[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-536":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1791482,2388,"Chapter 534 - Quest: Birds in the sky","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-536",536,"\u003Cp>Chapter 534: Quest: Birds in the sky\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader: Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw the situation on the other side of the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A den of snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Gu Qing Shan’s sight, there were nothing but densely entangled snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room full of snakes was enough to cause anyone to feel numb looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even stranger, these snakes seemed almost sentient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coiled together, the snakes raised their long necks and bodies with cold eyes staring at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if they were waiting to pounce at what or whoever was brave enough to intrude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These snakes also had a peculiar characteristic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all carried Elemental powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice, Fire, Lightning, Wind, Dark, Poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various Elements weaved together, forming a chaotic power vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the door was opened, the intruder would be sucked towards the vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the intruder was weak or had no special skills, the only end for them was to be eaten alive by the snakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is going to be a troublesome battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan extended the monocular a bit further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room on the floor was shown in the monocular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bunch of imps were clattering over a corpse without any intentions of backing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse was already half-eaten, clearly this was a young participant during this time’s call of the Bramble Birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this room, Gu Qing Shan then saw a room full of flaming bulls running around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the monocular, he managed to see all the way to the 550th floor while on the 600th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a few real demons chasing a pair of male and female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While in pursuit, they were also toying with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in power between the two sides was simply too great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn’t have a silver cross shining with holy light, they would’ve already been killed by the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this rate, the power in that cross would soon be depleted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, not only will they be killed by the demons, [Kindling] will also obtain a bit more Soul Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t a few issues for Triste at all, more like for me”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about the System’s [War God Quest], Gu Qing Shan controlled the focus of the monocular to look through several hundred floors until he reached the 239th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——there was supposed to be a demonized person here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A desert with flowing sand, almost like waves of the ocean, filled the entire room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand was glowing red, as if it was extremely hot, making the air itself distort from the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there was nothing else here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, thanks to the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw a person hiding at the very bottom of the sand with a shining white sword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, a door opened on the desert above right at this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man with a saber stepped out from the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahaha, finally, the next floor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He loudly laughed and declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silently, without a sound, a streak of light even thinner than a string slashed through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This head fell towards the desert, his body was cut in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfew!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flying sword flew back into the desert and back into the hiding man’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly caught his sword, closed his eyes and concealed his presence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now that Gu Qing Shan noticed that there was a wooden door beneath this sword cultivator’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, he was silently waiting right there to prevent anyone passing through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An excellent assassin, Gu Qing Shan silently judged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“System, the demonized man, does he carry [Kindling] as well?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The War God System replied: [Those who are too average are only seen as food by Kindling]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you haven’t gotten past this round of tests at this point in time, you really could be considered a bit weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t bother to look at him for too long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using the monocular, he glanced through all 600 floors, room by room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deadly mud swamps, mysterious forest mazes, molten lava pools, demonic towns… various scenes were shown clearly by the monocular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan saw through them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a few floors where Gu Qing Shan managed to see a few people still struggling for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the call of the Bramble Birds was made to the entire 900 million World Layers, so there were quite a few people who came to answer it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan saw with his own eyes how a person was eaten alive by a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, they were on the 97th floor, too far away from Gu Qing Shan so he didn’t even have time to think of a way to save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “The people who die in this skyscraper, will all their Soul Points be absorbed by [Kindling]?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Correct, Kindling will absorb the Soul Points of every person who died in this world] the War God UI answered him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m in a bit of a hurry, can I just not save them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You can choose not to save these people, but once Kindling absorbs the Soul Points of every person in the 600-floor skyscraper, its chances of evolving to Origin will greatly increase]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan said nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He adjusted the monocular again, returning to the 550th floor after looking through all 600 floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male and female who were running for their lives were in a lot of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons managed to break through the silver cross’ protective barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan put the monocular down and silently sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, he’ll have to save each and every person—— but he doesn’t have that much time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you look so disappointed? Is my item not useful?” Laura asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan shook his head and returned the monocular to Laura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just couldn’t find my girlfriend inside”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is indeed bad news” Laura agreed with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan fell into thought briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I save everybody who’s currently trapped in the building, I’ll be stuck here for a really long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I can’t just ignore them either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If [Kindling] manages to absorb their Soul Points, its chances to evolve will greatly increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While hesitating, Gu Qing Shan’s gaze subconsciously drifted to the text on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Quest was still showing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[First Quest: Birds in the sky, has been issued]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan froze for a short moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just had an idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, I just thought that climbing 600 floors must be really complicated, only a flying bird would be able to ignore all of this and fly freely, so I gave it this arbitrary name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, I’ll have to thank this name for the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and tried to carve out a square hold on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This formed an opening——- an opening to go into the 600th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have a door right here, what are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A small experiment” Gu Qing Shan stared at the hole he just made and answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your sword is quite impressive, cold weapons that are able to break through world barriers like that are very rare” Laura commented with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer her and only silently sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was the same kind of barrier like Lord Bloodcloak’s that locks onto the soul, it would’ve been much harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Gu Qing Shan was pretending to sleep without putting up his guard at all, that was why he was perfectly trapped in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very hard to escape once you were trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucky for him, this time the Six Paths Great Mountain sword’s anti-Law characteristic worked and managed to carve out a hole in the world barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means, the idea Gu Qing Shan had could now be implemented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hisssssss~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A confused and chaotic hissing sound came from the hole Gu Qing Shan carved out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elemental snakes inside the snake den were becoming wary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of sound is that? What is inside?” Laura tried asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was feeling a bit uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not suitable for children” Gu Qing Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura excitedly put the monocular to her eye, wanting to see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan held the monocular down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t look”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s actually a bunch of cute little ones”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, Gu Qing Shan changed his equipped [War God Title] to [Ace Assassin].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ace Assassin]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Equipping this title grants you the title Skill: Harvest]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Harvest: Whenever you instantly kill an enemy in one hit, the spirit energy used for that hit will be refunded]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–this will ensure I’ll have enough spirit energy to spend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An armor riddled in cracks and scratches flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full You Ji General armor set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lot of people once questioned something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–why did an armor set of generals have to be so flashy and eye-catching? it would cause safety concerns for the generals while marching on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To this, Bai Hua Fairy Xie Dao Ling only gave a single answer to stop everyone’s questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We are cultivators, only someone willing and capable of putting themselves in front of other cultivators are qualified to wear the mantle of a general”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armor scattered by itself, swimming like sentient fishes around Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This You Ji General armor included a mask, breastplate, shoulder pads, wrist guards, gauntlets, belt, knee pads, marching shoes, made to look extremely simple without any excess decorations, only carved with intricate runes all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the armor itself was golden, when Gu Qing Shan wore it, it didn’t look at all flashy, instead it appeared a bit solemn and sorrowful instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura evaluated his armor a bit before muttering: “What a beautiful set of toys”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Toys?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, this set of armor is too bad, even worse when compared to your sword” Laura judged it harshly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It suits me”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, Gu Qing Shan carried Laura down from his shoulder and placed her in front of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then took out a long rope and used it to tie Laura to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?” Laura was cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is to keep you in place, making sure that you and I won’t separate in a harsh battle—– don’t worry, I’ve already made a vow to definitely bring you out of here” Gu Qing Shan told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were swift and skillful, quickly binding the two of them tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan then made another 2 or 3 knots, tried bobbing up and down, pacing back and forth to check the stability of the rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——this is good enough for Laura to not fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded satisfyingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I keep feeling like you are keeping something from me” Laura was suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What would I hide from you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan laughed merrily before quickly walking to the edge of the 600-floor skyscraper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re just going to fly like birds in the sky”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put the silver mask on and completed the final preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura slowly realized something as she spoke in an increasingly scared voice: “Wait a minute! You know I am afraid of height, how about we—— aaaaaa! Gu Qing Shan, I hate you!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Laura’s desperate scream, Gu Qing Shan suddenly jumped off the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went through the clouds, following the snow storm below to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Gu Qing Shan has already passed through several dozen floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-this way, he won’t need to go down floor by floor, saving a lot of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost immediately, lines of text showed up on the [Kindling] UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the lines of text turned into a voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please return to the roof immediately!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please return to the roof immediately!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You cannot jump down from the outside of the building, you will not receive any rewards from Triste this way]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Rewards? I don’t need any rewards” Gu Qing Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But jumping down like this, you won’t be able to gain any Soul Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kindling] continued: [Please think about this seriously, without Soul Points, you will not be able to gain anything from this!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Soul Points…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword suddenly appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Six Paths Great Mountain sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“550th floor… right here!” Gu Qing Shan grunted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Secret Art, [Water Severance]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming flow of sword qi rushed towards the building from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong dong dong dong dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the constant sounds of explosions, the outside wall of the 550th floor was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snowy wind howled as it poured inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan let go of the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and drew the heavy Earth sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, he disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost at the very same time, various fierce howls came out from the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after that came a ‘thud’, then the cheering cries of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After just a single breath, Gu Qing Shan appeared outside the building again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued flying downwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood on his sword quickly scattered in the howling wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan held a sword in one hand as he consoled the trembling Laura with the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then replied to [Kindling]: “There, I just got Soul Points”\u003C\u002Fp>",2238,"2026-06-09T03:05:21.780Z",1,"novelbin.me","14a2005658976f3b0e84a89642d517d7c99f8c3d8f5d0d8d2cb4c2c2bd1960e8","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-537","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-535",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]