Chapter 25 – Outpost

This was Meng Ke’s first time entering his illusions with his five senses, and his imaginary body was this mysterious man.

“I am your guide, and this is the line of defence for humanity’s imagination.” 

Meng Ke looked at the bewildered group before him, and explained with an interested tone, “The beings created by humanity’s imagination are trapped in the nether dimension, and since an unknown point in time, they started their rebellion. Your duty is to kill every one last of them.”

“Puhahaha……”

Laughter erupted from the man who was the last one to wake up.

“Why not tell us that this is god’s domain?! That would be more believable to fool us.” The middle-aged man stifled his laughter and tried to speak seriously.

But in the next second, he burst into laughter again.

“Hahaha……This is hilarious……”

The skinny old man looked at him in confusion, he didn’t understand what god’s domain or nether dimension meant, and he was truly unsettled.

“Pa!”

Suddenly, a vicious slap landed on the middle-aged man as he laughed. His eyes were filled with confusion as a strange man walked over, before changing into murderous intent.

“Fuck! You’re interrupting your brother while he’s speaking?!” (He’s calling himself more senior, it’s not that they’re actually related.)

After he spoke, the man that slapped him coldly glanced at the middle-aged man before he slowly moved towards Meng Ke.

Stopping in front of Meng Ke, the man straightened his posture and saluted neatly, introducing himself with a bright voice, “Chu Xuan, I used to be a major.”

“……”

“Are you fucking crazy too?!”

As if he was insulted, the middle-aged man suddenly pounced forwards after a brief moment of shock, and the two were instantly caught up in a fight.

Major Chu Xuan?

Do you think I’m stupid?!

Fang Bei ignored them and walked towards Meng Ke with a harmless smile, introducing himself and his friend, “My name is Fang Bei, and this is my friend Ji Zhen.”

Meng Ke glanced at them collectedly and subtly nodded his head.

“Hahaha……” The skinny old man suddenly laughed heartily and spoke, “This old man doesn’t understand what all of you are talking about, but I remember dying. I want to live, and I can’t be bothered to think too much, I’ll believe your words!” And after he spoke, he raised his hands to pay his respects to Meng Ke.
(He does something like this: )

These three were seemingly enlightened after experiencing death and chose to accept the unfamiliar things that were happening with a logical mind.

Meng Ke took a brief look at the two men who were still fighting on the ground before walking out of the tent.

The remaining three people quickly followed, they were in an unfamiliar place and had no choice but to temporarily follow this mysterious man before them.

And after they took their first step out of the tent, Fang Bei looked at the world before them.

Their jaws dropped instantly.

Black clouds were entangled in the skies, with slivers of red lights shining through them occasionally, and the lands before them were blackened infertile soil.

“45 True year, this is humanity’s 22nd outpost.” The mysterious man seemed to be explaining a genuine history, and his face which was covered in swirling red lines seemed to hold unbearable grief. 

“We have defended for 45 years, please remember, you are the 45th generation of sentinels, and you will have to continue protecting this place.”

The three of them fell into silence, they couldn’t understand the mysterious man’s grief, but it seemed to hold a heavy weight that made it seem like they were the last humans alive.

“What do we have to do?” Fang Bei asked.

The mysterious man turned around, looking at the three men with resolution.

“You must stop the steps of the phantasies!”

After a pause, the mysterious man continued, “I will send you to the battlefield of rebirth, where you will never die, and you will be reborn, from your skills to your bodies. I need soldiers to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with me……”

“For Demacia!” 

A roar suddenly interrupted their conversation as the man named Chu Xuan walked out with a swollen face. His eyes were filled with fanaticism as he stared at the mysterious man.

“My king! I am prepared! Let me fight for those who cannot!”

“……”

“Don’t run if you’re a man! Your father is going to beat you to death!” (He’s calling himself the weird man’s father.)

Another furious roar rang out as the tent’s entrance opened again, allowing the dishevelled man to charge out. 

As the two were about to fight again, Fang Bei quickly looked at Ji Zhen before they ran forwards to hold the two men back.

“Don’t hold me back! I’m going to beat this crazy bastard to death today!”

………

And after this farce ended, the two of them finally noticed their surroundings.

The somewhat normal middle-aged man fell into shock, seemingly unable of accepting his reality, and introduced himself with a rushed breath, “Lu Hai, I am a useless NEET, don’t expect me to know what kind of crazy situation this is, this isn’t god’s domain.” 

And after his introduction, everyone turned to look towards the weird man.

“Don’t look at me like that, I’m getting shy.” The man’s hands raised to cover his face bashfully.

“……”

And after a while, under the gaze of the group, he introduced himself.

His name was Xi Qiu, and he was a high school student before he died. It seemed as though he used to be normal, and it was unknown how he went crazy.

After their introductions, the mysterious man continued, “In the phantasy world, there are countless parallel Earths, and the battlefield of rebirth is a city in one of the Earths, that is our training ground.”

A beautiful screen appeared behind the mysterious man, and on the screen was a city of tall buildings. In an alleyway, a praying mantis droid was being cornered by four beasts.

“The 22nd outpost……is close to being besieged, and once it falls, these phantasy beasts will enter reality.”

It didn’t take long for the praying mantis droid to be pounced on by one of the beasts, allowing for the other three to charge forwards to attack, their strikes causing a green energy fluid to flow out from its body.

“Once all the droids are dead, they will come here.”

In the screen, four children that were watching the robot fall cheered.

“Do not be fooled, everyone you see here is a monster, except for us.”

“You are allowed to choose, whether to stay here or to charge forwards to the battlefield.”

The mysterious man left the choice to them. Fang Bei looked quietly at the land before him, before turning to take a look at the four men behind him.

“You’re saying that this is the 22nd outpost, does that mean that there are 21 other outposts? I want to go see them.”

The remaining four looked at the mysterious man with hopeful eyes, they knew that choosing to stay was running away, and they were unsure of what the mysterious man would do if they did.

But Fang Bei’s words opened up another choice for them.

Looking at the five of them, the mysterious man smiled for the first time.