Chapter 1029 The End of the World

The mist in the Snow Valley of Pi Yue City was dispersed by steam, and the old Red Emperor's forces from the last century arrived at this fortress once again.

However, what they faced was the "Steel Fortress" of the new world!

"Prepare to meet the enemy."

Xiu Gu decisively issued the order, "Those who drape the Red Emperor's banner will be killed without exception."

The outcome of this war was without suspense, but what he had to face was Jin Yuan, the strongest under the Red Emperor's command!

Two gazes met across a distance of a thousand meters.

Xiu Gu followed the spiritual induction in his heart, searching through the mist at the end of the Snow Valley. He saw clearly the Jin Yuan holding the banner high, but this was not the person who truly made him feel "dangerous"... In front of Jin Yuan was a sword-wielding figure clad in red robes, the tip of the sword pointing directly at his locked position.

The Red Emperor?!

Before Xiu Gu could react, a huge, striking warning symbol appeared on the screen of the main craft!

"Boom!" A deafening roar!

An extremely majestic energy slammed into the main craft's protective shield! The main craft immediately began to shake!

"Protect Zhou Jiren and Zhong Wei! Don't die!"

Xiu Gu turned back and instructed before rushing out of the main craft. He hovered in the high sky, preparing to use the bronze sword to confront the Red Emperor's sword energy—

But at that moment, time suddenly became very "slow"!

Xiu Gu saw a shadow dart out from behind him, shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Bai Shu...?!"

His pupils contracted slightly, but he immediately realized that this Bai Shu of the restarted world had not yet fused with the Dou Zhan Fire Seed and become the Chang Ye Divine Seat.

According to the original world line, this guy should be living in seclusion in the Qing He District.

"Gu Shen sent me."

Bai Shu said softly, "Although I don't know what happened... but clearly, this world is crazier than I imagined. Even the dead from thirty years ago are causing trouble."

The [Reverse Flow] domain was very strong, but for origin experts of Xiu Gu's level, the effect would be greatly reduced.

So the two of them were talking in a space-time that had been slowed down many times.

"It's hard to explain to you," Xiu Gu said, "The rules of this world are somewhat complicated..."

"I know everything I need to know."

Bai Shu said calmly, "No need to explain to me. I'm here to help you fight. Protect Zhou Jiren, Zhong Wei, Luo Er, as for you... you probably don't need me to protect you, right?"

Xiu Gu smiled.

The moment he saw Bai Shu appear, the somewhat tense lake in his heart suddenly became much more stable!

If he had to protect someone, then there was no domain in this world more useful than [Reverse Flow]!

Although he was good at attack, it would be a bit difficult to hold back Jin Yuan and the Red Emperor at the same time... But if Bai Shu joined the battlefield, the scales of this battle would be re-measured!

"I'll leave the tricky one to you."

Bai Shu said calmly, "I'll deal with Jin Yuan... I'll go kill him again."

Back then, in the Xin Yang Fortress battle, he missed the opportunity to save Li Rou because he was dueling with Jin Yuan. Because his heart was full of worries, that battle was very difficult.

And this time.

Under the arrangement of fate, the Jin Yuan in his prime crossed the historical torrent of thirty years and came before Bai Shu again.

Bai Shu would no longer have any concerns. He could let go and enjoy this "battle" that belonged to him!

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Heavy snow fluttered, and the world was dim.

Gu Shen slowly opened his eyes. He stood up and looked at the stone tablet in front of him, which was completely lit up by the blazing fire.

The Traveler Divine Seat carved these ancient texts into the stone tablet before his "death," leaving them for later generations to study, presumably because he didn't want these ancient texts to be lost forever.

According to Gu Shen's guess.

These ancient texts recorded the Traveler's method of "opening the door"!

The ancient secret techniques of the Traveler tribe floated out in aerial arrays... At this moment, Gu Shen stretched out his palm and slowly pressed it on the ancient texts, and bursts of azure brilliance overflowed—

Buzz buzz buzz!

The void trembled, and countless ancient texts pieced together, turning into a portal in front of Gu Shen!

"It really is the art of 'opening the door'."

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows and dispelled this radiance with a backhand.

"Gu Shen... Have you finished comprehending it?"

Tu Ling's voice of greeting came from the Initial.

Gu Shen raised his head and looked at the dark mass of Traveler tribe martyrs in front of him.

"The ancient texts have been successfully comprehended."

He said in a low voice, "The Initial can prepare to set sail."

He slowly came to the Initial, pulled out the Extinguishing Fire Sword, and during this comprehension... his "Blazing Fire" seemed to have grown stronger!

This was a bit strange.

Previously, he had racked his brains but couldn't get the Blazing Fire to break through the shackles of the "Divine Infant," but now, in this dream world, the Blazing Fire was infiltrating extremely quickly!

The airship roared again in the blizzard!

Blue waves washed over the snowfield. Gu Shen suddenly turned his head and glanced at the "Traveler" withered on the stone wall. Although he had successfully comprehended the ancient art of the "portal," which could quickly reach the end of the dream world... the whereabouts of the "Extinguishing Candle" that he had been thinking about were still unknown.

The whereabouts of the Extinguishing Candle were not in the records on the stone wall.

This was somewhat beyond Gu Shen's expectations.

The Traveler was nailed to death by the Extinguishing Candle!

Before his death, he could use his mental power to carve the art of the "portal" to prevent these ancient texts from being lost, so why not leave the identity information of the "owner of the Extinguishing Candle"?

If the Extinguishing Candle was lost in the old world, the Traveler tribe could go and find it.

If the owner of the Extinguishing Candle reappeared in the world, the giants could also "take revenge"... These guys were burdened with monstrous hatred, and they were not even afraid of the Underworld Lord. Presumably, they would not retreat in the slightest when facing the Extinguishing Candle Master.

"Boom!"

The roaring sound interrupted Gu Shen's thoughts.

"Gu Shen! Get on board!"

Tu Ling's low roar resounded through the snowfield!

Gu Shen held his breath and swung his sword violently at the low-level transcendents surrounding the Initial!

The sword energy broke through the snowfield, cutting open this disaster barrier... Wherever the Extinguishing Fire power passed, the void collapsed. The martyrs surrounding the Initial were instantly annihilated by the sword energy, and not even a trace of remains could be left behind. As far as the eye could see, the entire world was cut in half by this sword energy!

Even though Tu Ling had seen Gu Shen wielding his sword before.

But at this moment, as the sword energy was released again, his heart couldn't help but be shocked.

"This concept sword... is really a bit too powerful."

Tu Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The Initial easily broke through the encirclement of the Traveler tribe. Gu Shen released the Blazing Fire and swept into the old world void. This wisp of flame shuttled quickly through the void. The art of the portal was a different kind of disassembly of the "space origin." As long as he mastered the ancient text array, he could open two doors and complete the quick transfer between two locations.

Of course, there was a very important prerequisite for the activation of the portal.

That was that the activator must have a "clear" coordinate in his mind!

This was the reason why Gu Shen sent the Blazing Fire into the void... With his current mental power, the Blazing Fire could travel quickly in the void. As long as he ensured that there were no black spots caused by the entanglement of disordered source matter at the "landing point," then the activation of this portal would be considered a success.

"Rumble rumble rumble!"

Gu Shen stretched out his palm, and countless azure array patterns appeared in front of him.

At the tip of the Initial's bow, millions of pieces of golden brilliance were pieced together like fish scales, transforming into a giant door. Gu Shen's "Blazing Fire" had already selected a landing point. The Initial sailed into the portal. The tip of the ship sailed out in a stable void a few thousand meters later. But this was not the end. Gu Shen continuously opened the portal. This large ship didn't "hurry on the road" at all, but was cut into several sections by portals. Each voyage was a jump of several thousand meters. In just ten seconds, the Initial completed the passage through six consecutive portals!

North!

Continue north!

More than ten seconds ago, when they first left the disaster barrier, countless martyrs were chasing the Initial, trying to burn their lives to deliver a fatal blow. But now, there was only silence in the void. After crossing six consecutive portals, the entire world became silent. There was no trace of any living beings here!

The exploration of the [Old World].

Humans had never stopped... However, due to the strength limitations of transcendents, only a handful of people could truly go deep into the [Old World].

Divine Seat.

And those few apostles favored by the Divine Seat.

Currently, the source energy ships developed by the Northern Continent of this timeline were not enough to be competent for long-distance travel in the Old World.

With the help of the secret technique of continuously opening portals, Gu Shen quickly arrived at an absolutely dark "mysterious area." This place was beyond the range of the maps drawn by the investigation corps.

The "journey" after comprehending the portal ancient texts was smoother than he imagined. The origin will could manipulate the continuous source matter storms to strike the Initial... But it didn't do so. Obviously, it had seen the power of the Extinguishing Fire Sword and knew that the source matter storms in this dream world could not pose a threat to Gu Shen at all.

At this moment, large chunks of alloy fragments were floating in the void around the Initial!

These were all the wreckage of starships after they broke apart!

The scene in front of him deeply shocked A Fu...

Because it was very familiar with these "severed limbs and remains."

These were all products of the Starship Era civilization. No one knew better than it the airship manufacturing technology that came from its master's hands.

"These starship fragments, are they something left behind by your master?"

Gu Shen asked.

If he guessed correctly, this was the "deepest point" that only the Divine Seat could reach.

"Yes."

A Fu's voice was heavy, "Although the manufacturing technology of these materials is a bit rough and cannot be compared with the master... this craftsmanship is indeed from the inheritance of the 'Lord of Melting Iron'."

Although it knew that the hope of master and servant meeting was very slim.

But as long as the Initial never left the Ice Sea, it would never believe that its master had died in the void.

Now, seeing countless starship wrecks.

The trace of hope in A Fu's heart was basically cut off.

If the Lord of Melting Iron was still alive, how could such a scene have occurred?

Gu Shen looked at these fragments and couldn't help but think of Master Chino.

Back then, Mr. Gu Changzhi must have rescued Master Chino from this kind of place, right?

Although the starships had fallen and shattered.

Many transcendent lives were still frozen in the nutrient capsules stored in the internal space of the starships.

These transcendents were all one in a million lucky ones who were able to escape the disaster back then, but they also paid a painful price.

Their spirits had been "frozen" and preserved. In theory, they were all still alive, but living in this desolate void meant that they would never see the light of day "for the rest of their lives."

But... the strange thing was.

Gu Shen sent out the Blazing Fire, which circled around the void, but there was nothing to be gained. These severed limbs and remains were just external fragments of the starships.

Gu Shen couldn't find the nutrient capsules.

He couldn't even find any withered transcendent lives.

Because Gu Shen had never set foot on the last section of this route, he no longer used the portal secret technique for long-distance teleportation to avoid accidents.

And this stable "voyage" didn't last long either.

"Bang!" A loud noise!

The Initial crashed into a very hard "object." A white ripple splashed in the dark void, and the source energy shield dimmed by a third. The starship's tail wings were still spewing flames, but no matter how it advanced, it couldn't continue.

Gu Shen left the cabin, carrying the Extinguishing Fire Sword.

He hovered in the air, silently looking at the dark "curtain" in front of him.

Here, was the end of the dream world, the "other side" that the origin will wanted to stop him from reaching at all costs.

"This is... the end of the world?"

Tu Ling also left the cabin. He looked at the black curtain in front of him and muttered.

"The real world has no end."

Gu Shen raised the Extinguishing Fire Sword and aimed the tip of the sword at the black void. Before he could strike, the position pointed to by the tip of the sword had already been cut open with a small opening. A wisp of extremely subtle but extremely dazzling light seeped in from the dark void.

Tu Ling listened to these words and seemed to be lost in thought.

"Gu Shen."

At this moment, the voice of the origin will sounded in Gu Shen's heart.

"I lost."

"You can use the Extinguishing Fire Sword to cut open this place and complete the breakout. But it will still take some time if you want to take those outsiders away. I can help you save this time."

The words spoken by the origin will at this moment were more of a plea than a transaction.

It had already lost the qualification to negotiate.

But...

The "motivation" that supported it to continue talking with Gu Shen at this moment was the last few chips it held in its hand.

The war in Pi Yue City Fortress had failed to launch.

The obstruction of the exploration of the old world had also been eliminated.

This game was completely over... but the things outside the game had not ended yet.

"You know to beg for mercy now?"

Gu Shen said calmly, "I can save them even if I swallow you."

"Let me go, and I can tell you... the whereabouts of the Extinguishing Candle."

The origin will spoke calmly.

"I know, you have now found the solution to 'restarting the world,' but you haven't solved the mystery of the Extinguishing Candle yet, have you? To solve this mystery, you need at least another restart. Maybe you need to restart several times to find the answer... Think about your teacher, think about your senior brother."

"No need to think about it."

Gu Shen interrupted the origin will.

He stabbed the sword into the black curtain, smashing this dark void to pieces.

"Sorry, I choose to break the game."

Gu Shen tore a narrow opening in the world in front of him. He stepped into the "back" of this black void. Like a mirror flipping over, he stepped into a pure white world, and this sword pierced through the humanoid creature in front of him.

"You..."

The origin will looked down at the Extinguishing Fire Sword piercing through its chest and out its back.

Its eyes were full of confusion.

"As for the mystery of the Extinguishing Candle, is it possible... that I have already solved it?"

Gu Shen said calmly, "The answer is not the ancient texts, but the answer is on that stone tablet."

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(End of this chapter)