Ark Journey

"I'm sorry for doubting you, sir, and I apologize now."

"It's a small matter, but don't lose your caution because of me."

"Yes!"

Gris found a table and sat on one side with Xue Zhi, while the others served tea and some snacks.

"Eat something. We have nothing to repay you with."

Looking at the sumptuous food on the table, which even Tallulah might not have been able to eat in the past, Xue Zhi was a little confused.

"You don't lack food?"

(Tallulah:?)

Gris said:

"This store is mine. I have some savings and connections, so I'm not short of food or money. But it's hard to buy medicine. If you buy too much, they'll check your body."

"so serious?"

Xue Zhi had not expected that the mobile city would be so wary of the infected.

"You may not have experienced this, but this is the case in Ursus. This situation has become worse after the city changed its leader."

“It’s a tough world.”

After eating a piece of cake, Xue Zhi didn't move. This thing was a typical Ursus-style dessert, with so much sugar in it that it was choking.

"Young man, we want to buy some medicine from you. What do you think?"

"Of course, I can give you some discounts. After all, I'm not short of money."

As he spoke, Xue Zhi took out a bunch of boxed medicines, the words on them were even in Russian. He had just replaced them.

Then he took out some more injections and put them on the table.

"Also this is an inhibitor of mineral sickness, I will sell it to you as well."

Gris's eyes widened immediately.

"Ore disease inhibitor? How much is one? We may not be able to afford it."

"It's not expensive. I really don't lack money. All of these can be obtained by you doing a little bit of insignificance."

Gris was ready to risk his life.

"what's up?"

"Help me collect all kinds of Ursus coins. They must be brand new. I want one of each. I will use them for my collection."

Gris couldn't believe what he heard. The coins of Ursus sounded numerous, but in fact, they added up to just that much, even though there were gold coins made of pure gold.

"that's it?"

Xue Zhi pushed the medicine on the table towards Gris, indicating that she would not regret it.

"That's all. I want something more memorable than money. I'm going back to Yan Country soon, so I have to bring something to show off to my friends."

"Okay, we'll collect these as soon as possible."

The next day, around noon, Gris packed all the collected coins into a beautiful box and handed it to Xue Zhi.

Xue Zhi stayed here for the whole morning. During this time, these infected people provided him with good food and drink. Some people also came to chat with Xue Zhi, which allowed him to get familiar with the customs and culture of Ursus.

"These are what I promised you. All types of Ursus coins should be here. We went to the bank to buy them. Some cities may not have them for private use."

Xue Zhi put the box away with great satisfaction.

"It doesn't matter, this is enough."

Then he said to the group:

"Although I am from Yan Country, I have also joined an infected organization in Ursus called the Integration Movement. If you can't stay in this city anymore, you can try to find them. You may see them on the news in a while."

Gris nodded.

"Integration Movement, huh? I've got that in mind. If we can't stay in the city any longer, we'll go find them."

It is important to always leave yourself a way out.

After leaving these people, Xue Zhi left the city and flew towards the Wuyan border.

Near the border, the land under the snow showed signs of sandification, which also proved that the path he took was indeed correct.

There were some garrisons guarding nearby. Xue Zhi didn't let them see her, otherwise they would take action again, and it would be bad if they attracted the Yan Kingdom.

Terra does not have a fixed border, so Xue Zhi does not know where she is now and can only follow her intuition and move forward.

Chapter 1: Battle of Yumen

W (Love from Kazdel): I don’t know how many days have passed since Xue Zhi left. She is bored. Even if the house is built, she doesn’t want to live in it alone. It’s better to stay in the factory. At least there are some of her favorite explosives in it.

Alina (Love from Ursus): The situation suddenly got better. The Ursus soldiers who had been chasing and blocking him before suddenly disappeared as if they had evaporated. It should be that Xue Zhi's plan took effect. I don't know if he is safe.

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As the latitude decreased, the temperature felt by his body also increased slightly, and it was not as cold as when he was in the northern border of Ursus.

While Xue Zhi was maintaining flight, she was also thinking about the information about the city of Yumen.

She is Yan Country's first barrier against evil spirits. Her 30-year-old elder brother Chongyue is stationed here to help mortal warriors fight against the evil spirits coming from the north.

However, the demons here seem to have undergone some changes, that is, their ability to attack the mind is not as strong as those in the northern border of Ursus.

In Ursus, ordinary warriors cannot face the evil demons a second time after facing them once. The pollution carried by those inhuman and blasphemous objects is deeply imprinted in the hearts of these warriors, making them unable to muster the courage to face the evil demons again. However, the evil demons on the side of Yan Country do not seem to have this ability.

The slight tremors were heard from the distant earth, and then became visible to the naked eye, as if thousands of troops were charging in the distance.

"What happened?"

Xue Zhi increased her speed and flew towards the direction where the vibration came from. After crossing a hill, an astonishing scene appeared before her eyes.

A huge and magnificent city, like a gateway, stood on the earth, with soldiers lined up in front of it, and floating pavilions and huge vehicles surrounding the troops.

These devices kept spewing fire into the distance.

Opposite them, a dark curtain was approaching. Xue Zhi looked from afar and found that it was an army of evil demons.

But they were obviously less chaotic and smaller in size than the ones Xue Zhi had seen before.

Shells and spell effects continued to fall among these monsters, blasting a gap in the black wave, but it was soon filled with the evil demons that continued to come.

These creatures have no fear, only hatred and desire for the living. They don't care about their own broken bodies, and will crawl to the delicious flesh and souls even if it means crawling.

"Fuck, demons attacking the city? What a grand scene... How can I be left out?"

Xue Zhi, determined to get involved, began to exchange for various things that could be used.

The vanguards of the two armies had already collided with each other, and beside Xue Zhi, giants made of metal, three meters tall, with half of their bodies wrapped in vines and the other half shining, were being born.

These iron golems alone are not enough. Bottles of long-lasting potions are poured on them, making them even more lethal despite their already powerful nature.

Strength, speed, resistance, life recovery, the aura created by the superposition of positive buffs makes them look extremely powerful.

Xue Zhi wanted to use these iron puppets to hide his strength. After all, Yan Country was home to many talented people, and who knew who would jump out from some corner to defeat him.

With everything ready, he led 100 such warriors to charge.

This silver arrow suddenly appeared, and then rushed towards the evil demon army from the side. According to Xue Zhi's observation, there was no artillery coverage there, so there was no need to worry about accidental injuries.

"What is that!? Our allies!?"

"Focus! Don't be distracted! No one can be our enemy when facing these monsters!"

Someone noticed the other team, but the officer's shout immediately drew his attention back to the battlefield.

Fighting against evil spirits is extremely dangerous, especially for those warriors who are at the forefront. If they are not careful, they will be bitten off a piece of flesh by these monsters.

The silver wave had already crashed into the army of evil demons, and Xue Zhi, who was personally serving as the tip of the spear, was surrounded by fierce flames.

He held the Fusang in his hand, and his body changed due to the extremely foul aura around him. Black and gold marks appeared on his hands and extended to his arms. Even some evil black and gold lines appeared near the corners of his eyes.

The evil demons' team had no discipline at all. They huddled together mindlessly, and even trampled and devoured each other.

Every time the iron golem swung its long arms, several demons would be knocked away, and the weaker ones would even be beaten into a disgusting ball of flesh and blood on the spot.

Xue Zhi didn't even need to aim, as every gap around him was filled with those black unclean things, and he could earn a lot of points just by swinging his knife.

A bright ring of fire billowed out around him, then quickly expanded.

A clean area was cleared out, but it seemed as if endless evil spirits were still filling the gap that had just appeared.

"At this time, we should launch another nuclear bomb..."

Looking at the evil demons that filled his sight, Xue Zhi, who was a little addicted to using them, thought so, but unfortunately, he had fission nuclear weapons instead of clean fusion nuclear weapons. After using them, the radioactive fallout might be blown to Yumen City by the wind.

"Just use magic honestly."

Fu Sang was sheathed, and the remaining iron puppets gathered around Xue Zhi as a cover. They lost seven or eight iron puppets in the first wave of charge.

The demons are very powerful in combat, and some have strange abilities that seem to have been pulled out of their crotches.

Thick lightning began to brew, and then Xue Zhi raised his right hand, and five bolts of lightning rose from the ground and shot out into the distance.

His hand and his entire invisible forearm turned completely black, and abundant magic power flowed through it, seemingly endless.

Demons were reduced to ashes wherever the lightning passed. The powerful blow spread over a distance of hundreds of meters, and the earth was burned into crystal glass by the high temperature.

Looking from the sky, it looked like a giant thunder was smashing down from bottom to top.

On the Yumen City Wall, a middle-aged man holding a telescope looked at the scene and asked the people around him:

"Such a powerful thunder technique? Which family has come here?"

"We haven't heard anything."

While he was discussing Xue Zhi's identity, the place he was in suddenly turned into a lava hell.

The high temperature appeared out of nowhere, as if it was about to ignite even the air.

The sand under the snow could not withstand such high temperatures and melted into liquid glass. The evil demons who stepped into it had to endure the fatal burning.

"A mage should pursue a certain degree of control rather than pure killing."

The high-viscosity glass successfully hindered the progress of the large group of demons. Xue Zhi raised her hands high and released unprecedented strength.

With him as the center, except for the place where the iron golems stood, the ground within a semicircle of several kilometers in front turned into a sea of fire.

Chapter 2: Sweep

The evil demons were melted by the high temperature one after another. They were dragged down and caused a break in the attacking team. The Yan soldiers fighting in the rear finally had some time to breathe.

The artillery fire began to move slowly forward, and Xue Zhi, noticing this, began to lead his team forward.

After he left, the scorching ground began to cool down.

Lightning flashed away from his side and rushed towards the places where the evil spirits were most concentrated. The spell mixed with a little void energy easily purified the pollution within a certain range.

Xue Zhi continued casting spells with an unchanged expression. Chaos fireballs flew in arcs to farther places. The various large-scale spells had no effect on him.

In the army formation at the rear, a tall man who had no weapons in his hands and only relied on his fists and feet to fight, smashed the demons in front of him into pieces with one punch, then looked up into the distance.

"Can you use this level of magic? Is he the disciple of the old master?"

Xue Zhi maintained her current spellcasting strength, neither increasing it nor weakening it over time.

There were fewer and fewer iron golems around, and they were waving their arms tirelessly and fearlessly to smash any evil demons that dared to approach.

However, those seemingly endless evil demons had a limit after all. Xue Zhi, who had excellent eyesight, had already discovered that their numbers had become sparse and were not as dense as before.

"Let me help you again..."

The surrounding energy field became extremely chaotic and violent due to the remnants of evil spirits and various spells, but Xue Zhi, whose two arms had completely become empty, seemed to be able to find a way to use them.

With her arms flat, Xue Zhi took a deep breath and opened her eyes, which were also surrounded by black lines.

The next second, the surrounding energy field was forcibly unified, and a large amount of energy gathered in Xue Zhi's palm and turned into two thick rays that shot into the distance.

The colorful beam of light suddenly swept across the earth, and everything it touched turned into crystals, and then shattered into pieces on the ground.

Xue Zhi slowly moved his arms and began to fire. The 60-degree output range on each side directly cleared out most of the evil demon team in front of him.

The energy in the surrounding environment was exhausted, but Xue Zhi, who could still output energy continuously, took the initiative to suspend the energy supply.