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Chapter 1461 - One after another
writer:烟火成城      update:2022-07-20 14:11
  The second fish was done.

  It truly must be said, Gu Qing Shan’s cooking skills were exceptional.

  In the past, it was because his cooking skills were so good that he was able to open a street stall and earn money for his daily life.

  The entire fish was perfectly golden brown, giving off a strong fragrance in the wind that stimulated one’s palate.

  “So, is it done yet?” Atley impatiently asked.

  “It’s done” Gu Qing Shan handed the skewer to him.

  Atley was about to accept it when he heard another voice:

  “So the two of you were here grilling fish”


  As they turned around, they saw Reneedol standing on top of a faraway tree, staring down at them.

  She lightly leapt down and landed in front of them.

  Looking at Gu Qing Shan who was grilling fish on the ground, then at Atley who held a bottle of alcohol in his hand, Reneedol’s beautiful eyes narrowed.

  “Everyone was both worried for you while staying hungry, and the two of you were here grilling fish?” she questioned.

  Atley said in a panic: “It was because Rhode said he wanted to test his grilling skills”


  Gu Qing Shan immediately jumped up and shouted: “That’s not it! It was because Atley wanted to try eating the first one!”


  Atley stared at him: “You clearly said you wanted to try grilling”


  Gu Qing Shan replied without backing down: “I wanted to take the fish back to camp, wasn’t it you who wanted to eat it no matter what?”


  “I’m eating, but that’s only because you grilled it”


  “Then why did you tell me to grill the second one?”


  Atley was unable to refute.

  Reneedol glared at Atley, then looked at the fish in his hand.

  After thinking for a short moment, Reneedol recalled something.

  After thinking it through, Reneedol couldn’t be bothered to say anything else about this.

  She turned around: “Come, let’s head back”


  “Yes”


  “Yes”


  Both of the boys answered at once.

  Gu Qing Shan glanced at Atley and saw how he was meticulously following Reneedol, almost running to maintain pace with her.

  Gu Qing Shan silently thought as he swiftly chased after them.

  Dinner that night was naturally grilled fish.

  The food they found in the horse carriage yesterday was already gone, but they still had quite a bit of spices left.

  Since there was enough to cook, Gu Qing Shan didn’t hold his cooking skills back and made enough for everyone to have their fill.

  Reneedol, Atley, Epta, and Scarlet all ate several fish before they were full.

  However, Shroud only ate a single fish before sitting blankly without touching anything else.

  Even an idiot would realize that something was wrong with his reaction.

  Gu Qing Shan asked directly: “Shroud, don’t you like grilled fish?”


  “That’s not it, I’m just hearing things again” Shroud tried to force a smile.

  Gu Qing Shan told him: “Didn’t we already talk about this? The more you hear, the more danger you would draw to us”


  Shroud shook his head, a bit unwilling to leave things there.

  Reneedol softly asked: “Shroud, what did you hear earlier? Tell us, if it’s meaningless noises again, just try and not listen again”


  Shroud sighed and said: “In the past, I was only ever able to hear desperate cries of living beings, but this time it was completely different. I heard countless voices saying the same thing”


  “What did they say?” Reneedol asked.

  “The gate won’t open” Shroud replied.

  “Did they really say that?” Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask.

  “I’m sure of it” Shroud confirmed.

  Everyone fell silent, all of them thinking of different matters.

  Shroud thought briefly before continuing: “These voices are also fading away; I suspect that some of those who spoke these words have already died”


  Epta had always been clueless and timid, so when she heard that, her body shrunk a bit and covered her mouth with her hand.

  Scarlet consoled her: “Don’t be afraid, we’re all safe for now”


  “Yeah” Epta replied.

  Gu Qing Shan displayed a confused expression, but his mind was also confused.

  Gu Qing Shan couldn’t be sure, so he snuck at glance towards Reneedol.

  Reneedol didn’t show anything on her face.

  Shroud’s expression suddenly changed as he took the Book of Prophesized Destinies from the void of space and flipped through it.

  “Everyone, stay cautious, an Overlord had appeared a few hundred miles away from us” he quickly said.

  The atmosphere became tense.

  Shroud consoled everyone: “It’s ok, my [Hidden Light] will block out all tracking techniques, as long as we don’t leave this place, they shouldn’t be able to find us”


  Reneedol stood up and said: “Let me take a look”


  Shroud’s expression changed: “It’s too dangerous”


  Gu Qing Shan also tried stopping her: “You can’t, you would be no match for a Law Behemoth”


  Reneedol smiled and replied: “Don’t worry, I’m definitely no match for a Law Behemoth, but my spatial abilities allow me to hide from the Law Behemoths’ clairvoyance, I just want to go take a look”


  “I’ll come with you” Shroud stood up.

  “No need, nothing in this world will be able to discover me as long as I hide within my Subspace, you coming with me would only put a burden on me” Reneedol strictly told him off.

  Shroud couldn’t find the words to refute her, so he awkwardly sat back down.

  Reneedol exchanged glances with Atley before disappearing from their sights.

  She had left.

  Gu Qing Shan turned to Atley.

  Only to see Atley’s eyes darting around, occasionally sneaking a glance at Epta.

  Gu Qing Shan’s heart trembled a bit.

  Gu Qing Shan lowered his head while his eyes grew sharp.

  At this point, Epta and Scarlet had both begun to clean up, Atley had sat near a nearby tree to rest, while Shroud was looking through his Book of Prophesized Destinies to attempt to see any changes.

  Gu Qing Shan’s gaze was focused on Epta.

  Noticing his gaze, Epta said: “Rhode, your grilled fish was very good”


  “You know, alcohol tastes the best after you eat grilled fish, do you want to try?”


  Gu Qing Shan took out a bottle of alcohol and asked.

  Epta shook her head like a rattle drum and said: “I won’t drink alcohol, ever”


  “Why not?” Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.

  “I’m afraid of forming a connection to the Law of Death——– you know me, my life’s dream is to save people, I’m afraid of killing” Epta embarrassedly told him.

  Atley also chimed in: “Don’t force people to try alcohol Rhode, give it to me instead”


  “Dream on, I gave you a single bottle and you already sold me out” Gu Qing Shan glared at him.

  Atley froze, then laughed.

  “Fine then, when we reach the next city, I’ll drink my heart out” he grinned and said.

  Epta smiled at Gu Qing Shan, then looked back down and continued to clean up their utensils.

  Gu Qing Shan was feeling a bit regrettable.

  Gu Qing Shan’s mind was quickly moving when lines of glowing text suddenly appeared in front of his eyes:

  [Attention! Attention!]

  [Inconsideration of the current unique situation, the System had extracted a crucial piece of information from War God Intelligence (the colorful rooster)]

  [This information had been paid for by deducting 100,000 Soul Points from you]

  [Please pay attention to the following news:]

  [War God Intelligence has noticed abnormal fluctuations]

  [An Apocalypse is descending]

  [The detail of this Apocalypse is unknown]

  [In three minutes and seventeen seconds, that Apocalypse will descend]

  Gu Qing Shan’s heart became heavy as he rapidly tried to think of a solution.

  The Awaitings were still being trapped outside the Reality Gate, but an Apocalypse had already managed to slip inside.

  Gu Qing Shan swiftly glanced around.

  Gu Qing Shan sighed.

  He opened the bottle and took a sip, then proceeded to drink the entire thing at once.

  “Rhode, you drank too much” Shroud said worriedly.

  Gu Qing Shan grinned and replied: “Don’t worry, drinking more lets me sleep better”


  Scarlet asked very seriously: “Will sleeping help with improving the Law of Death?”


  Atley laughed from a bit away and shook his head: “How naïve, I heard that the Law of Death would only be affected by the things you kill, so the more you kill, the stronger you’d become, got it?”


  Scarlet’s complexion turned a bit pale.

  Atley felt that to be interesting, so he continued: “Taking on the Law of Death also means taking on the curse of Death. Other than killing, there wouldn’t be anything else in your life”


  “That’s not necessarily the case, we can also use alcohol to strengthen ourselves now” Gu Qing Shan smiled and said.

  “That’s only temporary” Atley shook his head, “The Overlord of Death requires sustenance through your acts of killing in order to continuously grant you power—— anyone can see that clearly, so your future had already been decided: it’ll consist of only killing, or to be killed while you’re killing”


  Gu Qing Shan’s expression changed as he turned to Scarlet.

  Scarlet’s body swayed a bit before she ran behind a tree.

  A few moments later, her crying could be heard coming from behind the tree.

  “Atley” Shroud scowled.

  “Sorry about that, it seems like I’m a bit drunk, sorry, sorry!” Atley smiled to gloss it over.

  His eyes didn’t seem apologetic at all.

  But no one could say anything else about that.

  Gu Qing Shan sighed.

  A certain thought slowly appeared in Gu Qing Shan’s mind.