Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

“I don’t know how to explain it either. Simply put, when I first entered the Dusty World, I was given this initial Title”

Gu Qing Shan answered without changing his expression.

——-That’s right, how could I possibly know why I received this Title?

At this point, the girl had already regained her calm and lightly leapt onto the tree branch, neatly sitting there as she looked down at the two of them below.

『 ‘Pure’ is a very unique Title, having such a Title represents the fact that you are an ally, a comrade that we can trust 』

The girl continued: 『 I do not know who was the esteemed one who made that promise, I can only hope that you do not waste their goodwill 』

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and understood.

—–this must have been that esteemed lady who secretly helped me from the shadows.

“I will not waste her goodwill” Gu Qing Shan sincerely replied.

The girl nodded, then finally smiled towards him.

Laura took that chance to ask: “Can you help us? We want to get rid of those monsters”

The girl calmly replied: 『 In truth, if no one had come at all, I would have disappeared eventually—— but at these final moments, you have appeared 』

『 If you wish to get rid of those monsters, you will first need to do something 』

“What’s that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

『 Under the cathedral, there was a prison that was meant to exclusively contain blasphemers called the Blackwater Underground Prison 』the girl explained: 『 You will need to make your way into the Blackwater Underground Prison and retrieve the fragment of the Holy Relic buried within the Judgement Room for me 』

“The fragment of the Holy Relic?”

『 Indeed, that is the only Holy Relic fragment that hadn’t been discovered by the monsters, it is safe and would be able to help me recover my power 』

“What does it look like?”

『 It looks like this—– 』

The girl placed both hands in front of her chest.

A small bit of light appeared from the chest and fell into her hands.

As Gu Qing Shan took a closer look, he found that it was a page of a book.

The girl explained: 『 The relic was a holy scripture, of which I only possess a single page. This page is already on the verge of collapse, and once that happens, the darkness will have triumphed and I will no longer exist 』

“How should we enter the cathedral?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

『 You can only fight your way inside, it will be a battle that risks your very lives——- your only advantage would be the fact that the monsters do not know your goal. That’s why you have to retrieve the holy scripture and immediately retreat to my side 』the girl explained.

“But that way, wouldn’t we also draw the monsters to you?” Gu Qing Shan said.

The girl shook her head: 『 As long as I have the holy scripture, I’d be able to recover a bit of my strength and protect you 』

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and said: “Very well, then we have a battle in front of us”

As he was about to take Laura and leave, Laura stood still without moving.

“That is… please wait a moment” Laura said.

『 Huh? Is there anything else? 』the girl’s impression of her had been very good, so she smiled and asked.

“Can you let me touch that page for a little bit? If I can do that, we might not have to fight or even alert the monsters in order to retrieve the holy scripture” Laura said.

The girl looked at her.

Laura appeared incredibly sincere.

After a while, the girl said: 『 Can you guarantee that you will not damage this page? You should know that once it is damaged, I will also disappear with it 』

Laura replied: “I can guarantee it”

The girl nodded: 『 You are a truly virtuous princess, proven by your character and daily behaviors that we have witnessed earlier, I shall trust you 』

Standing next to her, Gu Qing Shan felt like his face was getting hot.

The girl lightly waved her hand and sent the page drifting towards Laura.

Laura took out a pair of silk gloves and wore them before carefully receiving the page.

She carefully examined the page for an entire minute before closing her eyes and silently sensed it.

“Please take it back” Laura said.

The page flew back up and entered the girl’s chest.

Laura then took Gu Qing Shan’s hand and told the girl: “We’ll be going now, wait for our good news”

『 Hm 』the girl smiled and nodded.

The two of them left this small forest of withered trees and went back into the fog.

“Are you confident?” Gu Qing Shan silently asked

“This kind of artifact is very rare, not to mention that it carries the holy attribute, I think you’ll have to prepare some high-nutrient dishes for me in order to have enough strength to collect them”

“High-nutrient dishes? Alright, I’ll prepare them” Gu Qing Shan said.

The two of them followed the path as they made their way towards the outside of the cathedral.

The sky was still completely dark.

The cold rain was miserable.

The entire monastery seemed to be inexplicably eerier compared to before.

Most likely, the news of a living person entering the monastery had spread, as Gu Qing Shan saw a lot more armored monsters compared to before.

They were patrolling the grounds, searching for any traces of the two of them.

Gu Qing Shan and Laura made sure to avoid them and stopped at a silent corner right next to the cathedral.

“Let me give it a try first, I might be able to succeed right away” Laura said.

“Do your best!” Gu Qing Shan encouraged her.

Laura rolled up her sleeves and reached her hand into the void of space to search.

She gradually furrowed her eyebrows.

“How was it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Not good——I couldn’t collect anything of value” Laura seemed dejected.

Gu Qing Shan was a bit puzzled: “The scripture should currently be in an ownerless state, so your ability should have worked without any issues”

“My ability [Vagrant Treasure Collector] is indeed working without issues, but every building here has been encompassed in a unique barrier, they represent a zone of wealth and influence, which means everything inside is currently recognized as treasures with ownership, and my hand couldn’t reach them” Laura explained.

Gu Qing Shan silently thought.

Very quickly——

He made a certain decision.

This decision was considerable enough to be recorded into the history books of infinite civilizations, enough to shake all the worlds in the void. This day would be eternally cursed by the owners and guardians of all wealth in existence, fearful because of what it could entail.

“Laura, let’s give it another try”

“Huh?”

Laura looked at Gu Qing Shan with a puzzled expression.

A sword then appeared behind Gu Qing Shan.

It was a sword that gave off an icy chilling gleam, the blade of which was similar to the flowing water of autumn.

“Shannu, help Laura out a bit” Gu Qing Shan said.

“Yes, gongzi” Shannu’s voice was heard from the sword.

At the next moment, the sword flew next to Laura’s arm and lightly pressed itself on top of it.

“What is this for?” Laura curiously asked.

Gu Qing Shan crossed his arms: “I was thinking just now—– as long as a barrier cannot exert its power, wouldn’t all protected treasures be considered to be ownerless?”

“Strictly speaking, any treasure would be protected by some sort of power by its owner, so if you can remove that protective power, a treasure would naturally be considered ownerless—— but unfortunately, my ability cannot remove defensive techniques, that’s why it’s called [Vagrant Treasure Collector], and not simply [Treasure Collector]” Laura honestly explained.

Gu Qing Shan grinned.

“Give it another try” he said.

“With this sword?” Laura moved her arm up and down, asking him.

The Six Paths Great Mountain sword was currently pressed against the outside of her arm, moving along with her movements.

“That’s right, she’s capable of breaking all Laws and cutting through all techniques” Gu Qing Shan said.

“Then I’ll give it a try” Laura replied.

She took a deep breath, then put her hand into the void of space again.

A second later.

Laura suddenly appeared to be startled, followed by surprise, then finally hysteria.

“What’s the matter?” Gu Qing Shan asked out of concern.

Laura couldn’t even speak properly: “I- I seem to be able to reach anything, even the treasures that currently have owners, I can still…”

Gu Qing Shan was stunned as well.

She can reach anything?

Wouldn’t that mean——

From now on——-

The two of them exchanged glances and instantly understood the look in the other party’s eyes.

“This is our combination technique, as well as an absolute secret. We cannot tell anyone at all, otherwise, we’d always be suspected” Gu Qing Shan said.

“I agree” Laura replied.

She couldn’t contain her emotions and suddenly said: “There was a golden spring in the pixie kingdom, according to rumors, there was a rock inside the spring that was incomparably miraculous, but no one had ever been able to take a look”

She continued: “Deep within the lava world, there was an altar that was the Elemental race’s place of origin, in which the ultimate elemental Divine Artifact is being worshipped”

“The background of the Night Ghost race had always been a secret, but they remain eternally within the Extreme Frost Galaxy to protect three legendary Divine Artifacts that were said to be capable of reenacting secrets of the past”

“I don’t want any of these artifacts, but I want to see the secrets that they hide!”

The more Laura spoke the more hysterical she became.

“Calm down, Laura. Stay calm, we cannot greed over treasures that weren’t originally ours, we must maintain a leveled mind” Gu Qing Shan told her in a solemn voice.

Meanwhile, Gu Qing Shan had taken out his cooking utensils and prepared all of his cooking ingredients in mere seconds.

He moved like a bolt of lightning or a blurred shadow, swiftly cooking an entire table full of steaming hot food.

One minute had just passed.

Laura was stunned.

She swore that she hadn’t ever seen someone preparing such a large table filled with food in such a short period of time.

Gu Qing Shan clapped his hands and sincerely reminded her: “Keep in mind, all of those things belong to other people, we cannot keep them, only taking a look or borrowing them for temporary use, do you agree?”

“I completely agree!” Laura swiftly agreed.

“Good, now let’s eat” Gu Qing Shan told her.

“Wait a moment——”

While they were talking, Laura suddenly pulled her hand back out from the void of space.

She was now carrying a relatively baggy white robe in her hand.

The robe was intensely struggling in her hand.

“Hurry up and help me, this is one of the Divine Artifacts in the monastery!” Laura was using both of her hands to hold the robe back.

Gu Qing Shan immediately stepped forward and caught the robe in one hand.

After being caught by him, the robe instantly calmed back down and silently radiated holy light.

“Again!”

“No, eat something first!”

“Alright”

…

“Again!”

“Again!”

“Eat something”

“Again!”

“—-Got it!”

Laura suddenly pulled out a book.

As soon as it appeared, the book emanated a glorious golden glow.