Purgatory Artist

Chapter 295 - The Kingdom

Eternal Night.

In the darkness of the night, a few shooting stars flashed by.

"Look, they're back."

A man wearing a greyhound mask said.

Next to him were two other masked men.

White Wolf said: "I wonder why Captain went to Purgatory on a whim."

Fox replied: "Probably something related to the prisoners."

A few streaks of light silently arrived.

The four wearing the Darkness, Star, Tiger, and Rabbit masks landed on the ground.

"Apologies for keeping you waiting."

The man wearing the Darkness mask said.

"Everything is ready, we can enter the graveyard again." Fox said.

He took out a few Cards and distributed them to everyone.

Liu Ping also received one.

There was a secret room drawn on the card. It was filled with all kinds of supplies, and there was only a table and seven chairs in the middle.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind.

[Legacy Teahouse (Antique)]

[Space-Time Card, Dimensional Card]

[The holder of this Card, regardless of the flow of time or space, can enter this Card to rest or leave a message for their companions]

[It can be used once every 7 days]

Liu Ping's gaze fell onto the word 'Antique' and asked: "What's the origin of this Card?"

"Of course," Fox explained the functions of the Card, then continued: "This is an important Card we obtained from another graveyard, it came from the Void World countless years ago."

"And this Card as well."

The Captain once again displayed the heavy card filled with various technological components in front of Liu Ping's eyes and said,

"We also obtained this Card from another graveyard, through studying it, we learned of the Card's origin."

Graveyard ...

Why are they all obtained from graveyards?

Liu Ping was a bit confused.

Star added, "Back in the day, the void humans were incomparably powerful and mighty, creating a glorious civilization. They had long since buried many graveyards in the Evernight, as though they were preparing for something."

"Even though the Void Pillar had been destroyed and humanity's civilization had reached its end, these graveyards had always remained within Eternal Night, they were proof of humanity's strength in the past" White Wolf said.

"The graveyard we're heading to now is also like this?" Liu Ping asked.

The few of them looked at each other and smiled.

Tiger patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're lucky, kid. This Tomb is bigger than the ones we've explored before."

Greyhound also shrugged: "We worked so hard to break through so many layers of barriers and went through so many selections. Just as we were about to enter and explore, you killed that arrogant guy."

White Wolf said, "It might not be luck. After all, the dangers of this kind of Tombs are unpredictable. Maybe we will die here."

"Bah, you jinx!" Everyone said in unison.

White wolf shut its mouth resentfully.

Liu Ping looked at the captain.

Captain nodded: "Manpower is always the foundation of obtaining information, so you're more suited to join us than the Temporal Card user ."

He gestured at Star.

"So, Tiger will be in charge of keeping watch. The rest of you, prepare to go underground. Who has any questions?"

"No!"

"Begin the operation!"

Star drew a card and lightly tossed it out.

Bang

The Card turned into a screen of light that enveloped everyone.

Then, they began to sink slowly.

Not long after, they disappeared from the ground.

Only Tiger remained where he was.

He whistled, found a rock and sat on it, muttering in a low voice:

"Very well, according to the original plan, they're all going down."

"I'm the only one here."

Tiger looked around, then drew a card from his card book.

Bang!

A game console appeared in front of him.

"Ancient collector's edition Void Game Console, contains the super masterpiece: [Floating War Chronicles]. It wasn't easy to get my hands on this, I definitely can't let Greyhound and White Wolf see it!"

"Then, let the first trial begin."

...

Sinking.

The sinking speed gradually increased.

At times, Liu Ping even felt that there was a pair of hands grabbing his feet and dragging him down with all his might.

Time became extremely long.

When he counted to 300 breaths, the soil around him had completely disappeared.

He found himself floating in a vast expanse of darkness.

"So deep ..."

Liu Ping muttered.

Next to him, the others also landed and floated in the darkness.

Greyhound sighed emotionally: "That's right, Void Humans were able to hide such a large place under Eternal Night. Every time I think about it, I find it unbelievable."

"Cang Yan!"

White Wolf shouted in a low voice as he threw out a mass of pale white flames.

When the flames reached a few hundred meters away, it suddenly turned into a bright full moon.

The darkness faded away.

The scenery around them appeared in front of their eyes.

"This place is ..."

Liu Ping blankly muttered.

Star replied: "That's right, this is a human Tomb. Look, they're all dead, aren't they?"

Below them was a vast expanse of land.

Mountains.

Rivers.

Lakes.

A small village.

In the village, the people walking back and forth were completely still, as if they were statues.

None of them were alive.

They've been dead for who knows how many years, but they were still standing here, as if time itself had stopped.

A small path extended from the village, leading to a place far away in the fog.

"The last few times we came down, all the barriers had already been removed."

"Now we can go down."

"Wait, let Star do a divination."

Everyone looked at Stars Daughter.

Star took out a few cards from her tome and was about to arrange them in the air when the cards escaped her hand and flew back into the Tome.

"What's going on?" Greyhound asked in surprise.

"... Divination has been rejected, divination cannot be performed here" Stars Daughter replied.

"Seems like a powerful Secret Seal had been set up here since a very long time ago, preventing any divination methods from being used" Fox mused.

Captain took out a card and spoke to the void of space: "We've passed all the selections, please allow us to explore this place."

The card was quickly burnt to ashes by the flames.

A line of text appeared from the void of space in front of everyone:

[Visitors, what is your purpose in coming here?]

Captain replied: "In pursuit of the past glory of humanity."

Lines of glowing text quickly appeared:

[All entry procedures have been confirmed]

[Initiating personnel scan]

[Applicants: 6]

[Race: Human]

[Discovered unspeakable monster]

[The monster is currently sealed. Its owner is Twilight's Embrace]

[Confirmed: Future visitors]

[Expanded authority]

[Granted entry to human country]

All the lines of text flashed by.

Everyone went silent.

"Twilight's Embrace ... it seems one of us had used the ultimate weapon left behind by our ancestors to defeat the prisoners."

Captain smiled.

"Regardless of who it was, this is still a good thing, and our authority seems to have been expanded," Star commented.

"Let's move out, we're going down to take a look" Captain ordered.

Everyone moved and flew down towards the village.

They stood still in front of the fountain at the center of the village and observed the statue-like crowd around them.

Lines of burning text appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

[You've begun a grand exploration]

[The profits of this exploration will be calculated after everything is concluded]

[Please do your best]

While Liu Ping was reading, the white wolf suddenly shouted: "What's going on, they seemed to have moved."

Liu Ping looked at the crowd around them.

The dust that filled the air was slowly receding.

Inexplicably, waves of light appeared all around them.

The mottled and dilapidated colors on the houses and walls became bright again.

Crack.

An extremely soft sound rang out.

It was a motionless woman slowly opening her eyes, causing the thin layer of dust that covered her eyelids to shatter.

Sha!

White wolf's figure flew towards a certain direction, drawing a grey line in the air.

He had disappeared.

"Calm down, White wolf isn't dead, our arrival seems to have triggered something" Captain quickly said.

Everyone calmed down.

At the very next moment.

Captain turned into a grey line and flew towards another direction.

He had also disappeared.

"Star, what's going on!?" Greyhound loudly asked.

Star replied: "It's nothing, this is probably some sort of rearrangement of identities."

Greyhound suddenly disappeared.

Followed by Fox.

He sighed in relief and muttered: "It's a good thing I prepared the 'Legacy Teahouse', Captain won't scold me this time."

As soon as he said that, he also disappeared.

Only Liu Ping and Star remained.

"Be careful, leave a message at the Legacy Teahouse."

Star reminded him.

Liu Ping nodded and said: "You be careful as well."

At the very next moment.

Star turned into a grey line and disappeared in front of his eyes.

Loud noises could be heard from the surrounding streets.

Those people were slowly coming back to life.

Liu Ping stood alone in the middle of the street, casually wielding the Shadow Sword.

Suddenly, he felt a huge pulling force.

It's my turn.

As soon as he thought that, he felt everything around him spinning.

The world was spinning.

The world flashed by.

Darkness.

A person's voice came:

"Alright, don't make a ruckus, start filling in your application form."

Liu Ping suddenly opened his eyes and looked up from his desk.

A classroom.

This was a classroom.

He was sitting on a chair with a desk in front of him.

Around him were young people of similar age.

A man wearing glasses stood on the podium and continued: "You need to seriously consider your future and carefully fill in your application form"

"Next, the class monitor will give out the instructions."

A young man walked up to the podium, took out a thick stack of papers and handed them out one by one.

While Liu Ping was silently reading, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his mind.

Numerous memories appeared out of nowhere.

This was the Mirror Village.

I was a young man from the village who had just graduated from school.

Today was the day to fill in my application form.

"Liu Ping!"

The man on the podium called out.

"Here!" Liu Ping hurriedly stood up.

"Come with me for a bit."

The man turned around and left the classroom.

Under the gazes of the young people, Liu Ping left the classroom.

"Teacher, what is it?"

He asked.

The man observed him and smiled: "Have you discussed it with your parents?"

Liu Ping was a bit surprised, then answered: "Not yet."

"It's better to discuss it with them first. How about today? After school, I'll accompany you to have a good chat with your parents" the man said.

Liu Ping tried his best to recall.

In his memories, several blurry figures appeared and slowly became clearer.

They were his parents.

He also had a younger brother.

14 years of memories came alive, as if he really did have such a period of time.

During these 14 years of growth, not only did he grasp the knowledge of Science and Technology, but he also learned how to use the Five Elements to unleash a few Cultivation-type spells.

So this is the arrangement of my identity?

"Then I'll have to trouble you, teacher" Liu Ping sincerely thanked him.

"It's nothing, to be able to grasp the knowledge and skills of two Elements at the age of 14, you might even become an expert against the Apocalypse in the future."

The teacher praised him.

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(TN: Finally reached the part i like! from here on we go on a RIDE!)