Chapter 1 The End Times
Chapter 1 The End of the World
After copying the last character of Figaro's formula, Lin Yun carefully closed his magic book and left the empty and decaying library.
The sky above the head was gray and covered with deep wounds. It was a crack that was torn out by the void storm. The blood-red sun was like a flash of light and heat unscrupulously. The venomous sunlight spread all over every corner of the city. While evaporating misty water, it was also taking away the last trace of life in the city.
The sheltered tower in the center of the city is still running, but the faint light always reminds people of the old man who has protected Heather City for more than 3,000 years, and it is almost over the last period of time.
This is Northrend, a world that once gave birth to an extremely brilliant magical civilization, but went to death because of its exhaustion of magic...
At its peak, Northrend truly developed magic to an incredible level. At that time, the mages had the power to destroy the world. They crossed the void to conquer thousands of planes, and countless races were trembling under their staff.
They even claim to be living gods. In fact, if it weren't for the exhaustion of magic, some of them could indeed have eternal and immortal life like gods, because they have completely understood all the secrets of magic and have completely possessed power comparable to gods.
Unfortunately, with the exhaustion of magic, all this came to an end.
Human beings are getting weaker day by day, and the huge magic fleet is docking in the port forever. The terrifying magic crystal cannons can no longer make a deafening roar. The thousands of planes are calm again, and there is no need to worry about the sudden arrival of uninvited guests.
Even those mages who were once powerful enough to challenge the gods began to fall one after another. At this time, they were frightened to find that they had lost their magical powers so powerless in the face of time. Legendary names were carved on tombstones, and then buried in the loess as Northrend declined, and were finally forgotten for a long time...
The only thing they left was the library where Lin Yun had just left. There were as many as 10,000 magic books stored in it, each of which was the crystallization of their lifelong knowledge and experience. If it were placed in the era before the magic power was exhausted, it would be enough to make any mage go crazy.
But now...
They lay quietly in the library, covered with thick dust, and there was no meaning except for people who recalled the glory of the Northrend world.
In Lin Yun's opinion, they are not even as useful as a small Figaro formula. At least the Figaro formula can allow you to squeeze a little magic from the void when you meditate, while those spells with profound knowledge and powerful spells can only become leisure reading materials when you are bored in this world where magic power is completely exhausted.
"I'm really too unlucky..." It's been twenty years since I arrived in Northrend, and Lin Yun has always been resentful of his luck.
Otherwise, why can others save the world by traveling through time and then win a big shot, but they have to hunt food in the hot desert, and maybe they will be buried in this world that is about to be destroyed.
This is too unscientific...
At least, it should be a different time, right...
For example, Northrend was far from mature at that time, and countless magicians were still struggling to explore the thorny roads, and humans did not use magic to create one miracle after another like they did later. But at least, Northrend at that time, the sky was not torn apart by the void storm, and the earth was not covered by the boundless desert. The world was filled with inexhaustible magic.
The most important thing is that in that era, I don’t have to have nightmares of the destruction of the world all night long...
"Oh..." Lin Yun sighed, dragging his tired body through the dead streets, without a trace of sound coming from all around, just as if Lin Yun himself was the only one left in the whole world.
The Northrend world is moving towards death step by step, and the resources on which humans rely on are becoming increasingly exhausted. There are fewer and fewer humans living in Heather City. If this continues, maybe there is no need to wait until the last moment comes, and Heather City will become a real dead city in this silence.
This almost desperate future made Lin Yun feel chilled.
"No, it's really a bit cold..." Lin Yun has lived in Heather City for twenty years and has long been accustomed to the scorching sun above his head and the hot desert outside the city. This cold climbing onto the vest that he hadn't felt for twenty years was like a poisonous snake crawling into his clothes, making Lin Yun feel creepy.
Lin Yun looked up at the sky with fear on his face, and then his face turned pale.
The sky of Heather City was pitch black, endless darkness swallowed up the last ray of light between heaven and earth, and protected the sheltered tower that had protected Heather City for thousands of years, and finally exhausted its last magic power in the long years.
As that faint and dim light fades, the world of Northrend is about to usher in a real end.
The next moment the light was extinguished, the void storm tore the sky apart. Huge meteorites fell from the sky with flames. Furious energy surged, crazily tearing the already fragile space. The wind was howling outside Heather City, and the overwhelming yellow sand rolled up, rushing into Heather City like a huge wave.
The earth under your feet is collapsing, the whole world is shaking violently, towering buildings are collapsing, and fresh lives are disappearing.
Crying out help, praying, screaming...
The city of Heather, which has been quiet for thousands of years, suddenly became extremely noisy, with blood and fire filling every corner of the city. The last city of mankind has also reached the end of life...
"I'm finally here..." Lin Yun stood outside the door of the residence, looking at all this with a blank expression.
Then, it was swallowed up by endless darkness.
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When Lin Yun woke up, the sky above his head had turned into azure blue, with no cracks like scars, and no bright red sunshine like blood. Outside the city was no longer an endless desert.
The dense forests, continuous mountains, rushing rivers, and everything makes the world full of endless vitality.
Of course, there is also magic, the ubiquitous magic...
Compared to the end of the world where it is extremely difficult to extract a trace of magic power after countless years, the Northrend world in this era is like a shameless nouveau riche, with infinite magic power everywhere, and even the air seems to be filled with a strong magic breath, and it is inexhaustible and useless. Any mage can squander it.
For Lin Yun, who has lived in the end of the world for more than twenty years and is always trying to squeeze out even a trace of magic power, this is even more of a paradise he has always dreamed of.
But now, Lin Yun, who woke up in heaven, has no time to be happy at all.
Because Lin Yun discovered that he actually occupied a strange body.
Judging from the memories left in my mind, the original owner of this body should be named Mafameilin, a pretty hard-working ninth-level magic apprentice who once lived under the great wizard Seth. His father, Rogmeilin, used to run an alchemy business and was in charge of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, one of the seven chambers of commerce in Qianfan City.
It looks good, with a superior family background and a bright future.
Unfortunately, this is something that has been gone.
Speaking of which, Mafameilin is really unlucky. She has already stepped on the threshold of a level nine magic apprentice, and she is only one step away from wearing that black robe and becoming a respected true mage.
But at this moment, his father who runs the alchemy business had an accident.
A storm devoured the fleet of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, and hundreds of people, including Rogmelin, were spared, and priceless goods sank into the sea.
This was a real disaster, and the entire Qianfan City was alarmed.
This naturally also includes the creditors of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce...
The Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, one of the seven chambers of commerce in Qianfan City, was almost emptied by the creditors overnight. Every day, the families of the victims came to ask for compensation. While crying for the dead relatives, they moved away the last thing left in the house. Mafameilin, who lost his source of income, could no longer continue his expensive magic learning. He had to interrupt his mage path a month ago and return home to help deal with various debts.
The huge house is now empty, and even the mouse can't bear to come in after seeing it. The last servant ran away with dozens of gold coins three days ago. Now, except for an old housekeeper who is loyal to the old master, only Lin Yun, who has traveled through time, is left in this house.
Oh, by the way, there is a contract...
The person who sent this contract was Rogmelin's cousin Fario. According to seniority, Mafamelin should call him cousin. When Rogmelin was still there, he could be said to be quite caring for this cousin. Not only did he pay a lot of dividends every year, but later he spent a lot of money and used a lot of connections to send him to the position of Qianfan City Sheriff. This is a real lack of fat. Every year, all kinds of red envelopes can be received.
This time the same is true. Before going to sea, Rogmerin gave his cousin a share of his share as usual, and he didn't have to pay a penny. He just waited for the fleet to come back to get huge dividends.
No one expected that this time he would encounter the trouble of Shanghai, and no one would have thought that as soon as Rogmerlin left, his dear cousin came to ask for money with a contract...
Now, this contract is just in front of Lin Yun. The number on it is actually not big. There are only 8,000 gold coins in total. When Rogmerin was still there, the consumption of Mafamerin's magic experiment may be more than that little money.
The problem is that it is not the past...
The eight thousand gold coins are simply a desperate number for the current Marfamerin, and even if he sells all his body, he can't afford it.
But it won't work if you don't. Now this Uncle Fario is not as easy to talk to as before...
As the repayment date gets closer, Mafameilin, who was already exhausted, finally collapsed. After having breakfast this morning, she fainted for no reason, and then woke up and became Lin Yun now...
Chapter completed!