Abyss, Ash had heard rumors about this place many times before.

Except for a small part of what they saw and heard in Shattered Lake, most of it was the complaints that Sword Lady had made when chatting with him.

Almost every place where magicians gather, there will be an abyss nearby, and it may even appear under the city, and it can never be completely eliminated. The monsters that appear in it are endless, and the town will be attacked by the abyss monsters if you are not careful.

In the past, when population and civilization were not yet developed, the abyss would even become a major concern for the country and a top priority for national defense.

However, with the surge in the number of magicians, the magician civilization entered an era of rapid development. Even though the abyss would become stronger as the number of magicians increased, the strength of the monsters could not keep up with the speed of the magicians' technological explosion, and the threat of the abyss decreased year by year.

Later on, the status of the Abyss was downgraded from a "serious concern" to a "daily task" level, and it could not even become a national defense task.

The Kingdom of Blood Moon chooses to hand over the Abyss to adventurers, or to say, to hand over the barbaric adventurers who are not suitable for civilized society to the Abyss, treating the Abyss as a garbage recycling station; the Kingdom of Gospel arranges Bluebeard to suppress each Abyss, but Bluebeard is not a national defense force, but a corporate private army - in simple terms, the Kingdom of Gospel rents the Abyss to companies and lets the companies run the Abyss business themselves.

The abyss in the past was "Human, I'm coming in", and the abyss now is "Don't come over here".

Of course, this only refers to the first layer of the abyss. The real deep abyss is a dangerous area where even the Sanctuary magicians and legendary magicians may perish.

For Sword Princess, the best way for a village sorcerer like her to earn sorcerer's qualifications and hone practical experience is to enter the abyss for training.

The materials on the abyss monsters are often of great value. In addition to being used to make equipment, they can also be made into potions that increase the "resonance degree of a specific magic spirit realm" - for example, making a bottle of "Wave Sword Potion" can greatly increase the possibility of summoning a wave sword through resonance.

In addition, the abyss monsters will even explode with magical spirits, which are simply a small void realm.

But the problem is that the abyss is not a virtual world.

When a magician dies in the abyss, he is truly dead.

Moreover, the abyss is changeable. If you are unlucky and encounter the boiling abyss, the monsters in the deep will run to the first or second floor to take a walk and get some fresh air, and the Sanctuary Mage may also be killed. The key point is that this is not a low-probability event - if the Sanctuary Mage is bullying the weak and making money on the first or second floor, it is really possible to attract monsters from the deep.

You use your big body to bully the weak and kill my little monsters, and I also use my big body to bully the weak and beat your little friend. It can be said that both sides have exchanged waves of cubs.

Therefore, going to the abyss for adventure can be said to be a combination of risk and opportunity. In the past, when society was not well developed, people who wanted to get more magician resources could only venture into the abyss; now that society is well developed, people naturally want to become legendary magicians at home before going out for adventure. Who wants to fight to the death in the abyss?

Sword Princess hadn't participated in the school competition at that time and was still in a tight financial situation. She kept complaining about the dangers of the Abyss in Ash's ear, and of course she had only one purpose: I'm cute, please support me, can you bear to see such a cute girl like me go to the Abyss to take risks?

Ash nodded vigorously every time - of course I can't bear it, it's not me who goes to the abyss. Sword Princess, you have to work hard to win the game, so that I can live a good life.

And it’s not that he doesn’t want to support her, it’s just that he can’t afford it.

"But I remember that the terrain of the Abyss changes frequently, doesn't it?" Ash asked. "It is precisely because of the frequent changes and riots that magicians cannot station troops and establish bases to break through the Abyss layer by layer."

"Yes, the abyss does change frequently." An Nan nodded, "But when the abyss changes, it will not take people with it. Moreover, only the terrain of the abyss changes, but the overall style will not change. A dungeon is a dungeon, a cave is a cave, and a maze is a maze."

"The next thing is very simple. Because the mermaid houttuynia has not yet 'died', it will not be taken away when the abyss changes. Even the ground, buildings, and walls that their bodies are in direct contact with will not change. As long as there are enough mermaid houttuynia and the distribution is wide enough, the terrain of the abyss can be fixed."

"How do we deal with the monsters in the abyss?"

"The white mist is now suppressed by the miracle, but you must have remembered that this is the source of the beauty mist, right?" An Nan laughed softly, "Even we magicians are affected by the white mist, so how can those monsters be immune?"

"People and animals affected by the white mist are filled with joy and happiness all the time, and lose their desire to fight physiologically. Also, because they are constantly exposed to the high concentration of beauty mist, the threshold of the monsters is quickly raised to the point where their consciousness collapses. About once a month, a recycling magician will come to take away the monster corpses. The protective suits we are wearing now are the work clothes of the recycling magician."

"Handling excess population, producing strategic resources, defending against abyssal invasions, efficiently killing monsters... what a practical building facility." Igula said, "I wouldn't be surprised if you told me that the Mermaid Houttuynia Farm has integrated sewer and hospital functions."

"What about the abyss passage?" Ash asked. "This is the first time I've heard of this mechanism."

"To put it simply, the abyss does not exist independently." An Nan said, "At least the abysses of each country are connected to each other. The passages between abysses are special passages that compress time and space. They can quickly cross space and time to reach another abyss thousands of miles away. When needed, it is a convenient way to move quickly."

"Since there is such a convenient way, then——"

"The only drawback is that the abyss passages change frequently." An Nan said, "An abyss as stable as the Mermaid Houttuynia Farm is unique in the whole Gospel. Other abysses don't have so many 'living people' guarding them, and the terrain is often complex and changeable, which means that the abyss passages cannot be used as a regular means of transportation."

"In addition, before the magicians completely suppressed the abyss, they could not use the abyss passages at will; when the magicians were able to enter and exit the abyss freely, they had already invented means of transportation that were no less powerful than the abyss passages."

"Many people are unable to accept the time compression feature of the Abyss Passage. For example, we walked here for a few minutes, but it seemed like several hours had passed in the outside world. Overall, walking in the Abyss Passage did not save any 'real time', but we felt that we had actually saved several hours."

"Wait, isn't this time travel?" Ash's eyes lit up: "I stay here for a year, and decades pass outside--"

"Not to mention the danger, but your body follows the time of the outside world. That is to say, you feel that only one year has passed, but your body will quickly age by dozens of years." An Nan said: "If you just want to travel to the future, magicians have more alternative ways to delay aging. There is no need to come to the abyss at all."

"I highly recommend the coffin hibernation method." After leaving the Mermaid Houttuynia Farm, Harvey became more energetic: "I will convert you into a corpse and save you. After a hundred years, you can convert you back to a normal person. It will only cause 30% loss of your current life. Are you interested in giving it a try?"

Ash: "Has anyone tried it?"

"Yes, many wealthy people who are about to die have tried this plan, but when they woke up, they became poor." Harvey laughed and said, "There is a department in the Blood Saint Research Institute that runs this business, called the 'Hibernation Department', which specializes in harvesting money from wealthy short-lived people. Hibernating customers seem to think that the social medical insurance in the future will allow them to live forever for free."

"Those who dare not face time will be abandoned by time." Igulla said calmly: "The synonym of 'hoping for the future' is 'giving up the present'."

Banji, who was walking in front, suddenly said, "We're here."

As if passing through an invisible veil, they left the naturally dark cave and suddenly came to brightly lit underground ruins.

The brick and tile buildings were dilapidated but not ancient, with a torch on the wall every ten steps and a narrow passage that could only accommodate four people side by side. They seemed to have traveled from a modern city to the feudal Middle Ages.

"Is this another abyss?" Ash looked at both ends of the passage: "Why are there no monsters?"

"It means that Bluebeard here has completed his daily mission." An Nan took off his protective suit and mask and said, "Even if Abyss is able to give birth, she still needs to rest and take care of the fetus... Since we have left Fanmula, we should first perform the exorcism surgery to completely eliminate the influence of the beauty mist."

The exorcism surgery can completely eradicate the addiction caused by Beauty Mist, but it is only an addiction. It can only make the recipient not physically crave Beauty Mist related products, and the already raised threshold will not decrease.

Theoretically, all the people of Fanmula can leave this white fog city after undergoing exorcism surgery. However, for the people of Fanmula who are immersed in dreams, it is easy to exorcise the demons in their bodies but difficult to exorcise the demons in their hearts. Except for necessary business trips, they rarely leave Fanmula to travel.

Panji took out six white cups from his briefcase. Then he showed the back of his left hand with a coat of arms, stuffed a ball of fire into the white cups, and slammed his hand!

Because the flame burns the air, the force of atmospheric pressure makes the white cup tightly suck on the back of the hand. At the same time, spots like insect eggs appear all over the pancake body, flowing towards the white cup like students rushing to the cafeteria, and it looks like they are being sucked away by the white cup!

"Spirit of the Artifact: Exorcism." An Nan introduced, "In addition to eradicating addiction, it also has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, beautifying and maintaining youth, refreshing the mind, allowing for dreamless sleep, strengthening yang and nourishing yin, etc. This thing is expensive and is the main export product of Fanmula's magician technology. It is actually a waste to only use it to eradicate addiction. Ordinary people go to hospitals on the edge of the city to find ordinary medical practitioners to perform exorcism surgery."

Since the surroundings were safe, they rested here temporarily and completed the exorcism operation. The exorcism cup seemed to suck the skin painfully, but Ash found that it felt very comfortable, and the skin was a little itchy, as if hundreds of mosquitoes were sucking inside, sucking away all the fat, blackheads, acne and other messy dirt...

"Hahaha, Dad, you're so dirty!" Liz pointed at the spots on Ash's body and laughed loudly.

Ash took a look at Liz and found that she was surprisingly clean. Bai Cup couldn't suck up anything no matter how hard he tried. However, there were a lot of dirty spots on his body. It would be difficult to achieve this effect even if he worked at a construction site and didn't take a shower every day. It was like there were hundreds of cockroaches crawling on his body.

"oh……?"

Seeing a strange curve on Ash's lips, Liz felt something was wrong and stepped back: "You, what are you laughing at...ah, don't come over here!"

"Look at my secret terrorist attack!"

Ash just hugged Liz and rubbed her like a cat. Liz was so frightened by this aesthetic terrorist that she failed the sanity test. She rolled her eyes and foamed at the mouth. She finally took out the hand mirror: "Help, help..."

Feeling that 'Liz' in his arms suddenly stopped trembling, Ash blinked and carefully let her go.

Did I scare her by playing too hard? It was just like throwing a cockroach box with hundreds of cockroaches in it. She wouldn't faint just like that...

However, Liz broke free from his embrace, turned around and looked at him quietly: "Is it interesting?"

"If you say it's boring, then it's definitely interesting, but if you say it's interesting, then it's not that interesting..."

'Liz' frowned, put her hands on her hips and said, "Do you think it's funny to disgust me?"

For some reason, Ash felt that Liz's figure was swelling up, like she had turned into a reasonable older sister next door, while he himself had turned into a child who liked to play pranks. He smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not very funny..."

"Don't do this again, but I will hate you." Liz looked at his frozen right hand: "Does your hand still hurt? You are covered in wounds, and I still want you to carry me..."

Ash was frightened by Liz. He was about to reach out his hand but retracted it. He turned to Igula and shouted, "Igula, Liz is so disgusted by me that she has a mental problem. Come here quickly... Igula, what are you doing?"

Unlike them who were quietly waiting for the exorcism surgery to be completed, the Trickster was now hiding under a blanket, not showing up at all. Without asking, one could tell that he must have taken it from Panji.

An Nan also covered himself with a blanket and hid aside. The two of them seemed out of place in the team.

"If the kid has a mental problem, just beat him to death. Anyway, one of the problem and the person who raised the problem will definitely be solved." Igula's voice came from inside the blanket: "You just need to take out your belt as a weapon."

Ash walked over curiously: "What are you doing hiding in there? Let me see--"

"Look at you, you dead head!"

A fist stretched out from the blanket and knocked Ash down directly. Ash never expected that this psychic actually had minor skills in boxing and kicking, and he couldn't even dodge it!

Lying on the cold ground, Ash felt his arms and abdomen begin to hurt again, so he patted himself on the sword, sat up and saw Liz beside him. Before he could say anything, Liz put her arms around his neck, rested her chin on his shoulder, and rubbed him: "Stop it, I'm not so naughty sometimes, but no matter which me I am, I still like you the same."

Ash, who was hugged by 'Liz', got goose bumps all over his body and felt a very strong sense of disobedience in his heart - No, can't this kind of mature big sister's tone and lines be spoken by Qinna, or Annan, you speaking like this will make others doubt my usual way of education!

Forget about Annan and Panji, now even Harvey is looking at me as if I'm a pervert. I feel like my social status in the funeral office is about to be downgraded to the level of an untouchable!

I see. Is this your way of revenge?

Liz, you are so mean!

Click.

Suddenly, everyone's gospel books popped out, with shining bookmarks in them. Everyone was startled, and then they realized something.

"We walked in the abyss passage for a few minutes, but in reality more than two hours have passed." Pan Ji said, "It's already past midnight... It's already May 20th!"

"The second list was updated immediately at 0 o'clock?"

“What list will it be?”

"Will An Nan's plan really work?"

With all kinds of thoughts in mind, everyone opened the bookmarks together, and the title of the second list came into view -

"Family List".