Chapter 2985

Su Xiao sat on the stone bench by the street, not far away, a vagrant lay wrapped in a piece of torn cloth, the point being, his body would occasionally twitch.

In front of this vagrant, a sturdy man in a fine hemp shirt was squatting there, he held a knife nearly forty centimeters long in his hand, the blade sharpened to a keen edge, the handle wrapped in bloodstained cloth strips.

This sturdy man had been squatting there for a while, he seemed impatient with waiting, in front of him, the vagrant wrapped in the torn cloth would occasionally twitch.

Suddenly, the vagrant sat up, he stared blankly for a moment, then the expression on his face twisted, he bared his dry yellow teeth, saliva sprayed from between his teeth, black lines appeared on his face, spreading along his face to his neck.

Seeing this, the sturdy man grabbed the vagrant's hair with one hand, and pressed the knife in his other hand to the vagrant's neck, and slashed hard.

With a swish, blood spurted, the throat-slashed vagrant seemed to feel no pain, and with one hand reached for the sturdy man's face.

The sturdy man pressed the vagrant to the ground, what showed in his eyes was not cruelty, but numbness, as if he had long been used to this scene before him.

"Old brother, I'm helping you get free, it'll be fine soon, my knife is very sharp."

The sturdy man said while speaking, a knife stabbed into the vagrant's back.

"Just endure a bit more, endure a bit more, it'll be fine soon."

As the sturdy man spoke, the violently struggling vagrant gradually lost strength, his cloudy pupils gradually returned to brown.

"It seems I... am corrupted, many, many thanks."

After saying this, the vagrant lost strength, careful observation would reveal, in his splattered blood, there was a kind of black energy threads throughout, as the vagrant died, the black threads in the blood gradually evaporated, drifting in the air.

Su Xiao witnessed the whole scene, ancient god, corruption, liberation, willpower determination, these keywords linked together, it was a very significant matter.

If Su Xiao's guess is true, the ancient god encountered this time is much more troublesome than imagined, the natives of this world only need a moment's lapse in will, and they may be corrupted by the ancient god's energy, their will turning into that of a frenzied beast, controlling the body to attack everything within sight.

"That's right, this damned world is just like this, after I entered this world, I have already undergone more than a dozen willpower determinations, but as long as one is a contractor, one can pass this determination."

The voice came from beside Su Xiao, Su Xiao turned his head to look, seeing a girl wearing a miner's hat, with a miner's shovel hanging at her waist, one hand on her hip, her appearance was not particularly pretty, there were some freckles on her face, overall she looked full of youthful vitality.

"Don't look at me like that, when in Rome, do as the Romans do, I am a worker, you can call me Baiyang."

The female worker Baiyang also sat on the long stone bench, began to look around, after confirming there were no suspicious people, she took out a metal rod half a meter long.

"This is the receiver for the hidden marker, simply put, when the two sides trade, you can use this to detect the trading location, the hidden coordinates are formed by spacetime power, they can exist for twenty days, if the two sides do not trade within twenty days, then there's nothing to be done."

Baiyang handed the receiver over, Su Xiao said nothing, just took it.

"Brother die, why aren't you speaking."

"..."

"You don't want to speak?"

"..."

"The Reincarnation Paradise sent over a cold guy, but we don't need to cooperate, I've already completed my mission."

Baiyang is in a good mood, but this is a chatterbox.

"Have you seen the ancient gods in this world?"

Su Xiao confirmed, there are ancient gods in this world, but some things he temporarily cannot figure out.

"Huh? You spoke, you really spoke."

Baiyang obviously has a bit of a nervous disposition, at this time she is swaying her body left and right, observing Su Xiao from all directions.

"..."

"So quick to detect ancient gods, not bad, no wonder you were chosen to invade the world."

"I've slaughtered a few."

"Eh~, well, you're fierce, don't provoke this world's ancient gods, the situation here is super complicated, also, when you see corrupted people or animals, kill them immediately, this world's animals are very wonderful, many are intelligent, and can communicate normally, just that, goodbye."

After saying this, Baiyang stood at the edge of the bench, then leapt up, hands outstretched, landing steadily.

"Woof."

The arriving Bubu Wang barked, Amu and Bahar were also there, as for Bennie, she should also be nearby.

【Entering World; Dark Star World.】

World Difficulty: Lv. 55~Lv. 76

Location: Dark Star Continent·Old Royal Capital·Talo

World Source; 0%.

World Introduction; Do not be deceived by appearances, what you firmly believe in may be the beginning of evil.

【Dark Star Era·259 Year: Humans, beasts, and insects coexisted peacefully, with occasional conflicts, but not enough to spark war, after all, all intelligent beings believed in the Mother Goddess, she who nurtured all things as a divine spirit.】

【Dark Star Era·709 Year: Times changed, civilization advanced, humans built stone cities on the plains, beasts created homes in the forests, even insects established their own civilizations underground, the three sides often traded, maintaining peace through mutual restraint, but at some point, not so many beings believed in the Mother Goddess anymore.】

【Dark Star Era·1198 Year: This was the most beautiful era, humans followed their king, the Light King, beasts revered their great sage, insects were ruled, ruled by the Spider Queen, but it was only rule, not oppression, insects still busied themselves daily, diligently building their underground kingdom.】

【Unknown when, disaster quietly descended, all humans, beasts, and insects remember that year, that is Dark Star Era·1207 Year, the Ancient God descended upon this world, the first to disappear was the warmth of sunlight, humans' grand architecture began to decay, forests withered, insects' underground kingdoms collapsed over large areas, resources gradually became barren, but this was not yet the most terrifying.】

【Dark Star Era·1214 Year: Several years passed, the warriors who fought the Ancient God were countless, but…… no one saw that Ancient God, anyone who dared to step into its territory had their consciousness frenzied, souls twisted, bodies mutated, battle? No, they fundamentally lacked the qualification to battle it.】

【Dark Star Era·1215 Year: The Ancient God was enraged, sent down disaster, all beings wherever they were would be corrupted by the god's consciousness, humans, beasts, and insects reached the brink of collapse, at their most desperate moment, the Mother Goddess appeared, engaged in a death battle with the Ancient God, but, the Mother Goddess lost, over half her body was corrupted, nearly fell.】

【Dark Star Era·1215 Year: The human leader, the Light King, entered the forbidden land, accompanied by the beasts' revered great sage and the Spider Queen, this was the second declaration of war against the Ancient God, and also to rescue the Mother Goddess.】

【The plan to rescue the Mother Goddess ultimately succeeded, at the cost of the Light King losing both arms, the great sage could no longer hear nature, the Spider Queen became violent and ferocious, sometimes even mad.】

【The Mother Goddess set aside her lofty dignity, she proposed a plan, this plan was, she would unite with humanity's strongest, the Light King, to produce offspring, then, using the great sage's knowledge, raise this offspring as a vessel, to seal the Ancient God within the vessel.】

【Dark Star Era·1219 Year: The vessel was born, he was the offspring of humanity's strongest and the divine spirit, he should have stood above all spirits, but he had no emotions, no self, not even a name, he was merely a vessel, even before birth he bore the mission, to seal the Ancient God.】

【Merely having the vessel was not enough, the Ancient God was too powerful, besides the vessel, a 'chain' was still needed, to reinforce the seal a second time, the Light King, the great sage, and the Spider Queen became this 'chain', they used their souls as the 'chain', entwined around the vessel's exterior.】

【The seal… succeeded, the Ancient God was sealed within the vessel, corruption ceased, so everyone praised the Mother Goddess, the Light King, the great sage, and the Spider Queen, yet no one remembered the vessel.】

【Dark Star Era·1657 Year: Several hundred years passed, everything returned to calm, even forgotten, until this day, cracks appeared on the vessel, again intelligent beings were corrupted, fortunately, compared to several hundred years ago, now only needing to keep will firm, with no fear of the Ancient God in heart, one would not be corrupted by the Ancient God, the Ancient God still has not broken free.】

【Disagreements arose between the Light King, the great sage, and the Spider Queen, they had persisted for several hundred years, perhaps in the near future it will be their limit.】

Mother Goddess: Asleep.

Light King (representing humanity): Advocates retraining the vessel, for a second seal against the Ancient God.

Spider Queen (representing the insects): Advocates opening the vessel, gathering all strength, to fight the Ancient God to the death, to completely annihilate the Ancient God.

The Great Sage (representing the beasts): Advocates stabilizing the situation, observing calmly, and maintaining neutrality at all times.

【The world, begins.】

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