<h4>Chapter 401 A Lamp That Does Not Exist In This World</h4>
<strong>GOR Chapter 401 A Lamp That Does Not Exist In This World</strong>
After thinking about that possibility, Chen Xiaolian was no longer able to shake it off.
He carefully scrutinized thebat de in his hand.
The edge of the de was sharp and a faint pattern could be seen on the surface of the de. The long de was somewhat shorterpared to that of a samurai’s. However, it was wider. Its hilt was also longer and the de can be held with one hand or both hands.
As Chen Xiaolian was preupied with his inspection of the de, Skyde’s impatient voice interrupted him. “Just what are you waiting for?”
“… err.” Chen Xiaolian hesitated for a moment. In the end, he chose not to reveal that fact. He whispered in a vague tone, “The, the thing on the wall had disappeared. Going there now is pointless.”
Skyde grunted with discontent. “Put me down then!”
Chen Xiaolian used both hands to carefully ce the de on the floor. Then, he sat down.
“We need to have a proper talk.” Chen Xiaolian tested the waters.
“Talk about what?” There was frustration in Skyde’s voice. “As of now, I am unable to move my body or see. I can’t even move a single finger. There is no need for you to worry about me harming you.”
Chen Xiaolian secretly gave a wry smile. A finger? You don’t have a single finger right now.
After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xiaolian decided to continue testing Skyde. “You… cannot move. If so, aren’t you afraid that I might harm you? We’re not acquaintances after all.”
“Hah!” There was conviction in Skyde’s voice as he said, “You wouldn’t dare. You still do not understand this ce and there are many things that you don’t know about. If you get me killed, you will have to stay here until the day you die.”
Chen Xiaolian was silent for a moment. “Can you tell me about how things were when you first came inside here?”
It took a moment before Skyde replied in a rather downcast tone, “Some of my memories are no more.”
“In other words, there is a power in here that can erase memories?” Chen Xiaolian cast a vignt look at his surroundings.
“Yes. Some memories will disappear while some won’t.” Skyde’s answer was a peculiar one. “It is probably due to the restriction set down by the owner of this ce, some sort of protective mechanism.”
“Which memories will disappear? Give me an example.”
“For example, how did I get into this building back then. I can no longer recall that.”
Chen Xiaolian’s mind raced and he said, “Then, I have another question. When I came here, it was because you told me that there is only one chance to enter the right ce among the many buildings here. If I had entered the wrong one, I would have been in danger – so, how did you know about this back when you entered? Who told you about that?”
“… I don’t remember.”
Although that was Skyde’s answer, Chen Xiaolian could detect the hollowness in his reply.
He was lying!
Chen Xiaolian’s mind lit up!
There was a flicker in Chen Xiaolian’s eyes and he continued asking, “If so, what happened after you enter this room? Can you tell me about it in detail?”
“After I enter?” Skyde entered a silent state of contemtion for a moment before slowly saying, “After I entered, the door closed up and I was unable to open the door. There is something strange about the space here. No matter how I move or run, I was unable to reach the door. Although it was only one step away from me, it feels as though there was a distance of 8,000 li (1 li = 0.5 km) between me and the door.”
“Mm.” Chen Xiaolian nodded his head. “And?”
“And then there is this jade wall,” Skyde slowly said. “This jade wall is something the owner left behind. There is an important secret hidden within this jade wall. Byprehending this jade wall, you can acquire some power that might be able to change some things.”
“Like what?” Chen Xiaolian smiled. “You are already the Guild Leader of a resident guild of Zero City and most certainly a high-ranking expert. Why would you need to go search for some power? As for changing of things… do you by chance mean the changing of fate? Could it be you think that Zero City is not secure?”
“Ha ha ha!” Skydeughed out loudly. “Do you think that Zero City is really a safe ce?”
Chen Xiaolian deliberately used a confused tone in his reply. “For Awakened ones, is there anything that can provide more safetypared to Zero City?”
“The safest ce is not really a safe ce.” Skyde sneered. “If Zero City is really a safe ce, then why the other guilds in Zero City would constantly be embroiled in a struggle, putting their lives at risk? Why would every one of them be filled with a sense of crisis and why would they struggle with everything they have to increase their strength?
“It is because, the more you know, the stronger the sense of crisis bes.”
Pausing, Skyde then whispered, “The outside world is subjected to the powers of the main system and the Awakened ones outside are the equivalent to ves of the main system.
“Then, what about the people inside Zero City?
“Are the people inside Zero City not enved by Zero City’s system?
“They too must bow down to another program.
“Do you think there is any difference there?
“The difference lies in the fact that the Awakened ones outside must go risk their lives inside the instance dungeons created by the main system.
“As for us residents of Zero City, we must obey Zero City’s system, ept its quest and go risk our lives for it.”
<i>Oh? This is a novel thought.</i>
Chen Xiaolian considered this argument but then he shook his head. “Wrong. The main program outside forces Awakened ones to participate in instance dungeons. The Awakened ones outside has no choice in the matter.
“But in Zero City…”
“There is essentially no difference between them!” Skyde shouted. “Kid, use your head to think carefully.”
“Think?”
Skyde snickered and said in a contemptuous voice, “The outside world = Awakened ones receives the constraints ced by the main system = forced to participate in instance dungeons = not participating means being punished. Thus, the result is that they will need to participate in the instance dungeons and risk their lives.
“What about Zero City then?
“In Zero City = resident guilds receives the constraints ced by Zero City’s system = in order to increase their strength, they need to fight for the additional allocation = they mustpete for the resource quests by Zero City. Thus, the result is that they must participate in the quest and risk their lives.
“Kid, tell me. Where is the difference?”
Chen Xiaolian was left speechless.
“The only thing is, for the outside world, it would appear that the main system is forcing the Awakened ones to go risk their lives, making it so their participation bes a necessity.
“As for Zero City, the system in Zero City uses benefits to attract the Awakened ones there to go risk their lives. In the end, the results are the same: Awakened ones must go do it.
“One side is being forced while the other does not appear forced, but rather, attracted to it.
“But it’s the same!”
Chen Xiaolian was momentarily lost for words and he could not figure out how to refute Skyde’s words.
After considering it for a moment, Chen Xiaolian spoke up, “But…”
“No buts.” Skyde said coldly. “Enough, now that you are here, there is finally hope for me to leave this Hellish ce!
“My eyes can no longer see. I’ll have to depend on you.
“Right now, your task is to stare at this jade wall. Keep staring at it. If there is any discovery, hurry up and inform me. We’ll figure it out together. Only byprehending it can we hope to escape this ce.”
After saying that, Skyde continued with a hint of frustration, “Do you see thempstand in this room?”
“I see it.”
“The method to escape is simple. Comprehend the power in the jade wall and grasp it. Then, use the power to extinguish the me on thempstand. That way, we’ll be able to leave.”
“Extinguish the me?” Chen Xiaolian’s eyes lit up.
“You think it’s simple?” Skyde suddenlyughed out loudly. “Kid! Do you know how many methods I have used only to fail to extinguish it?”
Chen Xiaolian immediately stood up. He pulled out his Sword in the Stone and moved toward thempstand.
The me on thempstand was as big as a bean and was weak and faint. It appeared as though it could go out at any given moment.
Chen Xiaolian first attempted to blow it.
Useless!
The gust of wind he sent forward blew past themp’s fire but it remained motionless. While it continued in its weak state, it remained lit.
Chen Xiaolian felt surprised and he proceeded to extend his fingers out toward the flickering me.
He tried to pinch the wick.
He did it.
His fingers pinched the wick and the mes immediately turned dim. Chen Xiaolian became overjoyed.
To his dismay, when he released his fingers, the flickering me reappeared!
Faint and dim, but it remained lit!
Chen Xiaolian thought about it. Then, he suddenly took a step back and raised his Sword in the Stone.
Without hesitation, he shed down on thempstand!
When the Sword in the Stone descended upon thempstand, Chen Xiaolian’s eyes were wide open as he carefully observed what was happening.
The next instant…
Hu!
The de of the sword shed down from above thempstand, easily cutting thempstand apart and going all the way down, creating a series of sparks in the process!
However, when Chen Xiaolian regarded it again, he saw that thempstand remained intact!
The Hell!
Just now, he had clearly seen the de of his sword sh down, cleaving thempstand in two!
He took a deep breath and raised the Sword in the Stone once more.
This time, he used the Demon King of Confusion’s Three Axes skill.
The three axes skill was executed and the swings of his sword intersected through the air.
Amid the sword swings, thempstand continued standing in ce. The descending sword strikes could not affect thempstand in the slightest.
It was clearly right here. However, it was as though it had be a virtual existence and the de of the sword easily prated through thempstand’s body without causing it any damage.
It… was like a holographic projection! It had no real body?!
Chen Xiaolian was stunned.
He stopped swinging his sword and reached out with his hand to touch thempstand.
It felt cold to the touch.
His hand could clearly feel it. It was a solid object.
But if so, why…
“You can see it, touch it, but you cannot extinguish it. Once you threaten its existence, it will be an illusory silhouette and you would be unable to hit its body.” Skyde who was beside him sighed. “I believe that this must be something simr to the rules in this room. Themp appear be exist before us. However, it is in fact in another space. However, the point in space that thismp is upying is intersecting with this point in this room.
“We cannotnd any attacks on it from this space because we cannotnd any attacks on objects in another space. Unless… you can cut through the barrier between spaces. However, that type of power… I don’t have it!”
Chen Xiaolian was stunned.
It was at that moment that a feeling of terror sprouted up within Chen Xiaolian’s heart.
If I really end up getting trapped here… then what?
Even someone like Skyde ended up getting trapped here. As for me… can I get out?
Looking at the de lying on the floor…
Chen Xiaolian felt a chill running down his heart!
<i>Just what kind of power is this? It could even turn Skyde into a de!</i>
<i>If so… what about me?</i>
<i>If I stay here for too long, would I…</i>
<i>What will i be?</i>
Cold sweat trickled down Chen Xiaolian’s forehead!
…
Pure white snow could be seen for thousands of li.
There were many mountains here, but it remained a snow-white world.
There was a peculiar looking house above a cliff.
A figure dropped down upon the top area of the snow covered cliff like a huge bird swooping down. As the figure was halfway down, the umbre in the figure’s hand spread open.
The momentum of the figure’s fall decreased.
This human figure descended upon the front part of the house above the cliff. The figure’s hand softly stretched out and made contact with the door of the house. With a sh, the figure had entered the house.
Within the dark room of the house, the figure took off his cloak to reveal a distinguished looking face whose eyebrows revealed an atmosphere of solitude.
He gently tidied up his umbre and casually put it by the door.
In the middle of the house was a table.
Surprisingly, what was ced on the table was amp!
The me of themp was as big as a bean.
The me swayed lightly and the man moved until he was before the table. The details on his face gradually became clearer.
His eyes stared intently at the me on themp and aplicated smile appeared through his eyes.
“It appears… things are progressing much faster than I had expected.”