The casino.
A very lively casino.
Jang Young-ho was standing in a café across the street from the casino, sipping on a glass of liquor as he spoke:
"I'm indeed very familiar with this casino — — - after all, it's just like my line of work, an underground industry, so there's bound to be some people I know — — but what's with these lines?"
On the table in front of him was a stack of freshly printed papers filled with lines.
Gu Qing Shan nodded to Crimson Shadow.
Crimson Shadow raised her hand to show the thousands of black threads on her wrist.
"As you can see, each thread on her wrist represents our target. But from the very beginning, we didn't have that many targets, only a single one" Gu Qing Shan explained.
Jang Young-ho was a bit confused, so he pointed at the thousands of threads and asked: "Then why did it suddenly become so many?"
"Because … this is a screening mechanism" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"What screening mechanism?"
"The right person — — - only the right person can approach the target"
"What if it's the wrong person?"
"They will be led by one of the threads away from the true target" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Jang Young-ho and Crimson Shadow exchanged glances and shook their heads.
"We don't understand" the two of them replied at the same time.
"It's very simple — — Fei Yue, I received a reminder from the [Sequence of Chaos] that there is actually a multilayered parallel world technique here, which is why your Fate Thread suddenly split into thousands of threads — — - because each parallel world has its own target" Gu Qing Shan explained.
"I understand a bit, in other words, we have to bypass all the parallel worlds to find the true target" Crimson Shadow said.
"Correct" Gu Qing Shan confirmed.
"What's the method?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"Screening — - I was the one who experienced all of this, so I'm the only one who remembers all the details" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"So we have to match the history that you've experienced in order to find the target?" Crimson Shadow asked.
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"What if we make a mistake?"
"Then I'll enter a parallel world and won't be able to find my real target."
"… The person you're looking for is really cautious."
"Of course."
Chanting an incantation, Scarlet Shadow grabbed all the threads and tied them around Gu Qing Shan's wrist.
"If it's your past … then I won't be able to follow you into the casino, but I can place 'Nostalgia' on your wrist. It will still be active and will constantly remind you of your surroundings," Crimson Shadow said.
"Will it affect the selection process?" Gu Qing Shan worriedly asked.
"Fate is a kind of transcendent power, as long as you don't use it to attack, all other Laws will be able to coexist peacefully with Fate" Crimson Shadow explained.
"Understood." Gu Qing Shan nodded.
Jang Young-ho picked up the script in his hand and looked through it. He took a deep breath and said, "Alright, I have almost memorized it."
"Let's go" Gu Qing Shan said.
He stood up and walked out of the cafe with Jang Young-ho. They crossed the street and entered the casino.
…
As soon as Jang Young-ho entered the casino's lobby, his ears were immediately filled with noise.
He looked around.
"What's the matter?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"They can even get their hands on space monsters now?" Jang Young-ho recited the script.
"Do you know this place?" Gu Qing Shan continued.
"I do, but I'm not too familiar with it. This used to be a place for exchanging information"
"Seems like they've opened a new business"
While they were talking, Gu Qing Shan retracted all the threads in her hand, leaving only a single one.
This thread was transparent and illusory, occasionally showing a black texture.
Lines of glowing text appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan's eyes:
[Attention!]
[You have entered a parallel world]
[The range of all parallel worlds is: the casino]
[If you leave the casino at this point, you will leave the corresponding parallel world]
Gu Qing Shan pulled Jang Young-ho out of the casino.
"What's the matter?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"… I forgot something" Gu Qing Shan looked up.
The clock at the entrance of the casino was quickly turning and returned to a certain point in time.
Another line of glowing text appeared:
[— — You only have one chance to redo, if you still can't pass through multiple parallel worlds, you will lose track of the target's whereabouts]
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts quickly turned. After a while, she sighed.
"What's the matter?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"I forgot something — — the last time we came here, you had the Black Cat with you" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Which means we failed just now?"
Saying so, Jang Young-ho tapped the ground with his hand to summon the Black Cat.
"That's right, we have to summon the Black Cat — — only then will it fit with history — — we can't fail again, otherwise, we won't be able to find the target" Gu Qing Shan said.
"I'll remember my lines and those movements" Jang Young-ho seriously said.
"Very well, we still have one last chance" Gu Qing Shan also became serious.
The two of them entered the casino.
As soon as they entered, the clock at the entrance of the casino began to move again.
Inside the casino.
Jang Young-ho looked around in surprise.
"What's the matter?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"They can even get space monsters now?" Jang Young-ho repeated his lines again.
"Do you know this place?" Gu Qing Shan followed up.
"I do, but I'm not too familiar with it. This used to be a place for exchanging information"
"Seems like they've started a new line of business"
While they were talking, the Black Cat jumped down and disappeared without a trace.
Everything was perfect.
But this was only the opening, making sure that everything matched up perfectly was almost impossible.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at her wrist, only to see that all the black threads were still intact.
A few of the translucent strands disappeared.
"The skill's time is up, it should be here"
Saying so, Jang Young-ho then asked: "Do you have Merit? If you want to enter the central area, you'll need to exchange Merit for chips "
"I don't have much, but I do have enough Merit" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them casually walked in. Very quickly, a waiter came to greet them and respectfully led them to the elevator.
There were a total of 20 elevators in the lobby, each elevator only allowed a single customer to enter at any one time.
The waiter closed the elevator door and asked: "What would you like to play?"
"We — –" Jang Young-ho glanced at Gu Qing Shan.
"The more special, the better" Gu Qing Shan smiled at the waiter.
The waiter narrowed his eyes and stared at their boxes of chips.
Inside the box, the largest amount of red chips were piled up to the brim.
The waiter smiled and said: "Esteemed guests, you won't be disappointed"
He pressed a button at the bottom of the elevator.
– 70th floor.
The elevator quickly moved down, only slowing down after a while.
Ting!
The clear sound of the doorbell rang.
The door opened.
It was a vast lake.
"An underground lake?" Jang Young-ho hurriedly recited his script.
Gu Qing Shan didn't say anything, followed the waiter forward and sat down on a high platform next to the lake.
Along the shore, the platforms were filled with people.
The waiter took out his communicator to ask, then turned to the two of them: "The previous round had ended a while ago, the next one is about to begin, please wait a moment"
Exquisite desserts and expensive liquor were served.
The two of them weren't in the mood to eat or drink, so they silently waited for a while, then heard the waiter say: "It's begun"
A figure was flying towards the center of the lake.
The lake was so vast that halfway through, the figure was already falling down.
Who would've thought that he would suddenly stop in midair, once again exerted some force and continued flying forward.
Gu Qing Shan and Jang Young-ho exchanged glances.
— — this exchange of glances was also something that happened before, so it couldn't be ignored.
A few more black threads on Gu Qing Shan's arm disappeared.
The Martial Eminence landed on the wooden raft at the center of the lake, putting down what he was carrying on his shoulder.
A man who was unconscious.
The Martial Eminence placed a hand on the man's body, then turned around and flew out of the underground lake.
The man began to subconsciously move. He was slowly regaining consciousness.
At this point, the waiter said: "You two may place your bets"
"How do we play?" Jang Young-ho asked.
The waiter replied: "Starting from 0, you'll bet on how long he can live, the limit is 3 minutes — — - once 3 minutes are up, the person who bet on him surviving will win"
"There will be a total of 3 rounds today, the person who wins the most will receive today's grand prize"
"What's the grand prize?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"It's different every day, today it's a part of a space monster's corpse, or a strange person, choose one of the two" the waiter answered.
The two of them exchanged glances.
Gu Qing Shan muttered: "Your God's Chosen Skill is quite impressive"
Jang Young-ho shrugged: "I rely on this to make a living"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the lake, then suddenly asked: "What's under the lake?"
Inside the lake, a 10-meter-long shadow was faintly discernible.
"A Prehistoric Giant Beast restored through genetic modification, it's been starving for 2 days" the waiter smiled and answered.
A middle-aged man stood up with a grin, throwing a glass full of red liquid.
His strength was quite good, as the glass landed right at the center of the lake.
The red liquid spilled out, spreading across the lake.
The black shadow under the lake swam even faster.
Jang Young-ho's nose twitched, muttering: "It's blood"
"Is there no problem with what he's doing?" Gu Qing Shan asked the waiter.
"He can't kill the person in the middle of the lake, other than that, he can play however he wants" the waiter smiled and answered.
On the right side of the platform, the middle-aged man boasted to his companions: "Look, this big guy's not bad at all, last time he managed to bite someone in half with just one bite"
The woman sitting across from him lightly covered her mouth, yawned, and spoke in a bored tone: "Is that so? How scary"
The woman casually turned her head, glanced at the platform next to her and saw Gu Qing Shan and Jang Young-ho.
The woman's eyes lit up.
At the same time, Gu Qing Shan's heart sank.
He noticed that all the black threads on his arm had flown out, circling around the woman.
This woman … has over a thousand parallel worlds on her body.
If anything happens in time, if anyone attacks her, or captures her — — they'll be thrown into the corresponding parallel world!
Such a tight defense …
Right, I remember now.
Her name is Du Guong Qiong.
Gu Qing Shan silently muttered this name.
He quickly remembered what he should do at this time — — -
He abruptly turned around and stared at Du Guong Qiong.
Being stared at by him, the woman couldn't help but tense up, subconsciously not daring to move.
In a trance, her entire mind went blank.
Killing intent.
— — -killing intent from Gu Qing Shan.
Suddenly, the feeling of palpitation disappeared. The woman felt her soul returning to her body.
Only to see that Gu Qing Shan seemed to have realized that he made a mistake, smiled apologetically, and lightly nodded.
His smile was like a stream of warm spring water in the spring breeze. It actually flowed into one's heart. Immediately, one's entire body relaxed, and the ice-cold body gradually became warm.
The woman held her chest, feeling relieved for a while.
This feeling left a deep impression on her.
— — -we're so far away.
She suddenly took out a business card.
"Please do me a favor" she waved at the waiter.
On the other side.
"See, I told you to relax a bit, that killing intent of yours, tsk tsk tsk, you've scared someone this time, haven't you?" Jang Young-ho shrugged, then carefully recited his lines.
"Sorry, I'm not used to being spied on"
Gu Qing Shan put away the spell that Qin Xiaolou taught her and said.
The waiter on the other side of the platform came with a tray.
"Sir, that lady is here to give you some wine, here is her business card"
The waiter put a glass of wine and a business card on the table, then politely retreated.
Jang Young-ho whistled and said: "A glass of Godfather, a card that leads to the deepest part of her heart, seems like she thinks you're a real man"
"That's a strange method, but it's quite effective, I'll have to learn it later on" Jang Young-ho muttered in a low voice.
"It's just a misunderstanding" Gu Qing Shan took the business card and looked at it.
"Fuxi Empire, Zhan Dao Weapons Group, Du Guong Qiong"
As soon as he finished reading, a new line of text appeared on the business card:
[Don't move, wait for me to summon the parallel worlds]
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised, but continued to look at the business card.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Crack — —
There was a crisp sound.
Everything around him suddenly froze.
The void of space opened up as another Gu Qing Shan walked out, observing him: "So there really was another me"
The other Gu Qing Shan gave him a card.
As Gu Qing Shan received it, he saw a new line of text on it:
[Drink the wine in front of you]
Gu Qing Shan did as he was told.
For a split second, he felt himself moving away from the current world.
A notification popped up:
[You've performed an action different from the original history, so you've entered a parallel world]
Gu Qing Shan turned around.
The other Gu Qing Shan had replaced him, sat down in front of him, took out a business card, and looked at it.
[No need to look, he's temporarily replaced you without being discovered by any demons — —]
[And so, we can finally meet again]
A voice came from behind him.
Gu Qing Shan turned around to see that he was still standing on the platform next to the underground lake, there was no one else around — — -
There was only a man in black armor.
"Du Guong Feng — — General Du Guong, it's you!"
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
"Yes — — I'm the Apostle of the Water Era, to avoid the demons, I had no choice but to hide in a parallel world" the man replied.
"The giant corpse?"
"It's my other half"
"So that's why, you've always been fighting by my side"
"That's right … I invited you from another parallel world, he's more than happy to temporarily act as you — — that way, no one would discover my location"
"You're being so careful because the other half of you has fallen into the hands of the demons?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
Saying that, Du Guong Feng's expression became serious and solemnly said: "That is indeed the case. Once this other half of me is also captured by them, your sequence will lose the power of an Era, and I will also become their throne of bones"
"We need to think of a solution quickly" Gu Qing Shan said.
He took out the Primordial Void and placed it in front of Du Guong Feng.
"This is the other Primordial Void that I tried my best to obtain, there are traces of the demons' techniques inside … within the four Eras, you're the most knowledgeable and skillful Apostle, please take a look" Gu Qing Shan said.
Dugu Feng's gaze fell on the glass-like Primordial Void as he slowly spoke: "You've done a good job … Back then, I rebelled too early, so I didn't have the time to learn many of the Evil Devil's techniques. I also didn't have the time to thoroughly investigate their secrets … This Primordial Void will bring us new hope."
He raised the Primordial Void and focused his attention on it.
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