Chapter 156: Beyond the World
After Gu Xi delivered the ten newly acquired architectural design drawings to Aridowei, Liu Zishi then said to Gu Xi: "Let's go, we wasted some time getting here.
The boss wants me to take you directly to the battlefield, and your task is very simple. You'll know once you get to the battlefield."
Gu Xi was not surprised by Liu Zishi's blunt attitude.
After all, he had received benefits, so he had to complete the task given by the other party.
So, the two of them drove the evil coffin in another direction toward the Dispersed Immortal Garden.
This time, Gu Xi made an effort to keep his evil coffin in sync with Liu Zishi's while chatting with him.
"Comrade Liu, I want to ask, how do you modify this evil coffin?"
This question immediately hit the spot for Liu Zishi.
Being able to transform the evil coffin this way indicated he was someone with ideas.
It's like in the real world, where someone turns a regular car into a sports car for the admiration of others.
If you go and ask him about it, you will surely receive all kinds of bragging and explanations.
Liu Zishi was no different.
Hearing Gu Xi's interest in the modification of the evil coffin, he immediately became spirited.
"You asked about this, so let me explain. Have you ever thought about what's inside the evil coffin?"
Gu Xi was taken aback. Is there such a question?
Seeing Gu Xi's expression, Liu Zishi began to explain.
"The reason it's called an evil coffin is nothing more than two parts: one part is the coffin, the other part is the evil thing inside the coffin.
You've seen the coffin modifications—it's just adding wind resistance and speed enhancements.
You don't know much yet, so you can start by sticking talismans, and later find materials like oak or locust wood to remake the coffin's shell, or use blood to paint the coffin. These are the most common methods.
Many places offer these services. If you don't want to modify it yourself, you can find someone to do it.
But the evil thing inside the coffin must be dealt with by you personally.
What did you use to feed the evil thing inside before?"
Feed it?
This thing needs feeding?
Gu Xi was puzzled but quickly responded, "Organs!"
"Oh, organs, huh? That's okay, but you should use better materials so the evil thing inside can gradually develop spirituality.
Right, you must consider the attributes of the materials. You can't just mix them. You can't feed it ice attributes one moment and fire attributes the next. The evil thing can't handle that.
Also, if you can find suitable corpses, you can put one or two inside to suppress the evil thing.
After all, the evil thing is dangerous. Without the coffin, we might not even be able to defeat it."
As they talked, they arrived in front of a building on the northern side of the Dispersed Immortal Garden.
"We're here. This is the place to enter the ritual battlefield. Once you go in, don't worry about anything and charge forward with me. Your goal is the frontline."
Although Gu Xi didn't know the task, seeing Liu Zishi's serious demeanor, he nodded.
After getting off the evil coffin, Gu Xi followed Liu Zishi into the building.
As soon as they entered, Gu Xi noticed it was similar to the mausoleum keeper's hut in the Dispersed Immortal Garden, with a downward elevator.
This surprised Gu Xi. Could this ritual be underground, at the Dispersed Immortal's mausoleum?
Before Gu Xi could react, Liu Zishi took out a token and activated the elevator.
Gu Xi then felt a downward pull, as if being stretched tenfold.
He felt his muscles were about to be pulled apart.
But in the next moment, the pull quickly ceased, and Gu Xi felt the pressure rebound all over his body, causing his organs to churn as if they were not in their original places.
Upon landing, Gu Xi collapsed, looking worse than when he was buffeted by the cold wind on the evil coffin.
Liu Zishi didn't look much better, but he managed to stand.
"This is the troop transport passage for the undead army. Feeling uncomfortable is normal.
But since we can't make it back to the General's Platform, can you still stand?"
"I can."
Gu Xi used his Cold Wind Staff to prop himself up, though he desperately wanted to lie down and let his organs return to their original places.
"Alright, let's get moving."
Liu Zishi summoned the evil coffin and jumped onto it.
Seeing this, Gu Xi quickly summoned his own evil coffin and followed suit. However, he no longer intended to lie down; he simply lay flat on the evil coffin and activated the follow mode.
Lying on the evil coffin, Gu Xi suddenly noticed a problem.
They were clearly moving downward, but why did a starry sky appear ahead?
This made Gu Xi sit up abruptly.
"Comrade Liu, are we underground in the Dispersed Immortal Garden?"
"Of course not. We're now on the outskirts of CC80, near the world passage rift. Beyond that is outside this world."
CC80 is how people in this world refer to the ULYUHDDS04CC80 world.
Hearing this, Gu Xi understood what it meant.
But he was puzzled—what were they doing on the world's outskirts?
At this point, Liu Zishi pointed to three beams of light in the distant sky, "See those? Those are the rifts suppressed by the Dispersed Immortal Garden, the Extreme Cold Sea, and the Death God Snow Peak. Our task is to guard these three rifts and prevent them from being occupied."
"Us? Just the two of us?"
"Of course not. It's all the necromancers. What do you think the necromancer plague ritual is for? This is a battle to protect our world. Everyone has to contribute.
And your task is the most important. After I drop you off, I'll retreat, and the frontline position will be yours to hold."
"Don't worry, I'll hold it."
"Be careful. We're now on the outskirts of the game world, stepping out means the real world. Don't be careless. If you get lost here, you might be done for."
Gu Xi nodded firmly.
He wasn't foolish and had already guessed what the mage leader wanted him to do.
Death City and Death Avatar were the best combination to quickly establish and hold the position until the necromancer plague ritual began.
Whether he could hold it depended on Gu Xi's skills.
If the task wasn't difficult, the mage leader wouldn't have given thirty architectural design drawings as a reward.