Ikelite Academy, Gerald Memorial Plaza.

The open-air screen, which had been broadcasting news, suddenly went black, and then began to show scenes from a brand new shadow world.

It immediately attracted the attention of a few passing students.

Because they didn't know what level the shadow world was, most students just glanced at it and walked by. The end of the semester was particularly busy for them, and they didn't have the mind to pay attention to other people's shadow world records.

Only a few students paid a little more attention to the open-air screen.

The opening scene revealed a city-state shrouded in the clouds of war.

The background text of the shadow world appeared at the bottom, indicating that this was a capital city called Hellsalem, belonging to the northern Brant Empire. The entire continent was now under the shadow of the Honing Empire, controlled by the Blood Clan.

The sky was gray, and heavy clouds hung low, as if foreshadowing an impending storm.

On the streets, citizens hurried about, their expressions tense and worried, wearing dark clothes that almost blended into the surrounding gloom.

The camera slowly moved, passing through the busy streets of Hellsalem, capturing the latest war reports on newspaper stands.

The headlines on the newspapers proclaimed good news in large characters, but the small print underneath revealed deep unease and fear.

A low, rhythmic background music emanated from the street shops, intertwining eerily with the occasional air raid sirens in the distance.

The scene shifted to the Parliament Building, the political center of the Brant Empire. The magnificent building appeared even more solemn and unshakeable under the gloomy sky.

Inside, the lights were dim, and the long corridors and old oil paintings seemed somewhat eerie.

In these corridors, politicians discussed the fate of the country in hushed voices, their faces filled with worry and the weight of responsibility.

Then, the scene changed to a closed office.

It was a small room filled with books, documents, and smoke, appearing somewhat crowded and cluttered. On the desk, a small black cat looked around in confusion.

A figure was sitting behind his desk, seemingly having just arrived, contemplating the challenges ahead.

His eyes were deep, as if examining the past and the future. He held an unlit cigar in his hand, gently turning it.

His expression was blank, but his identity was obvious. The letterhead on the desk symbolized the burden on his shoulders—

[New Prime Minister of the Brant Empire: Lan Qi Wilford]

In an instant, exclamations erupted from the students at the edge of Gerald Memorial Plaza.

"Holy crap! Lan!"

Hearing the sound, more and more people on campus turned back and looked at the open-air screen.

Many teachers and students at Ikelite Academy were no strangers to the name Lan Qi. Last semester, nearly half of the Yaluolan Kingdom academic visiting team was lost in their school, which was related to Lan Qi.

Fortunately, he spared Karen, the most precious gold-level card maker of the Yaluolan Kingdom academic visiting team, and didn't mess with her.

Originally, after not hearing any news about Lan Qi for half a year, the discussion heat had dropped a lot.

Now seeing his lightning-like return, entering the shadow world as soon as he came back, the students began to spread the news enthusiastically after a while.

The end of the semester was no longer important; they wanted to see Lan Qi's shadow world live broadcast after half a year!

"Speaking of which, what level is his shadow world this time... It looks like a completely open shadow world."

The students who had already sat down on the steps in front of the open-air screen couldn't help but discuss.

Most low-level shadow worlds are closed environments.

Similar to that closed demon academy, [Purgatory Corridor Academy], or the [Sanctuary Villain's Banquet] fighting the Destruction Saintess in the castle, it is difficult to leave the activity area framed by the shadow world for challengers within a limited time and conditions.

And this shadow world seems to have a great deal of activity space, freedom, and possibility.

It's almost equivalent to the real world.

Often, the level of this kind of shadow world cannot be low.

…

Inside the mysterious shadow world.

Lan Qi leaned back in his office chair, gazing at the office.

He had just experienced a chaotic darkness, followed by the first ray of sunlight piercing through layers of darkness, and his vision gradually returned to light, allowing him to see this environment.

Only Boss Cat was with him.

Hyperion was nowhere to be seen.

Lan Qi's gaze moved slowly around the office, noticing every detail of the room.

The oil paintings hanging on the wall seemed to reflect the Brant Empire's glorious era.

The bookshelves were filled with books and documents, representing his identity as a politician and scholar.

The room was also filled with the scent of tobacco, and a pipe and matches were placed on the desk.

He picked up the pipe and looked at it. He didn't smoke, but it seemed that the identity he was playing at this moment would be accompanied by tobacco when he was alone.

"Meow, Lan Qi, where is this?"

Boss Cat didn't understand what era they had come to for a long time, whether it was dangerous or safe.

However, it had heard that most shadow worlds would have a relatively safe environment at the beginning, and would not directly throw challengers into a hopeless dead end.

"Probably tens of thousands of years ago."

Lan Qi put down the pipe and answered, looking at the wartime map on the wall.

When he saw the words "Honing Empire," he knew it was another Blood Moon Bad World era.

It was just different from the last Sanctuary Villain's Banquet. The Honing Empire, as the giant country located in the southernmost part, was now very different. It had almost annexed the entire central countries and became the largest force on the world map.

And the Brant Empire, where Lan Qi was located, was a human empire in the northern part of the continent, close to life-and-death trials, and was also one of the few countries still resisting the Honing Empire and the Blood Clan.

From the map, the northern part of the Brant Empire was a snowfield, and further north was a polar night land of extreme cold, with almost no daytime. After passing through it, one could enter the Demon Clan's country.

"Just looking at the geographical environment, the Brant Empire and the Protoss Empire are quite similar, and the current Honing Empire is almost equivalent to the entire southern continent, and there is no sea separating the two."

Lan Qi muttered to himself, also explaining to Boss Cat.

Before Boss Cat could continue to say anything, the information of the shadow world appeared before their eyes.

[Shadow World: Dark Eclipse Realm]

[Level: Seven]

[Total number of challengers: 3]

[Sixteen years ago, after that banquet, you were hunted down by the Blood Clan and scattered everywhere.]

[After escaping from Lichtenstein Castle, you changed your appearance and fled all the way to the north of the continent. You spent the past sixteen years becoming a high-level politician in the Brant Empire, and now you are the last human defense line against the Blood Clan and the Honing Empire.]

"The story background of that shadow world was in late autumn. Twelve guests were invited by Priest Caligula to gather at Lichtenstein Castle on the cliff. We seemed to have different social identities, but in fact, we were all members of the secret church, aiming to overthrow the Blood Clan's bloody rule over humans. However, Grand Priest Caligula died tragically that night, and there was a traitor among the twelve of us who turned to the Blood Clan."

Lan Qi explained to Boss Cat, seeing its confused expression without knowing the plot summary.

In the castle, he and Frey worked together to expose the identity of the traitor by setting up the Destruction Saintess, making the Destruction Saintess kneel down with basic etiquette, and finally captured Earl Palocas and Viscount Augustine to make a fully automatic solar-powered meritorious machine. All of these happened in the Sanctuary Villain's Banquet of that shadow world.

At this moment, the timeline corresponding to this new shadow world should be sixteen years after the Sanctuary Villain's Banquet, continuing the historical story of the Blood Moon Bad World.

It's just that, according to the clearance rewards obtained by Lan Qi, Hyperion, and Frey, they also saw the original real history in the remarks of the cards and materials. In the real history, their anti-Blood Clan church was not a complete victory. The Sun Child played by Lan Qi barely survived, while the Witch corresponding to Hyperion and the Werewolf corresponding to Frey all died, leaving only the Sun Child alone to continue fighting against the Blood Clan.

Boss Cat nodded, stood on Lan Qi's desk, and continued to watch with him.

[The Honing Empire has now taken the southern half of the continent. Its two million troops are pressing on the border of the Brant Empire's neighboring country, ready to start attacking the northern countries at any time. Due to the former prime minister of the Brant Empire's non-resistance, concession, and compromise strategy, which has condoned the expansion and aggression of the Honing Empire, the Brant Empire's parliament has lost confidence in this prime minister and has begun to look for a new successor.]

[However, Duke Moretti, the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the highest voice within the parliament, is also a conservative. He refused to take over this mess, citing his lack of ability.]

[The successor must not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring peace to the northern continent, but also be a candidate acceptable to the conservatives. Therefore, you seized such an opportunity and, after more than ten years of effort, came to the highest stage of the Brant Empire from behind the scenes.]

[However, what awaits you is a test that you are not ready for and cannot bear the weight of...]

[Due to the fact that the ending of the previous historical node has been changed—the werewolf and the witch both survived—the projected timeline has also undergone a slight shift from the original historical development process.]

[The werewolf will not necessarily help you, at least not this time.]

[The witch is missing, maybe she is waiting for you somewhere in the world.]

[This little bit, an insignificant change to the giant track of history, may become an opportunity to end the Blood Moon Bad World decades in advance...]

[Mission Objective 1: Find the key to defeating the Blood Clan.]

[Mission Objective 2: At the end of the shadow world, increase the human side's chances of winning against the Blood Clan to more than 1%.]

[Mission Objective 3: All challengers survive until the 45-day time limit ends.]

[If the challenger's mission objective fails, it will trigger a real-world disaster.]

[The challenger's starting location is scattered according to the story background and the historical role they play.]

[Time remaining 44 days 23 hours 59 minutes.]

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