In Tokyo, the dungeon master

Gu Meng grunted in response to Kagamine and got into the Maybach first.

Kagamine Shihōin placed the suitcase into the car, thoughtfully adjusted the window next to Gu Meng to a suitable angle, and then rearranged the position of the package to ensure it was secure.

Keiji Shirakawa got into the passenger seat, turned around and looked at the two people in the back seat, his expression becoming more serious:

"Ancestor, Kagamine, is it really alright to leave Manka and the others in Tokyo? After all, the Great Evil God is about to descend, and you also mentioned that an unknown dark magician is secretly operating, possibly also a being resurrected from ancient times..."

With so many ghost stories in Tokyo, who knows what unexpected changes might occur.

He was genuinely worried that some inexplicable accident might have occurred, and that evil forces might take advantage of the patriarch's absence to launch a surprise attack on Shirakawa and her daughter, causing him, an old man, to outlive his young daughter.

Gu Meng leaned back in his chair, his eyes slightly closed, and said calmly, "It's alright. I've already placed a protective barrier here, so you don't need to worry."

Kagamine Shihouin softly echoed, "At this point, worrying is useless. The Ancestor is overwhelmed. If we don't have more Shikon Jewel fragments, everyone will die when the Great Evil God descends... My sisters also have their own missions to complete."

Kagamine Shihouin had also experienced the dungeon adventure in the simulated spirit world, and she empathized with Manka and the others, understanding their thoughts better than Keiji did.

Going down into the dungeon gives you a feeling of "If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Would you rather be a hero for a second, or a soft and gentle Xiao Xiang for a lifetime?

Tokyo, and indeed the world, is on the verge of collapse. At this point, worrying about other things is pointless. We must fight with all our might for that slim chance of survival.

Only by helping the ancestor find more fragments of the Shikon Jewel can everyone have a chance to survive. Otherwise, if the evil god comes, everyone will die together. Is it possible to wait for death and live in a dead country?

However, the truth is actually crooked; only by finding more fragments of the Shikon Jewel can the Great Evil God truly descend.

Gu Meng is still only at the first rank, and the fragments of the Shikon Jewel are incomplete, not yet reaching the level of a distant-grade accessory.

For the Great Evil God scenario, there should at least be a mid-level magic base to fill the dungeon.

Otherwise, a low-sequence little evil god sandwiched in pickled vegetables would only be slightly stronger than Muzan, and a little evil god's flying kick wouldn't be as powerful as a little boy's or a fat man's... wouldn't that make him a clown—Gu Mengke couldn't bear to lose face like that, having never seen such a weak god before.

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The vehicle slowly started moving, leaving behind the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and heading towards Tokai Prefecture, which wasn't too far away.

This Maybach is driverless, practically a magical car; without outside interference, no one will even notice it.

Right, there's a ghost story that comes in handy right now.

Gu Meng waved his hand, and the ghost cardboard car was imbued into the Maybach, turning it into a ghost Maybach capable of drifting like a hearse.

There will definitely be no more traffic jams now, because the ghost car is transparent and its speed during long-distance travel is increased to a level that normal cars can never catch up with.

Our Maybach is also part of the Mercedes family, so it's perfectly normal that the AE86 can't keep up.

Shirakawa Keiji would occasionally chat with Gu Meng about old times from his hometown, his tone light and relaxed, trying to ease the tedium of the journey; Shihouin Kagamine, on the other hand, always sat upright to the side, her eyes warily observing the movements outside the window. This woman was as calm as a rock, reminding Gu Meng of many old friends.

Gu Meng leaned back in his chair, his fingertips unconsciously tapping his knees. The image of his old home in Hamlet Town, his former stronghold, floated into his mind. It was one of the entrances to the original evil god.

Gu Meng had checked some information and found that the Donghai family's ancestral home was in a small town in the mountains, where transportation was inadequate and could only be reached via the old road.

Although the area has a rich historical and cultural heritage, it was once the residence of a daimyo from the Donghai Kingdom during the Warring States period, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, firstly, after the establishment of the shogunate, they were suppressed to some extent, and the city walls were even demolished. Secondly, after the restoration of imperial rule, they were targeted by the imperial family, and their influence and popularity were greatly reduced.

Actually, many Chinese who weren't targeted didn't fare well either. The Donghai family, despite being suppressed, fared better than many others, which is quite remarkable.

In fact, it was only after Japan took over as emperor, General MacArthur, and because it did not participate in World War II, that the Shirakawa Group was able to smoothly become a new zaibatsu (financial conglomerate).

Although MacArthur was a notorious tyrant, a seasoned warrior of capitalism, and the perpetrator of the Washington Massacre, Roosevelt was practically a saint compared to him.

However, from the Shirakawa family's perspective, Old Deng had a very high opinion of him, believing that MacArthur might be one of the best emperors in Japanese history.

After all, he really did push Japan a big step towards becoming a modern capitalist country, and capitalism is still more advanced than feudalism.

Unlike the Shirakawa family, the Tokai family's main branch doesn't specialize in business. Instead, they primarily run a traditional shrine business, selling amulets, holding festivals, accepting donations from the community, and renting out large tracts of land.

Of course, they are also very wealthy, but feudal landlords certainly cannot compare with capitalists like Shirakawa in terms of financial resources. However, they still have some power, because the Tokai family can directly and indirectly control a large number of local votes. If the Tokai prefectural governor or county assembly members want to continue to perform their duties normally, they must consider the Tokai family's opinions.

Over the centuries, the family has managed to maintain its lineage and retain a certain level of influence and self-defense capabilities in the counties and cities of the old Donghai Kingdom, which is quite remarkable. However, their hometown is not particularly prosperous and has not been developed for tourism; it remains relatively remote.

At the same time, Gu Meng also knew that the main branch of the Donghai family here had a legend about guarding the shrine's seal.

I hope there's a similar setting here, like the Hamlet Town...

Donghai Yixin, as his original identity in this world, is actually one with him, and their relationship is even closer than that of Klein and Zhou Mingrui.

Mr. Fool is still a soul-transmigration type, while Donghai Yixin is more like the manifestation of the other self of the Supreme Being, and is the other self that has already been uniformly recovered.

His connection with the Donghai family and various legends may be the historical trajectory of the current parallel world itself, or it may be like the sudden appearance of the Shikon Jewel, where the entire history of the Donghai Kingdom and the surrounding counties for five hundred years is manifested due to Gu Meng's time travel.

Gu Meng never doubted the power of the Ancestral Book; he was simply too weak to unleash the true power of this forbidden artifact.

Who knows how powerful it is when it's bound to me? If it gets serious, it could not only erase the short 500-year history of a small area of ​​Japan, but it could also reshape the history of the entire planet over 6 billion years.

Therefore, Gu Meng was unaware of the similarities between the Donghai family's ancestral home and Hamlet Town. This was because his previous life and the life before that were parallel worlds, and this place was indeed the entrance to the beginning. He himself became the ancestor of the Donghai family because of the similarities between the two lives and the fact that there were suitable descendants here.

Or perhaps it was simply because he subconsciously believed that Gu Meng's hometown should be like this when he traveled through time, so the Book of Ancestors distorted history and completely reshaped the legend of the Donghai family, and in reality, this shrine was not the original entrance.

Both possibilities exist.

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