Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!
Chapter 267 - 50 Xiangjiang Passing: Mysterious Book (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_3

Chapter 267: Chapter 50 Xiangjiang Passing: Mysterious Book (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_3

[Night Two, in your sleep, you heard an odd call for the first time: ****~***]

[You couldn’t make out what the voice was saying; it seemed to come from beneath the ground, but you knew the transcendent mystery was drawing near.]

[Afterward, unrest began to haunt your family home, and some of your relatives started to suffer misfortunes, be it car accidents or other disasters, yet no lives were lost.]

[Beneath your house lay a basement, amidst various odds and ends, where your grandchildren’s generation played; occasionally, you entered and found a strange book.]

[This book had a dark red cover with indecipherable text written on it, depicting gruesomely cannibalistic demons, bloody and terrifying.]

[At the same time, it couldn’t be opened. It had locks sharp as a beast’s fangs, clearly unusual.]

[Any sane person upon seeing this dreadful book would undoubtedly burn it.]

[However, you were brave and risked all for the pursuit of the Transcendent, taking the malevolent book with you.]

[Bearing in mind its potential danger, you sent your family away to stay in the city, while you remained alone, engrossed in the study.]

[For several months, every night, you heard faint voices calling, as if emerging from the depths of the earth.]

[You dug deeper into the basement floor every day, dozens of meters down, but the true visage remained elusive.]

[It seemed as though they emanated from within the book, yet still it felt as if they originated somewhere beneath the ground.]

[An epiphany struck you suddenly; the ground beneath you, perhaps, was not the underside you had imagined—it might be located on the opposite side of the planet.]

[Against your family’s objections, you took the book and returned alone to your hometown, a small town in the northern part of Xiangjiang, where you were born and raised.]

[Your ancestral home was still standing, yet it had fallen into disrepair and was uninhabited.]

[You settled in solitarily.]

[Your assumption was not wrong; indeed, during the night, you heard unmistakably clear rustling and chanting sounds.]

[Focusing your gaze, you saw that the book which could not be opened was flipping its pages rapidly, with the chanting sounding like a fierce wind echoing through the room.]

[The voices grew closer, clearer, and you hastily stood up, pressing down on the fluttering pages.]

[It stopped on one page: a blurry, twisted figure. With text you couldn’t understand, but the Tai Chu Scroll translated it for you. Her name was: Suji Herrera.]

[Suddenly, your door was kicked open, it had arrived!]

[Your wish was fulfilled; you saw its true form:

[It was a tall, seemingly female human figure, dressed in peculiar clothing, resembling a priest’s garb or a monk’s robe.]

[You couldn’t discern her features clearly, only seeing her deep-set eye sockets and two crimson eyes staring fixedly at you.]

[She spoke to you in a deep, muddled voice, as if countless mouths were repeatedly chewing, saying: "Sasa loved Sasa...TVB!"]

[In the intense light, your mind was overrun, and you ceased to think.]

[Your entire life, from seeking danger to embracing daylight, from plunging into the mortal world to transcending it, you had always been chasing the mysteries of the Transcendent, never peering even a glimpse.]

[Until the end of your life, you finally got your wish, but it cost you your life.]

[Perhaps, had you not chosen to court death here, you could have enjoyed your twilight years in peace.]

[But such is life, a game of chess with no regrets for the moves made. This pursuit had been your life’s quest; perhaps one day in the future, you may unveil her mysterious visage.]

"Calculating your legendary achievements..."

"You did not step into the realm of the Transcendent this time; you haven’t completed any achievements."

"Final Evaluation: You have been unwilling to settle for mediocrity in your life, but ultimately you were just an ordinary person. Yet, having seen the mysterious light at the end, be it white or black, you die without regrets."

"You have earned the title: Chaser of Light (Excellent)!"

"Chaser of Light (Excellent): If there is no light in the world, then be the light yourself. While wearing this title, you will gain the skill [Blessing of Light Country], allowing you to emit light on your own."

[Today’s open count: 0/3]

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The surrounding chaos dissipated, returning to reality.

Xu Shu slowly opened his eyes, a spasm twitching at the corner of his mouth.

Goddamn TVB!

They just killed me outright... An ordinary person is truly insignificant before the Transcendent...