Su Deng followed Linglong forward, and in front of the palace and the tree, there turned out to be a village!

There are still people living.

Men, women, young and old.

Children were playing around.

It's hard to believe that this is in the deep sea.

"According to records, hundreds of millions of miles east of the Bohai Sea, there is a great chasm, which is truly a bottomless valley. Its bottom is unfathomable and it is called Guixu. All the waters of the eight directions and nine fields, and the flow of the Milky Way, flow into it, yet it neither increases nor decreases."

Looking at all this, Su Deng slowly said, "The Ruins of Return should be a bottomless ravine."

“It’s bottomless,” Linglong chuckled. “But this is just where my people live.”

Su Deng paused slightly, "Are all these people mermaids?"

“There are also records,” Linglong said, without answering directly, “that Guixu is a bottomless valley in the sea, a place where all waters converge, the source of all water in the world, and the end of everything.”

"The Kingdom of Guixu is the kingdom of the dead, the kingdom of death at the end of the world. People come here after they die, and all their sins in life will be resolved here."

Su Deng's pupils twitched slightly, "These people are all dead..."

"I suppose so. They are the souls of people who died and came to the Land of Return to Nothingness," Linglong said.

Su Deng frowned. "What about the underworld? Isn't it also a land of the dead?"

"It is said that after a person dies, their soul first arrives at Guixu and then goes to the underworld, but legends are just legends."

Linglong said, "Guixu, as the name suggests, means returning to the void. All things originate from chaos and return to chaos. The land of Guixu is the place where all things end."

"The underworld accommodates souls and is a place for souls to be reincarnated, punished, and reborn. In layman's terms, it is a transit station."

"There is also a legend that the Kingdom of Guixu is the burial place of the gods' souls, but Guixu is the end of all things. Whether it is a person or a soul, regardless of good or evil, coming to Guixu means heading towards death, unable to be reincarnated, and ultimately returning to chaos."

[System Prompt: Players have only one mission in this instance: kill the guardian of the Kingdom of Guixu, who is also the current ruler of Guixu, find the broken soul of the god residing here, and successfully leave alive to complete the game.]

Just then, a virtual screen popped up in front of Su Deng, with lines of text scrolling across it.

Su Deng looked at Linglong, but Linglong couldn't see the words and didn't notice anything, looking at the village in front of her.

Su Deng was silent for a moment, then asked her, "Are you the Lord of Guixu?"

Linglong shook her head. "No."

Linglong turned back to look at her face, her gaze distant. "Actually, when I first saw you as an executor of the Divine Court, and even when I went to kill you later, your face surprised and astonished me."

“Because…” Linglong turned her head to look at the dreamlike and beautiful palace next to her, where schools of fish swam in the air around it, “you and she really look so alike…”

Su Deng squinted. "Who?"

Linglong: "The Lord of Guixu".

He paused for a moment.

“She is currently in a deep sleep, but you’ve come at a good time; she will wake up soon,” Linglong said. “Wait a moment, and you will be able to see her.”

"Let me show you around here." Linglong walked down the path beside her and into the village.

"Sister Ling, you're awake!"

Children playing on the grass rushed over with surprise and joy when they saw Su Deng, and villagers bowed and greeted her respectfully after seeing her face, thinking she was the Lord of Guixu.

Linglong explained briefly, and the villagers were all astonished that there was someone in the world who looked exactly like the Lord of Guixu.

Su Deng couldn't help but wonder just how similar they were.

"These villagers are all souls who have come to the Sea of ​​Return to Nothingness. They will meet their end here and cleanse themselves of their sins. Over time, a village has formed here. They live here just like ordinary people, but in time they will all dissipate and return to chaos."

"But these souls are immortal and ageless. When they are hungry, they eat seafood here. Their master likes them, so they can be considered to live in peace and contentment here."

"My people are the Merfolk. Merfolk's tears turn into pearls. Every part of their bodies, from the hair to their tails and internal organs, is a priceless treasure that can bring people back to life. However, the Merfolk have a difficult time reproducing. The people are few and simple-minded. They were once deceived by humans, which led to a disaster that almost wiped out the entire clan."

"It was our master who appeared and saved us, the last of the merfolk, from the world, and brought us here to guard the Ruins of Return..."

As they strolled along, Linglong kept introducing all the things and herself to Su Deng. Su Deng's thoughts were racing, and she remembered what Meng Po had said about her face—that she looked very much like Meng Po…

After learning about the [lamp], she had also thought about this question, but she only guessed that the person Meng Po mentioned might be the [lamp] itself.

But now, she learns that there is another person who looks almost exactly like her, the person Meng Po spoke of...

Thinking of this, Su Deng remembered something else, stopped and turned to look at Linglong, "Is the Lord of Guixu a fragment of [Deng]?"

Since Linglong knows about the Divine Court Executor, she must also know about the [Lamp].

[The Lamp] shattered and scattered throughout the game world. [The Ghost Bride] is the evil thoughts of all the brides who died there. [The Lamp] is the dominant force itself.

That's one of them.

What about the others?

Given their striking similarities, could something as legendary and mythical as the Lord of the Ruins have been created from the shattering of the [Lamp]?

Linglong paused for a moment, then said, "You'll understand when you see her."

The deity said that she would win as long as she successfully completed this instance. The deity himself did not participate, but it's hard to say whether his program was involved...

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