Chapter 1: Mutations

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Tick, tick. Time passed slowly, and Lu Kaifeng looked at the countdown in the lower left corner.

00:59

Finally... Is it coming?

Ten years have passed, and even the "Continent of the Gods", which once dominated the online game world, has finally come to an end. The former overlord of online games now only has the last fifty-nine seconds left.

Glancing at the countdown, Lu Kaifeng looked into the distance. Familiar cities, towns, mountains, caves, forests, and lakes come into view. The thin figure sitting on the peak is like an old monk who has entered the meditation.

The past is like a movie in Lu Kaifeng's mind, the champion of the individual competition in the global finals, the single-handedly dragon god, a large-scale siege, and a team to play the next book... Scene after scene, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Coming back to his senses, Lu Kaifeng glanced at the lower left corner again.

00:01

Good bye.

Lu Kaifeng said silently.

Just as Lu Kaifeng was waiting to be ejected from the game, countless pieces of information poured into his brain, drowning his consciousness in the dark...

I don't know how long it took, Lu Kaifeng opened his eyes.

"Shhhh

Lu Kaifeng gasped, and the sharp pain in his brain almost made him unconscious again. Forced to endure the severe pain and get up, Lu Kaifeng found that the surroundings were pitch black, only a little golden light not far away was bright and dark, as if the call of ancient times.

Lu Kaifeng walked towards the light for a while, until his feet were blocked. At this time, he also adjusted to the darkness here and saw the scene in front of him clearly.

It is a trapezoidal structure, about twenty meters long and seven or eight meters high. In the center of the building, there is a stone staircase leading to the top. It was from above that the golden light emanated. Walking up the stone stairs step by step, Lu Kaifeng reached the top, and the scene in front of him was all too familiar to him. A circle about ten meters in diameter was drawn in the center of the square platform, and within the circle, complex and obscure patterns swam like swimming snakes, forming this exquisite and strange magic array. The golden light came from the center of the magic array, where the pitch-black sword stood in it, and the silk threads that emitted a faint golden light connected the lines of the magic array and wrapped around the sword body to bind it to death, as if this was a demon crawling out of the abyss.

It is a sealing altar. It is surrounded by irregular rock walls that look like a cave.

Isn't the game closed? Where is this?

Lu Kaifeng was secretly puzzled, thinking, but he didn't find that he was walking towards the sword, and when he came back to his senses, his hand was already on the hilt. Lu Kaifeng, who realized that the situation was wrong, wanted to withdraw his arm, but it was too late. Majestic energy gushed out from the bottom of the altar, and the golden threads trembled as if they had been subjected to a huge impact, and in a few moments they broke inch by inch, turning into grains of golden light and dissipating. Immediately after, the pitch-black flames ignited, spreading all the way down the sword body, devouring Lu Kaifeng.

Deep in the Angles

The majestic dark elemental energy soared into the sky, and the terrifying impact spread to all sides, raging everything, the stones flew away, and the ancient trees broke off. The sky was overcast, and the wind was howling. The weak demonic beasts hid in the cave and shivered, for fear of being affected, and the powerful demonic beasts also retreated, instinctively telling them that there was some terrifying existence awakened. After a long time, the vision gradually dissipated, the wind stopped, and the sky cleared, as if nothing had happened, except for the mess on the ground.

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The center of the continent, the Church of Slyre, the Papal Palace

"Your Majesty, the Bishop of Kaos in the city of Southwest Dano has sent a message."

At the foot of the steps, a knight fell to one knee and reported to the old man in the seat. The old man was dressed in a white robe, and he looked like he was about to fall, as if he was about to fall when the wind blew, but no one in this world would think so, he was the Pope of the strongest country in this world, the Cult of Slyre, and at the same time one of the strongest people in this world, Sai Cadrest Salais Slyer. During his reign of more than two hundred years, the Church was the most powerful country on the mainland, and Chenosse Christianity reached its peak.

Pope Cy Cadrest Salaìr Slais bowed slightly, and the attendants on his side walked up to him and knelt down on one knee and held the crystal above his head. After the squire whispered the incantation, the crystal slowly revealed a person, it was also an old man, who seemed to be older than the Pope, but the solemn purple robe on his body showed that he was a bishop!

"His Majesty the Pope." Kaos first saluted, and then said, "Five minutes ago, a huge dark elemental fluctuation came from the depths of the Anglis Mountains, and it was suspected that the magic sword had lifted the seal. An investigation has been dispatched. ”

With that, the image in the crystal disappeared and returned to calm. But the Pope's heart was not at peace, he closed his eyes and frowned, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he opened his eyes: "Roda, please ask His Highness Aurelian to leave immediately and go to Dano City to investigate this matter." ”

"Yes!"

At the bottom of the stairs, the knight took the order.

At the same time, similar scenes were staged in other parts of the continent.

Northwest of the mainland, Takla Island

A man in a black cloak stood in front of a stele, with short thick black hair and dark eyes staring at the runes on the stele, wondering what he was thinking. He waited until the runes dimmed before leaving.

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Darkness, endless darkness.

Lu Kaifeng only felt that he was abandoned in the void, there was nothing around, there was no loading prompt, no system notice, only darkness. Years of gaming experience had taught him that it was in a copy, but he couldn't find a single element of the game. He touched his hand to his waist, but it was empty. It was originally where the weapons were hung.

It seemed to be clueless, but Lu Kaifeng was not flustered. This situation is often encountered in the game, and the strategy to deal with it is to brake statically. Lu Kaifeng waited quietly.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Kaifeng suddenly grabbed to his chest. At the same time, a pitch-black long sword suddenly appeared and stabbed Lu Kaifeng's heart, but he caught it. The pitch-black long sword trembled violently, as if it wanted to break free from Lu Kaifeng's confinement, and at the same time, black flames ignited from the sword body, engulfing Lu Kaifeng's hand.

Lu Kaifeng subconsciously wanted to let go, but subconsciously told him that he couldn't do this. When the flames covered his hands, he found that the flames did not harm him. It wasn't until the black flames spread along Lu Kaifeng's arm to his whole body that a strong burning sensation erupted from the limbs.

"Ah!!!!!!!h

Lu Kaifeng fell to his knees in pain, he frantically grabbed his own flesh and skin, and kept screaming miserably, but he never let go of his grip on the blade.

After a long time, it seemed like an instant, the burning sensation dissipated, and the huge magic array unfolded with Lu Kaifeng as the center. The next moment, the magic array disappeared, and the black sword turned into a trace of black qi and drilled into Lu Kaifeng's left eye, and the flames disappeared as well. At this time, if someone can see, they will find that in Lu Kaifeng's left eye, the magic array slowly rotates until it dissipates. It's just that his eyes are getting deeper and deeper.

Lu Kaifeng lost consciousness again.

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