762: Nirvana (Thanks to Xiao Lu Meimei and the 20,000 coins for the public version)

The two of them immediately took action.

They began to sweep through all the major shops in Baichi City.

Although many shops had been destroyed beyond recognition and most of the resources inside were damaged, they still gained a substantial harvest after a full sweep.

After all, it was the wealth of an entire city.

However, there was one thing that made both Lin Yang and Cheng Fu feel strange.

That was, there was no yuan sand in any of the shops.

"Lin Yang, what do you think is going on? Where did all the yuan sand go?" Cheng Fu was very puzzled.

It would be one thing if there was no yuan sand in one or two shops, but after searching all the shops in the city, the complete absence of yuan sand was very strange.

Lin Yang shook his head: "I don't know."

They searched all the major families in the city as well, but still did not see any yuan sand.

Lin Yang looked at the densely packed corpses on the ground, reached out, and beckoned. Several spatial rings fell off the corpses and flew towards him.

He broke the restrictions on some of the spatial rings and began to examine them.

"There is no yuan sand in these spatial rings either; they are all just ordinary resources."

Lin Yang frowned.

Cheng Fu also collected some spatial rings to check, and his brows quickly furrowed as well: "This is really strange. There's no yuan sand in the shops, and there's no yuan sand in these spatial rings. Where did all the yuan sand go?"

Lin Yang shook his head, looked towards the direction of the Ancient Ruins, and speculated: "It must have something to do with the Ancient Ruins. Perhaps the Ancient Ruins took the yuan sand."

This guess of his was naturally just a wild guess.

But Cheng Fu felt it made a lot of sense.

After all, only the Ancient Ruins could pull off such a strange occurrence.

"What a pity. I really wanted to experience what it's like to have more yuan sand than I could count," Cheng Fu said regretfully.

Lin Yang laughed: "Although there's no yuan sand, there are plenty of these other resources. You can experience the feeling of having more resources than you can count."

Although the cultivators who came to Baichi City to hunt for treasures were not wealthy, and the resources in their spatial rings were neither abundant nor precious...

...they had the advantage of sheer quantity!

Corpses covered the ground, countless in number.

When added together, the resources inside millions of spatial rings were truly massive.

Even if the vast majority were just ordinary resources, if they were sold for yuan sand, it would still be an immeasurable fortune.

Moreover, there were still some relatively precious materials.

For example, the treasures in the vaults of the major families in the city, as well as the relics of some powerhouses in the Nie Kong Realm.

In any case, there were countless types of resources.

Cheng Fu tirelessly collected the spatial rings from the corpses and transferred the resources.

He just wanted to have something to do now.

"What a pity. If only we could get out, or if we had this many resources outside, we wouldn't have to worry about cultivation at all," Cheng Fu sighed while collecting spatial rings and transferring resources.

Now that they had acquired so many resources, they could only look at them to feast their eyes.

Lin Yang nodded silently.

More and more people were dying.

Or rather, there was almost no one left alive.

Looking outside the city, even the Uncontrolled Ones could no longer be seen; there were only endless corpses.

Within the entire Baichi City area, it seemed as if only the two of them remained.

Lin Yang suggested going to the three major sects to see if there were any survivors, and Cheng Fu readily agreed.

It was all the same wherever they went, as long as they had a goal and something to do.

They could also collect resources from the corpses along the way.

Lin Yang went to the Moon Shadow Sect first.

However, the entire Moon Shadow Sect was silent as the grave.

Clearly, there were no survivors left.

"There should be quite a few good things in the sect." Cheng Fu continued his get-rich endeavor, looting the Moon Shadow Sect from top to bottom.

Afterward, the two of them went to the Tiankun Sect and the Hongwei Sect in succession.

These two sects were just as deathly silent.

The three major sects in the Baichi City area had all been wiped out.

"Lin Yang, these sects are worthy of being major sects; they really have a deep foundation. Look, so many treasures." Cheng Fu kept showing Lin Yang his harvest.

Lin Yang smiled and said nothing.

He could see that Cheng Fu was not in a right state of mind.

He had become addicted to collecting resources, or rather, it had become an obsession.

He could also understand Cheng Fu's mood.

It was likely that only by doing this could he hold onto a thought, a hope of getting out alive.

Collecting those resources, thinking they could be used after they got out, was exactly the thought that sustained Cheng Fu so he hadn't collapsed yet.

After seeing the situation at the three major sects, he silently accompanied Cheng Fu to other places.

Firstly, it was to see if there were any survivors, and secondly, it was to satisfy Cheng Fu's desire to collect resources.

For several decades in a row, they traveled across almost the entire Baichi City area.

At first, they could still see some survivors, but after a few years, they couldn't see any at all.

They couldn't even see living Uncontrolled Ones anymore.

This place had become a true death zone.

Cheng Fu also became increasingly silent, yet he would not let go of a single spatial ring on any corpse.

Lin Yang began to worry about his state and spoke up to remind him a few times.

But Cheng Fu only responded with silence.

One day, Cheng Fu suddenly spoke: "Lin Yang, we won't be able to get out, will we?"

Lin Yang did not know how to answer.

"Hahaha, we can't get out. I knew it all along. Even with all the wealth in this city, we still can't get out."

Cheng Fu laughed wildly, then suddenly took off his spatial ring, which contained the resources he had collected over so many years, and threw it to Lin Yang.

"Lin Yang, I'm tired. I probably can't hold on anymore. If you can still get out, please go see Little Xia Shuang for me. I miss her a bit. I have no relatives on the Primal Ancient Continent, and she is like half a child I raised."

Cheng Fu said in a low voice.

A bad premonition immediately arose in Lin Yang's heart.

The next instant, Cheng Fu's eyes turned crimson.

He had also become an Uncontrolled One.

He lunged at Lin Yang to kill him.

"Cheng Fu!"

Lin Yang felt a pain in his heart and was incredibly distressed.

In the end, he could not bear to attack Cheng Fu and dodged far away.

But he did not leave completely; instead, he hid and watched the uncontrolled Cheng Fu from afar.

One year, two years...

Five years later.

Cheng Fu became one of the corpses covering the ground.

Thus, within the entire Baichi City area, apart from Lin Yang himself, there was no other living person left.

Lin Yang buried Cheng Fu.

Looking at the corpses covering the ground, he thought for a moment, condensed a wisp of flame with his Dao Power, and simply cremated all the corpses.

Millions of corpses were all cremated by him.

This cremation lasted for a very long time.

He spent many more years traveling to every corner of the Baichi City area, burning away all the corpses.

Finally, he arrived at the entrance of the Ancient Ruins.

The source of everything started here.

He stood outside the entrance of the Ancient Ruins, silent for a long time.

He did not know why everyone else had become uncontrolled and died, while he had not.

He wanted to come here to find the answer.

But his last shred of reason made him stop, and he did not enter the Ancient Ruins directly.

He stood at the entrance for more than half a month.

Lin Yang withdrew his gaze.

Since he had not become uncontrolled and was still alive, even if he didn't know the reason, as long as he was alive, there was hope.

He began to cultivate.

Strength is always the fundamental solution to problems.

As long as he didn't become uncontrolled for a single day, he would never give up.

In his hands now were all the resources left behind by the three major sects, Baichi City, and those corpses.

He was going to ruthlessly utilize these resources!

Ten years, one hundred years...

One thousand years, ten thousand years...

The Baichi City area had undergone tremendous changes.

Much vegetation had sprung up, lush and verdant.

The interior of the original Baichi City had also been covered by plants, and it was impossible to see what the city originally looked like.

The entire Baichi City area seemed to have become a primitive forest.

On this day, Lin Yang's cultivation level broke through from the Late Dao Fire Realm to the peak.

He felt the changes in the Baichi City area.

He was quite surprised.

The power of nature is indeed strong, but the problem is, why didn't the power of the Ancient Ruins affect the environment of the Baichi City area?

This surprised him a little.

The Fierce Ancient Ruins destroyed Baichi City and designated the Baichi City area as a forbidden death zone.

According to conventional theory, this place should be desolate.

But now it was full of vitality.

It didn't look like a death zone, but rather more like an old forest isolated from the world.

However, Lin Yang soon discovered that apart from plants, there was no breath or trace of any other animals.

This place was still deathly silent.

And he was the only living aura in this deathly silence.

He continued to cultivate attentively.

Up to now, he still hadn't become uncontrolled.

He had a premonition that he might really be able to persist.

Ten thousand years after ten thousand years...

On this day, relying on the accumulation of massive resources, he finally reached the Nie Kong Realm.

Then, his cultivation speed suddenly slowed down significantly.

Because most of the resources in his hands were ordinary resources, which were difficult to apply to cultivation after the Nie Kong Realm.

He could no longer use the massive resources in his hands to improve quickly.

Although Lin Yang felt it was a pity, at least he still hadn't become uncontrolled.

This was something to be happy about.

He didn't know what the situation was outside now, and didn't know if any truly important figures had come here to attempt a rescue.

Time had lost its meaning to him.

Apart from cultivation, he couldn't find anything else to do.

After another tens of thousands of years, his cultivation reached the mid-stage of the Nie Kong Realm.

By this point, the resources in his hands suitable for Nie Kong Realm cultivation had also decreased by more than half.

The remainder, Lin Yang estimated, could still support him until he reached the late stage of the Nie Kong Realm.

Then he would have to rely entirely on himself to slowly accumulate.

It was just that he was not sure if he could hold on until then.

Because recently, he always felt an inexplicable urge, which made him constantly have the thought of entering the Ancient Ruins.

He felt that he might also be in trouble.

"Am I also going to become uncontrolled?"

Lin Yang noticed his own abnormal reaction, but he was not panicked and remained very calm.

Being able to live for so many more years was already an unexpected joy.

He controlled himself to stay away from the entrance of the Ancient Ruins.

It was just that the urge in his heart was becoming increasingly intense.

He had a feeling that he was about to lose control of himself.

This was the precursor to becoming uncontrolled.

He could even feel that his eyes were also showing signs of becoming uncontrolled.

A crimson color suffused his eyes.

The next instant, a realization also arose in Lin Yang's heart.

He, too, was about to become uncontrolled.

"Has it finally come?"

Lin Yang closed his eyes, and the urge in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

His body began to fly towards the entrance of the Ancient Ruins uncontrollably, with the clear intention of charging directly into the interior of the Ancient Ruins.

His thoughts also became chaotic and blurred.

It seemed as if some force in the Ancient Ruins was pulling him.

Suddenly.

Just when Lin Yang's body was about to submerge into the entrance of the Ancient Ruins.

And when the force inside the Ancient Ruins pulling his body reached its peak.

A wave suddenly erupted from the depths of Lin Yang's soul.

The force pulling his body suddenly dissipated along with the wave.

Consciousness returned to his body.

Lin Yang suddenly opened his eyes and discovered that he had actually regained control of his body.

"That was just..."

"The power of the Realm?!"

Lin Yang recalled the situation just now, quite shocked.

The Realm had actually become active at a critical moment, helping him break free from the uncontrolled state.

"Realm!"

Lin Yang couldn't help but call out in his soul, attempting to connect with it.

This time, he clearly felt the existence of the "Realm" and successfully mobilized the power of the "Realm".

As soon as the power of the Realm surged into his body, Lin Yang instantly had an indescribable feeling.

It was as if the "Realm" had undergone some changes since it lost contact last time.

He could even feel wisps of grayish-black aura mixed with a faint red color flowing at the entrance of the Ancient Ruins.

And the "Realm" was actually slowly absorbing this power!

Lin Yang couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The Realm could actually even absorb the power of the Ancient Ruins?!

He was stunned.

Immediately following, intense hope suddenly emerged in Lin Yang's heart.

Since the "Realm" could absorb the power of the Ancient Ruins, it meant that the "Realm" could at least ignore the influence of the Ancient Ruins' power.

Does that mean he could use the "Realm" to leave this place?

He rushed towards the edge area almost immediately.

He had to go to the invisible barrier to try!

Finally, Lin Yang arrived at the edge area again.

He took a deep breath, called upon the power of the "Realm" to cover his body, and touched the invisible barrier.

The moment he made contact.

A ripple visible to the naked eye actually emerged on the invisible barrier.

Lin Yang was instantly overjoyed.

The invisible barrier, which hadn't stirred in the slightest no matter how much everyone had attacked it before, now had a reaction under the power of the "Realm"!

There's a chance!

Lin Yang continued to increase the power of the "Realm".

He could feel that the invisible barrier began to emit intense resistance, attempting to suppress the power of the "Realm".

The two forces constantly collided.

Lin Yang held his breath; he began to be able to see his palm passing through the invisible barrier bit by bit.

Although the speed was extremely slow, Lin Yang was excited inside.

This meant that he truly had the possibility of passing through the barrier and leaving!

After an unknown amount of time.

Lin Yang felt that his perception seemed to be able to pass through the obstruction of the invisible barrier and see some scenes outside the barrier.

Although it was very blurry, he could indeed perceive some things.

He could even hear some sounds.

It seemed to be a conversation between some people.

"The momentum of that Fierce Ancient Ruins has already formed. From now on, the Baichi City area will completely belong to the territory of that Fierce Ancient Ruins. It's fortunate that it only affected one city; that is already a blessing."

"Who's to say it isn't? Many people outside died this time as well. It was finally quelled with great difficulty. It's just a pity that we still have to guard here for a period of time to prevent any fierce objects from emerging."

"According to what the superiors mean, once something comes out from inside, no matter what it is, it must be killed without mercy. What if it's a person? Do we have to kill them too?"

"Yes, the Fierce Ancient Ruins have formed momentum and occupied the city; it is impossible for there to be any survivors inside. Anything that can come out is a fierce object, possibly a fierce object controlled by the Fierce Ancient Ruins. In any case, it cannot be left alive."

"Sigh, what a tragedy..."

"..."

Hearing that vague conversation, Lin Yang's originally excited mood suddenly sank.

Because he seemed to have overlooked a problem.

That was, everyone in the Baichi City area had died, and only he alone was alive.

After going out, it seemed impossible to explain!

Why was he still alive?

And why was he able to get out safely?

And still in a state of not being controlled?

A series of questions, all of which were fatal.

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I bow to you! (End of chapter)