My Endless Life

The fog area is considered a forbidden area for most people in this world.

Except for fog explorers, ordinary people are generally not allowed to enter the fog area.

Of course, this is not absolute. If someone really wants to explore the fog area, there will always be a way to bypass the defenses and enter it.

Even if the guards knew about it, they wouldn't care.

After all, your life is your own, and the fog zone is one of the no-nonsense zones. Ordinary people without relics who break into the fog zone without permission have nothing to do with the guards even if they die.

Although most people won't do this.

After Li Qi awakened his memory, he lived in this world for four years, and this was the first time he stepped into the foggy area.

After passing through the huge city wall that was tens of meters high, and arriving outside the city for the first time, Li Qi looked at the sunny fields in the distance, and his heart condensed slightly.

The sun-drenched area in the distance is where the foggy area is.

Li Qi wants to become a fog explorer, so he naturally has an understanding of this profession and things related to fog areas.

He knew very well that even though the plain ahead was peaceful, it seemed that there was no danger at all.

But in fact, as long as you step into it, you will enter the fog zone.

The plain they see is just a surface, and only by going deep into it can they come into contact with the ‘truth’.

The expedition team left the city gate, and none of the explorers spoke.

Except for the heavy fog level leader and the residual fog level deputy leader, the rest were all novices, including Li Qi.

Most of them have only experienced training from the association and have not actually been to foggy areas, so many of them are quite nervous.

In such a tense atmosphere, no one spoke.

They stared intently at the direction of the foggy area in the distance, followed the leader and deputy leader, and moved forward step by step.

It wasn't until he reached the edge of the fog area that the leader stopped, turned around and reminded everyone:

"Next we will enter the fog area. The first level of the fog area is the Eternal Forest. Our mission this time is to go to the Lost Altar in the Eternal Forest to obtain resources for making relics.

"As long as you come back safely this time, your assessment will be considered successful and you will be able to become an official fog explorer from now on.

After the leader finished speaking, the deputy leader of the team, a handsome man with short blue hair and goggles, added:

"The mission sounds simple, but we must be careful not to get lost in the fog area. Although the first layer of fog area has basically been explored by us, there are no particularly dangerous places.

“But once the team loses its direction, it is easy to enter the second layer of fog.

"It's an absolutely deadly restricted area for newcomers like you. If nothing else, you may not be able to withstand the backlash of the fog after returning from the second-layer fog zone."

The deputy leader looked serious and spoke extremely seriously.

Some of the timid newcomers to the Tanwu family turned pale and their bodies became tense with nervousness.

Li Qi, who was at the end of the team, nodded slightly when he heard what the deputy leader said.

The mist backfired, and Li Qi naturally knew this.

I heard that it is a symptom that occurs after returning to a safe area from a fog area. No matter who comes back after entering a fog area, they will experience a fog backlash.

Experienced fog explorers have experienced many backlashes and are naturally accustomed to this.

But for a novice Tanwujia, a backlash may cost him half his life.

The deeper you go into the fog area, the more severe the backlash of the fog will be when you come back.

If a newcomer goes directly to the fourth floor and then returns to the safe area, he will never be able to withstand the pain caused by the backlash of the fog.

I heard that a long time ago, when the Tanwu family first emerged, many people died like this.

The group of fog explorers sent by the association have all undergone one year of training.

Before that, they had briefly experienced the fog backlash simulated by the association themselves. They were more aware of the pain of fog backlash than Li Qi.

That's why some people's faces lose color.

The backlash pain is definitely a pain that many people don't want to bear.

The deputy leader said this to these people here, probably to see if he could persuade some of them to retreat.

Especially Li Qi, the deputy leader looked at Li Qi most frequently when he was talking.

He seemed to want this untrained boy to go back obediently, but Li Qi ignored his gaze, blended into the crowd, and listened to his speech like everyone else.

Seeing that Li Qi had no reaction, the deputy leader turned to look at the leader.

Noticing his gaze, the team leader shook his head, turned around and headed towards the foggy area:

"Since no one quits, now... let's go!"

He said as his booted feet stepped into the boundary between the fog zone and the safe zone.

With a ripple in the air, the leader disappeared in front of everyone.

Then came the deputy leader, who also walked in without hesitation.

The rest were the other explorers. After a slight hesitation, they followed the two leaders and entered the fog area one by one.

Li Qi was at the end of the crowd.

When everyone disappeared in front of his eyes, he specifically used his super-perception power to take a look.

But he saw nothing.

Frowning slightly, Li Qi tried to put his hand deep into the fog area.

A magical scene appeared in front of him.

It was clear that what he saw in front of him was a plain with sunshine, but his hand disappeared above the plain. What he felt was not the dry and warm sunshine, but the slightly damp and cold air.

Both hands were inserted into it, and then Li Qi's entire body sank into the fog area.

The scene in front of his eyes changed instantly.

From the sunny plain, it turned into a forest filled with fog.

Li Qi turned his head and saw the wall of Rubino City standing in the sun, and the boundary line under his feet was also clear.

Sunlight on one side, mist on the other.

Looking at the huge forest shrouded in mist, Li Qi felt as if he had come to another world.

And when Li Qi, the last fog explorer, entered here, the leader who first entered the fog area smiled and shouted to everyone:

"Welcome to the fog area! Rookies!"

Li Qi half bent down and inserted his fingers into the slightly soft soil under his feet.

Feeling the moisture in the soil, Li Qi finally had some sense of reality in this world.

This is... the fog area.

...

"Did that brat go to the fog area today?"

Inside the association of Rubino City, Carol came to Maru in pajamas without caring about her image, and asked while yawning.

Maru crossed his arms, looking at the huge round special relic in front of him, and said without even looking at Carol:

"It should be today. Aren't you going to see him off?"

"Tsk, that kid doesn't like me, so I won't see him off, so as not to upset him."

Carol pouted and said a little unhappy.

Li Qi doesn't like Carol, of course Carol can feel it.

But despite this, Carol didn't hate Li Qi that much. After all, she loves Chris and his family. She has a good relationship with Chris, who is closer than sisters, so she naturally can't hate Chris's son.

Even if the other party dislikes her to death.

Maru listened to the slight grievance in Carol's tone and grinned.

He said:

"Everyone has a time when they are annoying. When Li Qi grows up a little, he will understand that you are really doing it for his own good."

"? Maru, did I hear it right? You just spoke for me?"

Carol stared at Maru in a little surprise.

Maru was a little stunned, looking at Carol expressionlessly:

"You heard it wrong, what I just said was that you deserve to be hated by Li Qi."

"Tsk, you weirdo, you'll die if you tell the truth."

Carol rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction, but she didn't bother with Maru.

She walked to Maru's side, looked at the huge round device in front of her, and said in a serious tone:

"Speaking of which, is this really a special-grade relic?"

"That's what Weiner said. You know his relics. Even his relics can't be broken. At least in terms of solidity, it is indeed up to the standard of a special-grade relic."

Maru mentioned Weiner.

The black fog-level explorer who decided to enter the endless fog sea.

Carol frowned slightly and said:

"But we can't open this thing at all, and we don't know what's inside... So many people have been sacrificed to bring it back, so don't bring back a useless thing in the end."

Maru didn't answer. He looked at the spherical relic, stroking his beard and thinking.

The spherical relic is nearly three meters in diameter, pure white, with several barely noticeable cracks on it.

The cracks are very regular and have a unique pattern, proving that the sphere can be opened from the outside.

But neither Weiner nor other fog explorers in the exploration team can open it.

Although it cannot be opened, it can be confirmed that the sphere is indeed a special relic, and Weiner judged that it is likely to be a special relic related to the Endless Fog Sea.

Because the place where they found the sphere is the relic closest to the Endless Fog Sea.

So the exploration team brought it back.

But now, they can't find a way to open the spherical relic.

"Take it to the capital, maybe the guys in the capital will have a way."

Carol gave a bad suggestion.

If they can't figure it out, let others think about it. Anyway, they have done what they should do. Researching relics has nothing to do with them.

Maru nodded.

Now it seems that this is the only way.

As the two were discussing, they suddenly saw someone hurriedly passing by them.

It was a fog explorer wearing glasses. Like Carol and the others, he was also a member of the exploration team.

Seeing that the fog explorer seemed very anxious, Carol couldn't help but call him:

"Hey, Ed, what's going on? Where are you going in such a hurry?"

The young man with glasses named Ed looked back at Carol and replied:

"There was a small problem in the Rubino City Association. Someone fell into a coma due to the backlash of the fog. He hasn't woken up yet. I'll go over and take a look."

Carol laughed when she heard it: "Which newcomer didn't follow the rules and went deep into the fog area?"

She thought that a new fog explorer didn't follow the rules and went into a deeper fog area, so he encountered serious fog backlash after returning.

This is also a common thing in the history of the fog explorers. The fog explorers are not surprised by this, and even treat it as a joke.

But Ed's next words made Carol and Maru's expressions become serious.

Ed replied:

"That's exactly the problem. The one who suffered the backlash of the fog was not the Tanwu family, but just an ordinary person, and..."

Ed's expression became solemn:

"He has never left Rubino either."