My Endless Life.

Chapter 124 Concepts and Coexistence

In the Fog Explorers Association in Rubino City.

Maru was still sitting in front of the white sphere that looked like a special-grade relic, observing the sphere in front of him.

Regarding the phenomenon of people in the city being affected by the fog, Malu has sent people to assist the local association in conducting an investigation.

Maru also urgently reported the monsters that appeared in the fog area to the royal capital, asking the royal capital to send more fog-level people holding special-grade relics to investigate.

At present, Maru's only task is to stare at the white ball in front of him.

In fact, according to reason, the white sphere should have been escorted to the royal capital a few days ago.

But... Maru recently heard from his teammates that they saw someone from "Chasing Light".

The Light Chasing Society is an evil organization that claims to be chasing light to save the world. Explorers like Maru who go to the fourth layer of fog often deal with them.

Even in the fourth-layer fog zone, the danger does not come from the fourth-layer environment and fog beasts, but from the attacks of those who call themselves "saviors".

Chris...was injured because of this.

Ger had no choice but to take her into the sea of ​​fog...

Thinking of this, Maru looked at the ball in front of him again:

"Is this your goal?"

His eyes flickered, and he walked forward and placed his hand on the white ball.

Unsurprisingly, there was no reaction, something Maru was used to.

If Weiner had not repeatedly emphasized before entering the foggy sea that this thing must be sent back to the kingdom, Maru probably would not have brought such a big thing back here through the foggy area.

But Weiner never said what this thing is or what its function is.

Taking his hand away from the ball, Maru shook his head again.

That's true. It's true that Weiner is the youngest Black Mist, but he is not a god. How can he know everything?

But Weiner's intuition was quite accurate. Perhaps his magical intuition had detected something again.

Just as Maru was thinking this, the door was kicked open in an extremely violent manner.

Without even turning his head, Maru knew who was coming.

He asked helplessly:
"Carol, what happened this time? Who offended you?"

"Who? Who else could it be! It's those bastards from the Light Chasing Society!"

Carol said to Maru with a gloomy face:

"We have already investigated what happened in the city. It was the people from the Light Chasing Society who used some unknown method to transform the safe zone into a foggy zone. The victims accidentally entered the foggy zone, and when they came out, they were naturally attacked by the fog!
"Is it really the Light Chasing Society?"

The results of Maru's 'investigation' of Carol were not surprising.

But he was surprised by Carol's attitude at the moment: "Even if it's the Light Chasing Society, they shouldn't let you get so angry..."

"Rich was involved."

"!"

"That bastard actually wanted to take Li Qi away from the fog area! If Li Qi wasn't so strong, she would have succeeded!"

Carol said as she slammed the wall beside her.

click-

The wall suddenly cracked, and several cracks spread out in all directions along the places where Carol knocked.

Maru took a look and confirmed that it was not a load-bearing wall before asking Carol:
"she?"

"The top leader of the Light Chasing Society, Jinghua, has been confirmed by Li Qi to have died in the foggy area she created... probably."

Carol's tone became less certain at the end.

Jinghua is the most difficult guy in the entire Zhuguang Society.

With a first-level relic that can create illusions, it once caused countless troubles to the exploration team.

Carol didn't believe that she would die, but Li Qi and the little golden retriever beside him said that she had died in the fog.

That's why Carol's tone was so uncertain.

She didn't believe in Jinghua, but she believed in Li Qi.

"Is that so..." Malu rubbed his beard and said, "Where is Li Qi? I want to ask him something."

……

In the reception room of the association, Li Qi leaned leisurely on a chair with a cup of coffee in his hand.

Compared to him, Ronnie was pale and looked like he was about to die at any moment as he lay on the sofa next to him.

"This... this is the backlash of the fog... I feel so uncomfortable... I'm dying... I'm dying..."

Ronnie's voice was hoarse, and he no longer had the passion and vigor he once had. He was like a contemporary college student who had suffered from heatstroke, murmuring weakly.

Li Qi ignored him, and had no intention of using healing magic to relieve his symptoms.

After all, Ronnie is not an ordinary person. Although the backlash of fog brought about by coming back directly from the second-level fog area is extremely uncomfortable, judging from his appearance, he should be able to withstand it.

While the backlash of fog brings discomfort and pain to people, it also strengthens the human body.

The reason why the bodies of the fog explorers are so strong, even if they have not mastered the "Qi", they are far stronger than ordinary people, is because they have endured the backlash of fog many times.

It wouldn't hurt to let Ronnie experience that feeling for a bit.

Li Qi was thinking about this when he heard Ronnie ask:
"Teacher... why are you okay? Can you withstand the backlash of the mist on the second floor?"

"Maybe it's because I'm gifted."

Li Qi remained calm.

What a joke. Just because I don't use healing magic on Ronnie to relieve his symptoms doesn't mean that Li Qi can't use healing magic on himself.

His strength was already strong enough, and he would use "Chi" to strengthen his body when he was free, so naturally he didn't need to go through the pain of the mist backlash.

"No... As expected of a teacher..."

Ronnie gave a weak groan of admiration. Li Qi did not speak to him, but looked up at the door.

There were footsteps outside the door, and as the footsteps got closer, the door was opened.

Malu walked in from outside and looked at Li Qi in the room.

"Hey, kid, this is an exciting experience tonight."

Malu smiled at Li Qi at the beginning.

Li Qi took a sip of coffee and said calmly:

"I'm fine. Except for the fact that I almost thought I wouldn't be able to come back, everything else is fine... Where's Aunt Carol?"

"She went to help you get revenge... Let's not talk about her. I heard that you met the Light Chasing Society in the foggy area?"

Malu explained casually and then got to the point.

Li Qi did not hide it and replied:

"Yes, she claimed to be Jinghua from the Light Chasing Society, and said she wanted to take me to join them. She also said that she knew you guys."

Malu nodded. "We do know them. In other words, anyone who has entered the fourth floor of the Tanwu family knows them. But... this is the first time for them to directly enter the safe zone to cause trouble."

Malu said, looking at Ronnie who was resting on the sofa, then turned to Li Qi and said:
"Shall we go for a walk? And talk while we walk?"

Li Qi also glanced at Ronnie, knowing that this was probably not news that ordinary Tanwu family could hear, so he nodded to Malu:
"it is good."

……

"The Light Chasing Society was founded by a defected Black Mist thirty years ago. The organization's philosophy is to chase after the light and completely dispel the fog to save the world..."

In the corridor in the backyard of the association, Malu explained to Li Qi the origin of the Light Chasing Society.

Li Qi responded appropriately and asked:

“Isn’t this a great concept?”

The implication is, then why does the Kingdom label the Light Chasing Society as an evil organization?

Malu smiled and said:

"The idea is good, but sometimes the idea alone is not enough. We also need to see what they have done. Do you know... what did they do after the Light Chasing Society was actually established, that is, 20 years ago?"

"..."

Just as Li Qi was about to answer, Malu spoke first:
"They attacked the observation station on the third level, and used some unknown method to change the life forms of the people in the observation station on the third level..."

"…What's the meaning?"

"They turned the people there into 'mist beasts'."

"?!"

Li Qi's pupils shrank slightly and he looked at Malu.

Maru stated calmly:

“There are all kinds of unknown fog beasts. Although they pose no threat or combat power, they can no longer be considered human after being transformed.

"But the Light Chasers call this transformation 'coexistence'."

"coexist……"

"Yes, they believe that the world is inevitably corroded by fog. If they want to continue the human race, the only way they can do is to find a way to coexist with the fog. Transforming humans into fog beasts is one of the methods they have thought of."

Malu revealed what the Light Chasing Society had done.

The idea of ​​transforming humans into fog beasts and finding a way to coexist with the fog area is indeed outrageous in the eyes of the people in this world.

It is only natural that the Kingdom would label the Light Chasing Society a cult.

But transforming humans into mist beasts?

Li Qi suddenly thought of something:
"The unknown monster that appeared on the first floor..."

Malu nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the work of the Light Chasing Society. However, before this, the 'fog beasts' they created were all strange and bizarre in appearance, with no common features or threats.

"But the monsters that appeared in the first layer of fog all had common characteristics. This is one of the reasons why we were unable to confirm that it was them at the first time."

"So, the Light Chasing Society has mastered some special transformation technology and can produce finished fog beasts..."

"It could also be some kind of special relic, such as..." Malu suddenly paused here, skipped the topic and continued: "...In short, the changes in the city and the monsters that appeared in the fog area are all related to the Light Chasing Society. This is certain."

The members of the Light Chasing Society have already appeared at the establishment, and have sent some people to the second-level fog area. If you say that it has nothing to do with them, other people probably won't believe it.

Li Qi understood the whole story about the Light Chasing Society, and thinking about the fog area that appeared in the safe zone, he looked up and asked Maru:

"Uncle Maru, the Light Chasers' philosophy is that the world will gradually be swallowed by the fog, so they have to find a way to coexist... Will the world really be swallowed by the fog?"

When he heard Li Qi's question, Malu did not answer immediately.

He folded his hands across his chest, seeming to be in deep thought.

After a long time, Malu did not answer Li Qi's question. He just asked Li Qi a question in return:
"Li Qi, how do you think...the fog area came about?"

"I do not know."

Li Qi answered decisively.

Malu laughed when he heard this and said, "Yeah, I don't know...So I don't know either. I don't know anything."

As he spoke, he patted Li Qi on the shoulder and said:
"Don't think too much. Prepare well for the heavy fog level test. There's not much time left until the next fog zone exploration."

Malu reminded Li Qi and then left the backyard corridor.

Li Qi stood there, still thinking about the conversation he had just had with Malu.

He recalled Malu's last expression, and felt something meaningful in his heart.

Maru...he really didn't know.

Or maybe you just don't want to accept the reality...

Perhaps only he himself knows this.

(End of this chapter)