Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

But now, she can sit on the deck with Murong Xue and Luo Shuangning, taste some simple pastries, and occasionally join in their conversation.

"How long have you all known him?"

Gu Yunxi asked. She looked at the two of them, her eyes wandering across their faces. Finally, she chose to stop on Luo Shuangning.

Luo Shuangning smiled and said, "Although I have met him before, the time when we both left a real impression on each other was two years ago, which is not that long ago."

Murong Xue pursed her lips, nodded slightly, and added: "It's indeed not long."

Gu Yunxi sighed softly.

"How did he treat you?"

Gu Yunxi asked again. She knew she was being very gossipy, but she still wanted to know a little more about Lu Mu.

Luo Shuangning glanced at Murong Xue beside her, who raised her eyebrows and said, "Very good."

She also smiled and said, "Well, Mr. Lu is very gentle to others."

Be gentle to others...

Gu Yunxi would never doubt this.

He does have a lot of self-control, and he's not the type of man who would be rude or vulgar to a woman, but other than that?

He always seems to have bad ideas in his mind, and they are bad ideas that bully others.

Gu Yunxi muttered to herself in her heart.

"That's good."

She lowered her eyes and spoke softly.

Murong Xue blinked her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, as if she had seen through the secret, and tapped Gu Yunxi's forehead with her finger: "You really can't keep secrets, right, Sister Shuang Ning?"

Luo Shuangning nodded indifferently.

Indeed, Gu Yunxi revealed everything that was on her mind, even though she thought she wasn't showing any emotion at all.

Gu Yunxi's eyes suddenly widened, "I, I didn't."

There is no point in denying it now.

"What are you talking about?"

Lu Mu suddenly appeared behind Gu Yunxi.

Gu Yunxi's heart skipped a beat, then quickly stabilized. She turned to look at Lu Mu: "Don't be like this, it's scary."

The corners of his mouth curled up, "You don't seem like the type to be scared, especially when I approached you quietly and you didn't feel anything, which means that you have something on your mind. Do you plan to share it?"

A blush appeared on her fair face. She didn't even look at Lu Mu and said decisively, "I won't say it."

"What's the matter, Brother Mu?"

Murong Xue suppressed the look on her face that looked like she was trying to find out gossip.

"This thing has a reaction."

Lu Mu took out the "mechanical core" that Gu Yunxi had dug out from the depths of the abyss from his spiritual ring. The originally dull black metal fragment now emitted a terrifying bloody light!

Something is attracting it.

Chapter 27: The desperate situation of the Izumo Dynasty

Luo Shuangning, Murong Xue and Gu Yunxi all stared at the weapon core in Lu Mu's hand.

The endless stream of blood light flowed on the surface of the mechanical core, and strange and bizarre visions formed around the blood light, as if the space was distorted, and a low and vague voice echoed in the ears, as if calling for something.

Murong Xue couldn't help but reach out her hand and wanted to touch it.

But just as her hand touched the blood-shining mechanical core, she suddenly heard a scream, and a chaotic scene composed of screams flashed in her mind. A picture of blood, limbs and bones appeared in her vision. It was as if she was facing the most terrifying end of the world alone, with only the shrill screams to accompany her...

"Xiaoxue?"

Murong Xue suddenly came back to her senses.

Fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, her face was pale, and her mind was dazed, as if she was trapped in a nightmare.

Luo Shuangning held her hand, and a hint of nervousness appeared on her indifferent and ruthless face.

“…There’s something wrong with this thing!”

Murong Xue suddenly looked at the bloody weapon core in Lu Mu's hand.

This mechanical core is affecting her mind.

Once touched, the horrifying scene that penetrated every corner of the body burned like wildfire. Although Murong Xue herself could break free from this bloody illusion, she no longer wanted to experience that kind of lonely and incomplete doomsday again.

"Yes."

Lu Mu nodded and put the weapon core into the spirit ring.

"I don't know what triggered this mechanical core. Once it's touched, it will release some kind of strange vision in the mind that makes people extremely nervous... It's quite disgusting."

"Brother Mu, weren't you affected?"

Lu Mu had been holding the mechanical core just now. What Murong Xue saw, he should have seen as well.

He shrugged.

"I'm used to it... Whenever this thing moves, I start trying to figure out what it's doing, and then... well, I saw a lot of those cruel visions just now."

"For this kind of vision, the higher the level of cultivation, the easier it is to get lost in it."

Lu Mu said it lightly, but Murong Xue's heartbeat even quickened.

She knew that this thing must be very dangerous, but she didn't expect it to be so dangerous that just touching it would cause strange phenomena, and the stronger the person, the more severely affected...

"I don't know what triggered the mechanical core, but it must be nearby... although this nearby area may include a thousand miles in radius."

Lu Mu narrowed his eyes, his cold and handsome face showing a hint of seriousness.

Anything that can cause the core of the device to move abnormally must be related to the magical device from outside the world. The one that is now in cahoots with the magical device from outside the world is the Evil Heart Sect.

"What are the people from the Evil Heart Sect planning around here?"

Murong Xue immediately grasped the key point.

But, this is the Central Region.

Among the eight regions of Xuantian Realm, the place with the most evil cultivators is in the Central Region.

Every imperial battlefield, with corpses strewn all over the ground and blood flowing everywhere, is a sinister place favored by evil cultivators.

Maybe it's not just the Evil Heart Sect, there are many evil practitioners "training" here in the Central Region.

"Which dynasty's territory is this place within?"

Luo Shuangning came to the edge of the deck. The floating clouds blocked her view, but the sky was indeed hazy and gray, as if there was an unconcealable evil spirit in the earth, making the sky particularly gloomy.

Lu Mu didn't pay attention to where the boat was going. Anyway, he was going to the Xianhuang Empire to attend the ceremony, so he naturally didn't care where he would pass along the way. After all, there were thousands of countries in the Central Region, so how could there not be chaos?

"This is the Izumo Imperial Dynasty."

Gu Yunxi replied.

She is not inferior to the Central Region, but the system comes with a large map of the Xuantian Realm, so she doesn't have to worry about getting lost even if she is unfamiliar with the place.

Of course, she still won’t reveal the existence of the system to others.

Especially now it cannot be exposed.

Gu Yunxi has actually always wanted to figure out the origin of the system and whether it could be related to the way of heaven. However, according to the system itself, it denies everything.

Denial aside, it didn't stop Gu Yunxi from looking for answers.

Before that, she would not expose the existence of the system to others. Even Huang Yanyao didn't know about it, let alone others. Although Gu Yunxi herself didn't know, Lu Mu was actually an insider...

Luo Shuangning was slightly surprised: "Is this the Izumo Dynasty?"

"The Izumo royal family seems to be still struggling to hold on, but it is unclear how long they can hold on."

Murong Xue stroked her white hair and said nonchalantly.

There have been a lot of chaos in the Central Region in recent years, and the Izumo Empire can be said to be the most chaotic place.

Because the Izumo Dynasty was in decline, the old emperor was said to be on the verge of death, and the new crown prince has not even been able to succeed to the throne until now, and then... surrounded by a pack of wolves, the one with the greatest courage opened his bloody mouth first, revealing his fangs dripping with greed.

Seventeen dynasties formed an alliance and attacked the southern border of the Izumo Dynasty. The fighting has been going on for three years. Millions of soldiers have been killed or wounded on both sides, not to mention the monks and mortals who were involved.

Although the Izumo Dynasty was in decline, it still had a profound foundation. If the dynasty had not been in internal turmoil at this time, the coalition forces of the seventeen dynasties would have been crushed by the dynasty.

The status of the four great dynasties in the Central Region was won through fighting.

There are countless people who want to replace it, but almost no one can succeed.

"If this continues, the old emperor might not be able to hold back and take action. Then, the fun will really begin."

Murong Xue was not interested in these things, but the big news from the Central Region had already spread throughout the Xuantian Realm. Even though she was sitting at the gate of Shura Palace, as the chief senior sister, she knew a thing or two about it.

It is said that the old emperor has reached the point where "using his Taoist power will deplete his lifespan, and depleting his lifespan will hasten his death", so he hides in the deep palace of the Izumo Imperial City, not taking a single step out, and continues to survive with the help of formations and various magic weapons and elixirs.

But he didn't die after all. Since he didn't die, he was undoubtedly a powerful saint.

Therefore, even though there is internal strife and fierce attacks from the coalition forces outside, they are ultimately confined to a relatively narrow range and can only gain some insignificant territory and benefits.

But they dare not force a dying person into a corner.

Otherwise, what would the old emperor do?

"No, the old Emperor Izumo is dead."

Lu Mu shook his head.

There was silence on the deck.

Gu Yunxi looked suspicious: "...How do you know?"

"This is the only exclusive information about the Immortal Phoenix Emperor. The old emperor passed away more than a year ago. The reason why we can still sense his aura now is because of the secret method of the Izumo royal family. It is to make people continue to be afraid of him. After all, as long as a Supreme Saint cultivator takes action, no matter whether the enemy is inside or outside, they will not be able to withstand it."

"And those people just thought that 'Old Emperor Izumo would not take action easily', so they didn't dare to do anything more extreme. In fact..."

"How can a dead person make a move?"

Chapter 28: Heading to the Capital

The collapse of the Izumo Dynasty is a fact that is difficult to reverse.

Because that's the plot.

The division and collapse of one of the four great dynasties will be the beginning of a war among all nations in the Central Region, and will also be the fuse for the chaos in the entire Xuantian Realm. In this chaotic world, there will inevitably be blood and fighting.

Of course, the plot can be changed, and Lu Mu has the ability to change it, but he doesn't want to.

Because the huge Izumo Empire had already become irreversible, he alone was completely powerless to reverse the inevitable collapse. What's more, the Izumo Empire was now in the midst of internal turmoil and external wars, and had long since become a huge dyeing factory. All kinds of monsters and demons inside were probably planning their own little tricks or big conspiracies, hoping to take advantage of the chaos.

He doesn't have the time to clean up other people's messes.

Can't wipe it off either.

The fundamental reason why the Izumo Dynasty faced such a predicament was that the old emperor who was able to defeat all the heroes with his own strength had passed away.

He died over a year ago.

It is possible for such a great dynasty to not have a supreme emperor in charge, as long as the old emperor leaves behind enough backup plans and coping methods, the successor does not cause internal strife, and is smart and intelligent, and understands the ways of power... then there will be no problem.

But the Izumo Dynasty had nothing to do with it.

Then there is no way to save it.

Moreover, in Lu Mu's opinion, the collapse of the Izumo Dynasty was a plot that should not be changed at all.

However, if he cannot save the Izumo Dynasty, it doesn’t matter. But if it can hinder the Evil Heart Sect and the Extraterrestrial Magic Machinery, then Lu Mu will get involved no matter what.

He couldn't ignore the unusual movement of the mechanical core, nor did he intend to ignore it.

"…So, what are you going to do?"

After a long silence, Luo Shuangning looked at Lu Mu.