Chapter 517 - 516: Gate of Rebirth, Chu Sheng’s Choice
Who?!
Chu Sheng didn’t register the voice’s words, startled by the sound itself.
’Whose voice is that?’
’Besides me and Qin Wudao, who’s still in the maze, is there someone else on the third floor?’
Chu Sheng warily scanned his surroundings and quickly locked onto a direction. Not far away, a figure slowly materialized.
It was Lin Dong.
’Of the ten people from Jing University who entered Secret Realm Zero, Lin Dong has been a no-show. When did he enter the second floor? And how did he get to the third?’
’Chu Sheng had crossed paths with Lin Dong once before... The man is incredibly mysterious, from his Cultivation to his identity. Now that he’s appeared, is he friend or foe?’
Seeing Chu Sheng’s guarded posture, Lin Dong spoke again.
"Haha, no need to be tense."
"The Laws of this world bind this body differently than they do yours, which is why I could get here so easily."
"I didn’t come here to fight you for fortuitous encounters—not that I could. This place is a spacetime singularity, and I simply intend to use it to leave."
Chu Sheng’s heart skipped a beat at his words.
’This guy’s two short sentences are packed with information!’
’This world?’
’Does that mean he’s not from this world? My own reincarnation already proves multiple worlds exist. So, what world is this Lin Dong from?’
’A spacetime singularity?’
’I don’t know what that is, but it might be the key to reaching other worlds!’
Lin Dong’s voice rang out again.
"You haven’t forgotten our deal, have you? In the future, we will be allies, not enemies."
"I guessed you would be the last one to arrive, so I waited for you here."
He paused, glanced at the door, and continued.
"That door ahead is a gate of spacetime, or in other words, the Gate of Rebirth."
"You can pass through it to be reborn at any point in your past."
"But this gate can only be used once before it dissipates. Whether to use it, and how, is entirely up to you."
"That’s all I have to say. See you in the future."
After he finished speaking, Lin Dong’s figure began to flicker uncontrollably before vanishing completely.
"BUZZ BUZZ." ’He left just like that?’
Chu Sheng gazed in the direction Lin Dong had disappeared, then turned his attention to the "Gate of Rebirth," lost in thought.
If that man wasn’t lying, then this Gate of Rebirth might actually be connected to his own secret.
But it wasn’t a perfect match.
According to Lin Dong, entering the Gate of Rebirth allows one to return to a past point in time. But he had been directly reincarnated as a mosquito in another world!
’Was there an accident during my rebirth? Or did someone orchestrate it?’
For now, he still had no leads.
Chu Sheng shook his head. It seemed this mystery would require more investigation—and he would need to become much stronger.
However, another problem now lay before him.
’Should I enter this Gate of Rebirth?’
’If I go in... returning to any point in the past means I could go right back to the time before my reincarnation! Back to when I was still human, before I became a mosquito!’
If he did, he would be just like Gu Yuexi, returning to his original world with all his current memories. Then, he’d have a much better chance of discovering what exactly had happened to him.
He could even... avoid coming to this world altogether.
But... if he did that, the Cultivation he’d amassed since his rebirth, all the Qi Blood Spiritual Power he had painstakingly absorbed, would vanish.
Most importantly, the System would likely disappear as well.
’Then... should I not go in?’
’But wouldn’t that be a complete waste of this fortuitous encounter? And then there’s the temptation... of becoming human again.’
Chu Sheng was torn.
If he missed this chance, he might never get another one.
「A moment later.」
On the third floor, within a world of vast whiteness.
A mosquito flew slowly toward the gate and opened it... Chu Sheng had finally made his decision.
Will he leave this world?
...
「Meanwhile.」
On the second floor.
Outside the Divine Hall, in the quiescent forest.
Gu Yuexi and Yao were still locked in a fierce battle!
While controlling a Witch God Stone Statue, Yao was actually able to fight Gu Yuexi to a standstill! No, she was even pressing the Attack, chasing her down.
Of course, this was partly because Gu Yuexi was not in peak condition and didn’t want to waste her strength.
Her mind was set on one thing: waiting for Chu Sheng to emerge.
BOOM!
Under Yao’s control, the statue’s serpentine tail swept out, whipping toward Gu Yuexi at incredible speed!
Gu Yuexi snorted. She could have easily dodged it, but suddenly... a sharp, inexplicable pain shot through her heart!
In that instant, she felt as if her Blood Covenant with Chu Sheng had vanished. It felt as if she had lost him completely... a loss that felt even more severe than his death!
Even if he died, she could still sense the presence of his body through the Blood Covenant. But now, she couldn’t sense anything at all.
It was as if... Chu Sheng had never existed!
"That damned mosquito, he..."
Gu Yuexi’s mind was in utter turmoil; she even forgot to dodge!
The next second, BOOM!
The serpentine tail struck her, its immense force sending her flying back, crashing through countless trees!
SPURT... A mouthful of crimson blood sprayed from her lips. Gu Yuexi slammed heavily to the ground, yet even then, she hadn’t snapped out of her daze.
"That damned mosquito, what in the world..."
The statue’s next Attack was already upon her. BANG! Gu Yuexi was struck again, coughing up an even larger mouthful of blood as her body was flung into the air like a kite with a broken string.
"That damned mosquito, what in the world happened to him, AAAAAAH!"
As Gu Yuexi fell,
Yao directed the statue’s serpentine tail to coil around her.
The enraged Yao felt a flicker of killing intent. But seeing Gu Yuexi’s utterly distraught state, she calmed down.
A veil reappeared on her face, and she spoke to the captive Gu Yuexi, who was suspended in midair.
"I don’t want to kill you."
"Just don’t struggle. We’ll wait for the Ancient Emperor or your Mosquito Beast to come out."
Yao didn’t know what could have happened to make such a famously cold and arrogant woman fall into such a state.
True to her word, Gu Yuexi didn’t struggle. She let the statue’s tail hold her, blood staining the corners of her mouth.
"The mosquito... he might never come out."
...
「Secret Realm Zero.」
In Jing University’s tests, it was classified as a Demigod-level Secret Realm. But in truth, Jing University had only measured the intensity of its first floor, the Desert of Time.
The second and third floors, however, were far more than just Demigod Level or Divine Level.
Now, on the third floor.
A white Aedes mosquito opened the "Gate of Rebirth."
Meanwhile, not far behind him,
Qin Wudao, possessed by the Ancient Emperor, had finally crawled out of the temporal maze! He looked up and saw the gate, already open, and what lay within!
"This is... a spacetime singularity! And it’s even formed a gate of time!"
"I... I can go back? I can be reborn!"
The Ancient Emperor’s eyes blazed with madness as he frantically forced Qin Wudao’s body to crawl forward!