My Salvation Game Became true?!. Chapter 139 – Chapter 139: Chapter 138 Our mentor wants to talk to you personally (please subscribe)

Chapter 139: Chapter 138 Our mentor wants to talk to you personally (please subscribe)
 

“…, I, have been waiting for you for a long time.”

A long-drawn-out voice came from within the black stone tower.

An Jianyou's eyes widened, positioning Xiao Hei protectively in front of her, and then she saw a slender figure emerging from the great door beneath the stone tower.

The newcomer's figure appeared very human-like, clad in a black cloak with a hood drawn up, revealing a glimpse of flowing silver hair. Beneath the cloak were a pair of silver boots, stepping on the cracked ground and walking forward.

“Humans from a world not yet devoured, you need not fear.”

“My name is Yi Yuanxilu, the noble and grand world guide, I have been waiting for you for a long time.”

She slowly pulled down the hood, revealing an exquisite, flawless face.

Paired with her shining silver hair, she looked like a doll come to life from a painting.

An Jianyou puffed her cheeks, her expression wary.

Good looks didn't prove anything; she hadn't forgotten that the Maggot Men previously killed by her mentor could take on the appearance of humans.

Besides, this was the Ghastly Realm!

Seeing a high tower and a human in this desolate world was all but normal!

The silver-haired woman, Yi Yuanxilu, seemed unsurprised by the scene before her.

“A good sense of vigilance.”

“If you weren't sufficiently vigilant, it's unlikely you would have made it here.”

“After all, every world has come through in the same way.”

“Let this guide think, where to begin.”

The one claiming to be a ‘guide' appeared very strange, but they had come to the Ghastly Realm specifically to find out about these unusual occurrences.

Seeing that there was no immediate danger, both Black Blade and An Jianyou thought it was worth listening to.

An Jianyou asked, “What do you mean by a world not yet devoured, and what is a guide?”

She spoke naturally in Huang Country's language, but there seemed to be no barrier in communicating with the silver-haired woman.

“Good question.”

She said, “It means exactly what it says. Your world is only now coming into contact with the Ghastly Realm but has yet to be devoured.”

“A sign of official contact is the emergence of secret places, doors to the Ghastly Realm, and according to my… my estimation, it's been less than half a year since your world has made contact, right?”

Apparently seeing the surprise on An Jianyou and Xing Jinglei's faces, the silver-haired woman let out a bell-like light laugh and continued, “As for a guide, it also means what it says. I will provide some little guidance to help your world advance. After all, that's how it has always been. Many, many years ago, I too came from a world similar to yours, a world devoured by the Ghastly Realm.”

Her voice was not low, clear and pleasant, echoing continuously around.

Strangely, it did not attract the attention of any Mysterious Evil.

Come to think of it, it seemed that since setting foot here, the grey fog had thinned, and there were no traces of Mysterious Evil nearby.

An Jianyou thought.

Without speaking, she didn't know what to say. She was just sending messages to her mentor in her mind… her mentor should know the situation here, right?

She stayed silent, but Black Blade spoke up, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, “There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world, state your purpose.”

The woman flicked through her waterfall-like silver hair, shaking her head without interest.

“Asking so directly, how boring, but since you've asked so earnestly, I, the guide, can say with certainty that I… I of course want benefits.”

“Strange crystals, mysterious treasures, Strange Implements… these can all serve as chips in our deal.”

“Worlds that are newly in contact with the Ghastly Realm tend to produce various kinds of treasures more easily. Some are in your world, some in the outer layer of the Ghastly Realm formed in reliance on your world.”

“Even so, I, the guide, will generously offer you some news for free. After all, if you know nothing, how can I sell other pieces of information for a price?”

It sounded like there was no problem.

An Jianyou, although still on guard and readying an ‘escape chant', couldn't help but focus her attention on the silver-haired woman.

The guide named Yi Yuanxilu looked at the three of them, her gaze seemingly confident in seeing through everything.

“Having entered the Ghastly Realm, you must have found a secret place, and already have a third tier Spirit side Awakener. I am not wrong, am I.”

Yes, exactly.

So the Divine Power needed to enter the Ghastly Realm from a secret place is enough with just a third Awakening?

Indeed, they had gained some new information.

An Jianyou listened, maintaining an expressionless face.

The silver-haired woman didn't expect An Jianyou to respond, but simply drew a small circle and an extremely large circle.

“The small circle represents your world or other similar ones. The large circle represents the Ghastly Realm. It begins to devour slowly upon contact until it finally swallows your entire world.”

“During this process, your world will birth secrets, giving rise to Awakeners. Because your world faces a crisis, this period will give rise to numerous heroic figures… This is also why you were able to break through to the third Awakening in less than half a year.”

“The difficulties and dangers of Awakening, these I need not describe, as you are well aware.”

“If you overcome dangers time and again, it's due to your own exceptional talents and also the world's choice, the world's favor.”

“Don't deny it, I, the guide, have seen more worlds than you can imagine. Worlds struggle and sink within the surges of the Ghastly Realm. Of course, you few are among the more excellent of the many new Awakeners I have seen, as some worlds sink without ever setting foot in the Ghastly Realm.”

The silver-haired woman sighed, seemingly accustomed to seeing worlds change.

In response, Xing Jinglei opened his mouth, with many things he wished to say but couldn't, and he only asked, “Then how can we resist the world from sinking?”

“Resist not being devoured by the Ghastly Realm?”

The silver-haired woman laughed lightly, “That is an impossibility. Once you fully come into contact with the Ghastly Realm and get devoured, it is only a matter of time, whether it be one, two, three years or even several to more than a decade. There's no second possibility.”

“It is a disaster that cannot be resisted.”

“Heh, you want to ask if the world is going to be destroyed, then what's the point? There is, of course, a point. The sinking of the world is inevitable, but that doesn't mean people can't survive.”

“When the entire world sinks, completely devoured, then the whole world would merge into the Ghastly Realm, becoming a part of it.”

An Jianyou could imagine such an apocalypse.

It is an absolute world-destroying disaster.

In fact, she knew very well that the world was sinking, heading towards destruction, wasn't that what they, the bearers of the torch, were striving to prevent! She didn't believe that destruction was inevitable!

However, it seemed the guide had more to say.

She asked directly, “Once the world is devoured, let alone ordinary people, even Awakeners, stronger Awakeners, cannot survive in such an environment for long, right?”

“You are not wrong,” the silver-haired woman nodded. “The environment of the Ghastly Realm is uninhabitable, even my tower, constructed from special materials, is too small and far from sufficient as a shelter.”

“But since you have entered from a secret land, you are aware that the area around some secret lands have less Mysterious Evil, thanks to the special nature of the secret lands.”

“And there are some secret lands that are quite large and possess more normal environments with trees, streams, and so on that can accommodate human survival. We call such places—”

“Oasis!”

Secret land!

Oasis!

Could it be that those people who were displaced in the Ghastly Realm as the world was devoured, now live within the Oasis?

But according to the silver-haired woman's description, an Oasis was only somewhat larger than a secret land.

Even if they were several or dozens of times larger, given how small a secret land was, how big could an Oasis be, and how many people could it hold?

Moreover, they were still in the midst of the Ghastly Realm; the danger must be vastly greater than in the normal world. To live in such a place…

An Jianyou found even the thought terrifying.

“Fear, it's right to be afraid,” said the silver-haired woman. “This means you need to enhance your power as much as possible before the world is devoured and find an Oasis.”

“Or, you could join an Oasis faction.”

“For instance, our Black Stone Alliance. With your potential, there's a good opportunity for you to join. It's something you could consider.”

“Alright, the paid service will now begin.”

“To learn methods to reduce the danger of Awakening, please choose one; to learn how to reach Awakening faster, please choose two; to learn how to create Awakener weapons, please choose three; to learn how to reduce the side effects of Strange Implements, please choose four.”

Uh, are there any other paid services?

Black Blade didn't speak, An Jianyou didn't speak.

This kind of paid service, Xing Jing Lei felt it was not his place to speak, and he consciously closed his mouth.

Seeing that no one spoke, the silver-haired woman thought they were poor.

She said, “Staged payments are also possible, besides Ghastly Crystals and Strange Implements, various mysterious materials or supplies can also be used as payment.”

“It's not about the money…”

It's just that your paid services aren't very attractive.

An Jianyou complained internally, and as the representative, she spoke up, “Our mentor would like to have a talk with you personally.”

Oh, there's someone even higher up?

The silver-haired woman was somewhat surprised; after all, those capable of entering into the Ghastly Realm at this stage were already among the top-tier Awakeners in the real world.

Such individuals were typically pioneers, at the forefront of the era, and unlikely to be timid.

She had misjudged the situation.

But now she was even more intrigued; the stronger and wealthier the world, the more wool she could shear.

“Fine, this Guide will wait here for your mentor, remember this location,” she said, crossing her arms as her silver hair floated gently in the air.

Then they heard the girl across from them say, “No, there's no need to wait, our mentor is already here.”

Already here?

Where?

Wasn't their team only three people?

As her thoughts churned, golden light particles emerged and converged before her, forming a man dressed in a white robe with a faint smile appearing before her.

Yi Xuan Lu Xi's mouth fell open slightly.

…

PS: There was a mistake earlier about the output of the secret lands; they cannot produce Strange Implements, only Strange Implements.

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