Ji Ruoshui and Huo Ling'er exchanged a glance. Although they didn't talk, they weren't as awkward as when they first met. One of them took the broom from Wang Xiaojuan, and the other took the mop, and they silently started cleaning.
Wang Xiaojuan was handing him fruit and asking about his well-being. Despite her flustered state, the smile on her face kept widening.
"She was saying she'd break Shen Qian's legs before, but now she's laughing more happily than anyone else... Ha, women!"
Shen Liang muttered something to himself on the sofa, then pulled out a magazine from the side and started reading. But he paused as soon as he opened the book, looked out at the dark sky, and let out a very soft sigh, "That brat, I wonder how he's doing now..."
Following Shen Liang's gaze, Shen Qian stood quietly on the balcony, silently watching this scene.
However, neither Ji Ruoshui nor Huo Ling'er noticed him when they passed by him, completely ignoring his presence.
He stood there quietly for several minutes until his eyes were a little wet and he was about to lose control and reveal his form. Then he took a step and disappeared from the Tower of Babel.
"Huh?"
Ji Ruoshui, who was focused on mopping the floor, seemed to sense something and looked up, only to see an empty balcony and slightly swaying curtains.
...
The top floor of the Tower of Babel.
Shen Qian's figure appeared out of thin air. The cats and dogs running among the flowers and plants on the open-air platform only glanced at Shen Qian before continuing to play and frolic.
In a flash, Shen Qian felt as if he had returned to three years ago, where the woman in white was still sitting at the far end of the top floor, smiling at him.
"There's no time left, teacher, I've done my best..."
At this moment, on this deserted platform, Chen Qian, who had always appeared calm and collected, finally showed signs of fatigue.
Above, dark clouds loomed over the city. With Shen Qian's terrifying mental strength, he could see the ever-expanding figure in the universe without even looking up, piercing through the endless clouds.
The fully revived Witch Emperor's figure was already tens of thousands of miles tall. Every meteor or meteorite that he touched with his outstretched limbs instantly turned into nothingness and merged into his body.
The Witch Emperor has actually completely devoured the essence of all the kings and nobles, completing his final awakening. Now, he is restoring himself to his peak state by continuously absorbing all the energy in the universe.
Even so, Shen Qian could only watch helplessly, because even a weakened emperor was not someone he could match at his current level.
During this process, the Witch Emperor is slowly moving towards Earth, which is why his projection above Earth is becoming clearer and clearer. When the Witch Emperor touches Earth, this blue planet, which has been protected by countless human ancestors, may not even last a second before it is annihilated into dust in the river of time.
In Shen Qian's mental perception, there was probably less than ten minutes left.
At this moment, above the blue planet, the figure of Marquis Wuding quietly appeared, followed by one after another. Those figures that used to blot out the sky now appeared extremely small under the great terror that was slowly approaching from afar.
Behind the blue planet, a jet-black warship, barely visible, has set sail. This ark, carrying the last embers of human civilization, is drifting into the unknown depths of the universe.
However, only a few young warriors from the mountains and seas were in charge of everything on the warship, while all the kings and nobles of the human race chose to stay and live or die with their homeland.
Finally, he looked down at the land where he had grown up, and just as he was about to set off for the starry sky, a thought suddenly struck him.
“I have peeked into the teacher’s past and know that he is not actually a native of Jingcheng. He has survived from ancient times to the present day. After the cataclysm, he identified himself as a native of Jingcheng and has lived here ever since, even building the Tower of Babel…”
"Back in the city at the center of the earth, I remember someone telling me that the reason why the Marquis of Jingcheng was stationed in the south was because the Duke of Yanshan resided in the north. There was an irreconcilable conflict between the two, which led to this situation..."
"With your magnanimity and composure, how could you possibly run away for such a reason... If you settled in Jingcheng just to wait for me, it doesn't seem to make sense. Could there be a deeper reason?"
In a flash of inspiration, the photo he had seen at the former residence of the Prince of Jiangling resurfaced in Shen Qian's mind.
As Shen Qian walked to the edge of the top floor, the entire city of Jingcheng was automatically reflected in his mind, with every detail, from high-rise buildings to alleyways, appearing in perfect clarity.
"That photo was taken in..."
Before sinking, he finally turned his gaze to the Jingcheng Museum.
He was startled and finally understood why the background of the photo looked somewhat familiar, yet he couldn't find a place in his memory that matched it.
With a swift movement, Shen Qian traversed several kilometers and appeared at the entrance of the Jingcheng Museum.
Here stands a statue, its face vaguely resembling that of the Marquis of Jingcheng. Chen Qian changed his perspective and mentally compared the statue to the building before him, thinking that if he moved the statue and restored the building to its original state when it was still under construction, it would perfectly match the background of that photograph.
In other words, the Marquis of Jingcheng and the Prince of Jiangling took a photo together here when the museum was first established.
For Shen Qian, the Jingcheng Museum also holds extraordinary significance, as it is the place where he obtained the system, and it was also the starting point for his rise as a border town youth.
His life changed from here.
Why did they take a group photo here?
Shen Qian seemed to realize something and strode towards the museum. (End of Chapter)
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