498: Chapter 498 One Year Later

Eagle Country, New York City!

In front of the headquarters building that was once occupied by ZERO, countless people gathered, nearly bursting into tears.

"Chen Yi, thank you!"

"Long live the Dragon Country!"

"Long live freedom!"

Africa, Europe, the Americas, Oceania—

Every continent, every country, every city—

They were all cheering!

They were all weeping!

They were all calling out the same name!

Chen Yi!

Inside the Luo Family Manor.

The girls watched the colorful halo slowly dissipating in the sky, looked at the completely closed Space-Time Rift, and gazed at the tears in each other's eyes.

Chen Yi, he really did it!

He really killed ZERO!

He really saved this world!

Just then, in the center of the courtyard, space began to distort.

Chen Yi's figure stepped out from the light.

In his arms, he held Hua Liuli, who was clinging tightly to him.

The girls were stunned for a moment, then rushed over together!

"Brother Chen Yi!"

"Wuwuwu, Little Chen, you worried us to death!"

"You're finally back! From now on, you shouldn't have to face those things alone anymore, right?"

"That's great! That's wonderful!"

A barrage of greetings surrounded the two of them.

Chen Yi smiled and responded to each one.

Hua Liuli leaned in Chen Yi's arms, looking at these sisters who genuinely cared for her, and her eyes reddened again.

But this time, they were tears of happiness.

Emilia walked up to Chen Yi, reached out, and patted his shoulder.

"Well done! In eight thousand years, you are the first human to impress me!"

Chen Yi also smiled: "And what about after this?"

"After this?"

Emilia raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and a meaningful smile curled at the corners of her lips, "We'll talk about the future in the future!"

Just then, threads of black-purple energy began to gradually emerge from Emilia's body.

"This is... the power of the curse?"

"Could it be that because of ZERO's death, my curse has been lifted?"

"Have I finally changed back? Do I finally not need to be cursed by this world anymore?"

Emilia wept with joy.

She could finally stop being called a monster by others!

She was a human, a living, breathing human!

Hearing this, Chen Yi just smiled without saying a word.

He had already become a god of this world.

So, the curse woven by the rules of this world could naturally be rewritten at will!

Expelling the negative curse from Emilia and keeping only the eternal life was easy for him!

However, having said that.

Even though the curse was lifted, Emilia still did not have any System interface.

Looking at it this way, human females before the arrival of the Space-Time Rift did not inherit any Spirit Beast Bloodline.

Then the question arose, where exactly did these Spirit Beast Bloodlines come from?

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Three days later.

The capital of the Dragon Country, Tiananmen Square.

Over five million people gathered here!

They came from all over the country, from all walks of life, and from different ages!

But they had a common purpose—to welcome the hero!

Chen Yi stood on the specially made viewing platform, looking at the sea of people, feeling somewhat amused.

"This turnout... is a bit too big, isn't it?"

Beside him, Lin Mengxue covered her mouth and chuckled.

"You saved the world; what is this small turnout compared to that?"

Luo Shiyin nodded: "Exactly, if it weren't for your insistence, they would have even wanted to build a statue of you!"

Chen Yi held his forehead and said: "Don't, absolutely not! Building a statue or something like that is too exaggerated!"

Su Taotao raised her hand from the side: "But I think building a statue is great! In the future, I can tell others, 'Look, that is the statue of my Brother Chen Yi!'"

Chen Yi flicked her on the forehead.

"Cut it out!"

Su Taotao covered her forehead, but laughed happily.

Even though he had become a god, Chen Yi was still the same Chen Yi!

He hadn't changed at all!

In Tiananmen Square, five million people simultaneously looked up at the colorful rainbow bridge spanning the sky.

Cheers erupted like a tsunami!

Countless people were in tears, embracing and weeping.

There was the release of past fears, the joy of the current victory, and the longing for future hope—

"I've waited my whole life, and finally, I've waited for this day—"

"Baby, you must remember this day! This is the peace that our hero fought for!"

"Long live the Dragon Country!"

"Long live Chen Yi!"

A group of college students held high the national flag, running wildly in the square, their cheers resounding through the clouds.

Because they all knew one thing!

This didn't just represent that Chen Yi had become the strongest existence in this world!

This represented that the Dragon Country, which Chen Yi represented, would completely change the world landscape!

This represented that the center of the entire world, from this moment on, would honor the Dragon Country!

Those countries that were once arrogant under ZERO's rule, those forces that once wantonly provoked the borders of the Dragon Country, those so-called powerful nations that once mocked the Dragon Country for overestimating itself—

At this moment, were all silent.

Because they had seen it with their own eyes.

That black-haired young man, with one person and one sword, had slain ZERO, who ruled the entire world!

That black-haired young man, with one battle, proved to the whole world—the Dragon Country cannot be bullied!

Being a citizen of the Dragon Country is just so awesome!

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Three months after this, Emilia and Hua Liuli jointly released a statement.

This statement detailed everything about ZERO!

His true identity was the world malice, an aggregate of the world's resentment!

His so-called bringing peace to the world, his so-called unifying the globe to avoid war, were all lies!

The so-called peace under his rule was nothing but silence born of fear!

Once the statement was released, those who had once supported ZERO felt a burning sensation on their cheeks.

"I... I actually thought what he said made sense at the time—"

"Don't say it, I believed it too! Now that I think about it, it was just so stupid!"

"It's a good thing Chen Yi won, otherwise we would now—"

No one dared to continue thinking.

It was just too terrifying!

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Time flowed like water, quietly passing by.

A year had passed since that decisive battle that changed the world.

During this year, the world had undergone earth-shaking changes.

First was the complete success of the Demon Emperor Rebirth plan.

Chen Yi and Hua Liuli joined hands, using the power of the array eye to help those Spirit Beasts who had fallen in the long river of history regain their new lives.

A full one hundred thousand Demon Emperors were successfully reborn.

They all possessed memories of their past lives, and the moment they were reborn, they learned everything that had happened in this world.

They learned that the man named Chen Yi had slain ZERO, closed the Space-Time Rift, and brought peace to this world.

Almost without exception, they all wanted to form a contract with Chen Yi.

This left Chen Yi somewhat amused.

One hundred thousand Demon Emperors; even if he met one a day, it would take over two hundred and seventy years to finish meeting them all.

Moreover, at this point, contracting Demon Emperors no longer granted him Enhancement Points.

And there were still so many girls at home waiting to be taken care of—

Each one needed companionship;

Each one needed care;

Each one had maxed out their Affinity, but still needed continued cultivation—