Chapter 1963 - 1963 Rush to the Future!
1963 Rush to the Future!
The thunder woke Lu Siya up.
She panted for a long time in the darkness. Her surroundings felt soft like flesh and blood. Her mind was still echoing with everything she had experienced in the past few hours, or decades, or even dozens of reincarnations.
There had been a few reincarnations where she had fought alongside Meng Chao until the apocalyptic flames descended from the sky. They burned and devoured everything.
In a few reincarnations, she had ditched Meng Chao and worked alone. As a result, she became the supreme queen of Dragon City and even the entire Other World.
In several other reincarnations, she continued to evolve and upgrade herself. Gradually, she broke away from the human form and its restraints. She ended up becoming deformed, and those who saw her were shocked. However, it was this form that allowed her to break through the limits of a living creature time and time again. As such, she uncovered the deepest mysteries of life, or so she thought.
Unfortunately, it was all fake.
To be more precise, it was a mirage that had yet to happen, like stars that could be seen from afar but could not be touched.
It took Lu Siya a full three minutes to pull her unstable soul back into her body.
Then, she realized that the thunder had not awakened her from the infinite cycle of reincarnation.
It was Meng Chao’s cry that came from underground. She did not know whether it was a cry of anger, pain, or joy. Was victory in sight, or did he have nowhere to run?
“Meng Chao?”
Lu Siya focused her mind and tried her best to control her aching head and weak limbs. She struggled to get up and looked around.
Her companions around her were the same.
Long Feijun, Shen Yupeng, Wu Haibo, and the rest of the search and rescue team members were in a similar state. They had just woken up from a dream, and they were looking at each other in a daze.
The crystal threads that had been connected to their bodies like nerves retreated silently.
The rocks that trapped them were deformed and crooked like the entrails of a demon. However, the waves of intense tremors opened up vaguely shining pathways, which looked stable and intelligently-constructed.
Driven by some mysterious force, the ancient ruins that had been sealed for billions of years were being restored to their original form: The ancient city and the control center of the synchronous orbit space station.
“Communication… Communication has been restored!”
Some of the rescue team members heard a series of popping sounds coming from their wrists.
The communication signal had been completely blocked just a moment ago. They did not know when it returned unobstructed, but they were overjoyed.
Information from the outside world flooded into their tactical communicators.
There were communication attempts from their respective organizations such as the Red Dragon Army, the Research Department, the adjudicator court, Battle God Palace, the Ancient Ruins Research Center, and of course, the Supernatural Tower and Survival Committee. They had sent the team urgent questions, reprimands, reinforcements, and upcoming operation briefings.
Lu Siya also received a lot of information from Sky Pillar Corporation, Superstar Company, the Broken Star Club, and the Azure Alliance.
Only then did she realize that it had been twenty-four hours since they ventured into the ancient ruins to rescue Battle God Lei Zongchao.
However, a storm was already approaching Dragon City. What kind of trouble had they been dealing with? In such dangerous times, a day was the difference between life and death!
The conflict between the superhumans and ordinary people, the wealthy and the poor, the Red Dragon Army and other organizations that controlled heavy military forces, the nine mega corporations and the Azure Alliance… All conflicts escalated due to Battle God Lei Zongchao’s disappearance.
It was as if a barrel of gunpowder had been thrown up high into the air. Even though it had not exploded yet, thousands of bloodshot eyes were staring at it while it was at its highest point. They were waiting for it to land heavily and cause a stir that would change or even destroy everything.
Furthermore, Lu Siya now knew that the environment and distribution of forces in the Other World were far more vast and complicated than they had imagined.
The Turan orcs, Holy Light faction, Undead Liches, and abyssfolk were not easy to deal with.
Behind the seemingly primitive world, there was a power that far surpassed Earth’s civilization and came from the depths of the universe.
In the face of an unprecedentedly complex situation, a moment was not enough for Lu Siya to think despite her great intelligence.
She had seen numerous apocalyptic scenes in the countless reincarnations that she had just experienced. They felt like curses that entangled her body and soul; they suffocated her and made her feel powerless.
Looking around, Lu Siya saw the same fear and confusion in everyone else’s eyes.
She instantly realized that they had experienced countless reincarnations and destruction just like her. They were blessed or cursed by the supreme will that created this world!
Boom!
Right then, another loud rumble came from the depths of the ground under their feet.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The deafening noise was like a wave that came from afar. It shook everyone to the point that they were all on the verge of falling.
This did not seem like a simple earthquake. It seemed that something, perhaps new life that contained surging power, was being nurtured and born deep underground.
“Meng… Meng Chao?”
Lu Siya could sense a familiar yet strange aura from the cracks in the ground, which were constantly tearing apart.
She could not believe it and muttered to herself, “Meng Chao?”
The rest of the rescue team also felt some kind of extremely powerful domain slowly rising from below. It was unstoppable like the rising sun.
Long Feijun and Shen Yupeng exchanged looks and clearly saw the goosebumps on each other’s bodies.
As the best of the new generation in Dragon City, they could not even soothe their goosebumps no matter how hard they tried to control their spirit energy and activate their magnetic fields.
However, they could not care less about their goosebumps.
Just like everyone else, they were staring at the rock wall before them. It was becoming more and more transparent amid the high-frequency vibrations, as though it was turning from a rock into a crystal.
Since the frequency of the vibrations had far exceeded the limits of what the human eye could see, the entire rock wall appeared blurry as colorful mist and halos rippled out.
In the end, the seemingly indestructible rock wall melted or disappeared without any warning. This revealed a crystal pathway that led to the Netherworld.
Meng Chao stepped out of the tunnel and narrowed his eyes. He watched as the black fog above the ruins gradually dissipated. Streams of light poured down and formed a brand new staircase. “Meng Chao!”
Even though his appearance and clothes had not changed, everyone instinctively realized that he had probably experienced a change that was a hundred times more intense than theirs. It was a change that was comparable to Nirvana because it made him look like a different person from before. It was as if his soul was now connected to the stars in the sky.
Even the first-class elites and his close comrades, like Long Feijun and Shen Yupeng, were deeply shocked by the ripples that Meng Chao unintentionally released from his soul. They dared not even take half a step forward.
Only Lu Siya ignored the changes on his body and rushed over. Meng Chao stared deeply at Lu Siya, who was in a daze, and waves of thoughts surged in her mind.
“Meng Chao, did you see the future?” Lu Siya was ecstatic. “Did you find a way to completely save Dragon City?”
Everyone’s eyes lit up. That’s right, the change that happened to Meng Chao was exactly what Dragon City needed the most at this moment.
In any case, he had become the only savior who could lead the Dragon City civilization away from the apocalypse.
Everyone held their breaths, and even their hearts stopped beating. They stared at Meng Chao and waited for his answer.
Meng Chao seemed to be looking at everyone, but his deep gaze seemed to penetrate the crowd and the rock stratum. He scanned Dragon City, as well as the entire Other World, and he even looked through the ocean of light that enveloped the Other World.
After a long time, he smiled. “No, I haven’t.” He seemed to be talking to the crowd, but he also seemed to be muttering to himself, “The road is still under my feet, and my fate has not been decided yet. How can I see the future?”
Meng Chao grabbed Lu Siya’s hand tightly, and his smile became even brighter. His eyes became clearer too.
Together with everyone else, he held his head high and puffed out his chest. In high spirits, he stepped onto the stairs made of flowing light and embarked on the path back to Dragon City. He strode toward the future that they were about to create with their own hands.