novelaction Chapter 931: People of the Past
Chapter 931: People of the Past
Chapter 931: People of the Past
A chill swept over us.
Gu Heng suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
"Hey, you didn't die from the fall?"
He belatedly recalled the last fragments of his memory from when he fainted: the tomb keeper fought his way to the depths of the tomb beast's lair, where the final obstacle was the seven golden tomb beast kings.
But it's not just that.
The eighth head appeared, and it immediately attacked the eight demon ships of the tomb guardian.
Unsurprisingly, the demon ship shattered into pieces, and he fell from the height. Even he thought he had a slim chance of survival, unless his cultivation level increased along with his physical body; otherwise, being smashed to pieces would have been an inevitable fate. But now he was alive.
Not only was he not dead, but he also seemed to have no wounds on his body. Gu Heng casually moved his hands and feet and found that he was completely unharmed.
"...I knew it! Good things are finally happening to me!"
After quickly sorting out his thoughts, Gu Heng put his hands on his hips and burst into laughter.
This is what they mean by surviving a great calamity and being blessed with good fortune!
The demon ship was shattered, and he fell from the sky, yet he was unharmed. This can only mean that he must have encountered a "fortune"!
How long has it been since I encountered a lucky break?
It's hard to say.
Gu Heng looked around and, confirming that he was definitely not caught in the tide of tomb beasts, breathed a sigh of relief.
But this is a bit strange. Before, there was a horde of tomb beasts below the demon ship. The demon ship was destroyed. He originally thought that if he was lucky enough, he would fall on a tomb beast, be seriously injured but not killed, and then leave everything to fate.
But how come the tomb beast tide suddenly disappeared?
The surrounding scenery was unfamiliar. The reason it was unfamiliar was that no matter what the scenery was in the Epoch Cemetery, it had a sense of "decay", as if the passage of time had come to an end and that everything would turn to ashes.
But Gu Heng discovered that he was in a sparse, dense forest.
And this dense forest is full of life!
Even the soil on the ground seemed to be infused with spices, exuding a wonderful fragrance!
"This place...is a great place!"
Gu Heng's eyes widened.
This is absolutely a place with excellent feng shui!
Are there other places like this in the Epoch Cemetery? Of course, besides the mountains and forests, Gu Heng also noticed something was wrong. He could vaguely see some cracks between the forests, which were directly exposed in the space.
However, there are many traces of such spacetime fragmentation in the Epoch Cemetery, as long as you don't do anything reckless.
"Oh dear, we have a guest."
"It's really strange."
Suddenly, Gu Heng heard a gentle female voice coming from all directions of the forest. He couldn't tell where it was coming from, and it didn't seem hostile.
But this still startled him.
He became alert and remained silent until the voice appeared before him in its true form.
She was a gentle woman with a charming demeanor. Her fair skin had several mysterious lines, and a red mole was embedded between her eyebrows. She wore a white robe.
It looks very much like a human. It even looks like a beautiful woman among humans.
But Gu Heng knew she wasn't human at all, because behind this woman were a pair of exquisite cicada wings emitting a fluorescent glow.
How could a normal human being possibly have wings on their back?
Gu Heng had heard Wu Zhao say that although there were countless civilizations in the myriad worlds, they could basically be divided into two types—
Human civilization and foreign civilizations.
There are many reasons for this distinction, but humans and other races constitute the "multitude of beings" in the myriad worlds. Many other races can take human form, but no matter how they manifest, they will always differ from the purest humans, for example, having scales on their skin, fleshy wings on their backs, or horns on their heads, etc.
But the other way around.
Humans can perfectly cultivate the bodies of other races, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish their abnormalities.
Quite strange. "Oh, wait, so he's not a new guest after all."
"I almost didn't recognize you."
The woman seemed to sized up Gu Heng for a moment, then suddenly realized.
"No, lady, I don't understand what you're saying. Who are you?"
Gu Heng asked blankly.
Judging from her tone, it seems like they know each other?
But if he had ever seen such a beautiful alien, it's impossible that he wouldn't have remembered it. He had encountered very few aliens in his life, and there was definitely no woman with a pair of "dragonfly wings" on her back among them.
Seeing the genuine bewilderment on Gu Heng's face, the foreign woman first lowered her brows, then relaxed them.
"Ah, it seems your memory has already... never mind."
She understood.
He's lost his memory. No wonder he'd been here before, yet he gave her such a strange look.
But the strange thing is that when he came last time, he also anticipated that he might lose his memory. To say that a person can be so farsighted is indeed a bit too much.
That's it.
The woman from another race didn't hesitate. Since he had amnesia, she would just pretend it was his first time here.
“My name is ‘Xi’, just a single name. It should be easy for Young Master Gu to remember.”
Xi parted her cherry lips slightly, her voice as melodious as a nightingale's song.
"So you're Lady Xi, I am... wait, you seem to know my name?"
Gu Heng suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Oh dear, don't worry about such things. Since you're here, please come with me to meet the others." Xi casually changed the subject, her thin wings fluttering slightly, and then her slender fingers darted around.
"Wow!"
A spatial rift suddenly appeared before Gu Heng's eyes!
"Young Master Gu, please follow me."
After saying this, Xi's figure slowly disappeared.
Gu Heng swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped into the spatial rift.
"Shh-"
A sudden, earth-shaking tremor ensued, and Gu Heng felt a burst of light before his eyes.
When his vision returned, the scenery before him changed again. He found himself in an endless silver-gray space, standing on floating soil, like an isolated island in the ocean, suspended in this space.
But there was something else on this loose soil... A giant gate stood before Gu Heng.
The massive gate was a dark gold color, ancient and solemn. Standing before it, Gu Heng felt somewhat insignificant.
The atmosphere here is completely different from other places; it's oppressive and suffocating.
"Brother, he's here."
Gu Heng turned around and found Xi standing beside him at some point. As the words fell, another figure appeared beneath the giant gate.
It's a man.
His appearance... is seven or eight parts similar to Xi's, heroic and strong.
It also has the same pair of thin wings on its back.
Not a human either.
"Young Master Gu, this is my elder brother, Xi."
Xi stepped aside, while Xi took a step forward and stood directly in front of Gu Heng, then narrowed her eyes and sized him up.
After a while, Xi looked away without saying a word, only exchanging glances with his sister. It was unclear what she had seen in him.
"Excuse me."
"Miss Xi, and Brother Xi, you two siblings are making my head spin. Where is this place?"
Gu Heng scratched his head, looking confused.
"This is the Time Rift, a very special place where countless timelines converge, allowing interaction between the past, present, and future."
Xi said.
"Sorry, I didn't understand at all. My brain isn't good at understanding such abstract concepts."
Gu Heng was stunned.
"You don't need to understand, this place is meaningless."
Xi shrugged.
"Then who are you two?" Xihe and Xi exchanged a glance.
“We are ‘people of the past’.”