Oh no, I have become a character in the card pool?

Chapter 5 Half a Century of Peace and Prosperity
at the same time.

Hundreds of miles away, there is an urban branch of the "Spirit Contract Envoy".

The sharp alarm sounded and the red warning light echoed in the monitoring room.

"Emergency! Emergency!"

"A large-scale 'corrosion collapse' explosion reaction has been detected around the E-026 area!"

The recorder, wearing a headset, stared nervously at the detector on the screen with sweat dripping down his forehead.

His fingers operated the high-tech 3D projection screen, trying his best to find accurate information from the danger indicators that soared to yellow and red.

"According to the property analysis of the etheric turbulence, this erosion phenomenon should mainly be a reaction to the explosion of the [Demon Netherworld]."

The recorder said with a somewhat unpleasant expression: "Judging from the scale, this phenomenon has covered 026% of the E- area."

"A large number of invading entities will likely emerge in the area over the next long period of time!"

Map on projection screen.

It clearly showed that somewhere in the distance, a dark color representing Ghost Fang was filling the sky above the numerous ruins.

And marked with a "Danger" warning sign.

As the proportion of the dark-colored areas increases, they are rapidly increasing on the map!

"Calm down, everyone."

Behind the recorder.

A young woman wearing a spirit-contracting outfit who looked like a commander asked in a serious voice, "Are you sure that only our [Demon Netherworld] is experiencing corrosion?"

"What about the [Ancestral Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts] in the northeast and the [Devil's Abyss Realm] in the southwest?"

The recorder did not dare to take his eyes off the detection screen for a moment.

"Yes, it is!"

Although nervous, he still replied hurriedly in a clear tone.

“Although the two areas of broken time and space also produced a certain amount of ether ripples due to the resonance effect.”

"But the erosion phenomenon covering the E-026 area and the entities that are about to be refreshed are mainly from the [Demon Netherworld]!"

After confirming the news.

Inside the testing room, many staff members couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief subconsciously.

Even though the crisis of erosion has not been resolved.
However, the impact and degree of danger caused by the invasion of one broken space-time and the simultaneous erosion of multiple broken space-times are very different.

This is like a copy of a single attribute, and a copy of a compound attribute.

As the types of corroded entities increase, the number of spirits, equipment, tactics, etc. sent out to clean them up will also increase.

It will become exponentially more complicated.

This is something that tests the quality of a spirit contractor to the extreme, and no one wants to face it.

The most recent mixed erosion was the collapse of two broken time and space in the Eastern Theater five years ago.

At that time, as many as 17 residential areas and two major cities fell into the range of erosion.

In the end, after the death of nearly a hundred spirit masters and tens of thousands of casualties, they managed to ensure that half of the residential areas were not destroyed.

And now this branch of the Alliance is located in the southern war zone, on the border of the [Demon and Nether Ghost Domain].

Although there is a certain distance from the intersection of the three broken time and space, even if the battle is short, it will not be affected in time.

But if the border area falls.
Wouldn't their comfortable rear area become the front line in the blink of an eye?
"So has the evacuation of residents in the E-026 area begun?"

Unlike the other employees who breathed a sigh of relief, the solemnity on the young woman's face did not relax at all.

She frowned and continued to give orders: "Who is the closest garrison base and the one in charge of the Spirit Envoy?"

"I need to establish communication with the other party as quickly as possible to understand the actual situation on the scene!"

The recorder worked with sweat all over his face.

Then he shook his head and said, "No, because of the turbulence of the ether, the connection with the local garrison base has been cut off."

Then he seemed to have thought of something, and added in a low voice with a strange expression.

"However, the E-026 area was identified as a high-risk area a long time ago, and the main residential areas have been relocated away."

“So even if erosion occurs, there won’t be many people in that area who will be threatened by collapse.”

"Wait, what did you say?"

The young woman widened her eyes in surprise when she heard this and asked, "If that's the case, then why is there still a garrison base in the E-026 area?"

"If there are no people, what's the point of sending a spirit envoy to guard the place?"

Just at this time.

The door behind the monitoring room was pushed open by a man who was also wearing the clothes of a spirit master, but with slightly different details in the clothes.

"Waste of resources? No no, Miss Mu Yuqing, please be careful with your words."

The middle-aged man, still smoking a cigarette, seemed not to care about the erosion phenomenon and only glanced at the projection screen.

Cover one ear as if the sound of an alarm is piercing your ears.

He laughed and said, "Mu Yuqing, you have only been transferred here by the headquarters not long ago, so you may not be very adaptable to our working environment."

"Even if it's no longer habitable, it's still an important part of our [Demon Netherworld] territory, and every inch of soil is precious."

"Don't you even have the will to counterattack? Do you think building a bridgehead is meaningless?"

Hearing the voice, Mu Yuqing looked coldly at the man who walked in.

He said in a bad tone: "Chang Zong Runren, there are many precision instruments in the monitoring room. Smoking will affect the accuracy of the detection data."

"Please put out your cigarette before entering. This is the rule written in the monitoring room instructions."

In the [War Era] a hundred years ago, each country was eroded by the broken time and space.

The world map has also undergone drastic changes.

Some large tracts of land took off from their original positions and became islands floating in the sky; some high mountains collapsed and became abysses that could not be reached by human power.

A giant emerald dragon flew into the barren desert and swept the earth with its breath. Then tens of thousands of mountains and forests rose from the ground and formed an endless mountain range.

Therefore, as early as the war era, the boundaries and races of various countries were unified under the alliance.

The national borders of the past have now been changed to war zones marked by the local broken time and space.

The language was also unified into the Alliance language.

Even so
Most of those who are now in charge of administering the local war zone borders are local people from that time.

This involves complex issues such as the properties and compatibility of the spirit summoning.

Mu Yuqing was a spirit envoy assigned from the headquarters to the [Demon's Netherworld] branch, and she had only been there for less than two months.

Chang Zong Runren was a local spirit envoy and had a lot of experience.

Because of their positions and various reasons, the two have not been getting along well during this period.

"I want to check the records of all the Spirit Contract Envoys stationed in the E-026 area in the past ten years!"

Mu Yuqing did not waste time on the man. She quickly grasped the key point and gave the order in a cold voice.

Looking at the data displayed on the projection screen.

Her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and a trace of anger gradually emerged on her face.

[Area E-026, Spirit Envoy, Hikaru Fumiya, has died. He was stationed there for three and a half months. The cause of death was an entity invasion.] [Area E-026, Spirit Envoy, LS Ti Hahn, has died. He was stationed there for six months and three days. The cause of death was an entity invasion.]

[Area E-026, Spirit Contract Envoy, Kanzaki Kana, has died. Resident time, ten months and fifteen days, cause of death, entity invasion. ]

[E-026 area, Spirit Envoy]

The alliance will assess merits and impose punishments based on the garrison area of ​​each front.

If you succeed in maintaining the front line and repelling waves of invading entities, you can apply to the headquarters for the spirit's materials and various resources.

Therefore, it is beneficial to maintain the resident territory.

Originally, this benchmark was also intended to prepare for humanity's counterattack in the distant future.

However, this has also led to some remote areas often maintaining a high casualty rate throughout the year in order to keep the defense line intact.

But Mu Yuqing scanned these pages of information.

In this garrison base in area E-026, not a single spirit contract user could persist in garrisoning for a full year!

Judging from the report, this is no longer a problem of remote areas.

This is like deliberately sending people to die!

Mu Yuqing's expression was solemn. She quickly slid the screen to the bottom, showing the latest line of information.

[E-026 area, the Spirit Envoy—Xia Shimi. ]

"Current status: On duty."

Mu Yuqing suddenly turned her head and glared at the man.

"How dare you do this?"

She shouted angrily, "It's near the border of three broken time and space. As official soul bond envoys, you and I are well aware of the threat level of this area!"

"I admit that observation outposts in high-risk areas are necessary, and it is inevitable that someone must take the risk."

"But look at the spirit envoys you sent over there."

"Is there anyone who meets the qualifications required by the Alliance Headquarters?"

Mu Yuqing pointed at the screen.

The eyes of this spirit envoy who came from an academic school, which were always well-mannered, were now filled with anger.

"The ones you sent over are either newcomers who have just passed the assessment, or low-level Spirit Contract Envoys who barely have one-star qualifications!"

"Especially the kid who's in office now." Mu Yuqing looked at the information and saw the white-haired girl whose rosy pupils dimmed and looked into the distance with an indifferent expression, as if she no longer cared about anything.

"From the data shown in the records, she doesn't even have her own contract spirit?"

"What a joke! You are not guarding the border, you are treating human lives as consumables!"

Hearing this merciless accusation, Chang Zong Runren's expression suddenly turned ugly.

He didn't expect that the person sent from the headquarters this time would be such a rigid person who only did business in a impartial manner, which made him lose face in front of his subordinates.

Aren’t they just a few low-level spirit masters?

The [Broken Age] has lasted for nearly a hundred years until now.

And it has been forty years since the last large-scale erosion was detected.

The "broken time and space" distributed all over the world all stopped expanding and ushered in a long period of stability.

Some experts even believe that this is because time and space have reached their extension limit.

It's like the tension on the water's surface is balanced.

In today's world, multiple time and space have reached a state of equilibrium like a balance, and will no longer encroach on human living space.

Even if there are occasional erosion storms, they are just normal energy activities.

Just like the sunspots of the past.

Even though casualties are still inevitable, this is much more peaceful than a hundred years ago, isn't it?

This view has gradually become the mainstream in human society in the past decade.

The military strength of many cities has been reduced, and many people have complained that the huge military expenditure, which has no end in sight, should not continue to be invested in old-era battles that should have ended long ago.

Now, the Spirit Contract Envoy Academy in each war zone is able to graduate tens of thousands of Spirit Contract Envoys every year.

As a century has passed, this is no longer the rare resource it once was. As long as it is in line with the interests, why not sacrifice a little defective products?
"I'm sorry." Chang Zong Runren sneered, "This is the decision of the upper level. As the spiritual envoy of the branch, I can only obey and have no right to comment."

"Now that the Corrosion and Collapse has arrived, the entity will be active for seven days. Before confirming the enemy's specific combat power, I will not let the support team die in vain."

"I will follow the procedures for the cleaning activities afterwards - this is also one of the rules, right?"

From his words.

It was obvious that Xia Shimi, a girl who didn't even have a star rating, was treated as a dead person.

That was the "erosion and collapse" that shattered time and space.

As if the wreckage of another world had fallen down and merged with this world, a large number of monster spawning locations would appear frequently.

This is a disaster that may not occur for three years. How could a defective product without a spirit have a chance to survive?
"enough."

After a moment of silence, Mu Yuqing was not angered by Chang Zong Runren, but calmly took out the communicator from her arms.

The light blue light formed a magical pattern on the back of her hand.

A communication line constructed using an ether loop.

This can only be used between spirit masters and spirit spirits. In this era, it is the only stable communication method that does not require circuits or wiring.

He said in a cold tone: "I want to contact Mirror Spirit Fox for help."

"what?"

Chang Zong Runren's face changed immediately.

He shouted angrily: "No! It's just a small collapse incident. We can solve it ourselves. There is no need to ask that adult to take action!"

"No need?" Mu Yuqing looked at him coldly, "You think it's not worthwhile to waste the one-time-a-year move agreed with her, right?"

Mirror Psychic Fox.

This was the original spirit contract envoy back then, one of the spirit contracts he had ever made.

After the original contracted spirit master disappeared due to defeat in battle and his whereabouts became unknown, the contracted spirits he possessed were scattered all over the place.

These contracted spirits possess powerful strength and can exist independently with their own strength even without the magic power granted by the human contract.

Because they were the first spirits summoned.

It symbolizes that humans have obtained weapons for the first time and have gained the qualifications to fight against the broken time and space. It is also a sign of awe for their strength.

Therefore, these contracted spirits are now all called "Original Contracted Spirits".

Over the past hundred years, it's not like no one has ever wanted to make a contract with these Heroic Spirits, who start with SSR cards at the very least.
However, no one has ever succeeded.

Even so.

Part of the reason may be that they still maintain cooperation and goodwill with human civilization because of the kindness they showed to the former spirit envoy.

At least, it won't turn into a hostile relationship.

And the "Mirror Spirit Fox" that Mu Yuqing mentioned——

She is one of the "original contracted spirits" who is temporarily residing in the [Demon's Netherworld] area and has reached some kind of trading relationship with the local front branch.

(End of this chapter)