113: [Return] Reversing the Fate

"The only one?"

Tang Ping didn't know why these two words suddenly appeared in his consciousness, but he knew that these two words were very likely related to his search for himself in this timeline!

It was absolutely impossible for these two words to have just popped into his head out of nowhere!

Because no matter how he explained it, he shouldn't have suddenly thought of these two words.

Strange, terrifying. Ultimately, Tang Ping took a deep breath and could only suppress this matter in his heart.

His original intention not to expose himself became even firmer.

No matter who it was, he couldn't let them know that he was that Tang Ping, the Tang Ping who came from a hundred years ago.

He was now just a nobody in this world, with the same name and surname, who had just awakened an E-rank Talent.

The name Tang Ping, in the current Starlight Safe Zone, a Safe Zone with over nine million people, approaching a super-large Safe Zone, probably had many people with the same name and surname as him.

So, even being called Tang Ping was nothing.

"Oh, right, there's also Zhang Xile's matter."

Tang Ping remembered that Zhang Xile's matter hadn't been checked yet.

He was also extremely curious about Zhang Xile's situation. With the information he provided, plus Zhang Xile's family gaining a huge boost in strength early in the apocalypse by clearing a Treasure Dungeon, this time, the outcome shouldn't be the same as last time, right?

He searched for the Tang Huang Safe Zone.

Soon, historical posts about the Tang Huang Safe Zone appeared.

As he browsed, Tang Ping's heart completely sank to rock bottom.

The Tang Huang Safe Zone was gone.

Even the Heavenly Mansion Safe Zone no longer existed.

This time, it was the worst time he had changed history... Tang Ping closed his eyes, a surge of guilt welling up in his heart. It was tragic. Zhang Xile's death was extremely miserable.

He was targeted by the Old Days Society.

The Old Days Society wanted to take Zhang Xile and his Safe Zone into their hands. Zhang Xile, of course, refused.

Thus began a prolonged tug-of-war that lasted seven years.

In the first year, ten thousand people died in the Safe Zone. These ten thousand people were thrown into a pit of corpses by the Old Days Society and gnawed to death by the Infected. Because they were injected with special drugs, these people didn't even have a chance to become Infected, and their pain was amplified tens to hundreds of times. Their screams echoed throughout the entire Safe Zone, lasting for half a month.

But Zhang Xile could only watch, unable to do anything, because the other side had three Heavenly King Level Expert.

That year, Zhang Xile had not yet been reviled by the millions in the Safe Zone, as everyone knew that the Old Days Society was no good.

In the second year, more people were thrown into the pit of corpses. This time, it was twenty thousand people. The screams lasted for a month, and everyone in the entire Safe Zone lived in torment and fear.

In the third year, it was thirty thousand, adding to the previous ones, a total of sixty thousand people had died. Many in the Safe Zone began to feel dissatisfied with Zhang Xile, their leader.

In the fourth year, forty thousand. The screams lasted for two months. Finally, some people couldn't bear the fear, coupled with the Old Days Society's constant instigation, spreading the idea that if they surrendered and submitted to the Old Days Society, they would return to normal lives, or even better!

So, people began to march in protest, openly opposing Zhang Xile, the Safe Zone leader, and even started to insult him.

Zhang Xile was unmoved. He brutally suppressed these people and directly threw them out of the Safe Zone.

Those who were dissatisfied, out of fear, no longer dared to speak out.

In the fifth year, fifty thousand people! A full fifty thousand! They were gnawed day and night by the Infected, slowly devoured. There were even Heavenly King Level Expert constantly restoring these people, so the screams spread throughout the entire spring.

The difference was, this time, among the fifty thousand, was also Zhang Xile's grandmother.

Zhang Xile flew into a rage, burst out of the Safe Zone, wanting to rescue his grandmother, but was blocked by three Heavenly King Level Talent Users. In the end, he could only watch his grandmother being eaten until only bones remained.

As for Zhang Xile's grandfather, he had been ambushed and killed by the Old Days Society's power right at the beginning!

In the sixth year, sixty thousand people. By then, the Safe Zone had already suffered a staggering two hundred and ten thousand deaths!

The death toll had already approached one-tenth of the population.

At the same time, among those who died this time was Zhang Xile's mother, who suffered for four months before taking her last breath.

Afterward, instigated by the Old Days Society, the Safe Zone completely erupted. One million of the over 1.8 million people rioted, rushing into the inner district of the Safe Zone! They destroyed everything, turning the once prosperous Safe Zone into nothing but ruins.

That year, Zhang Xile's father committed suicide, and Zhang Xile became a solitary figure.

On the first day of the seventh year, January 1st, Zhang Xile still did not bow to the Old Days Society, but chose to commit suicide.

Because the Shelter was completely bound to him, it took away the two hundred and forty thousand mu of fertile land along with it.

The Tang Huang Safe Zone was no longer special. The land, painstakingly cultivated for decades, quickly became contaminated after the Shelter's protective characteristics disappeared.

Finally, it degenerated into a Wasteland.

And the Tang Huang Safe Zone, having lost its value, was no longer treated specially by the Old Days Society.

Finally, the abandoned Safe Zone, its people facing hunger, Pollution Beasts, Infected, and natural disasters, devolved into a living hell.

In the 53rd year of the Apocalypse Calendar, the Tang Huang Safe Zone was completely removed from the list of Safe Zones... Tang Ping's heart blazed with anger, but even more so with guilt towards Zhang Xile. This was worse than last time; at least before he died, Zhang Xile had lived a life of family joy.

At the same time, he also realized why the Heavenly Mansion Safe Zone, despite its sharply reduced strength, was still safe and sound last time. It was likely that it had already submitted to the Old Days Society and become its minion.

Tang Ping clenched his fists, then closed the post and began to search for various dungeon opportunities in Nanchuan Province!

He decided that this time, after returning and entering North Ridge with Tao Yumian, he would ride the Great Emperor Moth to Nanchuan Province, gather all the resources of a province for one person, and lay the foundation for Zhang Xile's entire family to become Heavenly King Level Expert. By then, he wouldn't believe that the Old Days Society would still have such great power!

"glazed flame crystal!"

Tang Ping looked at this supreme treasure, his eyes narrowing slightly. This item could just allow his A-Rank Talent, Flame Blaze, to advance to S-rank!

"purple light golden sun tree!"

Tang Ping saw this item again. This was also a supreme treasure that could allow a light-type Talent to advance to S-rank, and enable an S-rank light-type Talent User to acquire a Companion Holy Spirit of light, just like Celestial Empress of Azure Heaven's green vine or Tao Yumian's peach tree.

Tang Ping was aware of Celestial Empress of Azure Heaven's combat power. With a Companion Holy Spirit, she was an existence that could fight two opponents, with incredibly formidable combat power.

"Old Days Society, I don't believe I can't kill you all."

Tang Ping wrote down all the treasures from the dungeons in Nanchuan Province from the last six months.

Many items in the dungeons were already useless to him, but that didn't mean they were useless to others.

Time finally stopped three days later.

Tang Ping returned.

He returned to a hundred years ago, to Danhe Town.