Chapter 389: Nameless Shadow

Desolate, ruined, scarred everywhere.

When Yun Mu's consciousness cleared, this was the scene that met her eyes.

On a battlefield somewhere unknown, smoke filled the sky, and rotting, foul-smelling corpses were everywhere.

She stood alone on this land of death, like a ghost that had appeared out of thin air.

Where is this?

She subconsciously wanted to ask aloud, but was surprised to find she could not speak at all, as if the vocal organs in her body had vanished.

And just as she felt puzzled, a familiar voice appeared within her body, answering this question for her.

"This is the border of the Ancient Heling Empire, a battlefield left behind after the army led by the God of War and Thunder, Helington, galloped through."

The voice of the Sheep Spirit emerged from the depths of her heart.

"The border of the Ancient Heling Empire?" Yun Mu was very confused: "How did I end up here?"

"." After a brief silence, the Sheep Spirit answered her: "This is the place where I was born."

"What you see is the memory of the Wuming shadow from the past."

Does Wuming shadow refer to the God of Hunting and Death before he became a god?

Yun Mu was lost in thought.

"In other words, this is your memory?" she asked the Sheep Spirit in her heart.

"Correct."

The Sheep Spirit paused, explaining concisely: "The Wolf and I were struck by the backlash of that Curse and can only hide within your body for now."

"That Curse stirred up some past events, but as long as we hide within your soul, the Wolf and I will not be affected."

"Go and witness it, the past of that Wuming shadow; when the Curse dissipates, everything will return to normal."

The Sheep Spirit's voice seemed to grow more and more distant, soon dissipating completely.

Leaving only Yun Mu standing there, looking bewildered.

Simply put, as long as she patiently waits for the Curse to fade, she should be able to leave this place.

Yun Mu translated the Sheep Spirit's words in her heart and roughly understood what the other party meant.

So she just needs to stand here? She looked around; her body didn't feel like it was out of her control, which was a bit strange.

She had thought she was experiencing the memories of the Sheep Spirit and the Wolf from a first-person perspective, but it didn't seem to be the case now.

Aside from not being able to speak, she seemed no different from a living person.

After walking around casually for a while, Yun Mu found a mirror inside the clothing of a corpse.

It was a bronze mirror with a metallic luster on its surface; come to think of it, that made sense, as glass probably hadn't been invented in this era yet.

As for why this corpse would carry a bronze mirror onto the battlefield while alive, who knows.

Yun Mu held the bronze mirror and looked; the person reflected in the mirror was herself, not some other monster or demon.

What, you ask what she means by monsters and demons? Yun Mu doesn't know~ Putting the bronze mirror away, she picked a direction at random and headed forward.

After all, staying here wasn't a solution; she had to see what was in the surroundings, or if there was anything she could do.

At the very least, it was better than standing there blankly.

However, what she didn't expect was that after she walked a distance forward, a phantom suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

How should she describe the feeling that phantom gave her? Anger, indifference, sorrow, hatred, fear, madness—it was hard to imagine so many emotions could be condensed into that small phantom.

Yun Mu hesitated slightly, but still walked up to it.

Only after getting close did she see through the ominous Black Fog that the figure shrouded within was actually a Young Girl wearing a linen robe.

Yes, a Young Girl.

A Young Girl with two side pigtails, sallow and emaciated, with hair and pupils that were both a pale brown.

Her eyes were vacant, looking as if she had lost her soul.

And the mass of Black Fog shrouding her—Yun Mu frowned; these mists gave her a familiar feeling, just like, just like the Curse that the God of Beastkin had been tainted with! She remembered now; this Evil feeling was exactly the same as what she had felt on the God Bone of the God of Beastkin earlier.

Only, this was mixed with many other things, including the emotions she had felt earlier.

The Curse and those negative emotions were like a stewed, mushy hodgepodge tangled together, so thick that it was hard to distinguish the specific ingredients.

So what exactly was going on here? The Young Girl in front of her looked completely unconscious, and the Black Fog mixed with the Curse and negative emotions was tangled together, making no sound at all.

Coupled with the fact that Yun Mu couldn't speak now, the atmosphere at the scene was truly a bit... quiet.

Yun Mu raised her hand and waved it in front of the Young Girl, but the other party had no reaction.

It seemed she was either truly unable to see, or she had no consciousness.

Rubbing her chin in thought for a moment, Yun Mu decided to search the vicinity again to see if there was anything else worth noting.

After about half an hour had passed by her internal clock—"It seems there is nothing else," thought Yun Mu, who had already searched the entire area.

Through this period of exploration, she discovered that her range of movement was limited.

It was roughly centered on the Young Girl in front of her, and at a distance of about five hundred meters, she would be blocked by a dark gray wall.

And within this five-hundred-meter radius, aside from corpses, she basically couldn't see anything else.

The sky was obscurely blocked by smoke and dust, and nothing could be seen; Yun Mu couldn't even find the shadow of the sun, but miraculously, even without sunlight, the visibility in this area was not low.

It was as if the air itself were glowing.

So, what should she do next?

Yun Mu sat squatting in front of the Young Girl, feeling a bit troubled.

The Sheep Spirit told her to Wait patiently, but was patience really all that was needed for the current situation? Yun Mu was very confused.

Feeling somewhat bored, she poked the Young Girl's cheek lightly with her finger... the texture was similar to a real person, though it felt a bit cool.

As she was thinking random thoughts, suddenly, the Black Fog in front of her began to stir restlessly!

Before Yun Mu could react, these mists rushed into her mind all at once.

Fragments of shattered memories surged into her mind.

"Kill!" An unknown Warrior held a long sword, skillfully parried an opponent's attack, and then thrust the Blade into the other's heart.

However, just as he was searching for his next target, an arrow suddenly pierced through his eyeball.

The scene shifted; a young man with a severed arm struggled in pain on the ground, the constant loss of blood and the Fear of death making his entire body icy cold.

Warriors, civilians, believers, children—countless memory fragments collided in Yun Mu's mind. If nothing went wrong, these were all memories of people who had died on this battlefield.

【You have received the memories of the 【Unknown Wraith lv45 (Expert)】, your Will +1.】 All kinds of ways to die, various thoughts before Near Death, and even the pain itself were transmitted to Yun Mu.

This feeling was truly unpleasant, but she was, after all, a Transcendental who had experienced much; as for whether she could endure it, that was not a problem.

However, these were clearly not the point; the point should be what these memories represented and why these memories were mixed into that Black Fog.

And the memories of these people near death on the battlefield were enough to explain why that mass of Black Fog was condensed with so many emotions.

"Unknown Wraith..." Although she could not speak, Yun Mu could recite this term in her heart.

The Unknown Wraith mentioned by the Game Panel, if nothing went wrong, should be—Yun Mu focused her attention on the Young Girl in front of her.

Although she still looked dull and vacant, for some reason, she felt that something about the other party had become different.

It was as if she had suddenly 'come alive'—before Yun Mu could think much more, the scene before her eyes twisted again.

After a short while, she arrived in a dense forest she did not recognize at all.

"Where is this?"

Still unable to speak, Yun Mu looked around in confusion.

"I like the scent here!" The Wolf appeared beside Yun Mu at some point, baring its teeth as it shouted at her.

Yun Mu was startled by this guy's sudden appearance, but she quickly reacted, wanting to ask why the other party had appeared here.

But she could not speak now, and her inner thoughts did not seem to be able to be transmitted like she had communicated with the Sheep Spirit before.

However, the Wolf did not seem to have any intention of communicating with her.

"I smell that guy's scent!" It flew toward a direction without looking back, leaving only a pitch-black silhouette for Yun Mu.

Seeing this, Yun Mu could only hurriedly follow.

After passing through a rugged mud road and crossing a clear river, Yun Mu successfully saw the familiar phantom in a bush.

By the way, while passing the river, she also saw her current appearance in the clear flowing water.

Well, there was no change from before, but because the bronze mirror she had been carrying in her bosom was gone, Yun Mu had taken a special look while passing by.

Back to the matter of the phantom; after passing through the bush, Yun Mu found that the Wolf's figure had disappeared without a trace.

Left here was only that familiar Black Fog, and the Young Girl shrouded by the Black Fog.

The Young Girl still looked like she had no consciousness, and even the trace of 'aliveness' that had been revealed after Yun Mu dispersed the Black Fog earlier had been eliminated.

Once bitten, twice shy; she could probably guess what to do.

Thus, Yun Mu decisively reached out her finger and poked the Young Girl's cheek.

Just like last time, the originally silent Black Fog became restless again, and then poured into Yun Mu's body all at once.

This time the memories were much more chaotic and complex; besides the memories of those near death, there were actually some more—hiss, is this an Elf?

Is this a Dragon? The war between the Elves and the Elemental Dragons caused a large number of ghosts to be born on this land.

And this also attracted the attention of a certain nameless ghost... In the memories, Yun Mu saw with her own eyes the scene of the nameless ghost hunting the souls of those Elves and Elemental Dragons.

And in those memories, she also perceived how chaotic the state of the nameless ghost itself was.

The other party's memories seemed to be constantly slipping away, and every time it successfully hunted a soul, it would absorb a portion of the other's memory fragments.

These memories were mostly scenes seen and thought of before Near Death, but sometimes they were also scenes that had left the deepest impression during their lifetime.

And the lifespans of Elves and Elemental Dragons were very long, so even shattered memory fragments far exceeded the life of most mortals.

It just so happened that this was the period when the Dragon God Roderick devoured the roots of the Elven Ancient Tree, and the Elf Dragons and the Elves were at odds.

This attracted the nameless ghost, which was very hungry for memories.

As a 'monster' that didn't even know who it was and could only rely on absorbing a large number of wraith memories to maintain its sanity, there was nothing more attractive than the souls of these Elves and Elemental Dragons with long memories.

【You have received the memories of the 【Unknown Wraith lv86 (Champion)】, your Will +2.】 Is it already a Champion this time? Yun Mu recalled that when the Game Panel displayed information last time, this ghost girl was still at the Expert level.

But thinking about it, if she didn't have Champion-level strength, how could she have taken down those Elves and Elemental Dragons' souls? "Ah!"

As the Black Fog receded, the Young Girl in front of Yun Mu regained her sanity. Upon seeing her, the other party seemed to be startled, and let out a soft cry of surprise.

However, she quickly reacted and circled around Yun Mu with some confusion.

"..."

Yun Mu endured the Young Girl's gaze; although she had questions in her heart, it was clear that she could not speak now.

"Can you see me?" After confirming that Yun Mu's gaze remained on her, the Young Girl asked with some surprise.

Although she could not speak, Yun Mu could still move, so she nodded.

"Great!" The Young Girl who received the answer seemed very happy.

However, the next second, the expression on her face suddenly became much gloomier.

"Only living people near death can see me... You are going to die soon!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the expression on her face changed again; the Young Girl smiled and raised her hands: "But please rest assured, I will not attack living people."

"So you don't have to be afraid now~"

"I'll eat you after you die!" The Young Girl's expression changed again.

It could be seen that her mental state was very abnormal.

No, for her, this might already be considered normal; after all, before devouring the Elves, the other party didn't even possess so-called linguistic communication or expressions and emotions.

As for her current state... it was probably dominated by the memory fragments of a devoured Elf.

Yun Mu analyzed silently in her heart.

The surrounding scene became blurry and distant again; the Young Girl in front seemed to notice something and hurriedly reached out to grab Yun Mu's sleeve, but ended up grabbing nothing, touching nothing at all.

After a long while, the Young Girl murmured with a sense of loss: "We will meet again, won't we?"

Opening her eyes once more, Yun Mu, already familiar with the process, chose to observe the surrounding environment first.

This place looked like some medieval town, with tall, Heavy city walls firmly wrapping the city up.

Yet, even within such a city that appeared impregnable, Yun Mu felt the dense aura of death permeating the air.

It seems this is another place riddled with death.

(End of this chapter)