And then there's 404. After entering the ultimate dungeon in the future world and encountering the God, 404 disappeared without a trace.
This 404 error is not the same system as the one from Divine Court Technology. Does its behavior suggest that it might also be a system from the future?
In this instance, the main NPCs are Linglong, the executor of the Divine Court, and the Lord of Guixu, who looks exactly like her, but it's unlike other game instance quests...
What does the deity want to do?
Could God's broken soul really be here?
The more Su Deng thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't figure it out.
Linglong said that the Lord of Guixu was named Ling.
Not a mermaid.
But she saved the merfolk, and after the merfolk came to live here, Linglong called her master to repay her kindness.
However, Ling didn't care about any of that.
Ling, on the other hand, is the guardian of the Ruins of Return, and can be considered a god.
Due to special physical reasons, she falls into a deep sleep every now and then, with each sleep cycle lasting from three months to three years.
The Ruins of Guixu are shrouded in darkness, yet the deepest abyss has its own sun—a technologically advanced gemstone that occasionally illuminates the sea, resembling the sun but lacking its warmth.
Apart from the shrews and sharks, all those who live here are souls.
These souls live a long time, but some of them will perish every now and then.
Linglong said that every soul here carries a touch of tragedy, because once a soul comes here, regardless of whether it is guilty or innocent, it means that it will never have the chance to be reincarnated.
"Let me tell you how I became an executor of the Divine Court," Linglong said, gazing at the bottomless abyss outside the village as they reached the end of the village.
Since I have nothing else to do, it's good to learn more.
Su Deng refused.
Living people cannot reach Guixu, nor can they find Guixu.
The Merfolk originally lived in the deep sea. Merfolk are considered demons, not humans. They were able to reach Guixu and live there only because of the protection of Ling, the Lord of Guixu.
The merfolk live well here, multiplying and thriving.
But one day, a living person came to Guixu.
That was the first living human to come to the outside world from the Ruins of Return.
Ling originally intended to drive him away, but it turned out that the human was not simple, and Guixu underwent a cataclysmic upheaval.
Ling sent some innocent souls to the underworld and petitioned the King of the Underworld to allow them to be reincarnated.
"But the Ruins of Return is the ultimate place, where souls cannot be reincarnated. She is the guardian and ruler of the Ruins of Return, and she knows better than anyone the consequences of violating the forbidden laws..."
Ling paid a heavy price, nearly dying, and even though she survived, she was trapped in the underworld and lost her status as a god.
The Kingdom of Guixu was destroyed, and everything returned to chaos.
"Ling lived incognito in the underworld for a time, working as Meng Po for the King of the Underworld, guarding the eight hundred miles of the Yellow Springs, guiding the ghosts who came and went..."
"You said... Ling..." Upon hearing this, Su Deng suddenly looked up, "...had been Meng Po in the underworld?"
"Shocked?" Linglong sighed deeply. "That was the price she paid for her deal with Hades..."
But what she didn't know was that Su Deng was not shocked by this.
Rather, if Ling was once Meng Po (the goddess of forgetfulness in the underworld), then the person Meng Po who awakened them described as looking exactly like her was indeed Ling…
Lord of the Ruins!
Su Deng asked her, "Who was the one who destroyed Guixu?"
It must be incredibly powerful to be able to destroy an ultimate place, even the Lord of the Ruins, who is a god, could not stop it.
"Speaking of which, you know that person, not only do you know them, but you might even be quite familiar with them..."
After a moment of silence, Linglong uttered a name.
Yan Sizhan.
The human who broke into the Ruins of Return was Yan Sizhan.
Su Deng's pupils contracted sharply, but she quickly asked in doubt, "Yan Sizhan is not human at all."
“He is already human.” Linglong sighed softly.
Su Deng: "..."
Things seem to be getting more and more chaotic.
"What is the relationship between Meng Po in the underworld and Ling?" Su Deng asked.
At that time, everyone felt that Meng Po's demeanor made him seem to like [the previous Meng Po].
Linglong proves this point.
"He is the soul of Guixu, whose real name is Zhou Xuanzhi. He always revered and loved his master when he was in Guixu. After his master sent him to the underworld, he would rather his soul be scattered than abandon his master to be reincarnated. He stayed there and stayed with his master."
"But then one day, the master suddenly disappeared. No one, including the King of the Underworld, knew whether she was dead or where she went. Only Zhou Xuanzhi said that she would definitely come back. She even signed a contract with the King of the Underworld and became the new Meng Po, guarding the eight hundred miles of the Yellow Springs. It has been hundreds of years since then."
“Those things happened a long time ago. During that great chaos, I was protected by my master and escaped. When I returned, my people and my master were either dead or had disappeared without a trace…”
“This is my home. I love and cherish this place. When I was crying sadly in the sea, the God appeared and said that as long as I made a deal with him, my homeland, my people, and even my master would return…”
Therefore, she became the fourth executor of the Divine Court.
"At first, I thought that my obsession had moved the remnant soul of the god in the Ruins of Return, or the real god. I didn't want to live a lonely and miserable life alone. It was worth it to pay a price to bring my people and home back."
But later I discovered that it was all just a conspiracy by the God…
wrong!
In Linglong's story, Guixu has already been destroyed!
Even Ling, the master of Guixu, disappeared.
How could something possibly exist perfectly intact now?
Even if it's a game instance created by the Divine Court's technology, and this place shows the past of Guixu, then Linglong should also be the Linglong of the past...
Linglong, who has already died by her own sword and is waiting to be resurrected after the game world ends, has no chance of appearing here...
But Su Deng wasn't familiar with Linglong, and it was difficult to discern the truth from what she said, making it impossible to judge...
Something's wrong with this instance!
Something's not right with this exquisite one!
From the moment Linglong entered this instance, leading her into the Ruins of Return and telling her these stories all seemed like a pre-arranged program, rather than the real Linglong...
At this moment, looking at Linglong in front of him, Su Deng suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He took a few steps back without making a sound, putting distance between himself and Linglong.
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