Life only have true meaning seconds before death.



Note:

I am writing this "novel" for me and the other people which is probably a few that like this style 

True Genres: Humorous Fiction, Absurdist fiction, Dark comedy

I'm trying to tell a story here also Life only have true meaning seconds before death.



Note:

I am writing this "novel" for me and the other people which is probably a few that like this style 

True Genres: Humorous Fiction, Absurdist fiction, Dark comedy

After falling through the portal, I just kind of floated in the air after a while. I realized that I got that notification in my eyes. It moved the edge of my vision, as I looked at the 'screen' it came to the center of my vision. it read this(author here I'm not going to describe what it looks like I feel like it would be best if you imagined it yourself. tell me how you see it.)
   [New Runes detected: would you like to learn *basic soul-changing rune* yes/no]
   Confused, I said yes after all that was the worst thing that could happen. The second-worst mistakes of my life.
   [Learning *basic soul-changing rune*]
   Pain, a lot of pain. my head hurt a lot as my soul was engraved with new-found knowledge. after what felt like hours the pain stopped and I got a new message from the system.
   [*basic soul-changing rune* learned do you want a description yes/no]
   "yes"
   I wanted to know what I went that thought for.
   [*basic soul-changing rune* can be used to manipulate souls on their shape. can only be used when you are unconscious, asleep, or dead.]
   "so you saying it's useless"
   [searching for"useless".... Wrong. By the galactic guide for system and users *basic soul-changing rune* is not useless user could be fighting a spirit type monster in his sleep]
   I was starting to be annoyed with my system "then can you tell me how to leave this place" I stated in my kindest voice.
   [if the user wants to leave the "place" the user must use the *one-time-use safety scroll of teleportation* found by saying inventory]
   Learning to trust the system I said "inventory"
   I had three scrolls named, one-time use safety scroll of teleportation, one-time use scroll of learning, and one-time use still of healing respectively. to be brief teleportation teleports me to one location that I need to be at. scroll of learning gives me one random rune. and the scroll of healing heals anything that won't kill instantly.
  but then I noticed that I only have three inventory slots and each one was taken by the scroll. 
  "how do I get more space"
   [if the user wants to increase the size of his inventory he must complete missions for the rewards.]
   "fancy" I was disappointed, but I had to leave first.
   "activate the teleportation scroll" 
   [activating the *one-time-use safety scroll of teleportation*]
   more pain a lot more suffering than before. my eyes went dark either to the pain or the teleport scroll.
   after about three minutes my vision cleared and I was in a factory-like structure. with conveyor belts and presses and buttons and stuff (guys give me a break ok I've never been to a factory.) I would like to focus on the conveyor belts and on top of said conveyor belts are baby souls.
   "hey, system what does your handy dandy say about where we are," I said quietly.
   [scanning.   .    .   .   . found high traces of new soul energy that can only be found in one place 'shatathedth' aka the baby factory here new souls are formed and sent to be born in the multitude of worlds](author here shatathedth is pronounced like this shat-a-thread-ith)
   "so you are saying that I could be reborn in here."

Thought I would write a real synopsis.

so the mc whose name is gray is an orphan in a superhero world at least for the first chapter. after that, he is reincarnated and travels all around looking for friends and possibly a girlfriend, but the problem is even though he can use all magic or as the book calls the runes, he uses real runes that are much much more powerful, example if he uses something like a fireball it requires a sun rune.


See gray struggle to find magic weak enough to not end the world.

please forgive my grammar errors. I'm still learning and thought that the best way was to write.

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Found an editor here is a word from him

"Hello, I'm his editor, if you find any grammar errors please talk about it in the comments. I am very excited to be part of this project."




Please note that this story is completely real and everything from the, magic, to the monsters, to the occasional romantic vampire. all of it is real and should be taken very seriously in preparation for when this happens to you. don't let anyone tell you otherwise especially my editor.

At the same time. Rural New York. 
A dozen men and women were scattered across the dark halls of the abandoned factory. They have been here since two days ago, tasked with securing the imprisoned immortal that was Katie Lockwood, and they would remain here for as long as it would take to kill Katie. 
It was quite a boring job, even for these Dark Pantheon Predators. Soon, many of them were sitting comfortably and on their phones. Even supernatural villains like them couldn't escape the addiction of screens. Others started chatting casually to pass the time. 
Sitting near the entrance of the factory was a pair of Dark Pantheon Predators. A man and a woman. The man was dressed in a Section U uniform. Coincidentally, he was one of the men that posted as Section U Agents and put up a show in front of Katie's class to create a false sense of hope and salvation. 
The woman sitting beside him wore a black leather jacket and a pair of jeans. With a pair of thick glasses, she looked like a college student...or at least her appearance did. The soul inside, the one that killed the original owner of this body and took it over, was completely different altogether. 
"This is so stupid!" The man growled impatiently, sitting on the ground with his legs crossed. "Elias is having fun with all those young, vulnerable students, yet here we are, stuck in the middle of nowhere and guarding a prisoner that has probably been driven mad already!" 
"Someone's unhappy." The woman smirked before coming up with a reply. "Relax. Elias is going to complete his ritual soon, and once that happens, he'll become a Dominator. We'll have a much better time working under him than we did by ourselves...that's why you're here, isn't it?" 
The man shrugged. Indeed, the Dark Pantheon wasn't a brotherhood, and its members weren't all selfless saints to each other. In fact, given its nature, it shouldn't be surprising at all that Darwinism was common in the Dark Pantheon. There were a lot of Predators, but only a few of them could climb up the ranks and become Dominators or even Lords. Those who had little hope of ascending soon offered their service to the ascendants in exchange for future perks and protection. 
"Then shut up about it." The woman said quietly at the man's silent response. "You could be fighting Section U right now under Lord Jenkins, or assaulting the forces of Hell with Lord Burningham. I would choose boredom over any of those." 
"Ever the optimist." The man said as he turned around and glanced at the large torture device in the middle of the factory. The Iron Maiden. "Then again, why do we even need to be posted here?"
"To keep that girl inside from climbing out?"
"You do know that device back there is sealed with runes, right?" The man replied. "A werewolf can't break out, and she is constantly being stabbed to death and getting drowned, not to mention the pain...honestly, I bet she's wishing she could die!" 
This sickening image brought a smile onto his face. Despite his casual complaints and chats, he was still a monster more than happy to torture, maim, and kill. 
The woman grinned as well. It would be a funny picture indeed. "Well, she is a masochist. Maybe she's actually enjoying this?"
She had no idea how correct she was.
The man tilted his head thoughtfully. "Maybe...I mean, I stabbed her in the heart two days ago and she looked like she was high or something, but even masochism has a limit, right?"
"I guess?"
"So if she's busy dying, then how can she break out?" The man insisted. "Elias is being too cautious."
"Or maybe that's what made him the Dominator? Who knows?"
"Yeah, maybe?" The man shrugged as he stood up. "I'll go check the perimeter again in case, you know, there are attackers outside that are sneaking up on us without us realizing the slightest thing." 
The woman stared at him, and the Predator finally grinned at his own joke. The Dark Pantheon was far past the stage where it needed its members to act as sentries. The abandoned factory was surrounded by a net of cloaked Spiers. As soon as any of them saw or heard anything unusual, they could psychically warn every single Predator in the factory as well as send a message to Elias all the way over in Riverside High School. Trying to catch them by surprise was next to impossible. 
The man just wanted to go out for a walk. 
The Predator slowly made his way out of the abandoned building. A few other Predators saw him, but they didn't say or do a thing. 
The man walked out of the factory. As the cold air blew over his face, he couldn't help but let out a sigh. Even now, as he stood as a Predator of the Dark Pantheon, he still couldn't believe all that had happened. A few years ago, he was just an office employee who went into his manager's house late at night and slit his throat. As he kneeled in a pool of the man's blood, the employee considered simply killing himself, but he changed his mind. 
Eventually, he was arrested by the police, but before he could be put on trial, he was brought out of his holding cell and transported to a house in the wild, where he, along with dozens of other murderers, were given a choice. 
Sell their souls to the Dark Pantheon, or die. 
After a few idiots refused to yield and quickly found their souls outside of their bodies, the rest of the prisoners yielded. After that, they were put through a series of trials. The man did horrible things. In one trial, he slit the throat of his own brother to prove his loyalty to the Pantheon. In another, he butchered two fellow candidates.
Finally, as one of the few survivors of that group of candidates, he attempted to channel the Will of the Chaos Domain. While almost all the survivors failed and found their souls consumed by the Domain, he in particular survived. The pact he made with the Chaos Domain granted him powers he couldn't even think of, securing his rank as a Predator of the Dark Pantheon. 
At this point, the man has come a long way. He essentially had superpowers, but he knew that wasn't nearly as impressive as he first expected. This world wasn't as normal as he thought. There were so many competitors of the Dark Pantheon, ranging from Hell to the Sect of Ascension to all sorts of random tribes and cults. As a mere Predator, he was still at the bottom of the food chain. 
Only as a Dominator could he have some control over his fate, but that would not be an easy place to reach. Most Predators would die before achieving ascension. Nonetheless, the man remained optimistic about his chances. 
Plus, what could he lose? He was supposed to die a long time ago. Every second he was living now was an additional second earned. 
Suddenly, the man's leg hit something, which brought his attention back to the real world. Frowning, he knelt down and tapped that object. His power was used as he tried to recognize what that object was.
And then he did. It was a Spier. A dead Spier.
But...that's impossible! The man's eyes widened in disbelief. Even now, he distinctly recognized the psychic emission of this Spier, and he could still sense its presence! Psychically, it was still alive, but in reality, it had been dead for god-knew how long!
This could only mean one thing…
The Predator stood back up. His hands formed several seals as an army of Chaos Descendants started materializing around him...except it never did. 
Out of nowhere, a tiny green leaf, faster than anything most human eyes could see, darted into the man's neck. Two Chaos Hounds in its way were instantly sliced in half. 
The next moment, the man gulped. His neck was severed in one swift strike. Upon realizing he was ambushed, he reacted quickly and decisively, opting to abandon his compromised physical body and escape with his soul alone. But before his soul could flee, he felt something wrong with his body. 
The flesh around the tiny cut on his neck started melting away like ice placed under a flamethrower. As a matter of fact, by the time the man realized his flesh was getting eaten away, most of his body was already reduced to a puddle of liquid goo. Yet, what truly terrified him was that his body wasn't the only thing being melted away. So was his soul. 
As the Predator collapsed and died in agony, only one question lingered in his head. 
Who...who could be attacking them?
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In the abandoned factory, the woman frowned. Distinctly, she could hear some noise outside, but a psychic connection with the Spiers outside told her everything was all good. With a blind trust in her powers, the woman lowered her head and returned to her phone. 
At the same time, outside the factory, over fifty figures were on the move. Leading them was a man over six feet tall. Even as the cold wind blew across the field, he was only wearing a short-sleeved white t-shirt. 
Behind him were two men with their eyes shut. They were the ones to take credit for keeping the Dark Pantheon Predators inside the factory completely in the dark. The Spiers were nearly invincible for the students, but for Ling Tribesmen focused on psychic warfare...forging their presence and tracing back to their locations wasn't that difficult. Finally, a single feedback could tear these Spiers apart from the inside. 
"My lord," One of the Ling Tribesmen commented, still with his eyes closed. "There are 13 hostile entities inside the factory, all of which appear to be Dark Pantheon Predators. They are unaware of our presence." 
In front of them, the Chief of the Seven Tribes snickered. 
"Those Pantheon dogs...and the woman who killed Kameron?"
"She's also inside, though her psychic presence seems...odd. She feels...excited." The Ling Tribesman frowned. "All I can tell is her energy signature seems to be spiking. It's...it's concerning."
The Chief frowned, but he wasn't fazed. "She's not going to be a problem. Kameron almost beat her. As for the Dark Pantheon…" His gaze turned cold. The Dark Pantheon was a terrifying entity, more than capable of laying waste to the Seven Tribes. Yet, they have been preventing the Tribes from avenging their prince, slaughtering Mu Tribesmen in the process. Such an offense couldn't go unpunished. Plus, the Dark Pantheon was facing hostiles from all sides. It wouldn't risk turning against the Tribes to avenge a single squad of Predators. 
He quickly issued an order.
"Prepare for assault." 
As soon as the order was given, dozens of Mu Tribesmen took up positions around the entrance of the factory, and they weren't alone. After all, the Chief was the head of the Seven Tribes, not only the head of Clan Mu. Joining the Mu Tribesmen were a dozen more figures wearing red clothes or purple clothes. They were from two other tribes loyal to the Chief.
And then, when all units were in place, it was time to strike. 
"Forward, my people! For vengeance!" The Chief screamed as he led the charge, kicking open the door at the entrance of the abandoned factory and coming face to face with the 13 Dark Pantheon Predators posted here by Mr. Isaac, or as they knew him, Predator Elias.
Behind him, Tribesmen of the Seven Tribes flooded into the factory. 
Despite all their flaws, the Predators were still decent at their job. As soon as the assault began, they jumped up from their seats and reacted swiftly. A few of them started summoning Chaos Descendants while others went for more direct approaches. 
Several claws came out of the dark corners of the factory and grabbed onto five Mu Tribesmen before yanking them into the shadows. One of the Mu Tribesmen transformed his arms into Branch Blades and cut himself free. Two more were freed when a fireball and a thunderbolt each landed on one of the arms. The last two weren't so lucky. They were pulled back into the shadows, the home turf of the Pantheon. The last thing they offered was a dying scream. 
From the ceiling of the factory, countless black ropes descended onto the forces of the Seven Tribes. They grabbed onto Tribesmen by the neck and pulled them up into the air, trying to strangle them. This would've been a deadly strike against even the most experienced students, but against these Tribesmen with superhuman powers, this just wasn't enough. Most of the ropes were severed almost instantly. The few that did claim a kill were immediately destroyed afterward.
One of the Predators took a step forward. Her voice was like that of a banshee as she screeched into the ears of the Seven Tribes forces. 
"This world...what is the meaning of all this torment and suffering? Go on...end this! Tear your own throats out! Turn on your comrades! Strike them down and bath in their blood!"
A few of the Mu Tribesmen found themselves a little dizzy, and before they knew it, they were striking at themselves or their comrades. Thankfully, just before blood could truly be shed, the two Ling Tribesmen stepped forward. 
"Wake!" One of them called out loudly, and immediately, all the Tribesmen regained control over their bodies, breaking out of the spell. 
"Damn it! They have psychics!" The Dark Pantheon Predator screeched in defeat. She tried to fall back, to run, but it was too late. Three Tribesmen in purple clothes stepped forward, and purple lightning bolts formed in front of them and zapped into the Predator. These were Lei Tribesmen, and with their combined power, the three Lei Tribesmen fried that Predator alive, body and soul alike.
The Chief wasn't bothered by any of these obstacles as he led the charge. A wave of leaves darted out from him, landing on two of the Predators who were busy with their summoning and killing them instantly. Against the head of the Seven Tribes, these common Dark Pantheon foot soldiers just didn't stand a chance. 
A Dasher leaped at the Chief. Dashers were one of the favorite Chaos Descendants of Dark Pantheon operatives. After all, who wouldn't want to see their enemies claim victory, only to be melted alive? Unfortunately, this Dasher wouldn't achieve that expected result, for it met something even more corrosive than its blood. 
A leaf pierced its skull in mid-air, melting away its body, soul, and even its blood. The rest of its remains washed over the Chief, sizzling across his body and achieving no harm at all. 
At this point, the result of the battle was already clear to both parties. Six Dark Pantheon Predators laid dead. The rest of them attempted to launch a counterattack with their Chaos Descendants, but against the Branch Blades, the fireballs, the psychic blasts, and the lightning strikes, the Chaos Descendants were massacred at ease. 
Another Predator screamed as the Chief cut him in half and melted him away. He tried to use an army of wraiths to rip the Chief apart, only to see that army effortlessly melted alive within just moments. 
"We need to inform Elias! They're blocking out our psychic connections!" The woman in glasses called out. Her black leather jacket was stained with blood, both from herself and the two Mu Tribesmen she killed. All around her, Chaos Descendants were falling like flies and even the Predators were getting lower and lower in numbers. 
At this point, the woman no longer gave a damn about Elias's orders. The favor of a potential Dominator wasn't worth dying for. "Let's break a way out! I'll lead the charge!"
A black blade formed in her grip, but before she could act, the Chief was in front of her. All the woman saw was a flash, and the next second, half her right arm was being melted away. 
The woman screamed as she hit the floor, her legs buckling from the sheer pain of losing a limb. This wasn't really her limb, and if a random shotgun blasted it off, she wouldn't break a sweat. The issue was that the damage by the Chief's leaf was also reflected on her soul, and she was hardly Katie Lockwood. 
The woman was shaking like crazy. She focused some power at the elbow of her body and used it to cut the limb in half just before the corrosive power could reach the rest of her body. But that same trick didn't quite work for her soul. Just as the woman was about to be killed, the corrosion suddenly disappeared. 
Yet that realization hardly brought relief. As the woman looked up, she realized the battle had ended as quickly as it began. All 12 other Dark Pantheon Predators were dead, slain by the surprise assault by the finest warriors of the Seven Tribes. 
As all the threats were handled, the Chief turned to the metal device not far away. A grin on his face. 
"Tell me, Predator. Who is this girl and why is the Dark Pantheon protecting her?"
The woman: O_O.

Name: Katie Lockwood. 
Gender: Female.
Profession: Badass. 
Hobby: Stick my pen into my palm and twist it three turns. 

Follow the masochist Katie as she slashes and dashes across the Supernatural world and discover her true identity.

The cave was very dark. The only dim light Lucien could see was from the noctilucent moss. However, with his Moonlight blood power, which the Church called Blessing, Lucien could see very well in the darkness.
In Lucien's dark pupil, there was the vague figure of Angwoods, flickering and shivering like a candle which had come to its end. Finally, it went out.
"The Lord… shall be back?" Lucien repeated in low voice. This was what he found in Angwoods's deepest memory except for its boundless anger and hatred.
When Lucien found this piece of information in Angwoods's memory, he could feel Angwoods's great respect and excitement.
Lucien wondered if something horrible was really going on in the World of Souls, if the real immortal would wake up and come back.
Of course, the Lord that Angwoods referred to was by no means the God of Truth followed by the Church. Zie should be the God believed in by the senior-rank specters in the World of Souls. However, Lucien had no idea whether this was a true god or just some kind of abstract representative, or if it was like the ancestor of the vampires—Alterna.
Lucien's power at reading one's memory was nowhere close to that of Thanatos, and therefore, this ambiguous piece of information was all that he could get. The only thing that he got to know from it was that he had to take some immediate actions, or something very horrible would definitely happen to the main world.
Meanwhile, because of the information that Lucien got from Angwoods, he was more reassured with Rhine's words. Yet, Lucien was not going to force himself to complete all the tasks to save the world. After all, he was just a senior-rank mage, and this was something that should at least require the power of a group of legendaries. When it was necessary, Lucien definitely would report this to the Highest Council.
Lucien also got to know that it was Felipe who summoned this senior-rank specter, and right now Felipe had not noticed the existence of the World of Souls and where the summoned specters came from. In Angwoods's deepest memory, there was its contempt for Felipe's arrogance and its wish that another senior-rank named Adol would end up being tortured and killed by a legendary archmage.
According to the general information he got, Lucien guessed that the Hand of Paleness was indeed aware of the existence of the World of Souls, but they chose to keep the information to themselves in order to explore it on their own, however, it was used by the senior-rank archmages only.
A bright cluster of flame grew out of Lucien's palm and completely burnt out the remains of Angwoods. Then, very carefully, Lucien erased all the traces of fighting in this cave, in case some other senior-rank specters would discover what happened there.
Finishing the work, with the assistance of Spy Eye, Lucien proceeded further toward the underground.
In the darkness sprinkled with the dim light spots, Lucien walked in this underground maze for more than ten minutes. Gradually, Lucien felt that the air had become a bit warmer, and then he heard the sound of a river flowing.
Lucien knew that he was already very close to the underground ancient city of the dwarves. He became even more cautious.
Turning around a corner very carefully, what Lucien saw surprised him.
What was in front of him was a huge passage, seven or eight meters high, and twenty or thirty meters wide, and the ground and the walls on either side were built by large gray stone blocks, with black pillars in the middle, supporting the ceiling. From the pillars, the passage was divided into three paths. At a glance, the great sense of grandeur seized Lucien's mind. As the underground passage was already this magnificent, he wondered what would the dwarves' city look like?
According to the historical records, the dwarves of ancient times did not have magic, nor great blood powers!
The noctilucent patches of mosses growing wantonly on both sides of the walls cast a dim light on the passage. Under the dim light, everything looked very blurry and dream-like. In this kind of environment where silence and gloom resided, Lucien felt that, at any moment, a corpse would crawl out, or maybe a ghost would float out.
After checking around using the eyes, Lucien stepped on the passage. Although he tried to be very gentle, his footsteps still echoed and lingered in the empty space while he was walking on the stone passage.
Lucien activated his blood power and accelerated his movement speed. Now his footsteps could not be heard, and Lucien was moving very fast but, at the same time, he made sure that he was still in the detection range of the nine eyes.
Both sides of the passage were lined with a pair of black metal tracks, which appeared to be the track for some special vehicles to transport goods. Lucien sped along them, and soon he saw the exit of the passage.
Lucien slowed down his pace, and from the pictures sent back by the eyes, he could see that in front of him lay a vast, abandoned architectural complex.
The cave was naturally divided into more than a dozen blocks by the rock walls and pillars supporting the roof. The half-collapsed tall stone houses, overgrown with weeds, looked down on streets that had not been occupied for thousands of years.
What made Lucien a bit nervous was that the stone houses were joined by a series of metal pipes, which protruded from any parts of the houses and then connected to the huge metal pipes at the top of the cave. Growing into the cave roof, no one knew where they were going.
Walking through the cold dreadful streets, Lucien could see at times the familiar metal parts such as bearings, springs, pistons, and gears on the ground, as if he had returned to earth and entered a factory.
The corner of his eye saw something glittering in the grass. Lucien bent forward and picked it up. It was a huge steam rifle as thick as a bazooka. The gears were all rusty and corroded, but Lucien could still tell their sophistication. Also, the steam rifle was attached to a high-pressure steam backpack made of steel, with half the size of a human one.
Gently stroking the rusty rifle, Lucien released a sigh, since it represented the loss of an ancient civilization.
Before the development of human beings, the dwarves who were good at all kinds of crafts, had invented many steam engines and built a splendid Steam Civilization.
Although the dwarves were rather short, the huge airships which could cover the sky, the steamboat which could voyage in the Storm Strait and Boundless Ocean, the cannons that could hold several people inside, the powerful steam rifles, and the steel factories and engineering works that released black smoke day and night were just gigantic as if they were designed for dragons.
Dwarves did not have much theoretical guidance. Relying on their talent and experience, they magically developed the steam, and summarized the mechanical design knowledge in many fields. Even the legendary alchemist, Klaus, had to learn from the dwarves to improve the steam train based on the airships. Klaus' inventions were more like the improvements based on the original creations of the dwarves, but he managed to use magic or divine power to fuel the vehicles and lower the cost by shrinking their size.
Unfortunately, that civilization had been lost. Lucien got to know about it from the senior-rank Arcana and Magic Library. Even a profound sorcerer like Lazar who grew up in the Congress would have no idea that it was the dwarves who first invented the steam train and used them to transport goods. For him, Klaus was the one who invented the magic steam train.
In the later stage of the dwarves' Steam Civilization, the pace they had when making that progress started to slow down. The periodic invasion of the dark creatures from the Dark Mountain Range made the dwarves pay hard. The power of the horrible senior-rank creatures was completely out of the dwarves' expectation, and the steam rifles and cannons failed to work when facing the evil creatures. Within short twenty years, the splendid civilization had retreated to the underground.
However, down there under the ground, Steam Civilization had no space to grow. The civilization finally died out under the attack of many evil creatures and hunters after witnessing the development of the Dragon era, the Nature Elf era, the heyday of Werewolves. At that time, the ancient magic empire first started to gain its power. Only the small proportion of dwarves who chose to stay on the ground, in the end, managed to gain the blood power and spiritual power because of the experiments conducted by the crazy sorcerers. Slowly, those dwarves living on the ground built up their own countries again.
Although today's dwarves were still good at the alchemy techniques, their civilization was a different one now.
Without the power to safeguard a civilization, one could only see the civilization dying out as time went on. Those ones who were remembered were the profound sorcerers, long-living vampires, and dragons. The rest would eventually be forgotten.
Lucien had some mixed feelings in his mind. He wondered how many splendid civilizations and great figures had been forgotten by history.
He put down the huge steam rifle and moved on. From time to time, he would bent down to pick up some other random stuff, including a silver coin forged with the pattern of a strange hammer and a set of gear, books such as Elementary Mechanical Forging, Steam Rifle Producing, the Illustration of the Steam Engines, the Illustration of Airboats and so on, and the many mechanical articles of various unique styles.
Fortunately, the dwarf language was relatively well preserved and was not very different from the language that the dwarves were using today. Lucien leafed through a few books and copied them in his spirit library.
After a few more minutes of walking in the lost civilization, Lucien saw a huge metal golem half lying on the ground and half leaning against a tall factory building. He stopped to take a closer look at its exposed interior mechanical structure.
Golems—the last piece of straw that the dwarves could grip to safeguard the falling civilization.
The dwarves tried to beat the horrible magical creatures by using this powerful weapon, but the golems that moved very slow failed to fulfill what they hoped. However, it had inspired the sorcerers later and thus they managed to invent the more powerful golems.
Suddenly, a sharp voice was delivered into Lucien's soul. One part of the crystal ball in his palm suddenly dimmed.
A magic eye was gone!
There came the sound of mournful cries, followed by the sound of busy footsteps that really got on Lucien's nerves.
Lucien looked up and saw in the distance large pale tentacles popping out of a factory building, and then a huge and disgusting monster got out.
The monster had the upper body of a plump old woman, fat and ugly, and its small eyes were basically just two tiny gaps flickering with fierce and ferocious light. The monster's huge naked breasts were covered with many black and white eyes, and its lower body was like a white octopus which had many tentacles with suckers.
Hive mother!
A hive mother could produce hundreds of thousands of evil creatures. Without enough food, the evil creatures would eat each other or try to get to the surface.
Following the hive mother, the many evil creatures came to Lucien like the waves of a tide coming from all directions. The number of them was hard to calculate, and among them were even many shooters and warlocks.
Lucien raised his right hand and stroked the badge on his chest. Suddenly, a halo of glittering light spread outwards and quickly covered the range of about five hundred meters.
A powerful storm started to blow, and the many degenerate evil creatures were instantly frozen into pieces and blown away by the strong wind.
As soon as the stone arrows came within the range, they directly fell to the ground since they were frozen with a thick layer ice. The same thing happened to the missiles, spider webs, and magic rays.
Lucien moved forward very quickly, and the halo moved following him. The tall buildings were frozen with the ice and frost. None of the evil creatures could stop him.
The hive mother noticed what was going on. Reaching out its tentacles, it started to climb and jump. The many black and white eyes shot out acid, spider webs, and toxic gas.
However, once they came in the halo of ice and snow, the liquid and gas were frozen solid and then broken into piles of powder.
A few seconds later, Lucien caught up with the hive mother and trapped it in the halo. The movement of the hive mother started to slow down, as its tentacles were frozen solid and thus became very heavy.
At the same time, under the power of the storm, the hive mother's body started to crack because of the extremely low temperature. As soon as the black fluid came out, it was turned into black ice.
Bang! Thirty seconds later, the hive mother died from cracking into pieces.
By the time Lucien stopped running and the halo disappeared, the entire dwarf city was covered with ice and frost. Some were black and some white. The city became empty and silent again.
The magic spell definitely worked very well, but it was also very likely to hurt Lucien's own teammates.
…
After more than ten minutes, Lucien finally found a space joint in the underground city. It was a distorted space gap, surrounded by the dwarves' altars, which were designed in a rather simple way.
It seemed that, at the final stage of the Steam Civilization, the dwarves also started to learn from the magic creatures, but obviously, it did not work very well. As a profound arcanist, Lucien was deeply touched by seeing how the great civilization finally fell.
Lucien took a glance at the poor magic altar, took out the materials and started to worry about his own safety. He wondered if he would get lost when entering another dimension using an altar like that.
After all, close to the space joints under the control of the Congress of Magic, the Congress had set up many space gates using the ninth-circle magic, Gate.
After carefully checking the space gap out and making sure that the gap was relatively stable, Lucien took out the materials and rearranged the space joint teleportation circle. He was glad that the poor quality of the teleportation circle was within his expectation.
It took Lucien three days to reset the teleportation circle. He stood up and did some exercise to warm up and then cast many layers of defense spells on himself. He had no idea what was there on the other end. After all, the last time Rhine used this space joint was several hundred years ago.
Then, Lucien stepped into the dimension which the vampires took away from the dwarves, Night Highland!


"A falling star has brought the chaos. The throne of fate has lost its master. The nonbeliever who walks in light and darkness will make his debut."
In this magic world, knowledge is power.

Tang Wulin immediately tossed out the Golden Dragon Spear before urging the Golden Dragon Flies to the side of the giant skull as he flung his right hand brazenly.
Five streams of dark golden, seven-meter long blade radiances flashed once as the radiances pounded into the giant skull. Scraping and shattering noises were heard simultaneously. The green radiance dissipated at once as countless flames shot out intensely.
Tang Wulin crossed his arms to protect himself as the golden radiance enshrouded his body. He somersaulted backward landing on the ground. He waved his right hand once to conjure a stream of golden radiance that shot forward before returning to his hand like a boomerang. It was the Golden Dragon Spear which had rendered its outstanding performance earlier.
Let alone Yellow One, Yellow Two, and Yellow Four, even Purple One was stunned from witnessing the present scene.
The entire episode only took two breaths from the moment when Tang Wulin had an outburst until he crushed the skull. The skull that had given them much trouble was finally shattered. It was simply unbelievable.
"Go, quick!" Tang Wulin shouted aloud to jolt his comrades out of their daze. They immediately reacted and quickly dashed out from the factory zone together with him.
The terrifying, overbearing force vanished as soon as they exited the factory. There was no enemy chasing after them either.
Purple One flung his hand and out shot the Tang Sect Combat Vehicle. He took the lead and leaped into the vehicle while the rest jumped into the vehicle in succession. He stepped on the accelerator to its maximum as he drove them at full speed back to where they came from.
In the factory district.
A figure emerged silently from afar. He appeared to be a middle-aged man over forty with seven soul rings shimmering on his body. He had two yellow, two purple, and three black soul rings. His right hand was holding a pitch black staff with a light orb which appeared as a mist of green light floating on top of the staff.
His expression was unpleasant and gloomy.
"He broke my Devil Devour Skull. I'm afraid that the people from Tang Sect will be coming soon. We can't handle everything for we must leave immediately after we've collected all the grieving souls here."
"Yes!" A large stretch of skulls which were densely arranged flew up from around him. Each skull was shimmering with green flames in its eye sockets. These skulls which were much smaller than the giant skull flew out rapidly in all directions.
The Tang Sect Combat Vehicle drove at high speed. The group's battle armors were gradually retracted into their bodies accompanied by streams of radiances.
Yellow Four could not help staring at Tang Wulin in surprise. "Yellow Three, how did you do that? The attack earlier was simply amazing. The skull exploded into pieces at one go. Oh my god, you're truly impressive."
Tang Wulin spoke, "It's not that I'm impressive, it's just that the skull wasn't as powerful as you imagined."
Purple One had just completed his report to the headquarters. The communications signal had returned to normal upon leaving the factory district. He could not help turning around upon hearing Tang Wulin's words and asked, "Tell us what happened."
Tang Wulin answered, "When the sobbing sounds appeared, we hadn't spotted any signs of life. This indicated the sounds weren't produced by a life form. I've recently witnessed some peculiar situations. Thus, I made a bold guess that the sobbing sounds were probably made by vengeful spirits within the factory."
"Judging by our mission, the target factory was involved in a major hazardous substance leakage incident so there was bound to be a lot of fatalities. Those innocent victims who were accidentally killed could have become vengeful spirits. These vengeful spirits were supposed to perish naturally but they could exist for a longer period of time if someone were to manipulate their existence intentionally, such as evil soul masters!"
"Thus, I made a bold speculation that those were vengeful spirits when we couldn't determine the source of the sobbing sound. It was probably the vengeful spirits of those people who died in the factory earlier. The illusion that appeared later could have been triggered by the vengeful spirits."
"One would require an enormous amount of spiritual power to control the vengeful spirits. We couldn't tell where our enemy was hiding. In order to leave the tight encirclement, we had to disrupt the enemy's control of the vengeful spirits. Hence, I used the sound soul skill of mine. The raging roar's dual sonic and spiritual shocking effects made the vengeful spirits lose control momentarily such that we could escape from the place. Although the giant skull has a powerful attacking ability, I noticed that there was a lot of radiance which was similar to the vengeful spirits which scared us gathering underneath the skull. Hence, I made a wild guess that the source of the giant skull's energy was most likely from the vengeful spirits in the factory. If my guess was right, then the enemy hiding in the dark corner was possibly not as powerful as we had imagined for he was only relying on the vengeful spirits in the factory to become so powerful."
Tang Wulin paused for a moment before he continued, "If he wasn't that powerful, then the skull which he unleashed would naturally be flawed in its defense as well. I used this knowledge to launch an attack. As expected, it was easily destroyed after the channeling of the vengeful spirits was halted. My guess was confirmed when no one chased after us after we left that place. The enemy was certainly not that powerful. He wasn't a worthy opponent outside of the factory."
The people in the Tang Sect Combat Vehicle became silent after listening to Tang Wulin's analysis.
After a long while, Purple One who was driving the vehicle spoke slowly, "Did you truly enter the same factory as us?" It was obvious that his voice sounded rather bitter.
He was the mission's captain, yet he did not discover the enemy's true purpose and made a proper judgment of the situation when they were confronted by danger. If it were not for Tang Wulin's correct hunch and his heroic effort to turn the tide during the crucial moments, they would possibly still be trapped in that place.
Yellow One, Yellow Two, and Yellow Four were also looking at Tang Wulin as if he were a monster.
His fighting capacity was impressive, but his analytical ability was even more incredible.
Tang Wulin scratched his head. He did not think it was anything out of the ordinary. In fact, it felt quite normal for him. Why were his teammates in awe of him?
He was unaware that he had changed into a different person after undergoing the special training on Demon Island which included his ability to observe, react to emergencies, and make quick decisions. He had far exceeded the abilities of any ordinary person and even the Tang Sect fighters. The extraordinary ability which he had unintentionally revealed was enough to shock his teammates.
The Tang Sect Combat Vehicle stopped after it was driven into the city. They waited for the arrival of reinforcements. It did not take long before two black fighters appeared silently.
The two black fighters looked at Tang Wulin approvingly before they vanished into the night.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Yellow One asked Purple One.
Purple One replied, "We shall wait here for the result. At the same time, we can also check if our mission is completed. Everyone can rest for a while in the car if you're tired. I'll be on watch."
While he was a little envious of Tang Wulin's ability, he also felt guilty. If it were not for Tang Wulin's resolute effort to turn the tide, they would have suffered a great loss this time. Moreover, they could have been annihilated. If that were the case, he could not absolve himself from being accountable as the captain.
Tang Wulin walked toward Purple One and was about to say something when Purple One shook his head at Tang Wulin. "I'm fine. There's no need to console me. I'm very glad to have a teammate like you. Also, I realize that we're still lacking in many areas to fight the evil soul masters. I'll work hard to compensate for the inadequacies when I return to the headquarters."
Tang Wulin gave him a thumbs up for he had proven himself to be a fighter!
There were a few reasons that resulted in Purple One's failure to react to the emergency situation today. One was because it happened abruptly, while the other was his lack of understanding of the evil soul masters. In addition to the fact that he was not a calm person, he also lacked the experience to fight the evil soul masters.


Following the advancement of soul technology, the humans of Douluo Continent conquered the ocean and discovered two new continents. After being hunted by spirit masters excessively, the soul beasts are nearly extinct. After countless years of lying dormant, the King of the Soul Beasts has awakened in the Great Star Dou Forest. It will lead its remaining clansmen in taking vengeance against humanity! 

Tang Wulin is determined to become a powerful Soul Master. However, when he awakened his martial soul, it was actually a…

Incomparable talent. The battle of the Dragon King. The Legend of our Dragon King hereby begins.

"Watanabe!"
"father? How can I help you?"
"I was just told that my stupid grandson cut off the arm of one of the noble kids in the academy."
"ah, haha!! He did. But we knew that he was going to carry out such a thing."
"Yeah, I knew that already, this mission is very important, so I won't be scolding him as long as he manages the mission done."
"I received some good news for you as well. I only just got off the phone with Sosuke, and just like his brother Hirako, he managed to anger three different nobles in one mission."
"Did he discover anything in the factory?"
"no, just like the factory Hirako discovered. A lot of chemicals and broken guns that were used as a test or a prototype..."
"that's what I thought. That maniac Satsujishi Fukusaburu. We have to take him down. He is the most unpredictable kid out of the seven kids that are choices for the throne." 
"yes, I agree. He is someone we must deal with, but we can't do that if we know that he's got a way to mass-produce Denbukino souls and mix them with weapons to arm his soldiers with Denbukinos other than the original seventeen. It's a tremendous risk."
"We have got nine out of seventeen so far. the black hole is one of the strongest if used right and Akiru remains as the best choice for it, and Hirako was able to merge with two, so I think that Sosuke should receive one as well. once he gets back, tell him to come and meet me. I and Fukuya have prepared a gift for him."
On the other side of the world, a massive explosion was visible all across London. it's also the place where Sosuke Kozaki, the third son of Watanabe Kozaki and the older brother of Hirako was carrying out his mission. 
Sosuke was given a critical mission, which is to find out that the factories that were owned by Satsujishi Fukusaburu in London were used to mass-produce Denbukino souls as well. 
the Denbukino were souls that were extracted from several strong and extinct creatures and were sealed in weapons to help fight the war that took place in Japan thousand of years ago. the war that divided the country and the very same war that resulted in the Kozaki family losing its status as a noble family and more importantly it's right to be the next Royal family. 
the Denbukinos were confirmed to be a total of seventeen weapons, but when a spy of the Kozaki family who was able to infiltrate Satsujishi Fukusaburu house and was capable of finding out that Satsujishi is now able to produce weapons at the same level as the original Denbukinos, the Kozaki family had to change its plans. 
which is why the Kozaki family carried on the mission of saving Hideaki Hiromi, the father of Asuka Hiromi, and the person who is nicknamed The Mad Scientist who's more smart than mad. on top of that, he is the childhood friend of Watanabe Kozaki. 
there is enough evidence to prove that Hideaki is being forced to help Satsujishi produce those types of weapons. 
the Fukusaburu family is currently in a state of chaos. the succession war has taken place between the siblings and while not all of them are strong or a threat to the Kozaki family. Satsujishi is the most dangerous out of them. he is known to be a total psychopath who gets amusement from seeing others suffering. 
He was a monster, and Watanabe knew that the only way for them to win this war is by focusing on taking down the most vicious candidate for the throne. 
Watanabe sent Sosuke to find and destroy every factory that Satsujishi maintains around the globe. that massive explosion in London was indeed one of the factories being blown by Sosuke. 
Watanabe is preparing for an all-out war and there is a lot on the line, he was not going to take any chances. he wasn't going to lose, but neither was Satsujishi.

Fifty years ago, there was a massive war between seven noble families that wanted to steal the throne and rule Japan. That war is what shaped the earth into what it is now. The Kozaki family got kicked out of the seven noble families and their authority got evoked by the Fukusaburu family who's the current royal family. Filled with a sense of revenge, Watanabe Kozaki decides on turning his entire family into a family of mercenaries with two goals, stay alive and destroy the royal family. 

This story follows one of the five children of Watanabe Kozaki, Hirako Kozaki, and his adventure to regain back his family's place at the top of the world.

"Eye of Darkness, open!"
Shua~
Immediately, Han's right eye turned black, the power of the complete Heart of Darkness had enhanced his vision when using the Eye. Not only could he see farther, it was as if he could see through everything, being able to move past their external appearances and analyze their essence.
Metal wouldn't show any color under the power of the Eye, so the world was just covered in gray in Han's eye, like a black and white photograph.
Suddenly, Han found a dazzling purple figure. Though distant, it still could not escape Han's sharp eye of darkness.
"On our right-hand side! Quarter past three o'clock! Quick!"
The patiently waiting Ke Lake grabbed Han by the shoulder. He didn't just fly out, but shot out like a rocket!
The strongest flight descent, Celestial Dominator, full speed!
As the two strongest soldiers on Earth, no matter what monster was inside this relic, Han and Ke Lake were responsible to clear it out!
Even if this monster didn't go to find Han and Ke Lake, they will take the initiative and go find him!
Rumble~
The flight speed was too fast which resulted in a very violent sonic boom!
How was the Ke Lake right now still a person, he was just like a fighter jet flying at the speed of sound!
The distance drew near, and Han saw clearly that it was a very tall mineral mountain. Looks like this relic not only had a flagship production line, but also vast amounts of mineral mines. Upon closer inspection, the majority seems to have yet been mined.
That strange purple shadow was hidden inside that mountain!
"Dive and throw me out!" Han shouted to Ke Lake.
"Got it!"
Ke Lake loudly answered. When the distance was close, Ke Lake began his dive at high-speed and then forcefully pushed Han out.
Ke Lake's dive speed was already amazing, plus a hard push, the result was that Han was pushed out like a human cannon ball, blasting a shot out!
The right fist that contained the force of darkness was lifted up high.
Dark fist!
In terms of flight speed, it was very difficult for Ke Lake to find someone to compete with in this world.
But when it came to whose fist was hardest and most fierce, the title still belonged to Han's dark fist!
Rumble~
Then, a shockingly loud sound was heard, followed by the ground tremoring and mountains shaking!
Ke Lake's high-speed dive plus Han's Dark fist, the effect was actually comparable to a small nuclear bomb!
This huge mineral mountain actually collapsed immediately!
As for that human or monster thing inside that mountain, it didn't have time to react and was buried inside the collapsed mine!
Boom~
Han punched up, crushing the ores that were above him and climbed out from the ground.
Han's battle suit, the Elliptical Matrix, was actually very cleverly designed, not only could it deflect force from enemy attacks, it even lessened a lot of the impact from the falling rocks, so when Han climbed up from the ruins, he wasn't even hurt at all.
Ke Lake suddenly realized, when he was coordinating attacks with Han, the explosion power was amazing!
Ke Lake quickly flew to Han's side and asked in concern, "How did it go? Is he dead?"
Han shook his head, "At the last moment, that thing disappeared, he seems to be able to teleport."
"Teleport? The top tier power of Dimensional descent?" Ke Lake hesitated and asked.
Dimensional descent was a very strong super power, a top tier battle type. Any type of the dimensional descent espers were extremely difficult to deal with. No one wanted to face an opponent of the dimensional descent.
Han lowered his voice and said, "My vision is still not perfect, it can only find the location and the intensity of life, but it can't determine whether the opponent is a person or a monster."
"Look over there."
Ke Lake followed Han's eyes and looked over, they just saw that after the mountain collapsed, a huge open space was revealed, as well as a spherical building behind the mountain. It seems to be the gene factory.
In front of the factory, there were numerous dead bodies which seemed to be dead dark beasts.
Shua~
Ke Lake suddenly hesitated for a second and hastily pulled Han into the air.
Looking at this open space from the air, the tragic scene is quite creepy.
Millions of dark beasts were lying there, motionlessly, like an ocean of dead bodies.
Peng~
Ke Lake took Han and landed on the center of that open field, and they just saw that the dead bodies of these dark beasts were just like the mercenaries at the entrance, already air-dried. It was as if their life was sucked out by a vampire, the originally black skin after being air-dried became a gray color.
"The number is more than a million." Ke Lake said to Han in a lowered voice.
Han lightly nodded.
This was really an extremely scary relic. The dark beasts and mercenaries, just who were they killed by?
Ka~
The Eye of Darkness, open again!
The black right eye shot out black electro lights, and Han scanned the entire relic again!
"Where is he?!" Ke Lake clenched his fist and said.
Han said in a deep voice, "He's quite far from us, let's first just ignore this monster, and investigate the death of those dark beasts and the inside of that gene factory. Maybe we can find some clues."
Ke Lake agree with Han's judgement, if the enemy is a dimensional descent teleport esper, then as long as he wants to avoid fighting, then with Han and Ke Lake's speed and ability to capture, it will be impossible to catch him.
Instead of wasting energy, it's better to just do some investigation for now...
Boom~
Han violently punched open the entrance to the gene factory, and walked in with Ke Lake.
The gene factory was something temporary constructed by the prehistoric civilization before they left the Milky Way, so this building looked newer than all those other giant machines.
After all this was just a B-class relic. The gene factory level built here was a lot lower than the one Han saw in the A-19. After entering, they directly saw the dark beast processing apparatus. Numerous culturing vessels contained yellow solution but there were no dark beasts being synthesized right now.
Han slightly frowned, continued to walk forward and there were rows of huge sealed metal cans.
Boom~
Boom~
The dark fists broke open those sealed cans one by one, and they were empty.
Seeing this, Han frowned again.
"These cans are originally used to contain the raw materials needed to synthesize dark beasts, how are they all gone? Did this relic lose its power to manufacture dark beasts or something?" Ke Lake said.
Han looked at the empty gene factory, then looked at the dark beasts' bodies laying everywhere outside, and said in a deep voice, "I get it now, that monster deliberately used all the raw materials to manufacture dark beasts just to kill them later."
Ke Lake was shocked, "Why would he do that?"
Han said, "Because he needs to absorb the energy inside those dark beasts, just like those mercenaries that died at the entrance, they were killed because their energy was drained empty."
"So that means, that thing you couldn't kill earlier, is a vampire?"
"Might not be a vampire, but he definitely has similar properties with a vampire."
Han and Ke Lake became silent for a moment, Han lowered his voice and said, "This strange thing manufactured millions of dark beasts and then he absorbed their energy, and now he absorbed the energy of thousands of high level mercenaries."
"I'm guessing, he's not only cruel, but also very intelligent. The reason why he doesn't want to fight us, is because he's not sure that he can kill us."
"The absorbing power like a vampire plus the ability to teleport, I'm afraid that this time we are in big trouble."
With a sudden change in topic, Han lowered his voice and said to Ke Lake, "Do you trust me?"
"Of course, brothers work together, our power can break steel!"
"Then are you willing to put your life in my hands?"
Ke Lake hesitated for not even a second, and then resolutely said, "No problem! You tell me what to do!"
The end of Han's mouth lifted up slightly, and he said, "If we can't kill this monster, then we will troll him to death!"
......
At a place very far away from the gene factory, there was a person sitting on the giant furnace observing.
As least he looked like a person, the white faced devil, Han Wu.
But if anyone familiar with Han Wu saw this scene, they could certainly tell that something was off.
Han Wu had a pair of brown eyes, but now it had turned black. And if he was Han Wu, then he wouldn't be squatting on the ground like an animal and sticking his crimson red tongue out.
This guy that was in Han Wu's body had a very cold breath, his black eyes stared at the distance and observed every move from Han and Ke Lake.
No doubt, Han and Ke Lake were not easy to deal with, they were currently the strongest soldiers on Earth, with enough combat experience and chillingly powerful super powers.
Han was able to detect him with his Eye of Darkness and shatter a mountain with one punch. From that moment he learned that if he fought these two humans head-on, although he might not lose, but it's definitely not easy to win.
So, this guy that looked like Han Wu didn't make any reckless moves, but hide from afar and observe.
Suddenly, his expression became very confused. He saw that those two hard-to-deal-with humans were fighting each other. The shorter guy opened his mouth, and ate that flying tall guy!
Ate him?!
Shua~
Han Wu immediately teleported nearby Han, with about a few hundred meters in distance, he tilted his head and looked.
And at that moment, Han supported one hand on the ground, the other one over his chest, holding his trademark quirky defense stance.
He really ate him?!
Han Wu looked around, there was not a trace of scent of Ke Lake, it was like Ke Lake vanished.
AWOOOOO~
Han Wu roared at Han, and what came out was not the voice of a human. He seemed to be very angry.
Han looked up, saw the thing that looks very much like Han Wu, and said coldly, "You are angry?"
"I got it, you took over Han Wu's body, but then you realized, Ke Lake's body was even more perfect! That's why you kept delaying your moves, not because you are afraid of us, but because you don't want to damage Ke Lake's body and take it over later!"
"Now that I ate Ke Lake, that's why you are so angry!"
AWOOOOOOOOOOO~
Things were very clear now. Right now, what Han was facing was not Han Wu but a species that underwent genetic mutation! Not only was he evil, he could also take over humans' body!
Kacha~
Han just saw the monster pointing out a finger, and a white needle popped out of the finger. It was sharp, and radiating coldness.
"So that's what happened, your method of killing is using needles, no wonder there doesn't seem to be any wounds on the dark beasts' or the mercenaries' bodies."
"When Ke Lake and I were together, there was a threat to you, you still have some fear and that was why you didn't dare to make any moves."
"Now that I'm the only one left, you think I'm weak and you are not afraid anymore, so you don't even bother hiding yourself anymore."
That monster put out his head, and veins began popping up on his neck, and in a very deep hoarse voice he said, "Die. Die."
Obviously, this monster has not yet learned how to speak, the sound was like a chilly wind whistling past, completely unlike human voices.
The monster approached Han step by step, still tilting left and right as he walked, and that strange white needle bent in a very strange angle.
But Han still maintained his own unique defence stance, his left hand still pressing on his chest, but his right hand is already slowly opening.
"Extinction Domain, open!"
The surrounding air began to condense.
Han versus the relic ghost.
An imminent war!



When the last prodigy level esper on Earth disappeared, Earth was in deep trouble of becoming another species’ colony. The ordinary Han, with his intelligence and hardworking character, was able to make a fortune after “accidentally” stepping into the world of dark net, later purchasing an esper power crystal that brought him the ultimate power that changed the fate of the universe.
Dark net is a subset of the Deep Web that is not only not indexed by traditional search engines, but that also requires special tools like specific proxy or authentication to gain access. Dark net is not restricted by any law or morals, so the dark net market has everything that is prohibited by the law. Drugs, slaves, firearms, uranium, bioweapons, rare animals, human testing, assassination, and the list goes on. During the year of 2075 on Earth, Han Lang logged into the largest hyperspace dark net market, and our story begins.

Completed!

Qing Yun and Hong Ling were in an exclusive medical treatment center. Qing Yun reported the circumstances, and asked curiously, "Leader, who is that white haired guy? He almost killed us both."

"He isn't so reckless, that you're both still alive is proof of that. Since you asked, I might as well tell you. That guy can be considered part of our 7th squad, though an honorary member. Since he's already gotten involved, you two should come back…" The one on the phone was a bald man. He couldn't be said to look like a good guy, more like some gangster, because covering his entire head and ending past his eye at his cheek was a coiling dragon tattoo. This man with the strangely high voice, that was unconventional and unrestrained, was exactly the 7th squad's 9th leader, Ren Long.

Qing Yun hung up the phone, her face full of doubt. Honorary member? Since when was there such a position?

…

Ren Long leaned on his chair and stretched. He took the watermelon that his girlfriend had cut him and raised his head. "10,000 Souls' LinHai division will be having a headache dealing with this. That guy actually decided to move on his own. I bet they don't even know that because of a small branch's human trafficking operation, they provoked a monster. A genuine terrifying and ruthless monster. There will be a good show to watch."

…

The imperial capital, White Tiger District, in some courtyard. A feminine man with jade like skin looked at a picture of the last moments of the factory. He frowned as he looked at the white silhouette. "It's actually one of the 10 Commandments…"

He had a hesitant expression as he made a call. "Have all the followers in LinHai leave. Give up on LinHai."

"Why?" Said the voice on the phone.

"You don't want me to have to repeat myself…" The feminine man said coldly.

"I… Understood." The voice on the phone quivered.

…

In virtual reality, except for the game, there was a place many people went when it was time to sleep. It was like a second world. It allowed people to sleep and yet keep their consciousness at the same time. It used their dreams to allow them to enter the virtual world to do stuff like advancing their studies, communicate with others, or business transactions. Of course, there are still many people that sleep.

China Region, Virtual City, New HaiCheng, In some conference room.

In an old colosseum, in the middle was a big cross shape and a picture of a long python biting it's own tail. In the arena, around a circular table, were 9 shadowy figures. On the table were the roman numerals 1 to 10, and in front of each number was one of the shadowy figures. Except for one spot that was missing a person, the number VII (7).

"Silver Devil, that bastard didn't come again?" VIII (8) said looking beside him at the spot that was again empty. His voice was clear and bright.

"When has he ever come…" An lethargic voice came from IV (4).

"Don't mind him. The leaders of 10,000 Souls, and Salvation have been keeping a low profile lately. I want to know what they're doing. Hunting Flame, Ardent Wind, I'll leave this to you two. Everyone else pay a bit more attention to their activity. Try to quickly give me an answer…" I (1)'s voice sounded out, full of dignity.

"I got… " III (3) and IX (9) replied, one man and one woman.

"Meeting adjourned…" The 9 figures disappeared.

…

Next morning.

LinHai City College, on the rooftop of the third administration building.

"The dragon group is so efficient. We just found the factory and they've already taken care of it. Even 10,000 Souls pulled out everyone from LinHai in one night. Ren Long, that pervert personally came?" The middle aged man became astonished after receiving the report.

…

Somewhere else, Wu Na felt the warmth of the morning sun and leisurely awakened with a big yawn. She scratched at her messy hair and suddenly recalled last night's events. She quickly woke up and looked around her. Seeing that she was in her own home, she sighed in relief. She looked down and tugged on her pajamas. She started thinking, "How did I get changed? And I even showered? And the blanket is covering me so snuggly. Did he strip me?" Her face instantly became red. On her bedside cabinet was the dress and purse that Ye Cang and the guys had bought for her. She got up, walked to wards the bathroom, and looked in her laundry basket. Inside was yesterday's dress, covered in blood. There was even a small sticky note on it that said: "Wash it yourself."

"…" She didn't know what to say. She remembered that last night, he had killed someone. Although it was a bad guy, but if he was discovered by the police… She shook her head. It was to save her, so it was reasonable self defence! She quickly put on that light blue petal patterned dress, and stepped into a pair of high heeled sandals and rushed towards YueRong street.

As for the involved party: Ye Cang. He was with Lin le and Zhang ZhengXiong calmly eating breakfast like nothing had happened. He kept looking at his phone, reading a message. He raised his eyebrows and thought, "Oh~? There was a meeting yesterday. Well, who cares…" He shrugged and put it back in his pocket. He continued to drink soy milk and eat steamed dumplings1.

Lin Le ate big mouthfuls of steamed dumplings, afraid that he won't get enough. Zhang ZhengXiong was also wolfing them down. He thought of the food he might have to eat the next day and shivered.

Wu Na arrived at the three's apartment and saw Ye Cang being calm and carefree. He indifferently raised his hand to greet her. "Have a soy milk and calm your nerves."

Wu Na felt her heart become heavy. Calm your sister! With quick steps, she walked up to the balcony and quietly shouted, "You can still be relaxed and eat breakfast! Shouldn't you go to the police office and explain clearly? Although what you did was just, but what if the police are corrupt and use you as a scapegoat or something. Ah, what should we do if they do that!? I guess it's best not to go… Wait, you should still go. Or maybe don't go, the police aren't reliable. Recently there's been too many scandals."

Ye Cang watched Wu Na's start talking nonsense but still clearly worrying about him. He smiled and patted her shoulder. "About alerting the police, I've already taken care of it. There's no problem."

"Really!?" Wu Na asked happily.

"I have an acquaintance inside…" Ye Cang said. Wu Na nodded at his words. "Say so earlier! You scared me to death." Soon after, with some doubt, she asked, "Who is it?"

"Instructor Wang…" Ye Cang smiled.

Instructor Wang? Why was this name so familiar? She raised her eyebrows and chose to not overthink it. As long as it was settled, it was fine. Her stomach grumbled making her blush. She snatched the soy milk in Ye Cang's hand and started to drink it. Then she turned back to go inside and eat breakfast. Ye Cang turned to watch the morning sun. "In order to protect this place and A'Xiong, as well as you all, I had to make some compromises." He thought then shrugged and followed her back in. The four of them gathered together like a family as they laughed and chatted. The TV was playing the morning news which was reporting on what was discovered in the factory.

Year 24XX. With several hundred years of improvements, virtual reality has become more mature. It had gradually become humanity’s second world. Socializing, working, studying and other everyday things could all be done while sleeping.

Along with the rise in virtual reality systems, virtual games also developed successfully. Additionally, with the vigorous support of the government; every season, games continued to be born, be changed, competed with each other, and be reborn.

Ye Cang is a black bellied, underachieving, 2nd year student at a city college. He appears to have been cured of his albinism yet his story is still full of mystery. In the game ‘New Age – Conviction’, he began walking the path of a professional gamer. An all-rounder ranger, dark cooking, with a nasty disposition, willing to do anything. He’s slowly creating his own legend.

“Actually… instead of games, I prefer cooking and dramas” – The White Emperor

Author(s)

shifou keyi liuxia

Original Publisher

Qidian

As the second-class top monster, the gray monster's body is definitely valuable.

However, Lin Ze obviously can't pack such a monster into his backpack. At this moment, Lin Ze couldn't help thinking of the space rings in ancient Tang Guo novels, which are really necessary for practitioners.

Under such eschaton, for Transcendence One, the equipment with space storage function is also so precious.

Maybe someone woke up the power of the space system later, maybe it really can have such space storage equipment.

Regret to sigh with emotion, Lin Ze still can only be forced to squat down in the body, considering which part of the monster to cut off and take away.

Finally, Lin Ze cut off the gray monster's claws and a small piece of silvery skin tissue on the chest.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

After Lin Ze packed up and stood up, he found that as the gray monster was killed, the smoke outside the factory became lighter, and Lin Ze could see the outline of the building more clearly.

The direct result of this gray monster occupying the smoke area is that there are no other zombies or monsters in this area except him.

As far as Lin Ze could see, the whole area was empty. Only a dozen human bodies were scattered on the ground, which should be the "masterpiece" of this gray monster.

Looking at the quiet and ferocious factories in the distance, Lin Ze took a deep breath.

Those monsters invaded by different worlds have higher intelligence than infected zombies. They have basic class concepts of strength and weakness like beasts.

This gray monster is so powerful, but it still lingers outside the factory.

Lin Ze can be sure that there is definitely a more powerful monster than the grey monster in the depth of the factory!

Lin Ze looked at the factory shrouded by the invisible smell of death and felt the stronger smell of the nine-tailed fox in the mountain and sea manual. Lin Ze's heart was filled with invisible courage.

He clenched White Red Sword tightly and then grinned: "Monsters, wait for me."

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——

"Shout shout ..."

In the extremely dark factory building, the cold wind came from every corner and corridor like a miserable sob. Any normal person would feel a little terror in his heart and could not stay for another second.

Lin Ze slender figure came in from the corridor on the other side of the factory building.

At this point, he was carrying a backpack and a long sword with a red body in his hand. He walked slowly towards the inner passage.

"This factory is really strange everywhere. Soon after coming in, I have met three new kinds of monsters that I have never met."

Lin Ze looked around and said to himself.

He had been in the factory for about 10 minutes and met an armored Owlman and a bronzed beetle.

Fortunately, the two monsters are only the first-class top strength, Lin Ze to deal with effortlessly.

Killing these two monsters resulted in a total of 8 system credit, in addition to a pair of armored wings and golden insects that were cut off with great difficulty.

A little regret is that so far, Lin Ze has not found the kind of variation metal ore Ella needs.

Under such circumstances, Lin Ze can only continue to explore further, because this factory is not small in scale and there are many areas that have not been visited.

Judging from the two monsters just killed, Lin Ze found that they were all covered with metal shells and had a very strong defense.

Can let these types of monsters entrenched here, a high probability is that there are metal foreign bodies.

And just continue to explore before long, a strange cry suddenly reached Lin Ze's ear.

Eschaton has been here for so long. How can there be cries of human women in a factory occupied by more than one powerful monster?

Therefore, Lin Ze concluded that the cry was definitely not from a human.

Not even those low-level zombies, nor non-human monsters, but most likely very rare magic people!

In Fort Eide's military monster information book, Lin Ze saw that magic man, monster and zombie are different from each other, as if they came from different worlds and invaded Blue Star at the same time.

The magic man and zombie protozoa, although they have a similar human appearance, the magic man is more bizarre than zombie protozoa, far more than the strong fighting capacity of the body, but also has a variety of unimaginable ability.

When Fort Eide was invaded by the monster after the monster was repelled, the total number of magic human corpses collected from the battlefield was 20, and the data analysis available was very few.

But the devil is very dangerous, more difficult than zombies and monsters of the same grade, this is already a consensus.

Following the sound, Lin Ze walked forward step by step. Before long, he saw a figure sitting on the ground with his back to himself.

That is a woman.

A long head of hair with a hairpin attached to it, the figure is not graceful, can only be said to be relatively ordinary, but the voice of crying has the feeling that I still feel pity.

Hearing footsteps, the woman's cry slowed down gradually. It seemed that she wanted to turn around and tell people about her sadness.

But just as he turned his head slowly and was about to reveal his face, the whole movement suddenly stopped.

Because a long sword has been on his neck.

Lin Ze wrist holding hilt, slightly down, look cold way:

"Cry, why did you stop?"

Lin Ze and the magic man were so deadlocked that after a period of time, the weeping magic man's movements began to recover and had a slight swing again.

Its body remained motionless, but its neck just rubbed against White Red Sword and turned around bit by bit despite the blade penetrating into the skin.

The head turned 180 degrees and looked at Lin Ze straight.

At this time, Lin Zecai was able to see clearly the magic man.

Clearly from the back, the other party is a young woman, but this face is full of black ravines, like the devil in the abyss hideous and complete.

The magic man suddenly smiled at Lin Ze, hair sticking up, will turn into a needle attack Lin Ze.

But before it could attack, it suddenly let out a bitter stuffy hum.

"Stupid ..."

Lin Ze was amused by the magic man.

Because the devil turned around with his neck against White Red Sword, his skin was cut at that time.

The enchantment effect [Boiling Blood] on White Red Sword has come into effect at this time. Of course, the taste of this demon's blood burning gradually will not be pleasant.

This is not stupid.

"Die!"

Lin Ze's eyes suddenly became sharp. White Red Sword drew a blood shadow and cut off the magic man's head directly.

Swish, swish!

While the demon's head was still in the air, its hair actually carried out the previous attack.

Black hair like sharp arrows, Lin Ze will be poked into rags.

But Lin Ze's heart has long been on the alert.

He didn't care about White Red Sword on the neck at all. When he twisted his neck directly, he had already guessed that even if his neck was cut off, it wouldn't be a fatal injury to him.

When dealing with magic people, one must not take it for granted that their weaknesses are neck, heart, and other parts because they are similar to human structures.

So at the moment when the magic man uses his hair to launch a deadly attack, Lin Ze has already lit up the lightning arc one step ahead of time.

Woo!

The figure dodged ahead of time, perfectly avoiding the close stabbing of hair.

By the time the head was about to fall to the ground, Lin Ze had reached its side.

Hiss ~

In the darkness came the clear and audible sound of Lin Ze inhaling.

And then.

The magic man's head was shrouded by endless sword shadow.

When the end of the world came, monsters invaded, and human beings fell into the bottom of the food chain, becoming food rations for monsters and zombies. Lin Ze, who was in danger, received the Classic of Mountains and Rivers and was able to call out the fierce beasts in it to fight for himself. Since then, the most terrible mythical fierce beast legion in the last days was born. . . . .

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