Chapter 532 Shadow World: Darkest Solar Eclipse

Realm Ikrit Academy, Jera Memorial Plaza.

The giant outdoor screen that had been broadcasting the news suddenly turned dark, and then began to show images of a whole new world of movies.

It immediately attracted the attention of some passing students.

Since they didn't know what level of shadow world this was, most students just took a look and walked away. The end of the semester was extremely busy for them, and they had no time to pay attention to other people's shadow world records.

Only a few students paid their attention to the giant outdoor screen for a while.

The opening scene reveals a city-state shrouded in a cloud of war.

The background prompt text of the shadow world appeared at the bottom. This was a capital city called Hersharem, which belonged to the northern Polant Empire. Now the entire continent was under the shadow of the Horning Empire controlled by the vampires.

The sky was grey and heavy clouds hung low, as if foreshadowing an impending storm.

On the streets, citizens were hurrying around, their expressions tense and worried, wearing dark clothes that were about to blend in with the surrounding gloom.

The camera moves slowly through the busy streets of Hersharem, capturing the latest reports about the war on newspaper stands.

The headlines in the newspapers were big and announced the good news, but the small print below revealed deep anxiety and fear.

The low and rhythmic background music coming from the street shops was particularly eerie when intertwined with the occasional air raid sirens in the distance.

The scene turns to the Parliament Building, the political center of the Polant Empire. This magnificent building appears even more solemn and unshakable under the gloomy sky.

Inside, the lights are dim, and the long corridors and ancient paintings make it look a bit eerie.

In these corridors, politicians discussed the fate of the nation in low voices, their faces filled with worry and the weight of responsibility.

Then the scene changed to a closed office.

This is a small room full of books, documents and smoke, which looks a bit crowded and messy. There is also a little black cat on the table looking around in confusion.

A figure was sitting behind his desk, seemingly having just arrived here, pondering the upcoming challenge.

His eyes were deep, as if examining the past and the future. He held an unlit cigar in his hand, turning it gently.

He had a blank expression on his face, but his identity was already clear. The signature on the letter on the table symbolized the burden on his shoulders.

[New Prime Minister of the Polant Empire: Lanqi Wilford]

Suddenly, exclamations came from the students at the edge of the Jera Memorial Plaza.

"I'm super! Lan!"

Hearing the sound, more and more people on campus turned around and looked at the giant open-air screen.

Many teachers and students at Ikerita College are familiar with the name Lanqi. Last semester, nearly half of the academic visiting team from the Kingdom of Alolan was lost in their school, which was related to Lanqi.

Fortunately, he spared Sister Kallen, the most precious gold-level card maker of the Kingdom of Alolan's academic visiting team, and did not make trouble for her.

We hadn't heard any news about Lanqi for half a year, and the discussion about him had dropped a lot.

Now seeing him return like a lightning storm, and entering the shadow world as soon as he came back, the students began to tell each other enthusiastically in a short while.

The end of the semester doesn’t matter anymore, they want to watch Lanqi’s live movie world after half a year!

"By the way, what level is his shadow world this time... It looks like a completely open shadow world."

The students who were already sitting on the steps in front of the outdoor giant screen couldn't help but start a discussion.

Most low-level shadow worlds are closed environments.

Similar to the closed demon academy [Purgatory Corridor Academy] and the [Temple Villain Dinner] against the Saint of Destruction in the castle, it is difficult to leave the scope of activities defined by the Shadow World for challengers within the limited time and conditions.

And the current shadow world seems to have great room for activities, freedom and possibilities.

It’s almost identical to the real world.

Often the rank of this kind of shadow world cannot be low.

…

In the mysterious shadow world.

Lanci leaned back in his office chair and stared at the office.

He had just experienced a kind of disordered darkness, and then, like the first ray of sunlight at dawn penetrating through layers of darkness, his vision gradually returned to light, and he saw this kind of environment.

He was only accompanied by his cat boss.

But Hyperion was nowhere to be seen.

Lanqi's eyes moved slowly across the office, noticing every detail of the room.

The oil paintings hanging on the wall seemed to still reflect the glorious era of the Polant Empire.

The bookshelves are filled with books and documents, reflecting his identity as a politician and scholar.

The room was still filled with the smell of tobacco, and there were pipes and matches on the table.

He picked up the pipe and looked at it. He was obviously not a smoker, but it seemed that the character he was playing at the moment would often be accompanied by tobacco when he was alone.

"Meow, Lanqi, where is this?"

It took the cat boss a long time to figure out what era they had come to, and whether it was dangerous or safe.

However, it has heard that most of the shadow worlds will be a relatively safe environment at the beginning, and will not directly throw the challenger into a dead end with no hope of escape.

"Probably tens of thousands of years ago."

Lanci put down his pipe, looked at the wartime map on the wall and answered.

When he saw the words "Honing Empire", he knew that it was the era of blood moon and bad times again.

However, unlike the last Temple Villain Dinner, the Horning Empire, a giant country located in the southernmost part, is now very different. It has almost annexed all the central countries and has become the largest force in the world.

The Polant Empire where Lanqi is now located is a human empire located in the northern part of the continent, which is facing a life-and-death test. It is also one of the few countries that is still resisting the Honing Empire and the blood clan.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Judging from the map, the northern part of the Polant Empire is all snowfields, and further north is an extremely cold land of eternal night with almost no daytime. After passing through it, you can enter the kingdom of demons.

"Just looking at the geographical environment, the Polant Empire and the Protoss Empire are quite similar, and the current Honing Empire is almost equivalent to the entire southern continent, and there is no sea separating the two."

Lanqi muttered to himself and explained to the cat boss.

Before Boss Cat could say anything else, information about the shadow world appeared before their eyes.

[Shadow World: Darkest Eclipse]

[Level: Seventh level]

【Total number of challengers: 3】

[Sixteen years ago, after that dinner, you were chased by the vampires and scattered all over the place.]

[You changed your appearance after escaping from Lichtens Castle on the border of the southern Horning Empire, and fled all the way to the north of the continent. You used these sixteen years to become a high-ranking political figure in the Polant Empire, and are now the last line of human defense against the vampires and the Horning Empire.]

"The background of the story of that shadow world is in late autumn. Twelve guests were invited by priest Caligula to gather at the ancient castle Lichtens Castle on the cliff. We all seemed to have different social identities, but in fact we were all members of the secret church, aiming to overthrow the bloody rule of the blood clan over humans. However, the archpriest Caligula died tragically that night, and one of the twelve of us turned traitor and defected to the blood clan."

Seeing the cat boss's confused expression as if he didn't understand the whole story, Lanqi began to explain it to him.

In the castle, Frey and he worked together to trick the Saint of Destruction into exposing the identity of the traitor, used basic etiquette to make the Saint of Destruction kneel down, and finally captured Count Palocas and Viscount Augustine to make a fully automatic solar-powered merit machine, all at the Shadow World Temple Villain Dinner.

At this moment, the new movie world corresponds to the historical timeline, which should be sixteen years after the Temple Evil Dinner, continuing the historical story of the Blood Moon destroying the world.

However, according to the rewards for clearing the level obtained by Ranch, Hyperion and Frey, they also saw the original true history in the notes of the cards and materials. In the real history, their side against the Blood Clan Church did not win a complete victory. The Son of the Sun played by Ranch barely survived, while the witch corresponding to Hyperion and the werewolf corresponding to Frey all died, leaving the Son of the Sun alone to continue fighting against the Blood Clan.

Boss Cat nodded, stood on Lanqi's desk, and continued reading with him.

[The Honing Empire has now taken over the southern half of the continent, and its two million troops are pressing on the border of the neighboring countries of the Polant Empire, ready to attack the northern countries at any time. Due to the non-resistance, concession and compromise strategy of the former prime minister of the Polant Empire, which condoned the expansion and aggression of the Honing Empire, the Polant Empire Senate has lost confidence in the prime minister and started looking for a new successor. ]

[But Duke Moretti, the most popular foreign minister in parliament, is also a conservative. He refused to take over this mess, citing his own lack of ability as an excuse.]

[The successor must not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring peace in the northern continent, but also be a candidate acceptable to the conservatives. So, you seized this opportunity and made good on your efforts over more than ten years, coming from behind the scenes to the highest level of the Polant Empire.]

[However, what awaits you is a test that you are not yet ready for and that you cannot bear...]

[Because the ending of the previous historical node was changed—the werewolf and the witch both survived, the projected world line also slightly deviated from the original historical development process. ]

[The werewolf may not necessarily help you. At least this time, he won’t help you. ]

[The witch's whereabouts are unknown. Maybe she is waiting for you somewhere in the world. 】

[This tiny change, which is insignificant to the grand trajectory of history, may become an opportunity to end the blood moon world decades earlier...]

[Mission Objective 1: Find the key to defeating the vampires.]

[Mission Objective 2: At the end of the Shadow World, increase the chances of the human race winning against the vampire race to more than 1%.]

[Mission Objective 3: All challengers survive until the end of the 45-day time limit.]

[If the challenger fails in his mission, a natural disaster will occur. ]

[The starting locations of the challengers are scattered according to the story background and the historical roles they play. 】

【Time remaining: 44 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes. 】

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