What was the true purpose of a person's life when they were born in this world?
For themselves?
For others?
To obtain everything that others could not?
To enjoy the most beautiful fireworks in the world?
Most people, whether it was during the Blue Planet era or the current era of the seven continents, lived to survive mechanically. They had money, families, and things that were worth doing every day.
Only a very small number of people would think about this problem.
Then they realized that the most important thing for a person to live was to leave a mark in this world that belonged to them.
Whether it was good or bad, it proved that they had been here before.
It was said that people had two living states. One was physical, and the other was mental.
When a person died, their physical state would disappear. When the last person who remembered their existence died, their mental state would also be destroyed.
Even the high and mighty Five Kings could not stop this from happening. They could only do their best to leave their mark in order to 'live' for a long time.
On this point, humans and everything else were surprisingly equal.
And now, if he died, Senior Sister Violet's existence would be completely erased. No one would remember that she had come to this world.
Perhaps for most people, this was not a big deal at all.
But to her, to a person like her who had worked so hard to survive, wasn't it too cruel?
Li Xiang looked at the panicked Shizuko and sighed softly.
"About a few hours ago, I suddenly realized that everything related to Senior Cullen had disappeared, as if he had never existed. Then, I searched for a lot of information. Then, Senior Sister Violet and the seniors who had gone on missions with them all disappeared."
Shizuko took a sip of coffee. She was too frightened to fall asleep. She was so tired that she could only rely on coffee to stay awake.
With their current physiques, this degree of staying up late was nothing, but the double fatigue of her mind and body, coupled with the torture of the monthly exam these days, made Shizuko almost reach a critical point.
If it were not for Li Xiang's call, she felt that she would have gone crazy.
She was worried that one day, she would be like them, suddenly and inexplicably devoured. She could accept any other form of death, but this was not.
"W-what should we do?" Ise Shizuko looked at Li Xiang helplessly. Since both of them were in such a situation, it proved that this matter was true. But looking at the attitude of the school, there was nothing they could do.
Just as Professor Jeffrey had said, if it was really the work of a Calamity, then the Calamity would be at least Grade-A or above!
There was no correlation between a Calamity's level and its strength. It was not to say that a Calamity's level was necessarily stronger than the lowest Calamity's level, F Calamity's level was more closely related to understanding.
Would they be able to understand human thoughts?
However, generally speaking, the more powerful a calamity was, the more chaotic and incomprehensible it would be. Of course, there were exceptions, such as the humanoid calamities that could trade with humans.
There were extremely powerful entities among them, but these disasters were all classified as F-class.
However, no matter what rank it was, as long as it was a Disaster, even players wouldn't dare to face it alone.
Li Xiang still remembered the mark the phantom had left on Hestria's body. It was still tormenting her, but there was nothing she could do.
"At the very least, we have to confirm whether Senior Violet and the others are alive or not. Also, why are we the only ones not affected?" Li Xiang frowned. If it was just him, he could get closer to the Bloodline and Calamity Faction. After all, he had many connections with that faction.
However, Ise Shizuko was different. She basically had no connections with the Calamity Faction, except for her identity as a descendant of the Seven Lineages of Ancient Martial Arts.
"Could it be related to the incident at the bottom of the Dead Sea?" Ise Shizuko regained her calm and began to think calmly.
Li Xiang nodded silently. He thought so too.
Everything changed after that incident.
Osiris took away the Yao Family's keepsake and released a group of Calamities at the bottom of the Dead Sea. After that, the Mission Hall kept giving out missions related to the Dead Sea.
The mutant tide at the border also came suddenly and violently.
Professor Jeffrey and the others should have noticed something, but he didn't know if it was related to the Death Omen Star Curtain this time.
"I want to go to Senior Violet and the others' mission location to check. This weekend, let's go together?" Li Xiang felt that he had to confirm it. It was as if there was a vague voice calling out to him.
Ise Shizuko was silent for a moment and asked, "Just us?"
"Just us." Li Xiang nodded.
.....
Friday night.
The two of them were fully armed and quietly came to the tarmac. With the special pass given by Dean Lei Lin, Li Xiang could leave the school every week and go to the border or Maria's laboratory.
Some time ago, the measuring device had reached a bottleneck. He couldn't help much, so he didn't go there again.
However, Li Xiang never stopped going out once a week. After all, he could only collect the Calamity Aura and break down mechanical devices to obtain Origin Form Particles outside.
After boarding the floating airship, Li Xiang looked at the dark night outside the window. He felt that the black fog had become thicker.
Previously, he had specially memorized the few missions related to Villette. The mission location was at the intersection of City 0010 and the Dead Sea. Li Xiang relied on his powerful memory to draw out the sea map of the area.
Ise Shizuko, who was sitting in the cabin, rubbed the tachi in her hand. After Li Xiang deconstructed the tachi that she had nurtured with her own blood, she spent some points to buy a new tachi from the school's commercial city.
After all, the two new magic tricks she had learned could only be used with a tachi.
Senior Cullen's sudden disappearance made Ise Shizuko tremble in fear. Especially when she heard that he had gone to find Li Xiang not long ago, she felt that it was even more strange.
After listening to Li Xiang's description, Senior Cullen seemed to have lost his mind. It was probably his last bit of rationality that made him do the action of looking for Li Xiang.
Violet must have left something behind before she disappeared, or instructed him to do something. She probably realized the problem a step earlier, but unfortunately, she didn't give them any hints.
After that, Li Xiang went to Cullen's class and dormitory to take a look. Just like Violet, there was no one there. The dormitory was empty, as if it had always been empty.
Just how powerful did one have to be to completely erase a person's existence?
The floating airship docked at City 1.
Li Xiang and Ise Shizuko moved quickly in the night and took the opportunity to leave the city gate before it was closed.
Stepping on the soft beach, they could smell a faint scent of blood. Recently, the mutant tide had become more and more frequent. The withdrawal of the border army had increased the pressure on the border troops. Even some trainees and newbies who came to observe were forcefully dragged to the battlefield.
This was not just a problem at the border of City 0010.
There were also border areas that were under greater pressure. They had already begun to deal with the mutant army's endless attacks day and night. This had alarmed the Seven Continents, and many reinforcements had been sent to assist.
When Hestria sent him a message and pictures, he could not believe it. The mutants in the pictures were ferocious and were crazily attacking the human border.
It was just like the doomsday scene he had seen in the final ranking competition.
Wormholes opened one after another, and it was as if doomsday had arrived. Countless mutants crawled out and attacked without fear of death.
The two rented a cheap sailing airship from the black market and rushed toward the end of the beach.
Although it was rented, the price was enough to buy two such sailing airships. The seller did not mince his words. He felt that if they went to the Dead Sea now, they would be courting death. Naturally, he would only accept a one-off price.
The powerful mechanical control ability allowed Li Xiang, who had never come into contact with this kind of transportation, to instantly familiarize himself with it. The sailing airship was similar to the sea motorcycles in his previous life. It was an open top with only two seats. There were relatively old gun positions on both sides, and it used the oldest manual control system.
Shizuko Ise spread out the sea map so that Li Xiang could more easily see it.
In the vast Dead Sea, countless black fog curled up. Not long after they left the beach, they could no longer see anything behind them.
It was like a lonely boat sailing in the vast sea. The scenery around them was exactly the same. She did not know where Li Xiang's sense of direction came from. He could still sail steadily.
In fact, Li Xiang had basically lost the ability to distinguish directions in this environment. However, he could clearly feel the aura of the disaster. Each of them had a unique smell, so he could easily distinguish them.
Moreover, in the Dead Sea, there would basically be no disaster aura lingering.
"It's still here …" Li Xiang frowned. What was that guy trying to do?
It should know that with so many people in trouble, the school would definitely sense it. Once the player team came to clean it up, it would have to temporarily avoid them. Wasn't choosing to leave now the best thing to do?
As they got closer, the sweet aura became thicker.
Soon, a small island gradually appeared in front of them.
It could be seen that there used to be people living here. However, it was now shrouded in a faint green light.
They could vaguely see various dilapidated mechanical devices, as well as countless old buildings that were constantly being hit by the sea.
There was only one town on the entire island. The architectural style was heavily dilapidated. Everything was incomplete.
Li Xiang drove the sailing airship to dock at the outermost dilapidated dock. The dock that was originally used to dock passing ships only had a few wooden boats that were almost broken. They were tied up with faint green iron chains.
He and Shizuko Ise jumped off the sailing airship and casually fixed it with the iron chains.
A rotten aura of vicissitudes assaulted them.
The stone tablet outside the town was slanted into the soft ground. The words "Forgotten Town" were scribbled on it in the steam language.
The two of them looked at each other. When they looked again, they realized that there was not a single word on the stone tablet. There were only countless weeds growing.
From the moment they set off, Li Xiang always had a strange feeling in his heart. However, every time this feeling arose, it would be suppressed by the aura and an inexplicable summon.
He could not tell why, but he knew that something was wrong.
Walking into Forgotten Town, he saw a majestic but old cathedral. He remembered that there were very few religions in the seven continents that could spread their beliefs without restrictions. Even if there were, it would be with the support of some players.
However, looking at the majestic green cross in front of him, Li Xiang suddenly thought of something.
This was not the religion of this world.
The black clock on the cathedral reached the hour and let out a deafening sound.
At the same time, a large group of ghost-like figures surged from all over the town and walked toward the cathedral.
Their bodies were almost transparent and their faces were expressionless. However, one could clearly see their various clothing and appearances.
Clearly, this group of people came from different places in the seven continents. One could tell from their race and clothing.
There were many figures. It was as if a group of wandering ghosts had suddenly found a target. They all surged toward the dilapidated cathedral.
Li Xiang noticed that Forgotten Town was not uninhabited. These ghosts were the natives. They lived here like normal humans. However, they did not have any voice, thoughts, or emotions. They were like puppets that mechanically repeated some things.
The more he looked, the stranger it felt.
"Li Xiang, look!" Ise Shizuko suddenly grabbed his arm and pointed not far away. She even suppressed her voice to the lowest.
Li Xiang looked over and was surprised to find a familiar figure in the crowd.
Cullen walked among the ghosts. His face was blank as he was led into the cathedral by the bell.
"Gegege …"
Suddenly, there was the ear-piercing sound of bones folding behind them.
Li Xiang and Ise Shizuko turned around as fast as they could. They realized that the thing that was twisting its body was a skeleton soldier that had approached them at some point.
This was a dead thing without any aura of life.
That was why he could not sense it with his perception.
Bang!
The skeleton soldier pulled out a bone blade and collided with Li Xiang's Hunter.
The huge force shook the entire skeleton and made a cracking sound. The rainbow light flashed on the Hunter's blade and absorbed the only light in the skeleton's eye into the blade!
"Hiss — — Roar!!!"
Mournful cries and screams overlapped. Before it was melted, the skeleton soldier let out a final howl.
The ear-piercing sound resounded through Forgotten Town and suddenly covered the terrifying bell.
"Oh no." Li Xiang raised his head and saw that the group of lifeless spirits suddenly stopped in their tracks and looked towards their hiding place.
"Go!" Ise Shizuko hid in the shadows first.
Her ninjutsu was more effective in this environment. Li Xiang also used the shadows to hide his body.
However, all of this did not seem to exist in the eyes of these ghosts.
They suddenly rushed over. The suffocating aura seemed to drown the two of them.
Whoosh — —
The katana pierced through a ghost as if it pierced through air. The ghost twisted for a moment and rushed over again.
That ghost's sharp claws slashed Ise Shizuko's shoulder and brought out fresh blood.
She covered the wound and looked at the ghosts surrounding her in shock. She did not know what to do.
Bang!
Silver bullets poured out from the muzzle of the White Snake X, and the explosion-like flames disappeared in an instant. After a loud bang, a large number of ghosts were swallowed by the scorching light and burning flames, and they let out extremely mournful screams!
Similar to the void creatures, they were immune to most attacks but were afraid of bullets.
At this moment, a petite figure suddenly descended from the sky. Countless pink cherry blossoms scattered from her body. The moment the petals touched the ghosts, they were frozen and melted.
A soft arm climbed onto Li Xiang's back and suddenly lifted him up.
"Follow me, this way!"
The voice had a faint loli voice. It was a human.
"Shizuko, retreat." Li Xiang pulled Ise Shizuko who was trapped in the shadows and followed the petite figure to another direction.
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