Chapter 443: The End is Still the Beginning

"Finally ......" Xia Chiyu pressed the last button, and as a result, a large mess of moving floors in front of him moved together with his movements, and then connected together, becoming a passage to the front. Xia Chiyu sat on the ground with a sigh and said, "I swear that I will never take this route in the future." ”

"It's amazing, it's ...... to eat fish," Zhang Zinuo couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect this mode to be so difficult, to be honest, when I saw that the floor behind me would change the floor that had been moved in front of me, I thought that eating fish would collapse." ”

"I'm actually having a breakdown." Xia Chiyu said with a dry smile, "It's just that I adjusted my ...... again."

Saying that, Xia Chiyu waved his hand impatiently: "In short, just pass it, don't care about those details." ”

However, Xia Chiyu had already cursed countless swear words in his heart, if he hadn't been worried that he would be ridiculed by Gu Qinyan's three guys if he went out after failing to play the book, he would have chosen to give up a long time ago.

However, it takes ...... time

"Fifty-three minutes, almost an hour...... Xia Chiyu said to himself with a dry smile, "This is the longest boss battle in my life, and I think we are going to be reduced to the last echelon." ”

Xia Chiyu took Zhang Zinuo, Liu Yiyu and others to move forward on the road he had so hard to spell out, there was darkness below, but it was not a simple shadow, and those black mist could be vaguely seen surging gently, turning into a hideous and complaining human face from time to time, like a gloomy resentful spirit, which made people shudder.

After passing through this path, they re-entered the previous labyrinth, but this time there was no fork in the road, and they walked forward for a while before they saw the exit, and on the platform in front of them, Gu Qinyan and the others were already waiting on it.

Within the three halls of trial, there are three paths leading to this platform. Xia Chiyu knew that it must be the same as when he was in the City of the Dead before, according to their different choices. The content of the trials encountered is also different.

"Are we really the last ones?" Xia Chiyu covered his forehead helplessly and said, "Okay, I'm ready to accept your ridicule, you can start talking." ”

Gu Qinyan sighed slightly and said, "It's true that we have to wait a little longer, what kind of trial is you there?" ”

"Unraveling the mechanism." Xia Chiyu sighed helplessly, "The most difficult kind, the four stages, each stage is not independent, it will affect the mechanism that has been lifted before, I was really ...... at that time"

Gu Qinyan snorted and said, "You must have answered a bunch of particularly meaningful answers, right?" ”

"Hey. Let's take it as a lesson. Xia Chiyu hammered his head and said helplessly, "Sometimes it's not a good thing to think too much...... "As he spoke, Xia Chiyu turned to Gu Qinyan and the others and asked, "What about you?" I've encountered some trials. ”

Su Xing and the others roughly said that the first to arrive here was Nadya and Chenfeng's team, and their answers were the most direct and simple; The second one to arrive here was Gu Qinyan, who chose not to answer and forcibly pass through.

Both teams had arrived half an hour earlier, and Awakening and Black had arrived twenty minutes earlier, and they didn't answer questions, but instead tried to break through by disarming the trap.

Next up is the team of Lacey and Xiaobai. They walked through a labyrinth, went around in circles for a long time, and finally under the leadership of Lin Qianxue, they came to this road to the right exit with difficulty. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the last one to arrive will be the team of Lacey and Xiaobai. The crowd was even skeptical. Whether they can get here or not is a question.

And the last one to arrive here was naturally Xia Chiyu's side. Although he didn't fight the monster, it took the longest time, and in Xia Chiyu's opinion, it was really a bit worth the loss. Generally speaking. Wisdom should be a process that can save people time and trouble, and it is precisely for the sake of laziness that human beings have advanced technology to this point.

"Alas. Never mind. Let's go. Xia Chiyu said helplessly, waved his hand to everyone, and walked forward from this platform. But just as they passed by the stone sign that read "The Hall of Trials of Wisdom, Skill, and Force," Agareth's shadow suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking their path.

"Congratulations, you've passed the Hall of Trials......" Agareth's shadow let out a hoarse "giggle" laugh before continuing, "Are you all happy with your fate?" Did you learn a lesson? ”

Xia Chiyu smiled, but said in his heart: Fuck you.

"Hmph, no matter what, your choices determine your fate." "Next, you will face not only your fate, but the fate of all mankind...... You ready? ”

As he spoke, Agareth asked in that guessing tone, "So, what is the race that once dominated the world, created these cultures, and then enslaved human beings tens of millions of years ago?" ”

"It seems to be a demon." Xia Chiyu replied, everyone's eyes were focused on him, Xia Chiyu sighed helplessly, and explained: "That's the case, in the Genesis of AO, you can see it as something like the Bible. It was once said that after the creator created this world, the first people to exist in the world were the gods and demons. ”

"Very good answer." Agareth smiled and continued, "So, what is the purpose of the appearance of humans? ”

Xia Chiyu raised his eyebrows and replied, "Human beings are food. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and Agareth snorted and laughed, "Yes, humans are the food of the gods and demons. The demons feed on the flesh of the Terrans, while the Protoss feed on the souls of the Terrans. Therefore, the demons raised the human race in captivity like pigs to eat, while the protoss made themselves the belief of the human race to suck the spiritual power of the human race. That's where it came about. ”

"This dark history came out of the renewal of the Spellcaster profession." Xia Chiyu explained, "Dark Words and Divine Words, these two are the power of the Demon Race and the God Race. Haven't you guys thought this profession is weird? ”

Everyone shook their heads in unison, and Xia Chiyu said helplessly: "You see, other mages need to condense the elements and then guide the spell before they can use the spell, but the profession of the spellmaster does not need to consume mana, and only needs to pronounce a syllable or write a text to release the spell, don't you think it's very unfair?" ”

"That's a bit ......," Nadjan said, snuggling.

Li Feifei urged in the back: "What about after that, what about after that?" What happened? ”

"Hmm. That's right. After all, there is an overwhelming gap between human beings and the gods and demons in terms of strength, and it is not enough to fight against them at all, so they united the dragons, elves, dwarves and beasts at that time......" Xia Chiyu explained At this time, Liu Yiyu interrupted him and asked in surprise: "What!?" Are there elves, dwarves, and orcs in this game!? ”

"Yes, but after that, due to some conflicts with humans, they are now living in seclusion on other continents, and I guess they will ......be opened in a later version," Xia Chiyu said, frowning and saying, "Don't interrupt me." ”

"Oh......" Liu Yiyu muttered and retreated to the back. Let Xia Chiyu continue.

In short, at that time, mankind united with other races and formed an alliance. Although the Protoss and the Demon Race have great power, they don't know how to "strategize". To put it bluntly, it is not insidious enough, so human beings first borrowed the hand of the Protoss to fight against the demons on the condition that all the faith in the Protoss were the condition, and the demons were almost driven away and slaughtered.

However, the Protoss is not much better than the Demon Race, and in order to suck the spiritual power of human beings, some Protoss will even suck up the souls of believers. It leads to the believer becoming demented, that is, "soul nothingness".

Therefore, after the alliance of humans eliminated the demons, they began to deal with the gods again. And this time it's even simpler. The mind of the Protoss is simpler than that of the Demons, and even if the Terrans don't do it, there is a situation where the Protoss compete with each other for believers.

So, the Terrans provoked it a little. The Protoss waged war against each other, and then the Terrans reaped the benefits and finally defeated the Protoss. Only a handful of kind-hearted Protoss remained. Finally, the Terrans became the overlords of this world.

However, as the years went by, due to the great numerical superiority of human beings, they gradually became unfriendly to other races such as elves, dwarves, and dragons who helped them in the first place, and even became human trading commodities, so these races were forced to migrate to other continents to live in seclusion.

Due to the growing power, the concept of "gods" of human beings is getting weaker and weaker, and the gods who have no faith have lost their appetite, and the last gods have gradually died out. As a result, the world of AO has become what it is now, and only the world of humans remains, and humans are still fighting and provoking each other, repeating the cycle of the past.

Xia Chiyu has been talking here for a long time, even more than Agareth. When he finally finished speaking, Agareth continued: "So, guess what enemy you will face today...... Who is it? ”

From Agareth's words, it seemed that the enemy they were about to face would be one of the gods and demons. But either way, it shouldn't be something that ordinary humans can fight against. After all, the number of human beings back then was tens of thousands of times greater than that of the Protoss and the Demon Race, but it still had to rely on conspiracy and alliances, other races, and even dragons to defeat these two races.

"All life in the world hangs by a thread in balance, and a new round of history is about to begin, and here is the starting point of the wheel of fate." Agareth said what he had said to Xia Chiyu and the four of them last time, and then his body turned into a whirlpool and disappeared in front of everyone.

Correspondingly, the stairs behind them began to disappear one by one, but very slowly, as if to remind everyone to hurry forward. Xia Chiyu didn't stay long, and rushed forward with everyone first.

Passing through a dark passageway, a faint glow of fire could be seen at the exit ahead, but the shadows of the firelight combined with the cold walls were unsettling. Xia Chiyu took the lead and groped forward.

However, they came to a room where there were no bosses or monsters, and in front of them was a dilapidated stone chair, on which the man had turned into a white skeleton, but he still held an old diary in his hand. Xia Chiyu stepped forward and tried to pull out the old diary.

The moment he touched the diary, a golden clock quickly reversed from behind the white bone, and then the room seemed to go back in time, the old walls gradually became new, and the flesh and blood on the white bone quickly regenerated, turning back into a living old man, and then rewinding all the way to the entrance of the room, before finally stopping.

Time returned to normal, but it was clear that all they saw was an image of the past, and when the old man came in, he went straight past them, trembling to the bench, and sat down.

"The person who saw this image ...... I am the guardian of time and space, the Great Sage Larufal. The old man whispered, "When I was immersed in exploring time and space, I discovered two secrets, namely the destruction of the Protoss and the Demon Race. Neither of these races has really perished, they still exist in this world, waiting for an opportunity to move......"

As he spoke, the old man coughed: "When the demons were facing extinction, they chose 'dry sleep' to drain the water in their bodies and fell into an eternal sleep in the 'sealed place' they chose, while the protoss 'sealed' themselves in the stone of light when human faith gradually disappeared. ”

"But neither race has perished." The old man said wearily, "Although I have discovered this, I cannot destroy the remnants of these two races. So I carved a seal on their sealed land, and when one of the seals of the two races is lifted, the door of the mysterious sanctuary will open......"

"This means that when you come here, it means that one of the gods or demons has awakened. At this time, human beings will once again face an existential crisis......" The old man coughed again, "After experiencing the conspiracy of the human race, the wisdom of the gods and the strength of the demons have risen to a higher level, no matter which one it is, it will become the great enemy of the human race......

"I'm running out of time after years of wandering through the rift of time and space......" Rarufal took a deep breath, "If you can come to this place, it means that you have enough power...... The only chance to defeat the demons and the human race is to re-align the entire human world, including the dwarves, elves, and dragons......"

As he spoke, Larufal raised his hand, and a spatial rift opened in front of him, and then a box fell from it: "Inside, is the last hope of mankind......" And with his movements, the box actually really fell out of the space-time rift, and fell to the ground with a soft "clang" sound, obviously a real object and not an image!

"The gears are already turning...... Is it an end, or a new beginning......" (To be continued.) )