Thrilled?"

"After you leave, even if I come out, all I'll be left with is a cloud. How lonely... Sigh."

Ah Yun still looks the same as before; time has not brought any changes to his appearance, and even his mindset remains as young as ever.

However, Li Can has already reached middle age. Thinking back to when he first transmigrated here, he was only 18 years old. So much time has passed in the blink of an eye.

Although his appearance was frozen at his youngest moment after he cultivated the Law of Time, just like Ah Yun.

However, his heart is no longer restless; he is more able to calm down and has gained a sense of security from the past, with his undershirt tucked into his long johns and his long johns tucked into his socks.

"Ha, you're alright with everyone else, but as soon as I left, you started using your avatar to binge-watch TV shows, staying up all night every day without returning to your real body. Don't think I don't know."

Li Can spoke in the calmest tone, and A Yun immediately hid behind the trees in the woods, as if covering her ears and saying, "I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it, you bastards chanting sutras."

"Who said you can't come out and watch TV shows when you're in seclusion! What law says that..." A-Yun argued softly.

Li Can shook his head; he couldn't bear to open the bedroom door and go in to see.

Every time he had free time and went to help A-Yun clean her room, he could see A-Yun in her true form, the scholar in an ancient white robe, with two heavy dark circles under her eyes on her exquisitely sculpted face.

His cloud-like clones had no visible form, and the backlash all went to his main body.

"Yes, yes, you see, I won't stop you." Li Can said helplessly.

Ever since he installed a projector in Ayun's room ten years ago, this guy has completely let himself go.

In the early stages, he could still come out and give me serious guidance on cultivation principles and other techniques.

In the later stages, he had to figure it out entirely on his own.

Ayun completely washed her hands of the business.

The projectors even broke down one after another.

Li Can repaired it for him again and again, and even went to the former human shopping mall to bring back the working parts to replace it.

Not to mention those variety shows that humans used to watch, which A-Yun has watched over and over again, and they're practically worn out from all the watching.

I'm currently reading Chapter 221 of the novel "Cola's Novel": Thirteen Years Have Passed in the Flash, completely absorbed in it.

Li Can herself practiced the correct application of the time law day after day.

From initial unfamiliarity and frequent mistakes to now barely mastering it, the hardships involved are self-evident.

Even the complete manual that A-Yun had casually tossed to him, Li Can had thoroughly studied every rule and technique he found useful, regardless of the sect or series.

It is now easier to use than the time-based law.

Li Can was quite satisfied with this.

Ayun was even more astonished by Li Can's progress than he was. Every time she came out to check on his progress, she would often exclaim: "It's terrifying!"

"Are you leaving again today?" Ah Yun became serious again, no longer playing hide-and-seek with Li Can, but her tone was somewhat eager.

Li Can nodded. "Yes, for the last time I'm in a solo dungeon, I plan to practice all the secret techniques and rules inside."

"Hiss, you've almost ruined those NPCs that originally had no intelligence. It's inhumane." Ayun gasped.

Li Can recalled the solo dungeons he had frequently played over the past few years, all of which were level-based games, with a dwarf NPC always accompanying him to explain the game's flow.

The first thing every new NPC does upon seeing Li Can is to run away as fast as they can.

Completely disregarding the game's flow.

Following A-Yun's words, Li Can unconsciously recalled these scenes again, and couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing. The NPC had come alive from its numb, mechanical programming; shouldn't that be his achievement...?

"I do miss it a bit, but this is the last time," Li Can smiled.

Days passed by like this, peaceful yet busy.

Both Li Can and A Yun have begun to evolve infinitely from their original state.

During the time that was paused, they didn't have a single moment of leisure.

Although Li Can occasionally complained about A Yun's dark circles from staying up late, his body was genuinely repairing the entire Blue Star through his own cultivation.

In the past, the sky over the wasteland was always a gray expanse, and zombies roamed everywhere.

Thanks to the joint efforts of Li Can and A Yun, the place has become sunny and clear, and there are almost no traces of the walking corpses left on the ground.

The dungeon vortexes in the sky still exist; they haven't all been closed.

But under the bright sunshine, they no longer appear so frightening, but rather like colorful wildflowers blooming in a spring garden.

Occasionally, Li Can would find a few animals that were not infected, which he would carefully collect and move away. Now these are all rare animals on the verge of extinction.

Although he knew they wouldn't stay here for long, and that this place would eventually be abandoned.

However, Li Can still wanted to preserve a beautiful memory of the place she had once visited.

"I'm leaving now, Ah Yun. Wait for me to come out, and you will officially emerge from seclusion and greet me in human form, right?" Li Can looked at the cloud that was so familiar to him.

He lived for more than thirty years. He spent the first half of his life with his adoptive parents, family and friends, and the second half with A-Yun, relying on each other.

Unbeknownst to her, Li Can had come to regard him as a relative in another dimension.

Ah Yun floated back and forth along Li Can's arm, "Here comes the little flying stick, people~"

"Don't worry, I'll come pick you up riding on a colorful cloud, hehehehehehe~"

Li Can couldn't help but be amused by him.

"Hehehehehe." x2