At the end of his line of sight, the land in the distance was a mess. The numbered city that had once housed countless civilians had collapsed. From the looks of it, it seemed to have happened in an instant. The city did not even have time to activate its defensive measures before it was reduced to ruins by the trembling earth and the invasion of space turbulence.
Cries and screams filled the air. The survivors crawled out of the wreckage in despair and pain.
Looking at this scene, Li Xiang's heart clenched tightly.
At this moment, a huge fireball suddenly rose from the ground. It was an airship flying high in the sky that was invaded by the cyclone and fell to the ground, burning. A few people who were lucky enough to escape from the ruins saw the fireball approaching. They did not do anything and were reduced to ashes just like that!
Not everyone was as lucky as them, and not every airship had a precise operator like him.
It seems that many forces have secretly come to explore this place, but now it seems like it's a disaster. Li Xiang looked at the grid-like cracks in the void in front of him. It was pitch black inside, and there were faint flashes of dark light that brought a chill to his heart.
These cracks were still unstable. Under the interference of the powerful cyclone, the entire space was in a state of restlessness. According to his estimation, this state would last for another five to ten hours. During this time, if he rashly entered, he would have to bear the risk of being destroyed and killed.
In the rolling black clouds, there was also an unparalleled will searching, comparable to the pressure of heaven and earth. In front of this cold will, all pretense would be removed. It would search you from the inside out, like an invisible cold wave sweeping through all space, as if it was checking for something.
Is this a restriction for players? Li Xiang had heard from the Night King that during the player assessment, there would be a supreme existence from the alternate void that would release a clone of will to check if there were any players in the assessment area. This was absolutely forbidden.
Once a player quietly entered and was detected, what awaited them was a journey of exile in the infinite void.
Or, he would die instantly with his body smashed to pieces.
No one could resist.
Even someone as powerful as Bai Lili, an existence above Level 9, could not do anything against this will clone. She once had a very good friend who had died in the player's assessment. Bai Lili had tried to invade the player's assessment, but to no avail.
She was also the only player who had not been punished for doing such a thing. However, she had also failed to break through the player's restriction. She had even declared that if she really did break in, she would not be able to avoid the Void Banishment.
In other words, the chaotic land was a relatively safe place for Li Xiang and the others.
The Seven Continents outside must be in chaos. The Goddess of Calamity suddenly issued an assessment mission for the players, and the space turbulence engulfed a large area without warning. The area was much larger than expected.
It was bound to disrupt the plans and arrangements of countless forces.
During these five to ten hours, he had a lot of things to do.
Without the help of the players, the people outside would not dare to enter the space turbulence during this period.
Li Xiang maneuvered the airship to lower its altitude all the way until it finally approached the ground. Along the way, he saw bursting fireballs falling from the sky. Dozens of steam locomotives were lying on the ground in a raging fire, and the people inside were no longer breathing.
He forced the airship to land in an uninhabited area. After docking, he immediately flew back to the cabin.
Baimiya was nestled in Ming Xu's arms. The two of them lay on the ground and made defensive gestures. Their clothes were messy, and it was a feast for Li Xiang's eyes.
After hearing the sound of a successful landing, Baimiya breathed a sigh of relief. Ming Xu, who was hugging her, was very stable from beginning to end. It was hard to imagine how she had trained to be so calm.
Ming Xu turned over and grabbed the long piano case beside her. Inside was her most important weapon, the heavy sniper rifle, Nirvana. Demon wings were attached to the waist of the navy blue suit, and a dark gold dagger was on the right side, flashing with a dazzling cold light.
After the inspection, she was about to walk out, but Li Xiang grabbed her little head.
After being touched a few times, Ming Xu's cheeks flushed red. She looked back at him in confusion.
"Look at you, your skirt is already outside, and you didn't even notice …" Li Xiang knocked on her head and laughed as he shrugged.
"You can't grow taller if you knock my head …" Ming Xu pouted and covered her head.
"Bang!"
The tightly shut door of the airship cabin was kicked open.
The deformed cabin door burst out just like that, and it gave Li Xiang a fright.
"I'll go take a look around. My teeth are sore." Baimiya's voice came. She had already jumped out of the cabin and ran away quickly.
"Let's split up and explore. We'll meet back here in an hour." Li Xiang and Ming Xu looked at each other. The two of them immediately moved and ran in two different directions.
Li Xiang decided to take a look at the nearby towns first. This time, they accidentally came to the space turbulence, and the three of them did not bring enough food and water. Even if they were players, they could not go against human physiology. They ate, drank, and slept as usual, but their needs were lower.
But who knew how long this player assessment would last?
The communication device on him lost its signal the moment he entered this area. It was now no different from a piece of scrap metal. Even with the Mechanical Heart, it could not be repaired.
It was that enormous will clone that blocked the signal. It was not a problem that could be repaired with technology.
There were towns on both sides of the airship's landing point. He ran in the opposite direction. As he ran, he felt a faint vibration gathering in the depths of the earth.
The vibration was very weak at first, but then it slowly spread out and resonated with the turbulence in the sky.
One after another, cracks in the void were inserted between the earth and the sky like transparent glass. It was really difficult to notice if one did not look carefully. If one took a wrong step, they might fall into one of the cracks and never come back.
"I can't hang around outside for too long. Something is coming." Li Xiang quickly ran to the nearest town. There were corpses and building debris everywhere. His face was very pale. He quickly moved among the corpses and soon plundered a large bag of food and water.
In this environment, almost no civilians could survive. The few lucky or unlucky people who still had a trace of consciousness were seriously injured and could not move. Li Xiang gave them a stab so that they could be released sooner.
This was the only thing he could do now.
In the past player assessments, the Goddess of Calamity would announce the mission in advance, giving the local forces and civilians enough time to evacuate.
But this time, she was cold and heartless. She only issued the announcement at the moment of arrival.
Li Xiang suspected that it was not that the assessment was brought forward, but that the announcement was delayed.
And it could have been activated at any time, but it was activated right after they entered, and the announcement was only made at that moment.
Li Xiang, who had suspected the Goddess of Calamity since the ancient capital of Loulan, had to think about everything together.
Running back to the airship's landing point, Ming Xu and Baimiya were also waiting with a large bag of supplies.
"How is it?" Li Xiang put the three's harvest together. After dividing it evenly, it was enough for them to survive a few months of famine.
"There are cracks in the void everywhere. Almost no one survived." Baimiya shook her head. "I haven't seen any magicians like us who were lucky enough to survive."
"Me too." Ming Xu echoed.
The specific content of the player assessment could not be revealed, but every casualty was extremely tragic, which showed the strong competition.
This wasn't a trial or the School Championship Competition, but a real fight to the death.
Only the living had a chance to become a player.
Li Xiang frowned. The throbbing in his heart became stronger and stronger, and the aura of disaster in his body was affected. Ever since he formed a spirit contract with the little girl, his feelings for disaster had become deeper and deeper.
Dark clouds rolled in the sky. Suddenly, it was divided into several clouds of different sizes. They moved intertwined with each other, and the cracks in the void were embedded in them. Under the countless clouds, a scarlet eye slowly opened.
It replaced the position of the sun and moon, overlooking the earth and watching everything.
Then, under the scarlet eye, a giant hand of light and shadow slowly stretched out. It was transparent and had a golden luster. It passed through the cracks in the void without any hindrance and spread out flat.
In the palm was a huge ancient book. The cover flashed with countless ancient characters that Li Xiang could not understand. The ancient book was huge. If it was put down, it would be enough to accommodate a small numbered city.
The giant hand opened the ancient book. The golden light was dazzling. The three of them could not help but squint. The light sprinkled down, and then the ancient book was flipped over towards the earth.
Every page of the golden paper was densely packed with ancient golden rune characters.
Upon closer inspection, it seemed like an illusory world.
The giant hand approached the earth, and a huge pressure swept up a violent wave, pushing down the broken buildings like dominoes. The giant hand stopped when it was about a hundred meters away from the ground.
The next moment, the giant hand suddenly trembled.
The ancient book trembled, and all the golden runes seemed to have lost their support. They fell out of the pages and smashed into the ground.
The closest one was just a kilometer in front of the three of them. Suddenly, an earth-shattering sound rang out, and a piece of land was smashed into the air. It flew straight up, and pieces of earth and gravel flew in all directions. It flew hundreds of meters into the air before stopping.
Then, the original place became a cliff between the earth and the earth.
There were also golden runes that splashed out balls of fire after they smashed into the ground. Large amounts of black smoke rose into the air and covered the sky.
Thousands of golden runes fell out of the ancient book. These were the players' carriers that Magicians dreamed of. After falling to the ground, they either escaped or stopped moving.
At the same time, there were movements in the cracks of the void.
Pairs of dark eyes peeked out, and some directly stretched out claws covered in green scales. Just the claws alone were as big as a steam locomotive.
"Void creatures can also be attracted by players' carriers?" Li Xiang realized the problem and looked at the two girls.
They had the same doubts.
Other than this world, there were countless small worlds in the whole big world. They were located in the void and could only be reached by opening a void passage or a void crack.
Some worlds, such as the Blood Breed and the Werewolf World, and the Jadeite Forest, had been conquered by humans, but most of the worlds had not been explored. This was also a big topic for the scholars of the Chronometer Tower.
At the periphery of the countless worlds, there was a vast ocean. It was the "Disaster Ocean" made up of stars, flames, thunder, ice, and other special substances.
Among these worlds, the Shadow World and the Void World were the most dangerous. The Void Creatures were very similar to the Calamities, but the high-grade races among them possessed intelligence comparable to that of humans. They also possessed unparalleled power, and they wantonly opened the Void Passage, traveled through the Void, and plundered other worlds.
Their only weakness was that they could not grow. Their bloodline and race shackled everything. From birth, they were destined to be strong or weak. They had an extremely high starting point, but there was no room for growth.
"This is troublesome. These guys are harder to deal with than mutants." Baimiya frowned and pulled out the Origin Broadsword on her back. The high-grade creatures among the void creatures had intelligence, and it was very difficult to deal with them.
The only fortunate thing was that all the creatures that entered here could not avoid the players' restrictions. As long as their strength reached the level of the players, they would be prohibited from entering.
The void creatures that struggled out of the void cracks clearly had a goal in mind as they headed toward the landing point of the golden runes.
A huge Void Bull stepped on the air and crushed countless building wreckage. It ran toward the landing point of the player carrier that was closest to them.
All kinds of void runes flashed on the Void Bull's body. Several ferocious tentacles grew out of its dark green scales, waving as it ran.
"I'm walking the path of a Guardian." Baimiya rubbed her hands. "We Guardians can only sense the players' carriers through our source of faith. We can't actively search for them. I'm afraid you won't be able to help me."
Guardians leaned toward defense. Li Xiang always thought that Baimiya would walk the path of an offensive Mage. He was quite shocked when she suddenly said that she wanted to walk the path of a Guardian.
Was this guy provoked by something?
"What's your source of faith?" Li Xiang regretted asking. How could he ask such a thing?
Baimiya looked at him strangely and said with a smile, "You really want to know? It's not like I can't tell you … "
"No, no." Li Xiang quickly waved his hand.
"Alright, I'm just teasing you. I'll go first. See you after the player assessment. I've just sensed my source of faith. I have to rush over. " Baimiya picked up the backpack on the ground and left decisively. "I won't disturb you two being lovey-dovey."
Looking at the creatures crawling out of the void crack one after another, Li Xiang and Ming Xu looked at each other. There was no fear in their eyes, only the raging flames of war.
Both of them were competitive. Since they agreed to become the strongest together, they had been moving forward on their own paths. The only one who could keep up with Li Xiang's terrifying cultivation speed was Ming Xu.
"It's here. The hunt begins." Li Xiang took down the Interpreter from his back. The dark blade reflected countless rays of light.
Under the turbulence of the stars, he and Ming Xu were close to being the strongest. They had nothing to fear.
The two of them ran towards the Void Bull, one on the left and one on the right. The galloping hurricane startled the surrounding void creatures.
They turned their huge bodies and looked at the two humans who were as small as black dots in surprise.
If they were not high-level void creatures, they would not have thought. Their bodies only had the instinct to kill. When they saw living creatures, their first reaction was to kill.
But this time, they kicked an iron plate.
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