022 The Mystery of Loulan, the Fear of Ghost Faces, and the Era of Reincarnation
"What are you talking about?" Li Xiang looked back, Wei Sangsang had stopped massaging and stood behind him timidly, looking at him with a smile.
"I'm talking about Loulan, Commander. Wei Sangsang gently stroked the pale yellow uniform on his body, his eyes revealing a trace of tenderness and guilt, "This is the gathering place of Loulan, the defensive position of the human camp at the forefront, we have guarded this land for generations, defending the invasion of calamity for mankind. β
"As far as I know, the first line of defense against calamity is the Great Wall of Calamity. Li Xiang frowned, in the face of Wei Sangsang's sudden change, he felt something in his heart, and somewhat understood the intention of the goddess of calamity.
"That's probably from your time. Wei Sangsang smiled faintly and nodded his uniform, "In our era, the human camp has come to an end, and the human gathering place has fallen apart from the inside, but I didn't expect that it was Loulan on the front line who was destroyed in the end. β
"We ...... Not a man of the same era. Li Xiang let out a long breath, and coming to this conclusion and getting confirmation from Wei Sangsang's mouth made it a little difficult for a reborn person like him to accept.
"That's right, we...... It's just that the soul of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, in this catastrophe, the Shadow Fjord was washed away, the E-1004 unit was completely wiped out, and our commander was killed by the xenomorphs in the last bloody battle. A hint of loneliness flashed across Wei Sangsang's face, "In the great battle just now, we were destroyed by that strange spirit and destroyed the last line of defense, and I watched them invade the fjord and hunt humans, but there was nothing they could do. β
"Thank you, Commander, for making it possible for me to finally see a long-awaited victory. It turned out that we had a chance to win. Wei Sangsang smiled sweetly, the defeat of this battle had been hovering in her mind for countless years, as a dead soul, repeating the obsession in her heart day and night, extremely painful.
That fat ghost was a pain in the hearts of all their warriors, and today, it was finally hunted by Li Xiang, fulfilling an impossible dream in their hearts.
"No wonder you have the strength of a level 1 magician, but you can't do magic. Li Xiang sighed, the uniform, the way of fighting, the alien ...... There are all kinds of indications that the goddess of calamity is not projecting the history of their time, but these familiar things do not seem to be codified.
The scenario simulation of the goddess of calamity always has a special purpose, since she wants to use the ancient kingdom of Loulan to simulate the war between humans and calamity, it means that part of this bloody battle must be real historical facts.
"So you've found out a long time ago. Wei Sangsang nodded approvingly, admiring the commander with whom she had been with for less than a day, and she didn't know what era he was from, but judging by the way he fought, he thought it was from a more distant future.
With such a powerful combat power at such a young age, they should be able to expel calamity in their time, right?
This is the long-cherished wish of the human camp for generations, and generation after generation has worked hard for it, although with the rotation of the gears of history, many people have selectively forgotten their own situation and encounters, but there is always such a group of people, who always want to break this cage, get out of the Great Wall of Calamity, and see the wider world outside.
This is the real spark of humanity.
"So, during the period of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, you also faced the threat of calamity?" Li Xiang remembered that Loulan existed in the ancient era of the Blue Star period in his previous life, which was part of archaeology at that time.
This means that the Loulan period was before the Blue Star period?
In other words, the calamity did not come abruptly at the end of the Blue Star period, but always existed on the periphery of this world?
"Hmm. Wei Sangsang nodded.
According to Wei Sangsang, the annihilation of the ancient kingdom of Loulan represents the shattering of human civilization, and this era has come to an end, and the Blue Star period is the rise of a new human race.
And the shattering of the Blue Star is also the end of a human era.
"So, humanity is repeating destruction over and over again, while calamity is eternal, quietly waiting for humanity to recover, and yet once again...... Cutting leeks?!" Li Xiang has the memory of two lives, and has a high degree of acceptance and understanding of these things.
Wei Sangsang nodded, originally thinking that it would be difficult to explain this to him, but he didn't expect him to understand it so quickly.
"That's right, we dead souls remain here to tell you these things, and if you come here and fulfill our regrets, you can get this information. Wei Sangsang looked at him, "This is also our reason for existence, constantly fighting, constantly waiting for new people to come, and then waiting for you to win, to tell the message, or to watch you die." β
Is this one of the reasons why the Goddess of Calamity set up this trial?
"Then have you seen many people like me before?" asked Li Xiang in a low voice.
"Well, you're my one thousand and sixty-second commander, and before you, only thirty-one people managed to kill that stranger. Wei Sangsang's smile was full of tiredness.
This means that such a battle, such a scene, she has already experienced more than a thousand times, and it is repeated over and over again, even if she becomes a revenant, it is difficult to rest in peace.
This kind of life is too painful, right?
As if sensing Li Xiang's thoughts, she smiled faintly and shook her head: "My body was annihilated in that bloody battle, since my soul has always existed, we should continue our will, and when you truly overcome the calamity, we will rest in peace, otherwise, I must keep passing on this will, this fact, and wait for the final person to do it." β
She looked like she was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, but the words she said at this moment made Li Xiang tremble, as if she had once again heard the voice of the polar night magician when he passed on the idea of the lighthouse.
After the Blue Star was shattered, the sages who built the Seven Continents, among the group of lighthouse players, there must have been some people who came here, learned the truth from Wei Sangsang's mouth, and decided to fight for it for the rest of their lives!
"I see, I will inherit your will. Li Xiang nodded heavily, feeling the weight of being a member of the human camp from all kinds of people countless times, and he gradually understood the reason why those sages were so crazy and persistent.
This is not the will and philosophy of one person, a group of people, this is everything for one generation, countless generations!
"Thank you. β
Bang!
The door to the lounge was slammed open.
"Li Xiang, I have something ......" Chen Fan hurriedly rushed over, his expression flustered, and he seemed to know the truth, "It seems that you already know?"
"Well, probably more than you know. Li Xiang also experienced the Blue Star period, and he was more aware of this history, and he was even more frightened by it.
It turns out that human beings have been prey for generations, and each era is just a prey for calamity.
No wonder Bai Lili is so sure that even level 9 players don't have the ability to change the fate of mankind, and in the Loulan era, even calamities are very rare, and this human era has been completely wiped out.
And pushing back, to now, there have been many amazing level 9 players in the human race, and there are even level 9 players like her, but they are still cowering behind the Great Wall of Calamity, guarding the Seven Continents and not daring to go out.
The difference in strength is really too big.
For most people like Li Xiang, the player is the beginning.
And for Bai Lili, the level 9 player is the beginning!
Far from the end.
How terrifying can such a desperate belief that has accumulated from generation to generation have to be sustained?
"Don't be in a daze, it's time for us to go. Chen Fan pushed him, but he didn't think about it so much, "Otherwise, it will be too late." β
"What?" Li Xiang took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the pent-up depression in his heart, knowing too many things, he couldn't live an easy life, "Something happened?"
"Outside the fjord, a real calamity has come. A trace of horror flashed on Chen Fan's face, and when he recalled that scene, he felt his feet tremble, "You know, this is not something we can deal with." β
The Thousand Faces said before the trial that they have a chance to encounter calamity, and once they do, run away, calamity and xenomorphs are not of the same magnitude, just like them and players.
After seeing that the auxiliary magician Jia Er can increase his physique tenfold at will, Li Xiang broke off the idea of skipping the challenge, there is no comparison between the peak of the level 3 magician and the level 1 player, and the peak critical xenomorph that he may not be able to beat is an ant in front of Jiaer.
"I'll take a look. Li Xiang was not in a hurry, but walked outside.
"You're crazy! That's a calamity!" Chen Fan was very angry, why was this kid's temper so stubborn, he knew that it was a calamity, but he didn't give up, so he had to take a look.
He had no choice but to follow quickly, and a hint of discoloration flashed in the eyes of Wei Sangsang behind him, and he also followed.
The sky outside was overcast, and the sky was now black and oppressive, full of dark clouds and rain.
On the high platform lay the corpses of many human warriors, all bleeding and frightened, as if they had suffered great fear before they died.
From their bodies, a black death aura that was visible to the naked eye, an aura that bordered on despair, even more terrifying than Osiris's deathly filth, a little contamination could erode the spirit and make people hallucinate.
Fear is innate, rooted in the brain, no matter what strength people will have a sense of fear, and to rely on the will to forcibly overcome, the requirements for a person's mental power are extremely high, even if they can do it, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
This is also a major problem that must be solved when fighting against the enemies of the Calamity camp, so those magic spells with divine attributes are particularly favored, and Li Xiang's [Purifying Filth] is a similar magic, but the aura effect of this magic cannot affect this fear aura at all.
To expel and purify this level of fear, I am afraid that the player's magic is required.
"Be careful, don't be affected by those black gases. Li Xiang flashed past a crazy warrior, watching him jump down with a wild howl, being devoured by countless aliens, and his heart was full of emotion, "Hiss...... Is that calamity?"
Above them, in the midst of the dark clouds, a huge distorted human face loomed, and it let out a constant scream of pain, and with each howl, a red-black spirit horse roared down from the clouds and rushed into the battlefield.
This spirit horse is purely composed of black qi and calamity energy, and has extremely high destructive power to essentia and human bodies, but it is difficult to kill.
To deal with such a spirit war horse, the best weapon is a calamity weapon or a special bullet, but unfortunately the human race in this era has not developed, even if the combat power is good, the weapon is very backward.
They struggled to even deal with those xenomorph waves, let alone such calamity.
Fearful faces are constantly changing, men, women and children, countless cheeks are spliced together, all kinds of frightened faces are combined, and the spiritual pollution is extremely great, Chen Fan can't bear it after a few glances.
Calamity is known for being invisible, chaotic, evil, bloody, and irregular, and some of their ways of being are incomprehensible, let alone fighting.
The terrified faces in the sky spread evil everywhere, and those infected human warriors went crazy in an instant, and after losing their minds, they were like walking corpses, and they were suddenly overwhelmed by xenomorphs.
The position of the Shadow Fjord, which had been unbreakable just a moment ago, fell apart in an instant.
The fortifications that Chen Fan has supervised for a long time are like papier-mΓ’chΓ©, scattered in a mess.
The soldiers fought each other, and Wei Sangsang saw it in his eyes, his face full of pathos.
Such a scene of hell she had seen before she died.
"No. E-08776, Calamity's name is the Fear Ghost Face, it is possessed in the clouds and mist, can change with the sky, has the ability to spread terror, is extremely religious, formless and incorporeal, and is good at psychic attacks. Wei Sangsang read softly, "It's the culprit that destroyed Unit E-1004......! It is also absorbed by it. β
Li Xiang was horrified, he had heard Heatria's say that the Tower of Clocks had a Calamity Pavilion, which recorded all the calamities that had occurred, sorted into numbered files.
E-class Calamity is the lowest level of Calamity, but even Level 3 players can't deal with it on their own, let alone a magician like them.
But hearing that terrifying face was the culprit who killed Wei Sangsang and them, Li Xiang suddenly felt a surge of anger, and that little bit of fear disappeared without a trace at once.
He looked up, met the chaotic ghost of fear, and was silent.
"I'll kill it, for you, for you. β
Wei Sangsang's body trembled violently, and then a bright smile appeared.
Chen Fan on the side felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, and he didn't know how Li Xiang was able to face the calamity without being affected, if other magicians said this kind of thing, he would definitely feel that the other party's brain was abnormal, and if he killed the E-level calamity alone, it would be at least level 5.
But when this sentence came out of Li Xiang's mouth, it made him feel that it was very likely to come true.
As if sensing Li Xiang's murderous aura, the fearful ghost face suddenly projected his gaze to this side.
"Go, you go. Wei Sangsang came up and gently pushed Li Xiang, "Anyway, I'm ...... I've died so many times and don't care about this time. You still have a long way to go, so get out of here and go to the inner human settlements. β
"Hmm. This time Li Xiang didn't insist anymore, facing the calamity is the limit of what he can do now, to fight them, it will take a while to grow, he pulled up the crumbling Chen Fan and looked at Wei Sangsang deeply.
"Come on, Commander, you are the strongest of the one thousand and sixty-two commanders...... It must be the last one I'll ever see, right?"
"Hmm. β