WTYTIAAN Chapter 244

Chapter 244

Chapter 244

Temporarily reining in his thoughts about the game and transmigration, Yan Yunqing’s attention returned to Sean.

There wasn’t a major problem with what Sean was saying. The only logical loophole was that his grandfather and father should have been at a higher level than him before they died. So why did Sean hold the city longer than they did?

Yan Yunqing lowered his eyes, pondering the question, and heard Sean continue his story.

He didn’t seem to be affected by Yan Yunqing’s contemplation, or perhaps after spending a long thousand years alone, he finally had someone who wanted to listen to his story. So he rambled on, regardless of whether Yan Yunqing was listening.

“The last battle…”

“You also saw it, we lost. Elantick City fell.”

“The rebel army broke through the city gates, and the entire Elantick City seemed to become hell.”

This battle lasted for more than three months. During these drawn-out three months, Elantick City had truly run out of food and ammunition, so when they finally surrendered, there was almost no room for resistance.

The frozen images contained countless shocking scenes.

Yan Yunqing didn’t even dare to look closely.

Because if he looked closely, his conscience would really condemn him, even though he knew that the root cause of these events was not him, and even less so the Demon King.

Was Theodore going to choose to surrender because of Elantick City?

Yan Yunqing wondered.

Sean’s speech wasn’t fast. Yan Yunqing discovered that he was a very good storyteller. He could tell any story in a slow and measured way, making the listener feel as if they were there, immersed in it.

“In the end, I used that alchemy formation.” Sean said, “I said before that when I was studying that alchemy formation, I accidentally discovered that it had some connection with necromancy. But because the deaths of my father and grandfather were too sudden, I couldn’t continue studying it, so I set the alchemy formation aside and first arranged things for Elantick City.”

“After the last battle failed, I remembered that alchemy formation. I knew that after this defeat, few people in the city would survive, and my family would be the first to be eradicated because of our resistance during this time. In any case, I couldn’t survive.”

“So you decided to activate that alchemy formation?” Yan Yunqing frowned. “You haven’t said before, how did you discover that this alchemy formation was related to necromancy?”

“Don’t worry, I’m just about to say this.”

Sean sighed, “Before, I tried to use this formation, but the materials to activate the formation couldn’t be tested. Until later, in an accidental stroke of luck, a kitten raised by my sister walked into that alchemy formation and then melted into it.”

“Then the formation activated?”

“No, that kitten couldn’t activate the formation. Its death could only briefly activate it for a moment, but I still captured that anomaly.”

“After that, I conducted several more experiments, catching Lulu pigs, birds, magical beasts… After these attempts, I discovered that this alchemy formation needed creatures containing magic to activate it. Because I once used several magical beasts to briefly activate that alchemy formation and successfully used it.”

“Those magical beasts melted in front of me and transformed into undead at the same time.” Sean said, “Even though those magical beast undead didn’t exist for long, I was still sure of one thing: this alchemy formation is related to necromancy.”

Yan Yunqing’s gaze toward Sean gradually became complicated, “This kind of formation that transforms creatures into undead…”

“I know.” Sean nodded, “Regarding everything that the former necromancer did, it was all in the courses taught by the family. I naturally know that ordinary necromancy can only contract and drive the undead, and cannot transform creatures into undead.”

“I also know that all the notes and handwriting of that necromancer have been destroyed, so this alchemy formation is likely to have been deliberately hidden and saved separately.”

“So when those things happened later, I didn’t take it out and use it immediately.”

Yan Yunqing looked at him. Although Sean’s face was still very flat, he could still judge a bit of sincerity from Sean’s tone.

It should be the truth.

Yan Yunqing thought.

“Later, after trying several times, I figured out a bit of the use of this alchemy formation. Its energy conversion refers to turning living beings into undead, but the undead created in this way won’t exist for too long. They will soon dissipate. The several magical beasts that I tried before were all in this situation.”

“Then I tried it with my own blood and found that as long as it was assisted with magic ore, plus my blood, there was a certain chance that it could awaken the sleeping dead… Or rather, it could transform the souls of the dead who were related to me by blood into undead, provided that the souls of the dead were still lingering in the world.”

Sean beckoned to Yan Yunqing, signaling Yan Yunqing to follow him.

He led Yan Yunqing out of the secret room, through a long corridor, and onto the street, past countless tragedies, and toward another building. It was a building that was out of place with other houses. There was a large square in front of it, which was different from the scenes of people of all sizes on other streets. The square was extraordinarily empty, and complex patterns were engraved on the ground, just like the patterns recorded in that notebook.

Yan Yunqing immediately saw that [Fire of Loneliness] had also discovered this square. He was wandering on the edge of the square, trying to study what kind of alchemy formation was on the ground.

“I once relied on this to briefly summon my mother, who passed away when I was very young, but my mother didn’t have much autonomy after becoming an undead. She was muddleheaded all day long. I think it was probably because my mother’s soul wasn’t complete.”

Sean pointed to the runes on the square and said, “That was what I temporarily carved out later. This is just a main formation. The rest of the structure is spread throughout Elantick City.”

Sean whispered, “Because too much time has passed, my mother… also passed away for a long time, so she became like that.”

[Fire of Loneliness] and the others saw Yan Yunqing and waved to their location from a distance.

“Later, I also tried to summon my father and grandfather. Without exception, they all failed. I think my father and grandfather have all been reincarnated.”

Yan Yunqing didn’t comment on this. This world does have the saying of reincarnation. After all, it is a world with gods. It is normal for ordinary people to be reincarnated after death, isn’t it?

[Fire of Loneliness] and the others walked toward them.

“Because of this, I was silent for a long time, and I gave up the idea of summoning my father and grandfather again, until the day of defeat and the fall of the city——”

“Blood dyed the entire Elantick City red.”

Sean raised his head, supporting his body to look at the sky, as if he could still see a certain day more than a thousand years ago. The city was defeated and the city gates were broken open. The sounds of fighting and wailing were intertwined, constantly wandering in the sky above Elantick City. Blood dyed Elantick City red, and also dyed half the sky red.

The entire Elantick City was shrouded in a blood-colored shadow.

“I have to do something.”

Sean said, “If death is inevitable, then I must do something before death, even if the possibility of successfully saving Elantick City is very small.”

“What are you talking about?” [Fire of Loneliness] looked at the one person and one undead curiously, “Seeing that you are chatting so enthusiastically, Arthur’s research may not last too long. He said that the tools were not brought this time. After a brief check, he will have to call his teacher over next time to study it together.”

Yan Yunqing took time to glance at his task list. Sure enough, Arthur’s commissioned task showed that it was 90% complete. A escort task was not difficult, the difficulty was the danger that might be encountered on the road. However, with Yan Yunqing’s strength, this danger was the least worth mentioning.

Unless a Kean appeared to ambush Arthur now, or Diviak and the others collectively rebelled and came to kill Arthur, as long as the level of the magical creatures didn’t exceed one hundred, it wasn’t a problem for Yan Yunqing.

Yan Yunqing nodded. His eyes saw that Arthur was already lying on the ground studying the formation. He was a little headache, thinking about whether to stop him. After all, according to Sean, this was an alchemy formation related to necromancy, so it’s best not to spread it out.

Arthur was able to get into Sigret Academy. Yan Yunqing didn’t doubt the other party’s IQ. If he learned this alchemy formation on the spot and accidentally made it bigger when he copied it, it would be bad.

Although Sean didn’t say that he had ever used intelligent creatures for experiments, Yan Yunqing didn’t believe that he was really so honest. Only Sean knew about what happened back then. When people tell their own stories, they will subconsciously beautify their behavior, and Sean’s narration was the same.

Throughout the entire narration, apart from a few places where Sean blackened himself, Yan Yunqing didn’t hear any negative descriptions of him.

Yan Yunqing obviously didn’t believe this. According to this description, Sean was about to become a saint. What he didn’t believe first was that Sean’s sister’s cat really accidentally broke into the formation.

Maybe Sean guided the cat in, and finally used the Spring and Autumn Annals to say that the cat accidentally broke in, and finally researched the use of this alchemy formation.

Yan Yunqing didn’t want this alchemy formation to be spread again.

Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes. Just as he was about to speak out to stop Arthur’s research, he heard Sean continue to say.

He wasn’t affected by the arrival of [Fire of Loneliness] at all, and opened his mouth on his own, “So I drew this large formation. If blood can be used to summon the undead who are related to them by blood, then too many people have died in Elantick City over the years. Every piece of land here is covered with blood, and there are countless auxiliary material magic ores in Elantick City.”

After all, the prosperity of Elantick City was because of the resources of magic ore around it.

“Hey, what? You drew this formation?” [Fire of Loneliness] was still a little out of the situation, and couldn’t figure it out. [Yingyi], who also heard this sentence, obviously realized something and frowned at Sean.

“I used this formation, and all the ore resources that Elantick City has accumulated over the years to assist these blood, and wanted to summon the Elantick warriors who once died in front of this city.” Sean didn’t pay attention to [Fire of Loneliness]’s doubts and continued.

“I believe that the warriors who once fought to the death for Elantick City, even if they become undead, will continue to guard this city at all costs.”

Yan Yunqing raised his eyebrows, but his eyes saw that Arthur had stepped into the alchemy formation. Something flashed in his mind. Before he could shout to wait, the ground under their feet immediately trembled.

“Damn, what’s going on?” [Bin Storm] was surprised and quickly inserted the long sword he carried with him into the ground to support his body so as not to fall because of the shaking, “Is this an earthquake?”

“I succeeded, I summoned the undead.”

Yan Yunqing’s eyebrows locked together, and he looked at the surrounding vigilantly. Arthur, who had stepped into the formation, was not melted like the innocent kitten, but looked around in surprise and uncertainty.

A bookworm can’t always be a bookworm when facing danger and not listening to what’s going on outside.

Yan Yunqing’s brain quickly turned, connecting all of Sean’s words together, and suddenly understood Sean’s implication, “Blood can only summon the undead who are related to them by blood, but cannot summon them personally, but you successfully summoned the undead——you sacrificed the people of the entire city?”

[Fire of Loneliness] issued a soul question: “Huh? What are you talking about? We don’t run when there’s an earthquake? Shouldn’t we run to an open space first, squat down and hold our heads with both hands?”

That’s what the fire drills in elementary school taught.

Sean was stunned when he heard Yan Yunqing’s words. The entire undead stood there blankly, and intense emotions appeared on that flat, emotionless face for the first time.

He was struggling.

“No——no, I just wanted to save everyone. I wanted to summon the dead warriors to continue fighting——I didn’t sacrifice the people of the entire city!”

Sean struggled and roared, grabbing his hair with both hands, showing an extremely painful expression. This was much more real than his previous performance, at least that’s how it seemed to Yan Yunqing.

The shaking of the ground under their feet became even greater. The buildings that had been frozen in place actually began to fall off their stones, smashing on the ground and raising one piece after another of dust.

Is it really an earthquake?

“No, this place is sinking!” [Paw Patrol], who had participated in several earthquake rescue and disaster relief efforts, immediately realized that something was wrong and roared to remind his companions.

Yan Yunqing suddenly looked at the alchemy formation in the center of the square and found that the formation was gradually lighting up from the center, like a stone being smashed into the water. The light was rippling out like ripples.

Damn it, the formation is activated.

Why so suddenly?

Arthur had already discovered that something was wrong and staggered back a few steps to leave the square, but the formation was still gradually lighting up, indicating that the key point was definitely not Arthur.

[Yingyi] also discovered that this place was sinking. He held the weapon in his hand, “We must quickly leave the sinking area.”

“The problem is how big is the sinking area? What if the entire ruins area is a sinking area? Even if we grow a Scud missile, we won’t be able to run away!” [Fire of Loneliness] wailed. Although he complained, he still prepared to evacuate quickly.

[Bin Storm] picked up the mission NPC Arthur. They were players, and they could die. At worst, they would be fined a day of resurrection CD, but if the npc died, their mission would fail. Not only would they not get the mission rewards, but all their previous efforts would be wasted.

Arthur must be protected. When necessary, players can die for him.

[Fire of Loneliness] half-dragged [Yao Prison Cruiser]. Academics were exhausted, and magicians could only take care of each other.

“Walk.”

When the first house began to collapse, [Yingyi] gave the order.

They ran all the way toward the city gate. The ground under their feet began to crack after they ran past, and then cracked open, revealing the abyss, constantly swallowing the collapsing houses and the wax figures that were frozen on the road.

The sky seemed to be gloomy at that moment. It seemed that the disaster that was about to happen had been expected. The few rays of light that remained barely penetrated the heavy clouds, outlining the twisted outline of the surrounding buildings that were collapsing.

The constantly collapsing buildings played a song full of deathly silence. The air seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, making a buzzing sound. The sound seemed to come from the horizon, but also seemed to come from the abyss that swallowed the buildings.

With a bang, a tall tower-like building smashed down the moment [Yingyi] and the others ran past. If Yan Yunqing hadn’t dodged quickly to the right rear, the collapsing building would have smashed directly on him.

Dust was raised all around, and everyone’s vision range was reduced equally.

Yan Yunqing covered his mouth and nose, but was still choked by the dust.

He waved his hand to sweep away the dust flying in front of him. When his vision became clear again, he found that he had been separated from the main force.

The chat system also sent [Yingyi]’s inquiry.

[Yingyi (Private)]: Are you okay? We fell into a pit. Can we climb up and find a place to meet?

Yan Yunqing coughed a few times. He was really a little helpless in the face of such a harsh environment. He quickly looked around, following the route into the city in his memory, and using the small map to find a shortcut out of the city.

There was no way, an accident happened here, and the small map still maintained the terrain when they first came in, so it couldn’t be of much use for the time being.

Yan Yunqing replied casually.

[Rian (Private)]: You go first, and meet outside the city.

[Yingyi (Private)]: Okay, be careful.

[Yingyi] agreed quickly, probably also thinking that with the strength of this mysterious boss, he might be better prepared to deal with such emergencies than them… Maybe this emergency was also planned by the mysterious boss.

Yan Yunqing didn’t know what [Yingyi] was thinking. If he knew, he would also shout for injustice at this moment. Although he guessed that this trip wouldn’t end so simply, what he guessed was that the entire city’s ‘wax figures’ would be resurrected, or completely transformed into undead, starting a chase.

After all, without a chase, this action movie would lack a soul.

However, Yan Yunqing never expected that the danger that was put on the surface was not the danger, but the danger came from a place that could not be seen or touched.

Who knew that the city would suddenly sink?

Facing the wax figures in the entire city, Yan Yunqing dared to guarantee that his combat experience was invincible. He could fight one against a hundred, and one against a thousand in minutes. Those wax figures that had been frozen for an unknown amount of time couldn’t possibly beat him.

But it’s different now. Now it’s a purely natural (?) disaster. Facing this level of natural disaster, even if his few dependents came, it would be difficult for them to easily save themselves, right?

…Oh, Diviak and Isabel don’t count.

These two are dragons with wings. They can turn back into their original forms and fly out directly.

Yan Yunqing was helpless, but there wasn’t much nervousness in his heart. After all, he just couldn’t easily save himself. He could work hard to find the right direction and rush out.

He was a swordsman who had agility faster than a thief!

Yan Yunqing compared the small map and found that the roads in the direction of the city gate were starting to sink, and buildings were being swallowed one by one. Yan Yunqing felt a little urgency.

He looked around and found that only the area near the square where they came from and the area behind it were still exposed. Yan Yunqing swiped the small map and confirmed that not far behind the square was close to the city wall. Although he wasn’t sure if only this city was sinking, only that side was the safest direction. He didn’t have to worry about suddenly being swallowed by the abyss while running.

Yan Yunqing clicked his tongue and didn’t hesitate much. He went back the way he came and ran towards the square. In the middle, he encountered a small sinking area. Yan Yunqing jumped on the house and jumped over with the strength.

He returned to the vicinity of the square in a few strokes. This was faster than their group running out.

Sure enough, it’s faster to act alone. He doesn’t have to hold back his strength and can use it at will.

Yan Yunqing immediately saw Sean, who was still stunned in place, looking extremely painful. This look revealed that something was wrong with Sean: his soul body was even weaker, and it looked like he was about to become completely transparent.

In this short period of time, can the soul body of an undead quickly weaken like this?

Obviously, there was no change after Sean and him bumped into each other and walked all the way to this Elantick City.

——Sean’s weakness is related to the continuous sinking of this city!

Yan Yunqing opened his task list and took a look, confirming that there was only one last task left regarding Sean, which was to fulfill his wish.

But what is Sean’s wish?

Yan Yunqing thought for a while and didn’t rush to go out. He was always a person who cherishes his life. He can remain calm in this crisis situation. The reason why he didn’t run away quickly was because he had enough confidence to get out——don’t forget, he has many self-preservation methods.

This time, he came with [Yingyi] and the others to do the task, so the portable anchor point was not set in advance. He didn’t want to expose too many self-preservation methods in front of the official, so the portable anchor point was useless. The active skill [Doppelganger] was not enough to exchange positions, and he didn’t set it in advance either.

If these two were useless, he still had the last one, which was the bottom of the box escape method——[Selinval’s Remembrance].

[Selinval’s Remembrance]

Description: This is a gem containing Selinval’s magic. When you have thoughts of Selinval in your heart, it will emit light, illuminating a road home.

“Confused elves, I will lead your soul back to Selinval!”

(After use, it will open a portal linking Selinval, lasting 10s, no cooldown, only target units recognized by Selinval can return to Selinval through this door.)

The last self-preservation method left to him by the Elf King Sylvie before returning to the Mother Tree, personally handed to him by the Elf Elder Regus.

The confidence he had this time to find Theodore also came from this. If Theodore really wanted to kill him, he could open a [Unyielding Will] and support him until he passed through Selinval’s portal.

It’s just that this would expose the elves to Theodore, so Yan Yunqing did a lot of ideological struggles before deciding to come over.

But in this situation now, it’s okay even if he uses [Selinval’s Remembrance]. At most, he has to consider that the destination of the transfer is too far, and it will take a certain amount of time to come back.

Yan Yunqing thought, stopped in front of Sean, carefully observing his changes.

The alchemy formation was still lit, but only half of it was lit, and it didn’t activate all of it as he thought——

Wait?

Yan Yunqing’s eyes narrowed. He seemed to know why Sean’s soul suddenly became so weak.

He saw countless fine threads wrapped around Sean’s soul body, gradually tightening as Sean struggled, and the direction those threads were connected to was——