"If we really let Lin Kongzhi open the bloody door, the bloody witch will sweep everything away, and the whole world will be destroyed. We may not even have a chance to escape alive!"
In a hotel box in a commercial district, a young and handsome man viciously smashed the wine glass in his hand.
"But if we don't help him, the main quest will be deemed a failure, and we'll be wiped out immediately. If we help him, at least there's a chance of survival."
Next to him, a beautiful girl in a white dress was also holding a wine glass in her hand, but she spoke with an expressionless face.
"The Dark Crimson Book's mission is insane. They're actually asking people like us to get involved in this destructive act." The young man was extremely excited. "That's the Bloody Witch! A deity that has swept across dozens of worlds, leaving traces in various myths. Mortals like us could kill tens of millions with just a single breath."
It was an unimaginable existence. Even in his world, he had only heard of ancient myths and legends.
If you just listen to the story of the myth, you won't feel much.
But if most mortals knew that the myth was about to come, they would only feel fear.
"What are you afraid of? Even if the sky collapses, there are still tall people to hold it up." The girl in the white dress took a sip of white wine and let the wine flow in her mouth. "Besides, the Dark Red Book controls so many of our worlds. Will it allow outsiders to interfere?"
"Even if the Bloody Gate were truly opened, a deity's true form wouldn't be able to enter a small-scale ruin like this. At most, a projection could be leaked." She continued, "Given the depths of this world, destroying Nanyun City or even Nanwu Province with just projection power would be a formidable feat. Adventers like you and me should be well aware of the power of this country's parliament. This extermination-focused main quest might also be part of the Dark Crimson Book's plan to suppress the powerful indigenous inhabitants."
"If the natives are too strong, they will break free from the fate of the Dark Crimson Book and even control it."
"But those things are too far away from us." The young man shook his head repeatedly. "However powerful the council here is, it has nothing to do with us. Chosen by the Crimson Book as Adventers, our ultimate goal is to survive and regain our freedom. We must desperately complete missions and accumulate points."
"But even if it's a mission with a high chance of death, we have to do it." The woman in the white dress sighed softly, "You know, none of us want to be wiped out."
The main quest is different from the side quest. If a side quest fails, there may not be much loss, but if the main quest fails, you will be wiped out from the soul, and all traces will completely disappear from this world.
This is the highest punishment for anyone who descends.
"Huh... Opening the bloody door is no different from being wiped out." The young man sat in a chair, closing his eyes in pain. "If I had the chance, I'd also like to be an ordinary person. In my world, technology is so advanced that we've already started expanding to a third planet. People live so comfortably that even if we don't pursue individual power, we can still live well."
"I don't crave freedom as much as you do." Seeing her teammates lacking the will to fight, the woman in the white dress didn't seem annoyed. She just smiled faintly. "My world is still in ancient times, the end of the empire. Imperial power is crumbling, princes are fighting for supremacy, it's a chaotic world of cannibalism, and demons are rampant. If I hadn't been chosen as an Adventer, I might have been sold to a brothel by my parents long ago. Who knows how miserable my life would have been!"
"But I really envy the world you live in. Such an orderly, peaceful era..."
She had been chosen as an Adventer for seven or eight years. After going through many missions, she had long become a veteran among veterans. However, in the beginning, as a woman with ancient thinking, it took her a long time to gradually adapt to the culture of a different world.
From an ignorant and weak woman to where I am today, I have paid so much that it is hard to tell others.
"...Let's not talk about this. The premise is that we survive. If we die, we'll all be the same. We'll have nothing left."
The young man looked at the longing in the other person's eyes and shook his head repeatedly.
When a person dies, it is like a light going out. No matter how beautiful life is, it will all vanish into nothing.
"You don't have to be so pessimistic..." The woman in the white dress smiled faintly. "Aren't there other Adventers involved in this main quest? Sparrow's team wants to join forces with us, so we just have to agree. More allies mean more chances of survival."
She has also seen life and death, and although she has an instinctive fear of death, fortunately she can remain rational.
"That old woman, Sparrow, is incredibly cunning. I heard she's casting her nets everywhere, using all sorts of tricks to lure the locals in to recruit more scapegoats." The young man shook his head, a look of helplessness on his face. "It's best to be careful when working with them, or you might get ripped off without even realizing it."
"Of course I know."
The woman in the white dress smiled slightly, with some inexplicable emotions flashing in her eyes.
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Nanyun City Second Hospital.
Inpatient department, room 307.
"Master and Madam, please take my sisters back home." Xu Xianxian pleaded, "The faction dispute has changed. If I continue to participate, my life will be in danger."
Although she didn't think the Bloody Gate was really that scary, to be on the safe side, when she came to the hospital to visit her eldest brother, she still wanted to persuade her masters and others to leave this place of trouble.
In the presence of Force users and martial artists above level nine, a level six martial artist is not even qualified to surrender his head.
The leader of the Lion Claw Sect and the deputy leader of the Wind Leg Sect are both level six martial artists. When facing a level nine martial artist like Xu Xianxian, they are reduced to ashes in one encounter, without even a complete corpse left.
The master's wife didn't say anything, but Liu Wentao frowned and said helplessly, "If I really choose to withdraw from the competition, our Shuttle School will be expelled from the Martial Arts Association!"
Seeing his apprentice's serious expression, it wasn't that he didn't believe what he said, but the price of leaving was too high.
"Even if I'm expelled, the sect still exists! I'll have the chance to be promoted back in the future." Xu Xianxian couldn't help but say, "Master, as long as there's life, there's hope. Keeping your life is the most important thing."
"...Even so, what about you?" Liu Wentao was silent for a moment, then asked, "If you said it would be dangerous, why did you stay here alone?"
In his eyes, even if Xu Xianxian is a genius, she is only a fifth-level martial artist now. She is not even as good as him, her master. Why is she willing to get involved in danger?
"Because I'm strong!"
Seeing her master and his wife staring at her, Xu Xianxian's face turned red, and she stiffened her neck and spoke as a matter of course.
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