Chapter 61 Extraordinary - Prologue Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the weekly mission...
The moment the purple light flashed, Gu Yinglan thought about many things, yet it seemed like she thought about nothing at all.
When she took over the position of village chief from the old woman, she knew that the immortal could crush them as easily as crushing an ant. The only way to protect the majority of the villagers was to be patient.
She tolerated the immortals' arrogant behavior in the village, demanding that Redwood Village give up all its fertile land and forbid them from logging in the mountains.
Because humans are such base creatures. Even immortals, living in luxury, find the struggle of food not graceful enough; villagers, with their eyes dried from crying, can still survive day after day by digging for food in the soil.
Every few years, the immortal would select people to go into the mountains to worship Tai Sui. Each time, some villagers never returned, but she endured it. After all, people always die. With the flesh of Tai Sui, even babies could grow up smoothly. Over the past ten years, the population of Hongmu Village has increased rather than decreased.
Eat it, it'll make you feel better.
Don't look, just close your eyes.
Let's back down, just take a step back, and everyone will feel relieved.
The previous village chief taught her how to be patient, but he didn't teach her what to do when she was driven to a dead end and could no longer bear it.
To endure humiliation and live a life of quiet forbearance until one can no longer tolerate it and has nowhere left to retreat.
So she could only act according to her own desires.
In that instant, she thought of many things, yet it was as if she thought of nothing at all. When she came to her senses, the hoe in her hand, its tip sharpened by a stone, was already deeply embedded in the immortal's back. It turned out that the immortal's blood was warm.
Even immortals can get hurt.
Can immortals also die?
"Damn it, what are you all standing there for?!"
Qi Jinghuan spat out a mouthful of blood, pressed a button on his chest, and a spherical protective shield instantly popped out, blocking Gu Yinglan's second attack.
Having enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity, the group of Blue Grid employees behind Qi Jinghuan only realized what had happened at this moment. One person rushed to help Qi Jinghuan up, while several others frantically pulled out their weapons.
At this point, they could no longer care about experimental regulations. The sudden events that occurred one after another put them in a state of stress, and in an instant, hundreds of bullets rained down on Gu Yinglan.
The immortal has used his divine artifact again.
She was one of the few people in the village who had witnessed the immortals in action. She knew the power of those strangely shaped firearms; a three-person-tall evil spirit was blown to pieces in just a few breaths.
But for some reason, Gu Yinglan's heart was as calm as the sea at this moment, and a few ripples could not shake the vastness of the ocean.
The world seemed to slow down at this moment. The shooting stars spewed out by those immortal artifacts were so slow that they were practically frozen in her eyes. She even had the leisure to look up at the gradually disappearing purple sky, her eyes filled with a fervor that she herself did not realize.
"I want to follow that purple light."
A sudden yet natural realization arose in my heart, the invisible shackles cracked inch by inch, and a name came to my lips, as intimate as the first word I learned in my mother tongue while lying in your arms as a child.
"【Sea of Reincarnation】".
She heard herself utter those four words in a calm tone, and the slowed-down time suddenly resumed its flow, as if a malfunctioning pointer had been reset, only in the opposite direction!
"What?"
"Well……"
"Ah!" A faint silver light lingered in the depths of her dark eyes. Under her gaze, as calm as the sea, she witnessed the terrifying force with which the "meteors" spewed from those immortal artifacts bombarded her, and the astonishing speed with which they struck those immortals so suddenly and unexpectedly!
Only a few people managed to activate their protective shields and escape the disaster, but their instinctive counterattacks brought back devastating destruction!
A few more muffled groans followed, and seven or eight immortals arrived. At this moment, only Qi Jinghuan, who was injured and unable to retaliate, and two people who went to help him were standing there!
"You... how could you possibly have awakened superpowers? Something's not right!"
Qi Jinghuan's pupils shrank sharply. Compared to his subordinates who were simply shocked, he was of a higher rank and had more information. At this moment, what lingered in his mind, besides shock, was a deep fear!
The fact that Gu Yinglan awakened her superpower is even more terrifying than the superpower she awakened!
"It's that light! That purple light!"
Qi Jinghuan suddenly realized something; the ominous premonition that had welled up in his heart when he saw the purple light in the sky had finally come true, yet he felt no joy whatsoever—
The curse of impurity has been broken! By that purple light…
He didn't even dare to think about it further. The next second, a thought arose amidst the overwhelming shock, and he clung to it like a lifeline:
"Report to the company! The ceremony is complete, leave!"
This is no longer a situation that an employee of his level can handle. Moreover, he knows how much headquarters craves [the necessary resources/resources]. Reporting this anomaly might actually turn out to be a blessing in disguise...
The thought flashed through his mind in an instant, but Qi Jinghuan had already made up his mind. His surprise and doubt dissipated, and the jealousy in his eyes became more and more obvious. So what if he awakened a trait that was among the top tiers? When the company sent someone, his trait would be stripped away sooner or later!
If he accumulates merits, perhaps in the future he will apply for a transplant based on Gu Yinglan's qualities!
With his subordinate clinging tightly to him, Qi Jinghuan frowned, kicked him to the side, turned the protective shield to its maximum power with one hand, picked up the bell with the other, and started shaking it frantically!
The bell was no longer melodious and clear as before; instead, it sounded like an erhu with a broken string that was still being played, its sound sharp and shrill, like a vengeful ghost that was taking lives, echoing in everyone's ears!
The subordinate's expression changed drastically, clearly realizing what Qi Jinghuan was planning to do. However, he was closest to Qi Jinghuan and it was too late to escape. The moment the shrill bell rang, he became the first victim.
"Ugh!"
He screamed in agony, his brain felt like it had been hit hard, his vision blurred, and he let the black roots that suddenly sprouted from the soles of his feet wrap around his ankles and climb up his body, enveloping him in a wooden cocoon in just a few breaths.
As Gu Yinglan watched the remaining villagers standing there in a daze, with roots sprouting from their feet, she frowned. She was about to use that magical power again despite her weakness when a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in the corner of her eye.
This is……
Suddenly, a small cluster of purple flames emerged from the bottom of the pitch-black roots.
Compared to the lush roots, this small cluster of purple flames was pitifully small.
But the moment the purple flame appeared, all the roots trembled and retreated instantly, abandoning even the prey they had already caught, and hurriedly retreated into the ground, but it was already too late.
The purple flames seemed to smell oil, bursting into flames and splitting into several parts within a few breaths. Like people who hadn't eaten for three days seeing a buffet, they instantly rushed to the fastest-moving roots, burned for a while, and then split again, until they were three feet into the ground, burning all the roots completely before retreating unsatisfied.
"Pop".
Several immortals, lying on the ground, were the first to be enveloped by the roots. There were so many roots wrapped around the wooden cocoon that after the purple fire burned it, only a few white bones fell out and were disdainfully thrown out by the purple fire.
"Hmm—"
Qi Jinghuan's eyelids twitched. The shield that could withstand the full-force attack of an A-level ability user shattered as easily as an eggshell in front of the purple fire. Just as he was about to speak, a sharp pain came from the back of his head, and his vision went black as he collapsed to the ground.
As Gu Yinglan watched this scene, the silver light in her eyes faded, replaced by a hint of melancholy. Seeing the purple flames still swirling around Qi Jinghuan, she thought for a moment and moved closer, stopping three steps away.
"I can help you take him wherever you want."
The purple flame circled around Qi Jinghuan, then tentatively separated a tiny wisp of flame, grabbing his trouser leg and trying to drag him away.
But as soon as the purple flame touched the fabric, it burst into flames as if it had touched oil, causing Qi Jinghuan, who had fainted on the ground, to scream in agony. He instinctively opened his eyes, but this time, even without the purple flame hitting him, he fainted again from the pain.
As if it had done something wrong by dragging away Qi Jinghuan's small cluster of flames, it quietly returned to its original form. The upper part of the purple flame rose in the air, like a python coiled around its body. Gu Yinglan waited for a moment and saw the purple flame sway up and down, as if nodding in agreement.
"Okay, then I'll go with you... Okay, bring them along too."
Seeing the purple flame flicker up and down again, and then split off a cluster of flames to touch the villagers whose eyes were gradually becoming more alert, Gu Yinglan did not hesitate for long and decisively led the villagers to follow the purple flame.
Gu Yinglan still held considerable prestige as village chief, not to mention her recent shocking act of assassinating an immortal. The villagers, still somewhat dazed, instinctively followed her. Only halfway there, realizing their location, did they belatedly become frightened.
"Village chief, what are we doing..."
"Just follow the flames."
Seeing the group walking so casually deep into Tai Sui Mountain without a single evil spirit appearing, Gu Yinglan became even more certain of her guess.
Whether the master of that purple fire was another group of immortals or some more powerful evil spirit, as long as it didn't harm the village, she was willing to follow it!
She's endured this world for far too long.
Gu Yinglan remained calm, shaking her head at the worried villagers. No one could discern the turmoil in her heart from her expression.
The purple flames suddenly slowed down as they darted among the rocks. Gu Yinglan, holding onto Qi Jinghuan's leg, instinctively stopped. She raised her other hand to smooth her temples, her head smeared with blood, before suddenly freezing. She sighed softly and followed the purple flames into the valley.
The valley was neither the auspicious aura and myriad rays of light she had imagined, nor the ghostly shadows and eerie winds she had worst fears. It was just an ordinary valley, except that the bottom was a little too clean. The only strange thing was the woman squatting at the bottom of the valley.
Her hair color was unusual, like a meticulously carved amethyst that could sparkle even in the dim light, but that wasn't the point. The point was that this woman was placing an iron basin over that beautiful purple hair!
Sensing the return of the purple fire, Du Yu put down the iron basin he couldn't bring himself to carry. Even though he had expected it, when he saw a drop of blood running down the temple of that familiar, serious face, his lips twitched involuntarily.
Even though she wasn't very close to Gu Yinglan, honestly, anyone would feel a chill if they saw their thesis advisor staring at them with a deep, brooding expression as if they'd just come back from killing someone.
As Du Yu was feeling puzzled and pondering what to say to break the awkward silence, he saw the stern-faced middle-aged woman shift her gaze from the iron basin, give it a deep look, and suddenly bow down:
"This humble woman, Gu, greets Your Majesty..."
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!"
Du Yu was almost drenched in sweat, and the purple flames suddenly flared up. Following Du Yu's wishes, he pulled Gu Yinglan to a different direction, preventing her from actually bowing down to him.
"We don't do that here, just nodding is enough."
Without a word, Du Yu had Zi Huo pull Gu Yinglan up. Just as he was about to say something, his eyes flickered slightly, and a system notification popped up without warning:
[Congratulations to the player for successfully gaining the trust of the key NPC [Gu Yinglan] in the dungeon and completing the hidden quest. The ownership of the current time rift is being transferred... Side quest: [False Redemption] has been completed.]
Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the weekly mission [Extraordinary Prelude]! Mission rewards are being calculated...
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