Chapter 68

The high-pitched bell ringing that sounded in an instant enveloped the entire city.

When it unceremoniously ate up all the scattered spiritual quality in this Rift Realm in one breath, visible ripples of spiritual quality expanded from the bell tower in all directions.

And so, the earth shook and the mountains swayed!

Ji Jue grabbed Little Niu Ma in a daze, struggling to maintain stability amidst the tremors, only to see the shattered ruins around him actually recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye!

As if time were flowing backward.

Dust danced and rose, peeled-off stones flew back to their original positions, the disintegrated skylight mended again, and it was even more complex and gorgeous than before.

Everything was changing rapidly.

Generally speaking, excellent workshops, in addition to control in various aspects, basically have a set of complex instruction sets gathered from underlying commands covering all aspects.

Over time, under the revision and addition of generations of Artisans, it becomes increasingly complex and changeable, gradually able to handle more complex situations and chaos.

Sometimes, it makes people feel that it is as flexible and changeable as a living thing.

Even more so, going a step further, it is directly endowed with a soul.

Among the legendary workshops that exist in the world, each one has unparalleled achievements in the directions they are good at, and even the workshop itself is a creation composed of multiple Heavenly Works!

Now, in this workshop that covers the entire Rift Realm and has experienced four hundred years of wind, frost, rain, and snow, the established instructions have been activated.

The degree of damage is too high, so it self-repairs!

The workshop will extract scattered spiritual quality, convert all backup energy, and readjust the internal environment of the workshop to the preset values and appearance.

——Reshaping!

It's just that such a massive scale is, inevitably... too exaggerated!

Through the strange glass in front of him, Ji Jue could see that time in the entire city seemed to be flowing backward, countless invisible hands controlling everything, mastering everything, and rebuilding the entire world.

The collapsed high-rise buildings rose from the ground again, the shattered corpses mended again, the withered and dead plants returned to life, and even the dark clouds above the sky dissipated without a trace.

The disordered stars returned to their original positions, disappearing along with the night sky, and the dazzling sunlight shone down.

And at the end of the sky, the originally broken solemn high tower also seemed to have returned to its original state, blooming with light.

On the street, people were flowing like weaving again, so noisy.

It was as if a god's finger pointed, causing everything that had collapsed to return to its original state.

It's just... there seemed to be some errors with the design drawing.

In the four hundred years of time, I don't know how many times it has been rebuilt and repaired, errors and errors have constantly overlapped, errors and errors have constantly magnified, and in the end, it has become the scene before the eyes that seems normal but is extremely strange.

The buildings that should have been straight were twisted, the bottom seemed to be a building, the top turned into mountains, and there was actually a waterfall flowing down. The graceful girl strolling on the street was so beautiful, but she had four eyes on her face, and the third leg behind her buttocks was swinging and twitching unintentionally. In her hand, she was holding something that kept wriggling like a dog.

The road order was orderly, but if you distinguish carefully, there were too many settings and furnishings that were difficult to understand.

It's just like AI drawing has become popular in recent years. In a world that is so peaceful at a glance, there are too many details that make people's hair stand on end.

"Who, who, who, who are you?"

Under the originally collapsed bricks and stones, the broken limbs were reorganized, and when they got up again, they turned into a well-dressed man, examining the people who shouldn't have appeared in the mansion: "Le, le, le, leave, otherwise I'm going to call the po, po, po—"

On his face, two mouths were speaking in a chaotic manner, but suddenly stopped in place, as if lagging. Words that were difficult to understand kept popping out, and in the end, as if he had lost his soul, he fell into a daze.

No reaction at all.

"Brother Sphere, what's going on?" Ji Jue picked up the Ghostly Work Sphere.

【Hey, out-of-control error, no one has managed it for hundreds of years, do you still want it to have no bugs at all?】

The Ghostly Work Sphere mocked: 【The times have changed. In modern alchemy, workshop repairs must introduce correction values and reference blueprints and predetermined drawings... Heaven knows where the problem is.】

It said: 【Hurry up, kid, the opportunity is here!】

The sudden change, even a blind man could feel it.

At this moment, the anomaly of the bell tower had already attracted the attention of I don't know how many outsiders, and anyone who still had legs was running here. Even faster than Ji Jue and the others.

A few figures came and went, and they had already arrived around the bell tower.

Seeing that no one had arrived yet, someone jumped up and pounced directly toward the bell tower... and then, slammed head-on into an invisible wall, and was quickly burned into charcoal by the thunder and fire that erupted from the wall.

Tragic screams and shouts fell along with the dust.

Making I don't know how many onlookers' hair stand on end.

【See that? This is the end of being stubborn.】

The Ghostly Work Sphere sneered: 【Even when people put jewelry at home, they know to buy a safe. Do you really think the workshop's defense measures don't exist? You kid, learn a lesson, don't touch what you shouldn't touch, don't touch what you shouldn't touch, you know?】

The first person who wanted to eat crab died before everyone's eyes, bringing a brief deterrence, but it couldn't stop the Awakened who had many tricks.

Ji Jue and An Ran lay by the window, eating melons and watching the scene at the bell tower.

Someone directly dragged a few stiff passersby from the street and threw them toward the barrier, and the firelight flashed and dissipated. After realizing that all objects attempting to approach from high altitude would trigger protection, those with quick brains plucked up the courage and walked directly from the ground.

Step by step, cautiously.

All onlookers subconsciously held their breath.

It wasn't until he touched the door that he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

And then, that person was broken into two pieces.

Behind the huge door of the bell tower, a sharp blade as thin as paper slashed down silently, sweeping past... slashing the smile in half from the center.

Blood color sprayed out.

"Damn, so violent!" Ji Jue gasped: "This mustard-flavored shrimp strip tastes good, Little An, do you want to try it?"

"Cucumber-flavored potato chips are so bad."

An Ran asked cautiously: "Can I throw them away?"

"How could there be such a thing?" Ji Jue was shocked, and finally remembered Ye Chun, who had sneaked snacks into his bag before leaving, and was suddenly furious.

You lazy dog, how dare you poison your junior like this?

After leaving the Rift Realm, I'll hand in the thesis I finished rewriting a few days ago! This time, you won't even have a share of the second authorship! Just wait to hold your homework that only has three hundred words at the beginning and cry...

Boom!!!

When the bullets and explosives blew the bell tower's door into powder, a huge and burly figure slowly emerged from the darkness, and the shadow behind him closed the door.

And the hunched figure shrouded in a black robe slowly unfolded four arms, pulling out knives and swords of different styles. On the blades, there was rust, covered in serrations.

It was as if it had been in disrepair for a long time, and even the ugly and ferocious mask had peeled off and faded.

Faintly revealing the gears and mechanisms behind it.

But the movements were incredibly fast, galloping like a shadow, sweeping across the square. In an instant, all the intruders were lying dead on the spot, and there wasn't even one who could resist.

"Boss, this is a tough nut to crack."

Returning Knight Commander Si Lan gasped: "Are you sure you want to attack?"

"For now, this is the only way." Lou Feng squeezed the sound out of his teeth: "I know this request is excessive, but there is no other choice."

"There are already relevant clauses in the contract, I have no opinion."

Si Lan was silent for a moment and said slowly: "However, given the difficulty of the opponent, I hope you can add an extra portion of reward for this operation."

"I'll give double."

Lou Feng answered decisively.

Thus, the two shook hands, and it was a deal.

Outside the square, after the gathered Returning Knights looked at each other, they unloaded the burdens and supplies on their bodies and quickly put on thick armor for each other.

The ghosts and gods in Central Plains mythology were inscribed on that thick armor, gradually covering every inch of skin.

Wisps of scarlet blood energy emerged from the gaps in the armor, lingering and drifting, gathering in one place, and actually gradually produced a thick red mist.

Struggle, slaughter, duel, killing, war.

This is the domain of the Great Group.

Following the path of the Great Group is the process of turning oneself into a force of destruction.

The knights loyal to the Red King received the blessings of the Great Group, war like bacteria, spreading and uncontrollable. In the endless struggle, blood energy and life gathered, inscribed on the glory of the winner.

Dozens of Returning Knights were enough to summon the gift of the 【Bacterial Group】.

The horn was blown.

A six-legged giant horse appeared from the void, came obediently to the knights' side, and they flipped onto it. And in the hands of the knights, what appeared was an exaggerated spear over nine meters long.

The flag of the Blood State was displayed here, and the Awakened who had destroyed the White State and the White King in the past showed the power of the Great Group here.

"This victory, sacrifice to the Red King!!!"

Si Lan's roar was like thunder, the knight on the giant horse took the lead and rushed out. Behind him followed only a dozen or so iron cavalry, but they were as vast as a running river.

Fiercely, they challenged the guardian left by the sage.

Amidst the thunderous sound of iron hooves, the iron flow collided with the giant, pure power collided, shadows shook, and blood energy boiled.

Amidst the fierce siege of the knights, the war of life and death began!

"Do you have to be so exaggerated?"

Behind the window, Ji Jue was dumbfounded, denouncing the decline of the world and the loss of ancient hearts. You guys can't bully the few with the many!

Especially when seeing that the guard who walked out of the bell tower was faintly suppressed...

It's broken, is it going to be taken down by this kid Lou Feng?

Should I, deal a ruthless blow... fire a cold shot?

But the Returning Knights were experienced after all. Even when fighting against strong enemies, several knights still roamed around, vigilant against attacks hidden in the dark, and even Lou Feng was protected without a leak.

It was a picture of loving drops more than loving the boss, both hands grabbing and both hands being hard to death.

Steady and steady, never taking risks.

Professional, too professional...

For a time, with Ji Jue's shallow experience in sneaking around, he felt a bit numb and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that I can only wait for them to both suffer."

【Ah?】

The Ghostly Work Sphere was puzzled: 【Why not go in directly?】

"Ah?" Ji Jue was confused.

【Just, go in directly!】

The Ghostly Work Sphere asked directly: 【Why are people so stupid as to go head-to-head with defense programs? Just go in through the back door, anyway, with me here, the workshop's detection program can't find where you are.

Do you really have to wait for Mercury to come alive, open the door, and invite you in for a cup of tea without an invitation?】

As it spoke, faint light was released, covering the two people and one cow-horse. By the way, a guiding map was projected on the sphere, including the hidden entrance on the back of the lighthouse, and a recognition circuit so complex that it dazzled Ji Jue—a fake key disguised as normal permission.

The key is here, and the entrance is marked for you.

It was just short of breaking Ji Jue's legs and sending him in directly.

【So, what the hell are you still doing here?】

The Ghostly Work Sphere urged: 【Let's go!】