Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 591 Desolation
A sigh with some complicated meanings echoed from the high tower. Yamu looked at Xin Lailai who was transforming the pure white crystal and said:

"So, what are you going to do now?"

"Just like the previous plan, after these white crystals are transformed, we will go to the capital and the restricted area to collect the white crystals there."

Xin Lailai said this calmly, without any change on her face, giving people an invisible sense of oppression that she didn't like to laugh.

"In that case, I will go prepare the teleportation array first."

"Ah."

After Xin Lailai responded simply, there was no other unnecessary reply. Instead, he sat down cross-legged and used his magic power to take the necklace from Saint Xiaobai's neck, making it float at the same height as the white crystals beside him. Then, his mental power surged and he used his soul energy to engrave one spell after another in the air.

The magic system of White Frontier is different from the orthodox spell system. The medium of transformation it uses is not mental power, but one's own soul energy. At the same time, because soul energy is greatly influenced by one's own thoughts and the belief system on White Frontier is very developed, the magic developed by the great magicians of White Frontier often has a certain idealistic color.

For example, the techniques he was imitating before him required that they be used with sufficient rationality and without negative emotions, otherwise the stability of the converted technique structure would be severely reduced.

This is also the reason why the other party only left behind a manuscript but no actual examples. After all, when the other party created these spells, his state of mind was so desperate that even his own spiritual world had completely collapsed. In this case, let alone using the spells, just using the magic power freely would probably exhaust all his energy.

Regarding the purpose of these spells, according to the description in the notebook, their greatest use is to enhance the white crystal's ability to carry filth. If the original carrying capacity of a white crystal is 100, then after engraving these spells, it can be increased to at least 150.

Not only that, when multiple white crystals are gathered, the effects of these spells can be further enhanced. Although the other party himself could not explain the upper limit of this enhancement, according to Xin Lailai's calculations, the upper limit of the enhancement is probably to increase a white crystal with a carrying capacity of 100 to about 200.

In terms of effect, this technique is actually extremely powerful. Unfortunately, because the other party conducted research based on the white crystals used as the base of the array, these techniques can only be used on those white crystals that are not engraved with the protection contract. In other words, it cannot be used on the small white crystals that constitute the soul core of the little white saints.

As for the comment that the thing left in the other party's notebook was no different from the "Elixir of Immortality", there was nothing wrong with this statement, because from the results, these techniques to expand the carrying capacity of the White Crystal or the Elixir of Immortality plan that the White Kingdom was carrying out at the time were essentially the last resort because they could not find a way to solve the problem of the filthy power from the root.

By the way, according to the truth described in the back of the notebook, the reason why the White Kingdom studied the "immortality elixir" made with the power of filth was not to prolong the life of the nobles, but to explore ways to make humans adapt to "filth" and even maintain sanity and continue to survive in the form of "filth". The so-called benefit to the nobles was just a cover. It was a scam jointly set up by the fifth king at that time and the old president of the Magic Association to target a specific group of nobles. In the end, those nobles who took the immortality elixir, let alone eternal life, the best result was that they died as experimental materials on the operating table in the imperial dungeon.

Unfortunately, before the White Kingdom could achieve any results in this regard, the health of the 14th White Saint deteriorated first, causing the White Kingdom at that time to abandon the Undead Elixir plan which would increase the amount of filth to a certain extent, and instead changed its policy to building a new isolation barrier in an attempt to make a final resistance.

It can be said that in order to deal with the "filth", the White Kingdom at that time had tried every possible method. However, in the face of the characteristics of the abyss, the efforts of a single civilization were ultimately too small and powerless, let alone resistance. In fact, being able to persist under the erosion of the "filth" for a thousand years before completely falling like the White Kingdom was, among the many low- and middle-level native worlds, a feat that could be called a miracle.

However, many times, even if we know that this is the normal outcome, whether we can accept it calmly based on human nature is another matter.

Especially for Xin Lailai, because he had experienced desperate situations similar to that of the White Kingdom time and time again, and "luckily" became the "lucky one" who survived, he could better understand the despair and powerlessness faced by the White Kingdom at that time. That was the deepest despair of exhausting everything he had but not even being able to exchange for a beam of fire. It was like a scarecrow who chose to light himself to keep warm in the cold winter. Even though he knew what the end of this road would be, he could only watch himself fall step by step towards that ending.

Om-! !

A ray of white light spread out, emitting a warm and relaxing atmosphere. Xin Lailai used his magic power to drag the six white crystals in front of him and sent them to the Death Holder, saying:

"The rest is up to you. Just make them all into wearable accessories."

"Does it need to maintain close contact with the body?"

"No, just don't let it fall off so easily."

"ten minutes."

After asking a few simple questions, the Death Holder indifferently stated a time, and then he took out pieces of crystal clear gems and an iron bar that looked as white as snow from the storage space. The Netherworldly death energy on his body burned into pitch-black underworld flames, and he began to forge it with his bare hands.

Xin Lailai, who was standing by, saw this scene and didn't say much. He just closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, quickly recovering the magic power he had just consumed.

……

Twenty minutes later.

"I say... isn't Lily's outfit a little too dazzling?"

In the hall, Yamu looked at the scene in front of him, glanced at Xin Lailai and the deceased beside him, and couldn't help but complain.

In front of the three people, the Little White Saint, who was originally wearing a simple white dress, had changed into a new outfit at some point.

First, the original little white dress was replaced with a princess dress with gorgeous patterns woven from world silk and light gold materials. Then, from the headdress to the pendant, and then to the bracelets and anklets, each was an elegant accessory made of white crystals, fine gemstones, and mithril. Combined with the already lovely appearance of the Little White Saint, just standing there, the atmosphere of the entire hall became elegant and noble, which was particularly eye-catching.

——Especially when the barrier effect of the White Crystal adds a layer of lighting effects to the opponent.

"..."

"It's going well."

Xin Lailai looked at the Saint Xiaobai who was dressed very strikingly in front of her, and silently looked in the direction of the Death Carrier. The Death Carrier answered expressionlessly and did not make any other comments, as if the carefully carved accessories on the Saint Xiaobai were really just an accident.

"You're not dressing her up as if she were your sister, are you?"

"No."

The Death Bearer replied calmly, with no sign of lying on his indifferent expression. Seeing this, Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say much. He directly controlled the cobalt blue mecha on the branding interface to open the cockpit. - Although Ling Yuzi would occasionally pick out some clothes he liked in the virtual store for himself and him to wear, he never thought that the Death Bearer also had this hobby.

——After all, an expressionless ice beauty sewing clothes and knitting all kinds of cute styles is indeed a bit too incongruous in terms of painting style.

"Let's go, it's time to go to the royal city. Ling Yuzi is already waiting there."

Finally, Xin Lailai jumped to the entrance of the cockpit, glanced at the people behind him, and spoke.

Upon hearing this, Yamu and the Death Keeper all nodded, tiptoed, and easily jumped onto the cobalt blue mecha. The Little White Saint carefully put on her protective suit, and was then carried by the Black Knight to the cockpit where the Death Keeper was, where she climbed in on tiptoe.

Om-! !

Black particles floated by, bringing up a slight breeze, and then a circle of silver-white light rose from under the cobalt blue mecha, causing a circle of space fluctuations, wrapping up the cobalt blue mecha and disappearing on the spot.

……

……

White Kingdom, Holy Wall.

Peng——! !

Dazzling flames spewed out from behind the dark blue mecha in the sky, leaving a brilliant flame tail in the air filled with dark red fog.

"By the way, are there more monsters here than last time?"

In the cockpit, Yamu glanced at the dense red dots appearing on the map, looked at the picture displayed on the screen, and complained.

"It doesn't matter. At worst, they'll all be killed."

Xin Lailai replied calmly, seemingly not caring at all about the number of these ordinary filthy creatures.

"Too."

Upon hearing this, Yamu chuckled, put his hands on his head, and lay down with his legs crossed. He looked like he was going to take a nap, but the arcs of lightning that occasionally emanated from the corners of his eyes showed that he was not resting, but accumulating some moves that required advance charge.

It's not just Yamu. In fact, if you move your sight to the cockpit where the man holding the dead is, you will find that he is also closing his eyes and condensing the death energy, allowing the power of the large sword lying flat on his thigh to continue to rise.

——As pioneers, they are not the kind of people who would keep quiet when they are upset. Since what happened in the White Kingdom in the past made them feel bad, any evil spirits who dare to run into them at this point in time will have to bear the consequences.

In the foul mist, the cobalt blue mecha was sprinting in the air at full speed. Circles of circular air waves spread out from where it passed, startling many dormant filthy creatures.

Gradually, all kinds of roars and growls began to echo from the wilderness. The filthy creatures were startled by the movement of the cobalt blue mecha. However, most of them were left far behind before they could even see the cobalt blue mecha clearly. The few filthy creatures that were able to catch up instinctively stopped chasing when they sensed the strong deathly aura emanating from the mecha.

Time passed by bit by bit, and half an hour later, as the cobalt blue mecha penetrated through a thick cloud of filth, the scene on the screen suddenly became clear.

The gloomy sky shrouded the sky, and a sense of lifeless desolation came over the devastated land. Looking around, except for some building ruins in the distance, the entire land in front of us was nothing but a piece of wasteland that had been eaten up. Even when a strong wind blew by, it would stir up a very obvious layer of sand, making it hard to believe that there once was an extremely prosperous country here.

"Brother Yamu, we are here."

Xin Lailai looked at the desolate scene in front of him, glanced at Yamu who was covering his eyes and pretending to be resting and meditating secretly beside him, and reminded him.

According to the intelligence Ling Yuzi had discovered, after leaving the heavily eroded area near the Holy Wall, they still needed to travel more than 40,000 kilometers to reach the White Kingdom's royal city. Considering that a large section of the road in between was an area with extremely low erosion, it was impossible for him to just fly over there stupidly based on his habits. It was his style to find a suitable place to set up a teleportation array, and then teleport directly to the gate of the royal city after sufficient preparation.

"Hmm... Let me see. I'll choose the ruins in front. According to the information you gave me, Brother Black Sword, there should be the remains of a teleportation array there, which is perfect for us to use."

After hearing Xin Lailai's reminder, Yamu opened his eyes, looked around for a while, selected a location on the map, and spoke.

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly and pushed the lever. The cobalt blue mecha that was originally floating in the air suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the direction indicated by Yamu with a burst of air.

In terms of distance, the ruins chosen by Yamu were about two hundred kilometers away from them. For ordinary people, this might be a journey long enough to make them exhausted, but for the cobalt blue mecha that could fly long distances at twice the speed of sound, this distance would only take a few minutes.

Boom——! !

Finally, with a heavy landing sound, the cobalt blue mecha landed steadily on a huge platform that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. The strong wind raised by the fuselage blew up the sand all over the ground, adding a sense of desolation to the city in front of it.

There were no living people or plants in sight. Everything was dark yellow. Even the crows that were often heard in the wilderness were gone. It was as if the city before them was showing them something in this way:
——This is what is left after the filth.

——Only desolation.

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(End of this chapter)