Chapter 152:
Anji's face changed slightly.
Almost everything that happened in her past life, she was able to recall it as calm as water - only one thing could not.
That's when she died.
Perhaps the psychological shadow is too large. From the rebirth to the present, An Ji has not once clearly recalled the scene of death in the previous life, and now it is even a bit vague.
"Must answer?"
Angie tried to bargain with Tang Xiao.
Tang Xiao smiled and looked back.
"...I'm sorry, I'll say it now." The desire to survive made Anji overcome the psychological shadow and began to describe the reasons for his death in the previous life.
Compared to the countless dangers encountered in the short ten days since the rebirth, the same journey in the previous life can be said to be bland. After Angie was successfully recognized by the king in the capital, he was escorted by several knights to Mount Olympus.
The inferiority of the gods did not disappear in the realm of gods, but caused even worse consequences because of the power. However, An Ji in the previous life was also a member who was fully brainwashed by her beliefs.
However, this good day only lasted less than ten years. In her tenth year as an envoy, Angie was dispatched to investigate a strange occurrence in the southern continent.
"... Rumors come from a small remote country in the southern continent, which is located in the severe cold. Some people say that the kingdom was overthrown by a group of robbers, and the people are not living; some people say that the kingdom is controlled by demons; It disappeared mysteriously overnight. And the strangest thing is that all the rumors were spread overnight, but no one knew the truth, and no one even saw anyone in that kingdom again."
Of course, this is not a reason to attract the attention of the gods. The only reason why the kingdom of the gods could overlook the southern continent was that overnight, all the prayers of believers from that kingdom disappeared without a trace.
The gods do not care about the death of mortals, but they cannot live without believers.
Tang Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's not so much to say that believers are missing, but to find that the power of faith has disappeared."
"Ah?" Angie looked blank: "The power of faith? What is this?"
"Nothing, go on."
“…After all, I and several other gods were sent to the southern continent to check the situation. But when we arrived, we found that the southern continent was completely different from ten years ago. Statues were smashed, altars to the gods were deserted, and many newborn children didn't even know what an angel was."
This situation makes Anji and the gods panic, and they don't even know how to report the situation to the gods.
—The mortals of the southern continent have turned their backs on their faith!
Everywhere they walked, they could see the commoners scolding the hypocrisy of the gods. They used to worship sincerely, but what they got was that there was no grain harvest in successive years of drought, and the sudden temperature change caused countless people to die of disease, the dense forests were ignited, and the animal-rich jungles turned into deserts... There is hunger, poverty and death.
Humans wage war because of starvation, trying to **** food from nobles and kings. Evil forces have become more and more rampant due to hunger and war, and the demons of the endless abyss have taken the opportunity to escape in large numbers and make waves in the southern continent.
Angels such as Anji also tried to help believers and punish unbelievers. However, they soon abandoned the operation.
The reason is simple, not so much magic.
To change the status quo of the southern continent, only the gods can do it themselves. So Angie and his party discussed it and decided to return to Mount Olympus to report the situation. As for the remote kingdom that initially needed to be investigated... also cancelled due to an extremely dangerous prophecy.
The prophecy came from the eldest angel, who made this prophecy with half his power. Warn everyone not to approach that kingdom, otherwise even the angels will be in danger of falling.
But will the gods shun the loyalty and supreme faith of the gods because of a little danger?
Yes.
The people who are assigned to this task are all the gods who have served for at least ten years, and all of them are old fritters. It's impossible to fool them into giving their lives for bad things, so the envoys of the gods hit it off and decided to go back on the spot.
On the way back, an accident happened—
The fog obscured all the roads, and the angels could not identify the direction and could no longer communicate with the gods. They were trapped in the fog for three full days before they saw a new figure.
It was a little girl of about ten years old, claiming to be a child from a nearby village, and was ordered by the elders to lead the angel out of the fog.
Wherever the girl went, the mist dissipated, revealing the way. Anji and others were overjoyed and followed her out, but when they walked out of the fog, they found a completely unfamiliar place.
—that remote kingdom that has disappeared from the map!
Anji can't remember exactly what happened next, because she has been an envoy for so long, and she has never seen so many monsters and evil forces. Among the wounded and wounded of the other gods, she was the only one who was still running out, trying to leave the Demon Realm and return to Mount Olympus.
Among these monsters, she also saw a very strange existence. The monster did not attack her or others, and often stood in a corner and watched them silently.
Until the moment when Angie failed to escape for the last time and was broken by the magic defense and broke his head, from the reversed field of vision, Angie finally saw the appearance of the silent monster.
—It is her compatriot, but she has no feelings, and has embarked on a completely different life path.
The moment she lost consciousness completely and fell into darkness, she seemed to hear her sister's hoarse and painful voice:
"Don't...repeat...end this...incarnation..."
At the end of the memory, Angie squatted on the ground without image, feeling a layer of cold sweat on her body.
Although she didn't understand what it meant, every time she recalled it, she instinctively felt a deep trembling and a biting cold.
Intuition tells Angie that if she understands the meaning of that sentence, the consequences may be more terrifying than death.
Tang Xiao snapped his fingers, a touch of spiritual energy poured into An Ji's eyebrows, and the cold body was instantly brought back to consciousness by a warm current. Anji breathed a sigh of relief, and after sobering up, he wanted to sell a lot of misery: "Actually, I was also very pitiful in my last life, and I was confused by desire..."
"Have you decided to give up your desires after your rebirth?"
"...Alas, I don't know where my sister went, she was the last person I saw when I died in my last life..."
"Don't think too much, for her, the place without you should be heaven."
Angie: “…”
How can this be so bad? Although she is shameless, Tang Xiaosheng has no heart!
Fortunately, Tang Xiao finally gave her some comfort: "I can deduce some truth about the process of your death and your sister's last words in the last life. Ask me for free psychological counseling once."
"What is counseling?"
“It’s conversations that make you more positive, happy and healthy.”
"…No thanks."
Angie doesn't know if Tang Xiao can make her heart healthier, but it's easy to break her worldview.
An Ji, who was named and randomly checked a lot of questions, not only did not ask for any benefits when he left, but also had a happy expression of escape. Seeing that Luo Er has a bit of sympathy: "Host, will the original heroine know the truth of everything in this life?"
About the endless reincarnation of this world, and the fate that they are just the native npc in the apocalyptic world. The first sister to discover is already a tragedy. For An Ji and others, I am afraid that knowing nothing is better than knowing but not being able to change.
Tang Xiao was noncommittal: "That's their own choice."
As a player surviving in the doomsday dungeon, the bottom line of what she can do is to have a clear conscience, but it does not include the life choices of others.
"Come on, go back and see a new friend."
Luo Er immediately cheered up: "New friend??"
As the closest system to the host, why doesn't it know that the host has made new friends?
When she saw the real body of the "new friend", Luo Er lost interest: "It turns out to be this ugly puppet egg, it's about to hatch, and it's still alive after it comes out. It doesn't have to be anything."
The entire alliance field knows that the convention uses all aesthetics to create the Inquisitor, and otherwise it can be described as ugly and minimalist. Therefore, Luo Er didn't have any hope for this puppet egg from the convention.
Tang Xiao quietly looked at the eggshell with increasing cracks. Small gaps slowly appeared on it, more and more, and finally spread to the whole egg.
"Pop."
The eggshell finally cracked and turned into countless fragments and scattered evenly. And what's inside is finally revealed—
Being caught off guard, one person, one system, and their four eyes.
Knowing the sea, Luo Er forgot that he was a beating ball of light and stopped in mid-air.
Tang Xiao tilted his head: "…"
"Chu Chen??"