“Fengqing…”
In Xenos’ eyes, only the black-haired man who fell in front of him remained. He fell in a pool of blood with injuries all over his body. No breath of life could be felt.
Plop.
He threw himself forward on the ground. His remaining left hand dragged the weeds on the ground as he pulled himself forward.
The rough gravel scraped against his palm, tearing the skin of his palm. Blood seeped out and mixed with the sand. The stinging feeling was so clear, but it was in no way comparable to the pain and despair in Xenos’ heart.
He crawled forward with difficulty. It was just a few steps away but it was so hard for him.
The sharp stones scraped the coat on his body. The man had just put it on him last night and it protected his body well.
Now, the man who rescued him from the abyss several times had fallen in front of him without any breath…
Xenos gritted his teeth and finally crawled to the man’s side. He pressed his palm on the man and his remaining magic power surged out like crazy as he released the water healing technique.
However, it was no use.
The wounds on the dead body no longer healed and blood was still spreading.
“Don’t die… please…”
“Fengqing… Fengqing… please hold on…”
Xenos murmured in a low voice until the blue light around his palm dimmed and could no longer be released. The man in front of him didn’t open his eyes.
Both his breathing and heartbeat could not be heard. It was only until this moment that Xenos weakly accepted reality.
His eyes were red as if stained with blood. The lavender eyes seemed to have a gray shadow cast over them and tears had long flowed from his eyes.
Xenos lay on top of the dead man and finally cried uncontrollably. “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… it is all because of me. I killed you…”
“Ah Xe…”
Xu Fengqing floated in the air and watched him crying in sorrow. He was a bit at a loss for a while.
Xu Fengqing wanted to tell the other person that he wasn’t dead and to run for his life quickly, but in the soul state, he couldn’t convey any information.
He clenched his fists and could only watch helplessly as the spaceship in the distance approached. A fully armed lizardman jumped out from a beam of light.
“Ha, what a touching scene!”
The lizardman held the same gun used by Eller and Cole.
He glanced at his two companions. His expression was calm and indifferent even though one was dead and one was seriously injured. Then he became more interested when he saw Xenos.
Xenos didn’t look at him. He just held the dagger in his left hand. Under Xu Fengqing’s incredulous gaze, he stabbed it directly toward his heart.
“Ah Xe!”
Xu Fengqing felt that his heart was about to stop beating. That was until there was a clang.
The dagger in Xenos’ hand was shot down by the lizardman.
Xu Fengqing sighed with relief. Then he angrily clenched his fists as he saw the lizardman pinching Xenos’ chin.
“Let him go!”
However, his fist went through empty air. His soul body passed directly through the lizardman.
This made him feel more resentful than ever.
On the other hand, the lizardman pinched Xenos’ face and carefully examined it.
“Silver hair and purple eyes…”
He excitedly stuck out his long tongue and said in surprise, “You are from the imperial family of Roland!”
Xu Fengqing was stunned and couldn’t help looking at the man whose chin was pinched and who was showing pain and despair on his face.
Ah Xe…
He was Xenos! The oldest prince of the Roland Empire and the older brother of Xiao Li’s character in the game!
Xu Fengqing’s mood suddenly became subtle.
He knew the family background of his younger brother’s character. He also knew that the game team hadn’t based the setting on reality.
After all, the second child of the Roland imperial family was an older sister and there were four children in total.
Still, they were both oldest sons. He had paid a bit of attention and read the relevant information about Xenos.
Xenos was already dead at the beginning of the game, so all Xu Fengqing saw was the setting of his youth.
He was gifted, possessed excellent talent and was gentle, benevolent and daring. He was deeply loved by the people of Roland.
There was also a setting picture in that document, but Xu Fengqing could no longer remember the specific appearance of the characters. He only remembered the youthful spirit.
The Ah Xe who had been in contact with him during this period of time was like a completely different person…
Silver hair and purple eyes… he should’ve remembered this setting a long time ago!
Xu Fengqing couldn’t help gritting his teeth. But even if he knew about it before, perhaps he wouldn’t have done anything different.
It was because this was obviously a hidden plotline laid out by the game group. His intervention might’ve completely interfered with the progress of the game.
At this time, the lizardman had already struck the back of Xenos’ neck with his hand. Xenos was knocked unconscious and picked up.
“Kutes…”
In the pit, Eller struggled to make a sound.
His limbs were smashed by the giant dragon and he looked more miserable than Xenos at this moment.
The lizardman clicked his tongue, jumped down in the pit and carried him out. Then they boarded the spaceship together.
In his soul state, Xu Fengqing could only move within three meters of his corpse. He could only watch them board the spaceship without being able to do anything.
“D*mn…”
He cursed in a low voice and glanced anxiously at the resurrection time.
There was more than 20 minutes to go.
Xu Fengqing had never felt time passing so slowly. He had never felt so powerless and desperate.
However, he knew that Ah Xe might be more desperate than him. Xu Fengqing couldn’t bear to recall the look in his eyes just now…
He must let Ah Xe know that he was still alive!
At this moment, the lizardman jumped off the spaceship again.
Kutes walked up to the man’s corpse and kicked it with his toes. He made sure that Xu Fengqing was completely dead before bending down and carrying the body on his shoulder.
“Such good experimental material can’t be wasted…” He muttered while carrying Xu Fengqing’s body onto the spaceship.
Xu Fengqing stared at his back in a stunned manner before hurriedly following.
This was a small spaceship.
In addition to the relatively spacious cabin, there was only one small room and a storage room on the ship. There were two bunk beds in the small room. It should be the usual resting place for the lizardmen.
There were four of them in total. Xu Fengqing saw the last one after getting on the ship.
The seriously injured Eller and Xenos were placed in the small room. As the ‘corpse,’ Xu Fengqing naturally didn’t have such good treatment.
“You want to leave this body in the storage room?”
The fourth lizardman frowned. “His blood will contaminate our medicines and instruments.”
Kutes asked, “So how to deal with it?”
Finally, Xu Fengqing was put in a bag and thrown casually in the corridor.
The two lizardmen had already entered the spaceship’s control room and closed the door. Since it was close, Xu Fengqing moved through the wall without any hindrances.
“Sir, we have captured a member of the Roland Empire’s imperial family!” Kutes spoke excitedly to the light screen.
There was an old-looking lizardman on the light screen. His eyes lit up when he heard this.
“Are you sure?”
“Sir, I am certain! He is likely to be the eldest prince of Roland, who supposedly died in the beast wave four years ago. It is very likely that the injuries on his body were from the interstellar beast attack.”
“Very good! In this case, I order you to return immediately with the eldest prince of Roland! His Majesty Arnauton will definitely be very happy to hear the news!”
Kutes and his companion were visibly excited.
The chief asked again, “How much have you accomplished of the task assigned to you?”
“Sir, there are still two places left that haven’t been arranged.”
The chief pondered on it and nodded. “There are only two places left. This is almost enough. It will be a long night with a lot of dreams. You should bring this person back immediately!”
“Yes, Sir!”
“You have worked hard in the past few years. Welcome home.”
Kutes and his companion nodded quickly, but there was obvious joy in their expressions. After they lost communication, they immediately piloted the spaceship into the sky.
Xu Fengqing couldn’t help being startled. He hadn’t expected these lizardmen to act so quickly. They just caught the person and were leaving immediately!
Xu Fengqing glanced at the resurrection time which was around 10 minutes away.
Could he make it in time? If it was too late…
Even if he was resurrected, could he be sure that he could escape with Xenos intact without activating his bloodline?
Xu Fengqing left the control room and floated into the next room.
The silver-haired man was placed on the lower bunk of one of the beds. His only movable hand was handcuffed to the bedpost. His eyes were closed and he still wasn’t awake.
Looking at the tears at the corners of his eyes that hadn’t dried up yet, Xu Fengqing bit his lip.
He could no longer regard Ah Xe as an NPC, a piece of emotionless data that had been designed.
In his eyes, this was clearly a living person! There was also so much suffering…
Xenos must not be allowed to be taken prisoner again.
There was no way, even if it affected the progress of the game.
Xu Fengqing felt as if some shackles on his body had been broken. He didn’t stay in the game any longer. He chose to go offline and make a call.
A voice was soon heard over there.
“Ah Heng, I need help…”
“Imperial Brother, there are many monsters down there!”
In the Starry Sky ship, Asheng lay against the glass window and looked down curiously.
Xu Sili touched the top of her head, smiled and didn’t speak. He didn’t know why but he always felt uneasy.
Chamo asked Asheng what she thought yesterday. Finally, they decided to go to the elf’s clan land for a trip. Xu Sili heard this and agreed to this request.
At this moment, they had left Roland’s original border and were heading to the coordinates he found on the future forum.
It could be seen that Chamo was very curious about why he knew the specific location, but he didn’t ask. Xu Sili was happy.
At this time, Asheng suddenly cried out, “Imperial Brother, I… I sensed it!”
“What do you sense?” Xu Sili controlled his mind and asked.
“A tree?”
Asheng blinked before pointing in a direction outside the window. “The tree is there! It is calling me over!”
Xu Sili frowned slightly. This was a bit different from the coordinates he got. Then after thinking about it, he was relieved again.
The maps in later generations must be different from today. It was normal for coordinates to deviate.
He nodded and let Xiao Wu fly in the direction that Asheng was pointing.
The spaceship quickly approached the direction that Asheng sensed. They flew over the primeval jungle and finally reached a huge lake.
The water quality of the lake was turbid and filthy. Many interstellar beasts could be seen swimming in it. In addition to the lake, the shore was also crowded with interstellar beasts.
They looked eagerly at the center of the lake as if waiting for something.
In the center of the lake was a piece of land that wasn’t small.
In the control room of the spaceship, Xiao Wu projected the piece of land on a light screen in a timely manner. He continuously enlarged it so that Xu Sili could see the details of this land.
On it was a big, withered tree. There were withered leaves and dry branches as if it was dead.
“That is it! It is calling me!”
Asheng suddenly said. Her eyes were red and her voice was already tearful.
“Imperial Brother, can I go down and take a look at it?”
Xu Sili looked at the interstellar beasts below and asked, “Aren’t you afraid of those monsters?”
“I’m afraid…”
Asheng trembled. “But… but I think… I should go down.”
He didn’t know why she was like this, but Xu Sili still smiled slightly. He said, “Okay, I’ll take you down.”
He looked at Si Sheng. “You don’t have to be afraid of anything as long as Brother Si Sheng is here.”
Si Sheng smiled. He stepped forward and stretched out his hand toward Xu Sili. After the emperor held his hand, he looked at Asheng and reluctantly took her hand.
Immediately afterward, the three of them disappeared in place.
Chamo, who was left in place, sighed. He opened a space crack and entered.
Si Sheng brought Xu Sili and Asheng to the land in the middle of the lake. The interstellar beasts originally guarding the shore all retreated into the lake out of fear.
However, they were still there and hadn’t given up.
Xu Sili raised his eyebrow and used the Insight technique directly on the big tree.
[Tree of Life]
[Description: Also known as the elf tree. It is named after the first generation of elves.
Status: Dying.]
This was truly the tree of life!
He had expected it, but Xu Sili still felt a bit shocked when he saw the bad situation of the tree.
He originally thought there were still people from the elven race here. After all, his rare race panel showed that there were hundreds of forest elves.
Now it seemed that the surviving forest elves might all be in the human world.
Asheng couldn’t help crying. She didn’t know why but she felt her heart throbbing when looking at the withered tree.
She approached it uncontrollably. Then she felt a bit at a loss, not knowing what she could do for this tree.
At this moment, a vine on the tree slowly hung down and headed toward Asheng.
“Asheng, be careful!”
Xu Sili instinctively wanted to rush over, but Si Sheng held him back. Xu Sili was confused but he still stopped where he was.
The vine fell on top of Asheng’s head and gently patted her head as if it was alive.
Asheng raised her head.
She looked at the vine and felt extremely friendly toward it, as if she had seen a relative.
Then the tip of the vine suddenly lit up with a white light. It tapped between Asheng’s eyebrows.
It was as if some switch had been touched. The white light spread to Asheng’s body and finally wrapped around her. It formed a cocoon of light.
Chamo came out of a spatial crack and saw this scene.
He couldn’t help being stunned and muttering, “This… this is…”
Seeing that he was just in a daze and didn’t stop it, Xu Sili was more and more sure that Asheng wasn’t in danger. He became more curious in his heart.
He waited patiently.
The time actually wasn’t long. Soon, the light of the cocoon dimmed down and the vine fell weakly.
Asheng reappeared in front of them and her appearance had changed.
The original silver-gray short hair turned blue-gray. Her two pointed ears were exposed. Her facial features hadn’t changed but she inexplicably gained a bit of an ethereal and enchanting beauty.
She slowly opened her eyes, her expression a bit dazed.
“Blood purification! This is really purification!” Chamo cried out with a bit of excitement.
It also wasn’t an ordinary bloodline purification!
Asheng was of the bloodline of the elf royal family. Now she had become the only elf royal family member in the world. It was logical that she had become the queen of the elf family!
This aura… there could be no mistake!
“Asheng, how are you feeling?” Chamo asked with concern.
The little girl tilted her head. Her expression was still confused. Then she quickly looked at Xu Sili and said with some hesitation, “Imperial Brother, I saw two people in the elf land. They look like you.”
“Two people who look like me?” Xu Sili wondered.
“Yes!”
Asheng nodded. She raised her little hand and touched the sky. Then an image appeared in the air.
“It’s them!”
Xu Sili saw the scene in mid-air. He became completely stunned when he clearly saw the appearance of the two people.
“Big Brother… how can it be…?”
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