Chapter 653 - 647: Tigers Crouch, Dragons Coil—The World Changes in a Blink!

"Guard, guard, guard."

"Just need to silently chant ’guard’ three times to enter, no need to go to some designated area...right?"

Song Chu held a doll with an appearance similar to Ma Ran but with a completely different aura. He had just spoken halfway when he found the scenery before him changed. In the blink of an eye, he left Grass Hut Academy and arrived at another area.

Cement roads, streetlights, skyscrapers, roadside stalls...

No matter how he looked, he was still on Earth.

But there wasn’t a single person around.

It was as if all of humanity had vanished in that instant.

"Tsk...it’s no wonder it’s Brother Ran’s method, truly ingenious, completely incomprehensible."

Song Chu was a bit older than Ma Ran, but during their first meeting, the situation was critical, and he trusted Ma Ran’s abilities, so he quickly found a "suitable" nickname, which has continued to this day.

"Group instant teleportation ability, I had heard about it before."

"However, at that time, there should have been very obvious aftereffects."

"Some who enjoyed ’instant teleportation’ services said that the aftereffects were like ten times the motion sickness."

"Now, it is silent and invisible, without the slightest discomfort."

Song Chu marveled for a moment, suddenly realizing...

The Ma Ran-shaped doll he had been holding was somehow transformed into a platinum ring, lightly wrapped around his left thumb after entering this world.

This ring didn’t have the usual cold metallic feel, instead carrying a bit of warmth, as if it was constantly providing energy to his body, nourishing every cell within.

Though most of the time, Song Chu relied on his superpower [Blood Flame] to make a living, he never slackened in cultivating "Burning Martial".

He wasn’t sure how the ring affects others, but at least he could be 100% certain that with the ring’s help, his cultivation efficiency for "Burning Martial" could increase by at least 35%.

Without mentioning anything else, the consistent effect alone was enough to crown this ring as a "Divine Artifact".

"Is this considered a work benefit for the builders of ’Strongman Paradise’?"

Song Chu’s face showed a helpless smile: "Even though I don’t know how it was created, no matter how you look at it, this is a very precious thing, right?"

Ma Ran was good in every aspect, except...

Too generous and magnanimous.

Whether he took something from someone else or distributed benefits for free, everyone felt it was only natural with little resistance.

Except for Su Qiangwei, Song Chu had never seen anyone refuse Ma Ran’s "arrangement".

This trait made most people feel very comfortable interacting with Ma Ran.

But this was also what Song Chu was worried about.

Ever since they parted after the A3 District and Lotus City Demon Mountain battle, he was always worried if Ma Ran would be taken advantage of because of it.

Now it seems that after experiencing many things, Ma Ran still remained the same, his personality unchanged.

Just as he was getting ready to look around, figures suddenly "drilled out" from the air, appearing before him.

Wan Haihao, Yang Guangzhao, Wu Di, Zhu Hanyi...

Julius, William, Tegnev, Agostino, Bradley, Giles...

All the Extraordinary Ones who attended the previous meeting appeared one after another beside Song Chu.

After a round of admiration, everyone calmed down, and a slight noise caused them to stop discussing.

Buzzing...

On the empty road, two Blazing Fire Red Lotuses burned quietly, gradually transforming into human forms.

It was Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei!

During the manifestation, the two seemed to be discussing something.

"You’ve returned from an outer star trip, and you didn’t even go home for a fifteen-day observation quarantine yet came into contact with others, that’s not setting a good model example!"

Su Qiangwei teased Ma Ran: "What if you’ve picked up some super-virus harmless to divinities but deadly to Earthlings, wouldn’t that be interesting."

"We wouldn’t even need the Divine Court to intervene, we could ruin ourselves."

At this point, she suddenly noticed the changing expressions on the others’ faces, so her expression changed, and she switched the subject: "The reliance of ’Strongman Paradise’, just having ring forms, is too monotonous."

"The doll form I made, looks nice!"

"In terms of vibe, isn’t it very vividly expressive?"

Ma Ran glanced at her, falling silent.

Is this how Su Qiangwei sees him?

Honestly...

At first sight of those dolls, he almost couldn’t resist tearing them all up.

Full of taunt power.

To be fair, making dolls like this, Su Qiangwei indeed has skill.

Perhaps this is the craft talent of girls...

Collecting his thoughts, Ma Ran spoke calmly: "They do look good."

"Additionally..."

"The worries you had before, I’ve already taken precautions against, don’t worry, that situation won’t happen."

As he said this, Ma Ran’s gaze swept over the crowd present.

"We don’t have much time left, so let’s skip the chatter."

"We’ll start working directly!"

Upon finishing, Ma Ran slowly raised his right hand as if holding something intangible.

From the earth, soil, charcoal, and cement seemed to be infused with life. After mixing, they became a gray-black dragon, twisting and transforming in the air.

From the buildings, bars of steel were separated, gathered together, melting into blobs of iron droplets.

The clouds in the sky were also coated with a metallic sheen, as if being molded into a new form by invisible hands.

Dark blue thunder swept across the sky yet solidified upon Ma Ran’s palm, resembling bizarre thunder spears of various shapes.

These thunderbolts, though violent, were obedient, following Ma Ran’s command, weaving through the world.

Crackle, crackle...

Lightning rampaged!

Natural stone materials, earthenware products, cement, concrete, silicate products...

Plant-based materials, synthetic polymers, asphalt...

All substances were melted by the deep-blue thunder into dull gray, non-metal and non-jade building materials.

And these building materials immediately coalesced into form.

Boom!

The lightning dissipated.

A super-massive "theme park" covering about twelve thousand three hundred and thirty square kilometers emerged!

In the sky, clouds were scattered, rainbows stretched across the horizon.

The ground of the park appeared to be paved with layers of jasper slabs.

Inside the park, basic units consisted of transparent spheres, with complete facilities, from streetlights, signs, leisure plazas to hospitals, entertainment areas, management institutions, all present, only needing personnel to inhabit.

At the due east and due west parts of the park were two major entrances and two animal statues, a dragon and a tiger respectively.

In the east, a lava Divine Dragon coiled above, exhaling clouds and mist, with lightning flickering around, its form elusive.

In the west, a saber-toothed giant tiger lounged lazily, its muscles seeming forged of metal, glistening with a metallic sheen as if feigning sleep, surrounded in layers of pale purple undulating waves, with wind blades and metallic sand swirling around.

"Wow...it’s so big!"

"This is too big! If I remember correctly, the entire Brooklyn District is only about two hundred square kilometers... it doesn’t feel like even a tenth of this!"

"It feels like five Tokyo Cities...no, it’s now called Guanlan City. Even five Guanlan Cities bundled together aren’t as large as this park!"

"A crouching tiger and coiling dragon, swapping worlds in a blink of an eye!"

"This kind of thing, no second person in the world can accomplish, right?"