At that moment, a few figures galloped through the desert on camels. Gu Jun recognized them to be Peacock's companions, two men and a woman.
Gold, Esoteric and Aquamarine were responsible for purchasing spell books at Dylath-Leen but they returned empty-handed. They were confused by the situation. Peacock obeyed the nightmare man and had Aquamarine call Malachite over. Not long after, Malachite, who was standing not far away, was brought over and he finally saw them.
"There is no time to explain now and I am not too sure myself."
Gu Jun said to the five of them, "Just follow me. I will give you two choices, one is to listen to me voluntarily or two I will knock you out. "
"You?" Gold and the rest were stunned, "Sir, what are you talking about?"
"Don't blame me." Gu Jun's eyes shifted. He tried to use the nightmare energy to knock them out. If that failed, he would have to use the Eye of Abyss. There was no time.
But then Peacock said in a hurry, "Mr. Nightmare Man, let me do the talking!" She begged her companions, "Guys, if we want to get the Pnakotic Manuscripts, we have to do this. We will listen to him this once. Trust me, you will understand. "
Out of their trust in Peacock, Malachite, Gold and the rest agreed after some consideration. Peacock then tied their hands together and blindfolded them with a piece of cloth. Peacock then led them along.
Gu Jun carried the beast hide and the scale. He also had Peacock and the rest tie up the stone with the Ancient Seal and dragged it away.
Malachite and the rest were clueless but Peacock understood the nightmare man's plan. Return to their homeworld through the channel? She could not imagine that.
After all the preparation, Gu Jun followed the Zoogs. After about 500 steps, they arrived at a pile of rocks on the sand. Several large rocks were stacked on top of each other to form a gap. A strange light shone from it, it was very similar to the channel he saw in Kathlyn's memory.
He sighed, the lighthouse would have to use the small medic bag as a cover.
"We'll stop here." The Elder Zoog patted his stomach, "Why don't you leave the camels to us? Just a little gift between friends. " The Zoogs did not want to follow this man anymore. This man was harder to deal with than those cats. Sooner or later, something bad would happen if they followed him.
Gu Jun nodded. Since these Zoogs refused to follow him, they might harm him if he insisted. After all, they were more familiar with this channel than he was.
With the Zoogs watching, Gu Jun walked towards the crack with the crutches. Peacock and her four friends followed behind him.
"Follow me." Once he stepped into the tunnel, his surroundings plunged into darkness. Peacock and the rest followed behind him. He turned back to look, there was only a faint light at the entrance, it appeared to be very far away.
He took a dozen steps forward, but he felt like he was walking on the same spot in the vast sea, but the darkness around him was clearly moving …
The ripples formed strange shapes, and illusions seemed to seep out everywhere. It was as if space and time had been distorted in this tunnel.
Even though Malachite and the rest were blindfolded, they were still surrounded by a strange feeling. They mumbled, "Is this the Pnakotic Manuscripts?" "Where are we going?" "I think I see … ruins …"
"Follow me!" Gu Jun resisted the mental pressure. He gripped the medic bag in his hands and tried to sense the direction. Which way, which way was it?
There appeared to be roads everywhere, like they were supposed to go. The voices grew louder and louder, rushing at them.
Gu Jun whipped his head around and realized he was standing in the middle of a ruined city. The sky was dark, and the roads were filled with abandoned cars. There were … rotting human corpses everywhere. They were dressed in modern clothes, and the masks they wore had turned black from the coughing blood. Gu Jun was stunned.
"No, not this way …" His head throbbed with pain. Was that the future … the era of great change? The future described by the land's traveler …
He whipped his head around to look in another direction. There was another wave of voices. His headache intensified.
Many fragments of illusions rushed past him. A head hung on a bamboo pole. The eyes were gouged out and the face was disfigured. It was him … There were more bamboo poles and more heads on both sides. There was a row of them but he could not make out their faces. Was that Zixuan? Was that Shi Yu?
Gu Jun clutched his head. Death, death …
He seemed to hear the voices of many people singing, "The chaos of Tianji, the birth of calamity, the rise of rebellion, the fall of the world …"
He saw more fragments of illusions … different deaths. He was sliced in half from the waist, he was shot by a gun, he was burned to death …
Were these … the future? His own death? Part of the chaos of Tianji? Which world's future?
Regardless of whether it is the future or not, I need to go back. Gu Jun tried to calm himself down. I need to go back to that world!
However, he felt like there was something he did not understand. Was there something he needed to understand in this chaotic situation?
Another voice seemed to be calling him. He turned around and the illusions around him changed again …
Inside the hall that had turned into a dome, the giant stone arch that was hidden in the shadows made it difficult for him to see the height of the hall. He looked around and saw round windows, arched doors, pedestals and tables. They were all large and wide. Some of the tables were as tall as a normal house.
This did not look like something that could be built by humans.
But most of the things here were large bookshelves. They were all made from black wood. They were arranged in rows. Each row of the bookshelves was filled with large hardcover books of the same size. The spines of the books were carved with strange hieroglyphs, strange patterns, lines, inscriptions and patterns …
Suddenly, he saw a familiar pattern. The Ancient Seal was imprinted on the spine of one of the books.
He was about to take a closer look when he sensed something. He turned around. There was a pedestal and next to it stood a blurry shadow.
The shadow was large and tall. Was it humanoid or was it some kind of strange shape? Gu Jun could not tell.
"Who are you?" Gu Jun asked darkly. The shadow appeared to exist in the future and so did the City of Kindle but they were at different points in time.
Gu Jun suddenly realized the mastermind had transferred the souls of Kathlyn and the rest back to Dylath-Leen. Even though Kathlyn and the rest had no idea about it, their real mission was to help him leave Dylath-Leen and go to Ulthar to obtain the Pnakotic Manuscripts. Then he would come to the City of Kindle to deliver the information about the future and the 3 holy relics to him.
The one pulling the strings behind the scenes was that black shadow.
Suddenly, Gu Jun's mind jolted. 'No!' It was not that he thought this was a thought that invaded his mind but the shadow was telling him …
"Who are you? Why?! " He stared at the large shadow and suppressed his anger and chaotic emotions. "Why are you doing this? How can I believe this information is real? Why don't you just tell me directly? What do you want me to do? "
A twisted voice came intermittently. The language was indistinguishable but it appeared to be the shadow.
"… Wearing a mask … Not bad … Sweet dream, use sweet dream … Change …"
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