The train passed through the mountains. Looking at the fleeting scenery on both sides, Fang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the scenery outside the window and focused again on the notebook in his hand.

A trip around the world that can be taken at any time is indeed refreshing. For Fang Zheng, he did not have such good benefits in his previous life. Just completing tasks every day was exhausting. And every holiday, the first thing he had to consider was various welfare plans and activities, plus he had to adjust the game itself. How could he have time to travel around?

In the main world, Fang Zheng had no mood to travel because he could not reveal his identity and those cultists were running around and endangering public security. But in this world, he fulfilled his dream in his previous life. Not to mention that there was a beautiful girl by his side... Well, it was simply heaven.

Of course, traveling is just a side job. During the trip, Fang Zheng is also doing investigations. He hopes to understand the situation in this world, the Red World disciples, the Fire Mist Warriors, and humans. Among them, the Red World disciples, as the root of all conflicts, are naturally the focus of Fang Zheng's investigation.

At present, the conflict in this world is actually very simple. The "Red World" where the Red World disciples live is connected to this world, so those Red World disciples came to this world. But perhaps due to the influence of factors such as the Red World disciples' own personalities, they did not choose to conquer or rule this world. On the contrary, each Red World disciple seems to be more concerned about his own affairs. They want to play and have fun in this world as they please, which seems to be a common problem of the Red World disciples.

Otherwise, considering the long time since the Red World came to this earth, they could have organized an army, conquered humans, and then raised them like pigs, cattle and sheep. In this way, the Red World could gain the power of existence in this way, and would not have maintained the hunting mode like the primeval forest until now.

However, due to the nature of the Red World's followers, it was difficult or unwilling for them to do so, resulting in the fact that the Red World's followers who first came here almost all played their own games.

And because this world is not the Red World, if the people of the Red World want to stay in this world and have a body, they must devour the power of existence.

Next comes the crux of the conflict.

In order to maintain their existence and increase their strength, the Crimson World needs to absorb the power of existence by eating humans. However, the disappearance of a large amount of the power of existence will overturn the balance of the world and lead to a catastrophe. Some other Crimson World disdain the willful evil deeds of their compatriots, so they use another method to sign a contract with those who have been harmed by the Crimson World, becoming Fire Mist Warriors to stop all this and try to let their compatriots return to the Crimson World.

This is the origin of the fight between the Fire Mist Warriors and the Red World Warriors.

The core reason lies in the power of existence.

So here comes the problem.

What exactly is the power of existence? Is it unique to humans? Or do other life forms also have it? Why do the Red World followers have to eat humans to obtain the power of existence?

However, after "investigating and visiting" along the way, Fang Zheng discovered that the setting of this world was quite similar to the fairy tale novels he had read before.

If we use the fairy tales as an example, then the Fire Mist Warriors are the "honorable and upright sects". Because they have the "formal means" to sign a contract with the Red World Demon King, they don't need to practice those "evil ways". The Red World disciples are more like monsters who have become spirits. They need more powerful strength to adapt to the environment of the survival of the fittest, so they will absorb the power of human existence to "cultivate strength" in order to become stronger.

In fact, the cultivation process of the Red World disciples is not much different from that of the monsters. Each Red World disciple has his own body, and their human form is just the "human form transformation technique" that the Red World disciples use after they have power.

For example, Tilia's true form is a golden cloak. From the perspective of fantasy novels, she is obviously a kind of spirit or some kind of creature.

Just as there are good monsters and bad monsters among monsters, bad monsters like to suck human blood and extract human souls, while good monsters tend to hide in the mountains to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon or gain power through some immortal artifacts.

In this world, most of the Red World disciples still survive by devouring humans, but there are still some Red World disciples who have long given up devouring humans, or will selectively devour humans. Many of the Red World disciples Fang Zheng met along the way belong to this group. Most of them are not strong, but they are not dangerous. These Red World disciples like to hide in some unknown corners and maintain their existence by devouring the existence power of fish and even plants.

Of course, these things can only provide very little power of existence, but these Red World people themselves do not have much desire for power. Some Red World people will choose to be "dark heroes" to secretly "eliminate harm for the people." Fang Zheng has seen a Red World person who lives in a lake and is regarded as a "water god." The way he draws power of existence is to devour those people and factories that discharge sewage or dump waste along the river - from a certain perspective, this can also be regarded as a conscientious environmentalist.

However, these are meaningless to the Fire Mist Warriors. Just like the disciples of the famous and upright sects in fantasy novels who are born to be taught to slay demons and exorcise monsters, the first reaction of most of these Fire Mist Warriors when they see the Red World Disciples is to attack them directly. And their reason is also very direct and simple. All the Red World Disciples rely on devouring the power of existence to stay in this world. Devouring the power of existence means that the world will be distorted, and the distortion of the world means that disasters may occur. As the root cause of disasters, these Red World Disciples must be eliminated.

So the Fire Mist Warrior's motto is - if there is a problem, go find a Red World guy. If it wasn't him who did it, then it must be because he didn't have time.

To put it simply and crudely, only the dead Red World criminals are good Red World criminals.

However, they all seem to have overlooked that humans are...

"Brother."

"Um?"

Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, he felt a soft touch tightly against his body, and then he saw Tilia coming over with a smile on her face, gently leaning against Fang Zheng's side.

"I can sense the aura of the Fire Mist Warrior."

"It's at the next station, right? The other party is really impatient."

Without Tilia's reminder, Fang Zheng had already sensed the presence of the Fire Mist Warriors. It was obvious that they were coming for him and the others. This was not surprising. Ever since Fang Zheng started traveling with Tilia, Fire Mist Warriors would often come forward to cause trouble for them. This was naturally because Tilia's Red World aura attracted them. Fang Zheng did not care too much about this. After all, it was better for them to come... In the end, it would all be done with fists.

"Then let's get ready to get off."

Having said that, Fang Zheng reached out and gently touched Tilia's head, then stood up.

"Let's see who the Fire Mist Warrior is who dares to cause trouble for us this time."

Here it comes.

The girl clenched her hands and stared at the steel monster that was coming at a high speed in the distance. She could sense the aura emerging from the steel monster. Without a doubt, it was the aura of the Red World Cultist. Although she also hoped that the other party was just passing by, unfortunately, this was the final stop. This meant that the Red World Cultist's target was here.

That is, will it prey on, hunt, and eat humans here?

I will never let those horrible monsters succeed!

"Sonya, I'm going to start the seal!"

"Wait, wait!"

When the girl spoke, the metal bracelet on her hand made a weak sound.

"Is it really okay? Nanoka, this is your first time fighting against the Red World since you left your master! For the sake of caution, why don't we hide and observe first..."

"no!"

However, the Red World Demon King on the bracelet was interrupted by the girl before he could finish his words.

"They are from the Red World. Who knows if they are here to hunt? If we wait for them to take action, it will be too late! I will protect this city and everyone in it. This is my mission and responsibility as a Fire Mist Warrior!"

“Wuwuwu…!!”

The whistle sounded, the train gradually slowed down, and then slowly drove into the platform. Then, the crowd began to surge and walked out of the station. Seeing this scene in front of her, the girl clenched her fists and began to get nervous.

What should I do, what if the other party wants to start a seal at the station... No, maybe the other party has already eaten on the train? In short, I must first release my aura as a fire mist warrior and lure the enemy to a sparsely populated place... Hey?

"Sang, Sonia, that Red World guy doesn't seem to be moving?"

"Yeah, Nanoka, it seems like she has been staying in the train and hasn't come out...Ah! She's starting to take action!"

At this moment, the surging crowd had long dispersed, and the entire platform had returned to its usual quietness. Soon, Nanoka saw a blonde girl in a Gothic dress walking out of the station, and next to her was a black-haired young man.

"That's a human... Why is he with the Red World?"

"I don't know, maybe he's just a companion I met on the road? Um... Nanoka, are we really going to do it?"

"Of course, this is a great opportunity. There are no outsiders nearby, and there is no need to worry about being accidentally injured. I will find a chance to transfer that big brother to another place when I launch the seal. Then... let's get started!"

As he spoke, the fire mist warrior named Nanoka suddenly swung his arms.

"Seal it!"