Chapter 1081: Chapter 125: No Path to Immortality in This World (87) — The Courtyard in a Cage
On the enormous, solid metal deck, a massive dent was hammered out due to the violent collision—deeply embedded in this dent was none other than the body created by Long Xiruo.
Inside the Raxia, at the hollow part of the huge rotating metal pillars, the prototype Gaia did not stop at all, and with a swing of its arm, countless lightning spears stabbed directly at the created body.
In haste, the created body could only cross its arms to block in front of it—the power of these lightning spears was extraordinarily terrifying, and it was already quite exhausting just to block them.
After all, a body created through tools cannot fully utilize the true dragon’s entire power—and under the fierce attack of the prototype Gaia with its restrictions lifted, the created body was clearly overwhelmed.
This scene greatly shocked Gui Qianyi and the Ghost Baby… They didn’t know how much Long Xiruo was weakened due to the issues with the body. But for the most powerful Guardian of China to be suppressed with only the power to protect herself, even Gui Qianyi with his long life was witnessing it for the first time.
“Mr. Gui…” the Ghost Baby hesitated as he called out.
Gui Qianyi could only reply helplessly, “This level of bat is beyond our intervention. Rushing in would probably just be a burden. The only thing we can do now is…”
Gui Qianyi glanced at the external intruder—Dekreya.
At this moment, Count Dekreya was closely observing the battle between the prototype Gaia and the created body, showing no intent to act… For this, Gui Qianyi couldn’t help but frown.
He carefully recalled Count Dekreya’s words… There were many things he didn’t understand, but regarding what Count Dekreya said before the sudden surge of power from the prototype Gaia, Gui Qianyi listened very carefully.
—Level 3 restriction lift… three-minute limit.
“The sudden surge in power of this thing seems unsustainable.” Gui Qianyi muttered softly at this point. “Also, this intruder isn’t acting now but is constantly watching… it’s possible something will happen after the time limit, causing it not to act impulsively.”
“If this thing is controlled by the intruder and we can heavily damage this intruder…” A hint of killing intent flashed in the Ghost Baby’s eyes, but it was mixed with helplessness: “But this guy’s barrier is really…”
Without the power of the created body, it’s impossible to break Count Dekreya’s barrier.
Gui Qianyi suddenly sat down, an action that left the Ghost Baby very puzzled… Yet Gui Qianyi’s movements were somewhat strange. His wide sleeves hung over the surface of the metal bridge, pletely covering his hands.
“Go check on Lord Xiao’s injuries.” Gui Qianyi said solemnly, “For now, we can only wait… wait for the victory of this final battle.”
Although confused by Gui Qianyi’s instructions, the Ghost Baby didn’t hesitate. He nodded, keeping an eye on Count Dekreya in the distance, and approached the motionless Xiao Shengmo.
At this moment, unnoticed by anyone, something small crawled out from Gui Qianyi’s sleeves—one small thing after another quietly crawled to the underside of the metal bridge… They were tiny turtles the size of fingers.
Unseen, they slowly crawled from the underside of the metal bridge towards the large sphere ahead.
Meanwhile, Count Dekreya did seem perturbed by Gui Qianyi’s decision to sit down instead of attacking him—of course, he heard all the dialogue between Gui Qianyi and the Ghost Baby.
For Gui Qianyi and the Ghost Baby’s idea of not participating in the battle and being a burden, Count Dekreya agreed… It was a smart move, but as for them lying in wait to seek an opportunity to strike at him, he was disdainful.
But just as Gui Qianyi thought… Count Dekreya indeed had reasons to pay constant attention to the battle—for or he needed an enormous amount of focus to observe the state of the prototype Gaia at every moment.
“Its advanced AI has already degraded, leaving only the lowest level of intelligence, making the liberated power far too unstable… A swift battle is necessary…” Count Dekreya quickly contemplated a strategy.
Watching the created body struggling in battle, Count Dekreya suddenly smiled weirdly, “The heritage of Penglai, your creator is no longer here, why do you still persist?”
Though not loud, the voice somehow overshadowed the sounds of battle, clearly reaching the ears of the created body.
Hearing this, the created body frowned slightly—but because of this momentary distraction, it was almost pierced by the prototype Gaia’s lightning spear.
Count Dekreya laughed unrestrainedly, “What? Have you forgotten how you were created? Indeed, your original body is likely fused with the earth by now, right? The current you only carries the power and memories of inheritance, correct? Some things, you haven’t recalled, have you?”
“Blabber, blabber! Didn’t your mother ever teach you to shut up?” The created body roared angrily toward Count Dekreya.
Count Dekreya sneered, “Such a lowly experimental subject! Have you forgotten I was also one of your creators? Experiment number 009… Dragon species!”
“What!” At this moment, the created body truly became distracted… Numerous chaotic images flashed frantically through its mind!
In this instant, the prototype Gaia seized the opportunity, and the lightning spear in its hand shot out!
The created body couldn’t dodge in time and could only watch as the lightning spear pierced through its abdomen, pinning it directly to the metal wall!
Simultaneously, two more lightning spears shot out, securing the created body’s hands, thoroughly immobilizing it.
At this moment, only to hear Count Dekreya chuckle lightly: “Well, saying I am your creator is somewhat untrue, since at most I only adjusted some parameters for you. Dragon species… your creator is long gone, killed by me… my teacher, Prince Cicero. Yes, the so-called Penglai Immortal from your world!”
As the body was thoroughly immobilized and endured the terrifying thunder power constantly released by the lightning spears, the created body struggled to lift its head, gritting its teeth, and said, “No idea…what… you’re talking about…”
“The main world constantly evolves, improving, advancing endlessly… Only the main world closer to the end of space-time is more perfect, closer to the origin. In contrast, the earlier, the more flawed… Here, it’s merely one of the earliest samples striving for perfection.” Count Dekreya chuckled lightly, “Under the management of the Araiye System.”
“So… what the hell are you babbling about!!!!”
The created body roared fiercely at this moment, its arms slowly trembling under the pressure of lightning, seemingly about to break free.
Count Dekreya shook his head: “Truly pathetic… Well, once I inherit my teacher’s authority, I’ll conveniently take you, the teacher’s legacy, and adjust your parameters again. Gaia, finish it! Don’t worry about it breaking, I can fix it afterwards!”
[Understood…]
The prototype Gaia’s hands gleamed with another two lightning spears!
But at this critical moment, a loud explosion boomed—from the sphere connected to the rotating pillars!
Flames spewed from inside the sphere, and simultaneously, the speed of the gigantic rotating metal pillars began to slow down!
Count Dekreya was initially stunned, then displayed an utterly furious face… Instantly, Count Dekreya realized something and turned sharply towards Gui Qianyi who was seated on the ground in the distance.
“Explosive turtles… just a little toy I cultivated in my spare time.” At this moment, Gui Qianyi slowly stood up, squinting and said, “You seemed to care a lot about that place, kept wanting to enter… I don’t know what’s inside, but I figured, breaking it would solve the problem.”
Count Dekreya immediately showed a flustered look, furious, “How dare you!!”
However, the large sphere, due to the internal explosion, suddenly shifted—a slight shift caused it to detach from the interface between the two vertically rotating metal pillars… falling directly downwards!
“Damn it!”
Seeing the situation, Count Dekreya no longer cared about Gui Qianyi and directly jumped off the metal bridge, towards the falling huge sphere!
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In front of the towering palace, Luo Qiu stood at the enormous entrance… Luo Qiu hadn’t felt such a sense of insignificance for a long time—of course, it was just a purely visual impact.
The corridor was dim, the walls flawlessly pure, naturally formed, without any cracks.
Passing through the corridor, not long after, Luo Qiu ventured deep into the palace—a circular hall.
Luo Qiu did not deliberately restrain his footsteps, so at this moment, the two people originally in the circular hall were startled by the sound of footsteps and quickly turned around… Zhuifeng and ‘Mo Xiaofei’.
Seeing Zhuifeng and ‘Mo Xiaofei’ here, Luo Qiu merely opened his mouth slightly, then fell silent and continued to move forward—his gaze fell upon the center of the circular hall, upon the huge crystal, looking at the figure sealed within it.
Upon Luo Qiu’s entrance, Zhuifeng instinctively felt a kind of fear—as if his instincts had truly been triggered, Zhuifeng dropped to all fours like a vicious dog, baring sharp teeth.
‘Mo Xiaofei’ furrowed his brow.
Then Zhuifeng suddenly charged out, angrily yelling, “What are you here for!!”
Luo Qiu stretched out his palm, toward Zhuifeng, then moved it to the side—at that moment, Zhuifeng’s body stopped, being somehow restrained, directly moved aside… gently, as if laid down softly by someone.
“I mean no harm,” Luo Qiu shook his head, “I just came to understand some things; we can catch up later.”
Falling to the ground, Zhuifeng gradually retracted his sharp teeth, forced into quietness—the guy before him was quite baffling.
But… but why is this person here?
Yet Zhuifeng suddenly thought of the current ‘Mo Xiaofei’ brother… If this person were here, perhaps he could help ‘Mo Xiaofei’ brother return to normal?
Noticing that Zhuifeng had quieted down, ‘Mo Xiaofei,’ unaware of Zhuifeng’s thoughts at the moment, furrowed his brow. He swiftly scanned Mo Xiaofei’s memories of this life but found no related memories of this mysterious young man… Yet, there seemed to be a special familiarity felt by his body towards this mysterious young man.
“There’s no need to search, Emperor.” Luo Qiu casually glanced at ‘Mo Xiaofei’, “I have met Mo Xiaofei, just not in this form. There was never a deliberate meeting, so no wonder there’s no recognition.”
“You… know me?” ‘Mo Xiaofei’ couldn’t help but furrow his brow deeper—meanwhile, he seemed to have thought of something, and his face slightly changed!
“I’ve read about it in books,” Luo Qiu smiled slightly, “Emperor Shihuang, I think there are few who don’t know. I’m quite surprised to see Emperor Shihuang awaken, but I hope you won’t linger too long… After all, Mo Xiaofei and we still have a contract.”
‘Mo Xiaofei’ was frowning now, silent.
Luo Qiu once again moved closer to the huge crystal, with ‘Mo Xiaofei’s’ gaze locked onto him, following Luo Qiu’s approach with his eyes—until Luo Qiu walked past him.
“I won’t touch anything here… Emperor Shihuang, as you please.” Without turning his head, Luo Qiu walked directly to the crystal.
Then, he took another step—a step directly into the huge crystal, and in the next moment, Luo Qiu’s entire being entered the crystal!
However, upon entering, he vanished—Zhuifeng curiously rushed up to try touching the spot Luo Qiu had entered, only to find his hand couldn’t pass through!
“Is this guy a ghost?” Zhuifeng scratched his head in bewilderment, “Brother?”
Zhuifeng looked back at ‘Mo Xiaofei’, seeing this ‘brother’ still exuding immense authority, though ‘brother’s’ hair tips seemed wet.
‘Mo Xiaofei’ suddenly sighed and said solemnly, “Let him go… Even though I was once a supreme ruler, I doubt there’s anyone in heaven or earth who can stop him.”
Speaking words that sounded nonsensical to Zhuifeng, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ raised his head, his gaze not only containing anger but also deep regret, quietly saying, “In the past, to resurrect you, what have I done…”
“Brother?”
‘Mo Xiaofei’ merely closed his eyes slowly.
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As if going through a time journey… long and short.
After passing through a pitch-black expanse, his eyes were suddenly filled with white light… Softness underfoot, Luo Qiu looked around.
Green grass, moist soil, the scent of flowers, swaying shadows of trees, butterflies fluttering, just passing by his eyes, flying to one side.
Above was the clear and quiet sky, yet separated by a massive dome of metal and transparent glass.
This was a… garden in a cage.
“Don’t just stand there, e over.”
A voice came from above, Luo Qiu looked up to see a man standing in an upper corridor of the cage, looking down at him and making a gesture of invitation.
The man had long hair, almost down to his legs, wore a gold-trimmed white fitted robe… it was an indescribable style, clearly not mon ancient attire.
The man wore a smile, then waved, causing panels of light to descend one by one, the last landing right in front of Luo Qiu.
Luo Qiu nodded and ascended, the man’s gaze never leaving him.
Then, the man suddenly said, “You can try, don’t use your origin power, so our talk next will be somewhat meaningful. I think you’ll enjoy this sense of the unknown and gradually understanding.”
“How should I address you?”
Finally, Luo Qiu arrived in front of the man.
The man then slowly knelt on one knee, holding Luo Qiu’s hands, and under Luo Qiu’s surprised gaze, pressed his forehead to Luo Qiu’s palm.
“Don’t mind it, just consider it a meeting ritual of our culture.” The man quickly stood up again, smiling slightly, “You can call me Cicero… Wele to the remnants of my last consciousness.”
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