Chapter 409 : Chapter 409

Chapter 409: A New Residence and an Attempt to Return

"Dear listeners, we now bring you an urgent news report."

"This afternoon, our city suffered a sudden catastrophe. According to preliminary statistics, the number of casualties is difficult to tally, and the situation is extremely serious. It is understood that the cause of this disaster was a fierce internal conflict among the Explorers, which ultimately led to the appearance of an entity known as the 'Calamity Witch,' bringing with it a devastating catastrophe. Currently, the Calamity Witch has disappeared without a trace, and whether she will reappear remains unknown."

"We hereby remind the public that if you encounter disputes among Explorers, please proceed to the designated safe zones for shelter immediately. Do not harbor any illusions of luck. Safety is always the top priority, and we hope every citizen can remain safe."

"At the same time, the government and relevant departments are making every effort to respond to this disaster and will release the latest safety guidelines and rescue information in a timely manner. Please stay tuned..."

"...We will continue to follow the developments of this incident and provide you with the latest news in a timely manner. Thank you for listening. Let us pray together for the affected citizens, hoping they can receive aid and restore peace as soon as possible."

As the news broadcast on the television finished, I played with the remote control out of boredom, eventually changing to another channel.

It had been almost a day since I took out that part of the city.

I hadn't been idle during this time.

First, I had to mention the super-large villa I was currently in.

This villa was considered an asset of the Truth Protection Association in this world, but they generously gave it to me directly.

It was a meeting gift from that president, tailored to my liking, perfectly satisfying my desire to leave that place without knowing where to go next.

After all, the service at that dilapidated hotel was just average, and the charges were exorbitant.

I didn't want to keep being a sucker there.

Besides, this villa was very nice, just a bit remote.

How remote?

The kind where you might not even get delivery if you order takeout.

But I didn't care about these things.

After getting the key, this villa became my temporary residence.

Recalling that time, after I slaughtered those Secret Diggers with one blow, I realized I seemed to have forgotten about Qiu Ruxin's existence.

After reacting, I couldn't be bothered to get more information from that president.

Anyway, as long as there was contact, I would have a chance to learn this information later.

But if something happened to Qiu Ruxin, it would be a real problem!

And the other party seemed to see that I had something to do, so he ended up giving me an unregistered card and the key card to this villa.

Moreover, that president had a lot to deal with in the aftermath.

His recklessness this time had indeed caused considerable losses to the Truth Protection Association.

After all, it was unknown how many members of this association were "accidentally injured" by my attack, and he also needed to go back and appease everyone.

When I found Qiu Ruxin, she was completely submerged in the bathtub, with all the surrounding showers running cold water to lower the air temperature.

It was clear how urgent the situation Qiu Ruxin had encountered was.

Of course, it was a good thing I didn't target the surrounding buildings.

But even without being deliberately targeted, this hotel could no longer operate.

The entire building had become a "dangerous building."

Even if they continued with a guilty conscience, the place would need a complete renovation.

Either way, it was an incredibly terrifying expense.

And they didn't know who to seek compensation from.

Me, the "Calamity Witch"?

They didn't have the guts to trouble this person, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.

I also brought Qiu Ruxin, who had almost fainted from the heat at that time, here, and we barely settled down.

I have to say, Qiu Ruxin's reaction at that time was indeed very fast.

Even with the protection of my protective spell, the scorching heat inevitably had a considerable impact on her.

So she made a decisive decision to hide in the bathroom pool.

Facts proved that her choice was not wrong.

After the protective spell blocked the first wave of the heatwave for her, she understood what she was about to face.

Now, after some rest and my magical treatment, Qiu Ruxin's body was fine.

She could even leisurely watch these news reports with me here.

"These... were done by Big Sis Xiao Han, right?"

Looking at the news constantly being broadcast on the television and the blurry images, Qiu Ruxin asked.

"Yes, what do you think? Do you think I'm very cold-blooded?"

I shrugged and admitted it generously.

"No."

Qiu Ruxin shook her head.

She was also a witness to this incident, but she was very clear that the weak had no right to complain.

For the strong to let the weak accuse them of being cold-blooded was the greatest mercy to the weak.

"But, I really didn't expect you to be so powerful, Big Sis Xiao Han..."

"It's alright, I guess? I should say... most of the seniors in the Witch Academy I'm from should be able to do something similar to what I did."

"So the world you're from is that powerful, Big Sis Xiao Han? Then... the world collision you mentioned later... doesn't that mean you could conquer this world in minutes?"

"Conquer... I'm really not sure about that."

Hearing Qiu Ruxin say this, I also didn't know how the Academy Head would handle this world then.

Oh no... the Academy Head only represented the stance of the Witch Academy.

Don't forget, there are also Transcendent Academies established by the other three transcendent races in the main world.

It had been a long time since I had come into contact with information related to those academies.

Their presence in my mind was almost gone.

I subconsciously thought that only the Transcendent Witches were in charge of this main world.

After chatting with Qiu Ruxin for a while, I also gave her the unregistered card that the president had given me.

After all, I had my own business to attend to.

Giving the money to Qiu Ruxin would also make it easier for her to deal with various situations.

At this moment, although I wasn't very sure if the Academy Head had left a backup plan in this way, I naturally had to be prepared to possibly return.

It just so happened that I now had a stable place to live and didn't have to worry about money.

Later, I would help Qiu Ruxin stock up on a batch of food in the villa, enough for her to live here for a long time without any problems.

Qiu Ruxin was too special.

It was just right for her to stay here and not run around, to be careful of all sorts of unlucky things finding her.

But when I thought about the various accidents she might encounter, I also wondered if I should give Qiu Ruxin something to protect herself.

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin could naturally see my actions, which were like entrusting my last affairs.

But I would not change my plan because of her thoughts.

Another two days passed.

I had been busy with Qiu Ruxin's affairs these past few days.

If someone had seen the whole process, they would definitely think I was "spoiling" Qiu Ruxin a bit too much.

But I myself thought very clearly that was not the case.

It was simply because Qiu Ruxin was the basis for my successful use of the Reverse Summoning Spell to return again.

And she was also the person I "trusted" the most in this world.

As for the Truth Protection Association... I had never trusted them from the beginning.

In the past two days, some of their people had come to understand my situation.

But it wasn't the president who came every time.

That president had been swamped with work these past few days and didn't have much time.

He only came once in the past two days, and that time was just a quick visit.

The rest were other people from the association who came to understand the situation from me.

They were very curious about me, but I didn't reveal anything.

After all, if they wanted to get information from me in return, they first had to fulfill the president's promise and tell me information about their world.

During our several contacts, they only got to know a little about Qiu Ruxin, who was by my side, and they still knew very little about me.

And I didn't tell them about Qiu Ruxin's identity as a Child of Destiny.

I just briefly introduced Qiu Ruxin's trait of bad luck and said that I was very interested in this characteristic.

Then I also asked them to take care of Qiu Ruxin a little.

As for really letting them take care of Qiu Ruxin?

I couldn't rest assured.

So after they left, I also had a few words with Qiu Ruxin alone, mainly to explain the situation to her, so she wouldn't be deceived by these guys.

Now, I had pretty much settled many things.

I also notified those from the Truth Protection Association that I might be leaving for a period of time.

If there was anything urgent, they could find me through Qiu Ruxin.

Over the past few days of contact, the information I learned from the Truth Protection Association about their world was not much.

Although that president had promised decisively at the time, it was obvious that now that the situation had eased, they began to test my bottom line.

The information they revealed each time was not much, and the guy who came to chat with me was also very good with his words, not getting to the point for a long time.

This really annoyed me.

I deliberately revealed to them that I was leaving, naturally also for this reason.

I was too lazy to bicker with them.

After all, they also knew very well that revealing information about their own world to such a powerful being was a dangerous act in itself.

What's more, this group of people were the ones in that world who most firmly believed that "this so-called game world is a real world," so they had to be on their guard.

As for my attitude, it was better to take it slow than to fall out with them all at once.

After all, I had also thought it through these past two days.

I didn't need to think so much. After all, why should I care so much?

Is this world very important to me?

Are the Secret Diggers very important to me?

They are not important to me.

As long as I am clear about what I want, the rest will only be seasoning.

Don't forget, my coming here was all because of an "accident."

The reason I was tracing the secrets of this world was simply to find something to do during my initial period of confusion.

But now that I have come to my senses, I am no longer obsessed with this matter.

"Is Big Sis Xiao Han preparing to leave?"

"Trying to leave."

I corrected.

"Yes, I will wait for you to come back here."

Qiu Ruxin pursed her lips.

Even though the reluctance in her eyes was obvious, she didn't say it out loud.

"Don't just wait. Unless there are special circumstances, if conditions permit, I suggest you perform a ritual every few days. After all, we are separated by a whole world and cannot communicate directly. No one can be sure if I will encounter any special circumstances, whether I will return early or be delayed. If it's an emergency, perform the summons twice in a short period of time."

"I'll remember."

Qiu Ruxin nodded, her hand tightly gripping the pendant.

Even though she knew very well that this pendant was her nightmare before, now, it was her hope.

After instructing Qiu Ruxin, I also began to formally make the attempt.

This attempt was based on my hypotheses and conjectures.

At the same time, the premise of all this was based on my current understanding of this world, guessing that this world was the small world that the Academy Head had told me about before, the one that was about to collide with the main world.

Based on this coincidence, I inferred that my accidental arrival here was arranged by the Academy Head.

Now, coupled with my understanding of this unreliable Reverse Summoning Spell.

I can now be more certain that the Academy Head should have the summoning rune for this spell.

After all, the spellbook I have was created as a derivative by the Academy Head.

She couldn't be less capable than me, who figured it out on my own.

In addition, the Academy Head inexplicably gave me the consciousness communication spellbook, and this protective spell that has been on me until now and has not been broken.

This spell is very likely a guarantee that the Academy Head gave me.

And now I only need to break this spell, and the answers to many things will be revealed.

At this moment, it was clearly a very trivial matter, but it inexplicably made me a little nervous.

Because if there was still no reaction after doing this, then I really had no other way.

Putting aside those unnecessary distractions, I stretched out my hand and released a Fireball.

Then, it was compressed into a powerful attack by me using the focus point derivative technique and shot towards my body.

I had already noticed before that the defensive power of this shield was a bit beyond my comprehension, so I used this method from the start.

At this moment, this shield seemed to sense a fatal attack and was activated the moment the attack reached my body.

Sizzle—!

Following the collision of the protection and the attack, a large amount of transcendent energy collided at this moment, producing a terrifying energy counter and dissipation.

The powerful fire element seemed to have met its match at this moment.

Even the strongest armor-piercing method I currently had was at a stalemate at this moment.

"The shield the Academy Head gave me is so strong?"

I frowned but still made such an exclamation.

Thinking about the protective spells I have now, they either require continuous stacking of shields or are modded to the limit of my current theory.

Compared to the Academy Head's, they are indeed not enough.

Thinking back, after the dream state exchange competition, I was thinking of finding some protective spells that suited my taste, but I gradually forgot about it.

After all, for a period of time after that, there was really no place where protective spells were needed.

Compared to taking it head-on, methods like prediction, dodging, and positioning were better.

But now, seeing the Academy Head's protective spell... it really made me very envious!

This spell has been on me for many days, but it is still so powerful.

This is enough to show the power of this protective spell.

Of course, the Academy Head is a Transcendent Witch.

It's also possible that it's not the spellbook that's powerful, but simply that the Academy Head herself is very powerful.

However, this protective spell, with my continuous exertion and increased output, finally reached its limit.

Cracked patterns appeared on its surface, and a harsh cracking sound was accompanied by a sudden shattering.

My focused fireball directly pierced through my body.

Even though I stopped the moment this protective spell shattered, this spell still caused me extremely serious injuries.

"Tsk... my control over power is still... too weak."

I gasped and still lamented.

I didn't expect my spell to be so terrifyingly powerful.

Sure enough, those guys who died under this spell didn't die in vain.

"Big Sis Xiao Han!"

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin also hurried forward, wanting to do something out of concern.

"Don't touch me."

I gritted my teeth and stopped Qiu Ruxin from getting close to me.

"Just go back. It's just a trivial injury."

As I spoke, I began to heal myself directly with the Flesh and Blood Healing Spell.

The reason I was so reckless was naturally because I had this spell as a backup, so I dared to do so.

But the pain was also really painful!

Now, the Academy Head's protective spell was broken.

The only thing left... was to wait.

The waiting time was very short, but for me, it was very long.

At this moment, the wounds on my body had already begun to heal under the Flesh and Blood Healing Spell.

At this instant, I suddenly felt a faint guidance.

I closed my eyes.

In a void, that faint summoning coordinate was like the brightest star in the pitch-black night sky at this moment!

"I found it! My gamble was right!"