Chapter 367 Facing the End of the Past
The planet had been torn apart, the sky was burning, the continental shelf had fallen into the molten core, and crazy stars were hanging upside down above the shattered planet. The dying beast slowly passed over the top of the already depleted atmosphere, and passed over the crack that ran through the entire planet - and on the back of the beast, Yu Sheng and his party finally slowly landed.
The back of the giant beast was so broad and boundless that it looked like a huge island floating in the space. An unknown force condensed the last atmospheric structure around the beast to resist the doomsday-like scene outside. On this "land" held up by the beast, which looked like a lonely boat at the end of the world, there was a lush peach forest. At the edge of the peach forest, there were clear spring ponds, bamboo houses and small bridges, which seemed to be man-made.
But the bamboo house had long been deserted, and the clear spring pond was almost dry. When Yu Sheng landed on the back of the fox, the only living person there was Zheng Zhi.
He was unharmed, and was sitting in a daze under a peach tree in the middle of the peach forest. On the stone table in front of him was an unfinished chess game.
"My great nephew!!"
From a distance, Irene, who was sitting on Yu Sheng's shoulders, screamed loudly.
Zheng Zhi, who was in a daze, was awakened instantly. He turned around hurriedly and saw Yu Sheng and others who were sitting on the back of the silver-white demon fox, as well as the figures of Qianji Zhenren and Xuan Che who were flying in the air. A touch of surprise immediately appeared on his face: "Brother Yu! Hey, you are finally here! I thought I was really dead this time!"
Yu Sheng jumped off Hu Li's back and walked quickly to Zheng Zhi. Luna and Rapunzel were the next to jump down. The mermaid was the last to come down and was carried to the ground by Rapunzel using her hair.
“Ah, Long Hair and Mermaid, you two are okay too.” Zheng Zhi was relieved when he saw Long Hair. “That’s great. I thought you two had fallen outside. You would have definitely died if you had fallen out… I’m sorry for getting you two into trouble…”
"To us, you are the one who has fallen 'outside'!" Changfa said quickly, and then looked Zheng Zhi up and down, "Not bad, you are really lucky."
Zheng Zhi raised his hand and scratched his hair, as if he was still a little confused about the situation. Then his eyes fell on Yu Sheng: "Brother Yu, is this the 'foreign land' you were exploring before?"
"In theory, yes, but the scene we saw last time we came in wasn't this exciting." Yu Sheng raised his head and glanced into the distance, seeing the tilted horizon slowly rising from the edge of the giant beast's back. The torn surface of the planet was being silently thrown out under the pressure of the internal molten lava, and a large amount of rock vapor and fine fragments were dissipated into space.
Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at his nephew who was still unharmed because of the protection of the giant beast. "Have you been hiding in this forest? You have been here since you 'fell' in from the real world?"
"Yes, I landed here directly," Zheng Zhi nodded, "and there was an old man here when I first landed..."
Yu Sheng hadn't reacted to the first half of the sentence, but his eyes widened instantly: "What? There's someone? You met someone here?!"
"Ah, yes." Zheng Zhi was shocked by Yu Sheng's reaction, but he still quickly answered, "He looked like an immortal. He said that this peach forest was his and that this was his Qiankun beast. I didn't quite understand what he said. Then he asked me to play chess, but I said I didn't know how to play. He looked quite disappointed..."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the stone table under the peach tree not far away.
The unfinished chess game on the stone table still lay quietly on the chessboard.
There is a "person" in a foreign land? "...I have never seen such a situation before. There is actually a 'person' in a foreign land. I am afraid Red Riding Hood has never seen it before," Rapunzel muttered blankly, then suddenly turned her head and stared at Zheng Zhi, "Where is he? Where is the old man who asked you to play chess?"
"He suddenly disappeared just now, saying that the time had come and the Emperor called him or something," Zheng Zhi answered honestly, "I wanted to ask him who he belonged to and if there was any way to leave here, but I didn't have time to ask."
Yu Sheng and Irene looked at each other.
Qianji Zhenren on the side sighed, his tone quite annoyed: "Oh, delayed, delayed! If we could find this place earlier, I'm afraid we would have a chance to see our ancestors..."
Xuan Che on the side subconsciously said, "Do you think this is..."
Master Qianji did not answer immediately, but suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the tilted corner of the sky above the peach forest.
Xuan Che looked in the direction of the other person's finger, was blank for a few seconds, and then suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"Recognized you?" Master Qianji looked into his eyes.
Xuan Che just opened his mouth, his expression changed a few times with difficulty, but he didn't say anything.
The Lingxi mirror floating next to Master Qianji floated up, and the mirror quietly reflected the scenery in that corner of the tilted sky.
At the end of the horizon, a torn piece of crust was slowly rising into space. The blazing lava formed a burning curtain between the fragment and the planet. On the torn crust fragment, the undulating surface structure could still be vaguely seen.
The mountains are continuous and the peaks are lush and majestic. The former buildings have all turned to ashes.
It would probably be difficult for others to see anything from the twisted and charred crust fragments, but for Xuan Che and Yuan Ling Zhenren, no matter how charred and twisted the fragments were, they could tell their original appearance at a glance.
That is the thousand-peaked sacred mountain that was torn from the surface of the planet.
The huge amount of information impacted everyone at the scene, but just when Yu Shenghuan was about to ask Zheng Zhi for more details, a strange roar and disturbing ground shaking interrupted everyone's actions.
The "giant beast" under their feet suddenly made a dying whimper that was different from before, and along with this strange sound, a violent shaking and a feeling of the body suddenly tilting came at the same time!
Yu Sheng looked up suddenly and saw that outside the giant beast's back, the already tilted horizon was shaking violently, increasing its tilt angle. At the same time, the entire land was slowly "rising", and the sea of lava and the surface fragments that were constantly breaking away from the planet were crushing towards him with an extremely oppressive momentum!
Then, another loud noise was heard from a distance, and a collapsed mountain crashed into the body of the giant beast. Countless fragments splashed out from the side of the beast, and blazing flames rose at the end of everyone's sight like gushing blood.
The mermaid suddenly covered her ears tightly, as if she heard something that made her headache split: "It's dying!"
In fact, Yu Sheng already felt it without the other party reminding him.
The behemoth beneath their feet was dying rapidly, falling slowly toward the disintegrating planet, and as the amazing creature died, the artificial gravity and atmosphere around it began to gradually disintegrate.
The next second, Yu Sheng opened a door beside him without hesitation: "Everyone, retreat!"
No one hesitated or talked nonsense at this juncture. The training of the Special Service Bureau and the high discipline of the Fairy Tale Organization showed their effectiveness. Zheng Zhi, Changfa and the mermaid quickly passed through the door leading to the main hall of Queyun Palace in the real world, followed by Xuan Che.
Master Qianji looked back before entering the gate. The charred fragments of the old Thousand Peaks Mountain were spinning and disintegrating in the dark space. The red starry sky was reflected in the lens group in his eye sockets. He seemed to be recording this scene, and after a moment he stepped into Queyun Palace.
A sea of fire rose at the edge of the peach forest. With the death of the "Qiankun Beast", the protective force surrounding the giant beast was apparently dissipating. Some hot fragments that erupted from the surface into space ignited the forest. The twisted flames spread across the field of vision like a high wall, and quickly engulfed the clear spring pond, bamboo house and small bridge outside the peach forest.
"You guys come over too." Seeing that Hu Li had regained his human form, Yu Sheng nodded and urged Irene, Hu Li and Luna.
Irene was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "... No way, again?!"
"Well, I plan to stay here for a while," Yu Sheng did not hide his thoughts, "This 'foreign land' is of a special nature. Next time I come in, I don't know what the scene will be like. I may not have a second chance to collect information about 'this scene' - you three go first. If Xuan Che and the others ask about it, you can say that I am busy with other things and will go back soon."
"... Fine then, I'm used to you dying outside all the time anyway," Irene sighed helplessly, climbed into Hu Li's arms with ease, turned around and waved to Yu Sheng, "Then we'll go back first, come over here when you're done."
Hu Li stared at Yu Sheng, and after holding her breath for a long time, she clenched her fist and said, "My benefactor, come on."
Yu Sheng: “…”
He felt that the fox and the puppet at home were becoming more and more overreacting to his life and death...
In comparison, Luna's reaction was much more serious - she didn't react.
Yu Sheng waved his hand, sent Irene and the others away, and then closed the door.
He turned to face the rapidly tilting and crushing ground and took a deep breath.
This was the last time he took a smooth breath here.
A strong wind blew up and almost swept him into the air - the last layer of artificial atmosphere surrounding the Qiankun Beast dissipated.
The fire in the peach forest went out, and the last small artificial ecosystem in the world gradually came to a halt.
The giant beast under his feet died completely and turned into lifeless stone like the fragments of planets floating in the space around it. It continued to roll slowly, and some residual reflex in its body was still causing the ground to vibrate slightly from time to time. As gravity failed, Yu Sheng felt his body gradually become lighter.
He looked up and saw that the broken planet was hanging high above his head. The scorching core of the earth was cut out by the force of doomsday, and fire filled his vision. At this moment, it was as if the most basic law of gravity had also "malfunctioned". The magma surrounding the core was gradually showing a strange "blooming" appearance in space, and everything was accelerating away from the planet.
Yu Sheng frowned slightly.
A "drop" of hot lava swept past the giant beast and then crashed directly into the peach forest.
Yu Sheng was roasted to a crisp while observing the Earth's core.
(End of this chapter)
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