Free Web NovelChapter 232: Chapter 36: The Prototype of the Shelter
: "At that time, when the white fog gathers, the entire team must be ready,"
"How could the team, even in such an atrocious state, make their way through the densely packed evil white fog? Is there something deeply hidden within this white fog capable of causing such terrible transformation?"
Many questions bubbled up in her mind.
It was indeed the team, but the tall and thin one in particular... that orangutan-like creature clad in red armor; it was only now that Yinxuan realized the origin of that...
Just thirteen minutes before, two persons who had been on the brink of death instantly recovered their strength, both Five Nines and the white fog at their peak form.
He felt that, at least, he had some understanding of the white fog, which had a certain "public knowledge of non-possessive spiritual items" that needed to be collected. It was already good news that he could gather his belongings,
"Although most of those things are just a bunch of pvm loots competing with me, even though they’re dispensable, there are still many things besides that, which are still Spiritual Possession worthy at the second instance. I suggest you’d better not throw away everything that’s useless at the moment or even worthless to the utmost, let alone something that’s just a bit suspect, one that’s turned into a cutting implement that’s still considered sharp enough to slice through flesh, although it has turned into one of those,"
The white fog had decisively chosen to collect two items.
It was worth mentioning that the most valuable life-saving removal weapon and the last-second save data device had disappeared without a trace, now that they were no longer needed.
Before dealing with the audited army corp, he had first decided to resolve his own situation with Five Nines in the now, before the white fog.
Lin Haigu’s massive body, however, offered no way forward,
If one could cross over a sky bridge after it, they would descend into a fortress at the Sixth Level, where the color domain connects with the food domain. Many people there didn’t actually recognize the great household despite this connection.
After resolving one event, the white fog conveniently had to handle another.
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White Fog shook his head silently, deciding to disappear; that person should indeed hide, because of this insane house, he didn’t want to see them again, and he had said no more goodbyes.
"If those people really want to leave, I will let them go. You are more reliable than that person,"
In the end, she still chose silent departure, avoiding the resentful air barrier that revealed a hole, but Zhu Ziyan’s penetrating gaze lingered on the white fog, which she had watched with her benevolent and close red eyes. However, Luo Lan had merely glanced at the white fog.
"You’ve already lost your father, just give up,"
White Fog had truly not expected such a complicated return path for Purple Luo Lan’s brain.
"..."
"Won’t you come back with me? Can I find you a wonderful girl to be my mom? Aren’t you doing well, Daddy?"
Said White Fog, halting Purple Luo Lan’s active life.
"I hope you can treat those in the garden well, find great revenge, and you should also go back,"
White Fog spoke to Purple Luo Lan after settling the matter with Shen Yueshu and Lizi.
Although they were not very intelligent, she had to go and stimulate people’s hearts with the message that the bottom-most fallen female bodies would denounce, as Lizi began her return journey back.
"You are going to see the food realm, so destroy everything that’s evil; I will leave him behind with all the bad artifacts I can find," she said with a slight smile, not daring to harbor too much hope, as Lizi gathered together.
"I will help her, and I will do what I can to let the three of you gather together as one,"
White Fog, the bone child who was an adventurer at heart, would not refuse such a request; it seemed every great family had their determinations, sharply aware despite being engrossed with some electric saw.
It was a bit of a shock for White Fog to be able to see such a pure soul, able to withstand the downfall of the world below.
"I implore you, help Moonlight, I must... I implore you, White Fog... She definitely has her reasons for being so tired of us, she definitely has her sorrows, she wouldn’t become that kind of girl otherwise, no matter what you say I still believe her, the good person she is, Moonlight and I will never forget Orange, even if you don’t believe in Moonlight having it,"
But they were all mistaken,
It seemed like their affections could only go so far, as two people turned into fallen ones, a sigh-inducing sight.
The three sisters suffered greatly, devoured by evil because of the Chiming Clock, and amidst the large gathering, many listened to their tale.
A nod of white fog
"She was too naive, believing in the moon and me, when it was righteous to seek justice for those girls, to prevent her from becoming like us. At least she should enjoy a semblance of human dignity, unlike us three here," said Lin Haigu.
"Speak," she said.
"Every time I see the sight of the Feeding Grounds, I feel repulsed, as if I can ask you for something, but I don’t want to go see it," remarked Chu Qing.
"And you?"
Said the White Mist, a note of curiosity in her voice, "There’s still plenty of Zhao Xu’s evil remnants there; that’s why you can visit the Feeding Grounds now."
Hunger isn’t a blessing but a daily submersion in numbing fear and torment, a far cry from a blissful experience.
Although starvation weakens the Reincarnation, it won’t starve to death; it merely halts at some stage in the process.
"Thank you, White Mist... If not for Zhao Xu’s death, those people would never become food..." mumbled Chuanbai.
Though she had yet to lose hope, Lin Haigu, who faced dire suffering, said to the White Mist, "Look at Chestnut."
She knew it would hurt her deeply too.
She pretended to have casually recalled a recent conversation with Uncle Jiang, though Jiang Yimi had been gone from Sharp Forest, and she, as just another commoner in her eyes, was only a passerby in everyone’s journey, not truly present.
Even now, at a time when Chestnut should have held onto every ounce of hope, Lin Haigu had given up hope in White Mist completely, though she was still just a human among humans.
However, some people still believed in Shen Yue’s unique methods.
This beautiful scorpion woman, regardless of her cold demeanor and lack of emotion towards anything, might become a severe threat in the future, causing the investigative army’s intervention in Sharp Forest where Jiang Yimi was, was despised by many.
Shen Yue had moved on.
In the tall tower filled with evil, Lin Haigu listened to the narration, but now he was found amid these scenes too.
Nevertheless, there were still those in Sharp Forest who envied the people of the high tower.
Submerged in various end-of-day news, wearing a different hat every time, he still recalled his school days, seven hundred years prior, as if he was trying to delude himself.
Would the people of the high tower not at least live comfortably in their imposing attire, tracking down every zone in search of a place to resolve the Reincarnation issue?
To Sharp Forest, the high tower was but a curiosity.
Having been warned not to enter the high tower, and having never met a second man with the same front, he chose not to do so.
Sharp Forest found the mishaps of the high tower people rather intriguing, despite not knowing where the tower was, overhearing their stories while traveling.
Even the minor merchants, such as Xiao Wu, Nie Chongshan, and Liu Mu, could not believe the truth... that the investigative army had actually witnessed mankind’s dire defeat in the Red Zone nineteen years ago. This was also the time when Chu Qing had only just encountered White Mist in the telephone booth, as later revealed by Yin Shuang, making the incident seem far shorter.
He, being more averse to the evil rulers, did not dare to speak out against Nie Chongshan in any disrespectful terms.
As the United Sharp Army unveiled the reality of the Reincarnation Wheel as a mere illusion in the blood-red thick fog, they set out on one more sorrowful venture, led by Lin Haigu through the despondent surroundings. White Mist began to recount the events involving Lin Haigu and others.
To his consolation, the investigative army had finally appeared in this manner after nineteen years, something Lin Haigu had not expected.
In reality, he had recognized the legitimacy of this power for quite some time. Only White Mist and the Twenty-nine had been following Zhao Xu.
Chu Qing and White Mist at least would not acknowledge their involvement, for Nie Chongshan would not "buy" their account. "Hmm, this trash group is not the same as that one," he scoffed.
"Are we... actually the investigative army?"
This was but one annoying question among many others that had arisen for this very reason.
"It was unexpected, such a powerful creature had just died so suddenly in Nie Chongshan’s new journey as a traveler."
"The white fog sighed, no longer... since the last time Nie Chongshan snatched someone’s head."
"Travelers who can hold on for a long time in the white fog are also considered one of a kind."
"This four-man alliance had almost formed an incomprehensible landscape."
"But Nie Chongshan, Shen Yusheng, the Ninth Level Variegated Body, possessed far greater latent abilities and strengths compared to the others, including the four words of evil and the Moon Mirror.
"This was fundamentally a slaughter, a one-sided affair. The traveler struck without mercy, not having used the Four Heavens Binding yet."
"It only tried to take advantage of its own abilities to flee, but was surrounded by a single-sided mirror... a bizarre force from the mirror tried to put it in the maze of its spiritual palace."
"Red Ink could directly crush its vengeful energies with spiritual power, not to mention subdue the creature, which truly possessed terrifying spiritual powers."
"Shen Yusheng alone would directly split its army, while it had a vast number of Eight Level Variegated Bodies, crows, chess pieces and Wu Hai Yao Song under its control."
"But the destructive power of Nie Chongshan was even greater than its own."
"The traveler in the mine battle, Clock Xu, couldn’t even die more bitterly than this."
"When Red Ink directly witnessed the scene of the traveler’s death, it was an extremely convenient shortcut into a certain segment of memory, as if the white fog had encountered Red Ink for the first time. It was abmi power, a very energy-intensive 21*spirit power."
"Red Ink began to recount the situation at that time, looking towards him. The white fog suddenly felt a sense of something moving in a certain difficult-to-predict direction,"
"Nie Chongshan had the marine spirit song on him."
"But it was a transformation product."
"Moreover, it was a kind that brought its own swallowing heavenly gift, meanwhile, as for the other heavenly gifts, it would likely drop if one killed an evil being. This was understood by Bai Chuan now."
"It has already plundered my abilities. That piece of trash has already died, hmph,"
"Are you also a traveler who joined the performance martial district’s long exchange? Are those just three crows of you?"
Bai Chuan continued speaking, looking towards Nie Chongshan,
"Wu Jiuzhou just nodded.
"With so many heavenly evils you have faced, haven’t you been broken down by that one you encountered before? This is why you’re with this army group."
"At this moment, Bai Chuan finally realized something.
"Floating in mid-air with an arrogant demeanor and without much explanation, Nie Chongshan spread his wings wide and half-hovered."
"Nie Chongshan had a considerable enmity for Wu Jiuzhou for some other reason, not understanding why Liu Muhui and Nie Chongshan would meet."
"Nie Chongshan was pointed out specifically in this.
"He began to introduce others, waiting for his counterpart, who was unfamiliar and unrecognizable upon meeting."
"The situation didn’t look good, with a potential backstabbing scenario.
"Bai Chuan couldn’t help but think that in this situation, there would be an involuntary stirring of black qi, invoking bad luck and vengeful energy. Both Yi Jiang and Red Ink seemed to carry a great amount of such aura."
"But he felt more experienced facing such a scenario than Haideng. Bai Chuan vaguely found a solution to resolve this type of issue." freewebnσvel.cøm
"The big families would probably not feel anything was amiss, because when you act a certain way towards everyone, it’s called having no personal misfortune instead of fortune.
"He began to introduce everyone including Jiang Yi, Red Ink, Lin Haigu, and Sharp Forest, avoiding the fifth issue continuously so that Bai Chuan could take a customary approach to introducing his friends, including Yin Shuang and others."
"Bai Chuan was still very humble as he began to introduce the corps from nineteen years ago facing the previous generation’s army brigade."
"Thank you so much for your righteous hand this time, Senior Lin,"
"This reality is still a figment, virtually inexistent, yet it’s impossible for anyone to decline such an invitation."
"Mount Niang has finally come down to answer," said Jing. "But this is only the first time. It’s an arduous climb. We need to build a standing tower outside to avoid the difficulty."
"But the external tower will not be," said Jing deeply aware of the matter. "If it falls into evil... the high tower will become ash and smoke, for the main reason it exists is as a residence for humanity. The incident with Mount Niang is just the beginning."
A special military investigation group, the Third, was intricately scaled by the complexity of the plan.
But it was only a momentary gathering before another separation. Facing the gathering, they would soon welcome a parting.
How did such a grand event turn into this fierce storm? But no one could have expected the lone figure wandering in the mist, Bai Wu, to unravel such a pure lie, for what was considered an unavoidable difficulty.
Bai Wu said, "You have to do what I say. Go to Chuanbai Market and lead them there; find the previous generation to consult with. This is a migration, the first step of this plan. The plan to avoid the difficulty is to slowly scatter and expand Chuanbai Market, taking Chuanbai Middle School as the starting point."
"What do you want me to do? But I’m interested in the plan you speak of," Chu Qing said to him, indifferent to the high tower’s people. "You should face these people yourself, Liu team; I believe you should, especially since you will follow them, Mount Niang."
Mount Niang replied, "They are the enemies of humanity; it’s a certainty, though their motives are not yet clear, not even to me. But it’s highly possible that there is something inconceivable beyond; there might be some entity that cannot be found, that existed before the travelers, before their deaths. It’s clear the high tower is no longer the same."
Bai Wu looked toward Mount Niang. A flash of comprehension shone briefly in Lin Haigu’s eyes as he apprehended Bai Wu’s double-edged words.
"Indeed," Bai Wu continued with a nod, "it is a very difficult situation. You must witness the avoidance difficulty yourself. Moreover, you are very far from Chuanbai Market, and that food city district is extremely complex; it hides too many secrets in that area."
"I will eventually return to the place I should, to break through the restrictions of that territory," Lin Haigu muttered, his spirits clouding quickly, though the words did not stir him.
"That place is exactly where the difficulty is avoided, where only by resolving the issue of sustainable resource sources can survival be secured," Bai Wu exclaimed.
"In that place, if there is no twist of any kind, people can live; evil can exist, so can humanity. We only need to establish a stronghold that is sufficient to withstand the forces outside the tower and collect the necessary fragments. Without worrying about minor concerns of the Fourth Age, there we have no burden," Lin Haigu added with certainty.
"I have already collected the necessary fragments in one area, but the outside forces are also trying to collect fragments. They can’t stop me from collecting fragments. These are the most powerful shards in the evil domain, and to purify this world, we must have the final jigsaw puzzle," Bai Wu said.
As he hinted at his own existence in Chuanbai Market, the crowd was shocked by the revelation with only a few words.
"There is definitely a place where many people are putting in effort," Bai Wu confirmed. "There is a place in Chuanbai Market. The avoidance difficulty is not entirely baseless."
"I am not the only one who refuses to accept a humiliating death; you all are heroic," Bai Wu declared.
"I hope that when the time comes, you will have no regrets in dying, that you will be able to address future dangers to humanity, for that is why I’ve deceived you all. The avoidance difficulty does exist," Bai Wu suddenly said.
Mount Niang, however, had inflated his imagination far beyond even the evil and corruption of the high tower.
Indeed, what he actually witnessed was a certain dark conspiracy... but he didn’t know that.
Even Lin Haigu, who didn’t know about the terrible tragedy nineteen years ago, didn’t think at this time that his initial intention and the avoidance difficulty were contradictory. He only wanted to use his own efforts to possibly make the high tower better; he had never thought of leading people out of the high tower.
Mount Niang first harbored the anger for them, knowing this white lie was a kind gesture, the stone foundation of nineteen years had been firmly maintained by people like Lin Haigu.
"The avoidance difficulty, Bai Wu, Green Valley Jade," Mount Niang said with a hint of anger in his tone.
Then, that sharp question inevitably came, one that everyone had almost reached a consensus on after a long history.
