Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

The scene in front of him finally returned to normal. Familiar people and things were right in front of him. The white fog world clearly existed in the strings of time and space, and it was under complete induction.

The spatial gate could be activated at any time.

The palpitation he had experienced earlier had turned into lingering fear.

The darkness, the lack of response from the white fog world, and the lonely scene of his companions without a trace touched his soul and made him recall the past that he did not want to remember.

When he had just transmigrated to the isolated island, it was the first time in his life that he had lost something.

Now that he had even more, he could no longer endure a third time.

Ah Xing squatted beside him and held his hand worriedly.

It was just like the time when they were on the Sacred Seal Islands. On that dark and lonely night, she and Kant had snuggled up to each other in the face of possible threats in the darkness. At that time, Kant had met Ah Xing for the first time and saved her from being besieged by the black beasts. During the few days when he was recuperating, they had established their initial friendship and trust.

Previously, it was soft fur, but now it was smooth skin. Ah Xing’s eyes were still as innocent and ethereal as before, full of worry and concern.

Even though Ah Xing had something on his mind and would occasionally be in a daze, looking around with a blank gaze, when he heard his shout and saw his panic, he threw all his worries to the back of his mind and only had eyes for him.

Kant gently shook her hand, indicating that she was fine.

Ah Xing responded with a smile.

“You said you saw the past?”

Long Niang sat on the other side. She waited for Kant’s breathing to stabilize and her eyes to calm down before asking.

Kant’s gaze flickered for a moment before he nodded slowly.

“Then what did you see?”

“.. ” I saw the scene here. You were gone. The environment was even darker. The environment had changed. There weren’t that many glowing crystals between the rocks. There was light in the distance and water in the vicinity. I could hear the sounds of large wild beasts and the cries of birds… It’s much livelier than now.”

” I didn’t see anything else,” Kant answered slowly.

” What?” Lily leaned forward with an interested look.” Are you sure it’s a scene from the past?” Could it be some kind of illusion?”

” No, I can confirm that it’s not an illusion.” Kant replied,” Time and space…That is another time and space.”

This was the only explanation for why the white fog world was unable to respond to the call, and why he could not even sense the location of the white fog world.

Illusion was even more impossible.

The Phoenix Vision World was the Illusion-breaking Eye, and the Fire Stealer’s divine power was even more so. There was also Brother Tu protecting it. How could it be deceived by an illusion without any warning?

” Yes.” Long Niang nodded lightly.” Based on your superb attainments in the study of the phase, I agree with your judgment. If you really saw a scene from the past, then this is most likely…”

She paused for a moment and said slowly,”Time flashed back.”

” According to the literal meaning, I accidentally observed a time fault from the past.” Kant slowly calmed down and began to analyze.” Are there any similar records?”

He had made a contract with the Dragon God of Time and Space, Akatum, and had the ability to control time and space. Although compared to the great divine power of the King of Gods, which could straighten out the axis of time and turn the world from chaos to order, his ability was only a molecular bond at the tip of a hair, let alone a superficial one. However, it was still a beginner.

It was precisely because he possessed the power of time that he was extremely concerned about the time phenomenon he encountered.

From the time he transmigrated to the other world, everything he encountered and did was somehow connected. This matter should not be a coincidence.

” Yes, but it’s very rare. Ever since the birth of intelligent creatures, there have always been creatures claiming that they were enlightened by the gods, or that they saw the past or the future. Among these so-called prophecies, many of them are fake. They do so only to satisfy their own selfish desires and selfishness, which is easy to expose and distinguish.”

” There’s also another part. It’s hard to tell if it’s real or fake because this kind of thing is very difficult to distinguish. You don’t know if the other party is hallucinating or really seeing the past…”

” There’s another small portion that’s real?” Kant asked.

” If the ‘real hammer’ is a credible case with conclusive evidence, then my answer is yes, no.”

Lily replied,” In this era, the dragons have recorded three cases of time and space flashbacks. However, it was not the three cases of ‘time and space flashback’. It was’ these creatures did see some kind of vision’.”

“.. I don’t quite understand. What do you mean?”

” The first case was from the previous era. The decline and extinction of the Lydes dwarves. A dwarf lord claimed to have experienced a time flashback phenomenon and saw the wonders of the planet left behind by the Rock Tribe in the heyday of the previous era. An endless mine that dug into the core of the planet forever. The furnace road was filled with extremely compressed natural magic stones, high-quality rare metal minerals, and countless gold.”

” At first, no one believed him. Then, he used his wealth and prestige to gather an expedition team to find the furnace road mentioned in the space-time flashback phenomenon. The dwarves were all laughing at him.”

” But a year later, good news came. They did find the mine, which was exactly the same as what the lord had seen in the past. The mine they brought back made the entire Rune Union boil. All the major states followed suit and began to invest huge financial resources and manpower to reopen the buried road of wealth. They broke through the burial of the earth’s crust and continued to go deeper.”

” That lord’s reputation instantly soared to the peak, becoming the hero of all dwarves. He was nominated as the next Dwarf King. If he succeeds, he will undoubtedly become the greatest king in the history of the dwarves in this era, enough to stand side by side with the legendary kings of the past.”

Kant said,”If. You used the word ‘if’…” He failed?”

” No, he succeeded. The Dwarves invested a lot of manpower and resources and finally opened up the endless mine dug by the Rock Tribe. Then…”

“And?” Kant asked curiously.

Lily rolled her eyes.” Then they saw a world full of lava, sulfur, and black rivers. Then countless demons rushed out of the holes.”

” The shocked dwarves tried their best to stop them. A few days later, the impatient lords of hell destroyed the environment of the lava lake below the cave entrance and detonated the lava vent at the bottom of the lake.”

” The tremendous pressure pushed countless magma out of the hole that the dwarves dug again, instantly killing the essence of all the Lydes dwarves gathered there. It also sprayed countless Hellfire giants, obsidian teleportation arrays, and molten demons all the way to the ground, turning this so-called endless mine into a volcanic crater, continuously throwing a large number of demons and teleportation arrays to all parts of the world.”

” The Hell Invasion begins.”

Kant was shocked when he heard that.” F * ck! Demons live down there?”

Lily said matter-of-factly,” Or else?”

“.. I thought they were all in another plane.”

” That’s how mortals understand it. There’s no difference. Although they’re on the same planet, the distance between the area where the demons live and the surface is a distance that’s impossible to cross physically. It can even be said that they’ll never be able to reach it. Usually, if the demons want to come to the surface, they can only rely on summoning rituals and teleportation arrays.”

Kant was a little worried. He looked around.

“.. This place is less than 2,000 meters deep. Do you know how deep that path of destruction is? Those idiots from the Rock Tribe have been digging for more than a thousand years. It’s far from enough, don’t worry.”

Kant was finally relieved. How was it resolved?”

Demons, Hellfire Giants, and Teleportation Formations kept spewing out of the huge crater. The entire world was affected, causing a world-shaking disaster. Was this how the previous era ended?

Lily gave a strange smile and shook her head.” It’s easy. Those idiots in hell who bathe in lava probably haven’t shot for thousands of years. They spewed out an excessive amount of lava and dust in one breath. The dust covered the sky and covered two-thirds of the sky. The smoke cloud spread to the whole world in a few months, cutting off sunlight. The temperature plummeted and entered eternal winter…”

“Then, the demons that escaped were frozen to death, and their combat power dropped by at least 70%. The first thing they did when they came to the surface was to build a thermal tower and hide in the warm area, unable to move.”

“At that time, the various races on the continent were able to gather their elite forces and recapture the eruption area. They pushed the demons back. After defeating the invasion of Hell, they thought of a way to disperse the clouds and let the sunlight return to the earth…”

” But the prolonged cold caused a huge reduction in food production, causing countless famines and deaths. A large number of creatures went extinct, which became the cause of the end of the previous era.” Lily said calmly.

Kant sighed.

What a heavy lesson.

He immediately reacted,”The time flashback that the dwarf lord saw…”

” Yes, it was recorded. The price was too heavy, and it had a major impact on the world’s progress. However, there is still debate among the dragons as to whether the scene that the lord saw was a time flashback. Conspiracy theories believe that it was not a fragment of the past, but a whisper and deception of a demon lord. In short, both sides hold different opinions, but the mainstream view still believes that it was indeed a time flashback phenomenon.”

Lily shrugged.” The second case is similar to the third case, but not as exciting. For example, the second case is that the emperor of the Vituan Empire saw his queen having an affair with the chief of the temple warriors on her wedding night ten years ago. There are also several subsequent cases in the following years…”

” I want to hear this!” Kant exclaimed. Tell me! The first example should have been mentioned briefly!”

“What’s there to hear?” Long Niang spat. On the wedding night, when the emperor was drunk, the empress was raped in front of him. When the emperor was giving a speech in the palace hall, the empress was raped in the lounge. When the emperor was reading official documents next door, the empress was raped in the bedroom. In front of the wedding portrait, in front of the son in the cradle, in the bathtub, in the wardrobe…”

Kant slapped his chair. How did you know?”

Matron Long spat.” This matter was quite big at the time. Because the Empress was born in the Starry Sky Temple, she couldn’t handle it privately. Her son was also very unlike him. The Emperor couldn’t hold it in anymore and proposed a divorce. He flipped the table and eventually made it known to the whole world. It also opened the curtain of the struggle between the political power and theocracy in the Vituan Empire, and a great discussion of law was launched.”

” The joint court in charge of adjudication has invited space-time scholars and grand mages from all races to participate in the debate on whether the space-time flashback phenomenon really exists and whether it can be used as the testimony of the parties involved…”

” In the end, civil war broke out, and both the Starry Sky Temple and the Vertuan Empire declined.”

” F * ck,” Kant said with a complicated tone.” It’s so casual.”

“What do you think politics is? A group of scheming people who never make mistakes are playing a big game of chess?” Lily glanced at him.” No, politics is often a matter of accident, competition, winning without knowing it, or losing without knowing it. There are thousands of reasons for winning, but the only reason for losing is stupidity. It’s two groups of stupid disasters that keep making mistakes, and then the less stupid group wins.”

Kant shook his head.

” I’m a dragon,” Lily said proudly.

” What about the third case?” Kant asked.

” The third case is a little vague. It was during the Great Fission Period at the end of the previous era. At that time, the dragons were also unable to take care of themselves. The world collapsed and the climate was abnormal. Countless lives fell and species died. The dragons left the land of doomsday and searched for a safe place to survive the apocalypse. However, the races of the mortal world could only struggle on the broken land. This case of time and space flashback is only a vague rumor.”

” It is said that on the Doomsday Wasteland, there was a great guardian who tried to establish order in the darkness and preserve the fire of civilization. She claimed to have received enlightenment and warning from the past. A great creature showed her mission, path, civilization, and hope. She told others about the enlightenment that was like a dream, spreading the meaning of mutual help, kindness, sacrifice, and morality to people, and established the last shelter…”

Lily looked at Kant.

“And then?” Kant asked.

” Then, the previous era ended.” Lily spread her hands and said,” The tinder was destroyed and she went missing.”

“..”

Kant rolled his eyes.

” Oh?” Long Niang blinked her eyes.” Then the question is, have you found any similarities between these three cases?”

Kant took a deep breath.” It’s all bad news, you bastard!” he said angrily.

Long Niang patted his shoulder.” Don’t think like that. If the dwarves didn’t continue digging but developed in the mines that had already been excavated, the Rune Alliance’s national strength would definitely soar. If the emperor could keep calm and not flip the table directly, he might be able to slowly take care of the Starry Sky Temple. If the guardian was a little stronger, he might be able to lead her subjects to live like us until the next era.”

” They failed not because they couldn’t use space-time flashback, but because they were greedy, stupid, and noobs. You’re different from them. Be more confident. This is a good thing.”

She then nodded.” Well, maybe the dwarf lord was just bewitched by a demon. The emperor of the Vertuan Empire is a cuckold. The mysterious leader made up this story to win the hearts of the people. Only you experienced the real time and space flashback.”

“This comfort really makes me unhappy.”

Kant finished his cup of milk tea and put the paper cup aside. He exhaled slowly.

“What should we do?” he asked.

Lily looked at the dark mountains and caves in the distance. The light of the lens shone in them, reflecting the dark rock walls. They had been tracking the traces of Orcherwill all the way until they arrived here. The environment was more complicated. This was the starting point of Orcherwill, and the surroundings were full of traces of the crazy dragon wandering and colliding. In other words, the trail of the crazy dragon had been cut off.

If he wanted to continue tracking, he had to find a needle in a haystack or make a new attempt.

“You decide.”

Lily said,” We need to find Tris, but the terrain here is complicated and beyond our imagination. I don’t know what the space-time flashback means, and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. But I know that if Tris can complete the plan, it will be the worst of the bad.”

Kant was silent for a moment before he said,” Do you have any ideas?”

” According to these three examples, the space-time flashback does not happen randomly. Instead, it will guide information from the past. There are good and bad information, but they all have deep meanings. They are all closely related to the environment and fate of the victim. The emperor faces the secret erosion of the religious power, the dwarf lord faces the internal and external troubles of the Rune Alliance, and the guardian faces the end of the era and the demise of everything.”

” The space-time flashback they saw might be a response to the uneasiness in their hearts. I don’t know if there’s a cause and effect relationship, or if there’s some kind of power manipulating it, but…”

Lily took a deep breath and said,” There is no road ahead now. Perhaps the time and space flashback is a new path. The scene you see in the past may contain the secrets of this place. It may be about the mysterious elements, the River of Origin, the depths and ascension…”

“We can’t find Tracy, but we can find the river if we can.”

Kant listened quietly.

” Therefore, my suggestion is to follow the space-time flashback and follow your intuition. From the descriptions and memories in the past, the flashback phenomenon will not happen once, but many times, and it will be very detailed. That’s why the people who encounter it will remember it deeply and even believe it without a doubt. After all, those people are all intelligent and knowledgeable people. If you want them to believe it without a doubt, you must have enough truth.”

” Follow your feelings and follow the phenomena that you see that are worth paying attention to. You might be able to find new clues…”

“Think again. What did you see in the past?” Long Niang said slowly.

Kant focused on his thoughts. The dark valley, the sound of the river, the passing of beasts below, the light in the distance, the light, the light…The light seemed to be moving.

It was like fire.

He said softly,”Light source…” Perhaps it was fire, and the rest were hidden in the dark outline. But, Lily, I have a feeling that there was intelligent life here a long time ago.”

” Alright.” Long Niang’s eyes were calm as she nodded.” This is the next target.”

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[PS 1: Upgraded…] It was a little early today, but it could be even earlier. They would continue tomorrow.