From the end of the world

Chapter 609: City Surrounded by Fire

If I were an upright person who had nothing to fear, or at least an eloquent orator, even if my love affair with the young girl Ma Zao, which was forbidden under the general moral and legal concepts, was exposed to her parents, I might be recognized and receive normal blessings and encouragement like the righteous protagonists in many stories.

Obviously, I did not possess the two excellent qualities mentioned above. Therefore, it was natural that this immoral relationship was doomed to be unacceptable to the girl's parents, and even caused tension between me and the girl.

Of course, Ma's father's threats have no effect on me.

To put it bluntly, even if he carries out his threat right now, what will happen? I am the Great Impermanence, and he is just an ordinary person. I just stand here and let him slaughter me. He will spend all his remaining life on this matter, but he can't cause any effective harm to me. Anyone who has some common sense in the weird world will understand how this threat is in name only.

He didn't know what the Great Impermanence was. Even if he had heard a simple introduction and description, it was still just hearsay. He had never really seen how the power of the Great Impermanence could change the color of the world. Now that he could say such a threat, perhaps it was partly because of ignorance.

But he must have at least understood that I was an extraordinary character, and he could have imagined how great a force I represented. He must have known that his warnings and possible retaliation were ridiculous, and that even just saying them out loud would be risky. As he said, I was an "evil guy," not a weak and vulnerable good person.

As a father and a man, there may be some parts that cannot be compromised. I can understand his heart to some extent. He is serious. No matter how far he can go, as long as I dare to hurt Ma Zao, he will take action with all his life.

Is this the spirit that a father should have? As I was thinking this, I was happy that Ma Zao had such a father.

Late at night, Ma and I said goodbye to the couple and left the bakery.

Ma Zao looked back every three steps, obviously still caring about his mother as he bid farewell to her with tears in his eyes, but the figure had already disappeared around the corner as we moved away.

"Let Lu Chan arrange for them to live in a safe place later," I said.

"Yeah..." Ma Zao nodded with difficulty, "If I recover my memory in the future, I still want to meet them again... Zhuang Cheng, will you accompany me next time?"

"If we were still together then," I said.

Ma Zao seemed to have finally regained his normal self, and said in a certain tone, "It will definitely happen."
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We quickly returned to Luoshan headquarters, and I rechecked the situation on the other side.

First of all, regarding the "large southern city caught in time and space distortion and a mysterious sea of ​​fire" mentioned last time, I have only briefly described this super-large-scale strange incident from the perspective of ordinary people. Here I will explain it in depth from Luo Shan's perspective.

In fact, it was not some strange incident of an isolated nature. Based on Luo Shan's observation of that location, it can be concluded that it was a huge phenomenon caused by the conflict between Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang and Xuan Ming.

Long before the incident, it had already become an area where a large number of Taoyuanxiang believers gathered.

Xuan Ming seemed to harbor deep disgust and hostility towards Taoyuan Township's "paradise" plan, and about a month ago he finally made up his mind to put it into action and completely kill Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang.

This undisguised emotion was received by the believers through their retribution bodies, and it caused a huge uproar. Most of the Xuanming believers began to spontaneously hunt down Taoyuan Township believers on a large scale.

Such behavior is not only based on fanaticism for Xuanming, but also on the pursuit of power, and more often a mixture of the two. The believers of Da Wuchang can bring its power to themselves through devout prayers and rituals, and showing faith through actions not only conforms to the concept of ritual, but also can sharpen their own faith.

In history, even religions without any real miracles can still stir up a huge scale of religious fanaticism, let alone the belief in gods centered on the great impermanence? In the hearts of quite a few demon hunters, faith is far more than just a spiritual support and a way to gain strength. It is also the foundation of life and the guiding philosophy. Everything in life is inseparable from faith and related interpersonal relationships.

Many Xuanming believers who were hiding in Luoshan were exposed because of this, and many Xuanming believers headed towards the southern city. Because there were many Taoyuan Township believers active there, the Xuanming believers regarded it as the best hunting ground.

Until half a month ago, Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang showed up there for some reason and opened a super-large barrier covering the entire closed city. Xuan Ming rushed there upon hearing the news and broke into it with a secret method, and then probably had a conflict with Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang. The subsequent developments were something that even Luo Shan didn't know about. He could only observe from the outside that Xuan Ming, who was inside, sealed the city with a sea of ​​fire.

Thinking back to what Xuan Ming said to me last time, I guess he was unable to kill Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang from within, and instead fell into a stalemate.

By the way, the "firefly" that I sensed not long ago that somehow strayed into an area with extremely poor signal had fallen into this city that is now enclosed by barriers and a sea of ​​fire.

I didn't set up the "firefly" in that southern city in the past. The reason why the "firefly" ran into it was because someone brought it in. As for who this mysterious person is, Lu Chan has also helped me identify him.

Most of them are Zhu Shi’s friend, his schoolmate Xiao Qiao.

More than four months ago, because she was involved in the Taoyuan Township missionary incident, she had a connection with the strange world, so Zhu Shi wanted to recommend her to Luoshan Demon Hunter Academy. However, this period was not the enrollment season for Luoshan Academy, and the reason why Changan was able to transfer in midway was because he had received some basic common sense education about the strange world in his childhood and could keep up with the courses.

So Xiao Qiao had to wait for a while, and recently, Xiao Qiao seemed to be planning to visit relatives in the south, so she set off there. Yes, it was the southern city that was in turmoil mentioned earlier.

I had left a "firefly" on Xiao Qiao before, but I didn't take it away. I just left it there casually. Unlike thermal marks, "fireflies" are easy to find, so I thought she would throw it away... No, I didn't think so, or I didn't pay attention to the "firefly" at all, I just forgot about it. It's just that she might have regarded it as a talisman or something, and kept it with her, and brought it into the area where the incident happened.

Zhu Shi didn't know the news yet, but she couldn't be blamed for being negligent, because she had recently focused all her energy on guarding against Mingzhu and had worked hard to protect Ma Zao.

Besides, even if she knew, it would be useless. In the morning, after learning about this, I immediately moved to the outside of the city surrounded by the sea of ​​fire to see if I could break in.

Since I already know that Xuanming has evil intentions towards Xiaowan, I certainly can't just sit and wait for him to come and challenge me. If conditions permit, I will definitely go and kill him myself. It was like this back then, and it is still like this now.

The sea of ​​fire surrounding the city is a forbidden zone for ordinary people, but not for me. In Xuanming's absence, I can even hack into these flames and turn them into my own power. It is impossible to be hurt by them. However, since I don't know Xuanming's specific intention of setting it here, I will keep it for the time being, so as not to help Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang instead.

However, even if I could pass through the sea of ​​fire, I couldn't easily pass through the barrier that closed the city.

The source of the chaotic space-time phenomenon around the city is this barrier. I have even experienced the chaotic space-time of the "Apocalypse Era", and the chaotic space-time phenomenon here is nothing compared to it. So I moved forward along the road unimpeded. After moving for a distance, I hit a layer of "frosted glass" that covered the sky and the earth - this part is the main body of the barrier.

This was obviously something that Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang personally set up, and one can feel his extremely condensed magic power from it. It also feels like glass to the touch, and its solidity is so high that it can only be summarized as "unbreakable". It is probably a magical product that he spent a lot of effort to prepare carefully. Even for me now, if I don't find the correct strategy, trying to crack it with pure violence may be as difficult as an ordinary person trying to break bulletproof glass with bare hands.

Fortunately, I do have a strategy. Although it can't be considered a proper strategy, the key is whether it can be used.

That is the "firefly" that was suspected to be brought in by schoolmate Xiao Qiao.

This is the experience I gained from the Humanitarian Division Headquarters Campaign. As long as we establish a connection with the "fireflies" in the closed alien space, the alien space is no longer completely closed. The established connection itself is enough to become a medium for drilling holes into the target alien space. This is how we entered the independent real space where the Humanitarian Division Headquarters was located.

There is no need for me to drill a hole. I just need to continuously increase the strength of this connection until it reaches a level strong enough to teleport myself inside.

In order to maintain its high degree of self-closure, the barrier will output power to prevent me from expanding my connection. This is a confrontational behavior. However, given that the first small flaw has already appeared, it is only a matter of time before the barrier is invaded by me. This is a very complicated task. If I had not understood the way of density and could only wield power in a mess, I would not have been able to do such a precise operation.

And now I have become an expert. Even when I face a barrier power that I am not familiar with, I can challenge it with my mysterious and profound magic skills. Especially with the blessing of the small bowl, my efficiency has been greatly increased.

Even so, this barrier created by Meng Zhang is really amazing. The energy behind it seems endless, so I have to spend a lot of patience to upgrade my invasion skills and proficiency, rather than just fighting brute force. It is estimated that it will take another five to eight days for me to complete this invasion.

I had a very good impression of Xiao Qiao, because during the Taoyuan Township missionary incident, Xiao Qiao's reaction to the fact that I was a god satisfied my superficial and childish vanity. So I wanted to try to see if I could rescue her from the incident, where she was now in a life-or-death situation.

I just don't know whether I will be the first to invade, or Xuan Ming inside and Taoyuan Township Lord Meng Zhang will decide the outcome first.

But on the morning of the next day, new movement occurred on the other side.

Fa Zheng brought me a new and exciting piece of news.

(End of this chapter)