Chapter 117
Everything in front of him was covered with a layer of blood. Cen Xun wiped the blood off his face, and in the blink of an eye, the blood-stained human and the black and white egg disappeared.
Wu Jin was shocked when he saw Cen Xun's face covered in blood, and hurried over to wipe his face: "Brother, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Cen Xun had a splitting headache and raised his hand to press the swollen and painful solar plexus: "Let's go out first."
Wu Jin quickly agreed and pulled him out. Cen Xun wiped his face while calmly thinking about what he had just seen.
Humans call the egg in the rock wall the "divine fetus", which means that if nothing unexpected happens, the egg will become a "god" after hatching.
But the fact is, the black and white eggs were dug out from the rock wall by unscrupulous humans before they could hatch. If nothing unexpected happens, the final fate of this "god" should be an unfortunate stillbirth.
Combined with the legend of "Sacrificial God Village"
Cen Xun roughly understood what was going on.
According to Cen Xun's guess, this is what happened.
A monster appeared in "Guining Village" and the [divine fetus] was born. The monster was driven away and "Guining Village" was renamed "Sishen Village".
Then, human researchers discovered and dug up the [Divine Fetus]. The Sacrificial Village lost the protection of the [Divine Fetus] and in desperation changed the sacrifice to a living sacrifice, which attracted the God of Creation, Chaos.
Chaos chose this village as the venue for the succession ceremony, and the entire village was pulled into the nightmare world.
Of course, these are just Cen Xun’s guesses. He is unable to verify the truth for the time being.
Perhaps because two gods had appeared here, the aura of this place was too chaotic, and it was difficult for the Eye of All-Seeing to function normally here. Cen Xun estimated that his eyes had reached their limit, so he had to give up.
Cen Xun and Wu Jin returned the same way. The moment they emerged from the cave, Feng Jihan, who was guarding the cave, noticed blood on Cen Xun's lapel. He immediately stopped caring about whether it was a ghost or not and went forward to check on Cen Xun's condition. He covered his eyes with his hands and asked while using his skills to heal him, "What happened? Were you attacked down there?"
Cen Xun felt the heat on his eyes and did not answer. Instead, he closed his eyes, sighed, and murmured, "Birds are easily bullied."
If nothing unexpected happens, the creature in the egg is probably Feng Jihan.
You didn't know how to fight the bad guys when they came, so you deserve to end up like this.
Feng Jihan was confused. He released his hand that was covering Cen Xun's eyes and confirmed that he had recovered. Then he asked him, "What kind of bird is so easy to be bullied?"
Cen Xun looked him up and down, feeling a little unsure.
After all, Feng Jihan's physiological state is indeed closer to that of humans. Although he is very strong, he is far from the level of a "god".
Cen Xun asked him in return, "Do you know what bird the bird gene injected into you came from?"
Feng Jihan was even more puzzled: "Didn't I tell you it's an unknown rare bird?"
"Indeed, it's so rare that there might only be one in the world." Cen Xun pulled him to the edge of the cave: "Come down with me, I'll show you something."
Letting the others stay outside the cave, Cen Xun took Feng Jihan down the cave and back into the cave.
After landing, Cen Xun turned on the flashlight and clearly felt Feng Jihan beside him startled for a moment. Cen Xun turned his head to look over and asked with interest, "Do you feel anything special?"
Feng Jihan took a long while to come back to his senses, and replied hesitantly: "It is indeed different from the time we entered the cave ten years ago."
Is it because of the different furnishings? It doesn't seem so. Feng Jihan vaguely feels that this place gives him a different feeling.
Ten years ago, when Feng Jihan walked into the cave, he only felt a heavy sense of oppression. Although he used some means to force his way into the succession ceremony, he still could not deceive the eyes of God.
But this time
Feng Jihan reached out and touched the cold, hard stone wall, thinking, "I have a feeling that I can't quite put into words. I didn't feel it in that cave ten years ago."
Cen Xun shone his flashlight forward and said leisurely, "That cave is a replica of the nightmare world, and this one is the original. Guess what I just found in the original cave?"
Feng Jihan followed him forward and cautiously guessed: "Chaos's divine body?"
"wrong."
"Chaos's relics?"
“That’s not right.”
"The body of your fifth brother?"
"wrong."
Feng Jihan really couldn't guess, so he said helplessly: "Please reveal the answer quickly, Teacher Cen."
Cen Xun said calmly, "We found a place that looks like a bird's nest."
Feng Jihan: “???”
With a lot of questions in his mind, Feng Jihan followed Cen Xun into the cave behind the shrine and came to the hole in the rock wall.
The bright light of the flashlight illuminated the hole in the rock wall. Cen Xun said, "There used to be an egg here that humans called the 'Divine Fetus'. I don't know when it was dug up by humans. Do you have any idea about this?"
"Feng Jihan looked at the hole and was completely speechless.
Cen Xun folded his arms and said, "Old Five traveled a thousand miles to this small mountain village. He must have a purpose. Perhaps it's related to this [Divine Fetus]."
Feng Jihan finally sorted out his thoughts: "So, you think that [Divine Fetus] is me?"
Cen Xun: "It does look like a bird's egg."
The pattern is also black and white. In short, it looks very suspicious.
Feng Jihan didn't think this guess was reliable: "But I am indeed a human being. Didn't you pierce my heart several times before?"
Cen Xun: "It's hard to say. If humans extract your soul and put it into a human body, they can also achieve the same effect."
The more he talked, the more mysterious it became. Feng Jihan looked at the hole in the rock wall and said slowly, "If that's true, the research institute might have kept some information about the egg. I have to go back and check it out."
Cen Xun then asked, "Didn't you discover the most crucial problem?"
Feng Jihan's eyes moved slightly and he turned to look at Cen Xun.
Cen Xun curled his lips and said, "If you are truly a [Divine Fetus], you are clearly a god, but you are using a human body. Then where did your divine body go?"
In fact, there is no need to ask. The egg was taken away by humans. Where else could it be except in human hands?
Feng Jihan sighed: "The number of outrageous things has increased."
"Don't be discouraged," Cen Xun encouraged him softly, "Keep looking, you might be able to find some inheritance."
Feng Jihan was hurt by the word "legacy". He felt angry and amused at the same time. In the end, he accepted his fate and began to grope on the empty rock wall.
The location of particular concern was, of course, the hole in the rock wall. Feng Jihan, skilled and bold, reached in and explored. He didn't know what he touched, but his tone suddenly changed: "What is this!"
Upon hearing this, Cen Xun immediately walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It seems like there's a suction force," Feng Jihan said solemnly, "I can't pull my hand out."
"I'm going to be sucked in." Feng Jihan supported himself on the rock wall with his other hand, as if fighting against some force: "Save me."
Cen Xun actually believed it at first and helped pull his arm out. The atmosphere was very tense for a while, but after a while, Cen Xun suddenly realized something was wrong and asked suspiciously, "You're acting, right?"
Feng Jihan finally couldn't hold it back any longer. The corners of his lips, which had been suppressed, suddenly rose. He sleekly withdrew his arm, spread out his five fingers, and showed Cen Xun the white ball of light in his palm: "Bingo, surprise legacy."
"Cen Xun slapped him in annoyance.
Feng Jihan felt good after receiving this slap.
Cen Xun looked at the thing in his hand: "What is this?"
Cen Xun recognized these white balls of light. They were originally wrapped around the egg, but they dissipated when human hands approached. He didn't expect that after so many years, the ball of light was still there.
"You can think of it as a placenta," Feng Jihan said. "It's used to provide some nutrition and protection, but now that it has no fetus to protect, it can only be considered a defensive tool at best."
Cen Xun's gaze fell on the ball of light. His face was illuminated by the brilliant light, making his amber eyes appear extremely translucent. "Could it be that the Walker came here just to look for this item?"
"It's possible," Feng Jihan nodded, "but how did he know there were props here?"
Cen Xun couldn't figure it out, so he gave up: "Forget it, let's go out first."
According to Zhou Mian's prediction, the [Walker] will appear in the cave tomorrow. As for the exact time, Zhou Mian is not sure, so all Cen Xun has to do next is to sit back and wait.
Since the back mountain had too much impact on Tong Ming, everyone withdrew from the mountain and found a place to rest.
Tong Ming recovered a bit and immediately started gossiping about Cen Xun's experience in the cave. Cen Xun briefly explained what happened, and Tong Ming couldn't help but sigh, "Fourth brother, your luck is incredible. You could have talked to anyone else, but you had to talk about such a weird thing."
Feng Jihan immediately pointed at Tong Ming and complained to Cen Xun: "Brother, he said I was a weird thing."
Cen Xun warned Tong Ming calmly: "Don't talk about him."
Others: “It’s like smelling tea.”
These two are really a perfect match, one dares to speak and the other dares to protect.
Tong Ming was angry at his lack of fighting spirit: "Fourth brother, just spoil him!"
Feng Jihan openly leaned his head on Cen Xun's shoulder and looked provocatively at Tong Ming, who was jumping with anger.
Zhou Mian sat aside, watching them while opening a tube of nutrient solution.
In order to travel light and save time, Zhou Mian only brought two tubes of nutrient solution, and so did Su Mingqi and Feng Jihan.
There were indeed no conditions in the wild mountains and wilderness, so Cen Xun didn't say anything. While Feng Jihan was opening the nutrient solution, he turned on his phone and started an online meeting.
Due to the large number of monsters escaping through the space channel, causing countless casualties, the Heresy Monitoring Bureau had to announce the existence of monsters to the public. This caused the public's perception of the nightmare world to become extremely bad, and the public opinion circulating on the Internet was very detrimental to the long-term development of Nightmare University.
Therefore, Qin Xiu suggested conducting public relations to create a more positive image for Nightmare University as soon as possible. If Nightmare University does not speak out in time, the public who do not know the truth may very likely put all the blame on Nightmare University.
Cen Xun agreed with this view: "Dean Qin, have the PR department prepare a draft. They must completely shift the blame and clearly state Nightmare University's position."
Qin Xiu asked, "Do we need to disclose to the public that we are dealing with the space channel?"
"Disclose it." Cen Xun thought for a moment and said, "Prepare another draft. Once I capture the Walker and close the space channel, send it out immediately. Don't let the Heresy Monitoring Bureau take any credit."
Qin Xiu seemed to laugh: "I understand."
Feng Jihan finally saw Cen Xun's working state when he was the principal. He was vigorous and decisive, and still had the evil and woolly style that he was very familiar with.
The meeting lasted for more than two hours. In the middle, Zhou Mian took out his mobile phone to check the social software and found that the term #Nightmare University Statement# had become the number one hot search, followed by the word "explosion" that was red to black.
This efficiency is too high.
Zhou Mian clicked on the entry curiously. Perhaps it was a server crash or a poor signal, but the page became extremely laggy. While Zhou Mian waited patiently, Tong Ming rested his chin on his shoulder and stared at the blank screen with him. "Want to see the content of the statement? I can read it to you right now."
Zhou Mian felt the weight on his shoulders and said calmly, "I want to see it myself."
Tong Ming refused to listen and deliberately gave him a spoiler in advance: "To all human players, recently, strange monsters have appeared in many places in the real world. After our school learned of this, we immediately launched an investigation. After investigation, we found that the incident was caused by a major war force outside the school."
"Our school attaches great importance to this vicious incident and has dispatched a specialist to urgently apprehend the relevant monster."
Before Tong Ming finished speaking, Zhou Mian's phone screen flashed and a statement finally popped up. The content was exactly the same as what Tong Ming said.
"Zhou Mian sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Tong Ming, you are really annoying."
Tong Ming chuckled in his ear: "Zhou Mian, seeing you unhappy makes me happy."
The comments section was full of mixed reviews, with some questioning and some praising. Zhou Mian didn't read much and just swiped away. No matter how fierce the arguments were at this time, it would hurt his face when he got slapped in the face.
Because Nightmare University really sent a "specialist" to catch ghosts.
As the sky gradually darkened and everyone was bored waiting, Feng Jihan simply asked Wu Jin to play games with him. Wu Jin was so impressed by Feng Jihan's gaming skills that he quickly changed his tone and called Feng Jihan "Fourth Sister-in-law" as soon as the second game ended.
Feng Jihan responded with a smile, thinking that no wonder Cen Xun favored the youngest among so many brothers and sisters. This unfortunate child was indeed interesting when he was not causing trouble.
The evil ball of yarn likes those kind of good kids who are not cunning and are more obedient.
As night fell, there was no light in the village and it was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face. Feng Jihan stood up and said he was going to collect some firewood.
And then he never came back.
"Fourth sister-in-law has been gone for too long," Wu Jin was still waiting for Feng Jihan to come back to play games with his group. Unable to wait any longer, he volunteered to stand up and say, "I'll go find him."
Half an hour later, Wu Jin and Feng Jihan still hadn't returned.
Su Mingqi said in a deep voice: "Something must have happened."
"I'll use my skills to check." Tong Ming reluctantly opened his all-seeing eyes. After a few seconds of silence, he slowly said, "No need to look for them. They've both been teleported away."
Zhou Mian and Su Mingqi: "If you can't defeat the enemy, just make them disappear. What a simple and unpretentious tactic."
Cen Xun's face showed no surprise. He shone a powerful flashlight around him and asked, "Aren't you coming out yet?"
The flashlight swept around and when it returned to the starting point, a tall figure suddenly appeared in the light range.
The man was wearing a neat black suit, with a few silver-white hair showing under his hood. He had his hands in his pockets, a cold expression, and his dark blue eyes looked at them without any emotion under the light.
This scene was no less than the jump arena in a horror movie. Zhou Mian was no more experienced than the others present. He was completely unprepared and was directly frightened.
Tong Ming still laughed at him at this time: "We knew you wouldn't be very courageous, why are you so timid now?"
Zhou Mian had a blank expression on his face. As an ordinary human being, wasn't it normal for him to be suddenly startled?
[Walker] then began to flash forward continuously. Every time his figure disappeared, he would be closer to them when he reappeared. This rapid movement caused Cen Xun and Su Mingqi's attacks to miss repeatedly, and they could only watch [Walker] flash in front of them.
The Walker still had that cold look on his face. He put his hands in his pockets and glanced at Cen Xun. His cold eyes finally showed some fluctuations. He frowned slightly and pursed his thin lips.
Just when everyone thought his first words would be provocative, a displeased male voice rang out: "What are you wearing? It's ugly."
The next second, the floral shirt on Cen Xun was swept away, and replaced by a white shirt full of design sense.
The frown on his face relaxed, and the Walker finally revealed a hint of satisfaction: "That's right."
Others: ""
In the dead silence, only Tong Ming gave a thumbs-up in appreciation: "Six, Fifth Brother, you are still classy."
Cen Xun picked up the unfamiliar clothes on his body, and his face became extremely gloomy.
His new shirt, his favorite in the wardrobe, had been worn for less than a day!
"Old Five," Cen Xun asked gloomily, emphasizing each word, "Do you want to die?"
A hint of arrogance shone through the cold eyes of the Walker: "If you want to kill me, then it depends on your ability."
Cen Xun said nothing as thousands of puppet threads rushed straight towards his face.
[Walker] did not dodge or evade, but snapped his fingers and opened a portal directly under Cen Xun's feet, intending to use the same trick again and send Cen Xun thousands of miles away.
Cen Xun indeed disappeared on the spot as he expected, but the next second, the feeling of severe pain still came from his chest.
The Walker's pupils trembled slightly. He looked down and saw his chest was pierced. His sinister fourth brother, who should have been teleported away, stood before him. He inserted the puppet thread into his body and stirred it maliciously, while smiling and asking him, "Is this ability enough to kill you?"
How could it be
[Walker] quickly realized that he had been deceived by Cen Xun's skills.
[Walker] had actually heard of Cen Xun's main skill [Illusionary World] a long time ago. It was said that [Illusionary World] could silently create an illusion that was so realistic that people trapped in it could not easily detect it, let alone escape.
At that time, he thought it was just an illusion and not very aggressive, so he didn't take it seriously. It was not until he experienced it himself that [Walker] realized how difficult Cen Xun's skill was.
The severe pain in his chest kept reminding him of the danger of Cen Xun. The Walker immediately pulled back, quickly distanced himself from Cen Xun, and at the same time compressed the space where Cen Xun was, trying to trap Cen Xun to death inside.
In the previous second, [Walker] clearly saw Cen Xun being squeezed into a bloody mist, and in the next second, his arms were cut off at the roots by the sharp puppet threads.
"Is this all you have, Lao Wu?"
Cen Xun's ghostly voice appeared behind him, mixed with undisguised murderous intent. [Walker] opened his eyes wide, unable to understand what was going on.
If everything he saw was an illusion, then where was Cen Xun's true identity?
The puppet threads that pierced him were obviously real, so why was Cen Xun, who used those puppet threads, fake?
[Walker] always adhered to the principle of running away if he couldn't win. Seeing that the development of things was really weird, he didn't want to fight anymore and immediately opened the portal to escape.
His terrifying fourth brother finally disappeared, and the Walker breathed a sigh of relief. Arms grew back from the cracks in his arms. The Walker walked in the dark cave, ready to leave as soon as he found what he was looking for.
As he was walking, the [Walker] bumped into someone.
The man turned around, wearing the designer white shirt he had personally selected. His smiling face looked no different from a demon to him. "Fifth brother, what are you looking for? Fourth brother will help you find it."
This scene caused a crack to appear on the usually calm face of the Walker: "This is impossible. How can you possibly keep up with me!"
"Nothing is impossible." Cen Xun looked behind him: "If you don't believe me, just look."
[Walker] turned his head slowly and saw Feng Jihan and Wu Jin, who had clearly been teleported away by him, standing in the shadows not far away, also looking at him with a smile.
""
"This is impossible! This is impossible." [Walker] muttered absentmindedly for a moment, and then, while Cen Xun was not paying attention, he activated his skill again. This time, he directly teleported himself to a classroom thousands of miles away.
[The Traveler] hurriedly ran down the stairs, but unexpectedly, Cen Xun's figure appeared again at the corner.
Before [Walker] could speak, the puppet thread cut off his arms again.
[Traveler] endured the pain and escaped again. This time he escaped to a small island. He thought he could finally get rid of Cen Xun. He just breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, only to run into Cen Xun who was standing behind him.
The puppet silk wrapped around Walker's neck, and Cen Xun said quietly, "Now, apologize to my shirt."
The Walker reached out and grabbed the puppet strings that were tightening around his neck. Suddenly, as if he had figured something out, he raised his eyes sharply, "I know, this is all a dream you created!"
Cen Xun looked at him with pity: "Have you just figured it out now?"
[Traveler] was slightly startled.
The next second, he was mercilessly thrown into the sea by Cen Xun.
The seawater that kept pouring into his mouth and nose turned into sharp black and white threads. The Walker struggled subconsciously, but the surrounding seawater kept pouring in, wrapping him layer by layer, making him like a prey entangled in a spider web, unable to break free no matter what.
[Walker] suddenly opened his eyes and found himself almost wrapped like a cocoon. Cen Xun was standing leisurely opposite him, still wearing that ugly floral shirt. Feng Jihan, Tong Ming and others were standing not far away, watching the excitement on their side with their arms folded.
The most important thing is that the [Traveler] discovered that he was still outside the village and had not entered the village at all!
In other words, his memories after entering the village were all false dreams. As early as when he appeared outside the village, he had already been tricked unknowingly.
While he was running frantically in his dream, Cen Xun had already caught his sleeping body in reality.
Without any effort.
The Walker's grim expression slowly cracked, refusing to accept the fact that he had been defeated so suddenly.
Cen Xun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Old Five, do you have anything else to say?"
The [Traveler] gritted his teeth and said, "You are despicable and have no moral principles."
Cen Xun said calmly, "I'll take it as a compliment."
"Who asked you to open the space channel?" Cen Xun narrowed his eyes: "[Time], or [Fate]?"
The traveler refused to answer, clearly unwilling to cooperate: "You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."
Cen Xun didn't care about his attitude and smiled coldly: "Okay, wait until I eat you, and then I can figure out the whole story."
Cen Xun always does what he says. As soon as he finished speaking, the puppet thread tightly wrapped around the Walker began to drain the power from his body.
Seeing this, the Traveler's face showed no panic, but instead a slightly mocking expression.
Cen Xun frowned slightly, realizing that something was wrong. Just as he was about to stop extracting power, something strange happened. Streams of golden light suddenly appeared from the Walker's body, moving along the puppet thread at an extremely fast speed.
It hit Cen Xun suddenly.
Feng Jihan's expression suddenly changed. Before anyone could react, he decisively deployed the Godless Domain, completely covering Cen Xun and the Walker.
"Cen Xun!" Feng Jihan strode forward, embraced Cen Xun who was staggering backward, and immediately used the [Great Healing Technique] on him.
This skill had some effect on Cen Xun, but not much.
Feng Jihan stared blankly at Cen Xun in his arms.
Her waist-length hair had shortened considerably, and her once beautiful face had become youthful.
In just a short while, Cen Xun's face had visibly become several years younger, as if he had regressed to the age of 1819.
Cen Xun himself seemed a little slow to react, and he looked at his hands.
The ring mark on the ring finger disappeared.
"Congratulations, Fourth Brother," Walker said sarcastically, "You took my bait and fell into Second Brother's trap."
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