Lola yawned and asked: "Gu Qing Shan, how much longer do we have to stand here?"
"A bit longer" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He looked down at the entire city with a serious and focused expression.
"Do you really trust that rooster that much?" Lola asked.
"It's never wrong to be a bit careful, I have to keep an eye on this city, as long as there's anything strange, I'll be able to find out right away" Gu Qing Shan replied.
— — -the colorful rooster was actually the [War God Intelligence] option, so he had no choice but to believe it.
"But we've already been standing here for almost 10 minutes — –"
Before Lola could finish her sentence, she suddenly stopped.
A broadcast resounded across the entire city:
[Attention, the city-wide charity auction is about to begin]
[Every Professionist who arrives at Black City, you may take out your most precious treasures for a public auction]
[Attention, this is a charity auction that only happens once every 3000 years or so]
[Black City will not take 50% of the profits, all of the auction proceeds will belong to you]
[Silently say: 'Black City Manager', the auction menu will pop up]
"Cherish this opportunity."
[Let's begin!]
The entire city fell into a brief moment of silence, followed by a huge commotion.
Everyone was about to go crazy.
Black City doesn't accept money, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity!
"Is that it?" Lola asked.
"Most likely" Gu Qing Shan stood on the rooftop and muttered: "Black City's manager"
A gentle light descended from above, manifesting in front of him and turned into a curved screen of light.
[Mr. Gu Qing Shan, you are a Combatant who has comprehended Realm Force, I will open the VIP interface for you]
That line of text was displayed on the screen.
"Thank you, what can I do now?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Place your auction item, or browse the auction item page to participate in the auction] the electronic voice replied.
Gu Qing Shan said: "I want to browse the auction item"
Tens of thousands of auction items suddenly appeared in front of him.
Weapons alone were divided into more than a hundred categories, and protective gears were divided into more than four hundred categories based on their uses and types. There were all kinds of cultivation methods, minerals, plants, special contracts, artwork, machines, historical secrets, recipes, formulas, news, intelligence, organs, slaves, strange items, buildings, spaceships, ruins, permits, bloodlines, specimens, doomsday images, exclusive knowledge, and so on.
As time passed, more and more auction items appeared, and the entire list of auction items expanded at a visible speed.
After a brief pondering, Gu Qing Shan asked, "Can we filter the auction items?"
[Of course] the electronic voice replied.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "In the history of the Dusty World, there were a few world systems that existed for a short period of time, but they quickly disappeared. I want to take a look at the items left behind by those world systems"
— — Shroud once talked about the Dusty World.
Back when he came to the Dusty World, he helped Reneedol retrieve the fake Divine Artifact.
He had once mentioned that when he left, the entire Pantheon's stronghold in the Dusty World had been reduced to ashes, no longer existing.
— — but there must have been some things left behind.
No matter how much Gu Qing Shan thought about it, countless years ago, the only thing that could be related to him was the Pantheon.
The Pantheon was insignificant in the Dusty World, and Shroud had only been there once. What kind of relationship could such a place have with me?
[Filtering for you, please wait a moment] the electronic voice replied.
The large number of items on the screen disappeared.
— — -there were only about a thousand auction items left.
They were displayed in the form of holographic images and text in front of Gu Qing Shan's eyes.
Gu Qing Shan carefully looked through them and quickly eliminated the auction items one by one.
Time slowly passed.
Gu Qing Shan had already eliminated over 700 items.
In reality, the Pantheon wasn't the only world system that had vanished from the Dusty World, there were many other world systems as well.
So Gu Qing Shan still saw quite a few strange and unusual things.
— — -but none of them had anything to do with him.
Lola obediently sat on his shoulder without saying a word.
She also knew what Gu Qing Shan did in the Age of Immemorial, so she silently checked the items together with him.
All of a sudden, she noticed that Gu Qing Shan was acting a bit strange.
"Gu Qing Shan?"
Lola whispered.
No response.
She looked down at him, only to see that he was staring at something on the screen with an expression of disbelief.
Lola followed Gu Qing Shan's gaze and noticed the item being auctioned.
It was a pendant with black thread.
A pendant made of stone.
It depicted an old man with a calm expression, leaning on a long-handled scythe while resting his chin on his hand, taking a nap on top of a rock.
This was a Life Substitution Contract, a token of the Death God.
"No! This is clearly — – "Lola exclaimed in shock.
She quickly realized and kept her mouth shut.
— — I definitely can't reveal any secrets to the manager of Black castle.
Her gaze moved to read the description next to the pendant:
[Death God Pendant, also known as the 'Life Substitution Contract', a treasure left behind by the Pantheon]
[Description: The owner of this item will have the Grim Reaper extend his life before he dies. Such a heaven-defying and miraculous ability is not free. The Grim Reaper will absorb double the life force of the previous owner of this item.]
Gu Qing Shan had regained her calm and said: "I want this Death God Pendant"
The electronic voice came: [This is an item from the Grand Collection Hall, priced at 8 million Evil Coins]
Gu Qing Shan said: "I will take out a few rare gems, please convert them into Evil Coins for me"
[No problem, your excellency Gu Qing Shan] the electronic voice replied.
Not too long later, the Death God Pendant was delivered to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan didn't look at it.
He focused his attention, looked through the rest of the items, picked a few more and completed the transaction on the spot.
After doing all this, he switched the menu and bought all kinds of strange things from the various auction items.
It wasn't until he had bought a few hundred items that he stopped.
"How long will the auction last?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Three days] the electronic voice replied.
"Very well, I want to rest for a bit, please give me an absolutely quiet environment" Gu Qing Shan said.
[No problem, the best Holy Magic Hotel in Black castle has an Emperor Suite, room number 99219, if you need it, I will give you the room card] the electronic voice replied.
"Give it to me" Gu Qing Shan said.
A few moments later.
A card fell into Gu Qing Shan's hand.
[The Holy Magic Hotel is a joint venture between several spirits, no one will dare to cause trouble here, and no one will spy on or disturb your excellency's rest] the electronic voice replied.
"Very well"
Gu Qing Shan held the room card and lightly swung it.
The light of teleportation flashed.
He disappeared from where he stood.
He appeared in a luxurious room, the view of Black castle outside the window.
Lola opened her bag and quickly pressed something inside.
"It's done, Gu Qing Shan, the pendant — — -" Lola whispered.
"We need to see if this room is safe or not" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Don't worry, I've already used 691 treasures to check as soon as we entered, there's no problem. But just in case, I've also activated 1535 shielding treasures, then we'll open the umbrella again!"
Saying so, Lola placed the umbrella over Gu Qing Shan's head.
[Shelter of Infinite Worlds] was activated!
Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief, took out the Death pendant she just bought and held it in her hand.
"Big sis Anna said that she would hang this pendant around your neck to determine if you were safe or not" Lola said.
"That's right, I've always been carrying it with me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He put his hand on his neck and drew out a long black string.
Very quickly, the sculpture appeared in his hand.
Two identical Death God Pendants lay quietly in his hand.
"Why are there two of them?" Lola was confused.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a bit, then replied: "Rather than asking why there are two of them, it's better to ask who made them"
Lola was a bit surprised, then realized: "That's right, you're the Death God of the Pantheon, if these pendants weren't made by you, then who impersonated the Death God and made these two identical pendants?"
Gu Qing Shan didn't say anything.
He looked at the War God UI. A line of glowing text appeared on it:
[You've obtained two Death God pendants]
[Item awakening conditions have been met]
[A certain power hidden within the Death God pendant is being activated]
[A certain image of the past is about to appear]
[Five]
[Four]
[Three]
[Two]
[One!]
Oom — — -
A faint aura manifested around them.
Layers of light appeared.
Everything turned from blurry to clear.
Gu Qing Shan and Lola both froze as they observed their surroundings.
At the foot of the Grand Wei Mountain, by the Forgetting River.
Wind blew, the tides rose and fell.
Dead people were floating on the river, drifting away with the current.
The sky was dim, there was no one around, only a single figure.
It was a woman.
She seemed to have been waiting by the river since time immemorial.
No one knew what she was waiting for.
She simply sat on the bank, staring blankly at the river.
After an unknown amount of time, another white-haired woman appeared from the fog behind her.
The white-haired woman walked up to her, sat down, and watched the endless flowing Forgetting River together with her.
"Are you really going to keep waiting?" the white-haired woman asked.
"Hm" the woman replied.
The white-haired woman sighed, then gently said: "An … no, Scarlet, listen, I have something I want to show you"
Scarlet turned around and looked at the white-haired woman next to her.
"You carry the power of Death on you, are you the Death God of the future?" Scarlet asked.
"That's right, I'm going to show this to you now, you have to remember it" the white-haired woman said.
She took out a pendant and put it in Scarlet's hand.
— — the Death God pendant.
"I can sense the power of Death on it … using one person's life to compensate for another, that's its use" Scarlet said.
"Indeed, it will become a keepsake between you and Gu Qing Shan, connecting your lives and everything else" the white-haired woman said.
"Why … are you doing this?" Scarlet asked.
"Scarlet, remember this well, after you reincarnate, as soon as you meet him, you have to give this to him — — this is very important" the white-haired woman said.
"How important?" Scarlet asked.
"It's related to his life and death" the white-haired woman replied.
"Why should I believe you?" Scarlet asked again.
The white-haired woman smiled and gently said: "It's actually a long story, but since you already know that he came from the future, I can explain this"
"Right, my name is Su Cher, I'll have to start from the day I graduated from high school …"
The two women sat on the bank of the Forgetting River, one talking, the other listening.
After an unknown amount of time, Scarlet looked down at the Death God pendant in her hand.
She stared at the pendant with a serious expression, seemingly wanting to engrave it into the depths of her soul.
Never forget.
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