Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 756 - 337: Cursed Space

In the Realm of Reason, Xu Dejun was covered in blood, leaning against a towering stone pillar.

Still couldn’t do it, it seems the intelligence he discovered was destined never to be delivered to the Desolate Realm.

Not far from him, two figures, one tall and one short, were watching him.

The shorter one was about two and a half meters tall, wearing armor made from lion’s skin, with a huge and conspicuous lion head helmet on his head.

The taller one stood over ten meters, with thick yellow snakes coiled around his limbs, bare-chested, wearing only an animal skin skirt.

The two of them, one large and one small, both had well-built muscles and a beast-skin style, as if they were the outcome of scaling the same person to different proportions.

The lion head helmet looked somewhat impatient, wanting to kill Xu Dejun and leave quickly, but was stopped by the giant.

The giant stood at a distance, looking at Xu Dejun with regret.

Xu Dejun coughed up a mouthful of blood, looked at the giant, and smiled bitterly:

"Hongwen, I thought you died in that dungeon breakthrough three years ago, but it turns out not only did you survive, but you also joined the Bright Society."

Gu Hongwen, once a genius player of the Management Bureau, the former number one Breaker of the Desolate Realm.

When Cold Mountain chose to become a Breaker, he apprenticed under Gu Hongwen.

Gu Hongwen was extremely respected in the Management Bureau, even Xu Dejun, an elder of the Bureau, regarded him as a peer.

The reason was simple, Gu Hongwen was desperate enough, passionate enough.

As long as the Hongmeng Temple detected a high-pollution level dungeon, whether it was B-Level or A-Level, no matter how dangerous, he would join the breakthrough first.

Even as Breakers themselves danced on the tip of the knife, Breakers generally considered Gu Hongwen to be too extreme.

Shi Ning’s data clearly stated that dungeons on the brink of losing control were far more difficult than ordinary dungeons, not only were they extremely high in difficulty, but they also mostly involved Rules.

Breakers with incompatible characteristics entering was almost akin to a death sentence.

Each time entering a dungeon on the brink of losing control was akin to flipping a coin with Death himself, and unless absolutely necessary, other Breakers would not take such risks, but Gu Hongwen seemed addicted to it.

Whenever some time passed without gambling big with Death, it was as if ants were crawling all over him.

By repeatedly breaking through dungeons on the brink of losing control, Gu Hongwen, without needing resources from the Management Bureau, obtained a Hidden Class that suited him, along with a golden Title.

In terms of Talent alone, he was no less than Sword Star.

Three years ago, Gu Hongwen failed in breaking through a dungeon on the brink of losing control in the Realm of Reason, the dungeon lost control, and Gu Hongwen disappeared.

The Management Bureau thought he died in the dungeon, but upon meeting again, he had already become a member of the Bright Society.

The giant sighed, "Old Xu, there’s no need to mention the past. I already have a new name now. You can call me Kuafu."

This Kuafu here is not the one from movies or animations with people joking about Kuafu only drinking one sip in the comment sections while bathing.

Rather, it’s the Kuafu who could race with the sun.

Xu Dejun had been escaping for an entire day, destroyed two vehicles and entered two private spaces along the way.

His actions not only failed to evade the pursuit but also transformed him into a troublemaker, leading Kuafu into the private spaces.

To eliminate the two private spaces belonging to the Order Sect, it took Kuafu and his companion some time. Otherwise, he would have been caught long ago.

Being chased day after day by this monster—no, being chased by this monster all day long rendered Xu Dejun nearly collapsed.

At this moment, he fully realized the despair of the sun back then, except the sun could at least fight back, whereas he had no resistance in front of Kuafu with Divinity.

With no hope of escape, Xu Dejun wanted to understand before dying and asked:

"Hongwen, you’re not one of those ambitious ones, why would you join the Bright Society? Was someone in the Management Bureau targeting you, forcing you to leave?"

Gu Hongwen shook his head, "No, I chose to join the Bright Society on my own accord."

"I’ve seen too much in the dungeons, no matter how much you struggle, as long as you’re in the Abyss, the path ahead would be shrouded in darkness. Only by following Joy can light lead to the future."

Xu Dejun asked in confusion, "Are you trying to emulate the Cult of the Believers?"

Gu Hongwen appeared helpless like a fool and said, "Old Xu, we are not emulating the Cult of the Believers, or any form of religion."

"This is the Abyss, and we are Gods."

"We haven’t learned from anyone, we’re pointing out a path to the future for mortals in our own way."

Xu Dejun frowned, he initially believed that the Bright Society was a group of madmen chasing powerful Power by any means necessary. Now it seemed they were even crazier than he imagined.

Simply obtaining Divinity made them believe they had truly become Gods, wanting to "lead mortals." Compared to them, the Evolution Sect didn’t seem so evolved, no wonder the two sides easily formed cooperation.

However, the Evolution Sect did not realize what kind of monster they were breeding under their indulgence.

Cooperating with the Bright Society was no different from asking a tiger for its skin; they would eventually be consumed entirely with nothing left.

Gu Hongwen advised:

"Old Xu, your perspective is too short now to see problems from the height of a God, nor can you see the future, but I understand."

"For the sake of our past relationship, I’m giving you a chance to join the Bright Society and witness the future with us. Once the light appears, you will know whether you were right, or we were, how about it?"

Xu Dejun was silent for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Never mind, I’m too old, even if the path is wrong, it’s too late to turn. I’d still rather believe there is no Savior of any kind, nor rely on Immortal Emperors. Human destiny can only be grasped by humans themselves."