Those who reincarnate must die.

Zhang Lang sat on a hillside, gazing absently at the busy figures coming and going in the city below.

They have been trapped in this world for half a month since the mission failed.

But even now, they still haven't found a way to leave, the badge remains unresponsive, and even the void seems to have lost all contact...

Even Zhang Lang couldn't help but feel anxious.

Being here, he receives no information from the outside world, and he doesn't even know the current flow of time. If it were like before, where no matter how long he stayed in the mission world, only an hour passed outside, that would be fine. But if the flow of time started to synchronize with the outside world from the moment he became trapped, then things would be troublesome.

People in the main world would think they had disappeared, or even died in the mission world... It's one thing for Zhang Lang to be alone, but what about the others? Apart from Lu Ren, they all have relatives and friends in the main world. Lei Ting is even considered a semi-public figure. How much panic would it cause if they disappeared for more than ten days?

More importantly, if we are trapped here indefinitely, will we be able to carry out our missions smoothly? Without a way to earn points, how long will it take to rebuild our hometown?

Wait... Could this be the method used by the alien race to control me?

As he pondered, Zhang Lang's brows furrowed deeper...

"What are you thinking about? Why do you look so bitter and resentful?"

A melodious young girl's voice reached her ears, and Le Xinyi gracefully sat down next to Zhang Lang.

"I'm thinking about... my hometown," Zhang Lang sighed.

"I'm a little homesick too," Yue Xinyi said, gazing at the bustling village. "But these past few days, I've gradually come to think that it's not so bad here after all."

"Oh?" Zhang Lang looked at the girl beside him with some surprise.

Le Xinyi smiled slightly: "Although this world is in the apocalypse and looks devastated, the crisis has now been resolved, and life will only get better day by day."

As she spoke, she stood up and gazed at the distant mountains and green trees that stretched all the way to the horizon…

"With the other world sealed away, the world has no enemies and will soon recover its vitality after a period of rest and recuperation."

"Nature is incredibly resilient. In just a few years, the land will be covered in green, countless schools of fish will roam the oceans, and the sky will become clear and clean. For the people of Griffin City, exploring outwards reveals the ruins left by previous civilizations, and digging deep underground uncovers numerous magical energy veins that can be harnessed. Before them lies an inexhaustible treasure trove."

"Compared to the main world, which has advanced enough technology to have developed almost the entire Earth, I think the people in this world are more hopeful about the future."

"You've thought that far ahead?" Zhang Lang asked, slightly surprised. "What about your family and friends? And the upcoming mission and the altar?"

Hearing these words, Yue Xinyi's expression dimmed slightly, but then brightened again: "From the day we became reincarnators, we were no longer in the same world as ordinary people... We live in constant fear, knowing that we might die in the mission world at any time, and then the altar would create a projection of our accidental death in the real world, causing our relatives and friends to be heartbroken."

"And now, we're stuck here forever. The worst outcome for our loved ones in the real world is that we're missing. They'll still have a sliver of hope, but we've escaped our mission here, and we've escaped death as well."

"I think that the current situation is a hundred times better for us and for our loved ones in the real world than for us to die in the mission world."

Zhang Lang's eyes twitched slightly. For a moment, he felt that Le Xinyi's words actually made some sense.

To live happily in a mysterious place unknown to one's loved ones, even though they will never see each other again, still holds a glimmer of hope. That is far better than having a real corpse laid out before one's loved ones.

Zhang Lang was also somewhat moved by Le Xinyi's description.

If he... still has relatives.

Zhang Lang's eyes were somewhat forlorn. Le Xinyi looked at his profile and involuntarily leaned closer.

"Hmm?" Zhang Lang suddenly raised his head and looked eastward.

"What's wrong?" Yue Xinyi immediately realized something when she saw Zhang Lang's expression.

"Finally, we have guests!" Zhang Lang couldn't help but smile as he stood up. "I'll be right back."

After saying this, Zhang Lang soared into the air and headed east.

Since recovering his strength, Zhang Lang has been monitoring the entire world. For a reincarnator to enter the world is like entering a house; before actually opening the door, they always need to take out a key and unlock the lock… The altar's work is very discreet, but it always causes some spatial fluctuations. Therefore, Zhang Lang can often sense it a dozen seconds in advance.

This time, however, it was a team from the Ugly Clan. The teleportation point was not far away, only about a hundred kilometers away. When Zhang Lang arrived, the flames on their bodies had not yet faded.

"Now!" Zhang Lang plunged down, landing with a thud in the center of the Ugly Clan. His explosive power instantly surged, seeping into the crevices of space along with the flames.

A bizarre scene unfolded: the Ugly Clan members were still halfway through the teleportation, their bodies semi-transparent and engulfed in orange flames. They were supposed to complete the teleportation in two seconds, but now, infiltrated by the collapsing force, the flames wouldn't extinguish, and their bodies wouldn't solidify further; they remained frozen in place.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, the Ugly Clan were terrified and tried to attack, but their bodies were just phantoms. They could only stand in place, baring their teeth and claws, and could not hit Zhang Lang at all. They were so angry that they mooed and howled.

Zhang Lang, on the other hand, used the skills he had honed in the desolate world to continuously penetrate the flames with his explosive power, trying to reach the altar on the other side of the fire!

However, this time the spatial barrier is much stronger than the one when he returned to the human world from the wilderness. Even with the altar flame as a breach, it will not be easy for Zhang Lang to pry it open.

He felt his power deepening, each inch of breakthrough consuming a vast amount of his inner strength. Yet the barrier of space remained like a bottomless swamp, deep and viscous, no matter how far he ventured, he could never reach the altar on the other side…

At that moment, the sound of a dragon flapping its wings came from afar. It was Diana, and the people at the twelve altars were still on the ground!

They received the news from Le Xinyi and rushed over immediately, only to see the bizarre sight of Zhang Lang standing among a group of burning, semi-transparent minotaurs.

"What is he doing?" The group exchanged bewildered glances. Only Yue Xinyi seemed to have guessed what was going on and stepped forward: "Zhang Lang, give up. The power of space is too dangerous. If you're not careful, you'll fall into the spacetime rift forever..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhang Lang suddenly looked up, his face beaming with joy.

"Got it!"

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