Chapter 99: The History of Dead City

  "Y... do you know me?" Galo hesitated to speak, the spirit in front of him gave himself a very strange feeling, extremely mysterious, as if he was not talking to a spirit, but rather facing a vast space like the universe.

  The fairy shook her head "Don't know, and can't possibly know."

  "So you..." The spirit waved its hand "Wait a minute, I'll deal with this uninvited guest first." Turning to look at Gurt who was bound by the light, Gurt shouted "Bastard, do you think you can stop me with this thing?! Don't underestimate me!"

  "What a noisy guest, I won't see you off." The elf lightly raised her hand, and suddenly Gurt was like he had been hit by something, and was thrown out violently, flying straight out of the light screen.

  Jia Luo was stunned for a moment, what kind of power is this?

  "Alright, no need to look anymore. You don't understand my power, please sit down. I think we can have a quiet chat now." The spirit returned to the center of the room and sat down. Gallo didn't speak, also quietly sitting across from the spirit.

  The fairy thought for a moment, "Oh dear, when it's time to say something, I suddenly don't know what to say. There are many things to say, but somehow nothing can be said at the moment."

  "Let me introduce myself first, I'm Wuji, one of the survivors of Armenia."

  "Survivors? But wasn't this place destroyed nearly three hundred years ago? How is it that people are still alive here? And why haven't you been known to the world, or left this place?"

  "Inorganic suddenly laughed inexplicably 'Because we are beings that cannot leave this place.'"

  "Armenida was destroyed three hundred years ago, and the one who destroyed it is named Jiang Wenyuan." The inorganic being slowly opened its mouth "A god like you, who doesn't belong to this world."

  "What!" Gallo suddenly jumped up, the shock brought by this sentence was too great. The name Jiang Wenyuan, unmistakably, is a Han Chinese name that can only appear in China. And the second sentence made it clear to Gallo that the person, like himself and Master Monda, was also a space-time traveler who came to Earth.

  But what does "God" mean?

  "Armenia was called the most prosperous country three hundred years ago, it was all thanks to that man, his incredible powers and inventions made this place the most sought-after region. After all of that, the man suddenly announced that he would be taking a break for experimental reasons. In respect for him, the people built the tower we are in now for him to live and research his experiments, and they called him the Creator-Destroyer, because his powers were not only creative but also had astonishing destructive ways."

  "The stone statue at the gate, some special potions, or even ways to destroy the opponent without touching their body, each one makes the enemy fearful and gives up resistance, that's why Armenia has so many aliens living there."

  It's clear, completely clear. Puppet Alchemy, Energy Alchemy, and the last one, the most terrifying Alchemy forbidden in the Alchemy world, Death Alchemy. There's no doubt about it. This man named Jiang Wenyuan is also an Alchemist from Earth, just like me.

  "What's next?"

  "Five months later, the most terrifying thing happened. A black gas emerged from this tower. Anyone who came into contact with it contracted a disease that left them completely powerless and almost unable to move. Three days later, they lost all sensation, and two days after that, black spots appeared. When the spots spread throughout their body, the person would die. The power of this gas was enormous, and even elves, dwarves, or the physically strongest mountain giants could not escape it. In just half a month, nearly one-fifth of the population had died."

  Ka Luo's eyebrows furrowed deeply, what kind of energy is this? Or a virus? But he had never heard of it before. Could it be that man's failed alchemy experiment? But that didn't seem right either, generally speaking, even if it was a failure, any energy should still be controllable by alchemy.

  "This was not the worst of it, what happened next was what terrified us. Although this gas was spreading slowly, it didn't dissipate at all, on the contrary, it kept increasing slowly. Everyone started to get scared, and some people suggested escaping. Just as almost everyone was about to make a run for it, something else happened."

  "That man suddenly came out of the tower, everyone took him as their last hope, but what he said made everyone collapse."

  "This gas, indeed, was the result of his failed experiment. It contained components that even he couldn't control and wouldn't disappear until it had existed for over a hundred years. Due to its strange properties, it could only spread across an area of about 100 miles or so. However, it also possessed another special ability - parasitism."

  "As long as the person who has been in contact with it carries the parasite, no matter how far he goes, it will not disappear and may spread to any place he reaches. In this way, there is only one outcome: the destruction of the world."

  "Garro fell silent, if this gas was indeed so terrible, then the world had only one path to destruction. 'But what about next? How did you survive? Why did the Forgotten Marshes appear later on?"

  "After that, the entire Armenia was quiet, or rather silent for two days. Then we all made a decision, regardless of ethnicity, regardless of historical decisions, that is...". Wuji looked at Galo and said word by word: "Everyone stays behind, no one leaves here to bring destruction to the outside world, even if it means dying to the last person."

  Complete chaos, Gallo's thoughts at this moment have become chaotic. Although at this moment, the words spoken from his mouth did not have a single ripple, he could hear the determination and love for the world that was implicit in those words, which came from countless people.

  Close your eyes and take a deep breath. "Don't you regret doing this?"

  "It's somewhat acceptable, but compared to others, it's not an unacceptable existence." Inorganic smiled slightly "However, the matter hasn't ended yet, do you want to hear more?"

  "Say it."

  "Knowing that he had committed a great calamity, Jiang Wenyuan did not seek forgiveness from others. After researching for two days, he made a decision and announced it to everyone. He discovered that the substance seemed to have some indestructible properties, which every person possessed in small quantities, but it was too little to be of any protective use. To prevent future generations from entering this place and bringing disaster, he proposed a method: first, using a special technique, collect all the tiny energies from everyone's bodies, so that maybe a few people could survive. Those who survived would have the obligation to tell others about what happened in this city and stop them from coming here. However, due to the unknown nature of the substance, he couldn't guarantee who would ultimately survive. The second method was even crazier: using the corpses of nearly a million people to set up a massive death zone to prevent invasion."

  "Did you promise?"

  "Yes, everyone agreed, and that method was successful too. This place became a dead zone, while outside, the Forgotten Swamp and the Lifeless Illusion were born."

  "When I woke up, only a few survivors were left, and that man. He told me some things, then turned into countless ashes in front of me, disappearing into the sky. And among those things, there was a large part that I didn't tell the other survivors."

  "What did he say?"

  "Many things, first of all, he apologized for the disaster he brought to us, although it's meaningless now. Next, it was about his identity. He told me that he doesn't belong to this world, he comes from another space-time and came here due to a failed experiment, and this destruction is also related to that experiment."

  "Don't you hate him? He destroyed so many for just one person."

  "In fact, he's also a pitiful person." Wuji sighed "Moreover, his experiment wasn't for himself, but for two people."

  "Two people?" Gallo suddenly felt something was off. Two people, transmitting space-time, destructive power, plus... the Reverse God.

  Jia Luo jumped up, the correct answer made her feel fearful too "Could it be that..." At this moment, her voice trembled slightly "The experiment he was studying is..."

  "Soul power." The inorganic being spoke softly, uttering the four words Gallo was least willing to hear: "He trespassed into God's domain to save his deceased wife. This is what he told me."

  Ka Luo knelt down on the ground, his whole body weak. Another one, another person who failed in soul refining. Is it really that far and unattainable, is it really a realm that belongs to the gods?

  "Finally, he also said that this energy actually exists in our bodies, but it is suppressed by us, so we will not be harmed by this gas and it will not leak out. However, there is one thing: once we die, this energy will expand again and recreate a new Arimaniada. For this reason, he extracted his own soul to conduct brain experiments because his body was also damaged and on the verge of destruction."

  "Now, he's right there." With an inorganic hand pointing, it was a huge crystal mirror. "Since we've already lost our physical bodies, it's no longer possible for us to converse with him. He said that in the future, one of his kind would come here and thoroughly rescue us. I think, perhaps it's you?"

  "Am I the only one? It seems like it's just me, but...". Gazing at the crystal "I don't know if I should or shouldn't, or rather, do I have the courage to see him?"

  Inorganic matter looked slightly surprised "Why don't you believe what I say?"?

  "Not until you spoke of the power of the soul from your own mouth did I know that this was absolutely true, but..."

  "What is it?!" Inorganic suddenly became a bit anxious, after all, having survived here for three hundred years, the only hope was Gallo.

  Ka Luo's hands were inserted into her hair "I don't dare, I'm so afraid that after going in, the answer I get will be one that I can't accept. That way, my persistence and faith of over a decade will all turn to nothing."