Chapter 1006: Chapter 1006
Chapter 1006: Chapter 161: Leaving a Door Open
Three figures, walking alone on the road.
This world is fragmented, boundless wind and snow falling down silently.
Gu Shen silently stood before the Spirit Crystal Ball, watching the difficult journey of the three figures…
The snow mist in the Old World is heavy.
But he recognized these three figures at a glance.
This year, many were waiting for their return.
Disappearing after Moon City, each expansion of that Disaster Realm was a point of worry for many people.
And finally, those old friends from the Changye Three Prisons and the Five Families were just waiting for news of the “Sky-reaching Tree” to return with disciples to the Five Continents, as for discovering the “Oasis”… it has become less important, humanity is long accustomed to setbacks in the Old World.
Compared to the long silence, and the waiting with faint hope.
They preferred to hear news of explorers returning “failed”, at least this way… the three explorers are alive.
When the Empress spoke, Gu Shen felt the hidden meaning in Her Majesty’s voice.
Perhaps… knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Shu and the others is not good news.
They departed from the Moon City Fortress, passed through countless mists, overcame the “Maze”, and reached the sight of the “Traveler”… seeing the teacher’s figure in this Spirit Crystal Ball is indeed not good news.
Gu Shen was afraid for the next moment, the first-person perspective of the Spirit Crystal Ball would shake violently, and the traveler would charge towards the three—
But this scene did not happen.
The traveler just “silently” watched the three leave.
He seemed like a spectator.
Quietly watching the figures in the Crystal Ball fade into the distance… this calm should have lasted until the spiritual scene ended, the information provided should have been “the teacher had reached the Old World region adjacent to the traveler”.
A change occurred ten seconds later.
Just as the three were leaving the traveler’s view—
The end of the [Old World] erupted with massive tremors, a pale arc spanning hundreds of kilometers exploded with a roar, like a sky collapse, several thousand tons of snow cascaded down, crashing heavily onto the earth.
Gu Shen’s expression became extremely ugly in an instant.
He understood the reason for the traveler’s silence.
As the “Eighth Divine Seat”, this giant’s intuition is much stronger than ordinary beings.
It has long foreseen, there is terrible danger in that direction!
The terrifying momentum stirred by this sudden snow cascade, even across the crystal ball, can be felt to some extent—
And what is despairing is, the three advancing figures hardly had time to lift their heads, their blurred figures were engulfed by the cascading snow cascade!
The final image in the Crystal Ball was the traveler silently gazing at the pale world before him.
The snow cascade engulfed all.
The just stubborn three “ants” were no exception.
The entire [Old World] returned to silence, as it had for thousands of years, even the unusually fierce commotion at the moment the snow cascade erupted… in the river of history, merely a small ripple, fleeting, negligible.
The images of the teacher and the others in the crystal ball disappeared after the snow cascade.
Gu Shen kept staring at that starkly bleak shattered world… but after waiting for a long time, until the end, he didn’t see those familiar three figures again.
Teacher, senior brother, senior sister…
They disappeared in the [Old World].
They were engulfed in the avalanche of snow.
The Empress retracted the crystal ball, interrupting Gu Shen’s viewing, her voice still calm, but somewhat tinged with sadness: “I understand your feelings… to keep watching is meaningless. The Traveler’s memory ends here, these images are the only answer I hold to your questions.”
Gu Shen came for the whereabouts of Mr. Shu and the others.
And the Empress gave her “answer”.
“I have already dispatched Aluer to the super large Disaster Realm in the Moon City Fortress, she will carry my token, and with Rust Bone, act to suppress the ‘Black Hole’, gradually reducing it… from today, the North Continent will launch an offensive on the Moon City Disaster Realm, ensuring the stability of this fortress.”
The Empress gazed at Gu Shen, softly said: “But I can promise you, Moon City Fortress will always leave a door.”
The last image seen by the traveler—
Was Mr. Shu and the other two, engulfed by the sudden snow tide in the [Old World].
There is just such a piece of image, no one can assert that Mr. Shu and the others would die here.
But… the final result, however, is not optimistic.
They had walked into the depths of the [Old World].
Although their specific appearances are unclear, such a team is perhaps close to reaching its “limit” at this moment, under such circumstances encountering a snow cascade… even if still alive, sooner or later will perish.
Leaving a door in the Moon City Disaster Realm is the only thing the North Continent can do.
If they can return safely.
Then… the homeland of the human world will always hold this “door” open for them.
“…Thank you, Your Majesty.”
As the snow cascade descended, Gu Shen’s mind became a blank.
After a long while, he belatedly responded, softly expressed his gratitude.
He knew that the North Continent has done much to maintain hope at the “Moon City” fortress… this year, the fourth legion’s garrison has consumed a large amount of resources, the entire heavyweight fortress has undergone large-scale retreat for the smooth exploration by Mr. Shu.
The song of humanity, is the song of courage.
The Grand Judge resolutely took disciples on the journey to find the oasis.
Then the North Continent will steadfastly guard a door home.
The snowflakes of the Melting Furnace Divine Domain suddenly became a bit cold, Gu Shen felt unprecedentedly weary, he looked up at the Empress upon the throne, confused and bewildered, asked: “Your Majesty… are they… dead?”
With the intelligence and disposition of this young man, he would probably never ask such a question under normal circumstances.
The Empress sighed softly in her heart.
She looked at Gu Shen with compassion and did not answer.
Amid the swirling snow of the furnace, a few seconds later, Gu Shen let out a soft laugh.
He shook his head, and the confusion, bewilderment, shock, and pain in his eyes gradually disappeared.
“I lost my composure.”
Gu Shen had always wanted an audience with the Empress, not only because of his teacher’s whereabouts… he also had many questions regarding the journey to the Duolu River and the secrets of the Traveler’s Tablet…
He could also see it.
Her Majesty the Empress summoned him today, not just to show him this image.
What comes next should be the real “big event.”
However, after seeing the Crystal Ball, Gu Shen could not think about other matters… that image was too impactful, and the information it conveyed was too hard to accept.
He still needed some time to digest it.
In the Divine Domain, the Empress noticed Gu Shen’s peculiarity. She didn’t hurry him but waited gently.
No one had ever received such preferential treatment on the second floor of the attic.
Gu Shen did not keep her waiting long.
After about a dozen seconds, he took a deep breath and seriously asked, “Your Majesty… I wish to visit the Moon City Disaster Realm, may I?”
The Empress’s reply was gentle.
Gu Shen paused and added, “I wish to go right now, may I?”
The Empress’s tone did not change.
On the corridor of the attic’s second floor, flames surged.
The Lord of the Legion, who opened the door for Gu Shen, was a bit surprised; she never expected the meeting to be so brief… this didn’t seem right. Anyone summoned by Her Majesty must have important matters to discuss.
The sea of fire roiled, Dragon Annihilation swirling around, all falling upon one person’s shoulders.
The Lord of the Legion, who opened the attic door, saw Gu Shen walking out of the Divine Domain, his expression unable to conceal his dejection.
Soon after, Her Majesty the Empress’s gentle voice sounded in her Spirit Sea.
“Accompany him to the Moon City Fortress… once he leaves, let Aluer and Rust Bone begin the assault on the Disaster Realm.”
With these words, Purple Rain understood everything.
Her eyes became complicated.
East Continent, Sky-reaching Tree… did such a person also perish in the “Old World”?
“Aunt Wen, Xiao Gu, why are you back so soon…”
Sitting in the first-floor parlor, Lin Lin was still quietly sipping tea. He looked up and saw two figures appear, speaking instinctively.
Then he met Purple Rain’s slowly shaking head.
Lin Lin was slightly taken aback.
In the next moment, he guessed the reason for the heavy atmosphere on the attic’s second floor…
As the Gu Castle Guardian.
No matter how much one disregarded affairs of the Outer Continent… the movements at the Moon City Fortress were known to him as well.
Gu Shen’s teacher was the “Great Explorer” revered by every warrior of the North Continent. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ noⅴelfire.net
That oasis exploration… the most promising exploration…
Has it ended just like that?
Outside the manor of the Queen’s Castle, a medium-sized airship soon arrived.
This was the first time in nearly ten years that the Legion’s long-time guardian of the attic left Central City.
When the airship landed at the entrance of the Moon City Fortress’s Disaster Realm, the entire Fourth Legion knew… the news that Mr. Shu and the two others were caught in an avalanche in the “Old World.”
Over the past year, under Central City’s “non-defensive” policy, the Moon City Disaster Realm spread unchecked.
The “entrance” to this super-large Disaster Realm, and the “territory” it occupied in the “real world,” had reached an unprecedented range—
A nearly hundred-mile-wide inverted bowl, suspended like a barrier, towering into the sky.
Almost reaching the fortress’s iron walls.
The Fourth Legion’s airship hovered in the sky.
Rust Bone General and Aluer stood outside the Moon City Fortress Disaster Realm, these two heavyweight figures personally arriving to quietly welcome Central City’s guests… the airship gradually descended.
Gu Shen saw the Disaster Realm where his teacher disappeared.
The “Moon City Disaster Realm,” sealed by dust for over a year, resembled a snow-white light canopy—
Aluer held an emblem, waiting for a long time.
As the airship landed, she pressed the owl emblem against the light canopy, and in a few breaths, the Empress’s Divine Power enveloped the entire Moon City Fortress… then she stepped aside.
Rust Bone and the Lord of the Legion also slightly turned their bodies.
Countless gazes fell upon Gu Shen.
Gu Shen knew… these three had entrusted him with the right to “open the Disaster Realm’s door.”
He quickly stepped forward.
With raging Chi Huo between his brows, with a “boom,” the fiery light swept across the snow-white canopy—
With a gentle press of his five fingers.
A portal broke open in the Moon City Disaster Realm.