The world seemed to be spinning.
No, it was the darkness that was swirling.
In the deepest part of Helios, the invisible space was also constantly inverted and cycled under the secret ritual of the two grandmasters, forming one invisible vortex after another.
Sometimes, Huai Shi would find himself walking on the ceiling in a daze, and sometimes, he would find that it was just his imagination.
In the silence, apart from the squeaking of the mice, there was only the rumbling of the small handcart under the skeleton's butt.
He once suspected that he was lost in a dizzying maze.
The further he went, the more silent the Origin Substances became. They contained the aura of the Abyss, making people feel vaguely uneasy.
"What's in front?"
"In the vast outer space, the price of land is high. Every inch of space has to be put into the scope of effective use … … Where else could there be next to the garbage dump?"
Tongi said slowly, "The cemetery."
Helios's cemetery.
All the dead alchemists were buried here.
"To be precise, it's a group of alchemists who were more ambitious than capable and whose ideals surpassed reality," Tongi shrugged regretfully. "In short, it's the group of alchemists who didn't amount to much."
Unfortunately, reality was so cruel.
In the precious territory of Helios, there was no place for the incompetent to live.
Even when they died, they didn't receive the treatment of a grand burial.
They were too safe, and too ordinary.
Their skills were unable to fulfill their ambitions, nor were they able to cause enough damage. They couldn't create miracles, nor could they turn into disasters.
For many alchemists, even if they died, the disasters accumulated in their bodies were enough to turn their corpses into strange relics, or even mutate into abyssal species.
For example, once a grandmaster died, the disasters or miracles condensed by the secret ritual of his life would be gathered into a solemn and terrifying object.
And for some people, when they died, they died.
They could only be burned to ashes.
Because they had once worked for Helios, they were put into a small box, found a place where they wouldn't be an eyesore, and threw away.
They didn't expect them to have any residual value in the end.
In a sense, this graveyard had become an incomparable mockery.
All of the powerless individuals who had died had gathered together to keep each other warm. The remnants of Origin Substance continued to speak of their past fantasies, but they couldn't even form a ghost.
Leaving only the substance of shame, preserved for eternity.
"Since there's no way to go any further, why not return to the present?" Huai Shi asked, puzzled.
"Do you really think Helios is a bus? Do you think you can go up and down as you please? "
Tongi sneered. "Indeed, in order to maintain the miracle of Helios to the greatest extent, to avoid the leakage of technology and people with ulterior motives, Helios will only return to the present realm once every seventy years.
But the alchemists who monopolized all this still felt that it was not enough. They wanted a longer monopoly and greater benefits. Just look at the rotten state of the Stone Cauldron Institute.
From the first person who sought personal gain until now, the rules had become stricter and stricter.
Now, it's completely different from the beginning.
Those alchemists who came from the present realm can only stay for one cycle at most before being expelled. And those who were born in Helios can never leave. "
These laws are engraved in every soul and can't be violated at all. "
For the alchemists buried here, they were born in this miraculous prison.
The funny thing was that some people wanted to come back even in their dreams after leaving.
In silence, they passed through the final tunnel.
Everything in front of them suddenly became clear.
Even though it was still dark.
But under the illumination of the skull's headlamp, it was enough for Huai Shi to peek into the distance.
In this vast and deathly silent space.
It was as if they had come to a farm.
But there were no crops on the flat steel ground. There were only low cross-shaped tombstones one after another, maintaining an absolutely precise distance and gap. They sat on the ground like dead seedlings, spreading to the end of their line of sight.
Right above their heads, a huge building was suspended high up in the air, vaguely revealing its own silhouette.
It was the furnace core that had long been abandoned.
But now, even the abandoned furnace core was full of cracks, like a broken heart. It broke from the middle, and the lower half of the heart fell to the ground, leaving a tragic scar.
But in the abandoned furnace core that fell to the ground, there was a faint light.
It was like someone had lit a fire in the ruins of a collapsed tower.
There were traces of human life!
Huai Shi subconsciously clenched the Hateful Water, turned around, and looked at the skull, who was also stunned.
The skull scratched its head. "I haven't been here before … Is there someone here?"
Huai Shi did not answer.
Who could tell if it was a human or a ghost?
He had already met a silly skull that picked him up and brought him back to his nest. He could not expect his luck to be so good that he would meet another thing that was not hostile to him at all.
"This is that thing, right … That thing …"
The skull pulled out the frying pan from between its ribs and waved it twice excitedly. "The blood-boiling battle time is coming!"
"… No, no, no, wait first, wait, okay?"
Huai Shi's expression twitched. Why are you so brave!
Huai Shi finally pressed down the skull and the dog together. He raised the Hateful Water and lightened his steps, intending to touch it first to understand.
However, just as he took two steps, he heard a rumbling sound behind him.
When he turned around, he saw the innocent-looking skull on the handcart.
They looked at each other.
In the silence, Huai Shi had the urge to pull his hair again.
I'm the gold medal fighter of the astronomy club, a group of backstabbers, and the Ivory Tower's Ambush Overlord. Why am I not professional at all when I meet a group of silly teammates like you!
Soon, Huai Shi found an alternative.
He took a piece of tape and simply tied its big rotor to the dog's back!
The class change was completed in an instant. Skeleton Soldier LVUP → Skeleton Cavalry!
Problem solved!
It was just a sneaky lurker followed by a sneaky skeleton riding a dog. No matter how you looked at it, there was something wrong.
But they couldn't care less.
They had already seized the time and lurked next to the fallen furnace core.
Inside the abandoned furnace core, an illusory light was coming from the empty cavity that was already full of cracks.
Huai Shi carefully approached, held his breath, poked his head out, and looked inside from outside the crack. Soon, a dog's head carrying a skeleton appeared beside him. It clung to the wall and slowly rose up to look inside.
It was full of curiosity.
"Oh my God …" The skeleton couldn't help but sigh in a low voice. "So miserable …"
Huai Shi couldn't help but turn around and glare at him. He raised his finger and made a shushing gesture. The skeleton was at a loss and didn't know what he meant.
However, the people inside didn't notice their arrival.
Under the dim candlelight, it was a simple display like a beggar in the slums.
There wasn't even a table. Countless messy books were thrown casually on the ground. The unkempt old man knelt among them, muttering something in a hoarse voice as if he was praying.
It was more like he was cursing.
The stench assailed their nostrils.
No one knew whether it was the smell of feces, dirt, or decay …
But he was still oblivious to it. He was still writing and drawing on the paper, but the pen in his hand had long been broken and there was no ink. The scattered paper around him didn't record any exquisite technology or the essence of alchemy.
There was only messy graffiti, and it was impossible to distinguish the content of the graffiti.
Huai Shi dared to bet that even the thing he drew with his toe was a hundred times closer to the truth than this!
But he didn't dare to show his face at all.
The most afraid people in the world were Taoists, monks, old people, and children. But even in hell, they were afraid of these things …
In hell, eight out of ten people dressed as religious people were tainted with depraved divinity. They were more than a little more powerful than other monsters. As for the old men and children who were alive and kicking in hell, it was even more terrifying.
Any one of them could make ten horror movies.
After taking a deep breath quietly, Huai Shi became more cautious.
He listened attentively to the messy words in the wind.
Amidst the countless curses and hoarse unknown words, there were vague sentences that were repeated over and over again, never stopping.
"That bastard … Bastard … Those lunatics … They're all crazy … They're all crazy … They've long been abnormal … Hades … Hades …"
The crazy figure wrote and cursed in vain. Sometimes it laughed sharply, and sometimes it roared hoarsely, "It's too late, we've all made a big mistake … It's all my fault … It's all my fault …"
"I shouldn't have presided over the Mystery of Fate for that bastard … What did I do? What did I … "
"No, it's not my fault …"
"They deserve it … I also … deserve it … We all have to pay the price! This is the consequence of violating the law! Violating the Pied Piper … No … Violating Helios … "
He laughed vaguely and suddenly choked with sobs, as if tears were streaming down his face. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, why did I let him be born …
Back then, back then … I should have strangled Garland, that damn freak, to death in his infancy … "
At that moment, Huai Shi felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
It was not because of the hidden meaning in the words, but because the crazy old man suddenly turned his head. His empty eye sockets were scorched, full of blood, and slid down.
He looked at Huai Shi.
Tears.
"Please …"
He said, "Please … mourn for me …"
Thunder burst forth!
At that moment, the Water of Hatred in Huai Shi's hand burst forth with a loud noise. It tore through the air and broke into the narrow space from the outside. Surrounded by lightning and blood, it smashed toward the old man!
But the change was faster than him.
The moment he broke into the crack, the dim light went out silently.
Everything disappeared without a trace.
It was just an illusion.
Huai Shi's movements paused.
When he slowly lowered his head, he saw countless pieces of paper flying in the stirring air, and the source of the stench …
In the corner, there was the rotting corpse of the old man.
He had died a long time ago.
He still held the broken pen in his hand.
Under the light of the skull's headlamp, the last handwriting he left behind was revealed on the floor.
The name he wrote was full of hatred.
It was better to say that it was a futile curse that would not work at all.
"… Garland?"
Huai Shi was silent for a long time, in disbelief.
It was not just because he had just heard the name of the Element of Destruction, the Pied Piper.
It was because of the name in front of him.
Before he died, the old man did not resent Pubrus for what he had done. Instead, he resented Garland? What was even more unbelievable was that the Grandmaster Garland was actually born in Helios?
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