Pulled by a powerful force, Gu Jun fell into an unknown place. He could still open his eyes, but all he could see were flickering lights and shadows. It was a bizarre sight.
It was similar to the time when he traveled through the Dreamlands but … it was different.
His surroundings seemed to be crushing him. He did not know what expression he was wearing at the moment, but his heart was clenched tightly. All the blood vessels in his body were bulging, and his head was throbbing in pain. The wounds on his shoulder and abdomen that had just been simply bandaged were about to burst open …
He had no idea how long this state lasted. It felt like a long time but it also felt like an instant.
Bang bang! There was a dull thud of something heavy falling. It was Gu Jun himself. He landed heavily on the hard ground. "Ah …"
Blinding light pierced into his eyes. He narrowed his eyes and looked around. The sun was high in the sky and the clouds were thin. It appeared to be noon. Everywhere he looked was barren brown soil. It was cracked and there was not a single blade of grass to be seen.
This extreme barren scene caused the pores on Gu Jun's body to shrink. He soon recovered.
He pushed himself up from the ground. The soil was very hard. It had been a long time since it rained. All the water had dried up.
Gu Jun had been to many barren places, like the deserts and wastelands of Dreamlands, but he had never seen a place as barren as this. He searched for a long time, but there was not even a single blade of grass. There were no rocks either, only cracked, dry soil. Gu Jun looked around for a long time.
'Where am I? '
'Inside Dirty-minded Yu's watercolor? No, it appeared to be the cross symbol. The painting was the medium to construct a channel. '
'Is this … another world? ' Gu Jun wondered. However, the gravity and light here were not unbearable to him. In fact, they were not unfamiliar to him. However, the air was hot and turbid and the oxygen content was low. He took deep breaths but that only made his lungs more uncomfortable.
He first inspected his wounds. Thankfully, they were not bleeding and he could still move.
Then he made use of the sun to determine his direction.
However, it was pointless to know which direction was north, south, east or west because every direction looked the same.
"Is anyone there?" Gu Jun said. He did not scream because he did not know what was going on. He just assumed that there was someone looking at him and he wanted to talk to them. "I'm here. I heard your signal. Did you drag me here? Please show yourself. "
However, it was as if he was only talking to the air. There was only silence around him. Apart from the constant hot wind, there was no response at all.
The scorching sun seemed to want to roast the earth, and it was already half done. After standing for a while, Gu Jun was so hot that he was sweating all over, especially the two bandaged wounds. It was so hot that it was uncomfortable, and if this continued, it would easily become infected.
He took off his mud-stained jacket and stuffed it into his backpack. There was a 550ml bottle of mineral water, three compressed biscuits, and some snacks.
That was all the food he had now. With the current environment and situation, he had to consider the issue of supplies.
Because it was unknown how long it would take to get out of this wasteland.
"I'm from the Eastern State, so I'll just head east."
Gu Jun made the decision. He grabbed the scalpel for self-defense and headed east. His heart was in turmoil.
'On Earth, I'm considered to be missing, right? The watercolor is not here, so they should be able to find it. Other than that, there are no other clues, but Phecda will still conduct a carpet search … 'He remembered that he had told Wu Shiyu that he would be leaving soon, and he could not help but laugh bitterly. He did not expect that to be a red flag.
Now, whether he could return or not was still an unknown.
And there was that unknown witch, Phantom …
With these thoughts in mind, Gu Jun's head was heavy. He had to get to the bottom of this, and he had to return.
'Perhaps this is still Earth?' He looked up at the sky. When night fell, he would look at the stars, and everything would clear up.
Gu Jun walked in a straight line for about an hour. He had covered about 5 kilometers, but the scenery around him had not changed. He stopped to rest for a while, drank some water, and then continued walking. Another hour passed, and the wasteland still looked the same as before.
However, on the third hour, he finally saw something different. He didn't know if it was luck, but he finally saw something different. It was in the distance.
'There's a flag!' Gu Jun looked at it. There was a pole standing on the ground, and it was a long pole with a flag flying from it.
He missed the binoculars. There was not much water left, and he had no idea how big this wasteland was. If he missed this place, he would not be able to find it again.
Perhaps it was a trap, or perhaps it was a turning point. No matter what, he could only slowly move closer to see what was going on.
Gradually, Gu Jun walked for another half a kilometer before his eyes narrowed … Those were not flags but tattered clothes tied to a metal pillar. Just below it, there was a black iron cage hanging from the pillar as well. There appeared to be people inside the cage … Gu Jun walked for another half a kilometer before his eyes narrowed …
He walked a little closer, and he could vaguely see that the person inside the cage was indeed a person, a dead person.
It was a shriveled corpse that was kneeling, and its hands were tied behind its back. Under the scorching sun, it had almost completely decayed, and only white bones were left.
'It looks like a human.' Gu Jun was very familiar with the human body. Even from this distance, he could see that it was a human body structure, a homo sapiens.
'Where is this?' He looked around again. This was definitely not a friendly place. Hidden behind the barren land was danger.
At that moment, his eyes found something. There was a piece of paper stuck in between the cracks of the dry soil. He walked over to pick it up, and his brows instantly frowned. It was an old and faded public service poster. It was still in good condition, but it was mottled with old blood stains.
The background of the poster was the ocean. There were two dolphins swimming, and the slogan was printed in Chinese, "Protect the ocean, cherish our home."
Gu Jun's mind was in a mess. He looked at the poster and then at the body in the iron cage.
'Is this the poster that the deceased brought? Did he transmigrate to this world like this?
Or is this Earth? '
The deceased looked like he was trapped in a cage and starved to death. 'Who would do this, and why …'
Suddenly, there was an ear-piercing rumble from afar. It was the sound of a car engine, getting louder and closer.
'Someone is coming.' Gu Jun's heart sank, but he was already mentally prepared for this. He had been guarding against the 'flag' from the beginning, wondering if it was a bait. 'Is someone robbing and killing passersby?' If he was caught, would he be the next person to be locked in that cage?
The surroundings were barren and empty. There was nothing to hide or run to. Gu Jun could already see the car roaring towards him. It was a strange, battered, and battered car.
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