Volume 1: Stranger in a Strange Land Chapter 4: It's a Thousand Years
Platinum Calendar 1886...
The moment he heard this year, Zhou Mu couldn't help but take a breath.
He clearly remembered that when the story of the game "End Watcher" ended, the time was the 878th year of the Platinum Calendar.
In other words, he traveled through 1008 years!
More than a thousand years is enough time for humans to evolve from cold weapon combat to strategic weapon deterrence in the real world, not to mention the tremendous changes that have taken place.
How much will that thousand years change the world?
How many of my companions are still alive today? Are there any traces of me left behind? What has the world become now?
And my strength...
Even if he was invincible in the entire continent a thousand years ago...what level is he at now?
Thinking of this, Zhou Mu couldn't help but turn his gaze to the Withering Cold in his hand.
At least the first battle after traveling through time and space was won very easily, even more easily than expected.
As the first battle he encountered after traveling through time, Zhou Mu made quite thorough preparations.
First, use the two auxiliary spells [Feather Fall] and [Echo] to hide your own footsteps while creating false footsteps in another direction to attract the enemy's attention.
Then he used the knock-up and imprisonment combo [Float] and [Glacier Spikes], which directly nailed the two sub-demons into fixed targets. Finally, he planned to use three single-target damage magics with different attributes, [Wind Blast], [Purifying Gun Flame] and [Void Thunderstorm] to finish.
As a result, the damage from [Glacier Spikes] alone was enough to kill the opponent. If it were in the game, those two sub-demons would be nothing more than level 30 minnows at most.
Judging from the results, it seems that I was a little too cautious.
But the question is, can just two sub-demons really represent the overall level of the world a thousand years later?
He must find more qualified experimental subjects to make a judgment.
"Where are we going?"
Just when Zhou Mu was lost in thought, the girl named Liliana behind him suddenly asked.
They had already walked out of the Dusk Fortress. It was almost noon, and the dazzling sunlight gave the ancient fortress a golden hue.
Thousands of years of erosion have turned this once indestructible fortress into a dilapidated state. Nearly one-third of the buildings have collapsed into ruins, and lush vines have climbed up the walls of the buildings. If viewed from a distance, it is impossible to distinguish the surrounding dense forest from the fortress.
The fortress that once commanded the coalition forces of the entire continent to march into the Moon Realm, I didn't expect it to be abandoned like this...
"Go to the depths of the Mountains of Sorrow. There is a place called the Scar of Sorrow. The two sub-demons from before should have escaped from there. I have to destroy the source."
Zhou Mu replied while looking back at the Dusk Fortress with emotion.
"What is the source?"
Liliana asked.
"Moon Realm Monster."
Zhou Mu gave a brief answer.
"What are the Moon Realm monsters?"
Zhou Mu, who was originally a little absent-minded, looked at Liliana in surprise when he heard this.
A thousand years from now, no one even knows what the Moon Realm Monsters are?
As the biggest villain in the game "End Watcher", it almost destroyed the world. A thousand years later, some people have never even heard of its name. Zhou Mu was not sure whether this was good news or bad news.
"Then you should at least know what the Moon Realm is, right?"
Liliana nodded.
"I learned in the introduction to theology that the Moon Realm is an illusory reflection created by the Void Kings because they were jealous of the beauty of the Holy Spirit's creation and wanted to imitate it. They blocked most of the light at night, making it a magical realm hanging high in the sky, filling the void between the stars... But these should just be myths."
Zhou Mu sighed.
"No, this statement is too general. In fact, it is not the case at all. The essence of the Moon Realm is an upper plane that reflects thoughts. It is filled with various monsters born based on extreme emotions and thoughts. The so-called Void King is the most powerful existence among those monsters."
Zhou Mu ignored Liliana's confused expression and continued.
"Sub-demons are fragments that have shed from some powerful Moon Realm monsters. Because of this, they will never appear alone. Moon Realm monsters themselves are ethereal beings that need to be anchored by worldly obsessions to gain form from nothingness. This is especially true for sub-demons that are fragments of Moon Realm monsters."
Zhou Mu recalled the background information in the game.
"So wherever there are sub-demons, there will definitely be powerful Moon Realm monsters. And the more and stronger sub-demons appear, the higher the level of the Moon Realm monsters that are the source of their power will be."
Zhou Mu paused here, waiting for the other party to digest the information.
After a long while, Liliana finally asked.
"Then why are you sure it will be in the place called the Scar of Sorrow?"
"Because it is difficult for the Moon Realm monsters to directly pass through the World Shell and come to the real world. If they must come to the real world, they must find the weak point between the real world and the Moon Realm. And the Scar of Sorrow is one of the weakest points between the real world and the Moon Realm on the Vic Continent. So as long as the right date and the right ceremony are performed, they can be successfully summoned in, and a few days ago happened to be a perfect date."
"How many days ago?"
Liliana asked curiously.
"Didn't you say earlier that today is around the 24th or 25th of the dusk moon?"
Liliana nodded.
"The 22nd of Dusk Moon is the day of summoning of one of the Moon Realm Void Lords, Lady Hungry and Corrupted Camilla. This is the only day in every year that He can project His power into the world."
Zhou Mu looked at Liliana and continued in a meaningful tone.
"Lady Hungry and Corrupted is a generous void monarch. On the day of summoning, as long as someone offers enough sacrifices she will basically get a response."
Liliana quickly understood what the other party meant.
"You mean... someone wants to kill my archaeological team by summoning moon monsters. Why?"
Zhou Mu waved his hand.
"It's just a possibility, or maybe this is just a by-product. Of course, there's also the possibility that they weren't summoned from the Scar of Sorrow, but came from somewhere else and came here for other reasons."
"No, I won't..."
Zhou Mu's words reminded Liliana of the time when she was captured by the demons. She had heard them mention the name of "Lady Hungry and Corrupted" many times.
But why? She only came here to do archaeology to complete her school year project. Who could she have offended?
"arrive."
Liliana was thinking about this question all the way until Zhou Mu suddenly stopped and she came to her senses.
"This is..."
“Shh…”
Zhou Mu turned around and gestured to Liliana to keep quiet.
"It looks like someone has arrived before us."
