CHAPTER 710: CHAPTER 576: A RARE PERSON!

Explore with caution...

The Book of the Dead rarely gives such prompts.

Coupled with Ye Jiana’s earlier "stay alive" prompt, Wu Xiaode did not immediately rush out following those two men.

He paused where he stood for several breaths, until a row of ice crystal letters slowly appeared:

"Current Exploration Level: 0.7%."

Alright then.

The Exploration Level has appeared.

Could it be that this world is full of treasures?

But as good as treasures are, one must be alive to seize them!

Wu Xiaode thought, reaching behind him to summon something.

The Black Flag quietly emerged.

"If we encounter a critical situation, we’ll retreat to this moment, how about that?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

"Activating time reversal requires spending a lot of gold, but I guess you think life is more important, after all, nothing is more precious than life itself," the Black Flag said.

Wu Xiaode rolled his eyes.

If you want money, just say so, why beat around the bush?

But speaking of money, Wu Xiaode did not feel the least bit insecure—

The trillion tons of gold from Blood Youth had hardly been used, plus he’d gained quite a few higher-level Soul Crystals from the old blind man, there was also Satan’s dividend (an astronomical figure), and the Soul Crystal toilet he’d fished out from the Dragon Clan’s dream.

This was the courage of a man.

"Money is no object, that’s settled then."

Wu Xiaode said and following the noise ahead, entered an equipment room.

He saw the two men take out their personal keys, unlock two of the lockers, change out of their simple clothes, and start taking equipment from within.

They were donning thick grey leather armor engraved with runes Wu Xiaode had never seen before.

Both had complete sets of helmet, mask, sword, bow and arrows, and long boots.

After they were fully equipped, they left the room at a light jog.

From outside came the creaking sounds of a large door opening and closing.

——They had left.

Wu Xiaode flipped his hand and produced a key.

He discovered that the key he found in the statue was identical to the ones the two men used.

Which locker would it open?

Wu Xiaode glanced at the key and saw a small number engraved on it:

"7".

Locker number seven.

Wu Xiaode inserted the key and gently turned it.

Click.

The door of the locker opened.

Inside was the same set of equipment as the other two men had taken.

There was even a note on top of the grey leather armor:

"Name: Roland."

"Probationary Guard Team member."

"——This is your identity, please keep it in mind."

Wu Xiaode picked up the note and glanced at it, a bit puzzled in his mind.

Usually, one would need a Destiny Skill like "existence" to successfully blend into an unfamiliar world.

But in this world, it was just so simple?

Two lines of ice crystal letters appeared:

"Exploration Level +0.1."

"Current Exploration Level: 0.8%."

Wu Xiaode hesitated, but hesitation was of no use now.

The noise outside the room was growing louder.

Clearly something was happening; he could wait no longer.

Wu Xiaode promptly began to don the full set of Guard Team equipment.

——Perhaps Ye Jiana had already made preliminary arrangements in this world a long time ago.

Otherwise, how could this identity be so neatly arranged?

For now, this was the only explanation.

In a moment.

Wu Xiaode finished dressing and walked out of the equipment room, pushing the door wide open.

The street outside lay strewn with numerous human corpses.

Flames blazed across the buildings.

The entire city was a sea of fire.

A person with the appearance of an official stood on a chair, loudly reading a document to the few remaining garrison forces:

"All participate in resistance... no fleeing..."

"Kill without mercy..."

Wu Xiaode listened for a while and understood.

The city had almost been massacred by monsters.

But the fight was not completely over.

The remaining garrison had received urgent orders to rush to a location to meet with others.

Looking back.

The building he had just left bore a few words:

"Royal Capital Third Guard Team Station."

It seemed he had come to be a soldier.

No—

He had come to seek the lost treasures of "Babylon".

As Wu Xiaode was contemplating this, he suddenly heard screams and growls not far away.

The curator shouted in panic:

"Third Guard Team, set off immediately, make no mistakes!"

Five or six fully armed Soldiers immediately sprang into action.

The tallest among them saw Wu Xiaode, just emerged from the station, and hurriedly waved, calling out:

"Roland, come here!"

Wu Xiaode followed them.

——In this chaotic situation, with no clear understanding of what was happening, it was best to follow the organization for now; at least this way, he could clear up some matters.

The Soldiers seemed to know their way around the Royal Capital well, weaving through streets and alleys, quickly converging towards a direction.

A thin soldier said loudly:

"There’s a high chance of encountering monsters on Queen Street, I suggest we take Rain Flower Alley as a shortcut!"

"Good!" the Soldiers responded in unison.

They turned from the main road into a small alley and sprinted along.

"Stop!"

"Enemy forces are approaching, prepare for battle!"

The tall Soldier shouted.

Everyone immediately arranged themselves into a defensive formation on the spot.

The next second.

A shadowy figure flew over, landing lightly on the wall at the entrance of the alley.

—It was a monstrous creature that was half-human, half-insect.

Insect.

The kind of insect found on a giant black skeleton.

Damn!

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but let out an expletive.

You call this the enemy army?

He struggled to sense the monstrous and strange aura emanating from the insect, knowing there was no way out of this.

Indeed, those Soldiers also started to scream:

"It’s over!"

"It’s the World Master, bestowing fate, we’re done for!"

"Lay down your weapons and pray."

"Yes, not resisting won’t make it too painful."

Spears, knives, guns, swords, and bows were thrown to the ground.

The men stood still, silently waiting for death.

Wu Xiaode frowned, about to communicate with the Black Flag, but then he heard the Black Flag suddenly transmit:

"You can’t use me to teleport. Although I won’t be detected, that insect will surely notice the ripples in time. It will check who travelled back and then find you at the moment you arrive, and kill you."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

—Too powerful.

Even time travel could be detected.

This was certain death.

What to do?

In the brief moment he pondered, the insect had already moved.

Its strange face suddenly emitted a flash of light and with a mere twitch, it split the entire alley in two.

Wu Xiaode watched as a line of blood appeared on his waist, knowing he was about to die.

The Soldiers were all cut in half as well.

This was the end!

Wu Xiaode pressed hard on the Holy Treasure Ring and said in a low voice:

"Give me the largest amount you can, and fast!"

Hum—

A violent fluctuation of space-time filled the entire sky.

The next instant.

The entire world flashed away.

Everything spun around him.

Wu Xiaode suddenly opened his eyes, only to find himself back in the equipment room.

Locker number 7 had already been opened.

An old set of leather armor and several weapons were neatly displayed inside the locker.

A letter was placed on the leather armor, with a few lines of text:

"Name: Roland."

"Apprentice member of the Guard Team."

"—The above is your identity, please remember it."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it.

Then, two lines of ice crystal text appeared:

"Exploration Level +0.1."

"Current Exploration Level: 0.8%."

—Alright, back again, now to hurry up!

He silently began to put on the full set of equipment.

Suddenly, a commotion rose from outside.

This clamor was louder, more raucous, and it was saturated with people’s intense emotions, even more so than the last time.

Wu Xiaode, as if he had not heard, just silently recalled the scene of his near-death from a moment ago.

Too fast.

Completely irresistible.

Although he was the World Master, with the world on the brink of collapse, he couldn’t unleash his power to face the enemy.

Tsk.

Truly infuriating.

The Black Flag emerged behind him and asked quietly:

"How did you think of that?"

Wu Xiaode, equipping his bow and arrows on his back, said indifferently, "It’s simple: this city is full of corpses, and the living are rare to see; under such circumstances, I should be able to afford it."

He seemed to still be angry.

—After all, he had almost died just moments before.

Yet, the Black Flag sighed and said, "Through the ages, very few have managed to escape from that kind of insect—"

"Even those possessing the power of time travel."

Wu Xiaode, hanging a dagger at his waist, continued the conversation:

"It’s just an escape; there’s nothing to be proud of, we must move out now!"

In front of him, lines of ice crystal text still lingered undisturbed.

"You triggered the Flag of No Beginning’s time reversal."

"You consumed eighty million tons of Gold, allowing all 379 of the surviving inhabitants of the Royal Capital to travel back to this moment."

Yes.

If everyone travels back, the insect can’t hunt him down.

As for whether it will kill all 379 people—

It’s probably already slaughtering the city, so let it be.

Wu Xiaode stepped forward, intending to walk outside, when he suddenly saw a line of ice crystal text emerge:

"Congratulations."

"You actually managed to evade the pursuit of that unspeakable being, even returning from the brink of death to this moment where there’s still a sliver of hope."

"Few have managed to do this."

"You shall receive the rare title acknowledged and praised by all the Laws:

"The Strategist."