Those who reincarnate must die.

The one-hour time limit passed in the blink of an eye. Thanks to the extremely efficient mobilization in the post-apocalyptic world, all residents evacuated Griffin City within the allotted time.

After getting as far away from the city walls as possible, everyone turned back to look at Griffin City, taking one last look at the homeland that had provided them with shelter for so many years in the face of the apocalypse.

Looking at the fortress she had painstakingly built, Diana sighed and sent Zhang Lang a notification that the evacuation was complete via her badge.

Without the support of the shattering force, the steel city began to collapse and sink, turning into a vast ruin in the blink of an eye. But then, everyone felt a slight tremor in the ground, as if an unstoppable force was stirring underground.

Finally, with a deafening roar, an incredibly thick beam of light shot into the sky, engulfing the entire Griffin City!

This was an eruption of ley line magic energy, energy with nowhere else to go, spewing wildly from the only breach. Even a steel city was instantly shattered, dissolved, and vaporized under such terrifying energy...

The reason why such enormous energy did not spread to a wider area is because Zhang Lang, underground, used his final burst of energy to build a ring-shaped barrier.

Gazing at that terrifying power, all the residents showed expressions of horror. If they hadn't evacuated in time, they probably wouldn't even have had time to feel the pain before being reduced to ashes.

But some people think that in such a world, dying without pain would be a kind of relief.

People had different thoughts, but as the energy was released, looking at the huge, red-glowing crater, everyone felt an overwhelming sadness...

Griffin City is gone. In this apocalypse, they have no one left, not even their last refuge...

It wasn't just the residents who were dejected; the reincarnators at Altar Twelve also received notifications that their main quest had failed.

Although the number of survivors is an important metric for the main quest, Griffin City has vanished without a trace. The quest to prevent its fall can't possibly be considered a success...

A figure leaped high from the bottom of the molten pit and landed in front of the reincarnators.

"Captain, our main quest..." Mia looked unwilling. She had killed a lot of monsters and received a lot of rewards during this quest.

"I saw it..." Zhang Lang sighed. If this mission is completed smoothly, with the massive number of monsters he has killed and the Reincarnation skill, plus the doubling card, he might be able to accumulate enough points to fulfill his wish in one fell swoop.

However, it wasn't all for naught. At least Xu has accumulated a lot of points. He almost wiped out three hero-level teams, and sixty or seventy people died at his hands. These were all heroes from superior races, so the points must be considerable.

It's a fairly considerable gain, but the progress of fulfilling my wish will be delayed.

"Thank you..." Diana stepped forward and extended her hand to Zhang Lang. "Without your help, I really don't know how I would have survived this catastrophe."

Zhang Lang reached out and shook her hand: "Now it looks even worse; we failed to protect your city."

"Don't say that. Cities can be rebuilt." Diana turned to look at the people behind her. "But people, once they're gone, they can never come back."

Zhang Lang nodded. How Diana would lead the survivors of this world to rebuild their homeland was not his concern. Currently, the Holy Giants had already revived, the Savage World had been sealed, and the other three worlds were only a matter of time. Moreover, Zhang Lang had already scoured these worlds; even if they couldn't be sealed immediately, there weren't many monsters escaping for the time being.

Although the world's ownership value has now plummeted to rock bottom, given time, it will surely become a prosperous world again.

With nothing left to cherish in this world, and the mission failing, Zhang Lang bid farewell to Diana and decided to return home.

However, the badge did not react at all...

"What happened?"

Zhang Lang looked at the others with a puzzled expression and found that Lao Mo and the others were also fiddling with their badges.

"Why can't we come back?" Mia asked bluntly.

"Is that so?" Diana was surprised to hear this. She was a native of this world and not a participant in the mission. After hearing them talk about the anomaly, she took out her badge to test it out.

"I can't return to the altar either!"

"It's not just that we can't return..." Matsumoto Fumino said anxiously, "Many other functions related to the altar are also malfunctioning... It's almost like..."

"It's as if we're being shielded by the altar," came Thunder's electronic voice.

"But communications are still working normally." Mia exclaimed in surprise, "Hey? LeFox, what's the situation on your end?"

With the forum administrator privileges, the communication scope within the team has been greatly expanded.

"What on earth happened?" Le Xinyi's voice was filled with anxiety. "We just received news of the mission failure. We were thinking of rushing back to the altar to heal, but why can't we get back?"

It seems we're all in the same boat.

Zhang Lang turned to look at Diana, who, as the leader of the Thirteenth Altar, was the most experienced among them.

"I've never encountered anything like this before..." Diana shook her head. "Could we be trapped in some kind of illusion? Or are there hidden members of the Chen Clan nearby?"

"Impossible..." Zhang Lang shook his head: "Illusions have no effect on me. Even if someone uses their abilities to influence our badges, I can break through them... unless..."

"Unless what?" Diana had a bad feeling.

"Unless, it's due to the altar itself."

Panic gripped the crowd. The altar? What could possibly go wrong with the altar?

"I think we shouldn't speculate," Yue Xinyi's voice came through the communicator. "Let's discuss this further when the three of us return to Griffin City."

"Griffin City? Where's Griffin City now?" Mia, carrying her greatsword, shouted, "Griffin City has been burned to ashes! No... not even ashes remained!"

"How could this be?" Le Xinyi was shocked. Although she knew from the mission information that Griffin City had fallen, she thought it had at most been breached. How could it have completely disappeared?

"Let's talk about it after we get back." Zhang Lang picked up the badge. "How are you three doing? Do you need me to come pick you up?"

"No need, I'm much better now." Le Xinyi sounded quite well. "Captain, what kind of monster did you catch? After eating its entrails, we recovered very quickly, almost as effectively as the consumables from the altar!"

"If it works, that's good enough, no need to ask any more questions... Hmm?"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Lang suddenly frowned and looked up towards the west.

Others noticed his unusual behavior and looked over as well.

What's there?

Just as everyone was wondering, a huge ball of light rose from the horizon and then flew towards them.