Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

Gu Qing Shan stood still for a while.

No commotion was heard from the bloody mist, nor did the Overlooker of Myriad Realms appear.

"Your grace?"

Gu Qing Shan tried calling out loud again.

A horrifying sound of chewing responded to him.

「 Cakcakcak---- crunch------- shuu shuu------ cakcakcak 」

The noises rang out continuously like an entity that had been left to starve for numerous years was madly consuming some food.

This continued for 15 minutes straight.

「 Peh! 」

With an abrupt noise, a black shadow flew out from the bloody mist.

Gu Qing Shan shifted his body a bit to dodge that shadow and let it hit the ground, causing a loud series of clanging noises.

「 Take it 」

An unclear voice rang out from the bloody mist.

Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan looked back at the black shadow on the ground.

Only to see that it was a pentagonal polyhedron engraved full of strange and unusual patterns.

Lines of glowing text instantly appeared in front of his vision:

[You've discovered this jurisdiction world's essence relic]

[Description: A certain world system had been reduced to ruins, so its world essence relic was swallowed by the unspeakable Apocalyptic monster until the moment that you killed it]

Gu Qing Shan happily stepped forward and picked up the polyhedron, saying: "Thank you"

「 Thank yourself, this is a prey that you killed, while I merely------ 」

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms paused briefly before sighing in satisfaction:

「… A great meal… it was all worth it… 」

Fwoom!!!

With an intense gust of wind, the bloody mist began to swirl and scatter in every direction.

Inexplicably, Gu Qing Shan could sense a certain emotion from the other party.

------like a ferocious beast who had just woken up and was blinking its sleepy eyes in preparation to do something.

Gu Qing Shan continued to stand still with a gradually solemn expression.

A few moments later.

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms' voice was heard from inside the mist:

「 Gu Qing Shan… From the moment you killed this Apocalyptic monster, your companions had immediately begun to recover, this was the content of our transaction 」

"It was" Gu Qing Shan admitted.

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms continued: 「 In reality, as long as that monster was dead, your companions would have been healed------ I believe that you have realized this as well 」

They let out an inexplicable chuckle and asked: 「 Do you perhaps feel like you've been deceived by me? 」

"Frankly speaking, I do feel that a little bit------ but may I ask exactly what your grace is trying to say?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms spoke: 「 Your first stage of Realm Force was to summon realm spirits; your second stage of Realm Force should have been to summon the Saint Realm Halo, but I, the ultimate spirit, had directly appeared instead------- part of this was because you've completed the spirit realm war beyond requirements and earned that qualification, but the other part------- do you know what that was? 」

Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then replied: "I have no idea"

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms continued: 「 Because you are a qualified hunter, and I need an entity like yourself to hunt for me 」

「 -------After all, the Saint Realm is a place that no Apocalypse can possibly find their way into, and I wouldn't be able to consume such wonderful food here 」

Gu Qing Shan didn't answer and maintained a polite smile on his face.

Using the Apocalypse as food?

What kind of entity are you exactly…?

As he was thinking about this, the Overlooker of Myriad Realms' tone became solemn:

「 Let us get down to business. In any world, even the Space Vortex and its infinite worlds, the most valuable assets have always been secrets, which can mesmerize the mind more than anything else, don't you agree? 」

"I agree" Gu Qing Shan replied.

「 Gu Qing Shan, I had actually sent you to kill that Apocalypse that cannot be seen or heard as a trial from me to you. You've now proven your worth, so you are qualified to hear the secret I'm about to divulge 」the Overlooker of Myriad Realms told him.

"Your grace, I'm respectfully listening" Gu Qing Shan said.

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms continued: 「 Everyone has the capability of going against the flow of Space-Time and returning to the past one way or another, but almost nobody can head into the future, do you know why that is? 」

"I do not" Gu Qing Shan honestly answered.

「 -------That is because everything in the past had already been determined, making it easy to enter; but the future is still undecided and unclear 」

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms continued: 「 --------Throughout the moments of the 'future', very few crucial points have been predetermined; while the fate of the people and events surrounding those crucial points were actually determined by the 'present', through which instances of uncertainty can manifest 」

"So you mean that the future was actually a combination of various factors?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Correct, only some of the most foundational factors are determined, while the majority of the rest are undetermined, so very few people can actually peer into the future and foresee anything at all. Even if they could, only a very tiny bit of what they see would actually be the truth, while the rest are illusions 」the Overlooker of Myriad Realms explained.

Gu Qing Shan thought about these words, then slowly said: "Perhaps there was something else you wanted to tell me?"

「 --------A smart person! I enjoy associating with people like you! 」

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms praised him, then continued: 「 From the very moment that you killed the Apocalypse that cannot be seen or heard, I knew you were qualified to learn this secret 」

「 Listen carefully, as this is your reward 」

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms' voice slowly became inaudibly tiny, almost like a whisper by Gu Qing Shan's ears: 「 Firstly, you must know that not too long after this, the Space Vortex you are currently in will surely be destroyed by the Apocalypse, this is irrefutable------ so the Dusty World would also detach itself from your Space Vortex and leave. This is the portion of the future that would not be changed no matter what 」

「 More importantly------ 」

「 The Reality Gate where you reside was actually hiding something extremely special that is coveted by numerous Apocalypses as well as Apocalypse survivors… even the Dusty World has been searching for them. Unfortunately, as all of them were in a sealed state, no one had been able to find them, nor has anyone been able to make them unseal themselves, fuse with one another, and exert their true power to accomplish that unimaginable feat 」

「 --------do you want to know what 'they' are? 」

Gu Qing Shan was a bit startled and immediately remembered half of the secret that the frozen corpse had spoken of.

…

[I finally found this Reality Gate… other than me, no one would notice any issues with it…]

[… my secret cannot be told to anyone, even I will forget it as well----- up until the day when I find the Traveler's Key…]

…

-------could the Overlooker of Myriad Realms and the frozen corpse have been referring to the same thing?

Gu Qing Shan immediately said: "Your grace, I very much wish to know what you were referring to"

The Overlooker of Myriad Realms laughed.

Its laughter became louder and louder until it gradually sounded like a howling storm.

「 It isn't time yet, Gu Qing Shan 」

「 You once found the method to find them, but then lost it… 」

「 Even I only know so much 」

「 But you must remember, if you wish to save the living beings within the void, you must search for them… 」

「 Otherwise, you have no choice but to escape all by yourself! 」

Boom!!!

A resounding explosion swept across every direction.

The bloody mist swiftly scattered away.

And so did the world around him.

Gu Qing Shan noticed that he was still standing in front of the ruins in the previous world.

As if everything that occurred just now was nothing but a dream.

Gu Qing Shan looked down.

Only to see the greyish pentagonal polyhedron was still in his hand, weighing down on his hand with its cool touch.

A few more lines of glowing text appeared in the void of space:

[With this artifact, you can establish a connection with this world system's spirits and gain more power]

[Unfortunately, all the spirits of this world system had died in battle, you can no longer contact new spirits to fight along your side]

[-----You may use the key mold to forge this artifact into a new portion of the Traveler's Proof]

All the spirits have died in battle.

Gu Qing Shan silently sighed out of regret.

The numerous spirits he could summon with [Realm Spirit Descent] actually originated from the pillar that connected the Blood Sea to the Saint Realm, they were the spirits from that pillar.

While he was at the Song and Dance Troupe of Sin, he was careless and got messed with by the cow, so even though he had learnt a new Spirit Art, he hadn't formed a combat covenant with any new spirits.

As for the Overlooker of Myriad Realms------

This bigshot asked me to hunt an Apocalypse for them to eat the moment we met.

Although they paid handsomely, killing an Apocalypse is never easy, and I won't necessarily be able to do this every time.

When exactly would I be able to establish contact with more spirits to improve my strength?

Never mind------

Let's just take this chance while Laura and Liao Xiao Pao hadn't arrived to forge the Traveler's Key.

With that in mind, he took out the Traveler's Key casting mold.

As soon as this key mold was taken out, the greyish pentagonal polyhedron immediately sensed it and began to tremble intensely.

It flew up and fell into the casting mold, before it slowly melted and filled the gaps in the mold.

The grey liquid flowed along the gap until it met the existing portion of the key's body.

-------and then solidified at a visible speed.

The key now consisted of a total of four colors, which were bronze at the key handle, black at the connective portion of the key handle, as well as the key body that was both crimson and grey.

They corresponded to the three coins, the Gloomy City's evil Holy Relic, the Clock Tower world's crimson pocket watch, and the ruined world's pentagonal polyhedron.

At this point, the key mould had been filled with 3/5th of the entire casting volume.

Gu Qing Shan was full of expectations.

--------not too long after this, I should be able to forge a complete Traveler's Key.

The frozen corpse's secret is about to appear in front of me!