My Endless Life

The exploration team headed by Maru plans to stay in Lupino City, which is about to be shrouded in fog.

Its mission is two-fold.

The first is to find the safe zone inside Lupino City and determine the distribution range of fog beasts, as well as the characteristics, habits and weaknesses of new fog beasts.

The second is to find the route from Lupino City to other fog areas, determine its location after arriving in the fog area, and record it on the map.

Because the exploration team will stay in Lupino City for a long time, the only people going to the third level are Li Qi and Carol.

Now add Ronnie to the mix.

"I said... brat, is this guy named Ronnie your biological brother? Why do you take him with you everywhere?"

After separating from the exploration team, Carol couldn't help asking Li Qi.

She has endured this for a long time.

The last time Li Qi took the heavy fog level assessment, he took the initiative to put this brat Ronnie into the team.

Now head to the third floor, taking Ronnie with you.

If Ronnie were a girl, Carol would still understand.

But Ronnie was a man, which inevitably made Carol think too much.

Either Ronnie and Li Qi are close brothers, or... the relationship between the two of them is unusual!

Carol looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

Li Qi replied casually:

"I just thought he was strong enough and wanted to go with me, so I took him with me. It's not as much as you think."

"That's it..."

After Carol heard this, she looked disappointed and said, "I thought your relationship was extraordinary..."

Li Qi didn't answer.

He knew that the more he reacted at this time, the easier it would be for Carol to be verbose, so he simply stopped talking and concentrated on his way.

But what Li Qi didn't expect was that even if he didn't say a word, Carol would still become verbose.

Just listen to Carol say:

"Actually, it would be a good thing if you really have someone you care about. You kid... your feelings are too weak. If you continue like this, there will be problems in the future."

"What's wrong with that?"

Li Qi asked rhetorically.

He doesn't think there's anything wrong with being indifferent.

It would be better to say that for a 'traveler' like him who has traveled through several worlds, it would be better to be a little less affectionate.

Otherwise, we have to experience separation from friends, relatives, and lovers in every life, which would be too painful.

Li Qi had only experienced three lives, and he already felt that his soul couldn't bear it.

So it’s better to be a little less sentimental.

But Carol had a different opinion on this.

She rarely became serious and said softly to Li Qi:

"It's not good to have weak emotions. The more powerful a fog explorer is, the more he needs some emotion or interest as an anchor to support himself. Otherwise...you won't be able to enter the sea of ​​fog."

"What's the meaning?"

"I heard...I just heard that there are occasionally special agencies in the foggy sea that send out information. As mentioned above, the longer you stay in the foggy sea, the part of you that is a human being will become weaker and weaker. .

“If there is no strong emotion or interest to support it, it won’t be long before you become a monster in the sea of ​​fog.

"Of course, this is just what the intelligence says. As for what the inside of the Sea of ​​Fog is like... I'm afraid you can only know it if you go there."

"If that's the case, then don't worry, I have my own interests."

Li Qi said and glanced at Jinghua who was following beside him.

Pursuing mystery and pursuing a method that allows one to cross the boundary of death is Li Qi's current 'interest'.

Li Qi, who focuses on his interests, doesn't have to worry about becoming a monster without humanity if he goes to the Sea of ​​Fog in the future.

"Making things is not a hobby."

Carol seemed to see what Li Qi was thinking, and she said meaningfully:

"No matter what time, the only thing that can maintain humanity is the most extreme human emotion. Boy, I don't know what you think, but I can see that you lack this thing.

"Find a way to find an emotion that allows you to maintain your humanity, otherwise, something will happen sooner or later."

"...I don't need you to control it, just shut up and lead the way."

Li Qi said indifferently.

He didn't seem to take Carol's words to heart, and just walked silently.

Carol stopped talking to Li Qi, she seemed to just say it casually, and then ran to tease Ronnie.

The three of them walked through the fog area and rushed towards the third floor.

…

Among the three dolls, Ronnie is undoubtedly the weakest.

But he is not a dragster either.

The bottom line is that he has figured out the general capabilities of his relic.

Ronnie's relic is not called Crystal, it was his own name.

It’s just that even the relic itself can’t remember its real name, so it’s still replaced by ‘Crystal’.

Crystal's identity is unknown, but according to himself, he is one of the original five relics.

The original relics are the five relics before the arrival of the fog zone. They are the source of all relics.

Each relic has different responsibilities. According to him, the responsibility of the crystal is the last line of defense for mankind.

Once humans reach the point of no return and the world cannot return to its original state, he is responsible for leading humans to leave this world and go to a new home.

Crystal said so, but he forgot exactly how to do it.

Only remember your responsibilities and some of your abilities.

Crystal's abilities are very complex. According to his own statement, he can control plants and understand the words of other animals.

Able to carry out space transfer, as long as there are corresponding coordinates or places he has visited before, he can send them to where he wants to go.

He could speed up his own speed. Ronny gave it a try. While holding the crystal, his speed could be increased to the limit that his body could bear in a short period of time.

It's just that due to physical limitations, he can no longer speed up.

These abilities seem to have no connection with each other, just like abilities spliced ​​together here and there.

Not only that, this is the ability that Crystal can remember and use.

In addition to these, crystals have more abilities that cannot be used.

Such as 'controlling gravity', 'making air', 'sustaining life', 'food production', 'garbage disposal'...

These messy abilities sounded unreliable to Ronnie.

Especially the last one.

The first few abilities can be said to be useful, but what is the use of the last garbage disposal?

It's not like Ronnie is picking up the trash!

"You just... don't have any more useful abilities?"

On the way, Ronnie talked to Crystal.

The crystal made a voice in his mind:

"...I personally think these abilities are very useful, although I can't use them now...after all, I am missing a lot of things."

"Then if you find what you are missing, you can awaken more abilities?"

"Yes."

"Okay, how do I find it?"

"I can sense my body parts... Well, the direction you are walking in now is very close to one of my body parts..."

Crystal said, and soon lost her voice.

"crystal?"

Ronnie tried to call the crystal, but there was no response from the crystal.

Have you gone to rest again...

Ronnie felt helpless.

Although the crystal claims to be an original relic that surpasses special-grade relics, its own ability is inferior to most special-grade relics.

And the most terrible thing is that maybe because he just woke up, he needs a long time of rest to regain some memory and strength.

This also leads to the fact that Ronnie has not many abilities that he can use now, and they are not very strong.

Taking the ability of space transfer as an example, the distance Ronnie can now transfer is less than half of Lupino City.

And it also requires Ronnie's energy to activate.

If Ronnie's energy runs out, the crystal will be just a decoration and of no use at all.

Unless Crystal wakes up.

But Ronnie has nothing to complain about.

The crystal is an original relic that is more powerful than a super relic, and this alone is enough to satisfy Ronnie.

What's more, he now has a way to increase his energy.

Thinking of this, Ronnie looked at the young man walking in front of him. He thought for a moment and asked:

"Teacher, do you want to continue training tonight?"

Li Qi did not answer immediately. He glanced at Carol and thought for a while before saying to Ronnie:

"No, just stay awake all night and review what I taught you."

Ronnie nodded and stopped asking.

He heard what Li Qi meant, telling him not to give up on refining Qi at night.

The method of refining Qi seems to be something uniquely created by the young teacher in front of me, and it is still experimental in nature and has never been used before.

That's why I have to be careful about Carol.

Although Ronnie didn't quite understand why Carol, who was obviously a close person to Li Qi, was excluded by Li Qi.

But since the teacher said so, he simply obeyed.

After such a long period of training, Ronnie has already regarded Li Qi as a teacher in his heart, ignoring the other person's real age.

There were no accidents on the way.

With Carol, an experienced old fog explorer, leading the way, this is a layer of fog area where newbie explorers can survive safely, so in just a few days, everyone safely reached the second level of the fog area. , colorless plain.

Seeing the vast, colorless wilderness again, Ronnie suddenly thought of something and asked Carol:

"Senior Carol, Lupino City will eventually be swallowed up by the Colorless Plains, right? Then why don't we stay in Lupino City and then head directly from the second level plain to the third level?"

"Because of the route." Carol replied with almost no hesitation: "We are not sure what the route around Lupino City will be like after it comes to the plains. It may be safer, but it may also be more dangerous.

"Our current goal is to go to the third level. There is no need to experience those unknown dangers. It is safer to follow the originally detected safe route."

I see.

Ronnie nodded understandingly, and while the others were talking, they continued on their way to the third floor.

But... often the calmer the time, the easier it is to encounter accidents.

The same is true this time.

On the third day after everyone entered the Colorless Plains, they saw several corpses on the safe route they must take.

They were wearing special clothes that were completely different from the kingdom's style. Their bodies were dry and they fell to the ground as if they had died of dehydration.

After Carol saw these corpses, her expression instantly became solemn.

"This is... the escort of the 'ancient civilization'?"

After hearing Carol's words, Ronnie and Li Qi looked at the body on the ground at the same time.

These corpses...are people from the third level of 'ancient civilization'?