Chapter 1 Miracles are Born!

Jin Suihua's voice echoed in his mind!

Gu Shen breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Originally, when he plucked that wisp of soulfire in the Snow Mountain Canyon and left it in the Pure Land, it was only out of instinct.

Intuition told him that this wisp of soulfire could achieve long-distance mental interaction between the two of them!

"Where are you right now?"

Gu Shen vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Why was this summoning of the soulfire smoother than he had imagined?

"My king... please turn your head, or expand the range of the 'fire' a little more."

Gu Shen was slightly stunned upon hearing this. The floating distance of his "Blazing Fire" was thousands of meters, but it still hadn't reached its limit...

Subconsciously, Gu Shen turned his head.

With the assistance of 150% Source Quality combustion, the Source Armor advanced at a speed that broke the sound barrier. Looking back, the flying snow and mist completely covered everything they had passed, leaving only a chaotic blackness, mixed with pale frost.

Black and white intertwined into an extremely tranquil ink painting.

However.

Within that ink painting, faint golden gleams were revealed. As the heavy snow swirled, the outline of a huge snake body emerged... It was an extremely shocking scene, a deliberate display by Jin Suihua to let him "see."

Gu Shen's turning around attracted the attention of some of the more perceptive extraordinary individuals in the team.

Several of them subconsciously turned their heads with him.

However, the "Great Serpent" only appeared for an instant before disappearing back into the rear of the team... completely vanishing without a trace.

"Brother Gu, what's wrong?"

Li Chen asked curiously, "Your spirit seemed to fluctuate just now..."

"It's nothing, I'm expanding my spiritual power to capture more images." Gu Shen quickly adjusted his emotions and casually made an excuse to get by, and friendly reminded: "Actually, you can put away the \[Eye of Source], so you can save some spiritual power."

"As expected of an S-rank... to be able to expand his spirit again under these circumstances." Li Chen啧啧 exclaimed, amazed, and obediently put away the sensing ability of the \[Eye of Source].

Gu Shen's mental abilities were far stronger than his own!

The images transmitted back by the "Blazing Fire" in the mental link were indeed solid enough. Li Chen felt much more relaxed after closing the \[Eye of Source].

It was truly fortunate to have an S-rank companion.

At this critical moment, it was very important to save his spiritual power.

Li Chen was not confident that he could maintain a mental link with a team of twelve all the way back... He felt much less pressure after handing over all the "sensing tasks" to Gu Shen.

Gu Shen further expanded the "Blazing Fire" that he could control.

Sensing its master's spirit, Jin Suihua showed its head again. This time, the two spirits successfully met, and a very small and weak spark landed on the Great Serpent's brow.

Jin Suihua stared intently at this spark that could be extinguished with a breath, feeling the warmth of its master.

"Why... are you following me all the time?"

Gu Shen was a little helpless.

He had been away from the maze for a while now. He had thought that the Great Serpent was at least a hundred miles away from him, but he never expected the distance between them to be so close.

"I..."

Jin Suihua heard Gu Shen's voice and thought it was a reprimand, and did not dare to respond for a moment.

After a long while.

It whispered, "I was worried about your safety, and I don't know where to go after leaving the maze..."

Gu Shen's eyes softened.

He couldn't blame it.

The task he had given to "Jin Suihua" was to find the old world journey route of Teacher and the other two, but this world was too big, full of "law points" where order had collapsed. The end of the maze seemed to be separated from their route by only a stone wall, but in reality, they were separated by thousands of miles, like a chasm.

How easy was it to find?

Gu Shen did not blame it.

Now that Jin Suihua was behind him... it was a good thing instead.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to punish you."

Gu Shen said solemnly, "In the \[Old World], when no one is around, you can follow me, but be careful not to be discovered..."

"Of course."

Jin Suihua nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, causing a flurry of snow and mist to stir in its wake. Although the commotion was not significant, someone in the team immediately noticed and looked back to check.

Su He transmitted a message on the command channel, "Captain, I feel like something's not quite right behind us... it's weird, like there's something unclean back there."

Yuan Yuan, at the very front, responded expressionlessly, "The storm is coming soon. What clean things do you expect to encounter?"

A simple, forceful, and irrefutable response.

This was the \[Old World]!

Su He nodded and glanced back again, calmly saying, "You're right."

"..."

Seeing this scene, Gu Shen's raised heart fell back down, thinking that this vice-captain's intuition was indeed extraordinarily sharp!

The Great Serpent's aura completely subsided as well.

Its voice echoed in Gu Shen's mental sea through the Pure Land soulfire link, "Master, I sensed the 'unusualness' here. A huge storm is brewing... Your current situation may not be good."

Gu Shen smiled wryly in his heart.

It was more than just "not good."

It was simply terrible!

"In the human world, this thing is called a 'map'. You can take a look."

Gu Shen used his spiritual power to transmit his electronic map into Jin Suihua's mind. Although the Great Serpent was an animal, it possessed wisdom comparable to humans after its spiritual awakening. During its days in the maze, it extracted the souls of countless explorers. Although it had never truly entered the giant wall, it had also grasped a lot of knowledge by reading these people's thoughts.

"Can you understand it?" Gu Shen asked.

"I can understand it." Jin Suihua's voice was very refined. It gently explained, "Every explorer has such a map in their mind... They have become more and more complete over the years. I have already seen your copy before."

It had already read the memories of those extraordinary individuals in Hong Zhong's team.

Gu Shen nodded and said, "Since you can understand it, then it will be easy... The route I am currently traveling on is marked with a red line."

It was a straight long line.

From north to south, returning to Gubu Fortress.

This road contained many unknown "law points" and extremely dangerous extraordinary powers!

If it were in the past, slowly groping might have allowed them to return to Gubu Fortress from the shortest route.

But now... there was no time for that!

Gu Shen summoned Jin Suihua with his spirit because he wanted to take a gamble to see if this Great Serpent could "meet" with him. In terms of spiritual power, Jin Suihua could now be compared to a "titled" powerhouse in the human world!

Having it pave the way could greatly reduce the "danger" ahead!

"Forgive me for speaking frankly, Master, the route you have chosen is not peaceful."

Jin Suihua raised its body and looked into the distance, saying, "According to my senses, there is a collapsed black hole not far ahead. At your current speed, you will encounter it in at most ten minutes..."

It was indeed a creature of wisdom.

Before he could finish his words, it had already understood his intentions!

Gu Shen looked into the distance with a solemn expression. His Blazing Fire had not yet sensed the danger, so Jin Suihua's sensing range was obviously greater than his. His decision to summon it was correct.

"I suggest you make a small change to your route."

The Great Serpent transmitted its mental image.

The route ahead had been modified to a certain extent. Although its spiritual power was strong, it could only cover a limited area, so this adjustment was only to ensure that it could avoid the "black hole" ahead.

"Very good."

Gu Shen checked it and said sincerely, "A'Hua, until I return to the giant wall... I need to trouble you to open your spiritual domain to the greatest extent."

Jin Suihua's lips parted slightly.

A'Hua?

It revealed a slightly resentful expression, but said nothing, silently accepting the name, "I understand, Master, I will constantly modify the correct path."

Gu Shen quickly transmitted this mental image into the mental link of the \[Eye of Source].

"Path correction, there is a 'collapse point of order' ahead."

"Repeat, path correction..."

This time, the response speed in the command channel was extremely fast.

"Received, all members maintain formation, path will be modified."

Yuan Yuan was the first to reply.

He was at the very front, and after the Sword Domain was deployed, he was constantly chopping up rubble. Among everyone, he was the one who consumed the most energy. In theory, even a Tier 4 extraordinary individual would find it difficult to maintain the deployment of a domain for a long time.

But this elite vice-captain of the Survey Corps showed extremely strong resilience.

His domain currently showed no signs of weakening.

Gu Shen saw all the "disturbances" within a radius of a thousand meters. He vaguely felt that Yuan Yuan's use of the domain was different from what he had seen in others. His every attack was very swift, but his sword retraction was gentle.

This ensured both strength and reduced consumption.

This was a powerhouse who was extremely suitable for protracted battles and group attacks.

It seemed that Yuan Yuan's domain could be deployed for a long time. With him in charge, there was no need to consider the impact of "rubble" in the first half of the journey!

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Among the surging heavenly clouds, there seemed to be a glimmer of golden light flowing.

If one looked up.

One would vaguely see a dragon-like figure swimming in the lightning.

But in reality... it was a Great Serpent.

Its myriad scales were as brilliant as golden ears of wheat, but they were shrouded by clouds, only faintly revealing a few rays of light.

The Great Serpent's golden pupils pierced through layers of clouds, looking ahead.

It traveled with its monarch.

Feeling very honored in its heart.

Using spiritual power to find collapse points of order and avoid them in advance was not difficult, but the real difficulty... was the disaster that could not be avoided at the end of this route.

The wind pressure in the entire \[Old World] near Gubu Fortress was extremely high.

Storms had broken out in more than one place.

And the movement and gathering of these storms could not be predicted with spiritual power... They were different from black holes, which were dead objects that only stayed in place. The storms that swept through the world, gradually moved south and vaguely had a tendency to "close and expand"!

"噼里啪啦..."

Rubble hit Jin Suihua's body.

These stone fragments, which were enough to shatter Source Armor, landed on its scales and were truly like scratching an itch.

Extraordinary creatures like it, who grew up in the \[Old World] and lived by breathing Source Quality, were already accustomed to the harsh climate. This level of "attack," no matter how large the number, was nothing.

Most importantly, it had a wisp of the power of the Pluto's fire seed left on its body.

That wisp of power allowed it to break away from the category of "ordinary creatures"!

Having wisdom and being able to speak human words.

This could already be considered having "divinity"!

"Master, can your speed be a little faster?"

Jin Suihua's voice was very serious.

Its spiritual power sensed that a terrifying chaotic force was sweeping in from behind... and that force, even it now, felt "fear."

That force was not the "rubble" that was hitting its body without pain or itching.

It had to be avoided!

Gu Shen heard Jin Suihua's voice.

He fell into silence.

Looking back, the spirits of the other members of the team had already begun to show signs of fatigue.

This was an inevitable phenomenon. The team had been running all the way south for dozens of hours... The path Gu Shen had chosen was indeed the fastest path. Thanks to Jin Suihua's powerful spirit and physical pathfinding, the Survey Corps could be said to have encountered no obstacles along the way!

Everything was going very smoothly!

But... the large number of "rubble" consumed most of Yuan Yuan's energy, and the Sword Domain began to shrink. Even if each sword retained 99% of its power, he would still feel tired after delivering thousands or tens of thousands of swords continuously.

This Survey Corps was already a very excellent elite.

But they did not have the "Breath of Spring," and they could not be compared to Gu Shen in the path of the spirit.

Usually, these gaps were not obvious.

But at this moment... they were revealed.

Mental fatigue had a very intuitive manifestation, that was, even if the Source Armor combustion efficiency remained stable at 150%, the team's forward speed still decreased, the captain's chopping speed decreased, the team's adjustment speed slowed down, and everyone's reaction to driving the Source Armor became sluggish... These details accumulated and Gu Shen vaguely felt that the team would only become "slower and slower" in the next journey.

"There's no way to be faster."

Gu Shen also felt the danger behind him.

The storm was approaching.

Flesh and blood would fear "black holes."

But the storm composed of a large amount of Source Quality gushing out would not. The tornado in the distant sky ran through the entire world, like a towering sharp sword, destroying everything in its path. As long as you turned your head, you could see that dazzling light!

"Let me take you away..."

Jin Suihua offered its suggestion, it said sincerely, "There is little we can do in the face of such disasters."

Gu Shen fell into silence.

He had not been idle during this time. During the extremely busy moments of the team, he found an opportunity to put on the Ghost Mask, and his spiritual power soared again. He began to integrate data in his mind and calculate the best return route alone.

It had to be admitted that Jin Suihua was telling the truth.

But what was worse.

What Gu Shen saw in the "future" was that even if he escaped alone at this moment, there would be no chance to truly escape.

He was not an extraordinary creature and did not have the powerful vitality of Jin Suihua.

Currently, Gu Shen had not refined Pluto's fire seed. Once he stayed in this land, he would soon be corroded by the \[Old World]... Jin Suihua might think that taking him away would allow him to survive.

But in fact, Gu Shen only had one choice left: "return to Gubu Fortress."

And these damn storms, for some reason, were all heading towards "Gubu Fortress"... This also meant that his choice to "go south" would definitely collide with these storms!

"You... can leave."

After a brief silence.

Gu Shen raised his head and softly spoke to the Great Serpent in the sky.

Jin Suihua was stunned.

This news was a blow to it, Jin Suihua's eyes were full of astonishment, followed by grievance, like a child who had done something wrong, "Master... did I say something wrong?"

Gu Shen shook his head.

He smiled and said, "You didn't say anything wrong. There is little we can do in the face of such disasters. Therefore, I hope you leave quickly, leave the gathering place of the storm, and complete the promise you made to me earlier."

Jin Suihua wanted to say something.

Behind him, a terrifying roar had already sounded!

A terrifying tornado with a diameter of several thousand meters was wandering in the sky, "slowly" approaching the direction where the team was located.

If it was a giant.

Then the twelve extraordinary individuals who were desperately running on the ground at this moment were like insignificant "ants."

The giant would not deliberately aim when stepping on the ants to death.

"Jin Suihua, leave here!"

Gu Shen's voice was transmitted heavily through the Pluto fire.

"This is an order!"

A powerful will descended into Jin Suihua's soulfire.

It wailed painfully.

Above the dome, something seemed to make a strange sound.

Vice-Captain Su He looked up.

He saw nothing.

However... in the black and white interlaced clouds, faint golden light surged, like blossoming flowers, very beautiful.

Su He felt a trance.

He looked around.

At the very front of his vision, he could already see the rough outline of the "Umbrella Defense Line." Tens of millions of floating platforms were vibrating violently, forming a large umbrella.

That was humanity's soul resting place.

But at this moment, it had become the final point that could not be reached on this journey.

Because not far behind him, the "storm" where billions of Source Quality had escaped had already swept in.

The number of rubble instantly increased hundreds of times——

A great wind rises.

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(Just one chapter today, there will be more tomorrow!)