The journey back in time was beautiful but extremely long. It was easy to get lost in it.
Traveling back and forth between the fragmented historical fragments was a great test of one's willpower. Be it the emperors, generals, or the unknown peddlers, when one experienced their history, they were no longer just a group of images in historical memory. They became real people with flesh and blood. They had their own joys and sorrows, their own joys and sorrows. Whether it was a heroic epic or a mediocre life, they would leave indelible traces in their own time and space.
As a passerby, Hao Ren tried his best to place himself in the position of a bystander. He maintained a detached, third-party perspective in this journey back in time. He knew that only by maintaining this perspective could he maintain his individuality and walk through the 10,000 years of history without being swallowed and assimilated by the endless historical illusions.
It was not easy to maintain this state. For an ordinary person, this was probably an impossible task. However, Hao Ren persisted with the mentality that he had trained as an "inspector" over the past few years.
Time after time, time after time, they met up with Vivian at different times in history. After that, they hurriedly said goodbye and embarked on a new journey.
Not every journey back in time was worthy of a detailed account, and not every time they awakened Vivian, it did not go according to plan. In any case, Hao Ren and his friends managed to make it all the way. The journey in the Siberian snowfield and the trip to France seemed to have happened a long time ago. After that, they traveled through the vast primeval jungles of the Amazon, crossed the endless desolate Taklamakan Desert, and even drifted in the sea for half a month until they found an ancient city that had sunk for thousands of years at the bottom of the sea. They found the ancient chamber where Vivian's coffin was kept in the destroyed city because of the magic explosion.
They had dealt with the werewolf hermits in South America and fought hand in hand with the descendants of the silver wizards in Mesopotamia against the demon hunters. With the help of Hasse, Hao Ren even managed to sneak into the Asian headquarters of the demon hunters and smuggle Vivian's coffin out of the depths of the Himalayas under the nose of thousands of demon hunters.
The cavalry of Genghis Khan, the palace of Chang 'an of the Tang Empire, the city-states of the Aztecs, one after another famous and almost symbolic things in history flashed past their eyes. Hao Ren seemed to experience the same feelings as Vivian in this constant journey back in time. The whole world was constantly transformed by its inhabitants. Although the sun would still rise every day, the sun would always set on a brand new land. The world of humans and the world of the gods had been reshuffled and reorganized countless times in this ever-changing history. Even the most glorious and great dynasties, which even the rulers themselves thought would be eternal, often could not last for more than a few generations.
The only thing that remained unchanged was the eyes of the bystanders.
"We will meet again in the next era."
Vivian's figure had gradually dissipated in the air. Only her voice seemed to still be in his ears.
After a while, Hao Ren exhaled, got to his feet, and looked at the people standing around him.
Hessiana was carving a piece of grayish-white wood with a knife, seemingly trying to leave a mark on this time-frozen 'matter.' Hasse was carefully checking his demon hunter equipment to ensure that these powerful weapons were in the best condition at all times. Lily sat not far away, concentrating on eating the shrimp crackers and potato chips that she took out from Hao Ren's Dimensional Pocket.
They were currently in a small room with wooden floors, wooden walls, and a wooden ceiling. A slatted window with thick paper was inlaid on the wall next to Lily. When the window was opened, there was only chaos outside. There were no decorations in the room. There was only a short square table in the middle of the room. There were a few cushions around the table. A man dressed like an ancient Chinese general was standing in the corner with a surprised look on his face. His shocked expression had been covered with a layer of grayish-white along with the time and space stagnation.
Hessiana put away the knife and said casually, "The fire at the Red Cliff is really big."
"No wonder Cao Cao lost so badly." Lily, who was not far away, did not even raise her head. "He actually set up camp on top of Vivian's underground palace. Even if Zhuge Liang were to come, I would be able to defeat him."
Hessiana shot back at Lily. "You're just bragging. Do you think you're stupid? Hundreds of thousands of people just stand there and let you kill them. You will tire yourself to death. "
Hao Ren looked at Little Bat, who was bickering with Lily just like Vivian. He could not help but smile. He then got to his feet and walked to the wooden door of the cabin.
"Let's go. The next stop is waiting for us."
The door opened, and a whole new space and time appeared before them.
Hao Ren squinted his eyes to get used to the environment and found himself standing on a wide, straight road.
It was a wide path paved with stone slabs. On both sides of the road were tall, grayish-white houses of stone and wood. The houses had a typical classical Greek style and were extremely exquisite. At the end of the street, there was a huge square with fountains and sculptures.
Pedestrians came and went on the road. Most of them wore white or gray "robes." Part of the fabric of the "robe" wrapped around half of their body and draped over their shoulders, forming mostly decorative draping folds. Women's clothes were more complex in shape, but they were still mainly white. It was not difficult to tell from their clothes that these people lived a comfortable life.
It seemed to be a big city, and the cleanliness of the city was even better than fourteenth-century European cities.
Hao Ren looked back and found that he had come out of a wooden door inlaid on the base of a huge sculpture. This abrupt wooden door was obviously an anomaly caused by the dislocation of space and time. Such a strange way of appearance was inevitable to attract people's attention, especially when it was a bustling city street. Soon, a large number of pedestrians stopped and looked curiously at these guys who 'came out of the sculpture'.
Hasse came out behind Hao Ren. Noticing that there were so many people around, the old demon hunter frowned and waved his hand to release a powerful mental force. "It seems that we have come to a very lively place."
The most common spell used by demon hunters in covert operations was the dispersal spell that Hao Ren found most convenient after Hasse joined the team. Under the effect of the magic power, the passers-by, who had been gathering around a moment ago, seemed to have forgotten their focus and left, shaking their heads in confusion.
Hessiana glanced at the surrounding architectural style and the clothes of the passers-by. She quickly made a deduction. "It should be in ancient Greece. This is … the city of Rome?"
Little Bat's expression changed. The ancient Greek-style buildings around her seemed familiar to her. "Oh, it's been a long time since I last saw it."
Lily looked at her in surprise. "You are familiar with Rome?"
"It was in the ancient Hellas that I became a demon! Then I went to all the cities around ancient Greece and finally came to Rome! " Hessiana said with her arms akimbo. "Wait, let me think … After I became a demon, I first met Lady Vivian in Rome!"
"You're a vampire with a Western Fantasy style. Don't you feel awkward saying that?" Hao Ren's first reaction was to complain. Then, he realized something. "Wait a minute. You said you first met Vivian in ancient Rome?"
"Yes," Hessiana scratched her head. "But I don't remember much at that time. After all, I had just transformed from a little bat, and my brain was not very good. I had no idea what was going on around me. I just vaguely remember that after Vivian found me, she brought me to ancient Rome to make a living. At that time, the city looked like this."
Lily could not help but roll her eyes. "Why is your memory so unreliable? You are just like Big Bat."
"You can't blame me!" Hessiana said with her arms akimbo. "When I went to bed the night before, I was a bat hanging upside down in a hole. When I woke up the next day, I was walking upright. Can you figure out what happened to you? It's good enough that I can still remember the local customs, much better than you who only remember pulling a sleigh in the woods when you were a child! "
"I —"
"All right, all right, can't you two be quiet?" Hao Ren glared at the two of them. It was not easy for the husky to not quarrel with Vivian, but she still continued to quarrel with Vivian's smurf. "Let's get down to business. Hessiana, you said that you followed Vivian around the ancient city of Rome. What era was that? "
Hessiana thought for a moment and said, "Caesar was not dead yet."
"How many rounds have we gone back in time?" Hao Ren blinked and looked at Hasse.
"No need to calculate. It is probably around the first year of the Common Era, within a hundred years." Hasse crossed his arms, but his eyes were scanning the buildings and pedestrians around him. "Based on the style of the pedestrians' clothes, it should be the Roman Republic. The empire had not yet been established, and the streets were orderly. So, there is a high probability that Caesar is still in power. I just don't know if he has become a dictator."
Hao Ren looked at Hessiana and said, "We may have come to a very delicate point in time. Where did you and Vivian live?"
"Damn, it can't be so coincidental." Hessiana was a little confused, but she quickly came to her senses. She looked a little depressed. "It has been more than 2,000 years. How can I remember?"
"Then take your time," Hao Ren said with a relaxed and happy expression on his face. "I'm afraid we can find Vivian who is still awake this time."
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