Chapter 216: Huge Hidden Danger!
With the internal turmoil within the God Realm and the intense Night Erosion spreading, the winds and sands around Sanlongsha, which had originally weakened, began to blow again, even gaining momentum.
A fierce wind, rising from an unknown source, exceeded a speed of ten, rampaging between the desolate Gobi and undulating mounds, creating an illusion of distant sounds of clashing weapons and bloody battles in the wind.
Gravel and stones were swept away by the gale, forming pillars of “smoke” connecting heaven and earth, filling the night that had been diluted by the vast barren wilderness. The mounds and earth platforms that lay on the ground resembled enormous corpses, presenting a ghastly and tragic scene.
Under the shroud of wind and sand, the large city gate in the distance, exuding a chilling aura, took on an ethereal quality, as if it were a dream.
Startling cracks emerged from the southern wall of the city gate, extending along its curved outline, exuding reddish light, flickering like lightning that passed over the city gate.
“Is that the legendary Yumen Pass? It’s truly magnificent!” A person exclaimed, gazing at the grand gate standing in the distant land.
The speaker was a very young girl, who, although her face was mostly hidden by a roll of white gauze, had a pair of eyes that revealed the unique clarity and gentleness of a girl, resembling a harmless little sheep.
She was dressed in a classic red and white priestess robe, complemented by a luxurious pure gold hair ornament that held her long black hair in place. The whole aura she radiated was one of solemnity, while the various colored skull-shaped earrings adorning her ears added an element of rebellion to her gravity.
“However, the scale of the ancient city gate shouldn’t be this large; it must be the power of the God Realm, right?”
“That’s right, miss,” answered the elderly man beside the girl. “It is said that the ruins in the scenic area over a hundred kilometers away are the original city gate of Yumen.”
He was dressed in black, short like a child, with a heavily tattooed face covered in black incantations, resembling more of an urban legend than a human.
“And ever since the God Realm Yumen sealed itself, it has transformed into endless yellow sand, drifting across the vast land with the pulse of the earth…”
Before the old man finished speaking, the girl understood; she had heard countless times about the operation of the God Realm Yumen and interjected, “Is this the reason why the God Realm Yumen can repel urban legends from invading Z Country? Like a giant beast lurking on the plains, hunting and devouring urban legends…”
“Yes, miss.” The old man nodded.
As the young priestess of the Spring Day Great Society conversed with her servant, a young man on a nearby mound sighed.
“They say the Night Erosion not only harms the human body, but when it reaches a certain intensity, it will also destroy the natural environment, causing drastic changes in the climate. I never expected to witness it firsthand.”
The young man was short and frail, his pale complexion showing signs of exhaustion, making him look sickly. If it weren’t for his typical Eastern Slavic features and the bear-fur hat he wore, it would be difficult to associate him with the White God Group.
“Tongzi Tian, have you ever witnessed environmental changes caused by Night Erosion?”
Standing beside the young man was a tall, large man with dark skin, resembling an elephant. A colorful satin cloth was knotted around his legs, hanging loosely over his lower body, exposing his tightly sinewed muscles.
Contrary to his imposing physique was his childlike, tender face, creating an inexplicable sense of incongruity.
“I have.” Tongzi Tian nodded, his voice deep and resonant. “In the Pasupati Temple that was corrupted by the urban legend designated as F, although Senior Yadu sacrificed himself to stop the spread of that urban legend’s powers, the area around the temple for several kilometers is still devoid of life…”
“Cough cough cough!” [Winter] coughed violently, increasingly harsher, as if he were going to cough out a lung. Finally, in a flurry, he took out a pill from his pocket, swallowed it, and his coughing gradually subsided.
“Isn’t that making the area of Tianshu a large forbidden zone? At this rate, Tianshu would already have thirty-seven large forbidden zones, right? The situation you’re facing in APTYA is worse than what we’re facing in the White God Group! No wonder you invited this disaster-class deity to come here.”
“It seems APTYA is determined to destroy Yumen Pass…”
The speculation from [Winter] was not entirely baseless.
After all, the White God Group and the Spring Day Great Society, as two spiritual energy organizations, could only be considered minor victims of the Miracle Cult’s spirit energy attack incidents; APTYA and the Assassins were the primary victims.
And the Assassins, from a certain perspective, were just like the Miracle Cult, both being “terrorists,” but the former targeted illegal spiritual ability users and urban legends by any means necessary, while the latter would do anything when driven mad.
It was akin to the difference between lawful evil and chaotic neutral.
When two factions of “terrorists” clashed, a back-and-forth was naturally expected.
APTYA’s situation was much more difficult than that of the Assassins. They were already struggling due to the chaotic spiritual energy forces in Tianshu, and now with the addition of a group of lunatics from the Miracle Cult, they were in even more headache.
Furthermore, due to the same chaos in Tianshu’s spiritual energy forces, the efficiency of resolving urban legend incidents within APTYA’s jurisdiction was alarmingly low, with the number of urban legends and the scope of their impact having surged in the past two years, almost reaching a point of helplessness.
Thus, from any perspective, destroying the God Realm Yumen, which gathered a large number of Miracle Cult members, would make APTYA the biggest beneficiary.
“…”
Tongzi Tian coldly glanced at [Winter], remaining silent as if tacitly agreeing with his assertion.
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Around Sanlongsha.
Taking advantage of the cover of wind and sand and the undulating mounds, a figure dressed in black, the Wordless Book, covertly observed the forces from various spiritual energy organizations one by one. After multiple attempts to locate the nameless assassins of the Assassins without success, she returned to a mound cave and hid.
The situation of the major spiritual energy organizations matched her previous speculations gleaned from examining intelligence documents almost perfectly. The young priestess of the Spring Day Great Society and [Winter] from the White God Group led several A-Class spiritual ability users, while the disaster-class Tongzi Tian acted independently, and the nameless assassins remained unseen.
It was not unusual that the nameless assassins were missing; this did not mean they had not arrived around Sanlongsha. Judging from geographical positioning, they might have arrived even earlier than the other three major spiritual energy organizations.
However, upon becoming members of the Assassins, they underwent an unknown ritual that erased their names, spiritual energy fluctuations, and everything that could enhance their presence. Typically, as long as they did not take action and deliberately concealed themselves, even a disaster-class character would find it difficult to detect their existence.
After her habitual analysis and observation, the Wordless Book channeled spiritual energy into her palm, causing the heavy Wordless Book to condense once more. She gently opened it, dipped her pen, and wrote the words “General” on a blank page.
The smooth pen tip left black ink on the slightly yellowed paper, which soon dried and faded until it vanished.
After repeating this a few times, the Wordless Book shook her head lightly and wrote the three characters “Huaiyuan Jun.”
A few seconds later, when the handwriting on the page faded once again, the usually patient Wordless Book could not help but sigh.
“Sigh…”
Having rushed from the Siye Association Headquarters to this location, being less than five kilometers from the God Realm Yumen that had descended near Sanlongsha, if she still could not contact “General” and “Huaiyuan Jun,” she would truly be at a loss.
She could not exert her full strength with just this avatar, and her powers were not geared towards combat. While controlling [Winter] and the young priestess was not a problem due to her higher spiritual energy level, if the one coming from Tianshu insisted on making a ruckus, she would be unable to stop them.
After all, the spiritual patterns and powers of Tongzi Tian largely stemmed from the mythological species urban legend “Kamala,” which is a war god in the mythological tales of Tianshu, boasting the top combat capability among all disaster-class spiritual ability users.
“…”
That four-limbed Huaiyuan Jun might be able to suppress him, but as for me…
With a “broken” book fighting head-on with a war god, I’d be lucky not to be torn to pieces.
The Wordless Book self-deprecatingly thought, once again dipping her pen to write the three characters “Huaiyuan Jun” on the blank page.
This time, after waiting a few seconds, just as the ink on the page was about to disappear, a line of crooked little letters unexpectedly appeared behind Huaiyuan Jun’s name.
Huaiyuan Jun: Wordless Book? Is that you? You finally came! I’m trapped; hurry and save me!
Wordless Book: How could you be trapped? What about the energy stick I left for you? Don’t you remember what I told you before I left?
Huaiyuan Jun: I lost it…
What an embarrassing guy! The Wordless Book raised her hand to her forehead.
At that moment, her gaze caught sight of a line of neatly printed letters that suddenly appeared on her book page.
Void: Energy stick? I seem to know where it is.
The way the lettering appeared felt eerily similar to when a third person’s message unexpectedly appeared while chatting one-on-one with a friend, carrying a hint of the uncanny.
Looking at the text emerging on the page, the Wordless Book frowned slightly, a glint of coldness flashing in her eyes.
In fact, this ability to communicate via messages was something she had recently developed based on her observations of the Urban Legends Chat Group’s operational method; before that, to contact Huaiyuan Jun like this, she would have to use a letter-like conveyance.
The entire process was like a person with some sort of unique ability suddenly discovering their talent one day and achieving extraordinary results after a bit of practice.
However, what she did not anticipate was that developing this ability would leave behind a hidden danger…
This situation was akin to the borrowing of powers between a subordinate and a master, but there was no such relationship between her and the Void; the emergence of this situation signified the potential for a power fusion between herself and the Void.
If enough time passed, they might even become the same urban legend.
Even aside from that, this Wordless Book could be considered a part of her body in a certain sense…
If it were you, could you tolerate someone leaving something inside you without your notice?
This was definitely a huge hidden danger!
Perhaps, it would really be best to find an opportunity to eliminate that guy, unless… it voluntarily became my subordinate—that’s not going to work!
As a dignified guardian of the Siye Association, taking an urban legend as a subordinate would lead to all sorts of rumors circulating! The Wordless Book thought to herself and shook her head.
