Chapter 584: Chapter 584

After the brief victory, what followed was a rush of acute grief.

After the war ended, a total of ninety-seven thousand, three hundred and twenty Spiritual Ability Users died, with two hundred and twenty-one thousand, three hundred and ten injured.

The medical supplies prepared in advance were completely insufficient. Another ten thousand Spiritual Ability Users died during the process of transporting the medicines.

Moreover, these bodies could not be buried peacefully. The corpses of Spiritual Ability Users infected by the Insect Clan’s Blood Energy could only be incinerated on the spot.

Burying so many bodies in the soil would cause a violent uprising of Spiritual Energy, which would lead to another disaster.

Looking at the flames soaring into the sky, Lu Zixun felt an unusually heavy heart. These people should not have died.

"Brother Xun, this is just too cruel."

Ge Changming, who had resolved the issues with the Demon Country, rushed to Area A overnight to support Lu Zixun and naturally understood what the flames soaring into the sky meant.

Lu Zixun nodded without saying anything. He had no mood to say anything.

In his view, these people were sacrifices for certain people to achieve their goals, a war that came inexplicably, a killing that began inexplicably, every aspect revealing coincidence and absurdity.

"Bolsita... Hoglas... Qiluoyuansu..."

Amidst the mental haze, Lu Zixun heard a series of whispers in his ears.

"Changming, do you hear any sounds?"

Spiritual Energy surged forth, and Lu Zixun’s gaze became clear again, looking solemnly at Ge Changming.

Ge Changming tilted his head to listen carefully and said earnestly, "I hear a continuous stream of crying."

Muttering to himself, the expression in Lu Zixun’s eyes gradually became deep and unfathomable.

At this moment, Lu Zixun was pondering a question: why would he hear whispers at this time? This wasn’t right.

Looking up at the flames rising into the sky, Lu Zixun faintly saw faces full of pain, silently roaring in the fire.

Those standing beside the flames all had a strange red light on their faces, seemingly caused by the overly hot air.

This term spontaneously emerged in Lu Zixun’s mind.

When Lu Zixun looked carefully again, what he had seen before seemed like an illusion.

There were no pained faces in the flames, and the faces of the members responsible for the burning were all filled with sorrow.

"Not right... Not right..."

Muttering to himself, Lu Zixun paced back and forth, restless in his heart.

Burning the bodies was to prevent a Spiritual Energy outbreak, yet Lu Zixun always felt that something was amiss.

Raising his hand to press the earpiece by his ear, Lu Zixun quickly said, "Investigate within the Crimson Land for..."

He paused before coming up with a term: "Deceitful pleas."

At this moment, Lu Zixun, who had pieced everything together, wore a somewhat gloomy expression.

If the purpose of killing the Spiritual Ability Users was to incinerate them, then...

Lu Zixun’s gaze fell on the place where the bodies were being burned; perhaps there was something to be discovered there.

While Ling was still searching through the information, Lu Zixun took the opportunity to come to the site where the bodies were being incinerated.

After entering the area isolated by Spiritual Energy, the smell of barbecued, charred meat lingered at Lu Zixun’s nostrils.

Lu Zixun furrowed his brows and immediately blocked his sense of smell.

Thanks to issues with his identity, Lu Zixun had encountered no one to stop him on his way in.

After wandering around the site where bodies were being burned, Lu Zixun hadn’t found anything unusual.

The absence of any findings meant that there might be problems with Lu Zixun’s deductions.

Lu Zixun silently cursed himself for a moment and was about to wait for the burning to finish before returning when Ling’s voice sounded in his ear.

"At the early naming of Crimson Land, a human adventure group in an abandoned city within Crimson Land found a strange statue sitting on a throne with a moon on its forehead and an ancient book on its lap."

"After the group followed the contents recorded in the ancient book, setting up a campfire and burning an Insect Clan corpse, [data deleted], the name Crimson Land was born after the group members left the abandoned city."

Carefully pondering over the information that Ling had searched, Lu Zixun sank into deep thought.

What exactly had happened to these people after they burned the body, and with a moon on the forehead?

It sounded very much like the Bloody Moon...

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Zixun asked, "Who were the members of this adventure group, and is it possible to investigate the contents of the ancient book?"

"The members of the adventure group have never been mentioned in the data of the entire Star Network. After piecing together a lot of information, we can only get this sentence."

"Ashes reveal the guide, Crimson Moon hangs in the sky, the entire world shall receive Redemption. Onaprzyjdzie, Onaprzyjdzie, Onaprzyjdzie."

Lu Zixun could understand all of that.

But the last sentence, what did that odd intonation mean? Could it be some sort of strange technical term?

After asking Ling, Ling indicated that it didn’t know what it meant either.

These were all pieced-together bits of information about the ancient book; it didn’t know the exact meaning.

Not understanding made him want to think; that had always been Lu Zixun’s approach.

Ashes reveal the guide...

Lu Zixun’s gaze fell on the site of the burning bodies. Would some sort of guide appear in the ashes after the bodies were burned?

Looking up at the sky of Crimson Land, filled only with stars and no red moon, Lu Zixun breathed a sigh of relief.

The entire world shall receive Redemption...

Such lines were usually just lies from Evil Gods, so Lu Zixun didn’t take it seriously.

The first few sentences seemed to have no issues, merely portraying what doing so would bring about. The key must be the last sentence, Onaprzyjdzie.

Looking at the burning flames, Lu Zixun wanted to shout it out as Ling had described.

But thinking it might be a spell summoning the Bloody Moon, he decided not to tempt fate.

At the site where the bodies were burned, Lu Zixun waited until dawn, and after the flames extinguished, he also didn’t see any so-called guide in the ashes.

It seemed that things were not as he had imagined.

There was some disappointment in his heart, but more relief.

If it were indeed a guide bringing about the Bloody Moon, then the difficulty of dealing with it would absolutely be a hundred times more troublesome than catching the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Ding—Sense of hesitation from Gu Beihan detected at a value of +50000."

Gu Beihan’s surprise-laced voice resounded behind Lu Zixun, "How come you are in this place?"

Turning to face Gu Beihan, Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes slightly, "The same question, I’d like to ask you."

"I sensed some Spiritual Energy Fluctuations and came over to take a look; I didn’t expect you to be here."

With a slight upward curve of his lips, Gu Beihan, with no hint of defense, walked over to Lu Zixun’s side and whispered, "You’re being watched, leave this place quickly."