Life Game In Other World-Chapter 1678: Going Smoothly?

"This can only indicate the terrifying abnormality of the existence sealed within." The Elder sighed deeply, raising his hand to withdraw the staff in his hand, gazing at the light screen before him, "I fear the entire Northeast Region of the Federation has been completely shielded by this seal,"

His eyes lifted, sweeping over the particularly bright yellow glow within the brilliant curtain, "Especially the power of the God of Order, I can see that it was originally the foundation of the seal, but now it has turned into a barrier sealing off the outside world, and is drawing power from within the seal."

"What do you mean by drawing power from within the seal?" Levi was somewhat dazed upon hearing this.

"This is actually the domain of Divine Arts," the Elder turned his head to look at Levi, "If I’m not mistaken, everyone in the twenty-six cities of the Northeast Region currently shrouded by the seal is now connected to the seal. They might have originally been the key force suppressing the seal, now they have become the source maintaining the seal’s power, essentially sacrifices."

"You mean if we attack this seal array, the seal will extract life from within to replenish its own deficiency?" Levi instantly realized.

The light that had appeared in his hand quickly extinguished.

"Don’t worry, our tentative attack just now wasn’t enough to break through its boundary," the Elder shook his head, "But if we attack with full force, it might not be the same."

He gazed at the light screen before him, "The power of the Divine Being is so mysterious and formidable."

"You just said, these powers weren’t descended by the God of Order, but rather remnants left on the earth. How did Estella and the others utilize such terrifying power to construct the seal back then?" Levi furrowed his brows, hoarse-voiced.

"This is what I’m also puzzled about," the Elder’s brows slightly furrowed, "Of course, I didn’t ponder for long before these memories sank into the deep sea of my consciousness."

"If it’s this particularly complex mysticism technique, then the existence sealed within likely cannot directly break through the seal. From our current situation, we haven’t felt a strong power directly descend either." Levi contemplated aloud.

The Elder beside him turned his head to look at him.

"Coupling it with the current transformation of the seal nature, it is very likely that the seal has been manipulated internally by someone familiar with seals," Levi spoke quickly, "And it’s highly probable that they leveraged some conceptual power to align with this relatively ’gentle’ state."

"Currently alive, the only person capable of manipulating this seal internally, and also aware of the seal’s key nodes, I fear there’s only one," the Elder slightly furrowed his brow.

"Estella." Levi continued, "In my impression, she should be very rational and not someone who would do such a thing."

"This can only mean she has gone mad," the Elder said calmly and hoarsely.

The sky began to flurry with scattered snowflakes as the firmament under the night veil fell into a momentary silence.

The Elder turned his head to look at Levi beside him, "Do you have any thoughts?"

"Wait." Levi took a deep breath.

Under the Elder’s puzzled gaze, he continued, fixing his gaze on the shimmering brilliant light screen, "Perhaps there will be a turn of events from within the seal."

At that moment, the Elder seemed to realize something, giving him a profound look.

Just then, brilliant radiance appeared behind the two.

The Elder turned back to glance, smiling, "Seems I’m not the only one who believes in you."

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Xiluo City

Reid spewed a mouthful of fresh blood, crashing against the wall. He lifted his head, his gaze traversing the window, glancing at the city’s reflection emerging on the horizon then turning to the figure before him, his brows tightly furrowed, "Chen, what are you doing? Are you from the Anomaly Sect? Have you been deceiving me all along?"

The figure standing in the shadow sighed softly, a bright Crystal Ball shimmering in his palm, he looked at Reid, slowly stepping out of the shadow, "Reid, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to deceive you before, I’ve only just recovered the veiled cognizance and memory."

A slightly desolate and hasty silhouette slowly emerged under the dim light, none other than Xiluo City’s Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, Chen.

"You have a choice," Reid clenched his teeth, struggling to stand, fixing his gaze on the figure before him, "That’s just your past, not your future, you can still choose,"

He reached out his hand, "Chen, tell me, what method did you use to trigger this Crystal Ball?"

"I’m sorry," Chen shook his head, "I have no choice."

He raised his hand, a sharp spike emerging in his palm, his gaze fixing on Reid with a hint of melancholy and regret, "Goodbye, Reid, cooperating with you these years has been joyful, too bad, why did you have to be so perceptive—"

But before he could finish, a phantom sliced by his side, seized the Crystal Ball from his hand, and dashed toward an open room door.

It was Reid who seized the opportunity and suddenly sprang up.

Yet he didn’t ultimately break through the room door. In the narrow distance before the door, a sharp spike pierced through his body from behind, skewering his chest, splattering fresh blood.

And the Crystal Ball clutched in Reid’s hand shattered at this moment, dissolving into scattering light and shadow.

Chen sighed, holding the spike, pressed onward, retrieving another Crystal Ball from his bosom, "Old buddy, you’re always like this, even after being duped once..."

Bang—

Yet before he could finish, a hand suddenly shot out from above his head, seized the Crystal Ball from his hand, then leaped into the office behind him.

"Who?!" He immediately turned his head, glimpsing at the swaying braided hair.

He abruptly exerted force, attempting to withdraw the spike lodged in Reid’s body.

But his movements stalled with it, he turned back around, looking at Reid.

At this moment, Reid’s hand was tightly clutching the spike that skewered his chest, restricting his movement. A hoarse voice, mixing with blood flowing from his hand, resounded, "Old buddy, people do grow."

Just then, dazzling brilliance from outside the rear window lit up the entire room.

Chen turned back, only to see the towering mountain that once stood outside had somehow transformed into a sky-piercing flame silhouette, its gigantic hand like a massive meteor opening, reaching toward the narrow office.

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Xiluo City·Abnormal Association Building

The woman lying on the desk sat up blankly, rubbed her eyes, and looked out the window.

The sudden and violent raindrops hit the glass window, sliding slowly along the edges, leaving thin, long traces.

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Vilenis

Denon stood up, looking at the idol-dressed girl pressed on the ground in front of him, restrained with electromagnetic shackles, her cheeks covered in blood. At first glance, she looked pitifully delicate.

Several young men nearby couldn’t help but look away.

But Denon’s expression did not change. He stared at these two girls and said coldly, "Speak, what are you doing here? Who sent you? Why did the Future Building appear outside?"

"Mister, you’re so handsome," one of the girls on the ground said playfully, "why not change to a different interrogation method?"

Her voice was clear and lively, as if truly asking in ignorance, but it was like a feather brushing over one’s heart, shaking one’s mind.

"Speak, or not?" Denon frowned slightly, gesturing to the young men who had responded physically to move to the other side. He glanced at the exquisite and beautiful corpses nearby, saying coldly.

"Mister, we’re just here to investigate," another girl said hoarsely, her voice raspy, with a hint of coldness that wards off strangers, mixed with the purity of a clear girl. "As for information about that building, we really know nothing."

"Investigate who?" Denon asked quickly.

"The traces of K’s followers’ activities in the Northeast Region," the lively girl said playfully, "I know your database has this, you collect this much or less when investigating anomalies, so why not just give me the information, and we can both satisfy any request of yours,"

She playfully blinked, "If you’re not satisfied, I can contact our bishop, she will definitely make you satisfied."

"Any request can be agreed to?" Denon raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, Mister." The lively girl smiled, lightly blinking her eyes, "What our sisters promise will always be done, you can pick up the wristband and search us, we are a wildly popular idol group with many fans."

"Alright," Denon looked at him calmly, "then tell me, where is your bishop? Who exactly sent you here? What exactly are you plotting?"

The lively girl’s expression froze.

"President, we’ve made contact!"

Just then, a cry of surprise came from behind Denon.

Denon glanced down at the two girls on the ground and coldly said, "Use the device, stun them!"

Before the two girls had time to speak, two specially designed electric guns were extended to their necks, emitting light.

And Denon had already turned back to walk towards the source of the exclamation behind him.

A young man was sitting in front of a device that looked like a suitcase. The device opened like a laptop, with a pitch-black screen and some old-fashioned buttons that flickered with light.

"This thing actually works," the young man looked excitedly at Denon beside him, quickly saying, "I thought only their Anomaly Sect had this kind of anomaly that could communicate across regions, but it turns out we have it too, and it really works."

"Alright, don’t get too excited," Denon placed his hand on the young man’s shoulder to calm his emotions, glancing at the newly opened manual beside him, "after this is over, copy this emergency operation protocol twenty times for me."

The young man’s smile suddenly froze.

"Which city did we contact?" Denon asked without hesitation.

"Glenville, directly to our north," the young man quickly said, "they said an anomaly of an ancient villa appeared in their city, with trees and jungles growing out of it, covering the whole city with towering trees, and some Anomaly Sect members waging chaos with mercenaries, but conditions there seem alright."

"How so?" Denon was slightly puzzled.

"Captain Koster quickly took control of the situation with his team," the young man said hesitantly, "and they also found the Anomaly Sect’s den, currently confronting the sect’s bishop, but they have stolen the anomaly’s core item, a rusty Knight’s Broken Sword."

"Wait, who did you say led the team?" Denon asked somewhat bewildered, "Koster? How could he achieve such a feat? Send the safety verification code, verify their identity."

"I know you have objections to Captain Koster, thinking he didn’t perform well on previous missions, almost letting the Anomaly Sect blow up the Association Building," the young man quickly input the verification code, "but according to the intelligence reported by Glenville, this seems to be the case."

"Could they have already been controlled by the Anomaly Association," Denon pondered, "reporting false information to fool us?"

"I don’t know," the young man shook his head awkwardly, "anyway, they report that this operation seemed divinely aided, as if they naturally knew where to go, how to operate, and even those anomaly followers seemed to cooperate with them, everything went surprisingly smoothly."

"Are there any reports from other cities?" Denon frowned more tightly, the more the young man said, the more something felt off to him.

"Trandale just seemed to make contact too," the young man quickly operated the device in front of him, "but they haven’t replied yet... got it..."

He paused slightly, hesitantly saying, "Trandale’s message says their entire city is covered by a giant sports arena, and everyone in the city has become ’athletes’ who must participate in various sports."

"Were there many casualties?" On hearing this, Denon asked subconsciously.

"Not many," the young man hesitated and continued, "according to them, everyone in the city seems to have found a sport that suits them, fulfilling the sports arena’s rules. Moreover, they successfully used the arena’s rules to defeat the anomaly followers in activities like tug-of-war and soccer, and seized the core trophy controlling the arena,"

The young man looked at the bewildered Denon and continued, "but they couldn’t control this trophy, trying to get information from the anomaly followers’ mouths."

"Are you sure they haven’t been controlled by the anomaly followers?" Denon was completely bewildered.

"I don’t know," the young man shook his head, "but they passed the security verification."

Just then, he withdrew his gaze and saw the display in front of him, "Xiluo City has also sent a message!"

Denon paused slightly, "Is there a problem in Xiluo City too? What did Reid say?!"

"Captain Reid was injured," the young man quickly said, "the director of the Xiluo City Federal Bureau of Investigation was an Anomaly Sect mole, he stole the orphanage’s crystal ball, but the situation has been controlled, and the crystal ball has been reclaimed, they are now studying how to stop the orphanage’s power from spreading."

"It went that smoothly?!" Denon held his forehead in bewilderment.