Chapter 507 - 270: The Heroic View of History

Chapter 507: Chapter 270: The Heroic View of History

[The Mortal World]

"How... did I come back?"

A somewhat lean man quietly gazed at the desert sky.

For some reason, he had appeared in the ruins once again.

And yet...

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP—

His heart was pounding wildly.

’I have to tell Lord Aertemi about what just happened. I must tell Them I found a perfect vessel. If I can get that person’s skin, it will surely be of great help to Lord Aertemi.’

He tried to move his feet, wanting to leave the ruins immediately.

He no longer had any desire to continue exploring.

But he suddenly discovered that his legs felt as if they were filled with lead.

So heavy.

He couldn’t move at all.

’Wait, what’s happening to my body?’

Turning his senses inward, he suddenly discovered that his internal organs were dissolving and rotting. Besides the outermost layer of skin, everything inside was beginning to corrode.

’What... is this?’

’Why is my body dissolving?’

’I don’t understand... This is unbelievable!’

’What do I do?’

’What can I even do now!?’

Yellow sand stretched in all directions. There wasn’t a single person here, not even a Demon... He couldn’t find anyone to call for help, and besides, it looked like it was too late.

He rummaged through his Spatial Bag with his mind.

He quickly found a few Potions and drank them down.

GLUG GLUG~

However, there were no signs of improvement. Even the Potions that had seemed miraculous before had no effect now.

Death... was closing in.

He was completely powerless.

Regret, indignation, despair, and confusion...

’I just don’t understand. Why am I dying?’

’I had such a bright future, an infinite Future ahead of me.’

THUMP—

He collapsed to the ground. His body gradually softened and shriveled, his internal organs melting away as if they were water.

In the end, only an empty husk of skin was left on the sand-covered ground.

...

[The Baffling Space of Chaos]

Aigemisa spoke again, and everyone’s attention naturally focused on it.

"Everyone."

"Have you heard the word ’hero’ before?"

’Isn’t that obvious? Who hasn’t heard the word "hero"?’

"I wonder if you all agree that the world has reached this point today because of the great feats of heroes..."

Lu Cang frowned slightly.

’I don’t know what it’s trying to say.’

Lu Cang didn’t ask, but Rhine did. "Haha, are you talking about the idea that History is made by heroes?"

The figure in the gray mist replied, "Hehe, that’s right."

"But I won’t be giving you any points for that this time... I just want to say that the History of this world was built by countless powerful individuals who saved it from peril."

Within the gray mist, Aigemisa crossed its hands.

"Everyone, do you want to become heroes?"

’Become heroes?’

’What a strange choice of words.’

’If we’re talking about becoming heroes, Iz and I have already saved Lorren more than once.’

’We’ve also eradicated a Cult more than once.’

’On the Lorren Continent, I’d probably be considered a hero.’

’At least, if you were to do a man-on-the-street interview, Lu Cang would be one in the eyes of the Lorren People...’

’But what does Aigemisa mean by ’becoming a hero’?’

"So, in this segment, I plan to have you save something."

Lu Cang glanced around.

’In fact, there’s a Cultist among these people. This person is a Disciple of Aigemisa, a member of the Chaos Church.’

’Honestly.’

’Aigemisa is already classified as a part of a Cult.’

’But now I’m in its Trial, and it wants people to be heroes?’

’What kind of nonsense is this?’

He just felt his Spirituality twitch slightly. It wasn’t a premonition of danger, but it wasn’t a good omen either. It was just a feeling that something was about to happen.

Lu Cang used his Prophet’s foresight to peer into the Future.

However, what he saw was an exceptionally chaotic scene.

’Is it really too difficult for a Level 2 Prophet to predict the game of the God of Chaos?’

’Since it’s known for chaos, it naturally wouldn’t be so easy for me to predict.’

Lu Cang silently made a wish, hoping he could return to the mortal world alive.

The wish was made, but it was not immediately fulfilled.

This wish also proved once again that this place was not the mortal world.

Moreover, his Future Preview hadn’t refreshed yet.

’This means that April 1st isn’t over.’

’This day is so long...’

’I’m used to my daily preview. I’m finding that every day without a Future Preview is hard to get through.’

’Fortunately, the danger level isn’t high, so I’m not too anxious.’

Rhine asked, "Heroes? How do we become them?"

"Hehe, the kind of heroes you will become is naturally related to the abilities you represent."

"As long as you successfully save that desperate scene..."

"...then you will pass."

Rhine: "Oh? Then how do you categorize our abilities?"

Aigemisa let out a cold smile, and from this smile, one could feel its deep sense of pleasure.

"Hehe, naturally, it’s related to your points."

"Those with more points are naturally more powerful, and will need to play the role of an even more powerful hero..."

After speaking, Rhine suddenly looked up at the sky.

Above his head was the number 0.

His points had been zeroed out after he was defeated in a challenge. The one who currently had two hundred million points was another person, a Naraku Inheritor named Luo Yan.

"As for the losers with zero points."

"You’ll just have to try your luck."

"After all, losers rarely have a choice."

’What choice?’

’I didn’t know the points would be used like this from the start.’

Lu Cang looked up at his score: three point two billion points...

’Heh.’

’I feel like I’ve been set up. Even though I concealed myself, it seems I still fell into a trap.’

’I don’t know if it was a random choice or if it was done intentionally.’

"Well then, I’ll leave the next task to all of you."

SWOOSH—

A deep, dark mist completely enveloped the entire area.

Then, from all directions, one after another, phantasmal images began to appear.

These images were illusory and insubstantial.

In the Sea of Consciousness, An Su saw the exact same scene as Lu Cang.

"These are..."

"What are these?" Lu Cang asked.

An Su replied, "They are things that have happened in the past."

"You mean, past History?"

An Su: "Mm, that’s right."

WHOOSH—

Vaguely, through the gray mist, he could see a great Fire burning a Church. As the perspective pulled back, the entire city was revealed to be a Sea of Fire...

After the Sea of Fire, an entire island was engulfed.

It turned out that the volcano was active. After it erupted, the entire island was transformed into a sea of molten lava.

SWOOSH—

The scene changed again. He saw a man in a full suit of Armor, a massive black Giant Sword by his right hand, sitting on a golden throne. He looked down upon his countless ministers below, judging a man bound to an execution rack.

Another scene change. He saw a tide of millions of Demons sweeping across an entire continent, pushing forward like a tidal wave.

"The Arian Saint Church incident."

"The Emperor’s Slumber."

"The Great Migration..."

"These are all famous events from History. I never thought I’d get to see them again here. They’re all such soul-shaking, major events."

Hearing An Su’s explanation, Lu Cang understood.

’In other words.’

’Aigemisa wants us to try and change the course of a simulated historical event...’