Xu Fu still has eight days to reach Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, from the seaside. He promised to meet Qin Shihuang and request troops.

I temporarily suspended the live connection.

"System!" I called out softly in my mind.

"Host, I'm here."

"If Qin Shihuang really wants the elixir of immortality, do you have it?"

The system fell silent for a moment, then replied, "Such a thing has never existed."

"There is no difference between humans and other animals. Our bodies are equally fragile, and our lifespans are equally limited."

"Although in the past, some humans had the wrong belief that they were superior to other creatures, as if they were gods of the entire world."

I nodded, feeling the vulnerability of humanity while living in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by mutated sea monsters.

I couldn't even imagine how peaceful and prosperous the days must have been to inspire such unrealistic delusions of being gods...

The system said, "But in any case, you can give Qin Shihuang a fake one, like a pill for good health or a pill to satisfy hunger and thirst."

I chuckled, "Is it sweet? Can you give me one to taste?"

The system replied, "It requires a great price to be exchanged, and you cannot afford it at the moment!"

Li Nuo knocked on the stone door again.

The three-headed beast was chopped into pieces and cooked in a broken iron pot, but there was always an indescribable strange smell that couldn't be suppressed.

However, the two of us each had a bowl, consuming the meat and soup together. After a while, we vomited a pool of blood caused by nuclear poisoning onto the ground.

I wiped my mouth, feeling dizzy. I leaned against Li Nuo's bed, and although the room had a gray-black stone ceiling, I could still see a touch of blue.

I suddenly spoke, "Li Nuo, if it weren't for the apocalypse, what would you like to do?"

Li Nuo tidied up the bowls and chopsticks without any hesitation, saying, "Perform magic tricks!"

I... Huh?

He became spirited and pulled out a... deck of cards from under the cabinet?

I asked, "Where did you get that from?"

Li Nuo replied, "I found it when I went out last week. I secretly practiced it for a while."

He pinched one corner of the playing card, then with a quick motion, before I could see clearly what happened, the red card instantly turned black.

I was amazed, "How did you do that? Do it again! Do it again!"

Li Nuo smiled proudly, "This time, I'll do it slower, so watch carefully."

In the dimly lit room, I held my breath and tried to focus on the card in his hand.

Then, in the blink of an eye, a thick and long tentacle pierced through the playing card and impaled Li Nuo's body.

My head buzzed, and I quickly looked up along the tentacle.

A giant mutated sea crab had already flipped over the roof!