What do you mean you also want to return to the world?

Chapter 34 The World is a Crimson Red

Seeing Qi Fei's serious expression, Shi Yan already guessed what he wanted to say.

Sure enough, Qi Fei began by saying, "Your uncle actually..."

For Shi Yan, the next step will be a test of his acting skills.

He had to pretend he was unaware of the shock of hearing about this for the first time, followed by bewilderment, and then anger when he realized that his parents' deaths might be related to this.

Shi Yan didn't know exactly how to behave, so he could only pinch his thighs desperately, making his expression ferocious, and his body was trembling slightly.

The effect should be quite good; at least Qi Fei didn't show any unusual behavior.

"I know this is hard to accept," Qi Fei simply said, "but it's already happened. You need to calm down before I can continue talking to you. Don't forget, you're a Swordholder now."

After Qi Fei's persuasion, Shi Yan calmed down for about ten minutes before asking again, "Where is he now?"

"Nobody knows." Qi Fei shook his head. "We've lost track of him, which means he already knows you've joined us."

"Do you think he'll come looking for me?" Shi Yan asked.

"I can only say that we can't rule out that possibility," Qi Fei said. "Without a doubt, he wants to use your body to achieve something, perhaps reincarnation or sacrifice. In any case, he has nurtured you for so many years, he must have valued some irreplaceable qualities in you, so would he really abandon you just because you joined the Sword-Holding Bureau? Nobody can say for sure, after all, that's a Molten-level demon."

"So what exactly is a 'meltdown-class'?" Shi Yan asked. "How does it compare to you?"

"You overestimate me." Qi Fei shrugged. "Killing me with a Molten Core-level weapon is like slaughtering a pig... Well, maybe not that difficult."

Is it really that exaggerated?

You know, Qi Fei is the most... well, he doesn't think he's ever seen Qi Fei make a move, so he doesn't know what kind of strength Qi Fei has.

At this moment, Qi Fei picked up a piece of paper, quickly wrote two lines of text, and then handed it to Shi Yan for a face-to-face meeting.

Shi Yan glanced at it and immediately understood the power division between the demon exorcists and the demons. The demon exorcists were relatively simple, consisting of levels one to five, as well as "Fate Masters" who were above level one.

On the demon side, there are five levels: "Remains", "Meltdown", "Calamity", "Myth" and "Primordial".

"So this Meltdown is just a level two minor demon?" Shi Yan asked, somewhat surprised. "Didn't you just say it was a powerful demon?"

"Your understanding of humans and demons is somewhat flawed," Qi Fei sighed. "You don't think this is a video game, do you? Two factions, one level against one level, and I, a level three demon hunter, should be able to overpower this level two demon. If we were to put humans and demons on the main stage for a one-on-one duel, it should be like this."

Qi Fei used his pen to connect the "Destiny Master" on the human side with the "Meltdown" on the monster side.

"...You're not trying to tell me that only Si Ming can reliably defeat a monster at the Melting-level, are you?" Shi Yan's lips twitched slightly. "Is the difference in strength between humans and demons really that great?"

"It's bigger than you think. Si Ming only has a chance to defeat a Meltdown-level monster; it's far from being a sure thing."

"Then why is it still a human society?" Shi Yan asked, quite shocked. "Haven't the monsters unified the world yet?"

"It can only be said that this world originally belonged to them, and we were the ones who came later," Qi Fei said. "Monsters are like dinosaurs, eliminated by the dramatic changes in the world. But unlike dinosaurs, they are not completely dead. These guys are still lingering in the corners of this world, trying every means to return."

Upon hearing the words "Return to the World," Crimson reflexively poked her head out again, but Shi Yan quickly pressed her down and continued to ask, "If the Molten-level monsters are this difficult to deal with, wouldn't the higher-level ones be even more...?"

"They're basically unstoppable if they're at their peak," Qi Fei said. "So we can only take care of them before they revive, but even then, dealing with these guys will come at a huge cost, especially in the past, when even demon hunters at the Si Ming level died in droves."

"Before?" Shi Yan noticed the key phrase. "Is it better now?"

"It's much better now." Qi Fei nodded. "We have guns and cannons now."

"ha?"

"Otherwise, why do you think it is? Human society has been developing rapidly for hundreds of years, so the weapons we use to harm ourselves can certainly be used to fight monsters."

"But didn't you say before that only the power of demons could harm demons?" Shi Yan asked, puzzled. "Why have you changed your mind?"

"That's not a problem. Didn't you just go through a battle like that last night?" Qi Fei shrugged. "If you can 'enchant' an ordinary sword, then we can definitely do something similar. It's just more troublesome and has many limitations, so we can't use it most of the time. But if we're really facing a monster of that level, we can't be afraid of trouble."

"So, we still have a chance to take down those powerful demons?" Shi Yan looked at the demon's level again, wondering what level Crimson would be. "By consecrating the guns and cannons?"

"Theoretically it's possible, but in reality... powerful demons of this level are often very intelligent. It's really difficult to lure them into a pre-set trap," Qi Fei said. "The most powerful demon that demon hunters have successfully hunted so far is the Catastrophe-level. Back then, the Russians dropped two nuclear bombs and claimed they were digging a reservoir."

Shi Yan fell silent.

If he didn't have a very intuitive understanding of the strength of these great demons before, then these two nuclear bombs made it concrete.

However, the Calamity-class is already at the point of dropping nuclear bombs, so what about the two higher-class ones?

"If you want to ask about mythology and the Primordial Level..." Qi Fei naturally saw what Shi Yan wanted to ask and said directly, "These two haven't appeared for nearly a hundred years... or even thousands of years. However, I mainly mean the mythology level. The Primordial Level is just a theoretical concept; no one knows if it really exists. It's just that Western charlatans believe that there should be a being similar to Jehovah among monsters, so they recorded it, whether it's true or not is another matter. As for the mythology level, as the name suggests, it's mythology. Although various countries have corresponding eyewitness accounts, it's really hard to distinguish between true and false; it's like something written by someone who's drunk. For example, in our country, the last record of a monster that is suspected to be mythology level was in the Shang Dynasty."

"What is written?"

"The sky is on fire," Qi Fei said. "The world is crimson."