Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

"Here is..." Hongxia opened her eyes in confusion. She moved her hands and found that they were already bandaged. Liang held her head and said, "Lie down for a while."

"How strange..." Hongxia touched the bandage on her left hand, which was made of a strip of cloth from her clothes. She felt that her sleeves were leaking a little: "Liang actually cares for people... But using the patient's clothes as a bandage is really your style."

Hong Xia's body was filled with starlight, healing herself. Through this little light, she saw that Liang's expression was still indifferent: "It depends on the situation."

Since Hongxia had woken up, she recovered very quickly. The two of them set out again. Turning a corner, they saw a fire in the distance.

Fire?

The two of them quickly quickened their pace, and the flame gradually turned into fire butterflies flying in the air, and then turned into a girl running towards them.

"Senior—" Kita threw herself into the arms of the two men and burst into tears. "It's really boring to be alone—I'm glad I found you—"

Seeing this carefree face, Hong Xia felt better. However, they were not out of danger yet, so the joy of reunion was quickly suppressed, and the three of them talked about their respective situations.

"When I woke up, there was only a skeleton next to me. I was scared to death!" Kita gesticulated as he described the situation at that time, "No one was there. Although I could feel everyone's condition, it was really scary - yes, that skeleton! I saw some Latin-like words nearby, and there was more!" Kita proudly kept the secret from the two.

Liang had a nonchalant expression on his face, and only Hongxia cooperated and asked, "Anything else?"

Kita's next words startled the two of them: "I found a way out!"

Kita took them to the place where she woke up: it was similar to the place where Hong Xia and the others woke up, except that the exit of that space was opened at a low level, so they could enter and exit at any time. The first thing they saw when they entered the door was a skeleton lying on the ground. The skeleton had been lying there for who knows how many years. Ryo poked it lightly with the bass and it turned into powder. Next to it, there was indeed a faint handwriting.

"Don't worry about that for now, look at this!" Kita waved to the two of them and pressed on a depression on the wall. Suddenly, a crack appeared in the wall, and a long stone staircase appeared behind it. Faint sunlight shone into the room.

"This door was open when I woke up. I tried to go up and indeed I could reach the ground. I originally wanted to find everyone and come back together, but I was afraid that I would never be able to find this place again if I left, so I set a few fires outside the door so that anyone passing by would definitely see it..." Kita hadn't talked to anyone for a long time, and he couldn't stop talking.

Before Hongxia could react, Kita screamed, "Senior, behind me!"

At the open door, a huge skeleton appeared at some point and was about to squeeze in!

In such a small space, there is absolutely no time to react!

"Sorry, I'm late!" Shackles appeared out of thin air on the skeleton's body, and the powerful pressure pinned it to the ground, making it unable to move!

"...Hey!" Following a barely-able shout, blood-yellow turbid water enveloped the skeleton and swallowed it up.

The three people in the room were extremely surprised: "(Little) Shizi (Wu classmate)! (Little) Pochi (Goto classmate)!"

"Yes, I am!" Shizi stood at the door exaggeratedly, with someone behind him who was too ashamed to show up.

"(Scouting and saving people is indeed the best way to make an appearance!)" Shizi lifted her bangs in her mind. She would never say that the scene just now was completely directed and performed by her with Yili's voluntary cooperation.

Everyone welcomed Shizi and his companion without reservation, but Shizi himself felt a little embarrassed: "First of all, I want to apologize for my previous reckless plan..."

"What's the matter?" Hong Xia thought for a while before reacting, "That. It's okay. It's the result of my indulgence anyway."

"Without classmate Wu, we wouldn't be able to find the way out." Kita wanted to thank Shizi instead.

"I agreed to it anyway." Liang Hun didn't care.

Regardless, the five-member team finally reunited. Even though it wasn't long, it felt like a long time had passed for everyone.

"There's an exit here too?" Shizi saw the big door next to Kita, "We actually found it too, so we came to look for you..."

"You guys too?" Hongxia looked at Xiduo, then at Shizi and the others. Originally, they could have left Hongxia behind and escaped first. But they all chose to wait for the others.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say thank you. But in the end, she changed it into a bright smile: "Then let's go! Back to CiRCLE!"

"(If it were me, I would definitely wait to go with the others!)"

Marina stood at the door of CiRCLE. She was waiting for the girls to return. A banner with the words "Welcome Triumphant Return" was hung at the door, and the table was already prepared with food and six pairs of bowls and chopsticks. However, before the girls who had finished their band performance appeared on the horizon, there was another familiar figure.

ps: There will be another update in the evening~ Please comment, I don’t want to play alone anymore qwq

Chapter 17 Dungeon Settlement

Seven people - if you count the one on Shiko's back and the urn carried by Kita, panting and climbing up. Along the way, the sound of footsteps echoed in the narrow passage, and the ashes of the predecessors creaked in the urn, but it did not affect the mood of the five people at the moment.

"Oh! My sun!" When the five people stood under the sunlight again, Kita opened his arms towards the sun.

"Actually, I kind of miss the underground environment..." In stark contrast to Kita's excitement, Ichiri curled up into a ball, refusing the sunlight, like an underground creature accustomed to the darkness.

This was no longer the entrance they had come from before, but they had not strayed too far, and they could still find their way back. After taking one last look at the cave behind them and comparing it to the surrounding environment, Shizi shook the canvas bag on his back and was about to leave.

The canvas bag shook at this moment.

The sack moved again.

"Waaaaaa——" Kita threw the urn in her hand away. Her urn was also vibrating on its own.

Shizi's heart skipped a beat and he quickly threw the bag on his back away. The two bags kept tumbling on the ground, like fish jumping out of a puddle.

"It's haunted..." Hongxia had already hugged Kita and huddled behind the other three. Shizi also had a little psychological trauma and hid behind Ichiri in shame.

The two bags moved louder and louder. The skull of Shizi's fellow villager jumped out first, and then the whole skeleton. Once it was burned by the sun, it turned into star sand and spun around in the air. Before the few people could stop it, it went into the body of Shizi behind him! Shizi's eyes lost their luster and he fell to the ground immediately.

Kita, who was behind Shizi, rushed to help him. At this time, a little starlight flew out of the urn and entered Kita's head. Kita was so shocked that he could not stand firmly and fell straight onto Shizi.

Shizi seemed to see a figure. It was a woman in ancient costume, who nodded slightly to her, dropped a jade slip, and slowly disappeared.

"Wait!" Shizi ran towards the woman, but his hand passed through her body and only grabbed the jade slip.

The jade slip seemed to still retain the woman's body temperature, delicate and warm.

The three of them let Shiko and Kita lie flat on the ground, and Hongxia was trying to rescue them.

Shizi opened her eyes. The three helped her up, but she didn't notice and was still mumbling something. "What?" Hongxia wanted to hear clearly. Shizi finally reacted. In the blink of an eye, the woman had disappeared like a bubble, and the three teammates were still in front of her.

Shizi pressed her forehead, slowly digesting the sudden increase in memories in her mind. "I... know something." Shizi was about to explain when she noticed Kita lying next to her, "Let's wait until she wakes up."

In the place where the six people live now, there was another group of girls thousands of years ago. They were also sent here from reality. Because of the shining in their hearts, they gained powerful strength and searched for a way home in the dangerous wilderness. During the adventure, they met girls from other civilizations, formed partners, explored together, and established a solid friendship. In the endless battle, some people sacrificed, and the remaining ones moved forward with their companions' wishes, and finally stood in front of the Tower of Babel in the center of the wilderness. As long as they defeated the lone wolf on the top of the tower - the creature that sent them here, they could leave. However, they failed. The blood of the girls dyed the tower red, and the wilderness cried out elegy. The remaining people knew that they were no match for the enemy, so they chose to sacrifice themselves and leave their own shining to the later ones.

The cave they escaped from was one of the predecessors' legacy works - Changyang Land Xingtian. It merged the brilliance of many girls and devoured countless monsters to accumulate strength. When the day comes when the preparations are complete, the headless giant will break out of the ground, holding the Ganqi and dancing, and become a huge help for those who come later.

The two skeletons they brought out were the remains of the two predecessors. They had exhausted their brilliance, leaving the remaining spiritual light to the two of them, and then completely dissipated.

"Senior..." After listening to Shizi and Kita's description, Hongxia looked towards the exit where they escaped with a sigh. It was a small hole, but now it seemed so deep.

"The seniors sacrificed themselves for our success. As long as we can defeat the wolf in the future, we will have done our duty to them." Kita began to comfort Hongxia, "Let's see what the seniors have given us first."

All the monsters killed in the cave did not leave behind any orbs. One of the original purposes of finding prey had failed. We could only hope that after an unknown amount of time had passed, the monsters that were scared away by the black shadow would come back.

"There seems to be something extra in the panel..." Yili reminded everyone carefully. Everyone looked and saw an extra line of words in the [Additional] column of the panel:

Latecomers: Actions within [Changyang Land·Xingtian] are not affected by special environments

"Is this a gift from the two elders? Does it mean that even if we return to the cave now, we will not be affected by those inexplicable things?"

But since there is no treasure in there, there is no need for them to go back.

"There are no other changes except this." Hongxia looked at Shizi and Kita, "You should have other changes, right?"

The jade slip that Shizi got in the hallucination has appeared on the panel.

[Tianhe Tongxuan Fumo Baolu]: Copy the skills you see. After copying, you can use it once.

This was originally the ability of that senior, and now that it has become a physical object, Shizi can directly reproduce it without having to understand the structure of the jade slip. Of course, her ability is limited now, and maintaining the existence of five jade slips at the same time is the best she can do.

After listening to Shizi's introduction, Hongxia showed an obvious expression of envy. Especially after Shizi took out a jade slip: "Hongxia, when you treated me before, I have already recorded that kind of starlight, look--" Shizi broke it, and the jade slip shattered, and the same starlight fell from the sky. Hongxia was bathed in her own starlight, which was also a very strange feeling.

"(If I had this kind of prop before... Never mind, I have my own role and I can't envy others.)" Hong Xia put aside her frustration.

Liang also asked for a similar jade slip and said, "Let me try too - how come it can't be broken?" She just used a little force at first, and then she put more strength on it. However, no matter how hard Liang tried, the jade slip didn't change at all. Several other people also tried it, and finally found that this kind of thing seemed to be only used by Shizi himself.

"The problem is that I can't understand the structure. There is a maximum limit on the amount of holdings, and there are various restrictions..."

"Okay, then what about Xiao Xiduo?" Before Shizi could finish her complaint, Hongxia abruptly changed the direction.

Kita proudly showed the panel:

Kita Kita

……

Skills: SNS account operation Lv10, electric guitar technique Lv2, singing technique Lv6, [Purification Dawn] Lv10

Hong Xia's first focus was not on skills: "You can change your name back now. We all know your real name."

"This is the stubbornness of a young girl~ Anyway, look at the extra skill I have!"

The Lord said, “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become known to me because of their sinfulness.” - Genesis 18:20

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. - Genesis 19:24

Inspired by the destruction of Sodom, the skills created by the nameless predecessor adapted to Kita's abilities and changed. God's wrath descended from heaven, and all sinners on earth would be punished by eternal fire.

"So cool." Shizi instantly forgot his own skills, "So how strong is it?"

This is a large-scale AOE, but there is no place to test it, and even Kita himself doesn't know what it does.

There was a noise in the distance, and from the sound, it seemed that a monster was approaching.

Several people focused their attention on Kita.

"Should I chant a spell or something?" Facing the monster in front of him that looked like a pile of kneaded plasticine, Kita rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Here is this!" Shizi's eyes lit up and he took out a piece of paper.

Kita was stunned. The paper in front of him was filled with Chuunibyou curses, but since the request had been made, then...

"Explode, reality!"

"Crush it, spirit!"

"My name is Megumi... Kita, and I'm the Crimson Demon Clan's (?) foremost genius and a user of Explosion Magic."

"The long and vast night ends here!"

"The star that opened up the world!!!"

The world turned red.

Fire is coming down from heaven, judgment has come.

Ugly, beautiful, strong, weak, all monsters that walk on the land will be destroyed along with the land that carries them.

Before Kita could see her results, she passed out.

"How... is it?" With Hong Xia's efforts, she woke up, "(I didn't expect this skill to consume so much energy. I can't use it casually.)"

"You can see for yourself." Everyone else had a strange expression, as if to say, "I can't say." Kita looked in the direction of his own spell.

"Eh?"

The earth is burning. Everything is burnt red, and magma is flowing. Where are the monsters? Even the orbs that should have been there have turned to ashes. This is a miniature hell the size of CiRCLE.

"This was... done by me?" Kita raised his hands, still unable to believe that he now had such tremendous power.

Ryo patted Kita's shoulder and said, "From now on, hunting will be left to you. I won't go out anymore."

"No." Hong Xia immediately pressed Liang's shoulders, "Xiduo, this skill should be regarded as a special move. It's best to use it when I give you enough blessing."

"Since Hongxia is here, you can use it as you like. Why do you want me to go out?"

"It just doesn't work!"

Kita looked at the two people playing around. Although he had gained powerful abilities, he was not very happy. Because...

Along the way, whether it was the two seniors, or Wu and Goto, it seemed that their relationship was better than before...

Am I the only one excluded?

Not noticing someone's little thoughts, Shizi put away a red jade slip. She had successfully copied this skill just now. Compared with making a jade slip, the cost of copying is not worth mentioning.

"(Let's call it [The True Talisman of the Ten Directions Shining All Over the World with the Sun]... It's pretty cool.)"

On the way back, Hongxia saw Yili hesitate to speak many times.

"What's wrong, Pochi?"

Yili turned his head away and finally spoke: "Actually... I also got something..."

"Huh?" Even Shizi didn't know this.

"After assimilating a slime-like monster, my ability changed..." Yili said, holding a water ball in her palm. As she moved her mind, the water ball gradually turned blood-yellow. Yili sprinkled it on the ground, and the turbid water corroded the soil and rocks in an instant, consuming itself. When the turbid water was completely dissolved, a large pit appeared on the ground.

Ichisato Goto

……

Skills: Electric Guitar Technique Lv10, [Yellow Springs Extradition] Lv1

[Yellow Springs Extradition]: Transforms water into the corrosive Lethe Water, with special attacks against living things.

In terms of destructive power, it is not as good as Kita. In terms of variability, it is not as good as Shiko. However, this bonus does not consume any power at all, and it enhances the direct attack power that Ichiri originally lacked.