After a short rest, the army set out on the journey again.
The Temple Knights' renewed attack made Gwen more certain that their direction was correct, and the truth that the Temple had been hiding was just ahead.
However, the atmosphere in the team became much heavier.
Not only because of the death or injury of teammates, but also because everyone had always said that the Temple was not good in this way or that way, but after all, it had carried their faith for so many years. When someone really told them that the Temple was an enemy, not a friend, and that it might even be the mastermind behind the scenes, many people could not accept it.
Gwen realized this, but there was nothing he could do.
Fortunately, the army had been following orders for so many years, and it was almost engraved in their bones to obey orders, so nothing happened.
And the further they went, the stronger the evil spirits they encountered. Gwen had never seen many of them. If they startled them, it would be a fight to the death.
For example, the evil spirit they were facing now.
They had accidentally entered a forest. At first, it looked very normal. Not to mention the advance team, even Gu Xingmian didn't notice anything wrong. But when the whole team entered the forest, it seemed that countless blood-red eyes suddenly opened in the trees and stared at them.
The originally clear sky darkened in an instant, and the birds and animals in the forest were gone, leaving only a permeating silence.
There was a commotion in the team.
But these red eyes just stared at the crowd quietly and did not attack them, so under Gwen's comfort, the panic in the team gradually subsided.
Gwen carefully looked at these red eyes. They were obviously evil spirits, but he unexpectedly did not feel any murderous intent.
This is really too strange.
Someone originally wanted to attack these red eyes, but he stopped them.
He thought about it and looked at Gu Xingmian next to him. He wanted to ask Gu Xingmian, but saw that he was staring at these red eyes in a daze, as if he was in a trance.
"Xingmian?"
Gwen's voice brought Gu Xingmian back to his senses. Under their shocked eyes, he walked out of the team and came in front of a group of red eyes.
The red eyes, which had originally had scattered vision, turned and looked at him.
This should have been a very strange scene, but Gu Xingmian seemed not to feel it.
In the eyes of others, these were just strange red eyes, but in his eyes, the star patterns on these red eyes intertwined and gathered into a rabbit-shaped nebula.
His fingers hung vacantly on a red eye.
Pain, distortion, despair...all kinds of negative emotions were immediately transmitted to Gu Xingmian, affecting him and frowning.
But through these emotions, he caught a touch of familiar nostalgia hidden at the bottom.
He raised his head suddenly.
But the next second, the nebula dissipated, all the red eyes closed, and finally turned into a rabbit-shaped blood crystal, falling into Gu Xingmian's palm.
For the rest of the journey, Gu Xingmian became extremely silent.
Except for occasionally showing Gwen and the others the way, he spent most of the time staring at the rabbit blood crystal in a daze.
However, everyone was busy hurrying on the road and guarding against evil spirits, and did not pay much attention to this matter.
Except for Xiao Qiong.
When it was time to rest at night, Xiao Qiong pulled Gu Xingmian to a secluded corner, and seeing that he was obviously distracted, he sighed, but did not ask him what happened. He just said: "If you are tired tomorrow, go to my spiritual body to rest."
Gu Xingmian pursed his lips, he could feel the tolerance in Xiao Qiong's words.
These words have been circling in his heart for a day, but he can't tell anyone. Perhaps the only person he can tell is Xiao Qiong.
He was silent for a moment, and Xiao Qiong did not urge him, just waiting quietly.
Gu Xingmian took out the rabbit blood crystal and whispered: "He... was originally a card."
Xiao Qiong was stunned.
Gu Xingmian pulled the corner of his mouth: "It's ridiculous, right? The evil spirit we have been attacking is actually our comrade-in-arms..."
In fact, he had already had this idea vaguely. After discovering that the God Card and the evil spirit were both composed of star patterns, he had doubts, but he didn't dare to think deeply. It
was not until he felt the attachment from the evil spirit and saw the rabbit-shaped blood crystal that he finally confirmed it.
This was the God Card that was by Gu Xingmian's side when he was in the card pool, so he was more familiar with him than anyone else. He thought that he would be drawn by the card master like Gwen's white tiger and have a good friend to fight together.
But he never expected that he would become an evil spirit.
At the moment when he self-destructed and turned into a blood crystal, Gu Xingmian felt a sense of relief from him.
This made his heart feel like a heavy stone was pressing down on him, and he couldn't breathe. He even began to doubt a little.
Are evil spirits really evil?
He murmured, "Look here, the trees are flourishing, and the small animals are thriving in them. The evil spirits live in harmony with them, but why do they only attack humans?"
He thought again that Xiao Qiong's people originally lived well in a quiet mountain village. They lived and worked in peace and contentment, and lived a happy life. However, just because of the needs of the temple, such a powerful but peaceful nation was exterminated.
Are they wrong?
Or is it humans who are wrong?
Gu Xingmian was confused and in pain.
He was both a human and a card, but at this moment he didn't know where he was.
At this moment, Xiao Qiong held his shoulders and looked him in the eye. The firmness in his eyes dispelled the fog in Gu Xingmian's heart.
"Don't blame yourself."
"There are good people and bad people in this world. Maybe even gods can't see through people's hearts. In this case, it is enough for us to have a clear conscience."
If the first 200 kilometers can at least refer to past historical records, even if there are some errors and omissions, at least there is a direction, but after 200 kilometers, it is a direction that humans have never set foot on.
Even the advance team, looking at the vast road ahead, doesn't know where to go.
At this time, Gu Xingmian took the initiative to stand up.
His perception is like a fish in water in this environment. Although he cannot completely avoid evil spirits, he is also the backbone of the team.
Gu Xingmian also knew that the confusion in his heart could probably only be solved by the truth ahead.
After walking for who knows how many days, when everyone was exhausted, someone suddenly shouted: "Something seems to be different ahead!"
Everyone's spirits were immediately lifted, as if they had strength again.
As they walked forward, they indeed found that the scene ahead was a little different.
Gu Xingmian became excited, and he and Xiao Qiong ran a few steps quickly, only to find that what appeared in front of them was nothingness.
The sky and the earth seemed to be cut off by a line, and there was nothing in front.
Everyone looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment, and the commotion in the team became more and more intense.
But this time, no one went to comfort or stop them.
Because even Gwen was stunned, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Before setting off, they thought of many possibilities, but they had never thought of this one.
What does this mean?
Did this void exist from the beginning, or is it the result of the continuous disappearance of this land? If it is the latter, will the space where they live at the moment also continue to disappear?
While everyone was confused and uneasy, Gu Xingmian gently touched the void with his hand.
"Xingmian--"
Xiao Qiong's shocked voice suddenly disappeared along with his touch.
When Gu Xingmian opened his eyes again, he found that he had come to a familiar place.
Countless stars were shining, and one star map after another floated around him, constructing a grand and brilliant starry sky.
This is the starry sky in his consciousness.
Or, he can also call this starry sky another name-
God's Card Pool.
At this moment, a gentle voice sounded: "Xingmian, do you remember?"
With this voice, Gu Xingmian's memory seemed to go back to a long time ago.
He was originally just an ordinary person. After his death, his soul did not disappear, but traveled through time unexpectedly. Unfortunately, his soul was not strong. When he was torn into pieces and was about to dissipate, a gentle breath saved him and repaired his soul.
The other party was a god born on this land.
The memory in Gu Xingmian's soul inspired the god to create the first intelligent race on this continent-human beings.
Three thousand years ago, he wanted to see the race he created, so he curiously came to the continent to play and accidentally entered a tribe.
The tribesmen entertained him warmly. At this time, the god was as pure as a blank sheet of paper. He treated people well and he treated them well. So he generously gave them the power of the gods.
But he did not expect that his generosity would bring disaster.
The chief priest of the tribe had evil intentions. He seduced eight families and together with them, they killed him with the power from the gods and devoured his flesh and blood.
The gods are this land. His flesh and blood are used to build this world and the countless races that live in this world. The gods
fled back to the place where they were born with their remaining power. There were still countless creatures that were about to appear in this world scattered there. But now, the gods who have lost their power can no longer give birth to them.
Not only that, his body was also getting weaker and weaker. When his divine power dissipated one day, this continent that had not yet fully grown would also dissipate.
In the vast universe, there were countless gods and continents that disappeared for various reasons. He did not feel sorry for this. The only thing that made him sad was those races that could never be born and the humans who eventually perished with this continent.
Even though he was harmed by the humans he created, the gods did not impose hatred on the entire human race.
But he underestimated the greed and viciousness of these people.
The high priest and others originally thought that if they devoured the flesh and blood of the gods, they would become gods, or at least demigods, with the immortality of the gods.
But they miscalculated.
Their bodies still aged, the only thing that made them different from other humans was that the power of the gods they stole combined with their flesh and blood would give birth to a new species.
However, this new species was extremely cruel and slaughtered humans wantonly after its birth.
Ordinary humans had no way to deal with them, and the casualties were heavy, and wailing filled the sky on the continent.
Once humans became extinct, the continent without any intelligent races would quickly die out, much faster than he expected.
This made the gods very worried.
At this time, Gu Xingmian, who had repaired his soul, woke up from a long sleep.
He knew the distress of the gods, so he proposed to draw cards to let these races that could not be born go to the mainland in another way, sign a contract with humans, and let the human spirits connect with the cards, coexist and help each other.
This not only allowed these races to be born, but also helped humans. More importantly, they found that human faith could gradually restore the power of the gods. Although it was weak, it was a good signal.
However, they did not expect that the high priest was not dead. He used a special method to be reborn in another person.
Moreover, he suddenly became the spokesperson of the gods.
Not only that, he also used many insidious methods to suppress and pollute the gods by using the blood of the eight families who ate the flesh and blood of the gods.
Those cards that became evil spirits were polluted by him.
If the God's Card Pool is completely polluted, this continent will become a real purgatory.
In order to prevent this from happening, Gu Xingmian decided to come to the Saint Rovis continent as a card.
However, he did not expect that the laws of the universe were so powerful that they not only sealed his abilities, but also most of his memories in the God's Card Pool.
Fortunately, everything is still in time.