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Drip, drip, the world covered by the dark red sky is filled with the sound of the wind, but it cannot cover up the sound of liquid dripping to the ground. The sound is obviously not loud, but it seems to hit the eardrum directly, making people not only able to hear it clearly, but also seem to feel the bloody and sticky feeling of the liquid falling to the ground and splashing.

The 'blood' of the tree is flowing.

The vitality of living things is disappearing.

At this time, from where Li Re and Qu Shenyin were standing, they could see this by looking out across the deep valley and dark forest.

At this moment, countless plants were shaking gently, as if they were gradually withering.

As Li Re and Qu Shenyin's voices fell one after another, the surroundings seemed to be silent for a moment——

After a moment.

Qu Shenyin smiled suddenly!

"You're so generous in sharing information... You don't think I'll leave the prey to you and be a 'supplement' like I did when the magical world invaded reality?"

"You can't?" Li Re glanced at her, shook his head and said confidently: "Ms. Ruler?"

The whistling wind sounds cold and empty.

The scarlet sky looked even more sticky and terrifying.

The sound of dripping liquid came one after another, adding a lot of weirdness to this world... In front, looking forward to the world, the blood color became visibly more viscous and scarlet.

It seems to be just as Li Re guessed and inferred.

The strange source known as the 'Yin Yang Immortal Corpse' is now wandering in the deepest part of the valley ahead.

But Li Re and Qu Shenyin standing in front of him both seemed calm and composed - they even advanced instead of retreating, and still had the leisure to chat.

Snap, clack, steps forward.

The voice sounded.

"Whether you can or not depends on your performance."

Qu Shenyin raised her long legs tied with black silk stockings and spoke. Her delicate eyebrows under her long black hair slightly tilted to the side, looking at Li Re. She said, "If you choose to be under me, then I will give way to you."

"'Below'? Then you have to kill me first!" Li Re acted very tough. He also looked at Qu Shenyin while walking forward.

"Then forget it." Qu Shenyin shook her head: "If I kill you, there will be no point."

"And I may not be able to kill you - it is always difficult for supernatural beings to die completely."

"But I will defeat you."

"At the end of this mission——"

"Roar?" Li Re opened his mouth and made an inexplicable sound that sounded like he deserved a beating: "I believe it."

"Believe it or not." Qu Shenyin gathered her long hair and said as she walked. She still crossed her legs as her hips swayed, causing her plump and tight body to sway like waves. "You'll know in a moment!"

"Later..."

'Wait' again.

Fortunately, Li Re has gotten used to it.

He shook his head nonchalantly, but suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Speaking of which, how are you investigating the matter I mentioned earlier?"

"The previous incident...Are you talking about the dungeon's integration into reality and the ancient player's remains?"

Qu Shenyin remembered it instantly.

She didn't keep it a secret - both Li Re and she were very generous in sharing intelligence: "I have mobilized the cleaning departments under the General Affairs Bureau scattered across the country to investigate, and included this matter in the monthly performance evaluation."

"And for now... there are some clues, but not much."

"A clue?" Li Re blinked.

"Yes, I have some clues." Qu Shenyin used her fingers to ruffle her long hair and chuckled, "There are some clues about ancient mythology."

"The head of the Cleaning Department discovered traces of the real existence of local mythological figures through research and exploration of ancient ruins - as well as signs of 'communication' between different characters in different mythological systems who were once regarded as the same person!"

"It seems that we are on the right track!"

Li Re nodded and couldn't help laughing!

The "clue" revealed by Qu Shenyin sounds very ordinary. The territory of Daxia is vast, with 34 provinces. Each province is no smaller than the island nation of Japan, and some are even more than twice the size of Japan. It is impossible for such a large area to have only one "mythological system" circulating. In ancient times, with inconvenient transportation, the development of civilization could never achieve unity.

But it is normal for civilizations to occasionally communicate with each other.

The communication and mutual evolution and absorption between 'myths' is perfectly normal.

But the communication between characters from different myths who are regarded as the same 'existence' is different.

It is very likely that he will be like the ancient player who arrived at the island country of Japan that existed as a copy...

Li Re thought that it seemed that the vast territory of Daxia Kingdom might really be "fused" - just like the guess that emerged in his mind when he was in Takama-ga-hara.

He thought that the so-called transportation inconvenience in ancient times was most likely not just a simple inconvenience - but a barrier between different worlds!

"The direction is right, and we just need to take it slow with the follow-up - it's a 90% certainty thing anyway, it just lacks more evidence... I'm not in a hurry," said Li Re.

Qu Shenyin lowered his arms, looked ahead at the deep valley and dense forest shrouded in a strange scarlet color, and said, "There's no point in being anxious."

"Alice Vivian hasn't returned from the trial yet, so the General Affairs Bureau is really short of manpower." She said this with her red lips slightly parted.

“Not back yet?” Li Re was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, this 'great magic wizard' had been on trial for nearly twenty days, right?

A trial...can it last that long?

This isn't a trial in 'reality'! Twenty days, even if the replica world is very close to the real world and the speed of time is very close, at least a month has passed!

"You haven't come back yet?" Qu Shenyin glanced at Li Re again, but didn't seem worried: "But it doesn't matter."

"That guy is probably stuck in a bottleneck - but he's not in any danger. At least the mysterious item she left at the General Affairs Bureau that is related to his life is still normal."

"as well as..."

"Are you trying to avoid the topic, Mr. Li Re? You've been occupying 'Little Sword Fairy' Cheng Shiyu for so long, isn't it time to let her go out and do some work?"

After all, he is a silver-level player.

What's the point of staying at home all day?

It can be heard that the 'General Manager' is quite resentful about this.

"Don't come to me about this. Although I am Shiyu's 'president', I will not interfere with her freedom." Li Re spread his hands and started talking!

Qu Shenyin was about to say something.

Suddenly the wind comes!

As they were talking, the two finally reached a very deep and far place shrouded in scarlet. The sudden wind brought with it a chill, as if blowing a scarlet curtain, bringing with it pieces of hazy gauze.

The young woman paused.

Li Re's face also became slightly solemn - he looked forward!

"it's here."

he whispered.

"You don't have to tell me, I saw it too."

Qu Shenyin responded.

Yes.

They saw... saw a figure vaguely floating in the strange dense forest in front of them, which was shrouded in a red color that was countless times richer than that outside.

Although the figure seemed a little vague and illusory in the red light.

But that ethereal and strange figure, which seemed to have both the colors of "immortal" and "ghost", also made Li Re and Qu Shenyin's expressions moved.

Then, with a thumping sound——

Do it at the same time!

Time seemed to freeze at a moment. In that instant, Qu Shenyin bent his knees, jumped up, and disappeared. Only the flying dust and the pale air waves were left in the air.

Air explosion, sonic boom - Qu Shenyin accelerated from zero and entered the super speed state in just an instant!

But faster than its figure.

It was the "fire" that suddenly surged out from the red light, layers of strange green fire - it did not come from here or there, but under the focus of Li Re's gaze, it was directly ignited around the illusory and hazy shadow that was floating like a fairy or a ghost!

The green fire was cold and eerie, and black ghost locks were seen flying out from it - stabbing forward like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue!

Here.

The wind moves, the fire moves.

At this moment,

The floating figure seemed to have noticed their arrival - it looked over suddenly!

He looked at Li Re who was lighting fires around him.

Eye to eye...

Li Re's body shook a bit, and then exploded!

He was completely defenseless and lost his life.

With a loud bang, the fire surged even more violently.

During this time, Qu Shenyin's fist pierced through the cold flames and smashed straight into the 'corpse of the immortal'!

Click, click...one thousandth of a second.

The fist is getting closer.

The immortal corpse also turned its head and looked at Qu Shenyin who was nearby - but its vision was blocked by a barrier formed by layers of golden runes.

The combination of speed and defense forms an unstoppable attack!

He suddenly closed his eyes.

The fist finally came forward.

then--

Bang.

The fist missed and hit the air. Qu Shenyin's footsteps landed at the same time, pacing between the outstretched black silk long legs. He couldn't help but be stunned.

Staring blankly at the nothingness in front of him.

'Corpse Immortal'...disappeared?

"It seems to have disappeared."

The voice of Li Re who exploded was also heard at the same time. The spiritual fire floating around gathered together like a tidal backflow, and then Li Re walked out intact and flawless.

He looked up at the sky: "The weather has changed."

"So fast?"

Qu Shenyin looked over and frowned.

"I neglected it..." Li Re sighed: "Twenty-four, perhaps it does correspond to twenty-four hours, to the cycle of one year, and to the directions of these twenty-four valleys——"

"But this is not 'reality' after all!"

If it is not reality, it means that everything may be different.

For example, one hour may not be sixty minutes.

For example, each solar term in a year may not correspond to just one mountain!

"But fortunately, it's not a complete loss."

Li Re lowered his eyes.

Qu Shenyin looked over.

After the 'immortal corpse' disappeared, the extremely terrifying red light that enveloped the area seemed to dissipate like the ebb tide, revealing the shadows of countless rugged trees standing here - these trees have become extremely withered and no longer as lush as before.

Along with it appeared the area where the immortal corpse disappeared...and a piece of tattered gray cloth left behind.

[Supernatural props: Immortal's shroud (C+)]