Life Game In Other World
Chapter 634: Setting Sail (Vote for Monthly Tickets on This Mega - )

Chapter 634: Chapter 634: Setting Sail (Vote for Monthly Tickets on This Mega Chapter)

The towering arch gate loomed under the dim lights.

Twisted blood and shattered steel covered the ground before the gate, forming an ascending slope.

Thick boots trampled over the bent steel, step by step ascending the ramp paved with corpses and blood.

The dim light stretched a person’s shadow across the dark red stains of blood.

One step, then another, until before the towering gate.

The shadow paused before the door, looking up at the towering gate as if a saint worshiping his divine being.

click—

The sound of a broken piece of metal being stepped on reverberated behind him.

He turned around, looking down at the newcomer from his elevated position.

The dim light shone on the newcomer’s brown, cropped hair and his upright figure.

The even glow fell upon the steel long spear in the newcomer’s hands, the bloodstained cheeks, and the torn clothing.

"We meet again, Lord Ivier."

The figure standing before the gate turned fully around, looking down at the newcomer with a smile.

"So it’s you,"

Ivier observed his cheek, his expression turning to one of mild surprise before darkening, "Have you been deceiving us all along?"

"I have not deceived. In this world, the line between truth and falsehood is sometimes not clear,"

The shadow watched Ivier, spreading his hands, "What you need is behind this door."

"It seems," Ivier looked down at the ramp made of steel corpses and blood, "this door is not easy to open."

"For those creatures, yes," the shadow chuckled, "but not for you."

"Is that so?"

Ivier lifted his long spear to support himself and started ascending step by step, treading on the slope.

"Talent Sequences 91: Lone Wolf, you crave greater power, higher authority,"

The shadow stood still, still smiling as he watched Ivier,

"Open this door, and you can ascend to B rank,

"The two rulers of the World Tree, one old and injured, the other complacent, the World Tree needs a new, strong leader, and the Western Lands need a powerful ruler. All of this can be realized after you open this door."

"That sounds wonderful,"

Ivier said with a smile as he continued upward, "So, what are Talent Sequences?"

"After you open this door, you will naturally come to know."

The shadow responded with a smile, raising his hand, "But before that, you might need my help."

"What do you mean?"

Ivier stopped, now very close to the shadow.

"There’s a ’familiar face’ of yours who’s been chasing after you, and he’ll arrive here in half an hour at most,"

The shadow spoke slowly, "I believe he wouldn’t want you to ascend to B rank without a hitch."

"Judging by your tone, this person must be troublesome,"

Ivier looked at the shadow, "It seems indeed that others have entered this spaceship as well. Among those who entered the relic this time, only Ye Yun and He Ao from the Research Institute... could pose a threat to me. My acquaintance, He Ao?"

He chuckled and lifted his long spear, "He indeed is a troublesome fellow."

The next second, his figure disappeared abruptly, and almost at the same moment, the sharp spear pierced through the body of the figure standing before the door from behind, "But no one can obstruct me."

"You have hidden your strength," the shadow looked down at the tip of the spear protruding from his chest, "That’s good, but it’s still not enough."

He reached out and grasped the tip of the spear, "Let me add a little something for you."

In that instant, Ivier, standing behind the shadow, felt as if an invisible wind had brushed past his back, as if something that had been suppressing him was released at that moment.

Like a ferocious beast tearing through its cage,

and at the same time, gray lines began to spread upward along the spear tip.

"What did you do?"

Ivier suddenly swung his hand, cleaving the figure’s body in two.

The upper half of the figure flew out with the force of Ivier’s hand, yet no blood flowed from the massive, torn wound at his waist.

His face still wore a calm smile as he watched Ivier, "I released something that should have originally been here and prayed for a blessing for you."

His body then turned into a shredded scroll and quickly curled into dust, disappearing from the world.

"Playing the charlatan."

Ivier turned around, planted his spear on the ground, and gazed at the towering gates.

He could sense it, the deadly attraction behind those gates.

Just by approaching this area, he could feel every ounce of strength in his body pulsating; behind those gates was something he longed for.

At the same time, his vision flickered.

A distorted illusion momentarily reflected in his pupils and then vanished quickly.

——

The gates opened.

He Ao strapped the mini computer back onto his arm.

And at that moment, his body tensed.

A wild tide composed entirely of pollution swept over him.

The abysmally low pollution levels in the laboratory skyrocketed in an instant.

In an extremely short period, the ferocious pollution reached the intensity He Ao had felt in the Goat Creature’s chamber, and it quickly exceeded that boundary, rising further.

Indeed, the pollution in the core area he had felt before was not at normal levels.

Distorted hallucinations also appeared in He Ao’s vision, attempting to erode his will.

However, He Ao paid no attention to these illusions.

He dragged the mechanical greatsword, looking towards the opened gates.

Behind him, a rustling sound emerged; the already-dead monkey monster, bisected by the fierce pollution, began to twist and once again stood up.

Like an evil spirit returning from hell.

The next second, a blazing streak of sword light flashed, and amid the sound of flames searing flesh, the monkey monster was thrust back into hell.

He Ao dragged the still-warm greatsword across the metallic floor, looking towards the gates, now fully open.

First to catch his eye was a corridor covered in dim lighting, with dense, twisting, flesh-like ivy covering the walls of the corridor, pulsing and expanding like a beating heart.

Below this fleshy ivy, small creatures resembling standing toads with mouths of flesh melded with machinery were opening wide, looking towards He Ao.

Twisted madness filled every corner of the space, as if it were the endless, chaotic symphony of the world’s deepest layer.

This was the true form of this core area.

"The Core Control Room gates are under intense attack," the voice of A02 suddenly rang in He Ao’s ear, "It is expected to be breached within a maximum of 20 minutes."

A countdown appeared on the display of the mini computer.

"Hmm, I know."

He Ao charged out the gates with the mechanical greatsword in hand.

The scorching blade scraped against the metal floor, sparking brilliantly.

——

Main World · Westlank

"Merge!"

The vast expanse of dark clouds suddenly contracted, transforming into a surging mass of thunder that descended from the skies.

The previously scattering shadows had now dimmed significantly, abruptly enveloped by the thunder from above, compressed and gathered.

Converging onto the rapier at the center.

He Ao finished outlining the last Array rune and imprinted it into the rapier; then, he abruptly raised his hand,

"Absorb!"

The fine sword floating in the air suddenly regrouped, landing in front of him and piercing straight into the ground.

The last bit of shadow around it was also absorbed by the blade.

The Shadowless Sword, which used to be as thin as a cicada’s wing and virtually invisible, was now as black as ink, like the purest shadow in the world.

However, beyond this inky shadow, at the very edge of the blade, one could vaguely make out a layer of transparent, crystal-like sword body, within which tiny, twinkling thunderbolts traveled.

Just as He Ao had guessed, the thunderous power of an Angel-level could suppress the contamination contained in the Mysterious Shadow’s clone, sealing all its power within the sword.

Of course, the actual process wasn’t as smooth as he had anticipated; during the forging of this sword, he and Li Cheng encountered several accidents and nearly let the clone’s power collapse and leak out.

Even the contamination from the Mysterious Shadow tried to corrupt Li Cheng’s Andaville’s Spear.

During the process, He Ao and Li Cheng both demonstrated strong mental strength, quickly taking effective measures at the first sign of trouble, ensuring every mistake and crisis was controlled.

Ultimately, they succeeded in forging the sword.

He Ao reached out and grasped the hilt of the Shadowless Sword.

After integrating and purifying the power of the Mysterious Shadow clone, this sword had truly become a Grade B transcendent item, and not just a weak one at that.

During the forging, He Ao had also engraved the Control Array thoroughly into the sword.

This granted him complete control over the sword.

After He Ao gripped the sword, the originally inky blade gradually faded until it completely vanished, as if the sword had never existed in this world.

This was an upgraded ability the sword gained after the fusion.

The sword had become truly ’Shadowless’; when its effect was activated, it was completely invisible to the naked eye. Of course, the powerful who are sensitive to energy, or Martial Artists using Divine Sense, could still vaguely track the sword by its energy flow.

This ’tracking’ would become increasingly ’difficult’ as the killing continued. Like before, the more beings that died by this sword, the stronger the Shadowless effect became, even interfering with the observers’ cognition and making the blade sharper and more resilient.

In darkness or shadow-filled areas, this Shadowless effect would be further amplified.

Besides intensifying the original effects, the sword had gained two additional abilities.

The first ability was Shadow.

The sword could transform into a shadow, moving directly through shadows independent of its wielder and releasing contaminating shadows to facilitate its shadow travel.

The previous floating effect was the result of this ability.

However, while using this ability, the sword itself was formless. The upside was that it could move through any environment like a shadow, but the downside was that it had no killing power.

If the sword moved a certain distance away from the wielder, it would naturally emerge from the shadows and revert to its solid form.

After He Ao’s estimate, this distance was around two hundred meters.

The second ability was Dream Slash.

The sword could directly become a shadow and invade a specified target’s dreams, killing in the dream.

The souls of those killed by this effect would be corrupted and devoured by the sword.

Apart from these abilities, the sword itself carried a strong contamination from the Mysterious Shadow.

This sword would transmit the Mysterious Shadow’s contamination and murmurs to anyone attempting to use it, tempting the wielder towards madness and corruption. Some who could resonate with this contamination would be twisted into believers of the Mysterious Shadow.

Of course, for He Ao, who had directly endured the Advent shock of the Mysterious Shadow, this level of contamination was still within his tolerance.

However, He Ao, now holding the sword, was not only enduring contamination but also electric shocks.

A portion of the thunderous power from Andaville’s Spear was also embedded in this sword at the moment.

These forces, incompatible with the powers of the Mysterious Shadow and the sword, hovered above the blade, continuously emitting energy.

In the brief time that He Ao had held the sword, his hand had begun to tingle.

"It seems we have succeeded?"

Li Cheng, having stored Andaville’s Spear in a wooden box and closed the lid, walked towards He Ao.

He Ao could clearly see that his walk was somewhat stiff, seemingly affected by the electricity.

Although Li Cheng could control the thunderous power, it didn’t prevent him from also getting shocked.

"We’ve been rather lucky."

He Ao nodded slightly, and the Velora appeared behind him. He loosened his grip, allowing the Shadowless Sword to transform into a shadow and fly into the Velora, his entire arm already slightly numb.

"You don’t seem to be in great shape?"

Observing Li Cheng’s stiff movements, He Ao asked softly.

"I’m already used to it,"

Li Cheng chuckled, and sat back down in his chair, "People who play with electricity are bound to get shocked occasionally. I’ve grown accustomed to being shocked, just like when I was young and liked to play with nunchucks, I’d always end up hitting myself in the head."

"It seems the power of lightning is not easy to handle,"

He Ao also sat back down, looking at Li Cheng, "I am very grateful for your help, so let’s continue with our trade..."

"Wait a moment,"

Li Cheng looked at He Ao, then paused, as if choosing his words carefully, "The extraordinary plants and animal materials you asked us to prepare, we’ve already placed them in the designated warehouse."

He Ao didn’t respond immediately but stared at Li Cheng, knowing that this wasn’t what Li Cheng really meant to say.

Finally, after a brief moment of choosing his words, Li Cheng slowly asked, "May I ask where you will be heading later on?"

"I’ve already taken those materials before coming here,"

He Ao said, "Next, I might leave this area to go to a place that’s quite far."

Upon hearing this, Li Cheng paused, understanding the implications in He Ao’s words, and said softly, "If you happen to come across those from the Research Institute who went into the ruins, could you lend them a hand along the way?"

"You want to use this to replace the original trade content?"

He Ao looked up at him, "Don’t you want to hear the knowledge I have to share with you? Perhaps among that knowledge is information related to your promotion to angel, and you’ve been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. Who knows if you’ll miss out if you let it go."

"Promotion is in the future, so are these children, aren’t they?"

Li Cheng smiled, "There’s a kid among them who just turned eighteen. I can wait for my future, but they might not be able to wait."

He Ao looked at the man with a gentle smile in front of him, "You mostly seem wise, but sometimes, you don’t seem very smart."

He slowly got up as the roaring sound of a steam whistle rose behind him, "I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to save them for you, so our previous deal remains effective. We’ll see the results when I come back this time."

He turned and stepped onto the doorway of the Velora.

"Thank you."

Li Cheng said softly from behind.

Standing in front of the carriage door, He Ao merely waved his hand lightly.

The rumbling train entered the void.

—

Aboard the Velora, He Ao’s clone walked into the front of the vehicle.

His gaze was fixed on the control panel at the very center, where a mass like a beating heart of flesh and blood was located.

This was the core of the Velora.

He walked up to this mass of flesh and blood.

On it was originally inscribed an array rune pointing to that angel, which was later changed by He Ao to his own "K".

This time, it was the first time He Ao had entered this area of the vehicle since obtaining the Velora for such a long time.

There were many capabilities of the vehicle he did not know, and he could only figure them out on his own.

He Ao watched the throbbing mass of flesh, and myriad thoughts spun in his mind.

He spoke softly, "Show me the spatial coordinates of my current location."

The pulsating flesh hesitated for a moment, and then a thick blood-colored shadow emerged in the void. These shadows twisted and churned, ultimately coalescing into a series of distorted symbols and patterns.

These symbols and patterns gathered together, filling up all the space in the front of the vehicle.

He Ao stood at the very center of the front, watching this vast blood-colored pattern.

’All devices capable of traversing space and time can read the spatial coordinates of their location.’

Some new information surfaced in He Ao’s probes.

Without spatial coordinates, the Velora could not travel to any place beyond the current spatial coordinate boundaries; this was why the vehicle was restricted to only traverse this planet.

He Ao raised his hand, and the blood-colored shadows began to distort under his will.

Morphing into new patterns and symbols.

Eventually, the shadows formed an entirely new set of spatial coordinates.

The spatial coordinates of the Navigator.