The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 145 The Old City Lord's Corpse

A series of interconnected diagrams are vividly drawn on the white paper.

From individual armor modifications to small, five-person-operated earth armor vehicles, and aircraft capable of operating in the air using dark particles.

Then there are the simulated combat ships that can carry thousands or even hundreds of people.

Although their appearance still needs some improvement because the hand-painted details have some flaws, anyone with a discerning eye can tell what they are for.

Furthermore, there is a very eye-catching label next to these items: "The Five Elements generate and restrain each other."

Feng Tian's brows were furrowed so tightly they were almost knotted together. After finally understanding the intricacies of the situation, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew... It seems you've turned misfortune into blessing this time. I was worried that you would never come back and was a little sad, but I didn't expect you to be our saviors, both in the upper and lower cities."

She pointed to the text on the drawing, "I can roughly understand this, but can someone explain it to me again?"

The concept was first proposed by Li Can in the "Mirror of Past Lives," and upon hearing this, they all looked at him.

Li Can didn't make any excuses; no one wanted the plan to be implemented and launched more quickly than he did.

After a brief recollection, he gave a simple explanation based on his initial line of thought:

"Among the five elements, there are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. They generate and restrain each other, which is something everyone is familiar with."

In detail, the cycle is: wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood.

Wood overcomes Earth, Earth overcomes Water, Water overcomes Fire, Fire overcomes Metal, and Metal overcomes Wood.

He paused, and seeing that everyone nodded, he continued:

"You must have noticed this when you were fleeing the city: after the barrier was damaged, dark particles rained down like a torrential downpour, capable of dissolving human limbs and destroying all reinforced concrete buildings."

"But there's one thing it can't dissolve: soil."

"Given their corrosive power, they would have eventually gnawed through the earth, but instead they didn't. Instead, they piled up on the land and never went down again."

"It is known that 'earth' is able to suppress dark particles, which basically means that the essence of this thing belongs to the 'water' system."

"The device we have drawn up so far is based on this mutual restraint characteristic. It is a protective shield attached to the outer skin, which can enable us humans to survive and move around even in an environment full of dark particles."

"Similarly, as long as we are no longer afraid of their corrosive properties and can move freely, we can study reduction reactions in chemistry properly."

"Although we cannot currently ascertain its original origin, we understand from the mirror that it is not a calamity, but rather a form of energy."

As he spoke, Li Can took out a transparent test tube from the gashapon machine. This was the one that had been presented to Yang Mo and the others, and it was also brought back from Xiao Guai's work table.

The others also had them.

Yang Mo and Shen Yuan are from the Upper City. They have already developed a small storage space that allows people to carry their belongings with them.

Just like when Li Can saved Shen Yuan's life when she was on the verge of death, she was able to produce a bag of gold ingots out of thin air as a token of her gratitude while she was half-conscious.

However, this kind of thing is relatively basic and cannot store a large number of items, but it is enough for our needs.

Secondly, there is the storage space of the younger sister, Li Lan. This is a product of research and development from the first base of survivors on Blue Star. Basically, every superhuman who has contributed to the base has one.

The reason she and Wang Defa were able to directly take out the passes to distribute to Li Can was because they obtained them from here.

A slightly more advanced option is Li Can's empty capsule toys. Each assembled capsule can be used for storage, offering ample space and the ability to steal items and make them your own.

In summary, the four of them not only benefited greatly from their journey to the [Mirror of Past Lives] in terms of clues to leaving the city and memories of the past, but each of them also managed to steal quite a few things from the monsters.

Of course, without storage space, they really couldn't take anything with them.

At present, even if they are extremely stingy, they can only spare one test tube containing golden energy, and each person can provide at least one.

Li Can, on the other hand, has a larger inventory.

"What is this?" Feng Tian stared wide-eyed at the golden liquid in the test tube in Li Can's hand, which emitted a harmonious and gentle light.

They had to admit that watching Li Can release vultures and produce test tubes throughout the day was increasingly shocking, each scene more insane than the last.

Add to that the various depictions of the actual objects and the installation diagrams, and everything comes to life, it's both too real and too magical, giving people a sense of disconnect.

"We don't know what they are called either. Just like those particles, they are named after their characteristics. Let's call them Golden Energy for now."

Li Can sighed. When it came to names, they all naturally agreed on it, even Xiao Guai used to call him that.

"This dark particle and the golden energy are the same thing." As Li Can spoke, he found a boning knife in a plastic bucket in the backyard of the Baijie Hotel and cut a gash in his arm.

Instantly, blood gushed out. He calmly poured golden energy onto the wound, which had a similar effect to the crystal core, but was more stable and effective. The wound healed in just two seconds.

The unused golden energy was absorbed by his skin, and Li Can felt that his arm would become a little stronger.

"This is what I meant by restoration. The dark particles are water in nature. As long as we can restore them to this golden energy, then the future of the entire Upper City, including the Lower City, will be bright."

"This is not a calamity, but rather an endless wealth and treasure. When all the dark particles are successfully transformed, there will be a vast golden ocean."

Li Can's words stirred up the rebel members who were listening in.

If he had no proof, they might have dismissed it, but he actually stabbed himself, which proves that the thing is real.

Feng Tian and A Zhu looked at Yang Mo and Shen Yuan standing next to Li Can with a hint of suspicion.

Both of them nodded with great certainty.

Li Can did not lie.

Looking at the four of them standing together so familiarly now, Feng Tian felt they were more like family than when they were originally plotting a rebellion together…

They were only trapped in the mirror together for about a day, how did they become so familiar? Feng Tian was puzzled.

She felt a little estranged from Yang Mo and the others, even though it hadn't been long.

"But the key question is, how do we transform them?" Ah Zhu repeatedly examined the wound on Li Can's arm, and after a while, she took the test tube from his hand and shook it in front of her eyes to observe it.

When this topic came up, the expressions on Li Can's and the other three's faces changed, and each of them looked rather unpleasant.

It was as if these words touched a sore spot for them.

Li Can clenched his fist, blood pooling and turning white at his fingertips. "Now you need to hand over the old city lord's corpse..."

"Only he can do it. We need to cut his body into countless pieces and put them into the device we have developed as the core of the energy converter to start it up."