Chapter 701

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Chapter 701: At the Bottom of the Deep Sea

Mist.

Beep beep beep!

In the ruins of a broken city, three people were walking side by side on a desolate road when suddenly, an electronic sound rang out from the knight’s chest.

The knight was taken aback, then quickly pulled out a pixel-style detection device. On the device’s screen, a red dot appeared out of nowhere, rapidly pulsing.

“What’s wrong?” Wu Xiangnan asked.

“The ‘paratrooper’ is near the gap and has already set up a signal transmitter there,” the knight said while adjusting the device. “Next, we just need to find this signal source, and we can enter the ‘human circle’ through the gap to meet him.”

Jialan’s eyes lit up. “We can go in?”

“Yes.” The knight nodded, carefully observing the map. “This place is in Hokkaido, but it seems to be offshore… the gap is in the sea?”

“How far from the land?”

“About three kilometers, but the depth is a bit much.”

“Three kilometers… we can just take a boat over.” Wu Xiangnan pondered. “It seems there are diving equipment on the boat, but only two sets.”

“I don’t need that kind of thing,” Jialan said.

“Neither do I.” The knight shrugged. “Our knight order strengthens itself through physical training. This distance and depth are no problem for me.”

“…”

Wu Xiangnan looked at the two with a strange expression. “Alright, you’re impressive, then I’ll wear it.”

With a clear goal, the three quickened their pace, swiftly returning to the coast where the boat was docked, then setting sail towards the area marked on the map.

The boat broke through the rolling waves, gradually approaching the location of the flashing red dot. The knight stood at the front of the boat, watching ahead. After confirming they had arrived, he put away the device and said seriously to Jialan and Wu Xiangnan behind him:

“You have no experience entering the ‘human circle,’ so there are a few important points to note that I’ll mention in advance.

First, the ‘human circle’ is essentially a region or artifact used to raise humans in the divine realm. This means it is likely under the watch of a deity or the spirit of an artifact. Once inside, there is a high probability that you cannot use forbidden ruins. If you use forbidden ruins and create a power fluctuation, you may be annihilated by the deity or spirit.

Of course, if it’s a passive type of forbidden ruin that doesn’t create power fluctuations, it can be used normally.”

Jialan’s “Immortal” and Lin Qiye’s “Starry Night Dancer” are essentially similar, both being passive forbidden ruins that act on themselves and won’t attract their attention.

But Wu Xiangnan felt a bit conflicted.

His forbidden ruin is Sequence 233’s “Rebirth,” which essentially allows him to resurrect after death by operating the forbidden ruin. Whether he can avoid the attention of deities and spirits is uncertain… At worst, he just won’t use the forbidden ruin; after all, his combat power doesn’t come from it.

Wu Xiangnan touched the sword bag on his back, feeling somewhat reassured.

Ever since Lin Qiye used “Miracle” to repair his hand in Cangnan, he could once again wield a sword. The fearless sword heart he had lost returned, and he was no longer the despondent vice-captain of Cangnan City’s Team 136, but rather “Undying Swordsman” Wu Xiangnan, a former member of Team “Blue Rain.”

“Secondly, within the ‘human circle,’ there are not only ordinary people being raised. To prevent issues within the ‘human circle,’ deities in the divine realm will select humans and grant them powers, allowing them to act as embodiments of the deities, maintaining the operation of the entire ‘human circle.’

Without the ability to use forbidden ruins, it will be very difficult for us to defeat them, so we should avoid conflicts with them as much as possible, thoroughly hiding ourselves. Only when our main force arrives can we initiate a direct confrontation.

One more thing, do not attempt to change the distorted worldview or beliefs that the humans raised in the ‘human circle’ have developed.”

Upon hearing the last sentence, Wu Xiangnan was puzzled. “Why?”

“Under the long-term rule of divine authority, the way of thinking and conduct of the humans living in the ‘human circle’ will inevitably differ from ours. Some of their actions may even baffle us, but this erroneous thinking and perception have been passed down over the years. After a century of accumulation, it has formed a complete system that is nearly unbreakable.

Changing this decayed thinking and mindset requires a vast amount of time and energy, which is generally impossible for an ordinary person. Moreover, once this is attempted, it will inevitably provoke resistance from the residents. In their eyes, we are the outsiders. This would expose our existence to the ‘deities managing humans’ I just mentioned, leading to large-scale hunts, as this approach is tantamount to destroying the foundation of the ‘human circle’s’ stable existence.

We are merely outsiders. Our goal is to destroy the ‘human circle’ and find the entrance to Takamagahara. There is no need to take risks on such matters, wasting time and energy.”

After the knight finished speaking, both Jialan and Wu Xiangnan fell silent.

“Understood.” They nodded.

Once the three were prepared, they dove into the deep sea according to the location of the red dot.

As they descended deeper, combined with the fact that it was already night outside, the sea was pitch black, with only the beams of light from the waterproof flashlights worn by the three piercing through the void of the deep sea, unsure of where they would land.

They felt as if they were floating in a suffocating dark universe, exploring deeper.

Due to the encroachment of the mist, there were no living creatures in the sea; apart from the powerful “mysteries,” nothing could survive in such an environment.

Jialan tightly gripped the black box, her deep blue robe slowly drifting in the water as she descended into the deep sea. At the same time, her gaze remained vigilant of her surroundings, preventing any powerful “mysteries” from suddenly emerging to attack them.

The three continued to descend for an unknown amount of time until, finally, the pitch-black deep sea before them underwent a strange change.

Deep in the sea, gradually, three beams of flashlight light shot up from the very bottom, overlapping with the beams emitted from their bodies, as if three other people were floating upwards from the bottom of the deep sea.

The knight, Wu Xiangnan, and Jialan’s pupils suddenly constricted.

In the dead silence of the black sea floor, where did the flashlight beams come from?

Is it a mirror?

Wu Xiangnan quickly realized the connection between those three beams and the three of them. Just as this thought crossed his mind, at the end of their vision, in the depths of the sea, a hazy and illusory super-large mirror replaced the rocks, quietly spreading across the sea floor.

In the mist, at the very bottom of the Japan Sea, there was a copper mirror so large it seemed almost boundless.