Ironclad, but the dungeon is in Hell difficulty.

The somber atmosphere made Yu Tianyi feel somewhat down, but not because he was late.

Rather, based on Su Chang's remains, he judged that she had been in this state for several days. In other words, even if Yu Tianyi restarted and compressed the speed to the extreme, he would not be able to save her in the prologue.

Although he was angry about the terrible things Huanlong had caused, he was ultimately only dealing with those wicked creatures who had already lost their minds.

When this life-or-death separation happened before him, Yu Tianyi found it very difficult to understand the event as a mere reenactment.

If this prologue were real, it would be too cruel, making him hope that it might just be a fiction.

With a sigh, Yu Tianyi lost count of how many times he had sighed during this incident, feeling it was more than he had sighed over the past thousand years.

Yet, a lingering sense of unease remained in my heart.

He glanced at the creature that had become aware of the commotion, then quietly slipped outside the room, his greatsword in hand.

The sword flashed, turning the area around the house into an insurmountable chasm.

Half an hour later, Gui Naifen, having composed herself, walked out of the room and looked at Yu Tianyi, who stood guard over the room like an iron tower.

“My name is Gui Naifen. May I ask your honorable surname, sir?”

"No need for such formality. I am Yu Tianyi, a craftsman from the Luofu Construction Bureau. I just came here from the Construction Bureau because I received a message from Miss Fen. I wonder if there are any other survivors in Changletian."

After introducing himself, Yu Tianyi asked the most crucial question.

"I thought you were a Cloud Cavalry Guard, but I never imagined you were a master craftsman from the Construction Bureau. As for the survivors, I'm sorry, Changchang and I haven't met any of the other survivors."

Gui Naifen shook her head. She was also puzzled by this. Logically speaking, people like her, who were outsiders, should not have fallen into demonic possession. Besides, it wasn't just her and Su Chang who survived this ordeal.

After all, even a street performer like her could barely make a living, so there must be many people who were much stronger than her who came seeking immortality and longevity.

Although Su Chang was quite strong, she was by no means top-tier, but she managed to hold on for several days before she was about to go berserk and fall into demonic possession.

"Strange, we haven't seen any other survivors, nor have we found any remains. Where could they have gone?"

Yu Tianyi had the same question, and then asked Gui Naifen about what happened after the incident, which roughly reconstructed the timeline of the event.

But this did not resolve his doubts; instead, it made the whole thing seem even stranger.

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PS:

I'm so damn angry. All day long, I've been thinking about how LNG got beaten like bots by SKT in three games yesterday. All sorts of memorable moments are playing out in my head. The mid and jungle players are really inhuman. They're putting on a show of loyalty to the country.

Chapter 15 Speculation on the Current Situation

"When you regained consciousness, you were all alone. The other beings around you had either turned into abundant monsters or suddenly disappeared."

If Su Chang hadn't suddenly appeared, you might have even thought you'd traveled through time?

Yu Tianyi frowned. This situation made him think of a certain possibility, but he couldn't be sure if it was true.

"Could it be what I think? Then how do you explain my special characteristics, the special features brought about by the cheat?"

Upon hearing Gui Naifen's statement, he immediately considered a certain possibility, but Yu Tianyi's own presence made this possibility seem somewhat strange.

Of course, it's also possible that there was some divine intervention involved.

“I also find it strange, but this is all I know.”

Gui Naifen herself had doubts about whether this world truly existed, otherwise she couldn't explain why there were no other non-human beings besides herself in all that was happening now.

However, this doesn't explain why only she and Su Chang didn't have any problems, and why Yu Tianyi, someone who had never interacted with them before, would also appear here.

"I have a guess. Maybe we were all affected by something, which is why this happened."

Yu Tianyi recalled the information he had encountered several times when he entered this event, and then he thought of the title of this prologue, 'After the Destruction'.

If it has already perished, why would there be a sequel? Moreover, the main chapter is titled "The Fall of Luofu." If the prologue already begins after the destruction, how can the subsequent chapters proceed?

This also explains why, after so many days, the outside world, especially the other immortal ships, has remained completely unresponsive, as if they were blind.

"If it's some kind of illusionary technique similar to the Butterfly Dream, wouldn't it be possible to leave simply by dying here?"

"It's not that simple. What if you really think you're dead, and then in reality you lose consciousness and become a vegetable?"

Yu Tianyi knew that Gui Naifen was still deeply troubled by Su Chang's death, but these were just simple guesses at the moment, unless they were wild speculations, without sufficient information.

Otherwise, conclusions drawn from scattered information are likely to be wrong, or may overlook some crucial details.

"So what should we do now?"

As a non-civilized person, it was obviously difficult to ask Gui Naifen to come up with ideas, and she herself knew this, so she handed over the initiative to this person who was suspected to be from the Bureau of Works.

Since things have already turned out this way, she seems to have no other choice but to trust the craftsman.

"Well, I originally came here to confirm some things, but I didn't expect to make things so complicated."

"In that case, we'll have to continue searching for valuable clues. I'll find you a safe place first, and then I'll go to the Shence Prefecture; perhaps they'll have information about the current situation there."

Since no concrete conclusion could be reached, Yu Tianyi decided to gather more information. Currently, it seems that there is no trace of the legion in Changletian, which is also very strange.

We can only hope that some information can still be found in the ruins of Shence Mansion.

"Ah."

Gui Naifen, holding the Xuanyuan Sword in her hand, was somewhat lost in thought until Yu Tianyi finished speaking, at which point she responded with a sound.

She knew that her strength was obviously no match for Yu Tianyi, who was able to come here from the Bureau of Works on his own. If she acted with him, he would have to spend energy protecting her, so she nodded decisively.

After settling her in a relatively secluded place, Yu Tianyi headed towards the Shence Mansion, which was already half collapsed.

"If it really is some kind of illusion, then there is no way to explain why I was able to obtain the power of destiny from it. Could it be that when I entered the event, I became a creation of the illusion itself?"

Or is this some kind of situation, somewhere between fantasy and reality, like in Punk Lord?

Punklords is the home of Silver Wolf, a planet made of characters and data, where the boundary between reality and illusion is as blurred as its day and night.

Therefore, the residents also possessed the special ability of Ether Editing, which allows them to modify real-world data.

In a sense, the entire galaxy is just a bigger game for them.

As for the reason that could cause this situation on the immortal ship, Yu Tianyi thought of a department that was not among the Six Emperors and was not under their control.

"Could it be that the data known as 'souls' in the Ten Kings' Division were activated by the power of abundance, which led to their current state?"

The current strange situation in Luofu has set your mind wandering, and you seem to have glimpsed a corner of the truth.

Suddenly, a message flashed before his eyes, startling Yu Tianyi and proving that his previous guesses were at least partially correct.

However, the exact nature of these thoughts remains unclear, and the specific content is unknown.

"However, now that the cheat has been confirmed, I only need to exhaustively list them one by one, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Along the way, the abundant creatures transformed from ordinary immortals were no match for Yu Tianyi. He easily overcame all obstacles and approached the Divine Strategy Mansion at an extremely fast speed.

clang!

Upon arriving at the outskirts of Shence Prefecture, the situation changed. The elite Cloud Cavalry that had originally guarded this place had also turned into monsters, instantly making them much more difficult to deal with.

Yu Tianyi swung his heavy sword, and after several rounds, he finally pierced the opponent's internal organs, severed his head, activated the Li Huo (a type of fire), and turned his body into ashes, thus finally killing him completely.

[Slay the Cloud Cavalry Guards who have fallen into demonic possession... Obtain two strands of 'Abundant Fate' and 10 Imaginary Energy]

The rewards are indeed much higher than those of ordinary demonic soldiers; in terms of equivalent conversion, they are on par with the Void Soldier - Usurper.

However, these Cloud Cavalry Guards were not only capable of fighting alone. Seeing that Tianyi was difficult to deal with, the remaining guards relied on their last instincts to form a military formation and advance towards him.

"We can't keep getting entangled with them like this. If we get surrounded by their army, it'll be like boiling a frog in lukewarm water. By then, it will be too late to fight back."

Yu Tianyi immediately realized something was wrong, and quickly took the Flaming Crossbow from his waist. With a brilliant flash of fire, the formation of the guards was temporarily broken.

He then did the same thing, gripping the sword with both hands and pouring all his imaginary energy into it.

The fleeting beauty of the ephemeral bloom, the Milky Way pours forth dreams!

Two orange-red sword energies slashed out, blasting open a clear path for the guards who were trying to reorganize their formation. At the same time, five kill notifications flashed before Yu Tianyi's eyes.

He used another fifty points of imaginary energy to strengthen himself, barely making up for his physical depletion. Then, he forced himself to cross the defense line and arrived at the gate of the Divine Strategy Mansion.

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PS:

Thanks to Embers of Fantasy, Strange World, and Ruoliu for the blade.

Thank you for the monthly pass from Fantasy City Embers.

Chapter 16 Demon Yin Yanqing

Standing in front of the Shence Mansion, Yu Tianyi could clearly feel the oppressive atmosphere emanating from within, but the Cloud Cavalry Guards behind him did not allow him to hesitate any longer.

Gripping the Cloud Cavalry Heavy Sword tightly, he focused his mind and crossed the nearly half-damaged gate, entering the Divine Strategy Mansion.

Ding! Ding! Clang!

"Well!"

Yu Tianyi suddenly felt several afterimages shooting towards him. He had already concentrated his mind and swung his heavy sword to block three attacks in succession, but one of the afterimages still grazed his neck, splattering a trace of blood.

If it weren't for the fact that his body had been strengthened and was no longer what it used to be, he would probably have been decapitated by now.

"This is the technique of controlling flying swords recorded in the Cloud Cavalry Martial Scripture. Even after thousands of years of practice, I can only barely manage to use two swords with a little effort."

As far as I can recall, besides Mirror Flow, the only person in the year 8100 of the event who could control four flying swords in an instant was…”

Before Yu Tianyi could finish speaking, a young man covered in ginkgo leaves, with lifeless eyes and long golden hair, emerged from behind the stone lion sculpture next to the Shence Mansion.

You have encountered 'Yunqi Xiaowei · Moyin Shen Yanqing'. Although you have fallen into the demonic realm and only have fighting instincts left, and your ability to control flying swords has decreased, you still feel a terrible sense of oppression coming from him.

As the saying goes, even two fists can't beat four hands; facing several flying swords, you seem to have no chance of winning.

"As expected, it is Yanqing, a genius young man who was invincible in the Cloud Cavalry at the age of 18 and had never been defeated before he met the Five Heroes of the Clouds."

Although they are both Cloud Cavalry Guards, it is clear that this person's strength is not on the same level as that of a normal Guard.

According to the assessment of the Cloud Cavalry Martial Arts Manual, Yanqing's ability to control six things at once and manipulate flying swords as if they were extensions of his own limbs would be difficult even for the chief instructor of the Cloud Cavalry to achieve after a hundred years of practice, demonstrating the terrifying nature of his talent.