Chapter 109
So this instance was a trap from the very start!
Xiao Tangqiuâs eyes reddened in extreme grief and anger. Even though he knew that his power was far from that of the Abyss Demon, he took out a crossbow and rushed towards the Abyss Demon.
âItâs a pity, but I will keep to the Demonâs Oathâ¦â The Abyss Demon chuckled through the mask, âBut next time we meet, you wonât have such good luck.â
He had good luck?
It was the first time that Xiao Tangqiu heard these words from someone else. Hearing the regretful tone of the Abyss Demon, he felt ironic and numb. In his whole life⦠this was the second time he sincerely wished that âgood luckâ did not befall him.
As he charged before the Abyss Demon, before he even had time to touch a corner of the Abyss Demonâs clothing, he was bounced out by an invisible barrier. He fell heavily to the ground and before he had time to climb back up, a sudden pain came.
Xiao Tangqiu convulsed in pain and rolled on the ground as if there was a giant invisible hand crus.h.i.+ng his insidesâ¦
âThen, see you next time.â
With the low laughter from the Abyss Demon, Xiao Tangqiu gradually lost consciousness in the severe pain wracking his body. Finally, his vision went dark and he pa.s.sed out completely.
â¦
âMission failedâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu seemed to have heard the cold and familiar system sound again in his dim consciousness, but before he could listen carefully, he was awakened by a familiar sound.
âQiuqiu! Qiuqiu! Xiao Tangqiu!â
He abruptly opened his eyes to meet Tang Mianmianâs eyes through the gla.s.s. After seeing the joy in Tang Mianmianâs eyes, his awareness gradually returned to his body, and he quickly opened the switch of the transfer cabin and lunged towards Tang Mianmian.
âI just had a nightmareâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu looked at Tang Mianmianâs joyful face and couldnât wait to speak.
His heart was full of fear and doubt. But Tang Mianmianâs frozen expression made the fear in his heart expand enormously. He felt like someone had punched him in the chest. There was a sudden painful and suffocating feeling, but he still struggled to speak, âI dreamed that⦠Shen Yuan diedâ¦â
Tang Mianmian was silent for a long, long time before speaking with the same difficulty, ââ¦That wasnât a dream.â
Xiao Tangqiu asked blankly, âWasnât a dream?â
Tang Mianmian was silent for a long time before speaking, âOur captain⦠he is really deadâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu fixedly stared at Tang Mianmian for several minutes before falling on the ground with weak legs.
So Shen Yuan really diedk2026;
It turned out that it was not his nightmare!
Shen Yuan really died!
His whole body lost strength and his brain was blank. He wanted to absolutely reject the news, but deep in his heart there was a calm and cruel voice telling him: Shen Yuan died!
Tang Mianmian looked at Xiao Tangqiu, who was sitting on the ground, and opened his mouth as if wanting to ask something, but he didnât know what to say.
At this time, the others in the Reincarnation Team also came out of the transfer cabin one by one. They gathered around Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian quietly. n.o.body opened their mouths, only a heavy silence hovering around them.
After a long time, Xiao Tangqiu asked with difficulty, ââ¦What happened back then? Where are you guys? Why didnât we see you?â
Xue Junli was silent for a while, and tried to calmly speak, âAt that time we were trapped behind the barrier. We could see you, but you couldnât see usâ¦â
It turned out that the Reincarnation Team was all there when the Abyss Demon caught Xiao Tangqiu and Shen Yuan, just trapped by an invisible barrier set up by someone. They couldnât get out of the barrier, so they could only watch helplessly and everything happened, unable to stop it. Of course, even with them, their group of players would not be able to deal with the Abyss Demon.
Xiao Tangqiu asked in a daze, âThen you guys saw it too? You also know that Shen Yuan is dead?â
Xue Junli was silent for a few seconds before whispering, âWe also saw the captainâs deathâ¦â
Xiao Tangqiu looked around and saw that besides the men, the two women had eyes swollen from crying, but they still stood strong. There was no sign of collapse or hysteria⦠It made him a little lost. He remembered in the beginning, the Reincarnation people were so angry that he had injured Shen Yuan and wanted him to disappear immediately/ But now that Shen Yuan actually died because of him, their att.i.tude was unprecedentedly calm. So calm it felt cold-blooded.
ââ¦Why?â Xiao Tangqiu couldnât help but ask, âWhy are you still so calm?â
Xue Junli paused, then spoke in a heavy but steady voice, âNo matter which member dies, we must calm down immediately. We must get used to and accept death, and be prepared that everyone, including ourselves, will die at any time⦠Even if that person is our captain.â
Xiao Tangqiu was speechless. He wanted to accuse these people of being cold-blooded and ruthless, but he wasnât in the position to say anything⦠Moreover, he had partial responsibility in Shen Yuanâs death even though he knew in his heart that Shen Yuan would die even if it wasnât him. The Abyss Demonâs purpose was clear from beginning to end.
They fell into a silent confrontation and Xiao Tangqiu looked at the people in the Reincarnation Team coldly. Suddenly, he remembered something and rushed towards Xue Junli, grabbing him by the collar, asking with a glimmer of hope, âAre there any resurrection potions or elixir in the system store? Are there such special items in the instances?â
Normally, it was definitely impossible for Xue Junli to be grabbed by the collar easily by Xiao Tangqiu, but he was obviously distracted due to Shen Yuanâs death. He changed his expression several times when he heard Xiao Tangqiuâs words, and finally sighed and shook his head, âNo⦠I have never heard of it.â
Xiao Tangqiuâs heart sank. Xue Junli was the founder of the City of the Abyss Forums. If even Xue Junli thought that there was none, then it should indeed be noneâ¦
Whatâs more, Shen Yuan was killed by the Abyss Demonâ¦
Just as he wallowed in frustration, a voice rang out, âSpecial items for resurrection? Iâve heard of it.â
Xiao Tangqiu was greatly shocked and turned his head to look at that person. The others also looked in disbelief. He saw a somewhat familiar figure slowly walking up to him. It was actually Bai Yushan, whom he had met twice before.
Xiao Tangqiu used Bai Yushan to escape the instances by lucky accident previously. Compared to the last time he saw her, Bai Yushan had obviously experienced a lot of ups and downs. Not only was her skin rough and older, but even the originally beautiful black hair was also mixed with mostly white. She looked more than twenty years older.
âBai Yushan?â Xue Junli almost didnât dare to recognize such a Bai Yushan. He frowned, âHow did youâ¦â
Bai Yushan interrupted Xue Junli, she asked bluntly, âAre you looking for special items for resurrection?â
Xiao Tangqiu nodded immediately, âYes! Do you know information related to special items?â
âHey, intelligence broker,â Duan Hongzhen frowned, âHow did you make yourself look so f.u.c.ked up? And special items⦠how can they exist?â
âThen donât believe me,â Bai Yushan said coldly, turning her head to look at Xiao Tangqiu, âAre you willing to believe it?â
Xiao Tangqiu actually didnât believe in Bai Yushan, but for Shen Yuanâs sake⦠even if it was only a tiny possibility, he was willing to take a gamble. So he nodded without hesitation, âI believe it!â
Before Duan Hongzhen and others could ask questions, Bai Yushan said in a heavy voice, âIn order to resurrect my sister, I have crossed hundreds of instances in this period of time, and finally got an important piece of informationâ¦â
âIn a certain S-level instance, there may be special items that can resurrect a player!â Bai Yushanâs expression suddenly became excited, âItâs said that as long as the dead still have some mental awareness, they can be resurrected!â
Xue Junli frowned, âWhy have we never heard of it?â
âBecause it is a hidden instance. The probability of a player entering is minuscule, probably only one in ten thousand or less,â Bai Yushan sighed, âI also got this information from another hidden instance. The hardest part isnât about finding special items from the instance, but to find the door of the hidden instance.â
Xiao Tangqiu was silent for a moment before asking Bai Yushan, âWhere are your teammates?â
Bai Yushanâs expression shook, and a moment later, she said with difficulty, âThey⦠are all deadâ¦â
No wonder Bai Yushan had no one around her. All of her teammates were gone.
Xiao Tangqiu couldnât help asking, âIs it worth it?â
Was it really worth paying all her teammates for her sister?
Bai Yushanâs expression was a little agitated, âItâs exactly because of this that I must resurrect my sister! If my sister canât be resurrected in the end, then wonât their sacrifices be in vain?â
Xiao Tangqiu was silent. Bai Yushan had obviously lost her clarity, and it forcefully sobered him a bit.
âI went through hundreds of instances and finally brought back my sisterâs remnant soul with the Soul Gathering Orbs. Now I only need to find the special item in the hidden instance and I can resurrect my sister,â Bai Yushan didnât mind Xiao Tangqiuâs silence at all, carrying the conversation alone, âDo you want to cooperate with me?â
Xiao Tangqiuâs mind turned. Although Shen Yuan was sacrificed and died, he may still have a remnant soul attached to Ouroboros. If the special item Bai Yushan talked about really existed, then Shen Yuan should still have a chance to be resurrected⦠Even if it was just a small possibility, he wanted to pursue it.
So he opened his mouth and said, âI agree to cooperate with you, but⦠it might just be me.â
Tang Mianmian immediately called out, âDonât joke! If you want to go, then I will definitely go with you!â
Xiao Tangqiuâs heart felt a little hot. Then, Duan Hongzhen also scoffed, âDo you think that you are the only one who has feelings and sentiments? I want to go too! Thatâs our captain!â
Yu Fuling and Sai Lulu also did not hesitate to speak, âWe have to go too!â
Xue Junli pushed up his gla.s.ses, âHow can it just be you?â
Xiao Tangqiu smiled faintly, âArenât you numb to the death of your teammates?â
Xue Junli said calmly, âOur teamâs training is indeed to calmly accept the death of teammates, but if there is a chance of resurrection⦠Why wouldnât we try it?â
Xiao Tangqiu turned around and nodded to Bai Yushan, âIf what you said is true, we agree to cooperate with you. But we donât want to gamble everyoneâs life for an illusory possibility. Can you prove that what you are saying is true?â
Bai Yushan sneered, âOf course!â
She did not hesitate to take out a book with a black cover. It was the
Book of Demons
.
âThis is the
Book of Demons
, a
forbidden book
circulated within the demonic wors.h.i.+ppers. It records all history from the demon creator creating the world to the present and also records some forbidden formations of how to sacrifice and summon demons⦠As we all know, the creator demon created the real world and the instance world, but no one ever knew why he was ultimately rejected and exiled by the instance world. Likewise, no one knows who created the City of the Abyss.â
âIn the last hidden instance, I accidentally obtained this mutated
Book of Demons.
As long as I look at it upside down, I can learn the truth of all of thisâ¦â
Bai Yushan turned the
Book of Demons
upside down. Instantly, the black cover turned into a pure white cover.
âThis book has no name. I call it the
Book of Light.
It says that the universe was originally an abyss of chaos. From the chaos, the first demon, the Abyss Demon, was born. He created and ruled the world. Ten thousand years later, the first ray of light appeared in the darkness, and a light side was born from the Abyss Demon. It can be called the Bright Demon or the Bright G.o.d. After all, the opposite of a demon should be a G.o.d.â
âG.o.d defeated and exiled the Abyss Demon in the instance world, allowing light to appear in this world, but the good times did not last long. Later, G.o.d was defeated and killed by the Abyss Demon. After he fell, his body turned into the City of the Abyss, and his spirit turned into the highest authority of the Abyss City⦠That is, the system we are familiar with.â
TN: Phew, lots of info to unpack here, eh?