My Endless Life.

Chapter 457: World Spirit
Li Qi was suspended in the air above the empty frozen sea. Beside him, a female-looking knight looked at the frozen sea below in astonishment.

"This... This is impossible. Such a huge island! How can it just disappear like that?"

The island that was supposed to exist was now an empty sea, which shocked the knight.

But she clearly remembered that she and Xiao Chong were on the island when they left!
According to the rules of the Dream Town, one should return to where one left, so they should appear on the island.

But now, let alone an island, there is not even a large piece of floating ice nearby!
"As expected."

The complete disappearance of the Ancient Island did not surprise Li Qi.

It would be strange if the ancient monument could be found so easily after doing so many bad things in secret.

Now it can only be said to be normal development.

"I'm sorry... I thought I could really take you to seek revenge on that organization, but I didn't expect..."

The knight felt very sorry for having come up empty-handed.

Li Qi shook his head at him: "No need to apologize, your work is done, go back."

"Don't you need my help?"

Seeing that Li Qi asked him to go back, the knight asked hurriedly.

Li Qi didn't even look at her, he just put her on the huge floating ice below, and then said:

"You will only make things worse if you stay here, go back."

After talking to the knight, Li Qicai took out the Dreamweaver and put it on his head, then his figure disappeared in the air.

Compared to the dream town that can be entered from anywhere in the world, Dreamweaver is more like a prop that can freely travel between dreams and reality.

One of the effects of this type of prop is that the location of the dream world will be where the real world is entered.

That's why Li Qi asked the knight to take him to the place where the Ancient Island disappeared.

Because he suspected that the Ancient Island, like all the other ancient monuments, was hidden in the dream world.

When using rare items as a player, the cost is reduced to the lowest point, or even to no cost at all.

Li Qi easily used Dreamweaver to enter the dream world. This time he did not use his own will to change the environment of the dream world, but maintained the original appearance of the dream world.

Because of this, Li Qi saw a scene that was completely different from the real world.

On a piece of floating ice, a huge palace stands.

This certainly can't be the headquarters of the Antiquities Society; it's an ancient monument.

The real ancient monument is one of the twelve core ancient monuments!

"Tsk, I couldn't find it no matter how hard I looked before, but now I found it as soon as I got my player identity. Your world's will is too biased."

Seeing the ancient relics appear before his eyes, Li Qi couldn't help but complain.

I didn't expect that someone would actually respond to his complaints.

"...I'm not taking the blame. This is not my setting. This is the overall system setting... Wait, where did you get your player identity?!"

A white shadow with the ID [Spirit of the World] on its head appeared beside Li Qi again after many years.

However, compared with the previous illusory appearance, the current white shadow is more solid. Li Qi can see his long white hair and a dress as white as his hair.

You can also see the surprise on the face of the Spirit of the World, and a little confusion and... pity in his eyes?

With a slight frown, Li Qi examined the face of the Spirit of the World. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the appearance of the person in front of him was... a little familiar.

Looking at the World Spirit secretly, Li Qi took over the words of the World Spirit without any hesitation:
"Player identity? I got it by accident. So according to you, only players can enter the interior of the ancient ruins?"

Li Qi brought the subject back to the point.

The Spirit of the World took a deep look at Li Qi, then turned back to look at the ancient ruins below:
"The ancient ruins were originally prepared for players. If you follow the main quest given by the system, players need to conquer twelve ancient ruins in succession and seal all the pollution in order to resolve the world crisis and let the sun reappear in the sky."

The Spirit of the World said the last words and looked up at the still dark and gloomy sky.

Li Qi nodded slightly and said, "So my guess is correct. This world is just a huge game."

"Almost, but she's also real...otherwise I wouldn't be here."

The Spirit of the World whispered.

The game is real, and the world is real. That is why Li Qi can feel the existence of the world's will.

Otherwise it is just a simple game, how can we talk about the world's will?

While chatting with the Spirit of the World, Li Qi landed at the entrance of the ancient ruins with her.

Although he failed to find the Ancient Relics Association, it would be the same to find an ancient relic. It happened that the Spirit of the World was right next to him at the moment. Li Qi planned to ask all his questions at once and then settle the accounts with the Ancient Relics Association.

With this thought in mind, Li Qi asked the World Spirit:

"Are you the embodiment of the world's will?" "You can say that, but... it's not accurate..."

"So..." Li Qi turned his head and looked at the increasingly familiar face, overlapping it with the old face in his memory, and then asked with a complicated expression:
“…Are you Zhang Fengyun?”

"..."

The Spirit of the World remained silent.

Li Qi also remained silent, and the two looked at each other.

That’s right, the appearance of the Spirit of the World is somewhat similar to Zhang Fengyun. If Zhang Fengyun’s body became smaller, then perhaps he would look like the Spirit of the World.

But...how could there be such a ridiculous thing in the world?

The spirit of the world is actually Li Qi’s grandmother in this life?

How come Li Qi didn't know how powerful he was in this life.

The two of them stared at each other for a long while before the World Spirit sighed and said:

"I am her, but I am not her."

"make it clear."

Li Qi said, turning around and pushing open the door of the ancient monument.

The World Spirit followed beside him and whispered, "Zhang Fengyun once obtained a rare item called the 'Heart of the World'.

“The ability of the Heart of the World is very simple, it is to allow people to feel the changes in the rules of the world, but the price is unacceptable to normal people. Those who hold the Heart of the World will slowly communicate with the world and become part of the world’s will.

"Zhang Fengyun has held the Heart of the World for a long time. Although she didn't use it much in the end, she was almost equal to the will of the world. So in the end, after she was sure that you were no longer you, she decided to completely merge with the will of the world, and then... I appeared."

"..." Hearing this, Li Qi stopped, "...So, grandma knows that I'm not Meng An?"

"She could probably guess a little, but she didn't suspect that you were possessed by someone. She just guessed that you probably awakened the so-called memories of your past life. After all... there is also the concept of reincarnation in the immortal cultivation civilization, and Zhang Fengyun has seen an immortal cultivator."

I see. That makes sense then.

Why didn't Zhang Fengyun leave earlier or later, but just a few days after Li Qi's memory awakened and when he went to the casino to make money?

It turned out that she felt that her grandson no longer needed her protection, so she felt at ease to merge with the will of the world and became the current spirit of the world.

The World Spirit continued, "But Zhang Fengyun's compatibility with the World Will is higher than expected. I have also been partially influenced by her, so... I am now both the incarnation of the World Will and a part of Zhang Fengyun."

"That's why you paid so much attention to me and led the way for me when I was teleported to the mountain."

"I didn't expect you to find the ancient ruins so quickly. I thought you would be able to settle down for a while after getting the Dream Town, but I didn't expect the world to change so quickly...

"When you were teleported to the top of the ancient ruins, I wanted to let you leave. But from what I know about you, Zhang Fengyun, you are not someone who gives up easily. So I changed my strategy and led you to the mountain village, so that you could get the Dreamweaver."

The Spirit of the World spoke in a calm tone as he narrated what he had done to Li Qi before.

Dreamweaving is the key to finding ancient relics, so the spirit of the world guided Li Qi to the mountain village.

Originally, the person chosen by the Spirit of the World was not Li Qi, but Old Wu. However, Old Wu was controlled by Dreamweaver and had no way to get Dreamweaver. It happened that Li Qi came over at this time, and the Spirit of the World chose Li Qi.

After all, Li Qi is half-grandson of the Spirit of the World, so it's good to give it to his own grandson.

"But I got the Dreamweaver and still couldn't find the ancient ruins."

Li Qi continued.

The World Spirit laughed and said, "The ancient ruins are not open to non-player characters. You only have a chance to get the Dreamweaver. Besides, the Dreamweaver has more functions than just this."

"…grocery store?"

“Yes, if you have Dreamweaver and you have never been to a grocery store before, then the grocery store may appear in your dreams.

"My original thought was that even if you couldn't find the ancient relics, it would be a good thing for you to enter the grocery store and choose a rare item that was very suitable for you. But who would have thought that you were so brave and actually attacked the warehouse."

The Spirit of the World did not expect that Li Qi was so greedy. He did not want just one, but wanted to pack up all the rare objects and take them away.

But there was no other way. Li Qi had already taken action, and she couldn't just sit back and watch. So she could only find a way to help Li Qi obtain temporary NPC permissions.

By the way, NPC permissions also need to be granted by the system, otherwise they are just ordinary "monsters".

With NPC authority, he obtained the temporary duties of a grocery store manager. This seemed like a good thing, but in fact, Li Qi, who had the duties of a store manager, could not leave the store too far.

In other words, unless he relieves himself of his duties as store manager, he will not be able to look for copies of the ancient relics.

But who would have thought that after Li Qi took over the grocery store, he disappeared inexplicably for five years, and when he came back, he had already obtained the identity of a player.

Well, after taking so many precautions, in the end this is the outcome.

What good can the Spirit of the World say?
I can only help him when Li Qi comes out to look for ancient relics and causes trouble.

After all, I have Zhang Fengyun's memory in my head. He is half my grandson. I can't just not help him, right?

(End of this chapter)