Zero Succubus in the Territory: Starting with Apprenticeship to the Yi Xuan Sisters

The figure took out a square instrument from his pocket. The dial, displaying precise data, emitted a blinding yellow light.

"The radishes need to be replaced."

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the dilapidated buildings deep within the empty space.

Inside the building, a green-haired figure in a black military uniform stood there, while the defense officer, Iserld, leaned against a camouflaged jeep, as if waiting for someone.

As soon as she saw that familiar figure in tattered clothes slowly approaching, a hint of warmth instantly lit up her cold eyes, and she quickly stepped forward to meet him.

"Snow, you've come."

The figure raised a hand and removed the hood, and the masked helmet covering the face instantly turned into tiny streams of light and dissipated into the air. Under the helmet was Yi Xue, who had been missing for several months.

However, saying he disappeared is not quite accurate. He left on his own, which ensured the safety of his sister and Yun Kui Shan, and gave him more time to track down the whereabouts of the Praise Society. However, if he remained in the void without the Carrot Data, he would be unable to move an inch. Therefore, he was not alone and had a collaborator secretly helping him.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Iser."

The boy's face was still youthful, but it had gained a sense of vicissitude and composure beyond his years. It was hard to imagine what kind of time he had spent in emptiness these past few months.

Iserld stroked Yixue's face tenderly, then gently kissed her. Their burning lips met, and they immediately embraced. However, now was not the time for that, so Yixue only kissed briefly.

"This is the latest data on radishes."

After the kiss ended, Iserd took out a data chip that she had prepared beforehand from her bosom. Yixue updated the data at lightning speed and handed over the information about the Praise Meeting that she had collected to the other party.

Iserld glanced at it briefly, his expression instantly turning serious. Recently, with the cooperation of the two, the defense forces had taken down many of the Praise Society's hideouts, but the Praise Society had not only not been affected, but had become even more rampant. And the contents of the intelligence report indicated that they were planning something even more terrifying.

After a brief exchange of information and some tender moments, Yi Xue straightened his robe and turned to leave. In the shadows where they couldn't see, the Praise Society was still in operation, and he couldn't stop.

Gazing at the boy's slender yet upright back, watching him rush alone into the emptiness, Iserd's heart tightened, filled with heartache and bitterness. For months, he had been bearing this alone, isolated from family and friends, fighting alone, with no one to share his burdens or accompany him.

She couldn't imagine how the other person could survive in the void with just a simple set of data, or what cruel fate had forced such a child to bear everything.

She finally couldn't help but ask softly, "How much longer until it's over?"

Yi Xue paused, remained silent for a moment, and then replied firmly.

"It will end."

Chapter 131 The Approaching Storm

The next day, as if it were a harbinger, Chenghuiping was hit by an unprecedented torrential rain.

The monsoon winds blew in from the coast, making Chenghuiping very damp. Rain pattered on the rooftops, gathering along the eaves and flowing down.

"Sister, shall we not go out today?"

Looking out the window at the thick rain curtain that almost formed a barrier, Yi Xuan couldn't help but try to dissuade him.

Yi Jiang stared blankly out the window, wondering how Xue'er would fare outside alone at this hour. Had she found shelter from the rain? Would she get wet? If she did, would she catch a fever? Who would wash her hair and scrub her back? Xue'er's long hair was difficult to manage by herself; she always needed Yi Jiang's help to tie it up properly…

She thought about many things for a long time before she came to her senses and looked at Yi Xuan behind her. Seeing the deep worry in her sister's eyes, she hesitated for a second before nodding gently.

"Okay, as you say, we won't go today."

In Chenghuiping, residents who couldn't get home in time idly huddled under the eaves of houses by the roadside, listening to the wind and rain... If it weren't for the heavy rain, it would have been a pleasant experience.

In the dim rain, there was a group of people who stood out from the crowd. They ignored the downpour, wearing white robes and pilgrim masks, gazing at the distant, throbbing void.

"O Lord...please mold us!"

"May the Holy Son now return to Your guidance, and grant us liberation—"

They knelt, prostrated, submitted, and praised!

The sky in the distance seemed to be collapsing, and a gale-force wind carrying torrential rain swept in, accompanied by some kind of eerie muttering. The coconut trees by the sea creaked and twisted under the onslaught of the wind, and the fallen coconuts rolled continuously.

This is a harbinger of an approaching storm, and it's very close. What's about to happen is a bloody and violent conflict.

However, the eulogists resolutely headed towards the storm, their faces fanatical, like manipulated puppets, worshipping the grand opening ceremony before them like walking corpses.

The headquarters of the Investigation Association on the edge of the Great Hollow of Lemnian.

The staff member, who was about to take a nap, was awakened by an alarm. He stared at the soaring ether activity and values ​​in front of him, his eyes widening and all sleepiness vanishing. However, just as he tried to dial the emergency contact number, he only heard the dial tone of a disconnected signal.

Not just telephone lines, all communication lines were blocked.

A cavity can block all means of communication.

But their base is outside the cavity. Does that mean they've already been covered by the cavity? How could that be? How could it be faster than the instruments are reporting?

His mind was a complete blank, but the situation was urgent, and there was no time for him to think about anything else. The alarm! That's right, there was still the alarm. Although the space inside the cavity was in a chaotic state, sound could still be transmitted. Even if the signal was blocked, the sound could still travel at least a thousand miles away.

Just as he grabbed his robe, intending to rush out and sound the alarm, his colleague, who was supposed to be on duty with him, was covered in blood and pointed a dark gun at him.

"What! Bang—"

The expected scene of flesh and blood exploding did not occur. A short figure rushed into the observation station, tackled the staff member to the ground, and then kicked the gun out of the attacker's hand. The attacker tried to fight back, but was met only with the figure's merciless iron fist.

He felt his body being thrown away by a tremendous force, crashing heavily into the wall behind him and falling unconscious.

The staff member, still in shock, gasped for breath, lying on the ground and looking up at the figure before him. A silver-white knight's helmet and a tattered cloak covering his body. He almost thought he was having a nightmare, but the piercing alarm in his ears was real.

"Your companions are all dead. Take advantage of the time to sound the alarm, then quickly leave the cave and notify more people."

Seeing that the staff member still didn't react, Yi Xue couldn't help but start cursing.

"Damn it, hurry up! You don't want to live anymore, but does nobody else want to live?!"

The angry shout completely woke the staff member up. He scrambled to his feet and rushed to the alarm outside. Just as Yi Xue had said, all the other members of the Investigation Association who had stayed behind were lying in pools of blood. It seemed they had all been shot without warning. The rain couldn't wash away the strong smell of blood, which almost made him vomit his dinner.

The alarm sounded throughout the entire Weifei region, waking countless residents from their sleep.

The same scene unfolded not only in Lemnian, but also in every one of the seven associated voids, with pilgrimages and betrayals forming the grandest accompaniment to the relentless storm.

However, without Yi Xue's assistance, the other voids wouldn't have been as fortunate as this one.

Yi Xue stared at the increasingly distorted test data on the screen, his face turning extremely grim. This day had finally arrived. Without stopping, he turned and rushed out of the camp under the watchful eye of the staff member. A pair of wings made of dark, gilded ether sprouted from his back, carrying him into the sky.

"Xuanmo, rise!"

[Notification: The Xuanmo technique has been fully analyzed. The system is about to exit deep thinking mode. A critical juncture has been detected in the long-term mission. Host, please prepare yourself.]

On the north side of the Minerva district, the origin of all the calamities, the zero void that devoured countless lands, was now like a huge, extremely unstable bubble, with violent reactions occurring inside.

The ink-black spherical outer ring expands and contracts, making the torrential rain that blots out the sky seem extremely small in the face of the void.

Inside Void Zero, at its very center, floats an enormous crimson core.

Countless skeletons of all kinds densely packed around the core, like devout pilgrims, all prostrate on the ground with their heads bowed, in the most humble and devout posture.

Yet, amidst this sea of ​​devout pilgrims, a tall and imposing figure stood out starkly from the crowd.

Its size far surpasses that of ordinary skeletons around it, with sleek and upright body lines, without any deformed or broken wounds, and its entire body is covered with patterns like obsidian. It stands upright and proud, without the slightest hint of kneeling or bowing in humility.

All its kind around it were immersed in instinctive pilgrimage and awe, but it alone looked down on all living beings with cold eyes.

The skeleton slowly stood up, its tall figure casting a long, narrow shadow in the dark void. Its pure, deep, scarlet vertical pupils indifferently swept over the countless skeletons crawling on the ground around it, showing no sympathy for its kind, only extreme contempt and coldness.

Humble, blindly obedient, and dull-witted.

In its eyes, these creatures who indulge in instinct and worship the core are nothing more than ants clinging to the core for survival.

It withdrew its gaze, then raised it again, fixing its eyes firmly on the pulsating crimson core before it. The contempt in its eyes vanished, replaced by an almost insane heat and greed.

A thirst for power!

Craving the origin!

They crave to plunder and possess all the power of this Zero Core!

This is not a desire that arises later in life, but an instinctive pulse that has been deeply engraved in the [core] since the moment it was born in Void Zero—it was born not to belong to the subjugators, but to the plunderers.

Of all the myriad bodies that worship the core, only this one desires to usurp the core and devour the essence!

A deep, grinding sound suddenly broke the deathly silence as the tall, imposing Yi Hai slowly lifted his feet and walked step by step toward the crimson core. His steady steps pounded the earth, and with each step, the surrounding Yi Hai trembled.

The prostrate corpses that stood in front of it were still immersed in the instinct of pilgrimage and had no time to react before it was mercilessly torn apart by its raised hand.

"Bam—"

The skeleton's body exploded instantly, turning into ethereal particles and dissipating, so weak it was pitiful.

Without looking to the side or stopping, it continued to move forward, exploding one corpse after another, then two, then ten... Any of its kind that stood in its way were torn apart and crushed.

The muffled thuds of bodies colliding echoed one after another, turning what was once a solemn and devout pilgrimage site into a brutal slaughterhouse in an instant.

Countless blind followers, only breaking free from their pilgrimage state at the moment of their death, roared in panic and scattered in all directions, yet not a single one of them attempted to fight back.

The crimson core remained silently suspended high in the sky, indifferently witnessing the slaughter and rebellion below.

Chapter 132 Lord of the Azure Sea, I am the Thirteenth Sect Master of Yun Kui Mountain

Defense Forces Garrison.

At this moment, the dark army was already fully prepared, with countless armored vehicles soaring into the air from the underground base. Elite squads began to assemble. They did not know the details of this mission, but could only judge from the commander's indescribably solemn expression that it was a mission with a certain death.

This included Iserld and Will-o'-the-Wisp's Igmenyi squad, but this time, their mission was not to engage in a direct confrontation, but to cover the evacuation of civilians from the rear.

This is how it should be...

"Have the specific values ​​been detected?"

"Sir, the etheric activity across the entire Zero Void area is still rising. Logically, it should have already started expanding by now, but it seems to be waiting for something..."

The general stared silently at the panel that was lit up with a bright red alarm. In all his years as a general, this was the first time he had ever felt so uneasy.

"If... Void Zero really starts to expand, to what extent will the disaster affect it?"

Faced with the general's question, the adjutant in charge of the report fell silent for a moment before giving the answer that the general least wanted to hear.

"If Void Zero is allowed to expand like this, humanity will have nowhere to live."

"Tsk, so it's a war to destroy the world, huh? Seriously, can't they just let me retire in peace?"

The general chuckled self-deprecatingly, then his expression instantly turned serious as he dialed the number he thought he would never dial again.

What kind of expression does that old mayor have right now? In any case, we must mobilize all available forces now.

Meanwhile, Yun Kui Mountain, far away in Wei Fei, was also ordered to move by the municipal government. Yi Jiang looked at the order in front of her and felt that the words were becoming more and more scarlet, so red that they were dazzling.

She put down the order and slowly walked into the rain outside. A barrier made of dark ether blocked the raindrops from her, but a few still landed on her collar.

The Xuanmo technique has been completed through their efforts, but... they are not yet proficient in it. In other words, they still have to rely on the power of the Qingming Sword in this battle.

Upon receiving the call-up notice, the disciples looked at their sect leader standing quietly in the rain. They were shocked and panicked, but none of them ran away. Even the younger disciples tried their best to straighten their chests despite their unease.

They were waiting, waiting for the sect leader's decision.

They had already seen it on the rope net.

This mobilization mobilized almost the entire military force of Elidu, making it even more urgent than the mobilization many years ago. Everyone had a vague suspicion that something big was about to happen, and... it was bound to be a disaster.

Helping the world and saving lives is the sect rule that the sect leader has always taught them. Now that things have come to this, none of them will run away.

But... they all seem to be waiting for someone to return. Although he has only been a member for a short time, he is the most indispensable part of the entire sect. Yi Jiang has already told the sect everything that Yi Xue has done, so... they all know what he is carrying and believe that he will never leave.

Yi Jiang quietly watched the raindrops falling from the sky, her Qingming sword trembling in her hand. She once thought that someone like her would have no future, because she had to pave the future for the person she loved. She was also human, and she could feel pain and fear, but as long as she thought of the person behind her, she seemed to be less afraid.

Moreover, the appearance of that person gradually made her realize that no matter how much suffering one is in, people always have the right to pursue a better future.

So now... for their future, she has to go!

Yi Jiang smiled, a smile that contained less bitterness and more relief.

"Xue'er... Sister, I'm about to embark on my own future, but where are you now?"

She slowly turned around to face the disciples of Yun Kui behind her, including her younger sister, her close senior and junior sisters, and other people who had been with her day and night.

She spoke slowly, her voice firm and resolute.

"Everyone, my former master, the eleventh generation leader of Yunkui Mountain, once led the disciples of Yunkui Mountain down the mountain to help people and save lives."

“When my master told me this story, I was still young and I couldn’t understand why someone would so resolutely step into a life-threatening danger when there were still loved ones waiting for them.”

Upon hearing this, all the disciples present fell silent, each harboring similar thoughts to some extent.

"Now I understand, it is because of the people we care about that we have the courage to rush into danger, just so that they can live in a better tomorrow."

middle!"

Her words were brief but incredibly inspiring. It was because their loved ones were there to protect them that they were willing to step into danger. Even if they perished, it would be enough as long as their loved ones could continue on their journey.

Everyone present was aware of this, and since that was the case, there was no need to say more.

Looking at her disciples, who were filled with fervor, Yi Jiang felt a mixture of relief and guilt. If there had been a way to safely resolve this disaster, if she could have become stronger, they wouldn't have had to...