Zongman: A Traveling Journey Starting from the Supreme

There are countless mysterious eyes in the gap, either grinning, mocking, or laughing, just staring at the outside world coldly, extremely weird and terrifying.

The girl has an impeccable and beautiful face, her eyebrows are like distant black, and her nose is small.

A head of slightly curly golden hair hangs over her slender shoulders, and the purple long skirt is embroidered with intricate lace on the skirt cuffs and other places.

The skirt is graceful, and the waist wraps her wasp waist like a willow. Under the wide skirt, a pair of slender legs are wearing white stockings, and the exquisite high heels complement those small jade feet.

The woman's figure is enchanting, mature and charming, and every small movement is bewitching, like a noble lady, but it is difficult for people to know her true age.

At this time, she was leaning on the cracked gap, holding a Western-style fan in her velvet hands, her indescribably wonderful face, but at this moment she was very serious.

Just as he fell into deep thought, a light "Nine Sixty" suddenly flashed around him.

A slender figure who was as beautiful as a girl appeared.

That figure had nine fox tails on its back, and was wearing a classic and simple Taoist robe, making it look holy and charming.

Yakumo Lan put her hands on the cuffs in front of her body, her face was beautiful but her expression didn't change much, she bowed slightly and said, "...Master Zi, the Great Barrier has been checked and it has not been polluted." "Well, we know .”

Yakumo Zi didn't turn her head back, she responded lazily, but her amethyst-like eyes kept looking seriously into the distance.

This place is not in Gensokyo, but outside the Great Barrier, on a certain mountain in Kyoto.

In recent decades, the outside world has changed drastically, and the soil for monsters to survive has been greatly reduced.

Up to now, there are almost no monsters in the outside world, and many stories of gods and monsters in the past have not been forgotten.

Fortunately, the monster sage Yakumo Zi was thinking about the future thousands of years ago, and created a large barrier a hundred years ago, leaving the last piece of pure land for all the gods and ghosts.

But that's just lingering.

One day the pollution of the outside world will destroy this last fantasy land, and all ancient things will disappear.

Monsters live by the fear of human beings. Human fear is the food of monsters and the basis of their existence.

But if one day humans are no longer afraid of monsters, monsters that have lost their basis of existence will naturally disappear into history.

And that day may not be far away.

Seeing the master's melancholy mood, Yakumo Lan said cautiously: "...Master Zi, if that day really comes, maybe we can untie the Great Barrier." "... Gensokyo has already accumulated enough gods Ghosts and monsters, if they are all released, it may bring enough fear to humans."

Yakumo Zi's cold and beautiful eyes glanced at Yakumo Lan, her thin lips parted slightly, and her voice was arrogant and cold: "... Lan, be careful! Are you going to ruin our years of hard work?"

Seeing the master's expression, Yakumo Lan hurriedly bowed and said, "... Lan dare not!"

Soon, the coldness in Yakumo Zi's eyes disappeared, and she softened again, and said softly: "...We know that you are also thinking about the whole group of monsters."

"...But today is no longer the same as in the past. Through self-learning, human beings have gradually eliminated the fear of monsters and other existences."

"Although if all the monsters in Gensokyo were to appear in the outside world, it would bring about a moment of confusion and cause some panic among humans."

"...But the human beings are no longer ignorant. I'm afraid what they want to do is to catch us and study the blood of monsters and the so-called genes."

Yakumo Zixian pointed with a slender hand, and opened her mouth slightly: "....See that place? It's a human zoo."

"...When that day really comes, maybe youkai are cherished animals, and people will appreciate them in cages."

"Especially for a pretty vixen like Lan you, you should be aware of the malice of human beings. There may be many rich and powerful people who want to catch you and use you as a plaything to vent their physical desires."

Yakumo Lan heard her master's words, her fair cheeks flushed slightly, but she also knew that Yakumo Zi's words were not alarmist.

"The living soil of monsters lies in fear, and the living soil of gods lies in faith."

"...But this is only the foundation of our existence. If we want to exert our strength, we also need the support of magic power and demon power."

"However, since the industrial revolution of human beings, the magic power and monster power have been decreasing. With the ability of monsters, we are indeed sure to turn the island under our feet into a kingdom of monsters."

"...But what's the use of that, the number of monsters is already too small, far incomparable with the number of humans."

"Every time we squander a power, it is difficult to replenish it. In the end, when our power is exhausted, we will just become human servants."

Yakumo Zi sighed, wondering if she was getting older, and began to recall the past glory.

In the Heian Era thousands of years ago, humans were afraid of monsters, and countless monsters were born out of the fear of humans.

At that time, the earth's veins and the sky were filled with enough magic power for the monsters to squander, and from time to time, you could see a hundred ghosts walking in the night.

But that heyday of monsters has long since ended, and now is the age of humans.

In particular, humans have also invented many terrible weapons. She Yakumo Zi only has secret power, but she can't destroy a city with a single blow.

Not to mention the ability to destroy this planet.

If she really had this ability, if she wanted to build Gensokyo, she would have built a kingdom of monsters a long time ago.

"Compared to humans, these demons that have only appeared in recent decades worry us even more."

Yakumo Zi looked sad, she opened the folding fan to cover half of her beautiful face, and stared at the land under her feet with cold eyes.

"Lan, look, right there in Kyoto, there is a fox..."

Yakumo Zi pointed again, this time pointing to another mountain in the distance.

Yakumo Lan also took a look, she lowered her eyes slightly and said: "...but that's not a monster, but a demon!"

Yakumo Zi said softly: "...That's right, that's a demon!"

"... The monsters have lost the fear of humans and have become difficult to survive, and the appearance of these demons has taken away the last fear of humans against monsters." "...The survival of monsters has become even more difficult. "

Yakumo said with a worried expression on his blue face: "...Master Zi, where did these demons come from?"

Doubt also flashed in the eyes of the monster sage, she slowly shook her head and said: "...You ask us, and we can't answer." "... They seem to have appeared suddenly from another world." "These demons are born in hell and live according to various concepts of human beings." Lan's expression moved slightly: ".... hell?"

Yakumo Zi waved her hand and said, "...You are worrying too much, Lan! This hell is not the same as the hell that Shiki Eihime was judged by Yama." "...Besides, Siji Eiji can only manage the interior of Gensokyo She can't control the judgment of human beings after death, outside of Gensokyo."

"And the hell these demons were born in is just what these demons themselves call it. It's more like a strange space." Nine-Tailed Fox asked solemnly: "...Master Zi, have you been to that hell?"

The monster sage squinted his beautiful eyes, and replied softly: "...Ah, of course we have been there! We have tried to destroy the so-called hell so that demons will no longer appear." Leave more time."

"But we failed. It's not that we encountered some hard-to-beat opponents. Those demons are not very strong. Even the most powerful demons in hell are not our opponents."

1.3 "....It's just that the power that makes up this hell makes us feel frightened. These demons are the slaves of this mysterious power."

"If you kill them in hell, they will be resurrected to the present world, and if you kill them in the present world, they will be resurrected in hell again, and this cycle goes on and on, killing them is not clean." Yakumo Lan clenched her hands subconsciously. , Master Zi is already one of the strongest monsters, and also the most intelligent monster.

If even Lord Zi can't do anything, then I'm afraid it's really impossible to completely wipe out these demons, and the last living soil of monsters will be eaten away. "When there is no way out, maybe you can only fight for the last time."

Yakumo Zi said quietly, she took out a piece of dark paper from her arms.

The piece of paper seemed to absorb all the light around it, like a terrifying black hole.

Holding the piece of paper, Yakumo Ziyu trembled slightly, with a hesitant expression.

She didn't know if she really wanted to open this mysterious thing.

What will happen then?

Is it the hope of the monster, or the complete extinction of the monster? .

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"Master Zi!"

When Yakumo Lan saw the thin black piece of paper held in Yakumo Zi's hand, the hairs all over her body stood on end, and inexplicable panic surged from the deepest part of her heart.

She just glanced at the piece of paper, then quickly turned her head, and said with a horrified expression: "...Master Zi, why did you take it out?"

Although there was only a trace of breath on the piece of paper, the depth and antiquity made Yakumo Lan's soul tremble.

She believed without hesitation that if she could use that inconceivable power, it would even be enough to annihilate the planet under her feet.

Yakumo Lan didn't know why Master Zi took it out.

Just a trace of breath is so terrifying, so if this black piece of paper has an owner, how terrifying will that owner be?

Is there such a terrible existence in this world?

The first time I saw this piece of paper, Yakumo Lan suspected that it was related to the moon.

But under Yakumo Zi's notice, Lan knew the real situation of the Moon people.

Those people on the moon are actually too busy to take care of themselves now.

Don't look at the moon people as if they have a strong technological level, they seem to be stronger than the current earth people.

But Yakumolan clearly knows that 25 Yueren's technology also relies on external energy such as magic power, which is more like mysterious technology.

But in this era, especially after entering the millennium, the level of magic power in the atmosphere began to plummet, as if rejecting all mysteries.

Most of the moonmen's weapons will slowly lose their effectiveness.

This is also the reason why the Lunarians established a large enchantment similar to Gensokyo on the moon.

The purpose of their enchantment is to use the enchantment to preserve the magic power inside the moon to prevent the magic power from leaking out.

The moon people looked down on the people on the ground, but when the local people landed on the moon, the moon people didn't react at all. From this, we can see the sternness and emptiness inside the moon people.

And the moon's resources are not as rich as the earth's, and the moon people can't do it if they want to re-develop human technology.

It can be said that the moon people are also in the stage of decline, but compared with the monsters on the ground, the situation of the moon people is much better, at least their civilization is relatively developed.

Yakumo Zi caressed the black piece of paper, Lan was by her side when she picked it up, so Lan naturally recognized it.

"Since we got this strange piece of paper and felt that the sign on it was similar to 'Zoroastrianism', we have secretly investigated it."

"...But we didn't find any results. 'Zoroastrianism' has long since disappeared in the long river of history, even their holy flames have been extinguished."

"We also doubted whether there is any powerful existence among human beings, but after our investigation, we found that human beings lose their mystery faster than monsters."

"...There are almost no such existences as the Onmyouji in the past among human beings."

"And even if there are humans who master the mystery, it shouldn't be this kind of religion that has disappeared for an unknown number of years, but 'Christianity'." "... We have been to the Vatican secretly, and there are some ordinary people."

Yakumo Zi rubbed the piece of paper with her slender and soft fingers, and said with a deep expression: "...Even if human beings now have some special powers, they still rely on the contract with the devil." "... Those powers do not belong to the Humans are all demons."

"The strange piece of paper and the sublime power attached to it, as well as the devil and hell that suddenly descended on this world, Lan, do you think there is any connection between them?" Hearing Zi's whisper, Yakumo Blue didn't make a sound.

Even as a wise fox, Ai Yakumo's mathematical talent is enough to make her one of the greatest mathematicians.

But in the face of this kind of thing without any intelligence information, she couldn't distinguish and analyze anything.

Yakumo Zi also asked casually, and she didn't expect Lan to answer her.

"Lan, time is running out, Gensokyo won't last long, the appearance of those demons has taken away the fear that youkai need, this will only accelerate the collapse of Gensokyo." "... We established Gensokyo more than 100 years ago, even though I know that this escaping behavior is just to continue the life of the monsters who are bound to perish, but we still do it." "We have worked hard for more than 100 years, and hope that this place can become the last pure land of monsters. We hope to exchange space for time "...But people are not as good as heaven, we still haven't found a way to rescue the monsters, and the appearance of demons is completely desperate." "We also thought about whether to launch a second lunar war and put the moon people The land was robbed." "...But after thinking about it, the chances of winning are not great, even if we win, we will lose both."

"At that time, the enchantment of the moon will be destroyed, all the magic power will leak out, and the moon will be completely desolate as it is now, and there will be no grass." "...Even the method of escaping this planet will not work, you say Is there any other way to save the monster?" Yakumo Zi laughed at herself, her tone was indescribably lonely, and her expression was indescribably tired. "Master Zi, you have paid a lot for the group of monsters." Yakumo Lan said softly.

She knew that Zi-sama was very tired, that she was working hard for Gensokyo, and that she even needed to hibernate to rest every winter.

How could a big demon in a realm need to hibernate? It was just that Yakumo Zi gave all her power to the big barrier, and her sense of existence became weaker and weaker.

Zi shook her head, she looked at her shikigami with crystal-like eyes, her expression was soft, her eyes were full of gentleness and coquettishness: "...Lan, you mean you want us to give up?" "..... Let's give up What's the point? The demise of monsters doesn't mean that we can live on. Although we are monsters in the realm, we are stronger than ordinary monsters." "But that's just the time of death. This is the last chance." Yakumo Zi stared at the black piece of paper in her hand with burning eyes.

"We are not good people. It would be best if the owner of this thing can save the monster. We are willing to pay any price."

"...And if we release any terrifying monsters, then let the monsters and humans die together, anyway, we have no way to retreat!"

Yakumo Zi's cold and charming eyes revealed a sense of ruthlessness.

The sage of the monster is also a great monster, with her own determination and terror.

Yakumo Lan will not say any more, she will accompany her master to bear everything.

Xixiang walked on the white marble 253 steps of the headquarters of 'Salamand'.

But when he entered a palace, he saw that the veil was hanging down, and there was a faint fragrance floating.

Through the looming veil, one can see a noble figure sitting on a chair.

With this figure sitting on that chair, it seemed that even an ordinary chair had become a sublime throne.

The Queen of Halloween is as beautiful as ever in her incarnation, her blond hair as bright as the morning sun.

She was wearing a bright red dress, revealing her delicate white shoulders.

Her Majesty was in a good mood. After seeing Xixiang, she showed a faint and soft smile: "...Zaratul, why did you ask me to come here?"

While talking, the Queen of Halloween also introduced a woman standing beside her to Xixiang.

"This is Scathach, the person I trust the most!"

Following the queen's introduction, Xixiang looked at the queen of the land of shadows.

Scathach looked gentle, with a faint smile on his lips, and a lavender braid.

Although the queen of the land of shadows looks soft and beautiful, her vigorous and long body contains a powerful force that even Xixiang can't ignore.

This is a master of martial arts who has truly mastered the realm of the gods.