Night World Players

Chapter 134: The Stamp of Victory (Two in One)

"By the way, Dean Yin."

"The next Epoch Reverberation that I have to prepare for should not only be my own personal mission, but also be considered an official mission assigned by the academy, right?"

"That is to say, I can also apply for resource allocation from the Ruins and Ashes this time, right?"

Rast did not stay in the Mystery Tower for long.

After a short rest, he walked straight out of the Mysterious Tower.

"Epic Civilization Event Line" - Information about this unique mechanism in the night world is extremely rare, even if you look at the entire history of night world exploration in the present world.

Perhaps in the past, night travelers had accidentally triggered the "epic event line of civilization", but at that time, the recording and dissemination of information was not as advanced as it is today.

Even if there is any information left, it is mostly just a few lines of vague text and does not have much reference value.

Therefore, even Laster and Dean Yin had no way of judging how long the so-called "historical node lock" in the Night World prompt would last.

Although according to the prompts in Night World, this should be similar to the save point in a game copy.

If we understand it literally, then Rast could even survive in this world until he reaches level six, or even spend decades to become a legend...train himself into the Sword God of Shilipo, then come out of the mountains, head to the Echoes of the Era, and continue advancing the main storyline of the "Battle of the Broken Coast".

However, the situation he encountered this time was different from a pure strategy game after all.

As a night traveler, Axia is now trapped in the echoes of the era of the night world.

The speed of time flowing in the night world's reverberations is not consistent with that in the real world.

Sometimes hundreds of years have passed in the night world, but only a few days have passed in the real world... or vice versa, everything is possible.

Therefore, no one can be sure what Akshia will experience in the night world when Rast is in the real world.

She is not an original resident of the night world and the remnants of history... but a night traveler who is an outsider and is incompatible with the night world and the remnants of history themselves.

If you are trapped in the night world for a long time, it is very likely that some unexpected changes will happen.

Akxia's current situation of being trapped in the night world made Last think of himself being trapped in the Deep Blue Harbor.

At that time, I was also an outsider who did not belong to the night world, and I was trapped in the endlessly restarting nightmare of Deep Blue Harbor.

The whole world is repeating itself over and over again, and only one's own memories can be preserved... If it weren't for the existence of Canaan and Xiao Ai, Rast would probably have self-destructed in those hundreds of years.

And the same situation is likely to happen to Akshia.

Therefore, after making all preparations,

The next time Rast enters the Echoes of the Era and continues the "Battle of the Broken Coast", an epic civilization event line, the sooner the better... With every day of delay, the possibility of accidents happening in the night world where Axia lives will increase exponentially.

Although he had just escaped from the night world, Last did not have even a minute to slack off or be lazy.

……

"certainly--"

Dean Yin was still staying in the hall of the Mystery Tower. Looking at the young man who was walking towards the exit of the Mystery Tower not far away, he replied.

"After all, the main reason for Xiao Xia's current situation is that we don't know enough about the End Night World and the Epoch Reverberations. Or to put it more bluntly... we were tricked by that old bastard in the Night World."

"But strictly speaking, if it weren't for the decision made by Ophelia and I, Xiao Xia wouldn't be trapped in the remnants of history now."

It shook its furry white tail and said, "Before every night traveler from the academy enters the night world, they have already made up their minds to commit themselves to the night and become a shining star on the obelisk."

"However, this does not mean that the lives of the Night Travelers, and the word "companion" in our eyes, are existences that can be discarded at will."

Dean Yin's words became more serious, no longer as lazy as before when he was pretending to be silly and cute.

Perhaps when Star University was first established, that violent organization that had no humanity and operated like a military machine... was indeed like this.

The Night Travelers were trained to be consumables and killing machines with no humanity. In order to conquer the night world, these consumables could be discarded at will.

But the old principal——

However, he spent his entire life transforming Star University from the cold and ruthless killing machine he took over... bit by bit into what it is today.

"Let's not talk about Xiao Xia, who is now ranked first in the Obelisk Sequence and the head of the Round Table. As a night traveler, she has made countless contributions in the process of exploring the night world."

"Even if she is just an ordinary student, we will never abandon any of our companions if possible."

"Besides, the significance of the Echo of the Era you are preparing for this time - the upcoming "Battle of the Broken Coast" - is not just as simple as rescuing Xiao Xia."

Dean Yin's gaze also became quite serious at this moment.

Until this moment, it no longer looked like a perennial house mink that lay down all day long to act cute, but had a bit more dignity as the director of the Institute of Magical Creatures and the long-rank holder of the unique sequence "Moon".

"It has been several decades since the first night world of the Sixth Epoch appeared."

"Over the past few decades, with the exploration and pioneering of generations of night travelers... our understanding of the overall history of the Sixth Epoch has continued to deepen."

"However, the past night worlds were mostly concentrated in the early and middle periods of the Sixth Epoch, the golden age of rapid development of civilization... At that time, the extraordinary system of the Sixth Epoch had not yet truly sprouted, and the background of the era was also dominated by the development and progress of science and technology."

"And starting with the outbreak of the evil god in Deep Blue Harbor... After the Cataclysm, the night world and historical echoes that were set in the second half of the Sixth Epoch began to appear on a large scale. This was after Tina and the others entered Starry University."

"We know very little about the history after the Sixth Epoch Cataclysm, but this period is the most important in all of Night World history... It is closest to our current era, and therefore has the most reference value."

As Rast got closer to the exit of the Mystery Tower, the distance between him and Dean Silver continued to widen.

However, Dean Snowfern's voice sounded directly in Rast's heart like a "whisper under the moon".

"And the epoch remnant you entered this time is already the forefront of the current world's exploration and development of the Sixth Epoch."

"In the past, no Night Traveler has ever advanced the timeline to the point of the Battle of the Broken Coast in the echoes of the Night World of the Sixth Epoch."

"Although it has not really broken out yet, it has been confirmed that this will inevitably be a war involving two... or even more legends. The outcome of this war is likely to directly determine the future direction of the Sixth Epoch Civilization - otherwise, the Night World would not have given the definition of "civilization epic"."

"For us, the information from the Broken Coast Battle is of unimaginable significance. If we can take this opportunity to investigate the truth behind the demise of the Sixth Epoch Civilization..." "Then, it will be of great help to us in dealing with the reverberations of the End that will appear after we conquer all seventy-two night worlds."

Dean Yin didn't finish his words, but Last already understood what they meant.

After all, in the past six eras, at the end of each era, there would be a final disaster that destroyed civilization.

Then, it makes no sense that a similar disaster would not occur in the world they are currently living in, or at the end of the Seventh Epoch.

Now that we know that the catastrophe that will end civilization at the end of the era is bound to come, collecting as much information as possible and making preparations in advance are what the current night travelers must do.

Perhaps some people can calmly face the end of their era and the end of civilization, and calmly wait for the Day of Judgment to come...but such people are by no means all.

Even though we know that there is little hope, and there have been countless precedents of civilizations being destroyed and eras changing in the past... we must still fight hard.

On this point, the Sixth Epoch's Shore Keeper Organization and Starry University both hold the same philosophy.

“So, let go and prepare.”

"I will apply for the highest level of authority for you from the academy... As long as your goal is to conquer the Echoes of the Epoch, the resources of both the Arcana Tower and the Ashes Court will be open to you unconditionally, with no upper limit."

Dean Yin looked at Rast's figure and said, "I know that you witnessed the legendary power with your own eyes during the echo of this era..."

"But you don't have to be discouraged."

"The road to legend does not require external things... When it comes to the number of legendary masters, compared to the several epochs in the Night World, we may be lacking in the accumulation and sedimentation over a long period of time."

"However, our civilization also has advantages that previous civilizations did not have."

"【Mechanic】——This is a product unique to our era."

"In the past, the technological levels of those failed civilizations came to an abrupt halt when they reached the critical point of the Steam Age. With the advent of a certain disaster, the civilization declined and the technological level stopped advancing."

"However, this era is different. As early as when our civilization was just beginning to sprout... the emergence of the Night World allowed our night travelers to glimpse many future technologies in advance through the remnants of history."

"The level of technology in our era is far superior to any previous era... With the help of technology, even ordinary people who are powerless can kill high-level extraordinary people, or even legends."

Dean Yin slowly spoke: "Although there are many restrictions on the use of technological weapons in the night world..."

"But within the Ashes Court, there are indeed mechanical constructs that use legendary masters and even "gods" as their imaginary enemies—"

"For example, above the Arcana Tower, the Spear of Judgment - the Sword of Damocles - is aiming at us in near-geosynchronous orbit."

"Of course, most of these mechanical weapons are still in the design stage, but a few already have trial products and prototypes."

"If necessary, I will contact the Ash Court and ask them to grant you this permission."

……

"You misunderstood, Dean Yin."

Last's voice also came through "Whisper Under the Moon" and sounded directly in Dean Yin's spiritual world.

"You don't have to tell me this because you're worried that I've lost faith in our civilization after witnessing the power of the legend."

"From the beginning to the end, I never doubted this—"

“【We will win】.”

"[And the cycle of eras changing, civilizations falling and reborn will also end in our time]."

“This is a belief that has been engraved into the depths of my soul from the very beginning, like a stamp of thought.”

"Being called ignorant or arrogant by outsiders..."

"But if this belief is violated, then Rast will no longer exist."

He didn't look back, but just waved behind him.

"Before entering the Echoes of the Era next time, I will be in seclusion for about a month, and I may stay in the Ash Courtyard the whole time."

"During this period of time, I'll trouble you, Dean Yin, to collect the materials and extraordinary props I need..."

The young man's thin figure continued to move away, and soon, he arrived at the exit of the Mystery Tower.

"Ah, it's great to be young. Pure, determined, and fearless."

"No wonder you think so highly of him, little Snow Ferret. If the old principal came back, he would probably like him very much too."

Barbarossa's majestic voice suddenly rang in Dean Yin's ears.

Dean Yin glanced at the gorilla professor who was taking advantage of his seniority and couldn't help but curl his lips.

If this reckless man knew Last's true mental age, I wonder what his expression would be.

"but--"

Dean Yin's gaze once again turned to the exit of the Mysterious Tower.

"That unfinished fairy tale..."

It stared at the boy's back, which was getting smaller and smaller and almost inaudible.

Dean Yin watched the entire live broadcast from Akshia's first-person perspective, so he knew very well what the unfinished fairy tale that Last was talking about was.

"It turns out that not only Xiao Xia, but even you took it seriously."

“Fairy tales are fake, but love is real?”

"But if it were you..."

“Maybe we can really give that unfinished story an ending that meets everyone’s expectations.”

(End of this chapter)