The One Who Died in the Book

On the seventh day, rare Pokémon appeared in large numbers around the world. The remaining two hundred or so cultivators began frantically capturing Pokémon, and many Pokémon of different shapes and with various magical abilities were captured by the cultivators.

On this very day, Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao arrived at an unnamed wilderness.

"I think I hear fighting ahead," Zhao Xiaodao said, pointing ahead after listening intently.

They had been away from the city for two days, traveling in the wild, but unfortunately, they hadn't encountered any elves or even any cultivators.

"Go take a look." Gongsun Qiong was holding a bottle that was neither too big nor too small, filled with small, round particles.

The two continued forward, traveling about 500 meters, when they encountered a group of cultivators for the first time.

Yes, a group of practitioners!

The number of people must be at least fifty.

"How can there be so many people!" The cultivators outside the Bookstore exclaimed in surprise. This was the first time in seven days that so many cultivators had appeared on screen at the same time.

"Could they be trying to Snatch Pokémon?" A cultivator searched the screen for a long time but couldn't find any Pokémon. He couldn't help but say, "There aren't any Pokémon here!"

"How did they meet? The world inside is so vast." Some cultivators noticed that the number of cultivators in the scene was increasing, gradually reaching nearly a hundred.

"Something seems off!" Looking at the increasing number of cultivators on the screen, everyone vaguely sensed that the situation was becoming increasingly uncertain.

"So many people, Guild Master! And many cultivators are moving this way." Zhao Xiaodao exclaimed in surprise, his mouth agape as he looked at the scene before him.

They were standing on a plain, with a view stretching for miles ahead. In the middle, more than fifty cultivators were forming a circle, facing each other.

Meanwhile, cultivators continued to arrive from all around, and the atmosphere gradually became somewhat eerie.

Gongsun Qiong frowned, looking at the center surrounded by more than fifty people. Her eyes were crystal clear, and a figure was reflected in her dark pupils.

"There's a fairy!"

"What?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, puzzled.

"There's a little elf among them," Gongsun Qiong said.

"How come I can't see it?" Zhao Xiaodao stood on tiptoe and looked around, but he couldn't see anything.

Although more than fifty people were gathered together, the space was still quite large, and the distance between each person was very wide. Zhao Xiaodao could see the scene on the other side through the gaps.

"There's a huge crater where they're gathered, and the Pokémon is inside it." Gongsun Qiong frowned, looking in the direction of the crater, and whispered, "This Pokémon seems a bit different from the ones we saw in the pet store; its aura is incredibly powerful."

At this point, Gongsun Qiong took out the Pokédex, hoping to find basic information about this little Pokémon, but found that there was no information about Pokédex at all.

"Could it be Divine Beast?" Gongsun Qiong was somewhat surprised, but then Gongsun Qiong dismissed the idea. The information they had received previously only mentioned that rare and Sacred Beast beasts would appear, so according to their reasoning, Divine Beast shouldn't be appearing.

Since it's not Divine Beast, it can only be Sacred Beast.

"Sister Gongsun!" Suddenly, a voice called from behind.

Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao turned to look and saw Zhang Yunji.

"Brother Zhang didn't go out either?" Gongsun Qiong asked curiously.

Zhang Yunji shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I haven't encountered a suitable little elf."

He wasn't lying. He was born in a Pallet Town, where the Pokémon were all of average quality and relatively weak in battle. Zhang Yunji could only catch one Pokémon at a time, and he wasn't willing to waste it, so he had been empty-handed until now.

"Brother Zhang probably wouldn't be interested in those little elves, would he?" Gongsun Qiong joked.

Zhang Yunji chuckled, then seemed to remember something, looked at Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao, and asked, "Why didn't you two go out? Don't you know the situation is dangerous right now?"

"Danger?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, somewhat puzzled.

What danger could there be?

Even Gongsun Qiong was puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunji couldn't help but ask, "You don't know yet, do you?"

"What do you mean?" Gongsun Qiong asked.

Zhang Yunji slapped his forehead, looking as if he had just known.

"After observing for the past few days, everyone has Analytic to a particularly terrifying conclusion: we all speculate that if we die in the world within the book, we will not be teleported out."

"In other words, once we die in the world of the book, it's equivalent to a real death."

Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao were startled upon hearing this.

"Real death!"

Zhang Yunji nodded and continued, "Actually, I heard it from someone else, but everyone agrees with this statement. This is because everyone has noticed that the teleportation methods for cultivators who successfully captured the sprite and were teleported are different from those for those who were killed and teleported."

After listening, Gongsun Qiong and Zhao Xiaodao both fell silent.

They always thought this was just an illusion, a mirage created by a master of formations, like the tombs of the deceased Spirit Saint. The reason their tombs were hard to find was because of the formations. A master of formations created an illusion out of thin air and used it as the tomb of the Spirit Saint.

Even masters of array formations can directly create a world, like the one we have now. That's why people weren't too surprised when they entered the world, because there have been real cases of this on the Azure Dragon Continent.

But whether it's an illusion or a world, once a person is drawn in, even if they die inside, it's all an illusion. After death, the illusion shatters, and you return directly to the starting point.

Unless you lose yourself in the illusion, are controlled by it, and commit suicide, it is impossible to die inside.

But now...

In this world, death is real death! It's just too terrifying.

"It's getting more and more dangerous here. I think we should leave quickly. I passed by a place with lots of Pokémon. Why don't we go there and catch a few Pokémon to take with us?" Zhang Yunji said worriedly. Gongsun Qiong was different from others. Everyone here could die, but she couldn't. If she died, the entire Wantong Chamber of Commerce would explode, and the Great Chu would tremble!

Gongsun Qiong also realized the danger of the situation, and nodded, preparing to leave with Zhang Yunji.

"Awooo!" Suddenly, a long howl rang out, deafeningly loud.

A figure soared into the sky.