Chapter 3590: The World of Stories

Those supplies that could be turned into toys were all turned into toys by Xia De and put away, while supplies such as potions and alchemical items were taken by everyone.

The floor that was originally covered with items was soon left with only the feet of everyone standing. After confirming that all items were brought, Miss Luo Wa Lei even felt some reluctance when looking at the fireplace that was still burning. This was somewhat like when she was a young blood-kin and hid in a stone coffin in an ancient castle to play hide-and-seek with her companions, but she still had to go home when dawn came.

But she soon dispelled this thought and asked Xia De again:

"Everyone has matches, but we only have three lamps. How do you plan to distribute them?"

"Now you and Miss Ke En Si are both wounded. Once we encounter danger, I have to be responsible for fighting. These three lamps are not suitable for holding during combat, so the lamps will be held by the three of you, and Wen Ni and I will just stand in the light."

He also knew that the witches didn't particularly trust Wen Ni, so he didn't suggest letting that ice-crystal girl hold a lamp.

Everyone accepted this arrangement. Everyone finally thanked the shrine in the corner of the room together, and Xia De said:

"Then let's go. If there are no accidents, we won't come back."

"But I still don't understand why there would be this safe room in this hotel."

The light created by the three lamps was large enough, and after entering the elevator, the elevator was large enough for five people to stand together.

During the time the elevator reached the 39th floor, no one spoke. After the elevator stopped steadily and Xia De prepared to push the door, Miss Ke En Si handed the 【Dawn of Daybreak】 in her hand to him.

She didn't say anything, but Xia De understood what she meant.

Just like when they came last time, although it was a higher floor, the 39th floor seemed safer than the 10th floor.

The corridor was pitch black, but there were no strange smells or traces here, and the temperature and humidity were also normal. It was just that the location of the stairwell still needed everyone to explore left and right, but the group did not separate because of this.

"Let's go to the left first."

Xia De said. After passing six doors in total on the left and right, seeing that the stairwell had not yet appeared, they turned back to explore the right side. But just at this moment, clear and panicked footsteps came from the darkness in front of the corridor.

Everyone stopped immediately. Xia De held his sword and held his breath, waiting. Ten seconds later, the footsteps entered the range illuminated by the torch held high by Miss Ke En Si, and then Xia De saw that it was a giant sphere.

What constituted that pale sphere were countless souls that had been curled up and compressed together. These souls opened their mouths and wailed silently on the surface of the pale sphere. And below this sphere, it was connected to a pair of human legs.

"Hmm? What is this thing?"

The firelight only slowed down the movement speed of this strange thing instead of making it retreat. It attacked the group without hesitation. The three faces facing the front opened their mouths, and three fireballs burning with pale soul flames were spat out, and then flew rapidly towards the group.

"Moonlight Slash!"

The moonlight intercepted the soul fireballs, but immediately after, on the surface of that pale "soul sphere," nearly twenty faces opened their mouths at the same time. The soul fireballs they spat out floated on the surface of the "soul sphere," and then flew towards everyone all at once.

The group immediately prepared to set up shields, but at this moment, a crystal-clear right hand stretched out from Xia De's side. The whistling cold wind formed a cyclone and blew forward, directly extinguishing those pale soul flames.

And when that extremely cold cyclone touched that huge "soul sphere," it slowly decelerated until both the physical part and the spiritual part were completely frozen. The feet were stuck to the ground by the cold ice reflecting the firelight, and every face on the surface of the "soul sphere" was frozen and motionless.

"Scatter it."

Although surprised by the power Wen Ni displayed and that it did not match the power she was perceived to have by everyone, Miss Luo Wa Lei still hurriedly reminded Xia De.

So the cold moonlight split that "soul sphere" into two halves. Amidst countless wails superimposed together, it slowly dissipated.

And before it completely disappeared, that incomparably clear sentence entered everyone's ears—

【That damn Wang Hou!】

After confirming that the danger had disappeared, Xia De put down his long sword, while Wen Ni stood by his side without saying a word. The three witches wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, it was Miss Ge Er De who said:

"This is a soul sphere created by the 'Soul Hunter,' an evil object from the dangerous soul experiments of people born in the Fourth Era. It is something that can only be manufactured by using at least 100 souls. It will spontaneously absorb the soul power of nearby souls, so the best way to deal with it is to destroy it from a distance."

"The number above its head is 4088. However, since its danger level is not particularly high, this room number should belong to the 'Soul Hunter' you mentioned. It is just an accessory that was caught."

Xia De said while continuing to walk forward with everyone. The stairwell soon appeared on the right side.

"Did it escape from the 40th floor? Is the rune lock broken?"

Miss Luo Wa Lei asked. They walked along the stairs to the corner, looked up, and the purple rune barrier was still standing there.

"No matter how it came, at least it revealed effective information... Wang Hou... Miss Ge Er De, has your mother mentioned anything related to this?"

The middle-aged witch shook her head:

"No."

"Alright then, let's see what the answer is."

Xia De walked up the steps in three steps, raised the snake tooth and stabbed it at the Ouroboros symbol in the center of the rune lock. The light purple halo gradually became dim before his eyes until it scattered into light spots and disappeared.

In front was an incomparably quiet and pitch-black floor. Xia De turned around and looked back. Except for Wen Ni who had a calm face, the other three witches were all very nervous.

It was just that he did not see the appearance of the god.

"Then let's go."

He said to everyone behind him, and then stepped into the 40th floor first.

In an instant, the world spun. The darkness twisted into a vortex in front of him. Xia De felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, but also as if he had entered a dream.

The dizziness made him subconsciously close his eyes, but his right hand was still tightly gripping 【Dawn of Daybreak】. But soon the light outside his eyelids made him realize that things seemed a bit wrong. When he opened his eyes, the dazzling sunlight made him have to turn his head away again:

"What?"

He was currently sitting on the ground, leaning against a banyan tree in the center of a crossroads on a country road, and there was even a knapsack that seemed to belong to him beside him.

The bright sun hung high in the sky, shining in all directions. After standing up, he saw farmland on both sides of the road. A warm breeze blew. Judging from the condition of that tree and the farmland, it should be spring now.

The memory before and after was too different. For a moment, Xia De thought he had left the hotel and returned to the real world. But he immediately realized that everything in front of him was still happening in the hotel. Little Mia was still in his pocket, and the sun, the warm wind, and the smell of the countryside were all real, but they were also all fake.

This was not an illusion. His perception of the spatial structure told him that this was a man-made space similar to a Wonder, only the stability of this space was stronger than a Wonder.

"So is it a trap behind the barrier?"

But if it were a trap, then he should be facing danger, instead of letting him wake up under a big tree.

While he was thinking, a figure walked from the front of the crossroads. The other party was wearing a brown old-fashioned double-breasted long coat, with mud-stained long boots on his feet, a worn marching backpack on his back, and a rusty water bottle hanging on the side of the backpack.

A shield emblem that Xia De did not recognize was hanging on the stranger's chest. The whole person looked weathered. After walking closer, Xia De judged that his age should be around thirty-five.

His inspiration moved slightly, and Xia De blinked:

"Eye of Edwards."

The other party was almost entirely red light. This person was indeed a human, but an artificial human.

The weathered middle-aged man also saw Xia De from afar, stood at a position ten meters away from Xia De and saluted, then asked respectfully as if reciting lines on a stage:

"Respected Knight, where are you going?"

Xia De looked down at his clothing, confirming that it was still the original style:

"Who are you? And where are you going?"

He asked back, and the other party answered quite politely:

"Respected Knight, I am a retired attendant of the Kingdom's Green Shade Knight Order, and I am currently returning to my hometown, Honey Wine Village."

Xia De pondered this name and continued to put forward his own request:

"Take me to your village, I need to replenish food."

"This is my honor. Respected Knight, please follow me."

Xia De took the package with the water bottle and dry food under the tree, and followed this retired soldier to the direction of the right side of the crossroads. From afar, Xia De really saw a small village. Three minutes later, they walked to the entrance of the village. A group of free-range chickens clucking and walking around at the entrance of the village. Xia De tried hard to suppress Little Mia who was trying to rush out of his pocket.

"Wait a minute, this is too fast, right?"

"She" smiled gently.

The village was not large in scale, but it looked as peaceful and calm as the warm and comfortable spring today. The people in the village all knew this retired soldier, and they all called Xia De "Knight Master."

So he was invited by the soldier to return to his home for lunch and temporarily stayed in his home. There were also elderly parents, a hardworking wife, and two children, a boy and a girl, in his home. Xia De found some coins in the package to pay for his travel expenses.

Those coins were all coins, with numbers written on one side and a woman wearing a crown whom Xia De did not recognize on the other. Combined with the fact that almost all the villagers here were artificial humans, Xia De had every reason to suspect that the woman on the coin was Miss Ge Er De's mother.

Later, he had dinner at the retired soldier's home, and then fell asleep in the bedroom that the family had given up...

From entering the village to nightfall, Xia De's perceived time did not exceed ten minutes. Too many details were skipped, but he felt that everything was very coherent, and there was no problem with logic while realizing the problem.

It was like watching a stage play. Perhaps the span of the story was very long, but what was actually performed were only a few scenes of the story.

Even falling asleep was not his intention. He didn't want to sleep at all, but he walked into the bedroom, lay on the bed covered with straw mats, and closed his eyes unconsciously.

This was a very wonderful feeling. Although he closed his eyes, he was not actually asleep. Sure enough, in the middle of the night—although he felt that only three minutes had passed since he lay down, there was a noise outside the house.

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