My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

The ”West Mountain Dragon Blood Diamond” was essentially a symbiont of Chromium-bearing Diopside and Blood-like Hematite. It was rumored that the fragment of the Spirit Communication Jade that Cao Xueqin wore while writing *Dream of the Red Chamber* came from this source.

Much like the Qinling Dragon Vein, all the main and branch veins here were fractured. Many parts were shattered and in disarray, clear evidence that they had suffered numerous calamities in the past.

But what made Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er curious was that the Pulsating Power of the Dragon Vein here seemed faintly stronger than that of the Qinling Ancestral Vein.

”It seems the Spirit Vein’s consciousness is still lucid. Let me start a group chat so we can meet it together.” Sensing something unusual, Jiang Cai’Er suggested this in a clear voice.

”Okay,” Li Xiang nodded.

Immediately, Jiang Cai’Er activated her Imaginary Number Corridor, creating a virtual Metaverse chat group right before them. The figures of Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er appeared inside this miraculous space, essentially as Digital Life forms. In the outside world, they both wore Armor, but upon entering this virtual space, they revealed their true appearances.

After all, it would be far too insincere to remain hidden and secretive when communicating with the Spiritual Sense of a Dragon Vein.

Jiang Cai’Er sent out the invitation—a stream of information composed of countless lines of binary code—but there was no response.

They thought it was a failure. Just as Jiang Cai’Er was about to take Li Xiang’s hand and ”leave the group chat,” a faint dragon’s cry echoed, and both their spirits lifted.

Then, they saw a dragon-shaped Illusion slowly float into the space.

At the same time, a system prompt appeared: ”Tier Thirty-Six Divine Level Mutated Creature, Profound Yellow Forbidden Spirit Dragon, detected.”

However, the moment they saw this draconic Illusion, both Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er gasped, and sorrow welled up from their hearts. They felt no shock, only a deep lament.

Because this Spiritual Sense of the Dragon Vein was covered in wounds.

Its body, which should have been resplendent with golden scales, was riddled with black holes like bullet wounds. Black Earth Marrow oozed from the injuries. An iron scroll of the Treaty of Shimonoseki was nailed into its Dragon Ridge, the chains of the Gengzi Reparations were wrapped around its reverse scale, and a Steel Cannon Fragment was embedded in its severed claw. On the fragment, one could faintly make out a suppression curse written in Latin...

However, a faint crimson glow emanated from some of its festering wounds, particularly on several vital points on its neck and abdomen. The areas with this crimson glow seemed to be slowly healing, the decay far less severe than in other places.

”Forgive my appearance, young friends,” the draconic Illusion spoke in a human voice. ”My injuries have not yet healed, so I cannot stay long. I hope you will forgive me.” It nodded slightly to Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er before immediately dissipating.

Li Xiang and Jiang Cai’Er looked at each other, speechless. They hadn’t even had a chance to talk.

But they understood; the Spiritual Dragon simply lacked the strength. Those were not mere physical wounds.