The light of warp flashed.
As soon as Gu Qing Shan and Crow appeared, they heard a clamor of urging voices.
"Don't go out and fight!"
"Stay here and wait for reinforcements!"
"Don't leave this stone tower, anyone who leaves is already dead!"
"Reinforcements are on their way!"
The tall stone walls blocked their vision, so Gu Qing Shan held his sword and looked around, but didn't see a single person.
This was a stone tower with a narrow space. It was about two stories tall, and the inner walls were engraved with various runes and patterns using the spells of various civilizations, forming a space-isolating force.
While Gu Qing Shan and Crow were standing inside the stone tower, they had already taken up about 1/5th of the space.
Quite obviously, this was a spatial tower used solely for warp purposes, people could travel between worlds through this tower, but very rarely stayed here.
Crow crouched down and picked up four white stones from the ground.
The warning voices from before were still resounding from the stones.
"This is a Voice Recorder Stone" Crow explained, "as long as you hold it tightly and speak into it, it will record the first thing you say, then continuously repeat it"
Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight, spreading it through the stone walls.
There wasn't a single living creature in the barren wilderness, only numerous collapsed structures and countless corpses.
All traces of civilization had been destroyed.
Instead, the spatial warp tower that Void City built became the only surviving structure in this world.
"They're all dead" Gu Qing Shan said.
"What?" Crow asked.
"I said, everyone in this world is dead" Gu Qing Shan replied.
This time, Crow understood.
He walked to the window and looked outside, only to see that every single corpse had a completely different expression on their faces.
Among the Professionists who died together, some of them still had a stiff smile on their faces, some had despair on their faces due to fear, while others still had blank expressions on their faces even after death.
Crow felt chills running down his spine and sighed:
"I thought we were saved, but it turned out to be like this. It's been a long time since I've experienced something so eerie and dangerous?"
"How strange … how exactly did the people of this world die?" Gu Qing Shan was confused.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
On the field outside the stone tower, among the countless corpses, Gu Qing Shan sensed a weak aura.
Within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers, there was only one aura that represented life.
"Crow, there's someone still alive outside, I need to take a look" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Didn't you hear what the rock said? Those who left the tower are all dead" Crow warned.
Gu Qing Shan was silent for a while and insisted.
"I have to rescue that person. Otherwise, hiding here without any information is no different from waiting for death."
He took out a strand of hair from his Inventory Bag and wrapped it around his waist.
"Hair? What are you doing? "Crow asked in confusion.
Gu Qing Shan tied the hair into a knot, then gave one end of the hair to Crow.
"This strand of hair has the ability to stretch and contract at will, so when you try to pull it, it will pull me back" Gu Qing Shan explained.
This was Lin's hair.
Back on the Gemini star, when Magic Dragon was chasing after them, Lin decided to buy time for Gu Qing Shan to escape first, so she pulled out this strand of hair and tied it around her waist, then gave the other end to Gu Qing Shan.
When Gu Qing Shan successfully arrived at the warp point, he used this strand of hair to pull the dying Lin to his side, then escaped from Magic Dragon's pursuit.
"So, after you save that person, I'll immediately pull you back?" Crow asked.
Gu Qing Shan explained the method to her, then added: "I should be able to return on my own, but from the expressions of these corpses, I'm afraid things aren't that simple — — if I can't return on my own, you'll have to drag me back"
"Alright, if I notice anything amiss, I'll immediately pull you back" Crow held the strand of hair in his hand and said with a cautious expression.
Gu Qing Shan walked in front of the stone tower and silently calculated the distance.
The unconscious person was around 7000 meters away from the stone tower.
— — I can't use Adorable in this dangerous place, otherwise, if something happens to the gourd, Gu Qing Shan would also feel uneasy.
I have to make a trip myself.
He took a deep breath, abruptly pushed the door open, and shouted: "Crow, save him!"
Before he even finished his words, he vanished.
— — Divine Skill, [Shadow Shift]!
In a split second, Gu Qing Shan appeared where the unconscious person was, while the unconscious person had already entered the stone tower.
Gu Qing Shan then jumped out from the pile of corpses, about to use [Ground Shrink].
All of a sudden, he noticed that the scenery around him had changed.
The originally silent wilderness was now filled with the sound of explosions of spells.
Countless Professionists were fighting against the sandstorm monster.
This scene only lasted for the blink of an eye.
As soon as Gu Qing Shan took a step forward, the scenery abruptly shattered, replaced by a new scene.
Gu Qing Shan found himself sinking into a deep, cold ocean. A few thousand meters in front of him, a giant octopus-like monster was silently watching him.
Each of this octopus monster's tentacles had a human head growing out of it.
The human heads stared at Gu Qing Shan, roaring in unison — — -
The scenery shattered, revealing a completely new world around Gu Qing Shan.
A burning city.
The streets were filled with frenzied people.
Gu Qing Shan saw a group of staggering people crawling on the ground to feast on a corpse.
Man Eater Fiends!
Gu Qing Shan was shocked.
Another group of people with bloodshot eyes were charging towards him.
"Kill kill kill kill kill! Everyone must die! "these people roared.
In the sky, there were even people with skeletal wings breathing out elemental tides from their mouths.
A giant snake-like monster was slithering on the street on the other side.
As Gu Qing Shan raised his sword to fight, the scenery abruptly went away from him.
He felt an immense force coming from his waist.
A powerful pulling force pulled him out of that world and sent him flying back to the stone tower.
Bam!
The door of the stone tower closed.
— — -so it was Crow.
He caught the man, lightly placed him on the ground inside the stone tower, then turned around to pull the strand of hair in his hand.
As soon as Gu Qing Shan returned, he had already closed the stone tower's door.
"I knew something was wrong when I saw you standing there without moving, so I pulled you back" Crow let go of the strand of hair in his hand and said.
Gu Qing Shan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and said: "You did the right thing, otherwise I might not have been able to return"
"What exactly happened?" Crow solemnly asked.
Gu Qing Shan then explained what happened just now.
Crow appeared confused.
"Never seen it, never heard of it before" he shook his head.
The two of them turned to look at the man on the ground.
This was a young man wearing glasses, his mouth was bleeding, but his body was still trembling.
Gu Qing Shan scanned through with his inner sight and found that this man was only breathing out without breathing in, as if he was on the verge of death.
"Crow, do you know any healing techniques?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
This man on the ground must know something.
If Crow can't do anything, he can only use the Heaven sword.
Crow unsheathed the rapier at his waist and said: "Let me try"
Wielding the rapier, he abruptly stabbed it into the man's heart and muttered: "With the fate of living beings as the Fruit, unleash thy future vitality, heal all wounds"
The slender rapier began to burn with milky white flames.
The flames were completely absorbed into the man's body.
Crow immediately drew his rapier.
Gu Qing Shan looked back, only to see that there wasn't even a single wound on the man's chest, his expression had returned to normal, even his breathing had stabilized.
Crow appeared exhausted and sat down on the ground.
"Is this a healing technique?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Saying so, he took out a bottle of strong liquor and gave it to Crow.
Crow took a large gulp, then explained: "I came up with a hypothesis of Fate, that is, he survived, then used that as the Causation to overdraft some of his vitality from his future in order to save him now"
"Then, what will happen to him in the future?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Nothing much, he'll be weakened for a while at most, but his life will be saved" Crow replied.
"How miraculous" Gu Qing Shan praised.
"This technique consumes a lot of energy, I need to rest for a bit" Crow leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.
Gu Qing Shan turned to the man in glasses.
He had already opened his eyes and sat up, observing the two of them.
"Did you save me?"
"Yes, this is the teleport tower, you're safe for now"
"Thank you, I'm a researcher of the Void Library, my name is Omaki"
Saying so, the man took out a book-shaped insignia.
The insignia gave off a unique power fluctuation. After sensing it for a bit, Crow nodded to Gu Qing Shan: "It's true, he's a member of the Void Library"
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit more assured and said: "I'm Gu Qing Shan, this is Crow, we're from the Hitman Guild"
Omaki sighed, then spoke in a desolate tone: "You shouldn't have come here, this is a completely chaotic place"
"I know, I've also experienced it just now — — - there are many overlapping worlds outside" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Omaki shook his head: "That's not the main point, the main point is that the terrifying monsters that have gone extinct in history still exist here"
"They will devour all Professionists who come to fight"
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