What era is it, still traditional card making

“Is this the Immortal Kingdom?”

"Of course."

Adams opened his arms, turned his back to the lifeless country in front of him, and introduced it to Ye Qiong and others.

"Some time ago, this place was quite prosperous. The undead were happily exchanging supplies here, and I would occasionally come here to dig out some treasures."

"What happened next? Something must have happened to cause this place to become like this, right?"

Cornelia asked as she looked at the ruined scene before her.

“Yes, some incidents did happen, incidents that almost wiped out all the undead here.

For some unknown reasons, they lost their sanity and became monsters that only knew how to fight.

The bird you just killed, and the skeleton knights,

They were originally residents of this immortal country.

After losing his mind, he left here and became a real monster."

Ye Qiong asked the question that concerned him most.

"What exactly was that so-called accident? It's not mentioned in the information."

"I don't know. When I came here, the Undead Kingdom had already become a ruin. Nothing was left."

"Is there really nothing left? It's hard to believe that a mad monster would go out of his way to collect jewels or something like that."

Aquinas exposed Adams' lie with just one sentence.

Just look at the surroundings, it's so clean, as if a businessman has been here.

Adams did not show any embarrassment when he heard this. Instead, he replied as a matter of course:

"This is the reward this ownerless land gives me. Commodities have no value without circulation. I am just helping them find their value."

Coming from the businessman Adams, this statement did not surprise the people present.

They were not people who coveted treasure, and it didn't matter to them whether Adams collected the relics of the deceased.

What Ye Qiong wants to know now is:

"Why did you bring us to this ruin?"

Hearing this question, Adams scratched his head, obviously not knowing how to answer.

After sorting out his thoughts, he replied:

"If I say this is a businessman's intuition, would you believe it?"

The silence of everyone present already explained the answer.

"Okay, okay, I get it. I'm telling you the truth. Actually, when the Undead Kingdom was at its peak, I actually had quite a few of my subordinates here.

A few months ago, because my subordinates were slow to pass on the intelligence about the Undead Kingdom to me, I made a personal trip there and saw the tragic situation there.

This was once the royal capital of the Immortal Kingdom and also the most prosperous place.

My men once told me that the prosperity of the kingdom comes at a price."

"So what is the price?"

"I don't know. My subordinate didn't say anything."

"With your personality, how could you let go of such important information?"

"How is this possible? So, I used some tricks to get information about the Immortal Kingdom.

According to my subordinate, the citizens of the Undead Country need to abide by the rules here if they want to maintain their immortality. If they break the rules, they will become completely irrational monsters.

Just like those guys we just ran into."

Hearing this, Ye Qiong was a little confused.

"If you don't follow the rules, you will become a disorderly monster? Didn't you say before that something unexpected happened here that caused the entire kingdom to fall into ruins?"

"No, no, no, Master Gatherer, think about it. Normally, would there really be so many citizens who violated the rules and became monsters at the same time? That's why I guess that something unexpected happened, such as a curse mutating, which led to the fall of the Undead Kingdom."

“What are the specific rules?”

"I don't know."

"So is there a rule that if one citizen breaks it, it will spread like a domino effect?"

"What more dominoes?"

"That's not the point. What I want to know is whether they became immortal monsters because they broke the rules. Let me ask another question. We shouldn't be affected by the rules less, right?"

Hearing this question, Adams' expression showed a hint of hesitation.

"Can you speak?"

"This, maybe, probably, possibly, no?"

After hearing this answer, Ye Qiong suddenly felt helpless.

"So this is why you were so reluctant to join us at the beginning?"

"Well, that's part of the reason, but I'm more worried about that, you know, that..."

Adams's tone of a riddle man immediately aroused Cornelia's dissatisfaction.

"Which one is it?"

"Uh, I can't say."

Aquinas walked forward, and at some point, a large hammer appeared in her hand.

"Cornelia, retreat. This method is more suitable for dealing with this kind of guy."

"Wait, wait, let me tell you, the real reason I'm concerned is the World Tree and Mr. Branch Gatherer. It's really not appropriate for me to interfere in this matter."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except Ye Qiong was shocked.

Cornelia reacted the most. She grabbed Adams by the collar and asked:

"What do you mean?"

"Okay, Cornelia, let him go first,"

  Adams looked directly at Ye Qiong and said seriously:

"My mother didn't know about this. This is just my personal judgment as a businessman. Please forgive me."

"Really? To be honest, I'm surprised that a businessman who seeks profit and avoids danger would take the initiative to take this responsibility."

"Mr. Twig Gatherer."

"No, don't worry, I believe what you say." After that, he walked to the front of the team and continued to say to everyone:

"Okay, let's keep going."

  Cornelia was still brooding over the previous topic, so she quickly followed and asked:

"What exactly is going on?"

Things had come to this point, and Ye Qiong naturally knew that he could no longer evade the issue, so he had no choice but to tell the truth and express his analysis.

"The world is changing, and it may be related to me as the Branch Gatherer. Adams' commission is not only to clear the monsters from the Undead Country, but also to make me realize the harm I am causing to the world. It's as simple as that."

"How can this be simple?"

Cornelia couldn't hold back any longer, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes. She wanted to find Adams immediately to have things cleared up.

"Okay, Cornelia, listen to me first. Adams's judgment is not wrong. The reason for the world's changes may really be related to me."

"What should I do? Anyway, I will never let my brother leave here."

"Don't worry, this is just my personal analysis. Maybe it's not because of an outsider like me that the world has changed."

Even he himself didn't believe this.

  Because at this time he had discovered that due to his existence, many worlds had deviated from their established development.

If this continues, it is basically inevitable that he will become an element of destruction.

  There are only two ways to solve this problem.

One, he leaves here and ends the simulation.

Second, take the initiative to integrate into this place and become a part of it completely.

  Ye Qiong didn't particularly want to choose either of these two methods.

The former means abandoning Cornelia and the others, while the latter means abandoning the real world.

Can you really do it yourself?

  For the sake of one party, completely abandon the other?

Ye Qiong asked himself, he couldn't bear to give up, he couldn't bear to give up the daily life in the simulated world, and he didn't want to break his promise to those people in the real world who believed in him.

  Aquinas walked forward, but now she didn't have the familiar smile on her face.

Rarely, a trace of sadness appeared on the face of this optimistic fairy.

She grabbed Ye Qiong's right hand.

Although she didn't say anything, the expression on her face said it all.

Ye Qiong couldn't say any words of comfort, so he could only hold her hand tightly and walk like this.

"No, no, Mr. Qiong, what exactly do you mean by what you just said?"

They seem to have forgotten that there is a spirit here who knows nothing about everything.

After listening to the conversation that was like a riddle,

Sabrina was completely stunned.

  What does outsider mean?

Why did Mr. Qiong cause changes in the world?

Ye Qiong called Sabrina over and told her the reason for the incident.

"So Mr. Qiong doesn't belong to this world? This is the first time I know this."

Then, as if she had realized something, she suddenly spoke:

"In that case, why don't we create an isolated utopia? That way, we don't have to worry about affecting the normal operation of the World Tree."

"An utopia of isolation from the rest of the world?"

  Ye Qiong frowned and analyzed to himself:

"If this utopia has no concept of time, I won't have to worry about affecting the normal operation of the world. But, can such a place really be created?"

  If it was him in the First Age, there was indeed a possibility of success.

But now he has lost his giant body and the power to create the world.

It is simply impossible to achieve this level.

Cornelia naturally understood how difficult it was to create such a world, but she didn't care.

  As long as there is a possibility that my brother can stay,

No matter how difficult the process is, she will try to do it.

"Yes, we just need to create a world like this."

Because of Sabrina's words, the atmosphere among the people present suddenly became less heavy than before.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the center of the city.

Similar to the outermost area, this place has also fallen into ruins.

Ye Qiong squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil in his palm.

"There are traces of bone dragons and lich magic. A great war broke out here two months ago."

"I came here two months ago and discovered something unusual here."

  Sabrina walked forward and looked around.

She hated this lifeless environment.

  It was sunset at this moment, the setting sun was like blood, slanting down on this forgotten land.

The once prosperous city is now left with only broken walls and ruins, silently telling the story of its past glory and the desolation of the past.

Only half of the towering building remains, and the broken windows stare blankly at the sky, as if searching for a lost soul. The murals on the walls have long been mottled and the colors have faded, with only vaguely discernible lines trying to recall the former glory.

  Obviously, the current situation could not be created in just two months.

This is most likely the land where the undead lived before their death.

Maybe that's why they are reluctant to leave.

Ye Qiong came to Sabrina's side and said:

"Do you find this kind of scenery disgusting?"

  Sabrina nodded and replied:

"I don't like this kind of scenery. It's as if everything they did before was meaningless. As time goes by, it will eventually disappear into thin air. No matter how hard I try, I can't protect the memories of the past. I hate this feeling."

"Really? Then let's try to avoid this from happening and protect the memories we cherish now."

This sentence is not only said to Sabrina,

Cornelia, Aquinas should be able to understand what he means.

If possible, Ye Qiong did not want to leave and wanted to protect this precious memory.

Unless there is really no other way, he will never abandon them easily.

Cornelia and Aquinas rarely spoke to each other as they strolled through the city with Ye Qiong.

  Adams did not take the time to appreciate the surroundings. He just glanced around and then said:

"It looks like there are no more undead monsters in the city. Shall we go to the next area?"

"No, let's be frank. Do you know where the space crack is?"

"What space crack?"

"With your ability, you should be able to find the spatial rift that connects the Azure Continent to their homeland, right?"

"You mean, we need to clean up the destructive elements there?"

  Ye Qiong nodded slightly, then replied:

"Yes, this is the simplest and most direct method, isn't it? Even if these undead monsters are killed, as long as the space cracks still exist, they will continue to pour in here.

Instead of doing this, why not just solve the space crack directly? That would be a permanent solution, right?"

  Adams was a little confused. With the other party's experience, he should know what the simplest method was, right?

Kill the immortal rules, collect the rules from them, and return them to the world.

This is the easiest way.

  But why choose to go directly to the Demonic Continent?

Cornelia, on the other hand, quickly realized why the other party did this.

"Brother, do you want to use the Demonic Continent as the foundation to build the utopia that Sabrina just mentioned?" (End of this chapter)