It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 20: Abnormal Strength and Summoning

Xia Zhi and others made a big circle.

With some effort, I chose a tortuous and circuitous road to move forward.

This cautious attitude was like an invisible ruler, always measuring their every move. The main reason for going around such a big circle was to avoid the fallen fairy town as much as possible.

On the way, I also took a look from afar and saw that the location of the town has now become a forbidden area eroded by darkness, like a cancer embedded in the originally peaceful earth. Under the night cover, it looks like a gushing gate of hell, rising into the sky with its momentum.

Shrouded in the vast darkness, even from a long distance, one can still feel the oppression and terror that is overwhelming.

The seemingly crowded and surging scene is actually a gathering of countless distorted and deformed Morse entities.

These Mosses are bustling, crowded, and in chaos. They wander and struggle endlessly on this cursed land in a chaotic and frenzied state of existence, completely losing their former form.

"This is really abnormal..."

Vivian was extremely alert and concerned about this, muttering to herself.

"Why are there so many Mosses gathering together? Is there something attracting them..."

An indescribable throbbing surged in her heart, and an uneasiness from the depths of her soul spread like ripples. At the same time, she also remembered the description in the intelligence entrusted to her by her other self in pan-human history.

It was a warning prophecy, revealing a horrifying fact—

If another self had not traveled through time and returned to her consciousness with heavy and crucial information, she would have died on the night the Rain Clan was destroyed and would have been unable to do anything.

Then, the following year, a great disaster broke out and no one was able to stand up to fight it.

——And so Britain was destroyed.

Could it be that... Could it be that... This is the great disaster that is about to happen? The girl came to this conclusion subconsciously, and thought that this was very likely the truth.

"Maybe their king has been born?" Xia Zhi said casually, squinting his eyes and observing the distance. The actions of those Mors became stranger and stranger the more he looked. He doubted that these things could actually be classified as one species.

"Lord of Moss?"

The blonde girl frowned, finding it hard to accept the concept, but she didn't rush to deny it.

"Let's leave here first... This atmosphere is so uncomfortable." Tetrot, who was lying in the grass nearby, protested softly. The face of this loli was a little pale. She never thought that one day she would be able to see so many Moss gathered together.

With such a huge number, the aura they emit is extremely terrifying.

Quantitative change will always lead to qualitative change. With such a terrifying curse aura, I'm afraid that ordinary low-level goblins would not even dare to get close...

There is no need to be hit by Moss's attack. Just the strong aura of curse is constantly inducing the fairies to give up hope and turn into Moss directly.

"That's right, let's retreat first..."

Xia Zhi nodded decisively. He looked at the sky and thought that if he didn't go back, Index would starve to death.

Although the remaining food in the camp was enough for two people to eat for more than a day, for the little silver-haired nun, it should only be enough for one or two meals, and she couldn't eat as much as she wanted...

"Well, let's go——"

Vivian nodded slightly, and finally took a deep look in that direction.

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Instead of heading straight to the goal, he chose a more circuitous and detailed approach.

And out of caution, the three did not simply rush on their journey, but carefully planned each journey, explored the surrounding environment in detail, and carefully erased all traces of their whereabouts.

We must avoid blindly running into the dangerous traps that may exist ahead...

We must also try to eliminate the conditions that may allow potential enemies to track us from behind...

Although such a steady and cautious approach greatly improved the safety factor of the entire team, such a cautious advance also brought an inevitable price - the speed of travel was significantly slowed down. It was not until late at night that they finally successfully arrived at the secret camp.

——The campfire has not yet gone out, but it has become somewhat dim...

——It seemed to be saying that quite some time had passed since the last time firewood was added.

"Index! We're back!"

no respond.

In the dim, flickering firelight, one could see a silver-haired loli lying face down on the ground with her long silver hair spread out around her, completely motionless. If there was a pool of blood beneath her body, it would have been a perfect crime scene.

Resisting the urge to walk over and outline the little nun's figure with chalk, Xia Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Although Vivian has already determined that Index is not a so-called "Servant", she was summoned by herself after all, and there seems to be some kind of contract or magical bond between the two.

Therefore, he had a general idea of Index's condition and was not overly nervous, because she was obviously just sleeping soundly at the moment.

After all, it was already late at night.

If the little nun had been waiting anxiously for the meal to be delivered, she would have been unable to resist the sleepiness by now.

"Index?"

Xia Zhi walked forward, called out softly again, squatted down and helped the little nun up. However, the latter still did not react at all. She just hung her head, with her silver hair hanging down, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

This is really... quite thick-skinned.

Vivian also quickly approached and knelt down beside Index, skillfully conducting a brief physical examination of the silver-haired loli.

Tetrot at the back had a curious look on his face, observing Index, who was in the same loli camp as him.

Seeing that there was nothing for Xia Zhi to do, he picked up the parchment scrolls scattered around the little nun. With a quick glance, he found that they were covered with densely packed words. As his eyes moved around, he found that the dozens of parchment scrolls spread on the ground were all covered with the same words.

Huh?
This foodie loli is not just being lazy, but has started working?

Xia Zhi was immediately amazed by this. He reached out to pick up a few pieces of firewood next to him and threw them into the campfire. By the way, with the help of the firelight and starlight, he looked at the contents recorded on the parchment scroll. The handwriting looked a little new.

——"… Grains can keep people alive. If people have them, they live. If they don't have them, they die. What's more, the best medicines can benefit people ten thousand times more than grains. As for the golden elixir, the longer it is burned, the more wonderful its changes will be…"

Emmmmmm, why does it seem like it looks a little familiar?

If you think about it carefully, isn’t this the content of “Baopuzi·Inner Chapters·Jindan”?
As if remembering something, Xia Zhi continued reading with interest and flipped through a few more pages. Just like the things Index had written before, it was not difficult to read.

However, there are significant differences between the two.

What Index recorded in the past were only "fragments", like fragments of magic scattered everywhere and unconnected to each other.

The words in front of him belong to the same whole. They are all the contents of the same magic book. All the scrolls are no longer isolated "fragments" and are no longer limited to a few independent and limited magics.

On the contrary, these scrolls carry a collection of various profound theories, detailed explanations of techniques, interweaving of logical arguments, and comprehensive guidance on learning and application...

Then, it vaguely points to a huge, systematic and comprehensive system.

After quickly flipping through it, Xia Zhi discovered that this volume of "Baopuzi" was significantly different from the familiar ancient book in his memory. The discrepancy in content was not due to deletions, but rather the addition of many new contents.

He was sure that he had never seen those contents and had no impression of them at all.

Magic modified version?
No, I'm afraid it can't be called a modified version, it should be the "original version".

However, it is the original text from Index's world, not the original text from his own world...even the worldviews are different, so works with the same name will naturally be different. The difference lies in whether they really have the secret to teach people to achieve immortality.

Or maybe, in Index's world, there is a version of the classic book Baopuzi that ordinary people can read, and that should be the version he is familiar with. For a moment, Xia Zhi's thoughts were flying and his imagination was running wild.

And at this moment——

"Well... good... I want to eat more..."

Index smacked her lips in a daze and finally woke up from her sleep.

She looked around in confusion, and after a moment she seemed to suddenly realize something: "Huh? Xiazhi, Xiazhi, you guys are finally back, I thought you—Wa ...

Before she could finish her words, the little nun suddenly let out a series of screams.

She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she pounced on him and quickly snatched the parchment from the young man's hand.

"Don't look at it! It's very dangerous!"

"..."

"..."

"Is there?" Xia Zhi blinked and asked pointedly, "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious... Haven't you seen this kind of thing before?"

"This is different," the little nun explained with a pale face, "the previous ones were not that dangerous strictly speaking, but the knowledge now is copied from the real magic book, which is the knowledge that "one glance at it will pollute the soul"! "

At this point, Index was so anxious that she almost cried, and looked at him eagerly: "How much have you seen? How do you feel now?!"

"I looked at them all, but I didn't feel anything..."

"..."

"..."

"Ehhhh?!" the little nun made a strange sound.

She had just woken up from a dream, her thoughts were still hazy, and the light was dim. As far as she could see, she suddenly found that the young man in front of her was half-crouching in front of the campfire, holding the parchment scroll she had copied, and his body was already covered with bloodstains.

In fact, it was caused by the previous fight...

I rushed back all the way and didn't take the time to clean up...

——Suddenly, Index's mind buzzed and went blank.

What happened next was all just instinctive reflex, but she was still afraid that it was too late to stop it, and she was so anxious that she almost cried out loud.

However, the result left her dumbfounded. The other party was not affected at all?
"How could it be... How is it possible..." The little silver-haired nun had a stunned expression on her face. She looked at the young man with an indifferent expression, then looked down at the parchment scrolls she was holding in her arms. Her mind couldn't help but become confused.

——Did I copy it wrong?

——Or has the foundation of magic really been shaken in this strange phase?

Because theoretically, although Index's copied "manuscript" of the magic book will not be endowed with magic power due to her own special characteristics, the content of the book will not change. It is still the kind of dangerous item that will drive ordinary people crazy as soon as they see it.

The knowledge contained in the magic book is "poisonous". Those contents are all "abnormal knowledge" and "different laws". As long as the human brain accepts this kind of knowledge, it will be destroyed due to "incompatibility".

"What are you talking about...what does this knowledge have to do with-"

Tetrot was confused. He stuck his head out from behind to look at the parchment scroll in Index's arms, and stopped talking abruptly.

Her eyes suddenly became deep, gray and inorganic, as if the spirit within them was suddenly attracted and swallowed up by something... until Vivian was quick to push her away.

Sitting on the ground, the winged fairy seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He looked at the others in a daze and shook his head vigorously.

"Huh? I just...just now..."

Tetrot opened his mouth to speak with some doubt, but his body shook a few times and suddenly fell backwards, and there was no sound.

The blonde girl's expression changed slightly. She quickly came to the side of the Winged Fairy to check on him. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and said, "He just fell asleep. There's nothing serious. He must have been very tired to begin with, and he couldn't hold on any longer after being exhausted like this."

"..."

"..."

There was a strange silence.

"I'm glad you're okay. I understand." Xia Zhi raised his slender index finger, scratched his cheek, and showed an awkward but polite smile.

Index also fell silent, staring at him with a strange look.

It seems...

It seems that it’s not the knowledge in the magic book that’s problematic, but this guy.

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Although there are many questions, it is impossible to delve into them in a short period of time, let alone explain them.

The parties involved themselves have no clue, so any guesses they make in this situation can only be classified as wild imagination and do not have much practical significance.

Besides, enough has happened today...

After cleaning the stains on her body, even Vivian closed her eyes and rested tiredly. Naturally, the others were no exception. The little nun did not last too long either. After eating and drinking her fill, she soon fell into a deep sleep again accompanied by the warm firelight.

Xia Zhi was the only one awake in the camp.

As he thought, he flipped through the manuscript in his hand.

Index had only copied out a part of it so far, and had not yet copied out the entire volume of "Baopuzi". He read it through over and over again, and it seemed that he had no difficulty in memorizing it.

He pinched his chin and thought for a while, then picked up a page of parchment and brought it to the flame.

The flames easily ignited the page, burning it bit by bit until he let go, letting the page turn to ashes, burned cleanly... it could be damaged, with no signs of self-protection.

Apart from the above content, there should be nothing special about the manuscript itself... Well, probably.

He shook his head and stopped worrying about it. Instead, he focused his attention on the remaining parchment. Although he didn't know what these strange phenomena meant, or whether they were good or bad, he didn't seem to have anything to consider.

This fucking world is so dangerous. Those Mors might make big news next, and it will probably sweep across the entire fairy kingdom...

How can you survive if you don’t work harder?

As if he had made up his mind, he gently tidied up the parchment scroll, carefully placed it aside, and lay down directly on the blanket next to the campfire.

slowly……

Also fell asleep.

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And in a half-asleep state, or in a complete dream.

Xia Zhi seemed to hear some words faintly, as if inviting, as if bewitching——

"...Your life is at my service, and my fate is on your sword!"

"…Those who respond to the call of the Holy Grail and follow its will and truth, respond to me!"

(End of this chapter)