The pre-civilization did not touch the moon.

No, it's just that the current research of the Dawning Order does not know the full history.

Maybe not even a tenth, one hundredth.

Tavel was right, the most important thing for Ian and the current civilization was time.

The Necromancy did not threaten them, but it did take over the anchor and put Ian's "moving planet" to a halt for a while.

They must find out how the former civilization solved the necromantic scourge, otherwise, the current civilization will definitely lose.

"Keep checking, check with magic!"

The personnel of the executive agency slapped the table and roared: "All the people have checked for me, why do natural disasters occupy the anchor point?" What conspiracy does it have? ”

Damn, the usual natural disasters are disgusting enough, but I didn't expect to use such a conspiracy as a muffled voice to make a fortune.

Quietly, a continent and anchor point were lost? Where do people eat?

Ian realized that it might not be too late to investigate, and stood up.

"Take me to the ancient ruins you've discovered."

He's going to use the Dream Nail to get the shattered history of all known ancient ruins.

This is a very good idea, and it is something that only he can do with the Dream Spike.

Start executing your plans and explore the ancient ruins.

The Dawning Order has arranged a team of guards for Ian, with an average strength of around level 25 silver sequence.

Normally, this is Ian's unattainable powerhouse, but now as the necromantic plague spreads, the guards are all under his command.

The identity of the 'Ancient Anchor Gatekeeper' is closely related to the previous civilization, and Ian's existence is extremely important to the Dawning Order!

"Outlander, why do you suspect that the moon has something to do with the ancestors?"

A white-clad executive asked.

"'Degraded faction', one of the factions of the former civilization, called the degraded faction."

Ian said as he walked, "What does it mean to be demoted?" Drop from high to low. It is impossible for the degraders to use "degrading" to harm themselves. ”

"Then, the only possibility is that the 'degrading' they have is a weapon against other beings."

"And as long as it's a weapon, it needs to be tested in advance, so it's okay to look for weird things in the world."

"What's weird about this world? Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? ”

Ian looked up at the bright moon looming in the sky:

"But I think the weirdest thing is really the moon, how can a celestial body become a monster? It's a celestial body, it's the moon. ”

Yes, if the moon had been a monster from the beginning, the sequence system wouldn't have called it the moon.

In other words, the moon is not a monster from the beginning, it has a process of transformation.

"The moon is conceptualized and reduced to a monster? It's like a man being reduced to a monkey and gold to a stone. ”

Ian thinks his guess is reasonable, right or not I don't know, but it's reasonable.

There are too many strange existences on the planet of White Hole 3, and if you suspect each of them, it will take too long, and what Ian lacks most is time.

He's racing against the scourge of the dead.

Necromantic Scourge has no intention of starting an attack, but what is it? It is an act of God.

Even if it didn't move, Ian would guard against it with the utmost vigilance, not to mention the current movement of the Necromantic Calamity.

It occupies one of the anchor points, and the loss of any one of them is fatal for Ian.

"Downgrade...... Magic can do that. ”

The executive nodded, confirming Ian's guess.

"Magic rituals, canonization rituals that can give status to others, you only need to use this idea to give an identity to the moon, and the moon can become a monster."

"But there is a problem, a ritual with such a terrifying effect must also require a huge amount of magic power, and even have an impact on the entire world."

Magic? Isn't the magic of the Hourglass, a holy weapon that can turn back time, endless?

If the mana in an Elemental Gem is depleted, it only needs to use the hourglass of time to rewind time, and the mana will return.

It was in this way that pre-civilizations saw the hourglass of time as an infinite source of magic.

Today's Dawning Order also uses the hourglass in this way.

Magic is not an obstacle.

That is to say...... The Demoted faction holds the "Hourglass of Time" and uses a large number of people to release the ritual and demote the moon to a monster, which causes the moon to fall? ”

Blanton nodded slowly.

Since the moon has become a monster, it must know that its changes come from the planet under his feet, and its desire to descend on the earth is also very reasonable.

But, perhaps Blanton or the Dawning Order valued these speculations, Ian thought more about them.

When he realized the existence of the 'Degraders', he immediately thought of the moon, and then of the 'Necromantic Calamity'.

What if...... The moon has really been demoted to a monster.

Can that natural disaster be 'downgraded'?

The degraded faction in the pre-civilization used magic to influence the Necromantic Calamity, demoting it from an ethereal disaster to an "incarnation" with substance.

This avatar does not really possess substance, but is conceptually weakened.

Necromantic Scourge now has two names, one is his real name and the other is 'Behemoth'.

See, isn't this exactly the division of its existence in two, weakening the power of the natural calamity?

Degraded faction, demoted natural disaster?

Arriving at the first ancient ruin, Ian pulls out the Dream Nail and quickly reads the information inside the ruins.

Once the exploration was complete, Ian chose other ancient ruins, and Ian walked back and forth for the rest of the day.

It took another few days to study the history and integrate it as much as possible.

When the news of the "Anchor Fall" brought by Ian reached the Adventurer's Guild and other powerful forces.

All the forces on the entire continent immediately became active, and it seemed that they wanted to use their own blood to illuminate the way to the future.

Ian reads history, and the history of the Degraders should be correct.

And the other part of the information doesn't mean much to him.

You need to start somewhere else.

"The Dawning Order's exploration team is working overtime, is there anything else?"

The executive officer asked.

Ian shook his head, "No." ”

Since they are all exploring, there is no need for Ian to explore, and the anchor quest can also be put down temporarily.

The legendary mission "Moving Planet" did not fail, but was suspended.

He needs to deal with the Necromantic Calamity, and no matter how bad it is, he will reclaim the area occupied by the Necromantic Calamity.

After that, he was able to continue the mission.

Until then, make the Necromantic Plague the main target.

'A trip to the Poorest City requires you to buy some equipment that you can use in battle. ’

Everything in Sleep Town can be left to someone else, and Ian is a sequence player, so he can do other things.

Ian pulls out the token and activates it.

Bite!

[Do you want to enter the "Desperate City"?] 】

"Enter."

The power of teleportation surges, and the world in front of Ian's eyes twists and teleports into the city of the Poor.

He first went to find the shop of the mysterious side player, hoping to get useful advice and buy some items.

"Hello."

The shopkeeper said hello.

The shop sells all kinds of quaint magical materials, and even the owner's writing pen is a gilded quill.

There are some gems of various colors on the shelves, or scrolls with amazing effects, and even Ian has found a modular golem designed according to the idea of technology.

In the battle against the necromantic scourge, you will definitely face a lot of monsters.

Ian already has the "Storm Griffin", but he still needs additional combat power, but unfortunately he doesn't have enough points, so Ian chooses what he needs to buy.

Purchase Items: Scroll of the Truth, Orb of Reveal......

Eventually, a prop caught Ian's eye and shocked him.

[Name: Abyss of Truth]

[Type: Elixir]

[Effect: After drinking the elixir, meditate on what you want to know, and close your eyes, and you will fall into a deep sleep for 3 minutes.

The drinker will have a real dream and get the answers they want. 】

[Description: Tell the abyss about your wishes, and the abyss will echo from the abyss.] 】

The elixir of the Void, from an alchemist player.

Ian has the Stone of Nothingness and can even customize his wishes, and he can also refine the Abyss of Truth.

But...... He didn't have an alchemy recipe, and he didn't find a copy.

Quests need opportunities, and neither the Sequence World nor the Extreme City can make a wish with the Stone of Nothingness.

This causes the Void to invade.

Ian bought the elixir and held it tightly in his hand.

Really! It's time for a trip to the Poorest City, and this bottle of medicine will be able to uncover the secrets of the Necromantic Calamity.

Buying items in the player's shop didn't waste a long time.

Ian returned to his house in Eternal Sleep and sat at his desk to drink the elixir of the Abyss of Truth.

"Tell me ......"

As he spoke, Ian felt a sense of exhaustion, as if a force was preventing him from wishing.

The nearby light was distorted at this moment, and a cacophony of voices appeared in his head.

With great willpower, Ian pronounced his wish word for word:

"How do I deal with the ...... of the Necromantic Calamity?"

Drowsiness and exhaustion welled up in his heart, and he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

At this moment, a voice rang in his ears.

That voice was his own, but with a slightly different pitch, accompanied by a distorted sound of "zizi".

"Degraded faction."

The answer is only three words.

But when Ian opened his eyes, there were a few more miscellaneous memories in his mind.

This part of the memory does not match the history investigated by the Dawning Order.

They are all fragmented histories.

"Degraded faction!"

Ian repeats the answer told to him by the Abyss of Truth elixir.

He guessed right.

Downgrading is indeed the way for pre-civilizations to defeat the scourge of necromancy, and natural disasters are downgraded to "incarnation".

And the moon ...... It was used by pre-civilizations to be a victim of forbidden magic just to be on the safe side.

The degrading faction in the pre-civilization created a ritual called "degrading".

It is currently impossible for them to defeat the natural disaster, and the continent is 90% occupied by the necromancy, and everyone can only live underground.

Since you can't fight head-on, increase your chances of victory by weakening the enemy!

That's what the demotes thought, and they did the same.

It was a bright night, and there were no clouds.

The Demoted faction gathered all the survivors of the continent, united their minds into one, and recited ritual incantations.

From this day on, the moon has wisdom and self.

At the same time - the permanent loss of the identity of the celestial body.

The effect of this magical ritual is very similar to the idiom "three people become tigers".

When a lie is told too much, it becomes true.

When everyone thinks that the moon is a monster, it doesn't matter if the moon is a monster or not.

Borrow the potency of a lie and degrade the moon from the person!

However, the moon was demoted, only at a price.

On the night of that day, the scourge of the dead was also downgraded.

The archmages have always been smart, and they have degraded a planetary scourge at the cost of one moon.

And throw all the pollution of natural disasters to the moon, this is the whole process of salvation.

"There's a way!"

Ian clenched his fists.

Finally found a solution to the necromantic scourge...... No, there's a way to drive out the scourge of the dead!

Although this approach is costly and requires meeting demanding requirements, it is still an option.

It is also the only way to free the anchor.

There are three requirements that need to be met:

1: The current proportion of necromantic plague on the mainland is 45%, so at least 45% of the total life must be participated in the "demotion ceremony".

2: Sacrifice a celestial body to be paid as the embodiment of a degraded necromantic scourge, and this celestial body will come back to life.

3: 1,000 gems of the four elemental systems of earth, water, fire and wind, placed in the correct position at night time under the guidance of celestial phenomena, to lock the celestial body as a sacrifice.

Each of these requirements is difficult to complete, but there is no other option these days.

Ian gave the information he had compiled to the Adventurers' Guild and the Dawning Order.

Adventurer's Guild.

"What a serious thing happened......

The guild leader looked at Ian's report, his brows furrowed, and his mood was complicated.

It was so sudden that a natural disaster took over the anchor at such a time.

"What is the probability that we will be banished by the Scourge if we follow the way the Bronze Hunter provides?"

"At least ninety percent!"

The high-ranking powerhouse who came to Changmian Town from other regions replied respectfully:

"The Order of Dawn has determined that the news is true, the Outlander is the anchor gatekeeper of the former civilization, and he knows a lot about ancient history."

"The 'Ritual of Degrading' may not be able to solve the necromancy once and for all, but it can provide us with a chance to breathe!"

That's right...... Even if it is demoted, it only distracts the power of the necromantic scourge and at the same time expells it.

To put it simply, if this ritual is completed, the Scourge pollution level of Planet 3 will drop from 45% to 0%.

At the same time, there will be an extra living celestial body in the universe, and the celestial body will be crowded with necromantic scourges.

Sooner or later, natural disasters will come back and find their current civilization.

But that time was enough for them to cope.

The guild leader sighed:

"Outlander...... Bronze Hunter ...... Ancient Anchor Gatekeeper ......"

"Sure enough, people who become stronger so fast can't have a simple background."

"Cosmology, since the pre-civilization created the 'Degradation Ritual', doesn't this just lay the foundation for the cosmology in the mouth of the Bronze Hunter?"

The guild leader finished.

The subordinate next to him suddenly understood, and laughed dumbly:

"Now the Dawning Order is all dumbfounded, the cosmology in our hunter's mouth is true."

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(End of chapter)