reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

"Then……"

Bai Ye turned to look at the old woman lying on the bed.

"Between you and her, who is Lian Zixu?"

"She is Lian Zixu, my master, the head of the Lian family's Yin-Yang Fan sect. I am her disciple, named Chu—"

"Alright, alright, your name is meaningless to me. I just need to find Lian Zixu... Um, I'm a messenger from Northern Cross Logistics. This is a letter delivered from Longmen. Please sign for it on behalf of your master."

"Then sign here and let me take a picture. That will complete the Adventurers' Guild's request."

As Bai Ye spoke, he took a letter from his inventory and handed it to the person in front of him.

"Longmen...? Why would there be letters sent from there? Wait... could it be..."

“I suggest you leave now and go into hiding, otherwise all those people who fell in front of your martial arts school will be blamed on you.” Bai Ye said, handing over a business card. “Northern Cross Private Messenger Company is trustworthy and can help you leave here.”

Lian Zixu's apprentice obediently signed the document, took a photo of Bai Ye, and then accepted the business card that Bai Ye handed over.

They don't seem to have any sense of urgency typical of people from the martial arts world; they probably haven't learned their lesson yet.

Bai Ye shook his head helplessly and placed a bottle of medicine beside the hospital bed:

"Once the old man wakes up, make sure he drinks it. And please, don't let him die on the way. I'm still waiting for you to book our company's services so we can make some money."

Yes, even Bai Ye himself believed it. He was helping the two guys in front of him who were obviously being targeted in order to make money and expand his business.

"Thank you!"

Just as Bai Ye was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned around, and asked:

"By the way, you there, isn't there a mountain nearby called Gray Mountain?"

“That’s right, it’s not far outside the city. There’s a small town called Niweng Town over there.” Then the middle-aged man marked the exact location on the map.

"So, do you have any particularly talented painters here, or any strange tales of people suddenly disappearing into the mountains?" Bai Ye asked indirectly.

The man shook his head, his expression somewhat blank.

“A skilled painter and strange rumors are never lacking in any part of the Great Yan Dynasty, and Gouwu is no exception. If you have enough time, my benefactor, I can tell you some of the rumors I know.”

"Never mind... let's go."

Bai Ye shook his head. This guy seemed a bit unreliable.

Moreover, his own question, as that person said, was too broad. Yan Kingdom has never lacked "delicious food, fine wine, beautiful scenery, beautiful women, virtuous deeds, and wonderful stories"—the kind of tales of the martial arts world that Chen Huijie yearned for. With so many messy things going on, who knows which ones are related to Bai Ye's target?

I'll have to find it myself.

The mission is complete. The next step is to find Nian's younger sister, the giant beast incarnation named "Xi".

“The process probably won’t be easy, will it?” Laurentina sighed. “And then you do something so kind, which might get you into even more trouble.”

"It's a good opportunity to get some information from the locals, and if I can close a deal, I won't lose out either way," Bai Ye argued.

"...When did your huge business start needing these tiny profits to sustain it? It's not hard to admit you're a good person, really." Laurentina shook her head helplessly.

"I don't want to be friend-zoned," Bai Ye muttered.

And so the two continued their journey.

After leaving the city, Bai Ye scanned his surroundings:

"There are no tailings or pursuers, everything is normal."

"Then, let's go take a look at Gray Mountain."

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Something's not right... something's ten parts or even nine parts wrong.

Halfway up the mountain, Bai Ye suddenly spoke.

"What's wrong?" Laurentina followed behind Bai Ye.

"How long have we been up the mountain?" Bai Ye took out the compass, only to find that the needle was spinning wildly, and the terminal seemed to be out of power and couldn't be turned on at all.

"About... a few hours?" Laurentina was a little dazed, but when Bai Ye brought it up, she realized something was wrong.

The two left Gouwu City after making preparations.

Then I went to Niweng Town, but found nothing.

It was still early, so the two headed to Gray Mountain to investigate.

"I remember it was one or two in the afternoon before we went up the mountain, it doesn't seem like that much time has passed, how did it turn into evening?" Bai Ye looked at the sky in confusion.

The sky looked rather strange.

“This is good news.” Laurentina laughed. “Changes mean something’s going on, which means…”

“We’ve come to the right place.”

Bai Ye nodded in agreement.

Although it seems rather supernatural at the moment, Bai Ye and Laurentina are naturally not frightened, as they have both heard about their sister's abilities from Nian.

In other words, that guy should be nearby.

……

The two continued forward, passing through the narrow plank road, and then, as they turned around, a thatched hut suddenly appeared in the mountains.

The thatched door was stained with water, and there were piles of fallen leaves at the entrance, making it seem like no one lived there.

Bai Ye stepped forward and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

So Bai Ye pushed open the door and went inside.

Before Laurentina, who was following behind him, could even step inside, the door closed by itself. She couldn't push it open.

Laurentina raised an eyebrow, took a deep breath, clenched her right fist and brought it to her waist, then unleashed a powerful punch.

The wooden door shattered with a crash, and Laurentina went inside.

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"What...what kind of monsters are they? They're clearly just ordinary people, so why could my painting almost not contain them?"

In an ordinary study, a young woman dressed in an antique style sat at her desk, looking at the scroll in her hands.

"We have no choice but to split up... one painting for each of us."

The problem seemed to lie with the rather handsome man, who almost caused the girl's painting to burst; the other girl seemed to fare better, but she had some kind of close connection with the man who had stepped into the painting first, and the painting almost broke during their separation.

Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Nun's Dream

"Cough-cough-"

Laurentina was washed ashore by the tide.

She coughed painfully, like a fish thrown ashore, trying to breathe but only able to make dry, cracking sounds.

Her timing for coming ashore wasn't ideal; her body was directly exposed to the sun. The "favor" of the stars, which had previously been shielded by the deep seawater, now shone directly on her defenseless skin.

The once beautiful white hair now appeared as messy and dry as seaweed.

“It’s a terrible mess…and it must be really ugly,” Laurentina whispered with her eyes closed.

Most deep-sea hunters have white fur and red eyes. This is because the human body naturally develops special physical characteristics due to the lack of ultraviolet radiation in the deep sea.

Her fair skin seemed exceptionally delicate and fragile at that moment.

Of course, Laurentina herself is not fragile. She is a bio-engineered human created by Agor using the most basic biotechnology, a terrifying weapon as a spearhead of civilization. Their strength is enough to tear through steel plates, move underwater at supersonic speeds, and wounds that would be fatal to ordinary people are like minor scratches to them.

However, she is indeed extremely vulnerable now, as she has suffered serious injuries.

Something had pierced her abdomen, churning her internal organs into disarray. Ribs were lodged in her lungs, likely the cause of her breathing difficulties. Her legs were probably broken, bent at an unbelievable angle.

Then, lying on the ground, she heard footsteps approaching from afar. The sound grew louder and louder as the footsteps drew closer. The person stopped beside her, grabbed her hair, and dragged her across the sand.

The friction between her skin and the grit was like sanding her skin directly with sandpaper, enough to shatter an ordinary person's skin. However, Ghost Shark was not damaged in the slightest. The sight of this made the person dragging her laugh shrilly.

"The oracle was right; this is a gift from God!"

The few words confused Laurentina, and countless questions arose in her mind, but she had no time to think and lost consciousness in a daze.

……

Laurentina was plunged into endless darkness.

Countless tortures and inhuman experiments tormented her. In order to protect herself, the Deepsea Hunter created a dark personality and then plunged herself into darkness, coldly observing all the suffering she encountered.

She calls herself Ghost Shark and is a nun from the Deep Sea Church.

However, as time went by, the girl could no longer distinguish which version of herself was the original one. She continued to fall, eventually plunging into an abyss from which she would never wake up again. This time, she did not wait for the person who would save her.

Just before Laurentina fell into a deathly silence, the ring on her finger emitted a soft glow, and a gentle breeze transformed into ribbons that pulled her out of the darkness.

The paper tore, ink splattered... The first painting was ruined.

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An endless stream of sea creatures surged toward them.

Laurentina collapsed to her knees on the seabed in agony.

Before her, Bai Ye stood with difficulty, constantly wielding two weapons in his hands, his eyes flashing with silver light.

Every moment, even within a millisecond, Sea Sprites are being shredded; however, for every ten Sea Sprites Bai Ye kills, hundreds or thousands more surge toward them.

Even something as powerful as the White Night cannot contend with the entire ocean. The solar wind, though powerful, cannot lower the sea level by even a millimeter; the plasma cannon blasts the sea creatures into dust, but these remnants become nourishment for the monsters.

"Bai Ye, don't worry about me, you should go!"

Laurentina's voice was trembling with tears.

However, Bai Ye responded with silent killings, barely maintaining the fragile balance before him.

The large group was also shocked by the terrifying killing machine. They even had doubts and suspicions about why this powerful individual could still maintain such efficient killing even though it was already exhausted.

Even with the swarm firing at full power and constantly supplying the surrounding marine life, it only made the ocean more eutrophic.

Only Bai Ye could single-handedly slaughter a large group to the point of questioning their existence.

"Bai Ye, absorb it quickly! As long as you release your self-control, you can absorb the rich nutrients of the entire ocean. Let's become new gods together and save the world!"

In the heart and ears of the White Night, Isamara let out a mournful cry.

Yes, Bai Ye is actually half a newborn. He possesses the power of the Sea God. In fact, for him, the eutrophication around him is not only strengthening the Sea Seed, but can also be used to strengthen him.

Once he releases the limitations of his mind, he will be able to absorb all the nourishment in one fell swoop, becoming a new beginning with a new spirit and body.

However, Bai Ye chose to refuse.

“Once I start absorbing, there will be no living things around me. I can’t fight against the instinctive impulses of a large group of consciousnesses. Laurentina will be the first one I kill.”

Bai Ye cannot accept the death of her lover.

Suddenly, the seabed beneath their feet collapsed with a deafening roar, and a gigantic maw burst forth from the rocks, attempting to devour them both. Bai Ye slammed his fist downwards, the immense pressure shattering the monster. However, his spirit inevitably wavered slightly, and his perfect state of accelerated thought dried up due to the depletion of his mental energy.

The silver light gradually faded.

The next instant, a bolt of lightning that traveled faster than the speed of sound pierced through Bai Ye's chest.

It was an extremely sharp chitinous bone spur.

Bai Ye let out a muffled groan.

This is just the prelude.

His eyes widened, and the last reflection in his pupils was of countless sharp spikes like these.

With a wry smile, Bai Ye stepped in front of Laurentina.

Since he no longer needed to kill enemies, he could focus on using his powers. With his physical body destroyed and no longer limited by the constraints on his output, Bai Ye could briefly unleash power he had never attempted before.

"Laurentina, this is the last bit of magic... You must survive."

An endless storm erupted from Bai Ye's body. Freed from the constraints of a physical form, the terrifying atmospheric power, one of the four pillars of creation, unleashed a world-destroying majesty. Even the ocean trembled before it.

"From now on, there will be no more white nights; but I am everywhere, I am the wind, I am the cloud, I am the rain, I am the thunder. I am a part of this world, Laurentina, every breeze is my greeting, every drizzle is my longing for you."

"So promise me, don't cry..."

Bai Ye's voice disappeared, yet it seemed to echo across the entire land.