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AZI: Burial of a Selfish Lunatic

Full Title, AZI: The History Shattering Burial of a Selfish Lunatic, Who Walked through Reincarnation for Two-Trillion Years Volumes 1-3 Synopsis: “Who?” Holding a lone gourd in hand the young man raises it to the Heavens with a single question. “Who wishes to accompany me? To stay by my side for an eternity, and to walk through the mountains, and seas?” May container spoilers below Volume 4 Synopsis: Weapon spirits, such is the nature of every single Sinner within the Leng Bing Realm. In other words, all of them are but tools, and a tool… “A tool has no right to choose their owner, and what a tool does is decided by their owner.” “…Cruel, how very cruel the laws of this world are. Even upon death, a soul may not rest.” Volume 5 Synopsis: “Surnamed Ye, if you had a choice between being a hero or a demon lord, which would you choose? Naturally, you can also choose to be a villager A or B if you wanted to.” “What kind of question is that? Hmm.” Contemplating for a bit, Ye Chen answers— “I guess, the hero? Since he always wins in the end?” “Hero, is it?” “And you, surnamed Long?” “I think, the role of the hero—is a role that should only be played by a masochist.” “The hell? Is this entire question supposed to be a way to diss me?” “The fate of a hero is to suffer. They’re constantly being pushed left and right. …While everyone else drowns in a sea of despair, a hero must stand their ground, and step forward—to guide the deadbeats along. They must become the shining beacon of hope that others may follow—towards a future, where they may survive. Tell me then, if a hero isn’t a masochist, then what are they?” The world is a game board, those who control the game board, and the game itself… What are they? Volume 6 Synopsis: “A lunatic near death has three options. One, they can choose to pass away peacefully. Two, they can choose to spend the rest of their remaining life to find a solution that will let them live. Three, they can drag an entire world down as a part of their burial.” ……… “The longer you live for, and the more you experience, the less you care about the things around you. Maybe, I’m just someone who has reached that point?” ……… “You’re right in saying that even if this world goes up into flames, I’d still be drinking away at my leisure. Why bother to care for a world that is completely foreign to me? The people who I had cared for, they aren’t here; hence, I see very little purpose in getting myself invested into this environment.” ……… The 46th prince of the Hong Xiao Empire was born between the emperor and the 114th concubine. He was born on a moonlit night, and yet, since his eyes were blind, his majesty—the emperor decided to name him Bujian Yue. “Did you know—that the more fearful a prey is, the tastier it is? At least to me, since I enjoy chewing on my food to savor the flavor.” “…?” Enlarging its stature, the black serpent abruptly snaps its head forward, and swallows the palace maid whole. Leaving a bite mark on the ground, the black serpent begins to chew, as the sound of meat and bones being pulverized comes from its maw. And eventually, the black serpent swallows.

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AZI Volume 4 Chapter 3

Moving through the vicinity—

"Golden Sculpture Tribe, Blood Saint Tribe, Promethean Giant Tribe… Looks like they really are all memorial stones…"

Long Hua reads out the names of the words that he had recognized off the monoliths.

Eventually, the two reach the end of the vicinity, where another room awaits.

The entirety of this room is white from top to bottom, and the shape of it is semi-circle.

Mounted onto the back walls of the room are numerous monitors—that show the desert region above them, along with the various corners of the abandoned city, and its tunnel network.

Situated to the bottom right corner of the monitor's displayed image is a timer, to which, Long Hua thought—

(Is that timer counting down to when the desert above us will undergo a sweep? …Well, it hardly matters when we're below ground.)

Placed beneath these monitors are keyboards and mice that are connected to separate computer towers.

And to the right side of the room—from the entrance, is a magic circle that is giving off a soft white glow.

"Seems like that's our way out of this godforsaken place."

Detecting energy related to teleportation emanating from the magic circle, Long Hua assumes it to be a teleportation magic array.

Finally, occupying the center of this room is a pedestal on top of a raised platform. Surrounding this pedestal are two mechanical rings, along with a shard of some kind.

"…"

Walking over, Tian Cheng picks up the shard.

Portions of it have been burnt; and judging by its outer curve, it seems to have originally been a part of a sphere-shaped device.

Keeping his divine senses active, Long Hua walks over to Tian Cheng, and asks—

"Any idea on what it is?"

"…"

Opening her eyes, Tian Cheng projects a possible blueprint for what this device would have looked like when restored.

"Hmm."

The blueprint displays a sphere-shaped object looming a meter off the pedestal, with the two mechanical rings—the same as the ones that are currently on the ground, flipping around it.

Examining the blueprint, Long Hua remarks—

"Doesn't really tell me what this thing is used for though."

"Would master like to repair it?"

As Tian Cheng closes her eyes, the projection disappears.

Receiving the burnt shard from Tian Cheng, Long Hua mutters—

"Tai Xuan."

In the same instance, the shard, the pedestal, and the rings give off a faint glow.

Releasing his grip over the burnt shard, Long Hua watches it float over to the center of the pedestal, and levitates a meter off its surface.

Following this, the two mechanical rings float upwards, and begin to flip around the shard.

Just as it would seem like the machine is about to be restored to its original state, however—

"Uh?"

All the floating pieces fall.

"This is…"

Realizing that the Divine Weapon of Tai Xuan has failed to restore the machine, Long Hua can't help but frown. This is the first time he's ever seen this happen.

Blinking her eyes, Tian Cheng places a hand to her chin with a frown on her face, while remarking—

"…Perhaps, the Divine Weapon of Tai Xuan isn't able to restore a machine that is deemed incomplete?"

"…You mean the original creator of this machine deems it to be a failure?"

"Possibly a conflict of original intent, and acquired results misaligning."

"Hmm. Qie, what do you think?"

Within the dreamscape, the Tai Xuan Emperor raises an eye, and hiding away her surprise at being questioned quickly, she replies—

(Sounds about right, I suppose?)

"I see."

Glancing at the computer station, Long Hua asks—

"Anything in those computers then?"

"…"

Walking over to the computers together, a portion of Tian Cheng's sleeve molds itself into a connector, and using the combat body's unique ability of reforming its parts, she adjusts the connector's plug to fit the ancient computer's port.

Inserting the connector, information immediately begins to flow into Tian Cheng's head.

Momentarily, the monitors flash, and with it, appears a white-haired man dressed in a lab coat.

"This seems to be a video log of some kind."

Saying this, Tian Cheng has it play itself out.

[Progress on the Immortal Sealing Chain is slow, but it's getting there. So far, we're able to suppress lower-level Immortals with it.]

"Immortal Sealing Chain?"

Hearing this term, Long Hua frowns.

"…Uh?"

Reaching his hand out to the connector, Long Hua disconnects Tian Cheng from it.

Through his divine senses, he has detected the survivors heading towards their direction.

Turning to Tian Cheng, Long Hua says—

"Less than two minutes, lay waste to this area as much as possible."

Nodding her head, Tian Cheng draws Kun, while Long Hua draws out his fishing rod.

Tapping the two weapons together, they immediately separate from one another, and begin to lay scars over the room's walls and floors.

...…

*Klang! Klang! Klang!* upon hearing the sound of metal objects exchanging hits with one another, the surviving group of Sinners halt their footsteps.

"What's going on?"

"A fight?"

"I can guess one of the parties, but the other…?"

Standing at the forefront of the group were Ye Chen, Shao Tianming, and Wang Yongning.

From the distance—

"Black robes, quit running around!"

*Boom!!!* following Long Hua's shout, an explosion goes off—causing the vicinity to tremble.

"Surnamed Long?"

Recognizing the voice, Ye Chen raised an eye in surprise.

"He managed to get ahead of us?"

Towards Wang Yongning's question, Shao Tianming shrugs his shoulders.

*Boom! Boom! Boom! Guuuuuu!!!* rapidly, three more explosions, along with three tremors go off, and are immediately followed by a miserable cry of pain.

Judging by how violent the tremors were, one could easily imagine how fierce the exchange must have been.

"What the hell are you all standing around for? Move it!"

Following Ye Chen's lead, the group quickly arrives at the entrance of the room—that Long Hua and Tian Cheng are in.