Chapter 1

After the team members dispersed, Sha Lin rushed towards the center of the oasis alone.

The empty streets echoed with the sound of his heavy footsteps.

Each step carried him over ten meters, and a few strides covered hundreds of meters. As he traveled, his eyes glowed brightly, constantly scanning the surroundings and comparing them with the target location data in his database.

Taking flight here was impossible, as the numerous automated lock-on anti-aircraft systems could instantly obliterate any airborne unit.

Therefore, the fastest way was to search on the ground. His white robe fluttered, like a white stream of air, sweeping forward along the streets.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.

Squads of sand bandits emerged from all directions around him.

They wielded various weapons: guns, rocket launchers, laser cannons, and in the distance, autocannons and heavy sniper rifles.

"Impossible!! The Yi Kingdom and Bai Xing clearly joined forces to eliminate them! How could these remnants of the splinter group still..." Sha Lin roared savagely.

Boom!!

A massive sonic boom instantly shattered the surrounding building windows. Debris on the ground trembled and jumped, then was ignited by the particle streams left by the blue wings, burning rapidly.

"This is...the one belonging to A斯特..." The old man picked it up and immediately recognized the ring's owner.

"This is my token."

*

Masses of blue particle streams formed a pair of broad wings with an eight-meter wingspan.

With a loud crash, the door was pushed open gently.

Hei Guangyi wanted to step forward, but suddenly paused, no longer approaching.

How could an Yi Kingdom dialect come out of a sand bandit's nest? This was Sutan.

In an instant, a beam as thick as a bucket fell on Sha Lin.

His entire body rolled and embedded itself deep into a metal wall inside the supermarket, blue arcs of electricity constantly erupting and flowing around him.

Finally, the Tier 1 Sky System suit unleashed a terrifying speed exceeding eight times the speed of sound at that moment.

They probably never imagined that the Book of Records displayed openly was fake.

The figure was clad in mirror-like, smooth full-body armor, the armor seemingly made of countless shards of glass, with dense cracks all over it.

"Can you let me see the ring?" The old man reached out his hand.

The house was empty. Some scattered clothes lay on the floor.

Hei Guangyi was about to retreat when he suddenly heard a violent collision sound coming from a nearby block.

"Lan Mengshan, you're already dead." He pushed open the gate to the villa.

The words were in Yi Kingdom script, so Hei Guangyi could understand them without translation.

Just now...it was so close...he guessed.

"No." Mo Kadi replied fiercely. "We're just here to collect your corpse."

"Collect my corpse!?" Sha Lin laughed. "I don't want to waste my breath on you trash anymore. Since you're so eager to die, I'll grant you your wish!"

He slightly moved aside, revealing a tall figure behind him with silver ribbons wrapped around his arm.

"Who told you we're cooperating?" Mo Licheng stood at the entrance of the supermarket, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"At the end, there's a note left by the captain. Following the clues left by Zhuang Wanxin, I went to the next stop. But I left the team when we were in Dark City."

Hei Guangyi caught the book and quickly opened it, finding dense lines of authentic Bai Hai script inside.

"Where did he go?" Zhuang Wanxin asked in a deep voice.

"Since self-replication and metabolism are possible, and we are protected by Yun Shan, we don't need to adapt to the outside world. No matter how many of us go out, we will eventually return home."

In an instant, a beam shot out from the side, at an incredible speed, precisely aimed at Sha Lin's head.

Zhuang Wanxin paused and entered the villa's garden.

"The Silver Templars are getting worse and worse."

He raised his hand, looking at his palm. This was the place used to block the beam, but now there was a hole through it.

"Mo Licheng, you dare to cooperate with the Yi Kingdom!!" Judging by the direction, the other two teams must have successfully advanced from the blind spots.

He simply asked in the Yi Kingdom dialect.

He suddenly lunged forward, his figure transforming into a blue bolt of lightning, rushing towards Mo Zhuangwan ahead.

A trace of doubt arose in Zhuang Wanxin's mind. Book of Records?!

That should be a note left by Kadi. He opened the translator and carefully read it.

"I was entrusted by Mr. Xindela, Kadi's father."

"I hope Mom and Dad live a long and healthy life, free from illness and disaster. - Duoduo."

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but the old man had already breathed his last breath after saying that final sentence and closing his eyes.

"Waste!? You idiot! You think he's..."

Who!!!" Sha Lin spread his wings, and the blue arcs of electricity around him suddenly exploded, scattering in all directions.

"Osiweis Dragon King, putting this Tier 1 Sky System suit on you is such a waste..." Mo Licheng's expression remained indifferent.

Inside Oasis City.

"Impossible, the information I found proves he's still alive!" Hei Guangyi frowned.

The garden was covered with pink and white cards.

He carelessly tossed the book to Hei Guangyi.

Since the sand bandits' Book of Records was fake, the only clue left was Lan Mengshan.

He put down a card and continued inward, carefully listening to the surrounding sounds.

Suddenly, a piece of the floor in the corner slowly flipped over, revealing an underground tunnel entrance.

"Mo Kadi, you think you can defeat me with these trash just because you're a defeated foe?" A cold laugh came from Sha Lin's helmet.

The last part indeed had a section of fine script that seemed to be from the same era as the Bai Hai script.

"In exchange, I can give you the Book of Records."

This person was also extremely burly, only slightly shorter than the seven-meter-tall Mo Zhuangwan, with a broadsword made of countless shards of glass on his back.

More than technological devices, my senses are currently changing as I begin my dragonization.

Hei Guangyi quietly took out a golden-eyed snake ring.

"All living things in Yun Shan are recorded in this small book. We cycle, we operate, we self-replicate, we always remain the same...we are constantly repeating a fixed life. But is such a life really life?"

"End of Decline, Edge of Completion, Life and Death on the Line, I hope you take care of yourself." - Yan.

This golden-eyed snake team member who once followed Zhuang Wan, successfully left Dark City with the Book of Records.

He took a step forward, stomping on the ground.

Picking up the Book of Records, Hei Guangyi quickly flipped through the pages, finding the parts that weren't in Bai Hai script.

In an instant, the white robe on his body was torn apart, completely shredded and burned by the massive blue particle streams erupting from his body, turning into white ash that scattered.

He stared at the old man for three seconds.

Typical Yi Kingdom writing style, the text is also in the Yi Kingdom dialect.

"I don't know...maybe you can read the notes yourself," the old man replied.

"Similarly cycling, similarly self-replicating, similarly metabolizing...If anyone can see this, please find the Twisted Book in the Hall of Decline."

The Yi Kingdom words just now were exactly what he had said.

The seat slowly descended, and he stopped speaking, closing his eyes and leaning back, becoming quiet.

The beam disappeared, and Sha Lin's entire body was red, the armor on his back along with the wall behind him solidified together, emitting a cold wave of over a thousand degrees.

Exoskeletons and purely mechanical soldiers were mixed together, the red special metal chainsaw and the Zhou wave blade buzzing.

Perhaps she just happened to meet a sand bandit who spoke the Yi Kingdom dialect?

His own consciousness had completely fainted.

"Is there anyone else?"

"You...it's you!!" Seeing who had come, the pupils in Sha Lin's helmet suddenly contracted.

He reached out his left hand, patted below the seat, opened a hidden compartment, and took out an ancient book with a light blue cover.

"Hans claimed that he only managed to escape the Dead Zone after obtaining the Twisted Book. So, I must go to the Hall of Decline. And the location of the Hall of Decline is in the last section of this final note."

*

"No....I'm just Zhuang Wanxin's substitute," the old man replied.

"As you can see. I am Xinghu, Xiao Yao Xing Han Qi." The figure raised his left hand, and streams of fish-like Li En shot out from behind him, slowly swimming and coiling in his palm.

Mo Licheng still stood there, motionless, as if he had been frightened silly.

There was no response from inside the room. He frowned slightly.

Hei Guangyi stopped, looking up at the dim lights inside the villa.

"Long time no see, Sha Lin." Among the sand bandits, a five-meter-tall cyborg clad in silver armor and wielding a giant lance, like a small mountain, stared at him with a single green crystal eye on its face.

Crack.

He died.

The door lock and metal latch were cut through in disarray.

"Zhuang Wanxin mentioned that the Dead Zone originated from the boundless Bai Hai, and the Twisted Book is a text in which the race of Decline records the history of their race's changes. In their records, they unintentionally left a complete process from the formation to the perfection of a Dead Zone."

Just as the two were about to collide.

I just don't know why they are mixed with sand bandits.

Chih!

"What is the essence of life?" There were still bursts of gunfire and explosions. Dang!

Clearly, the owner of the house had left in a hurry.

"Are you Lan Mengshan?" Zhuang Wanxin asked loudly.

On the side of the head, a large area of ​​cracks was clearly visible.

"This is the Book of Records."

"In fact, the so-called Book of Records is just a special notebook."

Two seconds.

"That's....Flying Yi!!!!" The face on Sha Lin's helmet twisted with rage.

Hei Guangyi's heart skipped a beat.

He randomly grabbed a card and looked at it. And luckily has been alive until now.

"You actually have extra troops..." Sha Lin was a little surprised.

According to the address given by Rainbow Candy and Qiong An after comparison, Lan Mengshan should be here.

An old man with white hair sitting in a chair slowly rose from the entrance.

Sha Lin's entire body lightly flew sideways, crashing into a supermarket store on the right.

"Excuse me, is Lan Mengshan here?"

Clearly, the Li En seemed to have predicted all of Sha Lin's movements, accurately stabbing toward his temple.

Walking to the front of the villa, Hei Guangyi reached out and gently pressed on the door lock.

"Perhaps, you can see the essence of the Dead Zone from here."

In front of a detached villa with a garden.

In the final paragraph of the handwriting, there was a fine script that seemed to be of the same age as the Bai Hai script.

*

Lightly tossing it, he accurately threw the ring into the old man's arms.

"Xinghu....!!"