Chapter 657 The Power of Burning Souls (W-Word Mega Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

[Svetlana.]

The surging golden-white flames burned above the main hall, illuminating everything inside and outside.

A voice emerged from the fire, different from the stubborn coldness of the previous guard knight. It was a pure indifference, a commanding decree from above: [You are more powerful than I imagined.]

Dust began to burn, the air was being ionized, a gale tried to rise, but the excessively hot flames turned it into a scorching fire vortex. The overly dazzling light even vaguely condensed into an anomaly like a sun. An altar-like high platform of unknown material supported it.

In the center of the hall, the resurrected knight silently met Su Zhou's gaze. An invisible storm stirred the flames, forming a circle that enveloped them both.

"Get out of here!"

The expressions of High Priest Yena and others, who had been watching from the sidelines, changed drastically. Others might not know, but they, as high-ranking members of major powers, knew very well: "This is the Holy Judgment Flame, the inherited supreme art of the Asmodeus royal family!"

Before the words were finished, all the envoys with any sense immediately turned around and ran. Urmas hesitated for a moment; after all, he was only there to deliver a gift. He didn't know as much as the envoys from major powers, and he certainly didn't know what the Holy Judgment Flame was. His reaction was a beat slow, and he was about to be licked by the flames swirling around him.

But a black figure flashed past. The dragonborn youth, Gasha, sprinted over at top speed, slamming into the dazed man and sending him rolling on the ground. Then, he urgently added a kick, sending him flying, and leaped up, carrying the envoy of the Coastal City out of the Bright Hope Tower hall.

At the same time, Loya and Seneca, who were waiting at the entrance of the hall, pressed the magic array buttons in their hands with tense expressions. Instantly, a layer of blue-green grid-like shields rose, enveloping the entire Bright Hope Tower.

The golden-white flames seemed to want to rush out, but they were blocked by the blue-green shield inside the hall.

"Who is the Dean fighting?!"

Sitting on the ground, Loya looked at the alchemical device in his hand with a lingering fear and nervousness. The energy index displayed on the screen was soaring rapidly, soon exceeding '9999', which represented the limit, and directly turned into a jumble of code. The elven youth swallowed his saliva: "Oh my god, the combat power detector just exploded…"

"Never mind that." Gasha stood up. He carried Urmas in one hand and grabbed Loya by the back of the neck with the other, and took the two of them and Seneca with him as they ran towards the square outside: "The professor said that if he started fighting inside and there was an accident, just activate the shield to protect the people outside. We only need to do that."

At the same time, in the banquet square outside, the Bright Hope Hall engulfed in flames was also seen. Almost everyone participating in the banquet looked blank, at a loss, and didn't know what they should do.

It was not until the blue-green shield rose that some of the faster-reacting people recovered. Some even began to tremble, looking at the flames licking the barrier with pale faces, sweat pouring down like rain.

"This flame…"

A battle-hardened adventurer who had come to the Misty Mountains specifically to try his luck, intending to find a job in this emerging force of the Bright Hope Enclave and then retire, stared at the burning hall. He trembled and said, "Decades... it's actually reappeared... the Asmodeus family's Holy Judgment Flame, the all-consuming Sacred Flame of Extinction!"

In the past, in the Western Mountains, it was this flame that burned the sky, summoned natural disasters, destroyed the Great Dragon Nest that occupied more than a dozen mountains, and turned all seven giant dragons residing in it into withered bones.

It was also this flame that summoned the army composed of thousands of fire elements, completely melting Duke Austo's core city, self-destroying the core furnace, and completely annexing the Austo Duchy.

It was also this fire that decided the century-old battle for the throne, setting several other princes on fire in their own castles, and amidst blood and cheers, opened the Asmodeus Empire's thirty years of prosperity!

The older one was, the more one knew the horror of this fire. On the contrary, the younger generation, because the Asmodeus royal family's presence had gradually weakened in recent decades, and the Solar Emperor had rarely taken action, spending most of his time building spectacle towers in the mountains, had forgotten the terror of this undying flame.

"It was like this back then, radiance surpassing the sun overflowing, flames burning, turning everything into nothingness…"

The elderly adventurer murmured in a low voice. He originally wanted to turn around and run immediately, not to mention the power and special nature of this flame. In the current situation, even if it wasn't the Asmodeus royal family, the Solar Emperor himself had taken action, at least he had bestowed it, and the descending power was in operation.

But in the end, he held back.

Because this was also the first time he had seen that someone's barrier could actually block that flame.

And in this flame, the voice continued.

The hall was empty, but at this moment it was filled with fire and light. In a semi-circular space repelled by source energy, the white-haired old man and the knight faced each other, golden light flickering in their eyes. He said with interest: [Very powerful power, it can actually block my flames.]

[But it's not obtained from pre-Era ruins. This is a power unique to you, and the original Svetlana Professor could not have this kind of guiding art... Who are you? Or rather, where did Svetlana Professor get 'you' from?]

Like Dawn, the Solar Emperor, who had possessed the body, saw through Su Zhou's true identity at a glance.

Because he himself was good at possession, and he was also very familiar with the functions of various things in the ancient ruins, Asmodeus XIII made the most accurate judgment: [Could it be that you are the 'key' left in the Initial Radiance Ruins?]

"I am your destruction."

Su Zhou had no intention of talking nonsense with the monster possessing his subordinate's body in front of him. Although the 'key' that the other party mentioned was likely referring to Dawn, and was also the reason why the Third Army Group went to explore the Initial Radiance Ruins, and even guessed half of his true identity right away.

But who cared?

Facing this kind of vile guy, there was no need to say more, just give him an arrow directly.

At this moment, in the Bright Hope Tower hall carved from mountain peaks, everything was shrouded in light. The overly dazzling flames were like a white mist, enveloping everything in a hazy light.

But just as Su Zhou raised the longbow in his hand, a point of darkness suddenly appeared in the center of the hall, and this darkness was still expanding.

Energy was being plundered. The cold darkness contained extreme light and heat. The white-haired old man raised the arrow. The light on the tip of the arrow was like a supernova. Su Zhou operated the cultivation method he had honed to the point that it had almost caused him to perish, derived from the God Emperor Tai Hao's 'Heavenly Star Unification Dao Method', domineeringly condensing all the surrounding energy into one, returning to his own use.

An extremely dangerous buzzing sound rang out. Countless scattered flames, floating ion clouds, and even the boiling light began to rapidly adhere and shrink towards the tip of the arrow. Sensing that something was wrong, the Solar Emperor's avatar immediately dodged. He originally wanted to chat a few more words to confirm the thoughts of this mysterious existence who couldn't possibly be Svetlana Professor, but who knew that Su Zhou simply wouldn't chat with the enemy he had identified.

His reaction was very fast, because in the next instant after he dodged, the arrow of light condensed to the extreme flashed past like it had killed the Inner Guard Knight. It easily pierced through the thick rocky ground and flew towards the depths of the earth's crust below the hall, like piercing through a soap bubble.

The light disappeared into the depths of the earth. The Solar Emperor, who had been possessed, glanced sideways at the deep, bottomless pit. He let out a breath, and then laughed: [You are also good at flames?]

[That's right, you seem to be some ancient devil, knowing flames is normal.]

After learning that Su Zhou used the three-headed giant dragon's heart-light body in the battle of the East Sea, he quickly judged that this was actually the most powerful devil-type heart-light body, the incomplete form of the seven-headed great red dragon. Asmodeus XIII was also very clear that since the end of the ten-thousand-year blood war between devils and winged people in the ancient era, there had never been a pure-blooded great devil who could display this most powerful heart-light body, or even materialize it.

Svetlana did have devil blood, but it was far from ancient enough to summon the seven-headed great red dragon. From that time on, this emperor speculated that Su Zhou could not be the ordinary professor of the past, but an ancient pure-blooded devil who had been sleeping in the ruins and had only awakened today.

Now it seemed that he was right.

[But flames, I also know.]

Facing Su Zhou, who was silent and just re-condensing the long arrow, aiming at himself, the Solar Emperor stretched out his hand and aimed it at his front.

A huge, constantly rotating magic array unfolded behind him, like a focusing mirror with countless concave and convex surfaces.

The light in the air rapidly poured into it, resonating, condensing, and focusing. In an instant, a point of extremely hot light appeared in the atmosphere. It was ignited by dozens of beams of light, exceeding a billion degrees of extreme high temperature, and a trillion or more atmospheric pressure was applied to that small point.

Therefore, the light of a true star was ignited here.

And an altar that looked like the canopy of a tree appeared behind him. It looked like a tree with the sun as its crown and leaves, illuminating the world.

This was the heart-light body of the Solar Emperor Asmodeus XIII—the Holy Sun Tree!

At this moment, outside.

Although the Holy Judgment Flame did not burn to the outside, the source energy between heaven and earth seemed to sense something and began to burn fiercely.

Just like when the Magic Moon bloomed in the past, the scarlet light in the sky stirred up endless source energy and activated it. Only now, at the moment when the Holy Sun Tree appeared, all the source energy in the atmosphere seemed to be directly ignited, and began to rapidly agitate and react.

Bright, blazing white light directly created explosions in the outside world, just like a series of continuous non-attribute source energy spells were being cast. The originally calm source energy was unconsciously activated, expanded, burned, and then created a series of chaotic shockwaves.

Boom!

On the spot, many guests who originally wanted to watch around immediately ran in all directions to take refuge. A small number of strong people with strength raised their heads and were shocked to see that, with the Bright Hope Tower as the center, the atmosphere seemed to swell up, spreading towards the top of the sky with trails of light flames, blowing away the clouds and gales.

The sky began to burn, fire rain was brewing in the upper layers, and a rare fire meteor storm disaster was about to descend upon the world, sweeping across the entire Bright Hope Mountains.

This was a natural disaster.

This was the Disaster Realm.

The so-called natural disaster was a disaster formed by excessively dense source energy. It often occurred next to some large cities, or at the source energy center points of extreme areas.

After a violent natural disaster, the earth was devastated.

But it also returned to source energy. Where natural disasters passed, there were powerful source energy materials everywhere. Only natural disasters could create the most powerful source energy steel and source energy crystals, which were materials that condensed the purest essence of the Aean world and had near-divine power.

And to use the human body to induce equally vast source energy, creating natural disaster phenomena… was the Disaster Realm.

But at this moment, in the hall.

The strength displayed by the Solar Emperor even surpassed this level.

Source energy was burning fiercely. Su Zhou could sense the agitation of the high-concentration spiritual energy. They seemed to have come to life, having their own will—while the black armor on the knight's corpse was slowly melting into molten iron due to the high temperature, rays of light armor fused from flames began to condense on the emperor's body. Next to the light armor, the cores of fire element lives were condensing.

An army began to take shape.

A flame-like world.

A force with fire elements at its core.

An ecosystem with the Tree of Flames at its core.

Although it was only temporary, Su Zhou saw the radiance of the 'Divine Tree' from this fleeting glimpse.

This was probably the aura of the Divine Tree on the other party's body.

Burning souls, influencing the world, raising his head, Su Zhou could sense that outside the Bright Hope Tower, the incredible flash affected all source energy in the entire visible world.

If the magic array he had arranged in the Bright Hope Tower had not taken effect, then the phenomenon would have been far more than this. At least the entire Bright Hope Mountains would have been set on fire, and few people could have survived and left.

This power was almost equivalent to the Magic Moon itself, possessing the might of a celestial body.

It surpassed the 'Disaster Realm' and was the power of 'Burning Souls'!

Everything happened in an instant. The Solar Emperor's sentence 'Flames, I also know' had only just finished, and all the flame phenomena had already been born.

But.

"Still not as good as me."

Su Zhou was not surprised at all, and he did not pause. He smiled lightly and raised the arrow again, aiming at the Solar Emperor who had already begun to condense a beam of light and was about to aim it at his head.

Who was he? The one who once pushed the moon, collided with the sun, and fought with the Star Devourer.

The power of Burning Souls was certainly powerful, but that was all.

Even if a small sun was really created, so what?

"With all kinds of martial arts, this is the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique."

He whispered softly, and then released the arrow.

The power far surpassed the previous shots. The earth-shattering shockwave was like a mountain descending from the sky, blasting towards the Solar Emperor, whose expression changed drastically!

Sunset Piercing Heaven and Earth Tribulation Method, combined with the Sunset Bow and Arrow Method—although Su Zhou had not seriously cultivated these two cultivation methods, he had at least personally tried them, and it was easy for him to make his own monkey version.

At this moment, relying on the Burning Soul Divine Tree roots that had penetrated the entire Bright Hope Mountains, and the power of the magic array, Su Zhou condensed the weight of half a mountain on his arrow—this level of condensation was already comparable to neutron star matter.

This arrow was the Neutron Star Arrow!

"Although in my opinion, a filthy soul like you is not worthy of calling yourself the sun."

——Overconfident!

At this moment, this wisp of the Solar Emperor's will truly felt like it was going to die. He originally thought that this was just a test of Su Zhou's strength as an ancient devil, but he didn't expect that the other party's strength was so ridiculously high.

What devil would use this kind of arrow technique? It would be normal for him to conjure a big sword and chop!

More importantly, the other party's arrow seemed to be the natural counter to him. Although the arrowhead condensed from the mass of a mountain was not true neutron star matter, it was impossible for the mere few hundred million degrees of nuclear fusion sparks to burn it down.

This was an attack he could not defend against.

But he should also struggle.

With a soft shout, in an instant, countless cores condensed from source energy gathered in front of the Solar Emperor, and a giant shield blocked him.

But this was useless. The giant shield was shattered in one blow. The incredible shockwave shattered the knight's armor and flesh inch by inch. All the flames and source energy were extinguished by the shock, making a deafening roar.

Boom!

In the distance, the guests who were running towards the outside of the mountains, trying to avoid the aftermath of the battle between the two powerhouses, subconsciously raised their heads. They saw an arrow of light pierce through the mountain body of the Bright Hope Tower and fly towards the sky, towards the sun.

Buzzing—a clearly audible buzzing sound resounded throughout the world. Until a long time later, a violent explosion lit up in the extremely high sky, and a small sun appeared in mid-air, allowing the people of Aean in the entire southeast direction to see this phenomenon of two suns appearing together.

In the Bright Hope Tower hall, the flames began to gradually extinguish, leaving only a few incomplete fragments emitting golden-white light burning.

[Amazing!]

A fragmented voice came from these fragments. This voice even had a hint of a smile: [To be able to defeat a wisp of my will... very good, very strong. With a powerful soul like yours, my plan has a chance of success!]

Su Zhou said nothing. He raised his foot and extinguished the fragments that housed the Solar Emperor's will.

However, there was still a faint hum that humans could not hear, lingering in Su Zhou's ears.

[But you are not strong enough now, not strong enough... powerful devil of unknown name, I will wait for the day when you truly become strong.]

[I am waiting for you in the center of the Aean Continent, on the Tower of Babel.]

The flames dissipated.

But the Solar Emperor's will did not have the slightest fear. Although Su Zhou's strength was strong, it did not exceed his expectations. A super powerhouse from several eras ago should naturally have this kind of strength, and he was not surprised at all.

He invited Su Zhou to fight him, after Su Zhou became stronger.

But Su Zhou shook his head slightly.

"If you say go, I'll go. Wouldn't I lose face?"

He strode out of the Bright Hope Hall, which had withdrawn its shield, and came outside the tower.

"One day, you will actively come to me to stop me, because my existence will destroy all your evil plans."

At this moment, the only people who dared to stay in the square in front of the tower were the envoys of the major forces, such as Flint, Dawn, and Yena.

A few guests who didn't know whether they were courageous or simply paralyzed in place looked at Su Zhou, who didn't even have a singed corner of his clothes, and revealed shocked and reverent gazes.

"Continue eating."

Su Zhou looked at everyone and said loudly, his voice resounding throughout the Bright Hope Mountains: "The accident has been resolved. Those who still want to join the Bright Hope Enclave, to join this force that is destined to be at odds with the world, stay and continue eating."

All the people who had not yet left the mountains stopped in their tracks.

Some hesitated, and some were resolute.

Some left, and some stayed.

Su Zhou watched all of this. Several children came behind him. They saw the corners of their professor's mouth slightly raised, like a smile.

And then, the man raised his head.

He looked at the distant horizon.

"I'm going on a long trip."

Su Zhou said this: "Seneca, take care of the home with Gasha and Loya. Other Enclave members, allocate your posts well. Master Flint and Ms. Dawn will help you."

"Remember, you are the Bright Hope Enclave."

"And I'm just planting trees and glowing."

After saying this, in the midst of the children's serious assurances, Su Zhou smiled and transformed into light, flying towards the other side of the sky.

……

The other side of the distant heavens and earth.

Pioneer Space Explorer, Fannia, was currently deep in troubled thought.

The central plains of the Aean Continent to the Misty Mountains, which isolated it from the eastern region, had a considerable distance. Even if a mobile city wanted to cross this journey of tens of thousands of kilometers, it would take a long time.

No one would stop a mobile city-state. If it was a mobile warship, perhaps that would be the case, there would be robbers who could intercept it, but a mobile city-state running at full power would make even the Central Fleet, which possessed siege giant cannons, worry about whether the aftershocks of the city-level source energy furnace core explosion would affect them.

Therefore, until now, the major legions along the way had not taken action, but were instead watching this city, which already belonged to the bewitched, fly towards the Misty Mountains, the Bright Hope Enclave, in a strange posture.

[Unceasing · Fannia]

Pioneer Space, a well-known elite explorer, famous for her never-ending enthusiasm and drive. She had joined several teams, but due to her personality and overly abnormal mode of operation, she had parted ways with those teams amicably. Currently, she was a loner, and her profession was scientific alchemy-based enhancement. She was skilled in creating explosions and manipulating various oversized weapons. Her hidden trump card was a giant armed mecha, whose full power was enough to annihilate a city on the spot.

A well-known event was during the Abyss Blood War, when she, as a third-party interloper, destroyed the fortress of a demon duke, and successfully escaped under the pursuit of the furious demon lord, and also conveniently stole the other party's Fire Hell Heart, and modified it into the power core of her armed mecha.

This was the foundation for her treating going back to her hometown as a vacation. She had seen the disaster realm experts in her hometown before. The source energy affected the weather, creating natural disasters, which was indeed terrifying, but the Tsar Bomb could achieve the same effect, and the Fire Hell Heart, when fully activated, could burn everything.

But the problem was, that was on the premise of being alone.

"Oh, protecting such a group of the bewitched is a bit beyond my ability."

Biting her fingers in distress, Fannia looked at Cicero, who was racking his brains next to her, planning the jobs for the bewitched. This red-haired beautiful girl (self-proclaimed), then stretched out her foot and gently kicked the other party's thigh: "I'm talking to you, uncle, what should we do? I sensed that there's an entire rapid assault fleet chasing us from behind."

"I can block them, but a lot of people will die here."

"You're asking me, who am I going to ask?"

Cicero, who was busy to the point of madness, and also knew that there was a fleet chasing from behind, was about to burst into rage on the spot. Being lightly touched by a beautiful girl's bare feet should be a good thing for certain special people, but not to mention that Cicero was a family man with a wife and daughter, he also knew the nature of the female lunatic behind him very well.

Good heavens, would people develop any illicit feelings for a walking bomb? Obviously not!

"Fannia, death is inevitable. What we have to do is protect most of the old, weak, and women and children, and make fewer people die."

Extinguishing the fire in his heart, Cicero let out a breath. This former middle-aged mercenary showed Fannia a map. He didn't even have time to shave his stubble: "See that? White Sand Rift Valley, we have to turn here, and pass through the Bubbasairo Great Gap to be able to circle around and reach the edge of the Misty Mountains... and the fleet chasing us from behind will obviously take advantage of our slowing down speed to catch up. They won't just use ship cannons to bombard us, they will directly board the ship and carry out intrusion operations!"

"At that time, I will take the lead in forming an array to block their offensive... Fannia, your strength may be enough, but can you block tens of thousands of people from boarding the ship and invading? It's better to directly attack their fleet headquarters and make them retreat!"

"I can block them..." She said confidently, but Fannia quickly changed her mind in Cicero's angry gaze: "Of course, my method is likely to blow us and the enemy into the sky together, so I actually can't block them."

Saying this, she also became distressed. Golden-orange eyes rose with a sense of loss: "Oh, how should this mission be done this time? To be honest, protecting civilians is not in my mission. My mission clearly only has 'leading the awakened the bewitched to join the Bright Hope Enclave'..."

[Optional World Mission: The Holy Sun Will Fade]

[The holy sun hanging high in your hometown is about to fade, and the world will fall to the end of utter darkness. Use any method to avoid the arrival of the 'Original Dark Age', and obtain three S-level pioneering permissions and exploration points.]

[Optional World Mission: Dusk Falls on the World]

[The sealed moon is about to be unsealed, and the Dusk Dragon will wake up and return to the world. Stabilize the seal, or kill the awakened Dusk Dragon. Obtain S-level pioneering permission and exploration points.]

[Optional Faction Mission: Starfire Expedition]

[The starfire of the bewitched awakening is burning, but it is very easy to be extinguished by external forces. Protect the awakened the bewitched and lead them to join the Bright Hope Enclave, and depending on the degree of completion, obtain C~AA level pioneering permission, 2000~ exploration points.]

Among the big tasks in the Pioneer Space module, the first two world tasks didn't need to be considered. Fannia wouldn't participate in them at all. She knew very well that her strength was at most at the peak of the overlord level. Getting an A-level reward was about the same, and she wouldn't even think about the super A-level tasks that were related to the hegemon level, she wouldn't even touch them.

Yes, most of the Pioneer's dependents were enthusiastic about exploring the unknown, but exploring the unknown wasn't deliberately courting death!

They were indeed prone to unsealing evil gods, opening seals, and releasing demon kings, causing the end of the world... but that was only because they didn't know! If they knew, even the Pioneer's dependents wouldn't do that!

Fannia never did things that she didn't know the outcome of, and it was precisely by relying on this caution unique to Pioneer explorers that she was able to live to become an elite explorer today.

Fannia never courted death, Fannia was very smart, learn from Fannia.jpg

In theory, Fannia only needed to ensure that a certain number of awakened the bewitched survived and joined the Bright Hope Enclave, and then she could safely get a portion of the rewards, and also hug the thigh of the Primordial Candle Dragon bigshot. No one would blame her for not trying her best.

At that time, whether to return to the space or continue to roam in this world, there would be options.

But, Pioneer explorers, no matter how inhuman they were, no matter how crazy they were for the unknown, no matter how unscrupulous they were.

Normal explorers would also have feelings, and they wouldn't want the people they knew to die.

From the beginning, she drove an off-road vehicle to the mountain villages to promote the Emberfire Ignition Art, then used a loudspeaker to preach, promote cultivation methods, popularize knowledge, and lead all the bewitched to strive for self-improvement, establish villages, attract the bewitched from the surrounding villages, and even the mobile cities to come and cultivate... all these days were vivid in her mind.

After that, when the light of the Magic Moon was brilliant, she even acted together with all the bewitched, obtained a mobile city that had been abandoned, and used her engineering skills to make the entire mobile city move.

As the saying goes, you develop feelings for pigs after raising them for a long time, let alone people?

Isn't a city that you personally assembled and repaired like a figure?

Now someone was going to kill her people and dismantle her city model, what could be tolerated could not be tolerated!

But Fannia was still hesitating.

Her Fire Hell Heart armor was indeed powerful, but it couldn't be used recklessly—the power of the treasure obtained from the demon lord's treasure house was too powerful. Even the A-level armor in the Pioneer Space could only operate at full power for less than four hours, which was the duration of a battle that wasn't too long.

If it was a full-load mode fighting with strong people, it would be difficult to say if it would even last an hour.

This was the difficulty for mecha pilots: they would gain powerful combat power beyond their own realm when piloting mechas, but this combat power couldn't last.

Unless they reached the hegemon level, had nearly infinite energy, and a body that could bear this energy, could this problem be solved.

The problem lay in this.

[Mission Tip: During the Starfire Expedition, you may encounter the pursuit of powerful existences, including army group generals, disaster realm experts, and Solar Emperor's possessed bodies.]

This was the powerful enemy.

The Pioneer Space wouldn't give out missions that were absolutely impossible to complete, or rather, those impossible missions, as long as she didn't actively touch them, then they wouldn't affect the explorer who was almost independent from civilization and the world.

However, any mission with tips represented that this mission required the explorer to go all out... if they didn't prepare in advance, then the explorer would be in a life-or-death crisis.

Most explorers who were cautious enough would make a judgment the moment they saw the tips, whether to continue or not.

The Pioneer Space also didn't have any concept of mission punishment. After all, not being able to successfully see the future of the path they chose, not being able to see that possible success itself, was the most unforgettable punishment for the explorer, enough to make them regret and feel ashamed for the rest of their lives.

Even, because of this shame, regret, and regret, the explorer would grow at an incomprehensible speed. Being unwilling, being annoyed, not being able to see it again, just like the ending of a game was permanently blocked due to a mistake, and they could no longer see it, any explorer would feel uncomfortable.

Fannia didn't want to regret.

Although she was just having fun at the beginning, but now, the fun was too great, and she really liked the feeling of preaching with a group of the bewitched.

So she would go all out, even if it meant fighting with the Solar Emperor, the theoretical strongest possessed body in the Aean world.

"Oh... hometown, hometown."

Lying on the table, Fannia posed in an extremely indecent position, even revealing the safety pants under her skirt. She rolled around, distressed and said: "Why are the things in my hometown always so troublesome?"

"Why does my hometown have to suffer from natural disasters, why do the bewitched have to be exploited, why do idiots like nobles and cruel armies have to be enemies with the people?"

"Clearly, clearly many worlds in the multiverse are not like this. Everyone lives happily, and they don't need to hurt each other, they can also live happily!"

The more she saw, the more doubts she had.

The more doubts she had, the more curiosity she had.

The more curiosity she had, the more actions she took.

The more actions she took, the more she saw.

This was the undying cycle of the Pioneer explorers. They always witnessed, were confused, were curious, acted, solved, and then witnessed a brand new path again. This correctness spread endlessly, and once it started, it couldn't be stopped. Even most multiverse powerhouses who weren't explorers, and weren't Pioneer explorers, would think this was correct.

Every explorer had a not-so-good hometown, whether it was a remote mountain village, or a closed social environment, or even a world with no future at all.

Because they were born in a dim place, they longed for light and explored the distance.

Most of the explorers who still remembered going home would use their power to transform their hometown. This could also be said to be a part of the adventurer's journey. As the saying went, returning home in glory, to see a better future for their hometown.

Fannia also wanted to do this, and if she was strong enough, she would do it.

"Could it be that I need to call for help from the Bright Hope Enclave in advance? But I'm an explorer, won't I be eaten alive if I encounter the Primordial Candle Dragon alone?"

"But if we don't ask for help, can we really block such a powerful enemy?"

Distressed by this, Fannia couldn't help but want to sigh.

She knew the Primordial Candle Dragon's reputation, and it was precisely because she knew it that she felt dangerous.

Speaking of which, she clearly remembered that the Primordial Candle Dragon should be in the hometown of an ant-man lich, another elite solo explorer. The other party had also shown mission records and the Primordial Candle Dragon's aura. This was data that had been proven.

Could it be that there was more than one Primordial Candle Dragon? A male and a female?

Or, did the Primordial Candle Dragon have the ability to cross worlds?!

Thinking about this, Fannia's thoughts gradually diverged.

But, at this very moment.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the other side of the sky in surprise.

Cicero also seemed to sense something. The middle-aged mercenary and the explorer lady both raised their heads and looked at the scenery outside the core center of the mobile city.

They saw a point of light rising from the center of the distant mountains, piercing straight into the sun.

In an instant, the light of the setting sun, which was gradually falling towards the horizon, was replaced. The vast and mighty radiance of the blazing sun exploded in the very center of the sky, bringing a light like daylight.

"What, what's going on?!"

Seeing this celestial phenomenon change that recreated daylight, Cicero, who thought it was a disaster realm expert taking action, stuttered a little. He didn't think that the mobile city he was in could withstand a direct attack from a disaster realm expert, even if Fannia could block the other party, the other party had to take out the mecha first!

"Prepare for battle, Fannia!"

He roared, and at the same time he also drew the blade at his waist—even if it was impossible to defeat them, he had to resist.

But, the middle-aged man didn't hear that familiar 'Okay!'

Cicero turned his head in confusion.

And what he saw was a red-haired girl with a blank face, looking at the air in front of her.

At this moment, Fannia wasn't in a daze, nor was she frightened by this celestial phenomenon change.

She was just, blankly staring at the mission bar in her prompt box, and saw the line of large characters flashing on it, [Emergency Announcement: Mission Process Changed].

And, the mission prompts that were gradually disappearing and vanishing.

The words Solar Emperor, disaster realm expert, and even army group general were gradually disappearing, turning into nothingness.

The mission had changed.

There were no enemies anymore.

"Although, but... why!"

She straightened her back and stood up from the state of lying on the table. The loud voice of this explorer lady was full of surprise and confusion: "Why did the enemies suddenly disappear?! Could it be that those freakish idiot morons changed their minds?!"

Even, at the bottom of that mission bar, a brand new mission appeared.

[Optional Faction Mission: Starfire Desperate Situation]

[The starfire of the bewitched awakening is burning, it is time to counterattack. Protect the awakened the bewitched and lead them to counterattack the pursuing fleet. Depending on the degree of completion, obtain d~A level pioneering permission, 1000~ exploration points.]

"What on earth is going on?"

Unable to help it, Fannia left the central control room with Cicero and came to the top floor of this mobile city's central control tower. She raised her head and her golden-orange eyes surveyed the surrounding world.

She saw the distant dark mountains falling into dimness, the light of the setting sun sinking into the horizon, the clouds moving, and the wind roaring.

She saw the bewitched being amazed by the previous flash of light. They were still working, for themselves, for their families, for the future.

She saw hope, saw struggle, saw this hidden among the cities, not the first, nor the last, self-salvation of the desperate.

She saw the light.

Before the dawn, at the darkest moment of the night, in the dark sky, a light appeared.

A light flashed past from the end of the horizon, until directly above the mobile city, illuminating everything.

Like daylight.

"I'm here."

Such a voice rang out from the light: "