Newspaper Boy
Chapter 244: The Lost Soul in the Mountains
The moment he said those two words, he, who had been sitting calmly at the desk for two hours, heard his own frantic heartbeat and felt a sudden surge of tension in his heart.
It was probably like parents sending their children to the college entrance examination, that kind of nervousness in the face of a turning point in life, permeated Zhang Yuanqing's heart at this moment. Clearing the Slaughter Instance would allow him to advance to Saint, and Saints are the backbone of The Way of the Extraordinary world, a sublimation of level, a sublimation of status. Transcendence opened the door to a new world, and Saints are an important stepping stone to the peak of that new world. He would usher in a different life – a life of high position and great power!
In addition, after being promoted to Saint, he could finally try to find Bing Ge and investigate the past between him and the Devil Monarch. This Transcendence Realm Slaughter Instance, I will try to challenge the Devil Monarch and the Female Marshal’s records. Fu Qingyang, you must survive, don't be killed by the Silver Moon God General, let's meet at the summit... As Zhang Yuanqing silently prayed, the Instance introduction sounded in his ears:
[Ding, The Way of the Extraordinary map is opening, entering The Way of the Extraordinary in 30 seconds. The Way of the Extraordinary you are entering this time is "Lost City", number: 000] [Difficulty level unknown]
[Type: Multiplayer (Death)] [Main quest: Survive for 72 hours.] [Note: Non-The Way of the Extraordinary items cannot be brought in.]
[o000 The Way of the Extraordinary introduction: One day, the city was surrounded by boundless forests, roads were blocked, communication equipment failed, and the survivors in the city began to explore the forest, looking for a way out. However, what awaited them was a terrifying crisis... The scene is a city surrounded by forests. Judging from the strange number and difficulty level, a large Slaughter Instance is different from a special Instance...] Fu Qingyang was savoring the Instance information when the scenery in front of him suddenly presented water-like ripples, blurring everything.
He found himself in a lush primeval forest, swept by intricate branches, with the ground covered by dead branches and fallen leaves. The dry and warm air was mixed with the smell of rotten wood. Based on the humidity, temperature, and luxuriance of the forest, it felt like a tropical rainforest... Fu Qingyang instinctively analyzed the environment. "Forest? According to The Way of the Extraordinary introduction, I thought the landing point would be a city, and the task would be to explore the forest..."
"There's no one in the distance. It seems that after entering the Instance, everyone will be randomly teleported to different places. In that case, wanting to find companions is an extremely difficult thing. Next is to hunt each other in the jungle."
As he was muttering, he heard the task prompt sound: [Ding! Number of participants in this Slaughter Instance: 183] [Average initial points per person: 3] [Killing The Way of the Extraordinary members of the opposing faction will give you all their points. Killing The Way of the Extraordinary members of the same faction will give you half their points.] [Those whose points are cleared will be obliterated!]
[The points list has been opened, please check it yourself.]
[Side quest 1: Please cross the outer area of the Forbidden Forest and reach the middle area within 5 hours. Each layer area is based on the signboard.]
[Side quest 2: Please cross the vast Forbidden Forest and find the Lost City.] Fu Qingyang, relying on experience, chewed on the task prompts and extracted information: "A total of 183 people participated in this Instance, with only thirty-eight official members, accounting for one-fifth. Membership is somewhat mixed. Mixed means chaos.
Among the 183 The Way of the Extraordinary members, the Lawful faction includes officials, The Way of the Extraordinary families, and folk organizations (loose cultivators); the Evil faction includes two major organizations and folk organizations (loose cultivators). In addition to the above factions, there is another faction: The Way of the Extraordinary members from surrounding countries. Although The Way of the Extraordinary members from surrounding countries are often ignored by the mainstream The Way of the Extraordinary forces due to their small number, the small number is based on the entire Chonglong world.
Large Slaughter Instances are aimed at The Way of the Extraordinary members throughout the region. Fu Qingyang believes that adding up so many small countries, there should always be twenty or thirty foreign members in the Instance, right?
The Way of the Extraordinary should have a translation function, otherwise, with my superficial foreign language skills, I can only say "Yamete", "Oppa", "Saranghaeyo" to everyone... Madam, you don't want to return to Shaogui The Way of the Extraordinary either..." Fu Qingyang then scrutinized the subsequent task information:
"The total number of people is 183, with an average of 3 points per person, which is only 549 points. It seems that the main source of points is the Instance, which means that the weight of the Instance will be relatively high." "Killing The Way of the Extraordinary members of the same faction will only inherit half of the points. The number of people in the Lawful faction is much higher than that of the Evil faction, and it is more difficult for Evil professions to obtain points..." "Those whose points are cleared will be obliterated. Based on the current information, if the side quest is not completed, points are likely to be deducted." Then, Fu Qingyang had a thought and opened the points list, just like opening the attribute panel.
The first place on the points list is Zhao Chenghuang, the second is A Yi, and the third is Jianyu Cangya, whose name is suffixed with island country characters. It can be seen that this third place is from the island country.
While Fu Qingyang was sighing at Chonglong’s high intelligence, he scanned the points list panel and finally found his The Way of the Extraordinary ID in 73rd place. "So, in the case of consistent points, the ranking on the points list is determined by the level of experience points. Fu Qingyang closed the points list, took out the Bloodthirsty Blade, and headed into the primeval forest with the Yin corpse.
His primary task now is to cross the outer area and reach the middle of the forest, and then try to find his colleagues from the Five Elements Alliance, hoping not to encounter the traitors planted by Dark Night Rose.
The person he most wants to find is Guan Ya. Although the old driver has the krypton gold ability (props) of a wealthy daughter and possesses extraordinary close combat talent, her experience value is really too low, and the scout lacks output skills. Fu Qingyang is very worried about her safety. "Swish, swish..."
He stepped on the soft ground, leaving shallow footprints. Blood Rose walked ahead, wielding the Bloodthirsty Blade, cutting off the shrubs and thorns blocking the way, or the vines hanging from the trees, clearing the way for her master.
The vegetation in the primeval forest is too lush, and it is very difficult to travel through the forest.
Fortunately, he did not encounter any wild animal attacks along the way, nor did he encounter any The Way of the Extraordinary members. This shows that this primeval forest is very vast. More than ten minutes later, he, who was trekking in the dense forest, suddenly saw a signboard standing in front of him.
So quickly arrived at the central area? Fu Qingyang strode over and stared at the content on the signboard: [Forbidden Forest Outer Layer]
[Notice for entering the mountain: 1. Please do not bring fire, knives, or safety items into the mountain.]
[2. Please do not make loud noises in the mountains to avoid disturbing others.] [3. Please do not stay in the same place for more than 30 minutes.] [4. If you see other people in the forest, please do not make eye contact with him (her).]
[5. If you hear someone calling your name, never respond.]
At an infinitely high altitude, in a hazy world, floated trails of sparkling stars, forming a brilliant and vast galaxy. These stars are miniature worlds.
There are dilapidated mountain villages with terrifying atmospheres, abandoned campuses sleeping in the light, volcanoes ready to erupt, battlefields with armies facing each other, boundless grasslands, and sparkling lakes.
From ancient times to the present, from cities to mountains, any landform that exists in reality can be found here.
What doesn't exist in reality also exists here.
Seven meteors streaked from nearby, breaking through the deep "universe," and stopped outside two parallel stars. The meteors converged their light, revealing their true forms.
The leader was a tall woman, wearing black riding breeches, women's high-top boots, and a white shirt on her upper body. The black and white color scheme was complex and classic, setting off her perfect figure ratio. Her appearance was like mist covering the rosy clouds, hazy and unclear. Her hair cascaded down like a waterfall, but it was not black, but white. But unlike the silver-white of the elderly, her hair was purely white.
She had an unattainable majesty, like a leader commanding an army, or a female monarch overlooking the world.
Behind this white-haired woman were six differently dressed figures, some wearing armor and swords, some wrapped in black robes and hoods, some wearing white practice uniforms with fiery red hair, and even a curly-haired poodle.
The general in armor stared at the two parallel stars and said in a deep voice, "Our Saints are not very lucky, they've entered a war Instance!"
One of the stars reflected a picture of armies facing each other. On her city walls, the victory flag fluttered, and the armored and armed defenders were either drawing bows and arrows or pushing down rolling logs and oil barrels to resist the dense siege enemy army below the city.
Closer, there was a winding river, hundreds of feet wide, with magnificent warships riding the wind and waves, their sails billowing and cannons roaring. Several warships, hundreds of meters long, were half-submerged in the river, with the parts floating on the water emitting billowing smoke.
This was an epic war.
Above the city wall stood a tall figure, wearing armor, with red, white, blue, black, and yellow flags inserted on his back, and holding an ancient Han sword in his hand.
His gaze swept over his companion, who was ghostly and broke into the enemy formation alone, swept over his comrades-in-arms, who were like incarnations of the god of fire, burning all the enemies in the world, and finally, looked at the enemy's rear.
There was an eight-armed giant six meters tall, his body covered with muscles like cast iron, covered with twisted and strange runes. Behind him was a rolling fog. The young man with fiery red hair looked bright and eager to try:
"War Instances are rare. I didn't encounter this type when I participated in the Slaughter Instance. It's a pity, a pity!" It would be a beautiful thing to fight and die on such a battlefield. War Instances are the most tragic Instances, starting with high-intensity fighting, killing until corpses are strewn across the field, until the Instance begins.
Even the peak Saints can find themselves exhausted and die.
In addition, the difficulty and brainpower of war Instances are recognized as the highest, involving troop deployment, resource allocation, command, and so on. There is nothing more difficult than winning a war.
At this moment, the leading woman slightly tilted her head and looked into the deep universe. After a few breaths, more than a dozen meteors came rapidly, also stopping in front of the two parallel stars.
These uninvited guests were led by three people: a handsome and elegant youth in a black suit, with two silver studs inlaid in his earlobes; a mysterious person wrapped in a tattered black robe, not revealing hands or feet, with his face hidden in the shadows of the hood, like the Grim Reaper in Western mythology; and a "person" who constantly changed shape and gender.
The Fear Heavenly King of the Bingzhu Sect; the president of the Western Branch of the Spiritual Energy Association; the Southern King of the Void Sect.
The Fear Heavenly King stared at the white-haired woman, gave a gentleman's salute, and smiled: "Marshal, it's been many years since we last met. Are you still free now?" "Idiot," the red-haired youth replied for the woman, rudely.
The white-haired woman raised her eyes, glanced at the Fear Heavenly King, and continued to stare at the battlefield with a calm gaze.
"I heard that you have joined forces with Dark Night Rose this time to eliminate Zhang Yuanqing and Yuanshi Tianzun in the Slaughter Instance?" Her voice was clear and pleasant. The Fear Heavenly King smiled: "I hope it will be successful." The white-haired woman nodded.
"Silver Moon does have a chance to kill Zhang Yuanqing."
"As for the little guys in the Transcendence stage, you have indeed cultivated a lot of people." A burly man behind the Fear Heavenly King snorted: "So, killing a Yuanshi Tianzun is more than enough."
This person had eyes like copper bells, thick eyebrows, and a square face, making him look fierce, as if he would hurt someone at any time.
Fear Heavenly King turned his head and smiled:
"Wrath, although everyone has freedom of speech, you are a God General, don't talk to the Marshal like that."
The God General of Wrath twitched his face, suppressed his anger, and lowered his head.
The president of the Spiritual Energy Association, the leader of the Void Sect, and the dominators behind them did not pay attention to the elders of the Five Elements Alliance. They watched the two warring factions at first sight, who maintained a rare peaceful coexistence, not interfering with each other.
This place was between The Way of the Extraordinary and reality, belonging to the Void Zone. Only the peak dominators or alliance leaders could bring people in, and what came in was not the true body, but the will condensed by the power of the primordial spirit.
The will was ethereal and itself a projection, so fighting was naturally meaningless. High-ranking The Way of the Extraordinary members could actively travel the world of The Way of the Extraordinary, but this world was not entering the Instances, but traveling through this void.
Except for the methods of some Evil professions, even alliance leaders could not bypass The Way of the Extraordinary to enter the Instances.
Every time the Slaughter Instance opened, this group of high-ranking people would travel through the void to watch the battle. Everyone had met many times and could now treat each other as if they didn't exist, each watching their own.
At this moment, the white-haired woman, who had been staring at the battlefield, retracted her gaze and turned to another star. She watched it casually for a moment and asked, "Which one is Yuanshi Tianzun?"
The curly-haired poodle floated to the white-haired woman's side, searched for a moment in the star, pointed to a place, and said, "That kid is Yuanshi Tianzun." The white-haired woman nodded slightly, focusing on the primeval forest.
In the Evil faction, which had not been paying attention to the Transcendence Realm Slaughter Instance, all the dominators turned their heads and looked over. The Fear Heavenly King smiled.
"Marshal, just watching is boring. Why don't we make a bet?" The white-haired woman stood with her hands behind her back. "Speak!" The Fear Heavenly King said:
"Demon Eye was imprisoned because of Yuanshi Tianzun, so let's use him to make a bet. If he dies in the Slaughter Instance, you release Demon Eye and give him his freedom. If Yuanshi Tianzun gets first place on the points list, I'll lose you a dominator-quality rule-type prop."
The red-haired youth frowned. "It's unfair. Why isn't it if he survives?" The Fear Heavenly King smiled.
"First of all, even if you don't release Demon Eye, when he enters The Way of the Extraordinary and dies in The Way of the Extraordinary, he can still be reborn from the womb of the Mother God. Secondly, the Slaughter Instance is based on points. If Yuanshi Tianzun keeps hiding and waiting for three days to pass, he will still survive. So, it's very fair!"
The red-haired youth thought for a while and found that he couldn't refute, so he looked at the Female Marshal. The white-haired woman nodded. "Okay!"
"So, I haven't reached the outer area yet. This is it... Does the content on the signboard represent the safety of the outer area?" Fu Qingyang frowned after reading the precautions on the signboard.
This meant that crossing the outer layer of the Forbidden Forest was probably a safe thing. The content on the signboard allowed people entering the forest to avoid danger.
"But is it too complex to clearly inform us of the precautions like this? What will happen if we don't comply with the precautions? It's a pity there's no way to try and make mistakes. I can't risk the Yin corpse."
Fu Qingyang took the Bloodthirsty Blade from Blood Rose's hand and put it back into the item bar. According to the signboard's warning, fire and knives could not be used. He didn't continue forward, but placed his hand on the signboard. A few seconds later, item information appeared:
[A signboard erected by the people in the Lost City, hoping to warn travelers who mistakenly enter the Forbidden Forest.] It was erected by the people in that city. The Way of the Extraordinary introduction said that they encountered a great crisis when they entered the forest. I thought no one could come out, but I didn't expect that they had already explored the outer layer.... Fu Qingyang controlled the Yin corpse to clear the way, crossed the signboard, and entered the outer area.
Stepping on the soft, rotten mud, Fu Qingyang and Blood Rose walked one after the other, cautiously traveling through the primeval forest. The further they went, the more luxuriant the branches and leaves became, almost completely blocking the sky. Fortunately, it was daytime. Even without sunlight, the visibility in the forest was very high.
If you can't make a fire, you won't be able to see anything in the forest at night. But I am a Night Watcher and I'm not afraid of the dark. The night is my domain... He continued to move forward while thinking divergently.
After walking for about half an hour, a cool mountain breeze blew from nowhere in the sky-obscuring forest. A shrill voice drifted in the wind.
Fu Qingyang listened carefully, and the voice was calling: "Yuanshi Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun."
ps: I will update the typo and correct it later. It's the last day, please ask the masters for the monthly tickets in their hands. The next chapter should be at night.