in the edge

Chapter 601: Same Sky, Different Earth

Once upon a time, Wu Zhao and Du Chengfeng passed through a so-called Peach Blossom Spring and went to a strange world.

At that time, Wu Zhao and Du Chengfeng just thought that this was just a different world, but as they gradually understood that area, they more or less realized that they were more like entering a time period long ago, but in another area.

But now, after Wu Zhao's reminder, Du Chengfeng also realized a problem.

That is, is the area they entered before really that simple?

“You were…”

Du Chengfeng remembered the letter that Wu Zhao had sent him before.

"I remember you said that you traveled through many worlds..."

"..."

Wu Zhao remained silent, but Du Chengfeng could feel that Wu Zhao's condition had begun to become unstable.

After all, if it were Du Chengfeng himself, it would probably be difficult for him to accept this knowledge. After all, this cognition is too chaotic and disordered - or in other words, this world is far more chaotic and disordered than he thought.

Originally, in Wu Zhao's or Du Chengfeng's understanding, these so-called dynasties should be arranged in a linear manner. They are used to viewing time as a long river, with history and people rising and falling in the long river. They have never felt that there is anything wrong with this. After all, the world should be like this.

But now, they suddenly realized that this world was not like this.

At least in this weird idealistic world, everything doesn't seem to be like this. There may not be any inheritance relationship between the heroes of different dynasties - this is also confirmed by the powerful people in front of them. Although they can talk about their own origins very clearly, if they are asked to talk about the origins of the people around them, they can't tell the cause and effect.

It's as if they all come from different worlds.

"Could it be that……"

At this moment, Du Chengfeng and Wu Zhao had a vague answer in their hearts, which they themselves could not quite understand.

These powerful beings come from different worlds, but they gather under the same sky.

"This……"

At this moment, not only Du Chengfeng, but even Wu Zhao’s brain was not enough.

"But if you look at it from the perspective of will, this might actually be possible..."

Wu Zhao was silent for a long time and reluctantly gave an explanation.

"If the firm will of one person can enable him to transcend life and death, then what about the firm will of a group of people? What about the firm will of all people? This inertia, this habit, will make them not want to seek any change... Then this will can, can..."

“It anchors the world.”

Du Chengfeng added another sentence.

Yes, since a strong will can be used to anchor one's own life and allow oneself to transcend life and death itself, then the strong will of a group of people can also anchor the world itself and allow the entire world to become independent from the long river of time.

However, it is obvious that this unconscious anchoring can never be truly perfect, so the world of these powerful beings will still evolve slowly, and there will still be rise and fall.

But even if it is just an imperfect anchor, it is enough to divide the world into layer upon layer of distinctions.

“The world… is so big.”

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng and Wu Zhao couldn't help but sigh at the same time.

Faced with this overly chaotic knowledge, neither of them knew what to say.

They only know that their previous achievements, strength, and self-righteous bravery seem so ridiculous when faced with such a huge amount of information.

It is true that they are both strong, but they are also frogs in a well.

Even these powerful ones are the same.

As frogs in the well, they have been just wandering around in this well called the sky. They have never really explored the reality of this world, nor have they truly mastered that power.

“That power…”

At this moment, Du Chengfeng suddenly realized the source of Wenquxingjun's power.

The numerous and powerful Wenquxingjuns are probably more than just simple copies as he originally imagined.

I’m afraid every Wenquxingjun is genuine.

They are all from another world, the real Wenquxingjun.

However, the God of Wenqu, with the help of the power of the magic soldiers, forcibly gathered these Gods of Wenqu together, and more of them burst out with even more terrifying power.

"It seems that... he has reached the next step."

Wu Zhao also confirmed this.

It is hard to describe the next level of realm specifically, but it is obvious that Wenquxingjun has completely surpassed all the powerful ones in terms of understanding of power. Now, Wenquxingjun has also transformed this understanding into power, into unparalleled power.

"That is to say, if you want to defeat him, your strength should at least not be weaker than his."

Wu Zhao gave his advice.

"Although I don't know how you can do it, you have to find more of yourself and use their power, just like the Wenquxingjun you mentioned... I'm afraid this is the only way to kill this monster, but."

Having said this, Wu Zhao paused slightly.

"But I have a question, why do you have to kill him?"

"I……"

Faced with Wu Zhao's question, Du Chengfeng was stunned where he was.

Everything seemed to have returned to that time, back to the time when he had just come to this world. At that time, he was also in danger. He had nothing and had to face the invincible He Xiqing - indeed, at that time, he chose to fight and chose to fight.

But did he really have no other choice at that time?
Do they really have to fight? Is he really in a situation where he has no way out? You have to know that Wenquxingjun actually didn't find where he is. Now he has every chance to choose to leave - just like he did in the past, one person and one horse, he ran directly to the south, and then used the power of Southern Chen to fight against He Xiqing, wouldn't it be more convenient?
"I……"

After being stunned for a while, Du Chengfeng finally sighed.

"As for reasons, I can probably find many, but if I have to give a most fundamental reason...it's probably just because I don't want to quit."

Speaking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Yes, perhaps this is the biggest reason.

Even though he had thousands of excuses and ten thousand better ways, he just didn't want to retreat at this moment. Instead of taking a step back and living in disgrace, he would rather take a step forward, and then another step forward, even if he would die on the way to charge.

After all, in his impression, if he moves forward, he may still have a chance to survive, but if he takes a step back, he will take a second step back, one step back, and step back step by step. Sooner or later, he will retreat to the point where he has no room to retreat.

So instead of waiting until you are forced to death, it is better to choose to move forward bravely from the beginning.

When two men meet on a narrow road, the bravest will win. Du Chengfeng didn't think he could really be called a brave man, he just felt that he didn't want to back down.

That's it.

“It’s a good thing that you have such an idea.”

After hearing Du Chengfeng's understanding, Wu Zhao, who asked this question, seemed somewhat happy.

"Originally, I was thinking that if you were to become like those powerful ones and want to retreat, then I would simply seize your current body and find a way to fight with Wenquxingjun... But now that you have this idea, I can also tell you my method."

As he said this, Wu Zhao controlled the corpse of the Centipede Star Lord and raised his hand to make a move.

"You are lucky that you thought of resurrecting me. After all, I can bring you more than just chatting... You should remember, right? I have really been to those different worlds, which means..."

As Wu Zhao spoke, a crack appeared in front of Du Chengfeng.

"Come on, let's go find your strength."

"This is……"

Du Chengfeng looked at the crack in front of him.

This is not some cave in the sky. He felt it clearly. This is clearly a real passage leading to another world!

"This... you actually still have this trick up your sleeve!"

Du Chengfeng's eyes immediately lit up.

Yes, before, he didn't know how to fight against Wenquxingjun. Although he had some ideas, he still had no idea how to increase his strength. But now, Wu Zhao pointed him in a new direction!
That is, to go to another world, or another world line, and find another self.

As long as he could unite with another self, his strength would be strengthened. As long as he could unite enough selves, he would definitely be able to defeat the so-called Wenquxingjun - after all, he was stronger than the Wenquxingjun, and the difference between the two sides was only in numbers.

And now, when the number is likely to be made up, it means that each of him is stronger than every other Wenquxingjun.

He had been invincible before the fight, so how could he lose?

"It's indeed a good idea!"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

Anyway, in the recent period of time, he only needed to wait for Wenquxingjun to cause chaos on his own, and during this waiting period, he finally mastered the way to increase his own strength - as a result of this increase and decrease, his winning rate was indeed greatly increased.

"but……"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but look into the distance at the few strange powerful men who were still in his cave.

He could practice here, but if these unfamiliar powerful people saw this method, it would be troublesome - so for the sake of safety, he still had to...

"Not really."

It was at this time that Wu Zhao once again stopped Du Chengfeng who was about to take action.

"It hasn't come to that yet. Or, these people can be put to better use... Just wait and see what I'm going to do."

Having said this, Wu Zhao controlled the corpse of the Centipede Star Lord and approached those powerful men.

"What are you guys talking about?"

"We, we..."

Several powerful men who came to seek shelter immediately began to hesitate.

It was indeed a bit speechless. After all, they had just seen the scene of this centipede elder carving out a passage with his bare hands. Although they didn't quite understand what he was doing, it was obvious that the centipede star was doing something quite secretive. Now that they had seen his secret, what else could they say? Was he waiting for him to kill him?
So when they saw it they could only pretend not to know. After all, they were the newcomers. However, they were a little confused and couldn't help whispering to each other for a while.

Then they were caught red-handed by this centipede senior. Knowing they were in the wrong, they could not say a word. They were even ready to fight. If a fight broke out, they would be the first to run away.

But to the surprise of these powerful men, the centipede elder in front of them, who had a strong aura of death, shook his head.

"What are you doing? It makes me feel like I want to kill you."

The Centipede Star God shook his head and sighed.

"This is good for you, but you still don't know what's good for you... Let me ask you, do you want to rely on others' protection for your whole life?"

Several powerful men were silent for a moment, then shook their heads.

That's definitely not the case. Who would be willing to be under someone else's control all the time? What's more, they were all heroes who ruled one side. The reason they came here to bow their heads and be humble is simply because their strength is not enough. If they want to survive, they have to surrender.

But if there is a chance...

"Senior Baizu, what do you mean?"

Thinking of this, the eyes of two powerful men lit up.

"Is this...prepared for us?"

"It's prepared for me and everyone else."

The Centipede Star God said so.

"Have you never wondered where I get my strength from since I rarely go out? Now I want you to know... You must also have some strength, otherwise when the extraterritorial demons really attack us, you will only hold us back. What should we do then?"

"This...is true."

Hearing what Centipede Star Lord said, several powerful men nodded in agreement.

What he said was indeed reasonable, well-founded and convincing - but more importantly, the Centipede Star Lord in front of him had indeed shared his own method of becoming stronger, which was a real sharing of benefits.

With profit at stake, how could they have any reason to refuse?

After all, they really need to become stronger in order to continue living.

"It's good that you still understand and still have the will to become stronger."

Having said this, the Centipede Star Lord also forced an ugly smile.

This weird expression, as if only half of the face was smiling, made several powerful people tremble with fear.

But considering that the Centipede Star Lord has always looked like something that doesn't look like a human, the several powerful men felt a little relieved.

"Surely... there won't be any problems, right?"

Several powerful men followed behind the Centipede Star Lord and walked into the passage.

(End of this chapter)