Chapter 542
Chapter 542 - 522: Moon Falls
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Life is tough, Meow sighed.
Other people’s despair without Lu Ping’an knowing, those "backbones" in his small tent had relatively stable emotions.
Perhaps it was also during this time that Lu Ping’an started wholesaling boat tickets.
Of course, the rewards were not at all lacking, even slightly inflated due to taking advantage of the situation.
You have no money? Okay, then sign a debt contract, with the kind that allows you to pay back the loan at any time and take away your little life.
I am not unreasonable either, if you really can’t afford to make money in the future, you can pay back slowly through your labor.
Lu Ping’an didn’t take out a "lifetime labor" level contract, simply because most people were not worthy. He intended to save his resources for younger elites.... But after signing them, their morale, which had been hit by a series of misfortunes, became noticeably more robust.
At least, there was a way out now.
Lu Ping’an sighed helplessly, this was the only way when he was full of anxiety... These people were not in the mood to maintain the collapsing morale of their migration team.
Lu Ping’an had to give them a bottom line, only then would they continue to work honestly.
There is never too much time for rest and recuperation; a temporary field kitchen, boiling hot soup and hot water were the best comfort for exhausted bodies and minds.
At this time, as they calculated, they realized that their group had come far enough.
A sudden scream resounded in every living being’s ears, and all intelligent creatures instinctively looked up to notice a terrifying scene.
The clean white Gemini moon was no longer a complete set... One of the silver moons had turned red, and on top of it, there appeared a...
"... A tooth mark?"
The bizarre scene made people doubt their existence.
On the huge round moon, there was a noticeable gap, like a bitten mooncake.
If this could still be explained as an optical illusion, then the scream that still resounded in the ears of all living beings was very telling.
Inside Lu Ping’an’s tent, someone also screamed and rolled around on the ground.
Lu Ping’an glanced down and noticed it was a marginal figure... A royal female guard named Sia.
She had initially seen Lu Ping’an with the two members of the royal family and was able to speak directly, as she seemed to be trusted.
"Sia? I heard she’s a Knight close to being a Great Knight... Huh, that was a lie, huh?"
Lu Ping’an noticed that she had already fainted from the pain, but the silver light overflowing from her body was distractingly eye-catching.
The moonlight flowed across the ground, naturally forming mirrors.
Lu Ping’an had seen this light before on the battlefield against the Beast God puppet, and if it weren’t for this "sealing all" moonlight brilliance, who knows if the remains of the Beast God would have crawled out on the spot.
"Moonlight Guardian..."
This seemed to originate from the path of the Gemini Moon God. However, now that her deity was in trouble, so was she.
She was in pain, then woke up from the pain, blood flowing from her orifices, the overflowing moonlight becoming even stronger.
"Sister Yaxi!"
And the little fat boy’s exclamation caught Lu Ping’an’s attention.
The sister of the prince? Huh, this was getting interesting.
"An Xin, I’m here. You won’t die."
Lu Ping’an casually cast Healing Touch, causing her to instantly regain consciousness. As she tried to distance herself from her "god," the Seal Knights also gathered around.
They skillfully set up a barrier to isolate Yaxi and the surrounding environment.
Was it useful? Judging by her slightly slackened facial veins, it was, but not very much.
Next, it was the Healer’s job.
"What happened? The deity was injured, and the sub-professionals also suffered that level of injury?"
Lu Ping’an asked the anxious Rainbow Prophet, and the big cat had already given a different answer. Lu Ping’an wanted to ask a local resident.
"...The power of the Great Moon God is very special. She has mastered the divine professions of ’Reflex’, ’Visible Light’, and ’Mirror’. In a sense, all moonlight guardians are reflections of Her light source. If the light source is destroyed, the reflection mirrors will naturally suffer severe damage..."
Rather than hiding this kind of secret about the divine spirits, the Rainbow Prophet knew that seeking the Sun had become a joke, and the only chance for the three royal family members to survive was to rely on the young man in front of them.
"This Highness?"
"Not Your Highness, but the direct descendant of the Holy King. She was raised as a knight since childhood. She is the leader of this royal team and proposed this journey."
After Lu Ping’an expressed that he had a "ticket," the royal group became extremely cooperative.
Perhaps because of their unique status, they hadn’t gotten a ticket contract yet.
Lu Ping’an nodded and didn’t ask further.... everyone was looking up at the sky, their faces full of disbelief.
One bite, then another.
Part of the Gemini Moon in the sky was being eaten away like a delicious mooncake, right before the eyes of the world.
Stunned? It was worse than that. Many people began to question their lives, and some devout believers even committed suicide on the spot.
Screams filled the air, and desperate cries never ceased.
"Don’t look, don’t look!"
People were shouting, screaming, and mutating... Even though they were infinitely far from the Source of Pollution beneath their feet, they could still be pulled into the abyss when their will and spirit were extremely fragile.
The screams continued, and the knights began to maintain order again, forbidding the weak from looking up at the sky.
"...Wasn’t it said that during the Sixth Catastrophe there would be a World-level Devourer?" Lu Ping’an was somewhat puzzled as he asked the big cat.
"Do you always wait for the exact time to eat? If you come early, you’ll eat first. Besides, the Moon God is special. As a satellite of this world, she hangs outside the world. As the world loses control, she completely loses the protection of the world’s will."
The big cat also sighed. Gods... and people... sometimes good does not always beget good and evil does not always beget evil.
By advancing the Gemini Moon God, even those picky and arrogant outsiders would give them a thumbs up.
They could have left long ago. As "Moon Gods," their connection to this world was not very strong, and they had received countless invitations.
As the only two leaders of the Main God who persisted, they always protected the Land of Civilization (villages, cities), and could be described as dedicating their lives to it.
The infinite protective moonlight constantly swept across the earth, always consuming its own power.
In the vast land where the mutation has taken place, the towns and villages still remained relatively stable.
Their deep and even stubborn love for this world naturally earned them the respect of many intelligent beings... However, it was evident that their strength had long attracted the greed of powerful predators.
Now, with the land’s mutation spiraling out of control and the entire system confused, an unknown being launched a sneak attack.
It, or they, devoured the moon, one bite at a time, like nibbling on a cookie.
"The Spring Moon is gone..."
The Gemini Moon consisted of one named "Spring" and the other named "Autumn," based on their respective shifts.
Now, the Spring Moon was gone, and the Autumn Moon...
"Has the Autumn Moon gotten smaller? What kind of wicked magic is this!"
Many people tried to calculate if the remaining moon had also been harmed, and why it seemed to be getting smaller and smaller...
"... It’s getting farther away, she left..."
Thinking of their sisters’ journey, Lu Ping’an rare_ly restrained himself and replaced "running away" with "leaving."
Doing this much was enough, and as an outsider, he had no position to blame her.
But the reality was staring them in the face; the final pillar of this world, the great Gemini God, one dead and one gone.
This world had lost the guardian of civilization and another source of strength and foundation.
Was it a desperate situation? Most likely, the change had just begun.
"Damn it, this is a big problem; from now on, there will be no safe areas in all the towns..."
— End of Chapter 542 —