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A deafening roar came from beneath their feet, howling and roaring, as if it wanted to lift this massive Yumen Pass into the sky.
It was like a major earthquake... Shen Baiwei thought.
When she was mingling with the Miracle Order, searching for the whereabouts of the holy relic, she had experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Fiji Islands, and the memory was still fresh.
The vibration at Yumen Pass at this moment felt even stronger than that earthquake, yet strangely, despite such intense vibration, it didn't cause severe damage.
Dust and fine sand, accumulated for an unknown number of years, rose in the vibration, like a surging flood, sweeping through streets and alleys. Tiles flew from the roofs of buildings large and small, creating crisp sounds as they crashed.
However, apart from a few already dilapidated thatched huts at the edge of the Yumen Pass, other buildings seemed to be protected by some force, showing no damage whatsoever.
A few breaths later, the towering city walls surrounding Yumen City Pass began to rotate, as if a pair of hands were quickly manipulating the four sides of a Rubik's Cube. It wasn't precise, but an extraordinarily vast number of Spells burst forth from the city walls with dazzling, multicolored light.
The surging Spiritual Energy made the air thick and hot. As the Spiritual Energy poured from all directions towards the Lords Manor in the center of Yumen Pass, an invisible ripple created a massive vortex above the Lords Manor.
It was as if some terrifying giant beast was hidden there, taking a deep breath.
Looking from afar, at the highest point of the Lords Manor complex, amidst the rolling, boundless flying sand, a burly figure in a moon-white monk's robe from Chawan Temple stood tall, gazing at the sky, like a final Guardian, or perhaps waiting for something to descend.
Countless streams of light rose from the city walls, intertwining like chaotic cables, converging into dazzling colors, covering the sky above Yumen Pass, obscuring the daylight. Then, as those streams of light gradually dimmed, the sky returned to a state of chaos.
It looks like the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate is about to be sealed... Shen Baiwei thought.
Nangling Commander successfully lured Shaman King to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate. After Shaman King was suppressed by Nanling Commander at the cost of sacrificing his current life and even future reincarnations, enduring the 'Three Lives, Ten Calamities, Seven Woes, Four Sufferings,' Hong Bian Monk also successfully suppressed him using the power of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate.
Thus, this war has concluded, and the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate and the living beings within the city are about to face a thousand years of sealing.
However, how was the 'Three Lives, Ten Calamities, Seven Woes, Four Sufferings' achieved?
Shen Baiwei had studied this knowledge at Tethys Laboratory and knew that there was no such thing as reincarnation in this world; once dead, one was truly dead. Even if resurrection occasionally occurred, it was definitely a urban legend event.
Since there is no reincarnation, there is even less talk of 'three lives and three worlds'.
When Nanling Commander and a group of Longxiang Army Armored Soldiers sacrificed themselves, the 'three lives' mentioned in the Spell most likely referred to a certain urban legend, right?
In other words, they would only suffer such long torment for three lives, and there would be no true afterlife... Shen Baiwei pouted.
While searching for a way to break free from The Serpent of the Years' authority, she had read some records of 'demon transactions' from M Country, where demon-type urban legend were prevalent, which included content about sacrifice.
Any demon-type urban legend proposing to sacrifice this life for an afterlife during a transaction is pure fraud, a pig-butchering scam.
There is only this life, no afterlife; sacrificing one's life means complete annihilation!
But there are always people, even most people, who don't believe in evil.
In recent years, M Country's Black Night Alliance has handled thousands of urban legend events caused by 'demon transactions' almost every year.
Shen Baiwei was thinking idly until Lu Yibei in her arms let out a sleepy murmur. Only then did she suddenly break free from that state of scattered and continuously running thoughts.
She lowered her head to look, and her eyes trembled slightly.
Lu Yibei hadn't woken up, and was even sleeping soundly, smacking her pink little mouth and muttering in her sleep.
What surprised Shen Baiwei was that she had unconsciously taken out her small notebook and recorded the scene before the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate closed, as if recording had become an instinct for her...
But this feeling didn't seem bad? Shen Baiwei thought.
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In the center of Yumen Pass, at the highest point of the Lords Manor.
Man-eating Monk Zhang Xuan gazed at the sky, his eyes gradually reddening.
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Hong Bian merely smiled and said, "When that time comes, you will naturally know."
And now, he knew.
Feeling the surrounding, familiar Spiritual Energy fluctuations belonging to Hong Bian, Man-eating Monk Zhang Xuan knelt on one knee and cupped his fists towards the west, "Master, farewell!"
He didn't know where Hong Bian's hometown was, only that it was probably west of the Yumen Pass.
Now that Hong Bian had sacrificed himself and his soul returned to the heavens, he would probably return to his hometown to rest in peace, right?
After a solemn bow, Man-eating Monk Zhang Xuan took a deep breath, pushing his Spiritual Energy to its limit.
As the Spiritual Energy surged within him, his body grew rapidly. Rock-like muscles spread quickly over his flesh, tearing through his clothes. A few breaths later, a giant as tall as the Lords Manor complex appeared in view.
A terrifying sense of oppression spread in all directions.
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Outside the Yumen Pass.
On a barren mound.
Divine Thief Masai and Bandit Leader Guersuwan stood side by side, carrying their packs.
After the mighty Yumen Pass, which had been entrenched on the land, disappeared from sight as if blown away by the wind, the two looked at each other and cupped their hands without a word.
Immediately after, they turned around, one heading south and the other north, rushing towards their respective missions without looking back.
Because they would never meet again, there was no need for goodbyes.
The sand and wind swept by, and soon the figures of the two disappeared into the Gobi Desert, as if their traces had been erased by time.
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Inside Daimu Courtyard.
Entering through the main gate, one would find a lavishly decorated main hall. However, this hall, which was usually filled with singing and dancing, enchanting music, and the aroma of wine and meat, was now filled with the cries of children. A group of singing girls, dancing girls, along with servants and madams, were in a chaotic frenzy.
As the crisis approached, almost all the children of the Long Xiang Army soldiers were gathered in this building, one of the best in Yumen Pass.
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In a corner of the main hall, Xia Lianqing gazed towards the south city wall, her face filled with sorrow.
"Miss, Miss, please think of something! Why are those children crying so much?"
The maid's voice rang out, and Xia Lianqing withdrew her gaze, turned around, and said, "Of course they will cry, because their fathers will never return."
The maid was silent for a moment, then tilted her head, looked at Xia Lianqing's slightly red eyes, and asked, "Then why are you crying, Miss?"
"Because..." Xia Lianqing smiled bitterly and shook her head, "The sandstorm is too strong, carrying smoke, blinding my eyes."
"Oh." The maid nodded blankly. When she came back to her senses, Xia Lianqing had already walked past her and headed directly to the stage in the center of the main hall, sat cross-legged, and smilingly began to sing a nursery rhyme.
It was a Huihe nursery rhyme, and no one understood its content, but as they listened, it was as if illusions appeared before their eyes, scenes of grasslands, wild rabbits, and butterflies emerged.
As the warm and gentle power contained within the song spread, like a pair of warm hands gently stroking everyone's hearts, the crying gradually subsided.
After a long while, all the children had fallen asleep peacefully.
Xia Lianqing walked down from the stage, and the maid eagerly rushed forward, exclaiming, "Miss, Miss, what was that song you just sang? I've never heard you sing it before!"
"Just a lullaby from my hometown," Xia Lianqing said. "My mother used to sing it to me all the time..."
When I knew that Dad would never come back. Xia Lianqing added in her heart.
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A thousand years ago, as the dust settled on the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, in Prosperity Beijing, at the Si Ye Hui Headquarters, in Nameless Book's office.
Wu Yuhui, the secretary who was temporarily in charge of coordinating various data for Nameless Book, stood with her hands on her hips in front of her desk, her chest heaving violently, breathing heavily, and her eyes, hidden behind her glasses, bloodshot.
After reading the newly arrived documents, she felt that if Nameless Book didn't return soon, she would not only suffer a mental breakdown but also experience a series of symptoms such as Spirit Mark loss of control and endocrine disorders.
X Tai Sui and Code F Monster agitated, seals broken, small-scale leaks of night erosion, suspected Eclipse Society Psychic appearing outside the sealed area, restless, suspected illegal cults abroad believing in X Tai Sui organizing large-scale suicidal sacrifices...
Normally, if they, the secretaries, could handle even one of these matters individually, they would already be operating at full capacity. But now, seven or eight such incidents had suddenly appeared, all pressing down on her.
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Truly, I was truly wrong!
I ran to Night Watch because I hated the high pressure of big companies, but it hasn't become easier at all, has it? Wu Yuhui thought.
She never expected that Night Watch's Leader didn't easily exploit subordinates, but once she started exploiting them, it was far more terrifying than her previous Leader!
What's 996? Hilarious! Have you seen 13020?
Do you understand the value of working over twenty hours a day from the first to the thirtieth of every month?
Just as Wu Yuhui was lamenting in her heart and her spirit was about to collapse under high pressure, the door opened.
Another secretary brought new documents.
"One good news, one bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
"Good news! Good news!" Wu Yuhui said without hesitation.
She was almost at her breaking point and desperately needed some good news to lower her blood pressure.
The other secretary shrugged and said, "Tulip Club and Da Chunyang Palace have already intervened in the suppression of the Code F Monster. X Tai Sui stopped its agitation half an hour ago, and the Night Watch agents repairing the sealed area have already rushed over."
"And the bad news?" Wu Yuhui asked.
"The bad news..." The other secretary sighed, "The night erosion level at Yumen Pass doubled ten minutes ago, and a large number of urban legend Spiritual Energy fluctuation sources were observed inside the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate."
"How many is 'large'?" Wu Yuhui complained, "Nameless Book has said countless times that these data must never be expressed in vague quantities. Did you forget again?"
"Preliminary estimate, ten thousand to eleven thousand..." The other secretary looked embarrassed, "They all appeared out of thin air, as if they were teleported there by some authority."
Wu Yuhui, "???"
What the hell? How is the weight of your good news and bad news completely disproportionate? How is this any different from getting a five hundred yuan raise in the morning and having your house burned down in the afternoon?
"Even more bizarrely, as the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate was damaged and the detection signal strengthened, guess what we found inside our Divine Kingdom Jade Gate?" the other secretary said.
"What?"
"We found living people inside Yumen Pass... well, to be precise, over five hundred ordinary people."
Wu Yuhui, "..."
How could that be?
In an environment worse than hell, ordinary people couldn't last even five seconds. How could there be over five hundred ordinary people inside?
This was even more absurd, like the house was almost burned to ashes, but the little cat inside was completely unharmed.
Seeing Wu Yuhui's face looking rather grim, the other secretary comforted her, "But we don't need to worry too much about these things! The suddenly appearing urban legend, whose Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels are all around C-level, are being watched by several Guardian adults. Even if there are more of them, they won't cause any trouble..."
"That's true..." Wu Yuhui hesitated, rubbing her temples, and sighed deeply, "Alright, we can only trust the Guardian adults."
Normally, even with Guardians involved, they, the secretaries, should constantly monitor data changes. But this was a different time; now, she and the other secretaries were already stretched thin just handling the data related to Code F Monster and X Tai Sui.
"Oh no, oh no!"
Just as Wu Yuhui's tense nerves were about to relax, a sudden shout from the corridor outside the door instantly made her heart race again.
Three seconds later, a panting, pale-faced Night Watch agent, clutching a file bag with a red mourning owl printed on it, appeared at the office door.
What new trouble was brewing? The two secretaries in the office changed their expressions.
Immediately after, they heard the Night Watch agent, holding up the file bag, stammering, "Red... red... mourning owl signal..."
"Xiao Chen, slow down, adjust yourself before speaking!" Wu Yuhui said solemnly.
Hearing this, the Night Watch agent, addressed as Xiao Chen, took several deep breaths, then quickly took out the document from the file bag, handed it to Wu Yuhui, and explained, "Secretary, a red mourning owl signal just came in."
"From about ten minutes ago, the earth vein aura in the desert area of approximately fifty thousand square kilometers around Yumen Pass showed abnormally strong fluctuations, as if... as if it was summoned by some powerful force..."
Wu Yuhui, "..." Damn it! Fifty thousand? Is this another Calamity urban legend causing trouble somewhere?
