In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

#426 - Welcome to Guanghan Province

Although Daoist Wang was very excited, he wasn't one to spoil the mood.

It was still most important to focus on being with Ling Tong.

After their long-awaited reunion, Daoist Wang, who had always been somewhat vague about the concept of 'emotion,' suddenly understood that feeling of being unable to part.

Before this, Daoist Wang's affection for Ling Tong stemmed mostly from two aspects.

First, she had a great figure, a beautiful face, a bold personality, and could stand on her own, yet she could also show tenderness in front of him, especially the contrast between her unintentional tenderness and her mechanical arm, which made Wang Jixuan want to have such a partner.

Second, Wang Jixuan felt that he should experience the love of the mortal world to complete his Dao heart.

A large part of it was still for his own cultivation.

When Wang Jixuan made various decisions, he would only consider Ling Tong's safety;

Unlike now, he would subconsciously consider whether Ling Tong would be unhappy.

The Daoist even found a hint of the feeling he had when he looked at his senior sister in his youth.

However, these were, after all, just matters of the heart, unrelated to becoming an immortal.

After some lingering affection, the droplet-shaped special spacecraft orbiting the moon had returned to silence. Ling Tong went to the slightly cramped bathroom to shower, and Daoist Wang took out the Stone of the Past and observed it carefully.

The Stone of the Past was still emitting a colorful glow.

At this moment, the spacecraft was in lunar orbit, which was elliptical, with a perilune and an apolune.

According to Wang Jixuan's recent distracted observation, when the spacecraft was closer to a certain point on the moon, the Stone of the Past's reaction was more intense, while when it was farthest from the moon, the Stone of the Past simply stopped flashing.

The Daoist carefully recalled the information shared by his second life, as well as the historical materials of the Yina civilization that he had distractedly read during the process of forging his perfect Dao foundation.

There were no discoveries.

The existence of the Stone of the Past itself was the highest-level secret of the Yina civilization, known only to leaders.

However, how the Yina civilization obtained the Stone of the Past was vaguely described.

In his second life, he should not have obtained such information either.

This was very suspicious.

Earth was the mother planet of the Yina civilization in ancient times, and the moon was Earth's only natural satellite. During the Yina civilization, the moon must have had a unique status.

It might have been for military purposes, for example, as a fortress to protect Earth;

It was also possible that it was for scientific research purposes. It was reasonable to set up some secret experiments that could not be made public to ordinary Yina people on the moon.

In short, the Stone of the Past must have resonated with something on the moon.

After careful consideration, the Daoist still separated a wisp of his primordial spirit and, as taught before his second life's slumber, drilled into the twelfth hole on the northwest side of the Stone of the Past's center.

Before long, Wang Jixuan heard a melodious yawn.

"What's up, my handsome, suave, and charismatic reincarnation?"

Wang Jixuan: … …

Unfathomable embarrassment.

"There are two things I need to discuss with the former me."

"Try to be concise. I haven't been asleep for long enough. That peculiar spiritual power has only just infiltrated me a little and can't last too long."

"Okay."

The Daoist briefly talked about the Tianluo Society and the Shadow Disciples, and mentioned the anomaly that occurred when the Stone of the Past approached the moon.

"I've been to the moon a few times before, but I've never carried the Stone of the Past."

The Three Realms Rambler quickly explained:

"After all, in name, the Stone of the Past is only borrowed by the Yina civilization for me to study. Although they have given up on this thing, it still cannot be easily taken out of the City Above the Clouds."

"This situation is the first time I've encountered it."

Wang Jixuan said, "Did the Yina civilization mention the relationship between the moon and the Stone of the Past?"

"No," the Three Realms Rambler replied very clearly, "They showed me all the research data. They studied the Stone of the Past for many years and couldn't trigger any reaction from the Stone of the Past. I used my magic power to make the Stone of the Past shine brightly, and they were very surprised… This was also my initial means of proving that I had special abilities."

Wang Jixuan stroked his chin and thought carefully.

The Three Realms Rambler laughed, "Why think so much? Hurry down and take a look around. Maybe you can discover the treasures of the Yina civilization. I said that these guys must have been hiding things from me!"

Treasures?

Daoist Wang's heart was also burning with excitement.

Regardless of whether he lacked treasures or not, treasure hunting was always an exciting thing.

What's more, it was the treasure left by the former overlord civilization, the Yina civilization.

As for the connection between the Stone of the Past and the moon, which the Yina civilization had not discovered, this relatively outrageous guess…

This possibility existed, but it was definitely not much.

"Tianluo, Dark Sect, are they all cultivators?"

The Three Realms Rambler frowned and pondered:

"Could the immortal realm expert who pointed a finger at me be related to the Dark Sect?

"Is this still the so-called Immortal Forbidden Land?

"Good fellow, if these are true, then we may have been tricked by this place."

"What do you mean?" Daoist Wang was puzzled.

The Three Realms Rambler said:

"When I helped the Yina civilization conquer the east and west before, I did come into contact with some mysterious guys.

"There was a tribe, I remember it was located in the northwest of this star field's forward star map, called… Gu Cha Li Ta, that should be the name, but it's a transliteration, the specific meaning has to be asked by themselves, anyway, their language didn't have time to be recorded, and they themselves have been lost in the flames of war.

"I saw some ancient murals there, and they were missing half of them.

"The murals depicted some buildings similar to our cultivation world. There were many clouds and mists around the buildings, and then there were heavenly fire and heavenly thunder falling.

"Because the architectural style is very similar to our cultivation world, I remember it very clearly…

"Now that I think about it, it may be related to the Immortal Forbidden Land."

Wang Jixuan responded, "Okay, I'll find a chance to go over and take a look later."

The Three Realms Rambler continued:

"Immortal Forbidden Land, from this name, it may mean prohibiting immortality.

"Why prohibit immortality? Doesn't there have to be cultivation first before it can be prohibited?

"Furthermore, considering that the Yina civilization originally wanted to expand outwards, but encountered the obstruction of advanced civilizations, this matter may also be related to the Immortal Forbidden Land.

"This information is very important.

"You have to find a way to infiltrate that Tianluo and Dark Sect. This is our only chance to get in touch with the truth."

"I'm already infiltrating," Wang Jixuan laughed, "I'm not stupid."

The Three Realms Rambler sighed, "Even if we are powerless to resist after knowing the truth, then be a ghost who understands, don't be like me, work hard for six thousand years, and finally die unclearly, not even knowing what I did wrong."

"Well, go in peace."

"I'm just going to sleep," the Three Realms Rambler snorted, "If you, this third life, also die, then I'll try to get a fourth life."

Wang Jixuan shook his head.

He would not give the Three Realms Rambler another chance to kill and collect souls.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Wang Jixuan casually stuffed the Stone of the Past into his storage treasure.

He still had some time, he'd focus on being with Ling Tong first.

… …

"Alas," Mudan sighed faintly.

She was staying with Gao Huating in a warship near the moon.

The warship's interior was simply decorated, with silver-gray metal objects everywhere, and high-level mechanical bodies walking around.

The screens in front of Mudan and Gao Huating showed Wang Jixuan and Ling Tong's vehicle.

Gao Huating ate the delicious food made by the ship's chef with relish, and asked with a smile:

"Does Her Majesty miss the teacher?"

"Uh-huh," Mudan replied weakly, and clicked her tongue softly, "Don't you miss him?"

"Uh," Gao Huating's pretty face flushed slightly, but she quickly calmed down.

Although her appearance had not changed, her cultivation had entered the Golden Core stage and she was looking forward to the Nascent Soul stage. Naturally, she was able to cope with such teasing.

"I only have respect for the teacher, um, the kind of respect that a student has for a teacher."

"Wow, would you call Teacher Wang uncle?"

"What?" Gao Huating was a little confused.

"It's a TV series from the Golden Age of Earth, where the apprentice called the master aunt, and finally married his aunt, tsk tsk tsk."

Gao Huating rolled her eyes slightly, lowered her head to eat her own food, and ignored this guy.

Mudan continued to lie on the table watching the screen.

Gao Huating asked, "Have you finished the things that the teacher asked you to do?"

"Finished," Mudan smacked her lips, "Isn't it just getting a batch of high-level robots, getting a batch of the most powerful combat robots, and then getting ten trapping formations? It was all produced in three days."

She said triumphantly:

"In front of our mechanical civilization, as long as we succeed once, we can succeed countless times.

"As long as the process is determined to be feasible, the production process can be mass-produced in half a day.

"And all combat experience is universal. Any reaction from the enemy is within our calculation range… Even most enemies' responses to the fully automatic dynamic array are far inferior to our 'ideal enemy' large model."

"Wow, that sounds amazing," Gao Huating praised softly.

Mudan looked at Gao Huating: "On the contrary, you are now the image ambassador of our Earth civilization, always hiding here and not showing your face, aren't you afraid that your fans will riot?"

Gao Huating muttered softly:

"I'll have them post an article in a while, saying that I died of illness.

"I've been an idol for more than eighty years, continuing to be active is the problem, right?

"Staying young forever can be explained by medical beauty technology, and the non-decaying voice can also be attributed to science, but how do I explain my lifespan?

"Some people have already questioned whether I'm a cyborg."

Mu Dan snorted, "Let them question it. The Earth isn't revolving based on their mouths."

I'm also very tired. I've had very little time for cultivation these past few years."

Gao Huating sighed softly:

"Of course, if everyone needs me to continue contributing, I can switch to a second-line role and still shine."

"Pay attention and observe. Don't let the enemy arrive without us knowing."

"Don't worry."

Mu Dan smiled triumphantly:

"I've scattered over six hundred thousand space probes and psionic probes around the Earth and Mars. Unless the enemy jumps out from the spatial anomaly point in the rings of Saturn and then spends time flying over here."

"If that's the case, we'll have more time to prepare."

"Don't underestimate the mechanical army led by this Queen. We are already powerful enough to kill Pillar Blade Beasts… The Commander is starting to descend."

Gao Huating also looked up.

The teardrop-shaped spacecraft slowly headed towards the lunar base.

"Should we move closer?"

"Move closer for what? They don't need us for their honeymoon. We'll enter near-lunar orbit and keep watch for them."

"Oh, okay."

"Why do I feel like you're a little disappointed?"

"What are you talking about? I just feel like I couldn't help with anything before."

Mu Dan chuckled.

She was just about to tease Gao Huating a bit, wanting to see her shy look when her cheeks flushed red, but before the words could leave her mouth, the alarm suddenly flashed.

Mu Dan jumped over there in a flash, her speed almost like teleportation. The magnetic device activated instantly, and her speed immediately slowed down again. She stood in front of the large screen and quickly swiped her fingers.

In a few seconds, she had already completed countless data exchanges and tests.

"What's wrong?"

"Spatial anomaly," Mu Dan replied succinctly. "On the Earth's surface… in the area where we fought before… It's not spatial transmission. The spatial fluctuation frequency is very low, like it's probing."

Gao Huating walked to the side and stared at the screen for a while.

There was too much data, and much of it was in symbolic language specific to mechanical civilization. She wasn't a professional and couldn't understand it very well.

"Is it the enemy?"

"We can't be sure. We can't trace the source."

Mu Dan said:

"The Tianluo people said before that they and the Dark Cultists can teleport to the areas they've been to, with an interval of about three months."

"The three months here are based on the Earth's rotation period."

"I specifically asked about it at the time."

Gao Huating calculated the time: "Isn't it almost time then?"

"Focus on detecting this location. I've already sent a message to the Commander. It's good that the Commander is hiding on the moon. Those people haven't been to the moon yet."

"Yeah," Gao Huating nodded vigorously.

She could help a little now!

It's just that, if she needed to use her singing to persuade the enemy to be kind, then she could try it.

… …

Weak spatial fluctuations?

Wang Ji Xuan calculated the time.

It was exactly halfway through the three-month period.

In that case, the three months would be the time it takes for those two groups to make a round trip.

How much force would the Dark Cultists send this time? The Tianluo people promised to apply to their superiors to send more people to support them, but such verbal promises couldn't be relied on too much.

Should he evacuate the humans near that spatial fluctuation zone?

Wang Ji Xuan thought about it and gave Mu Dan the authority to handle it.

Mu Dan was already very professional now, and he, the Commander, was a bit redundant.

He looked at the constantly changing scenery outside.

Because they were piloting a warship, they landed directly inside a military-use crater.

The pitted and uneven craters on the surface were now covered with layers of light membranes.

These light screens had nothing to do with psionic energy and were products of the technological side.

The warship passed through six light membranes one after another, and below, maintenance robots were already holding up guiding light pillars, guiding the warship to the designated location.

A synthesized electronic voice came from the warship's broadcast:

"Welcome to the direct jurisdiction area of the Earth United Government, Guanghan Province."

Wang Ji Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

The name was quite artistic.

Looking at the Stone of the Past that was shining with colorful lights again, he also had a bit more anticipation in his heart.

While the enemy hadn't arrived yet, he should get this matter settled first.

"Give me half a day," Wang Ji Xuan turned to look at Ling Tong, "How about we go on a lunar exploration?"

"Exploration?"

"It's not some kind of… romantic game. It's just the literal meaning, a very pure one."

Ling Tong said coolly, "Don't say these things outside. I also have my pride."

"Yes, Commander."

"You don't have to be so distant."

Wang Ji Xuan: … …

A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea. It's quite difficult to figure out.