Volume 3: The King of Waste Chapter 382: Ruined City
Passing through the cracks, Xu Shen took Xingjun and the original owner away from the Divine Weapon Tomb and returned to the Ruins Sea.
The place they came out from was not the crimson gate at the bottom of the lake, but an unfamiliar desolate area. Leftover remains of food could be seen everywhere on the ground around them. They had rotted into gray, and the bones broke at the slightest touch.
Xu Shen searched in Pamira's memory but did not find the memory of this area. He then searched in the memories of other kings until he found the memory of this area in Mo Chengfeng's memory.
Although the memories that Mo Chengfeng gave to Xia Tong were forged after his own conversion, they were a mixture of truth and falsehood. Some of the memories about Xu Hai were not of much value, so they were not hidden.
At this moment, several pieces of memories were pieced together, and with the fragments of the map of the ruins sea that Xu Shen had searched for, they soon found the common points that connected them.
Xu Shen immediately followed the route and headed for the crimson door at the bottom of the lake again.
We passed through many strange and desolate places along the way. The world here was like an oil painting, colorful and bright, and extremely abstract.
On the way, they encountered a Xu beast, and Xu Shen handed it over to the original owner to deal with.
With their "original" abilities, these beasts were barely a match for their original owners.
As an A- level Daxu, it can even threaten other kings, but in front of the original owner, it is no different from a two-state and is easily suppressed or killed. Even the number of people living in the group is meaningless.
As long as their abilities do not threaten the original owner, no matter how many there are, they will be useless.
These beasts also realized that Xu Shen and the original owner were not easy to deal with. When they noticed each other, Daxu immediately turned around and fled.
Xu Shen knew that these people were smelling the divine aura emanating from the demigod's spiritual power on them.
This kind of aura made Daxu, who had lived in the sea of ruins for a long time, feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
The three of them traveled together, acting a bit reckless in the sea of Ruins.
Not long after, Xu Shen found the same forest ruins again. He walked into the depths and saw the lake and the Crimson Gate after the great battle.
Xu Shen breathed a sigh of relief. If he knew the route, he could go in again anytime next time.
Perhaps it was the same for Lord Zero, who had mastered a map of the route to the Crimson Door.
After confirming the route, Xu Shen did not linger any longer and led them back along the original route.
"Next time we can go together to explore the other two forbidden places in Xiaxu Sea." The original owner said to Xu Shen: "The Divine Weapon Tomb only hides the divine weapons of the old gods, but the other two forbidden places are said to be inhabited by old gods, and some of them hide the secrets of becoming a god. Now that we have the divine weapons in our hands, we have a great chance of survival if we explore them."
“But the chances of dying are greater.”
Xu Shen glanced at the original owner: "Have you lived long enough?"
"I won't live long enough to do that. When I return to Cloud City, I'll have done what I need to do, so I want to give it a try."
The original owner said: "My familiar relatives and friends have all died long ago. The only ones left are enemies or people I don't like. They are all kings and monarchs. Time doesn't mean much to me. Living day after day without finding fun is too boring."
Xu Shen glanced at him and could understand the original owner's thoughts.
When there are no regrets, all that remains is boredom.
Becoming a king means you have the power to make up for most of your regrets and all your desires can be satisfied.
Lust, greed, violence, etc., they do almost whatever they want.
Especially at the level of a monarch, no one can restrain him. When a person can do whatever he wants, besides feeling great , he will gradually feel bored.
"Okay, once everything is ready, we'll go and try it." Xu Shen agreed to the original owner.
The original owner smiled. The reason he said this was not only because he was obsessed with becoming a god, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Xu Shen. After all, he was now tied up by Xu Shen in the temple. If Xu Shen had bad intentions, he could take his life at any time or lock him up in the temple .
If he went to another forbidden place, he would be freed regardless of whether he or Xu Shen died.
Xu Shen knew what the original owner was thinking, but he didn't care. He also wanted to become a god. If there was a way to become a god, he would try it no matter what. After all, only by becoming a god could he truly walk in the same world with Maeve.
Not long after, Xu Shen found the crack in the sea where he and Xingjun had traveled before.
Looking at the crack, Xu Shen's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately stepped in impatiently.
A strange feeling of being disoriented appeared, and the surroundings were stretched into mottled colors. When Xu Shen came to his senses again, he saw the familiar sky and earth.
Back.
A long-lost sense of familiarity came over him, and the smell brought by every breeze in the air made Xu Shen feel sweet.
He looked around thoughtfully, and soon his gaze fixed on a place in the void, where a familiar figure was standing quietly, as if lying on its side in mid-air, and at this moment he looked up at him.
The moment their eyes met, Xu Shen's heart couldn't help but beat faster, but this time he didn't look away. Two thousand years of long waiting and longing suppressed his reason at this moment.
Maeve's eyes revealed a hint of surprise, and then she seemed to have seen something. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she said softly: "It seems that you have found a way."
Xu Shen also laughed.
Seeing that Xu Shen did not avoid her gaze, Maeve looked at Xu Shen with interest: "You seem to have become a lot bolder."
“I’m finally back.”
Next to him, the original owner spoke, his voice filled with excitement and nostalgia. After being blocked for more than three hundred years, he now has returned again, which makes him feel indescribable.
Xu Shen withdrew his thoughts and gazed at Maeve's figure gently, as if he wanted to imprint it deep in his mind, and then said to the original owner and Xingjun: "Let's go back to the city first."
"I also want to go back to Xingchou City. How about I go back and take a look first and then come to find you?" Xing Jun took the opportunity to say.
Xu Shen looked at him quietly and said, "Okay."
Xing Jun looked at Xu Shen with some surprise. He didn't expect that Xu Shen actually agreed.
"You'll have seven days to do your job. Come find me in Guangming City in seven days." Xu Shen stared into Xingjun's eyes: "Don't let me down."
Xingjun's heart trembled, and he nodded: "I will come."
After saying this, he bowed and said goodbye to Xu Shen, then turned around and left quickly.
Xu Shen didn't look at it any further and took the original owner back to Guangming City.
Flying all the way from the high wall to the City Lord's Mansion in Guangming District, in just two years, Xu Shen saw that Guangming City had changed a lot, and he almost didn't recognize it. Many blocks along the way were empty and blocked by cordons.
There are also many once prosperous neighborhoods and commercial areas that are now as silent as death, and some buildings have collapsed but have not been repaired.
Xu Shen frowned. The Dicheng city, which was not prosperous to begin with, now looked even worse, like a dead city of refugees.
Soon, Xu Shen arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.
Then I saw that the place was heavily guarded. In the meeting hall, Nasserhane was wearing wrinkled clothes and was flipping through briefs. Her hair was a little messy, and she was seen scratching her head from time to time with a frown on her face.
Xu Shen didn't peek for long and directly descended from the fourth level of the ruins world.
"What happened?" Xu Shen asked.
Nasefani woke up as if from a dream. When she looked up, she saw Xu Shen appearing out of nowhere in front of her. If Xu Shen had not spoken, she would not even notice that there was an extra person in front of her.
"City Lord, you, you are finally back!"
Surprised, Nasefani's face suddenly showed surprise, and she said quickly: "That's great, there are rumors that something happened to you, we thought you would not be able to come back."
"A civil war broke out?" Xu Shen's eyes flashed.
Nasefani said: "City Lord, have you also seen the situation in the city? It's not a civil war, it's a ruin!"
Her eyes showed some hatred and depression, and she said, "Not long after you left, many A-level Daxu appeared in the city. These Daxu preyed on people everywhere. Thanks to King Xue Haining's actions, some losses were recovered and the situation was barely calmed down. But she was alone and had no strength. She was chased by a Daxu and was seriously injured. Fortunately, your Baimaxu helped drive away the Daxu."
Xu Shen was stunned. Xue Haining's ability was not weak. He was considered upper-middle class among kings, but he was actually hunted down by Daxu.
That could only be done by Daxu, who is extremely powerful.
"Where are the two from the Han family?" Xu Shen asked.
"They are also dealing with the Daxu, but there are too many of them. In the first year since you disappeared, there were seven or eight Daxu. In the second year, there were dozens. They were everywhere in the city and they were too busy to handle them all."
Nasefani said, "They were all injured. King Han Lie almost died, and he never dared to act alone again."
Xu Shen was stunned. Dozens?
This is an A-level ruins. How could it erupt so frequently in just one year?
The entire Dicheng is this big. If dozens of Daxu divide their territories, it will be enough to fill the entire city.
No wonder we saw blockades in so many places along the way.
"And now?"
Xu Shen asked: "Is there any left in the city now?"
"Of course there are. King Xue Haining and the two kings of the Han family are patrolling outside. Your Baima Xu is in charge of the headquarters. There is also the Xu you left behind to guard the library. Previously, a large Xu wanted to attack here, and they fought it off." Nasefanni said.
Xu Shen's eyes moved slightly. Xu in the library was quite cooperative and did not disappoint him.
"In addition to these bad news, we also have two good news." Nasefani looked at Xu Shen, her expression changed, and she smiled: "Commander Chen has also become a king. In addition to him, there is another second-level person named Xia Jingxiang, who once followed you and also became a king."
Xu Shen was surprised. They two actually became kings?
However, this also shows how serious the situation in Guangming City is during this period.
Most of them have encountered life and death extremes.
"What about the others? Did anyone die?" Xu asked with a serious face.
Nasefani glanced at Xu Shen, nodded, and said, "Some of the two-states who followed you have sacrificed their lives. There are many names on the list, and I have written them all down."
Xu Shen's heart sank. It was indeed so.
Becoming kings in adversity and being destroyed in adversity, the birth of two kings means that there are dozens or hundreds of two-states whose lives are in danger.
"Send me the location of the ruins, and I will clear it all out!"
Xu Shen said to Nasefani.
Nasefani was stunned and asked in astonishment: "There are still more than twenty Daxu now. Do you want to do it yourself?"
"What else?"
Xu Shen said coldly: "Hold on tight."
Every delay resulted in someone dying at the entrance of the market.
Counting the time, it took three months to travel back and forth to the Ruins Sea, and two years for me to be imprisoned in the temple. There was also the exploration of the Ruins Sea and the search in the Tomb of the Divine Weapons. All in all, it has been two and a half years since I left.
This period of time was not long, but considering Daxu's appetite, it was enough to eat up half of the city.
When Nasefani saw Xu Shen's order, she was startled and quickly sent a message to the Intelligence Department. She then handed the communicator to Xu Shen and the intelligence was transmitted.
Xu Shen picked up the communicator and took a look at it. There was a map of Guangming City on it, with more than twenty red dots covering various places.
Each red dot represents the place where Daxu is entrenched.
In addition, there are many blue dots, which Nasefani said are the locations of Class B ruins.
These blue dots are densely packed, at least hundreds of them.
Xu Shen frowned. What happened in the past two and a half years? Before he left, the appearance of the Xu beasts seemed a little abnormal, but now they are increasing as rapidly as a snow mountain avalanche.
This is definitely not normal.
Someone is targeting? Targeting?
But it seems that no force can deploy dozens of Daxu.
Xu Shen didn't think too much about it. He decided to solve the problem first and then go back to the inner city to find out the situation, or go to the parliament.
"Original owner, come out and work." Xu Shen called.
The original owner who stayed in the fourth level of the Xu world said helplessly: "There are only more than twenty Xu, you can handle it yourself, they are not in a group."
"Let's end this quickly. You take charge of the east and I'll take charge of the west." Xu Shen said, and then asked Nasefani for a communicator and threw it to the original owner.
The original owner smiled bitterly and could only agree reluctantly.
Fortunately, for him, dealing with these big ruins was no different from cutting straw and wheat.
It's not difficult to do it easily.
"White horse."
Xu Shen called to Baima Market.
With a neigh, Baimaxu galloped over from a distance and rushed in front of Xu Shen.
"You're back." Baimaxu saw Xu Shen with a complicated look in his eyes. For more than two years, he had been guarding the city for both Xu Shen and his former master Pamela.
Deep down in its heart, it regarded Xu Shen as an equal to Pamela.
Xu Shen jumped on his horse, the decay and decay of Baimaxu had an uncontrollable effect on him, but under the protection of the domain of "small for big", this erosion was reduced to almost nothing.
Xu Shen patted his horse's back and set off to the west.
Rushing out of the bright area, Xu Shen looked at the communicator and started cleaning from the nearest red dot.
Soon, Xu Shen arrived at the first red dot on the camel of Baima Market.
This is a huge spider-like ruin that is more than ten meters long. It is entrenched in a residential area. There are spider webs everywhere in the residential area, but these spider webs cannot be seen in reality. Only when you enter the deep ruins can you see that the residential area has been completely changed.
With Xu Shen's intrusion, the spider Daxu immediately noticed the prey. When it saw Xu Shen and Baimaxu who was sitting there, its compound eyes all turned red. It realized that the prey was a bit difficult and there were two of them.
Xu Shen walked straight to the spider's nest and saw that its web nest was filled with human remains. It seemed that all the residents in the community had been slaughtered by it.
There were skulls scattered all over the ground, their empty eyes filled with sadness.
"Building a nest in the second level of the Ruins, damn it."
Xu Shen's eyes were cold. This big monster chose to wander around in the lower level world just to prey quickly.
Even if everyone in the community is a fog dweller and cannot see it, they will still be killed by it.
