Ye Lan found himself in the middle of a movie theater.
The front, back, left, and right were all wide seats just like his.
Boundless — in fact, most people in the world had logged into this virtual space.
Everyone had the best viewing angle.
But they could only move around in their seats.
In the space, under the bleak and grand background music,
It was the commentator's deep voice.
It was filled with endless pain and sorrow.
No matter how numb a person was, there was no way they could remain indifferent to the suffering of the earth.
There was no way they could turn a blind eye to the plight of the human race … The space was filled with sobbing sounds.
The video continued.
In the underground laboratory, the pale and haggard experimenters dragged their tired bodies and busied themselves in silence.
The old scientist stood in the desolate Gobi and planted the first sapling; at the bottom of the sea,
The divers were collecting samples again and again …
What appeared on the screen was the flickering hope on people's faces every time they saw a faint glimmer of hope. It was also the faint progress they made every time.
Hot tears flowed from everyone's eyes … However, in the end, every effort ended in bitter tears.
Failure, failure, failure … Countless failures, one futile attempt after another.
He struggled in despair again and again.
Amidst the sounds of failure.
Following the orders of successive heads of state to "further reduce the supply of resources" and "replace manpower with machinery",
Also, they had to endure the abuse and humiliation of others.
The silhouette that silently left.
"We have been working hard, we are still working hard, we will continue to work hard …"
In the Night Bar, he could not see. He could only silently listen to the voices on and off the stage. His nose was red from rubbing.
Suddenly, the artificial intelligence system's voice entered his mind. "Someone is looking for you outside. Please log off immediately."
Before Ye Lan could react, he was already out of the virtual space. He then realized that he had been placed on top of a hover car at some point in time. Evidently, it was the fault of his guardian's authority. Otherwise, the artificial intelligence system would have automatically alerted him.
Evening Song got out of the car from the other side and came over to open the door for him. "We're here," he said.
Night Bar held his wrist and got off the car. "Where is this place?"
"Laboratory." Evening Song said, "Time is of the essence. Let's talk as we walk.
In the past two days, Huo Yang bought a lander and some jades. We knew that he was about to make a move, so we used the highest authority to activate his AI to monitor him from all directions. When we discovered that the location where he chose to draw the teleportation array was his room, we lured him out with the excuse of compulsory labor and installed the most comprehensive surveillance camera in his room. It could not even be called a surveillance camera, because this set of equipment could not only capture sounds and images, but also almost all energy waves within a certain range and reproduce them in our laboratory.
"However, our technology is only at the level of synchronous reproduction. If we replay it after recording, some subtle energy changes will disappear. We haven't found a solution yet.
"The teleportation formation is almost complete, but I've made some new discoveries. For the past few days, we had been watching Huo Yang's every move. When he was alone, he would sometimes talk to himself in a low voice. Because what he said was not unusual, we did not pay much attention to it. But today, we found that he was not talking to himself, but to someone or something. He tried to activate the teleportation circle today, but he did not succeed. It seemed that he was asking for advice from someone. However, we did not hear or see anything. "
Night Bar said, "Do you want me to listen to it?"
Evening Song nodded and said, "Ethane did not hear what the purple fairy said that day, but you heard it clearly. If they use the same method to block the sound, or communicate with each other in a way other than sound, maybe you can hear it … It's just a last resort. Let's give it a try. Don't feel pressured. "
Night Bar nodded.
Several doors opened silently in front of them and slowly closed behind them. They took the elevator a few times and walked for half a minute before it stopped. Evening Song said, "We're here."
Another door opened quietly. This time, Evening Song grabbed Night Bar's wrist and led him into the room. He then led him to sit down quietly on the side. The whole process was silent.
There were many people in the room, but everyone was silent. Even their breathing was deliberately light.
Seeing the two enter, many people looked at them disapprovingly. Clearly, they felt that asking Night Bar to listen to the conversation was too absurd.
However, they only looked at him. In the next moment, everyone's attention was focused on the "room" in front of them. To be precise, it was the projection of the room.
Huo Yang and everything in his room were reproduced here.
At the center of the room was a formation made of the Underworld Stone powder, jade, emerald, and jade powder that had been separated from the lander. Huo Yang stood at the side. After taking a deep breath, he carefully placed a piece of jade in the center of the formation.
As soon as the jade entered the formation, a milky white light rose from a corner of the formation. Huo Yang's eyes lit up. However, before the joy in his eyes could reach his mouth, the light flickered twice and dimmed.
Huo Yang sat down weakly and muttered to himself, "I failed again. Why is it like this? I clearly followed Zijin's every step without any deviation … Why did I fail? Why? "
He was the only one in the room. Naturally, no one answered his question. However, his voice grew louder. He said angrily, "Tell me, why? Tell me, why? You brought me back. Don't tell me that you brought me back so that I can continue to hide in this godforsaken place and live my life like a coward! Don't pretend to be mute. Say something! "
Huo Yang was anxious and angry. However, he didn't know that a group of people watching him were even more anxious. Clearly, Huo Yang was talking to that existence. However, even if he answered, they wouldn't be able to hear anything.
At this moment, a sigh suddenly sounded. The voice was cold and childish. It was so childish that it didn't match the long sigh of the vicissitudes of life. "Isn't it good to live? Why do you have to court death? "
More than ten pairs of angry eyes fell on Night Bar. What kind of place is this? Can't you see that no one dares to even breathe loudly? What are you saying at this time? How can you be so insensible!
Some people even immediately gestured for Evening Song to take him out. However, at this moment, Huo Yang's voice sounded again. "What court death? What do you mean? "
It was as if they had heard Night Bar's words in another space.
This, this … they really heard it?
All eyes fell on Night Bar again. This time, they weren't angry. Instead, they were eager.
The young man's voice sounded as he wished. "This old man is reminding you because you've been eager for more than a year. If you don't want to listen, then forget it."
Huo Yang said in a low voice, "Speak clearly!"
"If you really go to the Alien Realm, it won't be long before you die tragically. No, it'll be even more miserable than death. Because your soul will be searched by that person again and again. You'll wail over and over again, begging him to set you free completely … Is this clear enough?"
"Who is that person? Why does he want to deal with me? What deep grudge do I have against him? "
"There's no deep grudge. It has nothing to do with you."
"If he doesn't have a grudge against me, then does he have a grudge against you?"
"Tch, this old man is just a sword. What grudge can you put on me?"
"That's because your former master offended him …"
"Bullshit! My master offended him? It's more likely that he offended my master! " The voice that called himself "a sword" shouted excitedly. Then, he snorted coldly and said, "I might as well tell you directly. That devil used up half of his cultivation to peek into the secrets of heaven. He knew that the fate between me and my master was not over, so he sealed me in the Alien Realm. He wanted to fish out my master … Who knew that after more than a thousand years, he didn't fish out my master. Instead, he caught a little cat fish like you. What do you think will happen to you? "
Huo Yang's expression changed. He said, "What does this have to do with me? He can't be that unreasonable, right? "
"A sword" sneered and said, "Reasonable? That devil roamed the ten thousand worlds. When did he ever reason with anyone? "
"Who exactly is the devil you're talking about?"
"A sword" said indifferently, "If you go to the Immortal Gate, I don't need to say anything. The first thing your master will tell you is this. If you don't go, what's the use of me telling you?"
After a moment of silence, Huo Yang asked again, "Then who is your master?"
"Can't say."
"Can't say?"
"Can't say means can't say." "A sword" said, "In the Nine Provinces and Eight Wastelands, there's no end to it. Whether it's human, immortal, demon, or spirit, who dares to mention those two words? Once those two words are spoken, the devil will come in an instant. At that time, whether he destroys his family or exterminates his family depends on how bad his mood is. "
"He's so overbearing. Are there no righteous cultivators who can stop him? Even if one person can't do it, everyone can work together … "
"A sword" sneered and interrupted, "The corpses of those who were as naive as you are now enough to cover the entire earth. The world of cultivation is truly a world where the strong prey on the weak. If you really go there, you'll know how peaceful and comfortable the earth is. I advise you not to give up your good life and seek your own death. "
This time, Huo Yang was silent for a long time. Finally, he asked, "How powerful is that devil?"
"Sword" sneered and said, "Tell me, how can I tell an ant how powerful a nuclear bomb is?"
Huo Yang said, "How is he compared to Zijin?"
"Sword" sneered, "He's just an ant that's a little bigger than you."
Huo Yang clenched his fists. His expression changed rapidly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "If I didn't know that there was such a thing as cultivation in this world, it would be fine. But now that I've stepped on the road of immortality, how can I be willing to die of old age in a place like this? That devil, if he wants to come, then let him come! "
"Sword" sighed and said, "People just won't turn back until they hit the wall. They won't shed tears until they see the coffin. Forget it. If you want to die, I can't be bothered to care."
He continued, "Although I don't know much about this, I can roughly guess where the problem lies with your formation. This world is short of Spiritual Qi. Not all jade stones have energy. How can you set up a formation with ordinary jade stones? The store you went to before had a bucket-sized, rooster-shaped raw jade stone. The things inside should be enough for you. "
Huo Yang thanked him and stood up as if he was going to leave. But then he stopped and said, "When I first landed in the Alien World, you said you didn't have a soul and couldn't go in with me. Now …"
"Sword" interrupted him and said, "Do you want me to go in or not?"
Huo Yang was silent.
"Sword" sneered and said, "I know what you mean. You want to ask, if you leave me on Earth, will that devil still find you? I advise you to stop dreaming. Do you think he can't even do such a small thing? "
Hearing this, Huo Yang's suppressed emotions finally exploded. He said angrily, "Since you're here to find your master, why do you have to blame me? Are you afraid your master will be caught, so you deliberately use me as a scapegoat? "
"Sword" sneered and said, "Does my master need you as a scapegoat? When my master used me to strike that devil black and blue and make him run for his life, your ancestor didn't even know how to write his own name! If it weren't for my master's old illness acting up, there would be no … "
Huo Yang sneered and interrupted, "He was so powerful, but he still died …"
Halfway through his words, he suddenly shut his mouth with a pale face. A scar had appeared between his eyebrows without any warning, and fresh blood was dripping down from it.
"Sword's cold voice sounded," If you dare to say anything bad about my master again, I'll destroy your soul and leave you without a corpse! "
Huo Yang shouted angrily, "You dare to kill your master?"
"Sword" sneered and said, "Kill your 'master'? Ha! You just used your blood as a sacrifice to gain the ability to communicate with me. You think you're worthy to be my master? However, if you hadn't insulted my master, I wouldn't have minded you living this dream for a few more days. "
Huo Yang clenched his fists and trembled. After a long time, he said weakly, "I know."
"Sword" said indifferently, "It's good that you know. In the cultivation world, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Otherwise, even death would be an extravagant hope … Fortunately, I'm the one who heard this today. If it were that devil, you would have already been sent to the Purgatory of Souls and tortured for eternity.
"Even with me here, you've used up your only chance to be forgiven. Do you understand?"
Huo Yang gritted his teeth and said, "… I understand."
The conversation ended here. Huo Yang went out to buy raw jade stones. His every move was still monitored, but after he left the room, nothing could be captured by "Sword".
A group of people sat in the laboratory and looked at each other. They originally came for the transmission array, but they didn't expect to hear such gossip. One of them smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that the cultivation world is also very deep!"
Evening Song shrugged and didn't care much. For them, the cultivation world was originally unfathomable. Even if it was even deeper now, it was still unfathomable.
But if that sword originally belonged to a foreign world, then what did it mean to bring Huo Yang back? Also, the devil it mentioned used it to lure its master, but in the end, it caught the earth … Could it be that its master was also hiding on earth?
These things obviously couldn't be solved by thinking. Evening Song was about to leave with Night Bar, but he found that he was surrounded by people.
"Little brother, did you hear the sound just now, or did you perceive it in some other way?"
"I clearly didn't catch the sound waves just now. It shouldn't be a problem with my hearing …"
"Little brother, can you stay and do a few small experiments with us? We have delicious food here … "
Evening Song was sweating profusely. He hurriedly separated the people and said, "We still have things to do, so I'm afraid we can't accompany you. We'll come back when Huo Yang comes back. Also, don't you think that the most important thing now is the transmission array, and not how to study how to listen to more gossip? "
"The array he set up is the same as ours. I'm afraid we'll have the same problem … Why don't we buy that raw jade stone first?"
"If you ask me, why don't we just capture him directly and ask him everything?"
Evening Song said, "If we capture Huo Yang now, it's tantamount to provoking the immortals. It's not good for the overall situation. What's more, he has a sword with big trouble … We can't afford any twists and turns now. It's better to stay away from him. Why don't you go find some instruments now and test which jade stones contain energy? "
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