The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

While quickly picking up the ice crystals from the ground, Shi Bai was also calculating in his mind.

Although it's impossible for him to fill the entire box within the extremely limited time, even with the most pessimistic estimate, he will still obtain at least one hundred ice crystals this time!

Just then, another violent tremor came, but this time it wasn't just a tremor; there was also a terrifying sound coming from a great distance.

Looking at the two compartments in the box that were barely full, after hesitating for a moment, Shi Bai, holding the box in one arm, gritted his teeth and pounced on a piece of ice crystal in the distance that was about the size of a basketball and shimmered with a faint, beautiful glow.

At the same time, the moment he set off, a terrifying sound came from the far distance in an instant, and large chunks of floating ice and icy seawater rushed in, completely engulfing his figure in an instant.

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Chapter Ten: Robbers and Thieves

"Pah, pah, pah... So what is that terrifying thing called?"

Lifting his head from a pile of leaves, Shi Bai quickly spat out the leaves from his mouth.

His haul this time was truly bountiful. He had only intended to pick up some bargains, but he ended up accidentally stumbling upon a treasure trove.

If he could set up a respawn point there, he would be truly rich, and this wave would be the final blow. Unfortunately, he can't set it up.

"Xiaoye, I'm back... uh?"

Looking at the scene before him, broken in the middle as if struck by a tornado, Shi Bai was completely stunned.

The safe house, originally built by three towering ancient trees, has two of them neatly split in the middle. The scene before us is one of utter devastation, with a large number of trees fallen, and some even showing signs of being burned.

"...A battle took place here while I was away? But I've been here for several days and haven't seen any large or dangerous creatures..."

Looking at the mess before him, Shi Bai frowned and stood up. Although he didn't know what had happened here, the safe house was definitely destroyed.

"If we follow the signs of the fight... flames?"

Picking up a piece of charred wood from the ground and examining it, Shi Bai pondered for a moment before walking forward along the destroyed path.

What he didn't expect was that, in the end, he arrived at the edge of the rocky valley where he usually used to explore and commit suicide. The traces of the fight extended all the way from the safe house in the forest to this place.

"Holy crap, even the stone has been burned into crystals... Could it be that Xiaoye went down there?"

Peeking out from the cliff edge, Shi Bai looked down at the valley floor, still shrouded in mist. When he saw the large pool of lava below, melted by the intense heat, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily.

He was quite certain that when he set off for the icy sea, there was absolutely no lava pool below. In other words, the answer to his question must lie at the bottom of the valley.

But the problem is... how am I supposed to get down there?

However, people can always come up with a solution. In addition, he had the idea of ​​exploring the area around the safe house. After walking around the edge of the cliff for dozens of meters and making sure that he had far avoided the lava pool, he jumped down with unusual decisiveness.

"So theoretically, the 'resurrection on the spot' function is still very useful..."

After muttering something under his breath, Shi Bai patted his clothes and then began to truly examine the valley floor for the first time.

The valley, which juts out from the forest, is much larger than he had imagined, and perhaps because of the lava pool, the temperature below is significantly higher than above.

After walking for only a few minutes at the bottom of the valley, Shi Bai was drenched in sweat from the heat.

Even more seriously, as time went on, he felt increasingly dizzy, and blood-red patterns, resembling fresh blood, began to appear on his hands and chest, looking rather strange and... beautiful?

Although the person themselves didn't know why they used that adjective...

"I knew the fog down there was definitely poisonous..."

Leaning against a large rock, Shi Bai rolled up his sleeves to look at the blood-red lines that had appeared on his arm. Feeling the increasingly heavy dizziness in his mind, he sighed helplessly.

"...Forget it, let's reload and start over. At least all the negative statuses will be refreshed when I revive...Hmm?"

Before he lost consciousness, he vaguely saw a white spirit dragon flying out of the mist in his field of vision.

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"So I already said it has absolutely nothing to do with me! Let me out now!! You unreasonable dragon!!!"

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"No! Those are treasures I painstakingly collected..."

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"I can't take any more!! I really can't take any more!!!"

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"Waaaaah... I'm going to call my family to deal with you all..."

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Shi Bai was awakened by a burst of crying.

When he groggily opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the face of a white-haired loli filled with worry.

"Shi Bai, you're finally awake!!"

Upon seeing him wake up, the white-haired loli happily rushed into his arms, successfully breaking... Huh? He's alright?

Raising his hand to look at it, Shi Bai keenly noticed that not only his body, but even the world he saw seemed to be changing.

"Alright, alright, how could anything happen to me?"

With a slightly amused smile, Shi Bai patted the head of the white-haired loli in his arms and sat up from the ground. He then realized that he seemed to be next to a lake, but judging from the surrounding environment, he still seemed to be at the bottom of a valley.

...A hot spring located at the bottom of a valley?

Looking at the lake beside him, which was shrouded in a light mist, Shi Bai seemed lost in thought.

"Waaaah, you robbers, you thieves! I was the one who got this place first..."

A voice filled with sobs came from the side.

……Well?

Looking in the direction of the sound, Shi Bai felt a bead of cold sweat trickle down his forehead when he saw the source of the sound.

Under a large rock by the lake, a little girl with long, fiery red hair was pinned down, crying and wiping away tears while cursing.

But all she kept repeating were the three words "robber," "thief," and "unreasonable."

...Speaking of that big rock, it must weigh at least several tons, right?

“You destroyed Xiaoye and Shibai’s home, so now this place belongs to Xiaoye and Shibai.”

Peeking out from behind his words, Xiaoye held up a finger to the little girl and spoke very seriously.

"That's why I already said I didn't kill the one over there!!"

After hearing Xiaoye's words, the little girl cried even louder.

"This land was clearly mine to seize first! You invaded without warning and took all the treasures I had painstakingly collected... Waaah! You robbers and thieves, I'm going to report you to your clan's elders..."

Shi Bai: "..."

Why do I suddenly feel a little guilty?

Chapter Eleven: The Eastern God Clan

This is an extremely dangerous yet incredibly magical world.

Shi Bai had already realized this when he first came into this world and saw the Azure Dragon soaring in the clouds.

But now, he discovers that the world may be even more amazing than he imagined.

"So, while I was unconscious, I ate all the treasures you had saved up...?"

Looking down at his hands and feeling his body, which was completely different from before, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Hmm... Hmph! Don't think I'll forgive you just because you acted like this. That was a treasure I painstakingly saved up!!"

Still sniffling, while eating the instant noodles that Shi Bai had taken out as an apology, the red-haired little girl, whom Xiao Ye had released from under the big rock, sat far away on the other side.

"You are thieves! Robbers!! I will never forgive you!!!"

"That bag is inedible... never mind."

With a slightly helpless sigh, Shi Bai turned to look at the white-haired loli beside him, who was glaring angrily at the other side.

"Xiaoye, what did you feed me?"

"It's just some things that can enhance physical fitness; Shi Bai's body is too weak."

The white-haired loli pouted, looking utterly disgusted.

"But the treasures that this stinky bird collected are rubbish."

"If you don't want it to be trash, then don't use it all up!!!"

After hearing Xiaoye's disdainful words, the red-haired girl instantly bristled, seemingly ready to pounce on her and fight to the death.

"And besides, I'm not a bird! I'm a noble phoenix!! You stinky dragon!!!"

"Still a stinky firebird."

"Stinky dragon!!"

"Stinky turkey."

"It's a phoenix!!!"

"Dead turkey."

"Phoenix!!!"

"Stinky turkey."

"Phoenix... Aaaaaah, I'll fight you, dragon, to the death!!!"

"Dead turkey."

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a mess.

After glancing at the system interface and seeing the rather pointless introduction, Shi Bai closed the system interface again with a slight sense of helplessness.

[After consuming a large amount of fire-attribute spiritual medicine, his physical strength increased dramatically, and his self-healing ability was greatly enhanced.]

—Just like the system's exceptionally streamlined style.

After successfully stopping another fight between the two lolis with two packs of roasted chicken legs, Shi Bai learned about this world from the red-haired loli for the first time.

According to the other party, this was a prosperous era in which all races stood side by side and coexisted peacefully...a wonderful era.

Recalling his many previous deaths, Shi Bai remained silent regarding the so-called peace.

...The legendary mythological era? After all, there's no such thing as a human race in this world...

"But speaking of which, Shi Bai, what race are you?"

Sniffing, the red-haired girl clutched the bag of spicy strips tightly in her hand and asked him curiously.

"You clearly possess the top-tier talent of immortality, yet you're so weak... Are you from the Eastern God Clan?"

"Uh, no."

After a moment of surprise, Shi Bai shook his head.

Something like immortality is impossible to hide, so it's not surprising that it was discovered. However, the existence of the system and his other talent, True Luck, went completely unnoticed... By the way, what does the Eastern God Clan mean by this?

"No? That's strange... Dragons are usually quite arrogant, yet they possess such top-tier talent..."

She muttered something to herself, glanced at the white-haired girl next to the boy in front of her who was drinking a glass of black, unidentified liquid, and after thinking for a moment, she extended her hand in a seemingly generous manner.

"Um... my name is Xi, and I come from the Phoenix Clan."

"Oh, hello Xiaoxi."

Looking at the girl's outstretched hand, Shi Bai decisively handed over a bottle of orange juice that he had just summoned.

"I apologize on behalf of Xiaoye for what she did before. If possible, I wonder if I could offer something else as compensation."

After a detailed count, the majority of the ice crystals in the box were E-grade, totaling 103, while there were 23 D-grade ice crystals. The basketball-sized ice crystal he managed to retrieve at the end was of B-grade quality, which could be considered his biggest gain from this trip.

If you use low-quality items as summoning objects, the summoning objects you get are mostly everyday items or food, but Shi Bai didn't have much hope for them anyway.

"what is this?"