Chapter 1075: Chapter 119: How Can There Be an Immortal’s Path in This World (81) — The Wrong Question
The cave was unusually quiet, and Daoist Baijie silently watched this strong-willed boss.
He suddenly realized that it wasn’t just quiet here—it was deathly silent.
Daoist Baijie was suddenly startled—besides himself, the boss, and Mister Da Zhe, everyone else here, including Huang Baifu, Cang Jinshui, and Qu Xinghe, had not moved at all.
They seemed to have bee statues in an instant… Daoist Baijie was horrified inside.
The terrifying thing was that they were probably not only unable to move but their thoughts might have even been halted.
The transaction details must not be disclosed, and the club would not proactively reveal the contents of the transaction. But if the master voluntarily spoke of it, it didn’t seem to be within the club’s concern.
So, at least for now, when Luo Qiu was present, everything had e to a standstill.
“If there are no issues, let’s proceed to evacuate the related personnel,” noticing Daoist Baijie was silent, Luo Qiu intended to conclude the brief explanation, “Old Sir?”
“Wait a moment.” Daoist Baijie furrowed his brow, earnestly saying, “Is there really no way to manipulate things in this? Boss Luo, rules are inherently set, and naturally, there are situations that can be changed… there must be loopholes. Every life here is so precious.”
Luo Qiu quietly regarded Daoist Baijie’s gaze.
After a while, he slowly said, “There is room for manipulation, but I’m not sure if you would choose it.”
Daoist Baijie quickly said, “Please, tell me!”
“Hmm… considering the services you purchased, they’re primarily of two aspects. Firstly, safely evacuating all members here from both sides of the Taoist and monster factions. Secondly, we won’t do this indefinitely, so there’s a set time limit—within 36 hours. So, by shortening the time I serve you, but at the same time increasing the number of people evacuated… what do you think?”
Daoist Baijie couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
The appearance of the Management Bureau here was far beyond Daoist Baijie’s expectations. He didn’t even know that besides the factions of Taoist and monsters, the Management Bureau was also involved here… So, aside from the Management Bureau, were there more people involved because of the Spiritual Energy Jade Dragon Pillar?
Can all these people be safely evacuated within 36 hours of service time?
If the service time is reduced to safely evacuate the people from the Management Bureau, then will there be enough time to evacuate others… is there anyone else worth worrying about?
If the Management Bureau personnel are evacuated now… will the club be able to evacuate all the Taoist and monster factions within the shortened service time as originally agreed in the contract?
Or, due to the shortened service time, would some Taoists who could have been rescued end up outside the service time?
Daoist Baijie couldn’t help but furrow his brow.
No… even if the service time is shortened, and this batch from the Management Bureau is added, the content of the original contract allows the club to evacuate the Taoists and monsters successfully!
The key is, is there anyone else here besides the Management Bureau and the Taoist and monster parties… if parts beyond can’t be evacuated after the service time expires…
However, why is there a regulation on the service time?
Daoist Baijie once again looked at the youthful-faced boss—he could not read any meaning from the boss’s expression.
The power of this boss had pletely surpassed Daoist Baijie’s imagination; he even felt that the boss could have instantly evacuated all the Taoists and monsters trapped here safely… Yet, instead, he placed a time limit on the service—all this service time also counted towards the transaction he needed to pay for.
Profit!
Suddenly, Daoist Baijie understood the crux of the matter; the other party was fully capable of pleting it instantly but adding service time meant needing more service fees!
Why would Boss Luo inform him?
Could it be that he’s hinting to him that this additional profit could somehow be conceded back?
Wang Hu said this person is sincere and genuine, and it seems true.
Daoist Baijie’s brow gradually relaxed.
Luo Qiu quietly said at this moment, “It seems you’ve made a decision, old man, haven’t you?”
Daoist Baijie solemnly nodded, “I… am willing to shorten the service time to allow for the safe evacuation of all the Management Bureau’s members.”
“I understand.” Luo Qiu nodded but suddenly asked, “But before that, I’m quite curious… why did you make this choice, old man?”
Daoist Baijie said slowly, “Boss Luo, wise men don’t speak in riddles… you need to earn some profits; otherwise, this business cannot be run. All businessmen globally aim for profit… I understand this very well. Boss Luo has already reminded me about the possibilities in the service time part… How could I pretend not to know? Your principles can’t work for free… I’m not stingy either. So, thank you, Boss Luo.”
“I see…” Luo Qiu nodded, not saying anymore, “They can move shortly, there’s ten minutes before the exit closes, if there’s anything you want to say, just say it… I won’t linger.”
As he spoke, Luo Qiu walked towards the cave entrance, and Mister Da Zhe, after scratching his head, also followed—when both Luo Qiu and Mister Da Zhe had left, time inside the cave seemed to resume its flow anew.
But seeing the departing silhouette of Luo Qiu, Daoist Baijie felt there was something not quite right… just that time was too rushed, he couldn’t grasp that fleeting gleam of insight.
At this moment.
Hong Ling blinked, and Huang Baifu… Wang Hu’s brow just furrowed.
Some people had their chest movements restored, and some took steps forward… the static world instantly turned vibrant.
“Just now, did something happen?” Cang Jinshui softly asked Qu Xinghe.
Qu Xinghe looked around confusedly, discovering Mister Da Zhe was gone at some point, seemingly another young guy should have appeared just now… memory seemed a bit hazy.
But the distorted space exit still remained.
At this moment, Daoist Baijie sighed in relief, sternly said, “Everyone, don’t waste time; this exit only lasts for ten minutes.”
People looked at each other, no one daring to be the first to step forward until the Management Bureau sent someone to test… a team member, under arrangement, was the first to cross the passage.
He went in, but took several minutes before returning, joyfully saying, “We can indeed go out! Captain, I can see Mount Tai!”
“Let’s go out,” Captain Ling Feng nodded at this moment, no longer hesitating, proceeding to arrange people’s departure.
…
Outside the cave, Luo Qiu watched as those types of metal machines busily cleared the forest underbrush, pondering over something unknown.
Mister Da Zhe hesitated a moment, walked up, and softly asked, “Boss, you seem a bit unhappy?”
Luo Qiu slightly smiled, “Nothing to be happy or unhappy about, just a piece of business was done.”
Mister Da Zhe paused, puzzled, “Boss, I’m not sure why you reminded Daoist Baijie he could cut the time short?”
Luo Qiu shook his head, “Actually, I didn’t mean to remind him… maybe he misunderstood, or maybe I wasn’t clear enough.”
“Then… what were you hoping for, Boss?”
Luo Qiu gazed towards the distant mountains, softly, “I just wanted to know, rescuing the immediate, and the future… which would he choose.”
“Then… did he choose wrongly?”
“No.” Luo Qiu shook his head again, “Actually, there’s no wrong choice. The mistake… might just be with the choice itself?”
Luo Qiu then chuckled, “Alright, let’s not talk about this issue for now… Let’s head to the next place after Daoist Bai Jie es out.”
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After passing through the exit, the group appeared near a granary outside a small village—without alerting anyone, especially the villagers working in the fields.
It seems the location of the exit was carefully chosen.
Cang Jinshui and Qu Xinghe chose not to stay… They had experienced a terrifying disaster, and even though the time was short, it felt like a lifetime had passed.
However, they did not choose to leave immediately—because it was very likely that the next group of evacuees would appear here.
Cang Jinshui and Qu Xinghe also wanted to know immediately if any of their tribesmen had survived the disaster.
“What? How is that possible!”
But at this moment, Ling Feng’s face suddenly changed drastically.
This drew everyone’s eyes to Ling Feng, who was standing there with his phone, stunned—after ing out, Captain Ling Feng immediately contacted the Management Bureau headquarters.
“What happened?” Hong Ling asked urgently.
Captain Ling Feng frowned at that moment, with a face full of disbelief, “They said… today is the fifteenth day of the first month.”
“What?!”
They had gone in on New Year’s Eve, and it felt like only two or three hours had passed!
…
…
“Five Hundred Years!!”
Inside the light sphere, Gongsun Wuwo and the charming and lazy woman suddenly stood up.
Perhaps the intensity of their gaze was too intimidating, making Jiang Zuo instinctively lean back—the light shield seemed to sense Jiang Zuo’s thoughts as it slowly retreated a bit at that moment.
“Young one! Is what you said true?!” Gongsun Wuwo’s expression was extremely grave.
Jiang Zuo responded with a firm tone, “Two Seniors, I can even swear on my deceased master that every word is true, without a bit of falsehood! In fact, before I came here, it was already the Lunar New Year of 2018 outside, a full five hundred years difference from the time you mentioned!”
The charming and lazy woman and Gongsun Wuwo looked at Jiang Zuo, saying nothing, making Jiang Zuo sweat coldly… Despite knowing that the other party was also trapped in the light shield, there was still a chilling feeling on his back—what level of Taoists were these two people?
It is unknown how much time has passed when the charming and lazy woman finally sighed gently, and murmured, “Do not know which year tonight is in Paradise on Earth… Wuwo, it seems this place and outside are indeed paradise and earth.”
Gongsun Wuwo did not reply, sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes. In Jiang Zuo’s view, this Senior must be excessively stimulated, unable to calm his heart.
But thinking about it, too, paradise and earth, hundreds of years have passed in a flash, looking back everything has changed, familiar places have turned into sea and mulberry fields, ancient people from before may have turned into yellow soil, leaving only oneself… Alas.
These two seniors are also quite pitiful, Jiang Zuo secretly sighed in his heart.
Unexpectedly, Gongsun Wuwo suddenly slapped his thigh with a full face of joy, “Damn! After five hundred years, my old enemies have probably died almost pletely! Without me doing anything, this feeling is damned fortable!”
Jiang Zuo: ??
The charming and lazy woman also chuckled lightly, “Wuwo, you fool, such lack of ambition! Why not think, after five hundred years, you and I are already ancestors, with extremely high status, maybe we are already at the level of the founder! What clan rules, sect etiquette, aren’t they all damned?”
Jiang Zuo: ?????
Where is the promised high-level senior?
“No, won’t do, thinking of going out as an ancestor, I’m impatient to leave!” The charming woman frowned at this moment, “But this broken light shield, over the years we tried all methods but couldn’t break it… Could it be, we have to stay a few more years?”
At this point, Gongsun Wuwo suddenly slapped the light shield.
This slap Jiang Zuo saw none of the overwhelming momentum, it was more like casually slapping a mosquito, but the light shield suddenly shimmered several times at this moment.
Gongsun Wuwo frowned and said, “This thing seems weakened…”
The charming and lazy woman seemed surprised… However, at this time, as if verifying Gongsun Wuwo’s statement, the space suddenly began to dim and brighten alternately.
Jiang Zuo was shocked but suddenly felt a pulling force—his body was pulled downward suddenly, and at this moment, the shield protecting him disintegrated instantly.
Because of this, Jiang Zuo fell to the ground… Wait, the ground?
Jiang Zuo raised his head, ahead was evidently a cubical space made of metal on all sides, where was the chaotic-like space seen before?
“How strange, I have never seen such a situation.” Gongsun Wuwo was scrutinizing the metal room at this moment, “These years, have we possibly been trapped here… just like this metal box?”
“This might be some kind of advanced space technology…” Jiang Zuo frowned at this moment, standing up, “This metal room created a special space. I remember Gaia mentioned activating the protection program… maybe it’s for protecting the accreditors when encountering attacks outside.”
“But why did this special space disappear?” The charming woman looked at Jiang Zuo puzzledly at this moment.
Jiang Zuo contemplated, “If maintaining this special space requires massive energy, and if a malfunction occurred in the machines you built, or there was a problem with the energy supply, perhaps it stopped.”
At that moment, a crisp sound suddenly echoed in the metal room.
[Energy supply will resume in thirty seconds, accreditors do not need to worry, the protection program is about to restart, please wait patiently]
The metal room at this time showed signs of changes around it again, as if returning to the original chaotic appearance again.
“Damned! I don’t want to be trapped again!” Gongsun Wuwo snorted coldly at this moment.
“Over there!” Jiang Zuo at this moment noticed something resembling a door flashed, and instantly pointed towards it!
Seeing the situation, Gongsun Wuwo immediately raised his palm… without seeing how he moved, in an instant the palm of Gongsun Wuwo was already pressed against the metal door!
At this moment, the metal door sank suddenly, and with a bang— the entire two-meter-high metal plate flew out instantly, revealing an exit.
“Haha!” Gongsun Wuwo directly stepped out.
The charming woman didn’t say goodbye, her figure flashed, appearing in front of the exit, then stepped out.
Jiang Zuo was immediately startled and hurriedly followed to leave.
But his heart at this moment was full of strangeness—the sudden pause of the protective space and the subsequent electronic voice had confirmed his guess: the energy supply was insufficient.
But this insufficient energy supply came too coincidentally—how e, shortly after he arrived, the energy supply became insufficient?
This situation is really like when there is a power outage during peak electricity consumption in Xiajiacheng.
“Could it be, this damned place did something just now, suddenly making the energy consumption exceed the limit?”
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