Chapter 58
Chapter Fifty-Eight
"I just feel that this place is special, there's an unusual energy fluctuation here," the waiter explained.
System 02 had only barely started up before, and many functions were unusable, so Xiao Er's comprehensive testing of Tianji Star could not be carried out and had to be temporarily shelved.
However, due to Xiao Liunian's increased cultivation over the past decade, System No. 13 has acquired a considerable amount of points. Based on the principle that energy can be shared, System No. 02 has also acquired a substantial amount of points.
With sufficient system points, the system's functionality gradually recovered.
Once the detection function was restored, Xiao Er scanned and detected the entire Tianji Star. However, because the energy fluctuations of the snow mountain and Tianji Star were consistent, Xiao Er was unable to detect anything special about it before coming to Chunjin City.
It wasn't until yesterday, after entering Chunjin City, that Xiao Er noticed these abnormal energy fluctuations.
"Waiter! Are we going to be trapped here too?" Da Ju suddenly asked.
Xiao Er didn't answer; he hadn't expected things to develop to this point.
"You didn't even know the specifics, yet you rashly brought Mumu down here. What if we can't get out?" Daju anxiously accused.
“Thirteen, for me, there’s no difference between being here and being outside.” Xiao Liunian smoothed down the cat’s ruffled fur.
Tianji Star was Xiao Liunian's prison, and this place is part of Tianji Star.
Moreover, here, Xiao Liunian has a high chance of finding a new direction—the direction home.
"Moreover, we will definitely get out!" Xiao Liunian's voice was low but resolute.
Upon closer analysis, Xiao Liunian's tone was also filled with excitement for new things.
Xiao Liunian opened all the stones in one go and then took out all the documents.
To the left of the rock formation is a house that is very well preserved, as if it were newly built and waiting for its new owner.
There was a large courtyard in front of the house, with flowers and plants planted everywhere. The waiter guessed that these flowers and plants had always been so vibrant and had never withered or flourished.
"It fits the world's image of a paradise, but I always feel that there is something strange about this place." Daju said in the space. It is a place that many people dream of, but Daju can't like it at all.
"Life and death, changes in form, that's what change is," the waiter said.
Arriving at the table in the courtyard, Xiao Liunian sorted and read the letters one by one according to their serial numbers.
The first page of the first record depicted a very strange creature, neither in human form nor in the form of a typical plant or animal. Xiao Liunian had never seen a life form like it before.
"This is a life form from the Three Hearts Universe," Xiao Er explained after scanning the image on the letter's cover.
"The Three-Heart Universe?" Xiao Liunian asked.
"A universe inhabited by highly intelligent life forms." Xiao Er summarized it succinctly, but it sounded like he was stating a truism.
The record recounts its experiences after arriving here, and also explains how it got here.
Even after arriving here, it did not give up the idea of leaving; it kept searching for a way out.
The record mentions a terrifying 'mysterious power' here, which, if used properly, might allow one to leave.
But it failed to do so because surviving here requires several times the energy, and the most direct manifestation of human energy is vitality.
Ultimately, it died completely before the energy could be developed—it guessed that dying here meant being completely annihilated.
Xiao Liunian saw the date at the end of the signature—a date that had never been recorded in any historical books.
"How long ago was this date?" Xiao Liunian looked up at the waiter, her expression unusually calm.
“One hundred million years,” the waiter said.
"They arrived here a hundred million years ago!" Thirteen exclaimed in surprise.
After receiving the answer, Xiao Liunian picked up the second record. Perhaps to continue the style of the previous record, the cover of this record still featured a portrait that Xiao Liunian did not recognize.
“They are life forms from the Dopp universe,” Xiao Er said from the side.
Xiao Liunian remained silent and began to read the second record in detail. The record began to describe the location of the 'mysterious power' and how to develop it.
Xiao Liunian stared at the date on the document.
"Seventy million years ago." Without Xiao Liunian even asking, the waiter gave the answer automatically.
Xiao Liunian opened the third, fourth, and so on...
The dates of the inscriptions range from 50 million years ago to 45 million years ago, ... then 1,000 years ago, and finally to Tian Yang's record from 500 years ago.
After reading all the records, Xiao Liunian remained silent for a long time, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.
"Meow." Thirteen jumped out of the space and rubbed its fluffy head against Xiao Liunian's hand, trying to transfer some power to Xiao Liunian in this way.
"You, running out like this, what if you encounter danger?" Xiao Liunian picked up Daju and rubbed Daju's head.
"Then you must protect us well." Xiao Er also ran out of the space.
"Let's go and see what this 'mysterious power' really looks like."
Xiao Liunian headed towards the place described in the record. His steps grew longer and faster until he was running, completely forgetting that he could still use his martial arts techniques.
A while later, Xiao Liunian arrived at a completely black stone. Next to it stood many tombstones, all inscribed with "I was here." This was the cemetery for everyone.
Xiao Liunian moved a stone over from the side, brandished his sword, and left the inscription "Tian Yang was here," a unified epitaph left by later generations for those who came before.
Then Xiao Liunian came to the completely black stone. Rather than a stone, it was more like a mountain, a pitch-black mountain barren of vegetation.
Xiao Liunian circled the mountain once, revealing a circular mountain with a radius of about 500 meters.
It is very likely that the entire shape of this mountain is a sphere, but its exact size is currently unknown.
This is the 'mysterious power', Xiao Liunian guessed that it might be a manifestation of some kind of energy condensed together.
I recall what the record says: the 'mysterious power' can be absorbed, but the absorbed portion is only the tip of the iceberg for the entire mountain, and the 'mysterious power' will continue to expand.
According to records, there was no mountain here at first, only a small rock the size of a fist, but now it is a big mountain.
Xiao Liunian placed his hand on the surface of the mountain, and a power slowly flowed into his body from his palm.
Xiao Liunian accelerated the circulation of his cultivation technique, and more and more power surged into his body until it reached a certain limit, at which point Xiao Liunian stopped.
But the mountain was still the same mountain, except that there was a tiny dent where Xiao Liunian's palm had just touched.
Xiao Liunian sat down to meditate, slowly integrating the power that had just entered his body. After a while, Xiao Liunian drew his soft sword, poured all his internal energy into the blade, and then swung it towards the mountain.
The mountain showed no reaction, leading Xiao Liunian to speculate that it was very likely that this mountain could also absorb external forces.
“Thirteen, I have another secret: I am immortal,” Xiao Liunian said.
Xiao Liunian began absorbing the energy of the mountain again. A continuous stream of energy flowed into Xiao Liunian's body, and blood began to flow from the corners of his mouth, eyes, ears, and nose.
"Mumu, stop! Stop now!" Thirteen tried to get closer to stop Xiao Liunian from absorbing more energy, but he was forced to stay away by the power emanating from Xiao Liunian's body.
“I have said it before: I am immortal!” Xiao Liunian said again.
It was said to Thirteen and Little Two, but also to himself.
Let's take a gamble and see if this immortality still works here.
Xiao Liunian had no other choice. She read through all the records left by her predecessors. Although everyone used different strategies to use the 'mysterious power', they all had one thing in common—absorption.
Previous generations absorbed energy by relying on external objects, but Xiao Liunian did not want to use external objects. She chose to use herself as a container to absorb the energy of this mountain.
Xiao Liunian was going to take a gamble, betting that her immortality would still work.
If it doesn't work, then it's another form of ultimate relief.
"Trust her." Xiao Er used his paw to hold down the large orange that was trying to approach.
"Mumu is going crazy! She'll die!" Daju lowered her head.
“She’s been trapped here for so long, she’s gone mad. All her actions are driven by reckless madness.” The waiter looked at Xiao Liunian’s bloodshot eyes.
Destruction or success!
Madness and determination were evident in Xiao Liunian's eyes.
Energy was continuously absorbed into Xiao Liunian's body, and a large amount of blood flowed from the corner of Xiao Liunian's mouth.
"I've died countless times, one more won't make a difference!" Just as Xiao Liunian wished, after shouting these fierce words before her death, she fell straight backward, and the strength in her body dissipated.
"Mumu." The big orange cat vigorously poked Xiao Liunian's head with its paws, trying to wake him up.
Xiao Er also reached his claws to Xiao Liunian's neck, and after confirming several times, Xiao Liunian was indeed dead.
"Waiter, Mumu said she's immortal. Can she come back to life?" The orange cat stared wide-eyed at the waiter, needing a definite answer.
"Yes, we will," the waiter said confidently. "We'll wait here."
There is no night here, only day, yet this daytime makes one feel as if they are in the middle of night.
About ten minutes later, Xiao Liunian opened his eyes and slowly sat up.
"As expected, the immortality worked." Xiao Liunian grabbed two furry creatures, one in each hand. He had died again and wanted some furry companionship.
"What's this about immortality?" Da Ju let Xiao Liunian rub and knead it without struggling at all, already quite used to its host's behavior.
As for Xiao Er, he quickly broke free after Xiao Liunian grabbed him and touched his back, escaping Xiao Liunian's clutches.
"I don't know either, I just know that I won't die before the planet is annihilated." Xiao Liunian had made many guesses about this question, but they were all just guesses and could not be verified.
Xiao Liunian continued to absorb the power of the mountain. The second time he persisted, he lasted longer and absorbed much more energy, but he still died again.
As they continuously absorb and die, they continuously absorb again, in an endless cycle of death and rebirth.
But each time he dies and wakes up, he absorbs more energy.
According to Thirteen's statistics, Xiao Liu died on average every half hour. At first, it took him ten minutes to wake up, but later it took him less than five minutes to wake up.
After dying and coming back to life approximately five hundred times over twelve days, the radius of the mountain in front of him shrank to less than one hundred meters.
"Just as there was the Foolish Old Man who moved mountains, there is now the host who absorbs mountains."
"Mumu, you've proven that with determination and perseverance, anything is possible," Daju praised from the side.
From initially being terrified of his host's near-death experience to now half-asleep beside him, Da Ju expresses his heartfelt admiration for his host in every way.
Xiao Liunian went all out and uprooted the mountain in one go.
After absorbing the last remaining energy of the mountain, Xiao Liunian felt that the power in his body was very abundant, and this upgrade in cultivation was definitely a qualitative leap.
Xiao Liunian also thought of a question: Where did the energy absorbed before this go? Can energy disappear into thin air?
If it didn't just disappear into thin air, then the power absorbed before must have been transferred somewhere. So where exactly was it transferred to?
Could it be a soul? If so, how can one harness this terrifying power for their own use?
Just as Xiao Liunian was pondering these questions, the clouds above his head dispersed, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled violently.
"This place looks like it's going to be destroyed!" the waiter said.
Xiao Liunian picked up the big orange and the little white tiger, instantly left the spot, and returned along the same route.
Fortunately, the rope was still there, and with its pull, Xiao Liunian successfully returned to the top of the cliff.
Looking down from the cliff again, there was now an open space. The cliff was quite low, about fifteen meters high, and the ends of the ropes from before were piled up and coiled on the open space below the cliff.
Xiao Liunian threw a stone down, and the stone smashed through the snow, revealing the earth beneath.
The places they had visited before vanished instantly.
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