Chapter 1880 - 1879: Burning

In just an instant, that long arrow pierced the firmament, piercing through the distorted figure above the sky.

Immediately following, the terrifying twisted power erupted from the long arrow, releasing a dreadful pressure.

At this moment, Ai Luoti finally managed to suppress the madness within herself and lowered her head, looking down at He Ao.

She slightly opened her mouth and hoarsely shouted, "Your choice will only lead to death!"

Then in the next instant, her body suddenly contracted, collapsing inward before the power of the long arrow fully released, completely disappearing.

At the same time, the woman in boots standing in the corner had no time to speak before surging flames enveloped her body.

He Ao watched the trembling void around him, gazing in the direction where the graceful figure vanished.

In that previous instant, he had already placed a Super Memory mark upon Ai Luoti’s soul.

At this moment, he was not waiting for the retrieval of the mark.

Normally, as long as the marked target dies, whether by accidental death or becoming a sacrifice to a divine being, the mark would automatically retrieve.

Because the mark is a part of He Ao’s soul, when the mark is destroyed, He Ao can feel some level of feedback.

Yet the feeling of the mark being destroyed was absent.

This situation mostly indicates one possibility: the target has not completely died.

But in He Ao’s earlier perception, Ai Luoti’s body had already been completely destroyed.

Some kind of clone? Angel-tier clone? Or some peculiar method of a substitute death?

It seems angels in the dungeon world are difficult to kill.

Especially those who have lived for hundreds of years like this Old Geezer.

Previously, whenever He Ao dealt with angel-tier enemies in the dungeon world, he would somewhat rely on divine power—this was his first time facing an angel in the dungeon world entirely on his own.

However, in that final instant, in the moment Ai Luoti’s consciousness collapsed, He Ao also sensed the words in her mind.

’Vissen’

The city suspected to be established near the ruins of Kovotra.

He Ao raised his head, looking overhead, where the pressure of the long arrow hanging in the void was rapidly spreading upward.

The massive loft roof was instantly torn open, revealing a mist-covered ’sky’.

Immediately, this mist-covered sky was also ripped apart in the blink of an eye, exposing a massive rift.

A pitch-black stone pillar appeared in He Ao’s field of view.

Boom boom boom—

The horrendous pressure spread upward, tearing apart the solid boulders, rending the dust and dirt between the boulders.

Seeing this scene, the black mist on He Ao’s body gradually dissipated, transforming into a foggy mist, re-entering the coffin suspended in the air.

——

Anke raised his head, looking at the beautiful woman standing before him, watching that tall and graceful body as his pace gradually slowed.

The position the beautiful woman stood was just right at the bright exit in front of him, and vaguely, he could already see the blurred street behind the beautiful woman.

But that tall, graceful, and vaguely plump body stood like a solid wall before him, blocking his final exit.

He gazed at this lovely beautiful woman, lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and continued to charge forward.

The beautiful woman gazed at the advancing Anke, a slight smile curling up at the corners of her lips. She gently raised her slender fingers, her palm facing Anke as she softly blew a breath.

An invisible force penetrated into Anke’s body, infiltrating his soul.

In this moment, he felt as though he was falling into a warm embrace, his brain gradually losing the ability to think, seemingly about to stop functioning.

His body also felt so heavy, as if his legs were bound with tens of pounds of sandbags.

His consciousness and soul urged him to stop at this moment, to enjoy eternal peace.

Yet he still gritted his teeth and continued onward.

His consciousness gradually blurred, his memory also gradually dimmed.

The world he saw was only left in darkness.

Until the end, only one voice remained in his head.

Run!

He kept pulling up his heavy legs, stepping forward.

Step by step.

He didn’t know how long had passed, when he felt his legs had become numb, his entire body suddenly felt light.

He only felt his body being propelled forward, suddenly rushing ahead.

Crisp cold wind brushed his cheeks, the shimmering lights of the nighttime reflecting in his gradually recovering vision.

It was a wide street, a bustling city.

He ’had come out’.

——

First Floor

Thunderous music echoed in the wide hall, and on that tall stage, beautiful young girls dressed scantily were passionately dancing.

Occasionally, intense applause erupted from below, and the lightly fragrant garments fluttered down among the applause.

The middle-aged man sitting in the corner held his wine glass, quietly observing the performance on stage, slowly drinking a sip of wine.

"Sir," a young man walked up beside him, sat down at the seat next to him, "this building is much stranger than we imagined; from the outside, it shouldn’t have so many floors."

"Is there anything else?" the man continued to ask.

"The ’girls’ here almost never recruit from outside, but every so often, new girls appear," the young man continued, "based on what we gathered from some ’regular customers’, they seem to come from the same ’family’, entirely dependent on internal supply."

"Is there anything else?" the man asked again.

The young man paused for a moment, lowered his head, "We haven’t investigated further."

"Don’t blame yourself," the man sighed, "the previous investigators almost had the same answer as you."

He raised his head, looking at the girls dancing hotly on the stage, once again sipping his wine.

The young man lowered his head, seeming somewhat ashamed.

Just then, a scorching atmosphere spread across the entire hall.

On the broad stage, one by one, the girls dancing began to emit a purple glow, soon transforming into intense flames.

The surging flames instantly enveloped these girls’ bodies.

"Ah! She’s burning!"

Simultaneously, faint exclamations were heard among the seats below.

The attendants moving among the crowd were also wrapped in purple flames at this moment.

The handsome ’security’ walking among the crowd was almost simultaneously consumed by the purple flames.

Raging flames instantly ignited throughout the vast hall, enveloping those bewildered bodies.

Clothes scattered, wine glasses overturned.

Those figures wrapped in flames hadn’t reacted further before being utterly consumed by the intense fire, turning into dissipating ashes.

The passionate music continued to echo in the wide hall, but the leaps under the music had vanished completely.

The crowd fell into a moment of eerie silence, with no one able to react in this sudden transformation.

Boom——

At that moment, a violent roar accompanied by a tremor sounded on the earth.

The man holding the wine glass heard the sound, first glanced around, then looked behind him.

He immediately stood up and said quickly, "Call all our people and go out with me."

The young man beside him had not yet reacted, and saw the man had already stood up and left, rushing toward the exit.

——

On the outside street, Anke turned his head and looked behind him.

In the place he had just emerged from, a blurry passage was vaguely appearing.

And inside this passage, the tall and voluptuous beauty still stood at the passage’s entrance.

But she no longer had time to ’care’ about Anke.

Some kind of purple flame enveloped her body, enveloped her cheeks, she seemed to be screaming in agony, roaring violently.

But the blurry passage had gradually dissipated, isolating all sounds.

Anke could only see the flame completely swallowed the tall figure, leaving only empty dust.

Boom——

But he had not yet reacted when a violent roar sounded right in front of him.

Immediately after, came the violent trembling of the earth.

He grabbed the lamp post beside him, struggling to steady himself, while looking ahead.

Only to see the wide street collapse downward in an instant, as if a terrifying hand had stretched out from underground and tore it apart, penetrating the earth.

After quite a while, the trembling earth finally calmed down.

Dizzy from the shaking, Anke raised his gaze, looked at the huge torn opening ahead.

The opening covered the entire wide street, tearing open a hollow area spanning hundreds of meters on this street.

Anke pondered for a while, slowly walked forward, and looked inside the opening.

The opening was very deep, but vaguely, he could see the shimmering glow below the opening, along with the blurred figures lying down, and what seemed like ancient wooden structures.

Anke stared at these buildings and figures, faintly feeling that this scene seemed familiar.

A bit like the scene he had just seen at ’Floor 35’.

But wasn’t ’Floor 35’ in the sky?

He instinctively turned around, wanting to look at the classical building beside him.

But what met his eyes was only a chiseled face.

This face looked somewhat familiar.

Soon, Anke realized, this was precisely the ’man’ who the old man asked him to greet in the lobby on the first floor, who seemed to be an officer.

Anke looked at this man, instinctively stepped back half a step, and cautiously said, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Click——

Anke had not yet reacted when he felt his hand being gripped by the other party, and then a cold electromagnetic handcuff was clasped on his wrist.

"City Defense Army," the man took out an officer’s ID from his clothes, "We have something to ask you."

At the same time, silhouettes in military uniforms also emerged from the man’s back, looking at Anke.

Anke looked at these people, was silent for a moment, "I still have things, can I look for them——"

The man cuffed his other hand too, "Whatever you want to say, whatever you want to find, we can discuss it once we get to the command center."

After speaking, he waved his hand, and the City Defense Army soldiers behind him came over, leading Anke deep into the crowd.

Anke instinctively wanted to resist, but seeing the guns the soldiers were taking out of their pockets, he stopped his actions.

He only turned back, gave a glance behind him.

At this moment, the officer man was standing before the huge opening, gazing downward.

He turned his head around, lowered his head, and softly called, "Old Geezer?"

But this time, he received no response.

And behind him, that officer man turned his head back, gave a glance at Anke’s departing silhouette, slightly furrowed his brow, "Old Geezer?"

He raised his hand, opened his wristband, and dialed a number.

The call was quickly answered, a somewhat deep voice came from the other end of the phone, "Davis, what’s up?"

"The club has been dealt with," the officer man looked at the towering building beside him, and the City Defense Army Command Center towering behind the building, hoarsely said, "The opportunity you’ve been waiting for has arrived."

The other end of the phone clearly paused for a moment, followed by an even more pronounced deep inhalation sound, "Then act!"

The officer man put down the wristband, again looked at the towering building behind him, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Then he raised his hand, waved the palm.

A young officer came over, he leaned forward and whispered a few words in this officer’s ear.

The officer was slightly startled, then nodded, running toward another door by the wall.

And the officer man raised his head, looking at the towering building overhead, his originally hunched body slightly straightened, walked inside.

The several soldiers at his side also immediately followed his footsteps.

And behind him, a dark coffin engraved with complex patterns slowly emerged from the shadows, landing inside the backpack of one of the soldiers.

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Ilotan City Government

A fleet of off-road vehicles parked before the dimly lit City Government building, a handsome man stepped down from the lead off-road vehicle, walked toward the entrance guard, and showed a credential.

Then, they seemed to have a dispute, the guard tried to push for something.

But behind the man, fully armed soldiers had already stepped out of the off-road vehicles, pushed open the tightly shut doors of the City Government building, and walked toward the deepest parts of the City Government.

——

Thud——

Accompanied by dull footsteps, Anke raised his head, glanced at the tightly shut iron door, through the window of the door, watched the guarding soldier pass by.

This seemed to be an old prison, inside there’s a bed, a toilet, and surveillance.

His personal belongings had not been confiscated, the wristband was still there, but there was no network here.

He raised the wristband and glanced at it, 2:30 in the morning.

The airship had already taken off, he didn’t manage to board the home-bound airship.

"Wonder if I can reschedule the ticket."

He rubbed his cheeks, then ruffled his somewhat messy hair, and sighed lightly.

The officer said they had something to ask him, but since capturing him, they had been locking him in here, without saying anything, without any inquiries, just holding him here.

"So, when can I be let out?" He leaned back, sighed again.

"Soon." An elderly voice sounded beside his ear.

"Old Geezer?" Anke suddenly sat up.

Click——

Meanwhile, the old iron door was pushed open from the outside.