bayedsolid Chapter 449 The End of Time and Space
Chapter 449 The End of Time and Space
Guan looked at Zuo Qing's serious and earnest expression, and after a moment, he sighed softly.
"I understand. Give me five days. Also, I need to access the Night Watch's main database."
Upon hearing this, Zuo Qing shook his head and held up three fingers towards Guan Zai.
"Three days."
"No one knows when the Kelvin gods will make a comeback, so..."
"I understand." Hearing this, Guan Zai stopped worrying and turned to walk out.
"Prepare a clean room for me. By the way, do you have coffee here?"
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In the desolate silence, Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes.
A strong sense of dizziness filled his mind. After calming himself down, he bent over and began to dry heave uncontrollably.
A moment later, a hand gently patted his back, and the gentle voice of the Primordial Celestial Venerable followed.
"Are you feeling better, young friend Lin?"
"Tianzun?"
Lin Qiye's consciousness gradually returned. He shook his dizzy head, forced himself to stand up, looked at the old man in plain clothes with a worried expression beside him, and smiled helplessly.
"I'm fine."
He took a deep breath, gently patted the strong arm that the Celestial Venerable was supporting him with, and then looked around at his surroundings.
The space was filled with gray and white colors, and he roughly estimated that the visibility here was no more than ten meters.
There was no wind, and no light...
It was like a cage constructed from a gray and white mist.
"Where is this?"
"It's probably a ruin in another dimension."
"We were brought here by that gray ball of light that An Qingyu threw out?"
"You mean the fragment of the Key to the Gate? Then you must be right."
The Key to the Gate?
The gray ball of light that An Qingyu flung out was actually a fragment of the Key to the Gate, one of the three pillar gods of the K-type?
"If only I had stopped him in the realm of Olympus..."
"By the way, Celestial Venerable, who else was brought here?"
"There are many more. You should ask who is still in the Heavenly Court." After a moment of silence, Yuanshi Tianzun said with some helplessness.
"Alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Apart from Lingbao Tianzun, all the other gods in the Heavenly Court have been banished to this alternate dimension by fragments of the [Key to the Gate]."
"They're all here?!" Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye instantly snapped out of his daze, his eyes widening as he exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yes, they are all here. All the immortals have been taken into the [Map of Mountains and Rivers] by me to recover from their injuries. If I hadn't been worried about your unstable soul, we should have already entered the map by now."
"Heavenly Venerable, there is something I am unsure whether I should speak of." Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, but he still decided to voice his doubts.
"Are you asking why I haven't sent my immortals to explore a way back?"
Seeing that his idea had been exposed, Lin Qiye smiled shyly, scratched his head awkwardly, and cupped his hands in greeting.
"Please enlighten me, Heavenly Venerable."
"I can't go back."
Yuanshi Tianzun chuckled and shook his head.
"As I just mentioned, this is a ruin in another dimension. Of course, you can also understand it as the end of time and space."
"It exists in the same real space and time as the space and time we live in, but they do not intersect with each other."
"There is a spacetime barrier between the two, formed by countless years. Even if I and Daode join forces, we can briefly shake that spacetime wall, but we can only break through the spacetime biased towards our side."
"Therefore, if you want to leave here, you need another person to act simultaneously from the other side of the wall of time in order to open a time tunnel for departure."
"Then, Fatty... Oh no, can't Lingbao Tianzun join you in this fight?"
Upon hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun paused for a moment, and after a long silence, he spoke softly.
"It probably won't work..."
He then told Lin Qiye the whole story of how Lingbao Tianzun carried the Heavenly Court's origin to reforge the Moon Seal.
After hearing this, the latter's face was also filled with worry.
"So...we basically have no chance of going back?"
"It's not impossible. Maybe... other variables will arise?"
"I forgot to tell you earlier, besides Lingbao Tianzun who was not banished here, there is another person in the Heavenly Court who also escaped this calamity."
"Who?"
"Li Jie".
Brother Li?
Yes, the Celestial Venerable once said that he has always been in the Heavenly Court.
With his abilities, he might actually be able to break through the time gap and rescue us.
Seeing the hint of joy on Lin Qiye's face, Yuanshi Tianzun promptly poured cold water on the situation.
"Although Li Jie is an unstable variable, well... I don't know when he'll wake up..."
"He might not wake up for five or ten years..."
“............” Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
What you're saying is practically the same as saying nothing at all.
The resurgence of the Kel'Thuzad.
Five or ten years from now...
It's uncertain whether the Great Xia Dynasty still exists...
"Let's not talk about that. Young friend, you should enter the diagram with me as soon as possible. Fortunately, I left some opportunities in the diagram before, which may help you advance further."
After saying that, Yuanshi Tianzun grabbed Lin Qiye's arm without saying another word and plunged into the ink painting scroll floating in mid-air.
A flash of light, and the surrounding space returned to calm...
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On the moon, off course.
After the seal was reforged, the lunar surface returned to calm.
Lingbao Tianzun, who was sitting cross-legged outside the South Heavenly Gate, also opened his tired eyes.
"With the seal complete, the remaining Kelvin gods who haven't escaped won't make any moves for at least three years..."
"Take a break, I still need to deal with those escaped bastards..."
Ok?
wrong........
I can't feel anything...
A moment later, He suddenly stood up, and with a surge of Chaos Robe, He had already arrived in space.
The countless golden lotus phantoms on the moon's surface were pushing them inch by inch as they floated away into the distance.
Looking back, countless light-years away, a blue planet, as brilliant as a star, is orbiting according to its predetermined path...
Something happened?!
Just as He decided to rely on the Heavenly Court's origin to reforge the Moon Seal, He had already completely shielded Him from any external sounds or sensations that might affect Him.
Therefore, He didn't know what exactly happened during that time...
Those lotus phantoms must be the work of the Primordial One, but what was His purpose in doing so? ...
After pondering for a moment, unable to come up with an answer, he could only wave his sleeve to disperse the lotus phantom, whose spiritual power was almost exhausted, thus preventing the moon from continuing to move away.
"The Heavenly Court is already bound to the Moon, and it certainly cannot be separated in the short term."
"Being too far away makes it impossible to observe the situation in Great Xia at all times. Perhaps I should take the moon and fly back a short distance?..."
"It still doesn't work... There must have been a reason why Yuanshi pushed the moon away..."
"What should we do..."
Just as He was at a loss, an exquisitely crafted, ancient bronze mirror flew out of the Lingxiao Palace and landed in front of Lingbao Tianzun.
"This is... the Kunlun Mirror?"
"Why were you left in the Lingxiao Palace...?"
But before He could even touch it, an image preserved in the ancient bronze mirror floated out.
The God of the Cthulhu...
[The Key to the Gate].........
An Qingyu........
Lin Qiye.........
The banished gods of the Great Xia Dynasty...
[Black Goat].........
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Upon seeing the final image, Lingbao Tianzun suddenly clenched his fists.
“An...Qing...Yu!!”
"How dare you unleash that forbidden power!..."
Although He was furious, He also knew that now was not the time to go to the realm of the gods in Olympus to demand justice.
All the gods of the Great Xia Dynasty have been banished, so it can be said that there is now no pantheon on Earth capable of counterbalancing the Khrushchev gods...
The urgent task is to find a way to welcome back the gods of the Great Xia while slowing down the recovery of the Khrushchev Kingdom.
With this thought in mind, Lingbao Tianzun no longer hesitated. He flashed away and returned, arriving in front of the Doushuai Palace, located in the northwest corner of the Heavenly Court, in no time.
He looked at the still tightly closed temple doors and was at a loss for what to do.
It has only been a little over half a year since the divine body was forged.
It didn't know if Li Jie's soul had fully merged. If they were currently at a critical stage, a sudden intrusion might cause irreversible damage to Li Jie...
Lingbao Tianzun walked back and forth in the empty square in front of the hall, his hands behind his back.
In the end, He did not choose to enter and disturb Li Jie, who was still in seclusion, at this time.
"There's still time... Even if it comes to the very last moment, it shouldn't be too late for me to wake him up..."
A moment later, Lingbao Tianzun sighed softly and walked alone towards Lingxiao Palace with a dejected expression.
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Three days later.
Upper City, Night's Watch Headquarters, Office of the Supreme Commander.
Secretary Min gently knocked on Zuo Qing's door.
"Enter."
"Commander Zuo, there's been a result with Mr. Guan. Would you like to go and take a look?"
"Wait a moment, there are still two documents I haven't looked at."
After all the gods disappeared, the Great Xia immediately activated its comprehensive war defense module.
For the past three days, Zuo Qing has been in a state of high tension, and his hair has visibly turned gray from all the stress.
Secretary Min remained silent, only looking with heartache at the weathered figure bent over his desk.
He had considered sharing some of the burden with Zuo Qing, but the documents coming from various places these past few days all required the Commander-in-Chief's personal approval. Even if he could categorize them in advance to save Zuo Qing some trouble, it wouldn't have any fundamental effect.
Ten minutes later, Zuo Qing staggered out of her chair, stood up unsteadily, and informed Secretary Min in a hoarse voice.
"lead the way......."
"Commander Zuo, why don't we rest for a while... this can't go on..."
"Time is of the essence... The sooner we finalize the specific plan, the more likely the people of Great Xia will have a chance to survive..."
"I...sigh...this way please..."
In the end, Secretary Min still couldn't persuade Zuo Qing. He could only help the somewhat exhausted Commander-in-Chief step by step through the corridor and arrive at a heavy metal door.
"Right here? Why is there such a big door? We're not locking up prisoners here..."
"It was Mr. Guan's request..."
"Alright." Zuo Qing didn't dwell on it too much. He stretched out his right thumb and gently pressed the identity recognition button on the side of the metal door, accompanied by a slight vibration.
The metal door slowly opened from the inside.
The first thing you see is a dozen or so instant noodle boxes emitting a strange smell, followed by cups of strong coffee scattered all over the floor, and then a programmer lying in a wheelchair, his hair disheveled, looking exhausted, and fast asleep under a newspaper...
"I heard from Secretary Min that there's a result?"
"Hmm... take a look yourself..." Hearing Zuo Qing's voice, Guan Zai, without opening his eyes, pointed to the only neatly stacked pile of documents in the entire room, indicating that he should look through them himself.
Zuo Qing didn't care about Guan Zai's attitude; he just wanted to know an answer.
Swish...
Swish...
The analysis report that Guan Zai produced involved extensive calculations and covered almost all possible scenarios.
When Zuo Qing turned to the last page, her heart finally settled down.
"Does it really take that long?"
He didn't care about the manpower and resources required to build the shelter, since those were all external things.
But what they lack most right now is time...
Underground shelters need to balance capacity and ventilation requirements. Even if the entire population of three or four neighboring municipalities were gathered together, the amount of underground engineering work required would be astronomical.
"Another option is to merge cities with larger populations and cities with smaller populations and relocate them, but that would require a lot of calculations to determine its feasibility."
As if knowing Zuo Qing would react this way, Guan, with his eyes closed and without even raising his head, spoke aloud.
"I need a concrete plan within one day."
"Sure, the data model is already set up. It's just a matter of adjusting a few parameters. It won't take more than a day. Go back and get some sleep, and I'll give it to you when you wake up."
"I don't have time..."
"Zuo Qing, don't torture yourself like this... A change won't happen anytime sooner or later. If we fall first, then the people of Great Xia will truly have no hope..."
Upon hearing this, Zuo Qing paused for a moment, then nodded in relief.
I think I've been pushing myself too hard...
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