【Illusory Ruins】

Alone, he entered the Illusionary Ruins.

This world is not dangerous; at least so far, Lu Cang has not felt any threat whatsoever.

With the positions of the God of Darkness and the God of Chaos, as well as multiple nine-star skills, Lu Cang's strength can be considered among the best of the sub-gods.

"Entimesis, whether our Sands Mercenary Group can succeed in this mission depends on you."

Lu Cang nodded slightly: "Mm."

A year has passed since Lu Cang arrived at the Illusionary Ruins.

Contrary to what Naraku said, Naraku sent her to the Illusionary Ruins to find what she needed.

Naraku's explanation was that once he entered the Illusionary Ruins, he would naturally find out.

However, after entering the Illusionary Ruins, Lu Cang found no clues in this regard whatsoever.

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【Piaosha Town】

This is a small town on the border of an unnamed plane, where people live by hunting monsters.

The strongest person in the entire town is only level 60.

That's right...

Level 60? Forget about becoming a demigod, you haven't even met the most basic requirement of level 100 to ascend the path to godhood.

However, Lu Cang's own strength was not restricted.

In reality, there's no need for any demigod-level strength. Even at level 100, without demigod power, one can already roam freely in this world.

Apart from the town, the restricted area is nothing but yellow sand.

There are no clear boundaries.

But this endless yellow sand already marks the boundary. Apart from the area within a few hundred kilometers of the town, which will change over time, beyond that, the yellow sand is just a pure expanse of yellow sand, a pure void.

Lu Cang tried flying for three days and three nights, but found nothing else besides the town and the yellow sand.

And once they want to fly back, they don't need the previous three days and three nights of flight at all.

In just a few minutes, you can see the town reappear at the edge of the horizon where it disappeared.

It seems to be an infinite world, without any boundaries that limit distance.

It seems to be a restricted area this time.

The main focus is on this small town.

Considering that the people here are only around level 60, after careful consideration, Lu Cang decided to hide his strength and suppress it to around level 50. Being too strong might cause him to lose a lot of information.

After suppressing his strength, Lu Cang explored the town.

They surveyed almost everyone in the town.

The town has a small population, only a few thousand people, so for Lu Cang, investigating each and every one of them wouldn't be a particularly large workload.

Lu Cang soon discovered that the mercenary groups in the town were a unique feature of the town.

Everyone else in the town is like an NPC, their actions are very monotonous and repetitive.

This mercenary group is unique in that it encounters unexpected and random events and frequently undertakes different missions.

This should be a breakthrough...

With this in mind, Lu Cang joined the mercenary group in this small town.

As a level 50 expert, Lu Cang found it easy to join a mercenary group, and even gained their high regard.

And so, they would occasionally set off on missions as part of the mercenary group.

Most of the missions involved eliminating some magical beasts in the yellow sand. As for supplies, Lu Cang didn't know where they came from.

It seems to have appeared out of nowhere.

Lu Cang also had no chance to trace the source of supplies in the town, as it was impossible to trace such things in the restricted area.

In the mercenary group, Lu Cang originally just wanted to coast along for the time being.

Slowly gather clues related to the restricted area.

However, Lu Cang felt that he could never quite grasp this Chaos Godhood.

Chaos always has randomness.

In addition, he was not very familiar with the position of the God of Darkness, and his body seemed to have suffered some damage that had not yet been repaired due to the failure of reincarnation.

This allows Lu Cang to occasionally unleash power that he hasn't fully suppressed.

So... after joining the mercenary group.

When facing powerful magical beasts that the entire group struggles to defeat, Lu Cang occasionally has a sudden burst of power, instantly killing the magical beasts.

Thanks to Lu Cang's sudden surge in performance.

Lu Cang was highly favored by the regimental commander.

In just one year, he has already been promoted to the position of deputy regimental commander.

"Still no other clues?"

Lu Cang scanned the entire town with his divine sense once again, and could at least confirm that the time inside and outside was not equal.

What has happened here in the past year may not be the same for the outside world.

However, the proportion of time is hard to say.

"What is the mission this time, Commander?"

Lu Cang asked the commander who was riding a wolf to the side.

The guild leader's nickname is Sand Wolf Warrior, a pretty corny title...

He is the strongest level 60 player in town.

"This mission is to hunt down the giant sand scorpion."

"This is an S-rank mission that I've never taken on before. The mission is extremely difficult. Entimemes, we really need you."

The commander's tone revealed visibly tension.

This is an S-rank mission; no adventurer group in the entire Sand Town has ever completed a mission of this rank.

"So... what does all this have to do with me and Naraku?"

Lu Cang sighed inwardly.

No matter how you look at it, this kind of adventurous life has nothing to do with the Abyss or the Dark Abyss.

And in this place that looks like a remote town, life is ordinary and unremarkable.

How can that be related to myself?

It even made Lu Cang wonder if he had entered the wrong restricted area.

If this forbidden zone could cause people to lose themselves, forget their own existence, and waver in their beliefs... then Lu Cang was not shaken.

All my strength is at my disposal, and all my memories are crystal clear.

"etc……"

"All memories are so clear?"

Suddenly, Lu Cang stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong, Entimemas?"

"We must find the giant sand scorpion before sunset, or it won't come out."

Lu Cang shook his head.

What exactly have I forgotten?

Lu Cang looked up at the [Regiment Leader] in front of him again.

In front of Lu Cang, the image of this regimental commander seemed to gradually overlap with that of a certain other figure.

"What's wrong, Lu Cang?"

"We must find the armored giant scorpion before sunset, or it won't come out."

Yes...

Hidden Origin Guild Leader – Hidden Sinking.

He said these words to himself when he was fighting the boss, the Ironclad Giant Scorpion, in his first life.

However, this connection is far too weak.

What do these trivial matters have to do with Naraku, or with his current self?

Moreover, one's own memories.

Suddenly I feel like I've forgotten something. This illusory ruin has a familiar yet strange feeling to it...

Lu Cang felt he couldn't understand it.

At the same time, they couldn't think of a way to leave this restricted area.

Even though he had already conquered so many dungeons and so many forbidden zones, and knew the solutions to most of them by heart.

But this restricted area is just too mysterious.

I joined this mercenary group because after investigating around without success, I found that following a mercenary group was the only way to come into contact with the monsters outside.

Otherwise, you won't be able to find the monsters if you act on your own.

This probably explains why this mercenary group is a variable that can influence the entire restricted area. Generally, those who want to conquer the restricted area start with this kind of variable.

"Commander."

Lu Cang rubbed his forehead, regained his senses, and then followed, saying, "It's nothing."

"We're about to fight the Giant Sand Scorpion, so we can't afford to be in bad shape. We absolutely can't falter in the battle, or we'll lose our lives."

Lu Cang replied, "Understood."