Undead Mage from a Cell

The just-recovered Gu Xi had no clue about the situation in front of him, the only thing he was certain of was that he seemed to have narrowly avoided disaster once more.

"What on earth is going on?"

Standing before the deep pit, Gu Xi swayed as he tried to steady himself.

He muttered under his breath about the situation he faced.

Who did he manage to provoke?

Gu Xi shook his head, intending to take advantage of the current misfortune in the Guo Family and make a swift exit.

Intending to later inquire about the Guo Family’s whereabouts and counterattack directly.

But just as Gu Xi turned around, he kicked something with his foot.

At this moment, Gu Xi was extremely wary of everything in this place.

After all, everything he had seen earlier proved this area was entirely dangerous.

If it weren’t for the pit behind him filled with the remains from the game world, Gu Xi might have instantly jumped back upon hitting this item, avoiding any contact with these bizarre objects.

It was precisely because Gu Xi suppressed the urge to jump back that he managed to see what he accidentally touched.

It was a crystal right leg bone.

This leg bone was already crystallized blue, but the skeletal form remained quite intact, with no missing bones large or small.

Examining the fragments of cement sticking to the bone gave clues about where it had been stored.

After the battle earlier, Gu Xi developed a psychological aversion to all crystal products.

Now upon seeing such items, he instinctively wanted to step aside first.

But Gu Xi knew this mindset wouldn’t work.

After all, he was a Player, he couldn’t just remain psychologically unbalanced like this.

Suppressing his discomfort, Gu Xi eventually stepped forward and picked up the crystal right leg.

At the moment he raised the leg, Gu Xi felt a strong Aura of Death emanating from it.

Thankfully, the Aura of Death lacked corrosiveness, its effect was similar to Negative Energy, sparing Gu Xi from immediately discarding the leg.

He stood at the edge of the pit behind him.

If he panicked and moved too vigorously, the crystal right leg might have ended up thrown into the pit.

Once calm, Gu Xi noticed a prompt appearing in the temporary quest area.

[Your temporary quest: Sealed Power has altered; you’ve found a suitable quest-required right leg component.]

[Quest requirement: Discover seven sealed components (6/7), assemble them and defeat the assembled form (0/1)]

Gu Xi didn’t expect to find quest-required items here.

This quest had appeared since he began his career.

But due to the rarity of the sealed components, even at Level 10, Gu Xi had only found six of them.

At present, he still lacked the waist component.

To Gu Xi, this situation was rather unbelievable.

If others were in his position, they might have abandoned the quest early on.

After all, despite the time spent, the quest hadn’t brought any tangible rewards for Gu Xi.

The average Player was eager to quickly use whatever they obtained.

Gu Xi’s year-long collection of components without completion was exceptionally rare.

He merely smiled to himself.

Perhaps only a person like him could endure such solitude, waiting patiently until the quest neared completion.

With these thoughts, Gu Xi picked up the crystal right leg to store it.

But upon lifting the leg, Gu Xi suddenly noticed a ring around its toe.

This ring was quite a rare sight.

After all, few people wore rings on their toes.

Intrigued by this, Gu Xi glanced around for danger, only then reaching to remove the ring.

The moment the ring was lifted.

Gu Xi felt as if he was pulled into an Illusion Realm.

Not again, he had been caught.

Gu Xi’s first reaction was to curse in his heart.

Yet he soon realized he seemed unaffected, only witnessing a world being destroyed in the skies.

And this world’s Heavenly Dao was attempting self-rescue.

Initially, the self-rescue measures of this world were simple: recruiting Players through various means.

Gu Xi was mildly surprised by how these Players differed from contemporary ones.

These Players appeared ghost-like with translucent skin and muscles, having skeletons of transparent crystal and possessing Star Nodes within.

From a distance, they seemed composed of countless Starlights.

Their abstract appearance instantly made Gu Xi recognize them as ancient civilization Players.

But Gu Xi wasn’t an archaeologist.

He had no intent to study their race.

Gu Xi’s attention was entirely absorbed by the scene ahead.

He witnessed the dying game world inviting Players for self-rescue.

Yet, like locusts, Players entered and depleted the world instead of rejuvenating it.

Ultimately, the world’s Heavenly Dao realized its error.

While Players eagerly ventured against the final BOSS, the world’s Heavenly Dao did something.

It gathered the game’s core to forge three rings.

These were placed upon the last BOSS.

A passageway was opened for the BOSS.

If the BOSS survived, no significant change would occur, but should the BOSS fall.

Its demise would trigger a huge world explosion, annihilating all Players in it.

This world would bypass the Lower World fate and succumb to Death.

Then, only the ringed corpse of the BOSS would leave the game world.

The ring itself held critical significance to the game world.

The ring contained the forcibly preserved powerful energy of the game world.

Reuniting the three rings would enable a new game world to emerge.

Just as Gu Xi tried to discern the ring’s situation, his vision blurred, and the Illusion Realm vanished, returning Gu Xi to his original position.

"Is it real or fake?"