158: Chapter 158 The Real Immortal Realm

Jiang He felt as if he had passed through the Teleportation Array in an instant.

Opening his eyes again, he was shocked to find that his location was actually inside the Crystal Capital?

However, the city was in ruins, with all the houses collapsed.

The streets were completely deserted.

From time to time, he could hear the howling of monsters?

"W-what is going on? Was the Crystal Capital destroyed?"

He immediately shook his head, denying his own thought.

Impossible. Destroying a city couldn't be that simple, could it?

He wouldn't have failed to receive any news about it.

Turning around, he saw that the Teleportation Array was still there, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He prepared to open his friend list to notify Xie Yunzhou and the others to come over.

But the next moment, he was stunned.

Only then did he notice.

Things like map coordinates, friend functions, and the shop system had all disappeared?

This place looked like the game world, yet none of the game world's functions were present?

Just as he was puzzled, he felt a dark shadow flash past him.

He quickly retreated while raising his dagger to block.

Bang— With a loud crash, he saw a short person with red hair, holding a kitchen knife, standing opposite him.

"What the? Demon Butcher?"

"Human, how are you here?" the Demon Butcher roared in a hoarse voice.

Jiang He remained silent. At this moment, he noticed something.

A swarm of monsters was pouring out from corners in all directions.

Ghost Monsters, Skeleton Monsters, Mutant Zombies, and Frost Blade Panthers.

He was all too familiar with these monsters.

But it left him very confused?

These Ghost Monsters? The Demon Butcher? Aren't they monsters from the Chang'an City map?

How did they end up in the Crystal Capital?

Could this be a new map?

Just as he was wondering, the Demon Butcher swung his knife at him again.

Jiang He was annoyed.

With a turn, he backhanded his blade.

The Demon Butcher fell to the ground instantly.

"What the? Where is the health bar? Where are the stats?"

He discovered that he had just stabbed the opponent to death with a single strike?

Yet there were no prompts at all?

Even the Demon Butcher's corpse was still bleeding?

Thump, thump, thump— Just then, the rest of the monsters charged at him as well.

Jiang He hurriedly stopped thinking and immediately counterattacked.

Fortunately, the levels of these monsters were relatively low.

Dealing with them was effortless.

After a few rounds, a pile of monster corpses lay around Jiang He.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of one of the monster's corpses out of the corner of his eye.

He saw that the monster actually had a bag hanging from its waist?

He picked it up and opened it to take a look.

Jiang He was startled.

"What the? Equipment?"

A few low-level weapons appeared in his hand.

But it was different from before.

There were no prompt messages at all.

Fortunately, he recognized these weapons.

Red Tooth Sword, Abyss Helmet, Apocalypse Bracers, and other low-level equipment.

The more Jiang He thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and he looked towards the Teleportation Array.

"I should head back first."

Swish— A white light flashed.

Jiang He returned to the Snow Territory Cave.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him come out.

Xie Yunzhou hurriedly ran over: "How was it, Big Brother? What is inside?"

Jiang He then recounted everything he had seen.

Baiyi frowned and said: "If I'm not mistaken, that is the true Immortal Domain World."

Jiang He suddenly realized.

There was no need for him to hide this from Baiyi and the others.

Both Baiyi and Yunque had also been interviewed by Elder Long.

Just like him, they were also sparring partners for the national team.

Naturally, they were also aware that the world was currently changing.

They had also received news about the appearance of Teleportation Arrays in the real world.

Everyone gathered together to brainstorm and share their opinions.

Jiang He finally confirmed one thing.

That place was the Immortal Domain.

It was the real Immortal Domain.

Although the map layout was no different from the game world.

The scenery was worlds apart.

He had no idea if humanity had already perished there.

He only knew that the cities that originally belonged to humans had long since turned into ruins.

And through everyone's insights.

Jiang He roughly sorted out the details.

Humans could come to this game world through their spiritual bodies.

That meant that the monsters in the Immortal Domain World could also come here in their spiritual bodies.

Humans trained and leveled up here.

The monsters did the same.

Here, neither humans nor monsters needed to worry about death.

They only needed to focus on increasing their level and strength?

When the time was ripe.

The monsters of the Immortal Domain World would teleport their physical bodies over through the Teleportation Array.

At that time, they would head to Blue Star through other Teleportation Arrays.

And there was one key point.

In the real Immortal Domain, if you killed a monster, it wouldn't respawn.

If it died, it was truly dead; there was no respawn mechanism.

Then, what would happen if he had an accident in there just now?

"I think we would die too," Yunque suddenly said.

Everyone looked over, and Xie Yunzhou asked: "We would die too? That can't be right, can it? After all, our bodies are still on Blue Star?"

Yunque shook her head: "No, I believe we would definitely die. Human death is not just the demise of the physical body; if the spirit is destroyed, only a shell is left. Of course, this is just my guess; perhaps if we die there, we will still respawn in the game world."

Jiang He furrowed his brows.

If they could still respawn after dying in the real Immortal Domain.

Then humanity would truly have a glimmer of hope.

Humans could have infinite lives, while monsters only had one chance.

But he didn't dare to gamble; this matter was of great importance.

Just then, Xie Yunzhou, who was on the side, suddenly exclaimed: "What the? Big Brother, when did you level up?"

Jiang He was stunned.

Only then did he notice that he had somehow leveled up without realizing it?

His experience points had originally been close to level 96.

But he clearly hadn't killed any monsters in the cave just now?

No, he had!

He had killed them in the real Immortal Domain World.

But those were just some low-level monsters?

How did they give so much experience?

After thinking for a moment, he had an answer.

It was likely that the experience from monsters in the real Immortal Domain was higher than that of the monsters in the game.

After all, life there only happened once.

However, killing monsters there did not produce any prompts or progress bars.

Only after returning to the game world could he see the changes in his stats.

Just then, the communicator on his wrist vibrated.

"Hmm? Xiao Yao is looking for me?"

Jiang He stood up: "Guys, I have something to take care of, I need to log off for a moment."

But the next second.

Yunque, Baiyi, and Xie Yunzhou also stood up simultaneously and said: "I also have something to take care of and need to log off."

The few of them looked at each other.

They all understood in their hearts that something big had happened outside.

They logged out of the game.

Jiang He arrived at the conference room.

At this moment, Bai Luoyao and the others were on a video call with Elder Long and Elder Lin.

"Elder Long, what is the situation? Has another big event happened?" Jiang He asked.

Elder Long's expression was grave, and he nodded.

"Xiao Jiang, news just came in."

The number of several types of monsters in the game world has decreased, and some have even gone extinct directly.

"What?" Jiang He was shocked.

According to the game's mechanics, the number of monsters in each map followed a predictable pattern.

Take Elwynn Forest, for example.

There were a total of 98 of the lowest-level monsters, the Forest Wolf.

No matter how they were killed, 98 would eventually respawn; the number would never change.

But why had the number of monsters decreased, or even gone extinct, now?

At this time, Elder Long said: "According to the news, the number of Ghost Monsters and Skeleton Monsters in the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda has decreased by twelve, and the boss of the Wilderness of Suffering, the Demon Butcher, has disappeared entirely."

Boom— Jiang He's mind buzzed.

Aren't these the very monsters he had just slain in the Immortal Domain World?

Could it be... that as long as they were killed in the Immortal Domain World, the corresponding monsters in the game world would decrease or disappear?

Jiang He excitedly slapped the table and shouted: "Great! Humanity is saved..."