Chapter 606: The Disaster of Midehillburg

"Xia De, do you know that once you come to this world, you can't go back."

"Don't worry, I can go back."

Xia De said easily, and then asked Priest Ao Gu Si:

"So, what exactly is going on? Why did you cross the door of death? What exactly went wrong here?"

The priest shook his head:

"Since you have already appeared here, I won't explain the matter of the 【Life-Death Ringed Shushi】. Simply put, after I accidentally fell into the Ringed Shushi, because of my sensitivity to the power of death, I realized that there was a big problem here."

"What problem?"

"The world of the dead and the world of the living should not have communication. All the Ringed Shushi in this world are expanding. From the Second Era when they first appeared to the Sixth Era, this initial and largest Ringed Shushi is about to be unable to bear it."

"Sorry, what does unable to bear mean?"

Xia De still didn't understand.

"Very simple, the world we are in now is a pure world of the dead, and the power accumulated here should only exist here. But with the life-death Ringed Shushi, the power of death permeates into the material world, causing the Ringed Shushi to become larger and more numerous."

This point was mentioned in Sister Daifulin's information.

"The Ringed Shushi swallows living people every autumn precisely to balance the power of death and delay the outbreak of death. And no matter what, the Church has no way to destroy all the Ringed Shushi, so it can only constantly reinforce the seals, but this has also led to more and more souls accumulating in the Ringed Shushi who are unwilling to leave."

Based on the number of souls Xia De saw just now, the number of souls in the life-death Ringed Shushi was far greater than the number of living people in the Midehillburg area.

"Isn't the Church sealing it well?"

Xia De asked again:

"Not only did they prepare large-scale rituals in the real world, but they even arranged huge divine art rituals in the Ringed Shushi. Everything is very good."

The priest shook his head again:

"I can clearly feel death, feel the horror of this terrifying place. Even if the Church has been sealing it since the Fifth Era, one day death will truly communicate with reality, and the underground of Midehillburg is about to be unable to bear it. Xia De, only I can feel that the power accumulated here will have a major outbreak in a very short time... So, I voluntarily crossed the door of death and sealed this place."

So after the priest went missing, the disappearance cases this autumn stopped all of a sudden. This is actually a kind of sacrifice.

"Since there is a major disaster about to happen, then wouldn't it be fine to tell the Church? We should believe in the Church."

Xia De said again. In fact, it is very strange for him to persuade a senior clergy member to believe in the Church from the perspective of a shallow believer like him.

"No, it's too sudden. Once the Ringed Shushi collapses, the outbreak of death will be more serious than any disaster in the past, and it will definitely appear before the end of this year. Unless a god is summoned, with the power of mortals, it is impossible to resist the death surging from this door to the real world. There will be no signs, it will only be a matter of a few minutes, and everything will be over. And even if the god-summoning ritual is prepared in advance, it will take at least twenty minutes for the final steps..."

The priest sighed, which means that even if the god-summoning ritual is successful, the gods can only help mortals solve the disaster after the accident breaks out.

"I possess such power, and I happened to come here. I think this is my mission. Being able to die here as the identity of saving everything, and using my own soul to guard this door, I think this is the best ending."

"In other words, as long as this door is sealed, can the trouble in Midehillburg be solved?"

Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly. If it really was just like this, maybe he had a way.

But the priest actually shook his head again:

"I obtained some information in the Ringed Shushi. I don't know where the guard of the church here went, he actually didn't stop me from approaching the library... In short, in the life-death Ringed Shushi formed in the Midehillburg area, there are a total of three channels communicating with death."

"The one located at the foot of Sikar Mountain is this door of death, which is responsible for sealing and guarding by the Orthodox Church, and now it is reinforced by me."

Xia De then understood that the Church originally only sealed one-third.

"The channel located on the mountainside of Sikar Mountain is barely guarded by the seals left by the Witch Emperors of the previous era, but it seems that some problems have appeared. The white fog that surges from the mountainside every autumn is because of the loosening of the seal. But the Church cannot find the location of that channel for the time being. The Witch Emperors were worried that the seal would be destroyed, so they hid it."

This was the first time Xia De knew that those Witch Emperors had done things other than enjoyment and fighting. He originally thought that those women only knew how to exterminate rare animal species to formulate cosmetics, or spend a lot of gold to engage in some inventions that ordinary people couldn't use at all.

"Finally, the channel located on the top of Sikar Mountain is guarded by an Ancient One, hot and full of vitality. I can only barely feel its existence... very powerful."

The priest glanced at the red-burning thin line on Xia De's right wrist. Xia De also looked down at his hand and asked an abrupt question:

"Priest, have you ever unfolded the wings behind you in the Sikar Mountains?"

He asked, and the priest shook his head:

"No."

So, the ghost of the hanged man who said he saw a "giant flying bird" when Xia De went down the mountain definitely did not see Priest Ao Gu Si.

"Then, as long as these three channels are sealed, can this matter be solved?"

Xia De asked again, and the priest still shook his head:

"The channels are not important, what is important is the life-death Ringed Shushi. As long as that place exists, sooner or later there will be more channels appearing."

"Hmm... is it enough to destroy the Ringed Shushi?"

"The Church has not found a way to this day, and even if it were done, it would lead to millions or even tens of millions of souls surging into the real world, most of which would turn into evil spirits at that moment."

Xia De imagined the scene of seven-digit or eight-digit or even nine-digit or ten-digit evil spirits appearing in Midehillburg City:

"Then how about arranging the god-summoning ritual in advance and letting the Orthodox Gods solve the problem? Let the gods destroy the Ringed Shushi and guide those souls to true death."

"Xia De, there are quite a few Level 0 artifacts in this world, and there are still many sufferings in this world. Why didn't the gods solve all this and make everything in the world happy and beautiful? No, it's not that they can't, but that the god-descending ritual has restrictive conditions, not only the price of materials, but also secrets we don't know. Unless it is confirmed that it is impossible to deal with it by relying solely on the power of mortals, the Church will not easily summon gods and let gods appear on this land under steam."

Then, the disaster of the Ringed Shushi shattering and the outbreak of death that is about to appear seems to be an unsolvable problem. It cannot be completely solved, and can only be constantly sealed until the day when it can no longer be sealed.

"This world is really dangerous."

Xia De couldn't help but sigh.

A smile appeared on the priest's exhausted face:

"I am very happy that you can realize this point. There is only one world after death, but there is more than one life-death Ringed Shushi. The history of this one can probably be traced back to the Second Era, so it is so terrifying, so there is no need to worry about other Ringed Shushi. Xia De, if you can leave, then leave. I am very happy to see you once. Look, my luck is really not bad."

This time it was Xia De's turn to shake his head. He turned back to look at the calm water and the shadowy souls standing on the water. The moonlight illuminated his face. He was still very surprised that he had actually crossed death:

"You said, you can guard this door by staying here and prevent the outbreak of the power of death?"

"It's just this channel under the mountainside. I can only do what I can do."

The priest looked at Xia De's back from above:

"The outbreak before the end of this year, I have blocked it here, but what will happen to the other two channels, I can't say clearly. However, it won't surge out from the door at the foot of the mountain, which means it gives the Church more time after the accident appears. Speaking of which, I can't do it alone, thanks to you..."

"Me?"

Xia De hesitated:

"I don't seem to have done anything?"

"When I pushed open the door in the life-death Ringed Shushi located deep in the Nature Church, there was no light here."

"No light?"

Xia De narrowed his eyes and looked at the half-moon of silver moon at the end of the boundless water surface:

"Did this Underworld Moon not shine originally?"

"No, there was no moon originally."

The priest's voice was very calm.

"None?"

"Yes, originally, there was only boundless darkness and emptiness here, without this moon. But when you summoned me into your dream, the world of the dead infected your dream, but it didn't seem to have any impact on you. And the light of the huge silver moon in your dream also shone in here..."

The priest on the door also looked up at the silver moon at the end of the water surface.

No one spoke. The silver light illuminated the faces of the outsider and the old priest. In the world of the concept of death itself, they both had doubts about this, and Xia De suspected that this was because the divinity in his soul infected the spiritual rune 【Silver Moon】, and then a trace of the power of divinity penetrated into this world, which formed this moon.

The line burning on Xia De's wrist suddenly became hot. It was Sister Daifulin reminding him that it was about to be dawn, and he must return as soon as possible.

"I don't know if this is a permanent change or a temporary change, but your dream has changed this place. The appearance of the Underworld Moon guiding death has indeed stabilized death and delayed the disaster that is about to happen."

The priest said in a low voice;

"Xia De, leave. Someone must guard this door."

"Even if this seal is reinforced, the other two places may also have problems. I think the best way is for the priest to leave with me. The role you can play in reality is greater than you being here alone."

This is the truth. Priest Ao Gu Si seems to be particularly familiar with death and knows many things that the Church does not know. If he wants to prevent the outbreak of death, the priest providing information to the Church in reality can definitely help a lot.

Priest Ao Gu Si obviously also knows this truth, but he still shook his head:

"This door of death can't hold on anymore, I must be here."

"Priest, I will reinforce the seal."

Xia De said, and Priest Ao Gu Si looked at him:

"You don't know how... here is..."

"I know, I can clearly, incomparably clearly feel how cold, how empty, how quiet it is here."

Xia De took a deep breath. He still turned his back to the priest and looked at the silver moon. That silver moon was enough to make any ordinary person go crazy, but for Xia De, it was incomparably kind:

"Priest, I can even break into the dark domain and kill Ivan Darkness, can't I create a miracle again?"

"So it really was you, but how... Iluna Beias of the Sun Church, it turns out she is also your friend."

Priest Ao Gu Si was speechless, a moment later:

"How much seal can you reinforce?"

"This has to be tried to know, but I think at least it won't be useless. It can delay for a period of time, giving the Church time to come up with a way to respond. Priest, do you believe me?"

Another moment of silence:

"That's fine."

The sound of wings flapping came from the door behind him. Xia De knew that this was Priest Ao Gu Si coming down from the door.

"Xia De, there are other living people in the life-death Ringed Shushi. I let them take refuge in the Dawn Church in the Ringed Shushi. I will leave first in a while and lead them back to the real world. I cannot enter the life-death Ringed Shushi at will, but it is no problem to go out. We will appear in the mountains and forests of Sikar Mountain, and after leaving here, everyone except me will lose their memory. After all, the Ringed Shushi is not a place where living people should exist, so you don't have to worry about this point.

After you reinforce the seal, you must also leave immediately. If you stay here for a long time, you will also get lost."

Xia De knew this point. In fact, in his 【Time Perception】, it would be dawn in half an hour:

"That's fine. With so many missing people walking out together, the Church will not doubt your identity. As for the communication with the Church later, it can be done through other ways. Priest, it is better not to expose the matter of the correspondence student."

"Okay."

The sound of footsteps got closer and closer. Priest Ao Gu Si appeared by Xia De's side and stood side by side with him, but the wings behind him were gone.

The two stood in front of the beach by the water, looking at the direction countless souls were walking, looking at the half-moon of silver moon in the sky. The moonlight illuminated their faces and their eyes. Perhaps, the scene the two were seeing at this moment was not exactly the same.

A moment later, the priest said in a low voice:

"Xia De, thank you for coming specifically to save me."

"Priest, you don't want to take advantage of me and say that you will treat me as a grandchild in the future, right? No, no, I would rather be your friend."

Xia De said jokingly, and the priest shook his head:

"At least I know who I should leave my inheritance to in my formal will."

"Don't mention death again, Priest. I have come into contact with this word too frequently this week. Speaking of which, if it were like in those knight novels, the one waiting for my rescue was a young princess instead of you, maybe..."

He realized that saying this was very ominous, so he immediately stopped the topic. The priest smiled and shook his head on the side, and handed Xia De a scorched feather.

The moment Xia De touched it, a prompt that half of his hand had completely lost sensation came from his already numb senses, and a prompt also appeared in his ear:

【Outsider, you touched a whisper.】

"This is the power of death, which can allow you to obtain a spiritual rune related to death and help you strengthen the power to seal the door of death. Only in this kind of place can I give this power. In the real world, I am just an old man who is a second-tier Ringed Shushi."

The priest smiled self-deprecatingly:

"Xia De, no matter what, you must go back in time."