Chapter 566: The Bizarre Secret Realm
Chapter 566: The Bizarre Secret Realm
On their journey, the atmosphere inside the car was somewhat somber. Ling Feng remained silent, and Lu Zihao also kept quiet, staring at the road ahead.
After driving like this for two hours, Ling Feng couldn’t help but ask, "Where are we going?"
"Provincial city, airport!"
Lu Zihao uttered just four words.
Baffled, Ling Feng pressed on, "And then?"
"Kunlun Mountains!"
"Brother, have you been there before?" Ling Feng continued to inquire.
Lu Zihao turned to glance at him and kept his eyes on the road ahead, "No, I’m also benefiting from your luck. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be qualified to enter the area guarded by the Lu Family."
Ling Feng: "..."
Afterward, the pair did not speak again, driving until they reached the outskirts of the provincial city and entered a small airport.
This place was not for civilian use, but a special airport owned by the local military.
After passing the guard’s inspection, the car entered the airport, and Ling Feng’s gaze was drawn to a row of the most advanced fighter jets!
Seeing those, his heart swelled with excitement. He pointed in that direction and asked, "Brother Lu, are we going to take one of those planes?"
"Wishful thinking. Those are fighter jets; there’s no seat for you!"
Lu Zihao gave him a look, then pointed elsewhere, "If I’m not mistaken, the one we’re supposed to take should be that one over there!"
Ling Feng turned his head to look and was momentarily stunned.
On the tarmac there was a white, small plane. It didn’t seem very large, probably seating only seven or eight people, more like a sightseeing plane than anything else.
Seeing it, Ling Feng felt a wave of disappointment wash over him.
He had thought they might get to fly in a military jet. Was this what they were actually taking?
Would this thing just fall out of the sky while flying? After all, it looked a bit old. He wondered whether the plane was older than he was!
As things turned out, what Ling Feng didn’t want to happen, did. In the end, he and Lu Zihao both boarded the small aircraft.
"The flight will take four hours. You can rest a bit,"
Lu Zihao told him after the plane took off.
Ling Feng glanced out at the fluffs of white clouds, his mind drifting to Shiyun, how could he sleep?
So he smiled and said, "I’m fine, brother. You rest."
"If you’re not tired, I can tell you about the details of this mission."
Lu Zihao said.
"Sure!"
Ling Feng thought to himself that it was about time. They had boarded the plane and were only now discussing it. The level of secrecy was indeed quite something!
At that moment, Lu Zihao cast a glance at the white-bearded old man who had boarded the plane with them and said respectfully, "Professor Du, please begin!"
Only then did Ling Feng realize that the man was actually a professor!
He had thought he was just a random staff member.
"Okay!"
Professor Du nodded, giving Ling Feng a look, "About this matter, we’ll have to start from ten years ago."
Ling Feng, upon hearing that a lengthy explanation was coming, thought to himself that since there was plenty of time, he might as well listen patiently—after all, he had nothing better to do!
After the Li Family discovered that the seal had loosened and sought help from the nation, a special task force of six people rushed to the Kunlun Mountains.
Professor Du was one of the members, and from the day he became part of the team, his life had been intertwined with that seal.
However, due to bloodline limitations, the members of the special task force could not enter the Secret Realm where the seal was kept.
The only way to understand it was when the guardians came out.
Sometimes it was for a few minutes, sometimes for an hour or two.
Over the course of ten years, Li Shiyun’s aunt had only appeared a little over fifty times, and together with the experience passed down by predecessors, Professor Du had still managed to summarize some information about that Secret Realm.
In the few hours it took to rush to the Kunlun Mountains, he had disclosed almost all the information he knew to Ling Feng.
But after Ling Feng heard everything, he was still completely confused.
Because the inside of that Secret Realm was also a world without any regularity, filled with Chaos.
The seal was right in front of you, but the space was chaotic; once a person entered, they would randomly enter different fragments of space-time, some as small as an ordinary room, others vast and boundless, with no end in sight.
Over more than two thousand years of guardianship, the records left behind by generations of guardians showed that these places had never repeated!
This was the first bizarre aspect.
The second was that no matter which world one entered, one could encounter problems that needed to be solved, and once solved, one could earn the privilege to leave temporarily.
No one knew how these worlds formed or why they existed.
But with the spatial fluctuations becoming more and more pronounced, if the seal were to fully loosen or even break, these Space Fragments could very likely scatter outwards, impacting the outside world!
As for Chi You, who was sealed within, no one knew his true power, but once released, he would undoubtedly be a disaster!
After hearing Professor Du’s explanation, Ling Feng immediately asked, "So after I enter, I won’t be able to see Shiyun or Zhou Yi?"
"That’s hard to say. Currently, the two of them are together and haven’t separated."
Professor Du shook his head, then added, "But after all, it’s the first time two people have entered at the same time, we haven’t found a specific pattern yet. Maybe after you enter, you could provide us with more data?"
Ling Feng, speechless, hadn’t expected to become a test subject providing data!
After pondering for a moment, he continued, "Then what should I do first after I go in?"
"Adapt to the situation, I guess. The control over the seal is weakening, so it would be best if you could find a way to strengthen the power of the seal. If you can’t, then just take care of yourself once the seal breaks after a while and the Secret Realm ceases to exist."
Hearing Professor Du say this, Ling Feng’s brows immediately knotted!
If the predecessors hadn’t found a solution for so long, how could he possibly solve the problem after going in? Just thinking about it seemed impossible—he had never considered himself to be any kind of remarkable person, nor had he ever aspired to be a hero who saved the world!
After thinking it over, Ling Feng looked up and said, "I’ll do my best."
"It’s not entirely without hope," Professor Du noted. "Based on our conjecture, because Li Shiyun and Zhou Yi both have spatial equipment, they were able to enter the Secret Realm at will. Now with you, maybe there’s still a chance to solve the problem!"
Ling Feng was taken aback, and he silently wondered. He and Li Shiyun had Teleportation Arrays, but Zhou Yi did too?
He didn’t remember giving her one.
That’s right, Zhou Yi indeed had her own spatial equipment. When he first saw her, didn’t she just disappear into thin air?
But it seemed that Professor Du knew about the Teleportation Array he had on him?
Seeing his confusion, Professor Du smiled and said, "Don’t be nervous. I know all about you. The headquarters provided me with your information and it was I who approved your participation in this mission."
"Oh, my apologies, then I should really thank you!" Ling Feng said with pleasant surprise.
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