Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 588 Question

The conversation with Lu Zhiyao, as always, was like wandering on the ocean in a lonely boat.

There will always be storms, and there will always be blue skies and scorching sun. No matter how the scenery on the sea changes, at least you never have to worry about your boat getting stuck. The raging waves named Lu Zhiyao will always push you forward.

"Okay, now that you have understood the circular structure of the virtual and real worlds, you can move on to the next step. You came at the right time. I just happened to have a troublesome matter and I don't know who to entrust it to..."

Wang Luo couldn't help but laugh at Lu Zhiyao's habit of conscripting men at any time... She was like this on Lingshan Mountain back then, she did whatever she wanted, and Wang Luo was involved in every one of them.

"So, are we going to deal with Taichu?"

Lu Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head: "On the contrary... Taichu is not a problem. I don't need to feel troubled, nor do I need you to help deal with it. This time he opened the crack and jumped into the Luoshu world, trying to 'dig up the root'. It was a failure, but it was also a failure that could not be helped. In short..."

At this point, a small piece of glass next to Lu Zhiyao's hand suddenly lit up, and a line of words popped up on it: Team 87 has returned safely.

"Ha." Lu Zhiyao raised her eyebrows, revealing obvious joy. "World No. 87 has also been suppressed. The progress is better than expected. This time we can ask the parliament for more budget."

Afterwards, she explained to Wang Luo: "In response to your question just now, the last clone of Taichu that descended into the Luoshu World has been suppressed, so there is no need for you to take action at all."

Wang Luo was extremely surprised: "It has been suppressed... by you? World No. 18 has the ability to suppress Taichu?"

Lu Zhiyao said, "Do you find it incredible? This is precisely the key to our ability to suppress Taichu. Yes, from the perspective of 'hard power', World 18 is not developed enough to compete with Taichu, even if Taichu is at the end of its strength. But precisely because of this, and precisely because he can see the weakness of World 18 at a glance, we have a great opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak."

Having said that, Lu Zhiyao suddenly lowered her head and took out a palm-sized weapon with an extremely sophisticated structure from a drawer of the long table.

"This is a little gadget that I developed. It's the prototype of the entire Homecoming series of weapons. Now, what's next..."

Before she finished her words, she suddenly grasped the small prototype, pointed the muzzle at Wang Luo, and pulled the trigger with her index finger.

At the same time, Wang Luo only felt an unprecedented threat coming towards him... It was a threat that was hard to describe and even harder to resist, so much so that Wang Luo had almost no choice but to instinctively fight back.

He was the first to arrive and his moves were as fast as lightning. At this moment, even those Mahayana True Lords would be stunned at his fast hand speed.

In the blink of an eye, he dodged the small pistol in Lu Zhiyao's hand, and then he held it as if he had learned it by nature, with his index finger on the trigger and the muzzle pointed at Lu Zhiyao.

Only then did his rationality finally come to his senses... and then, after sighing, he slapped the Homecoming prototype on the table.

Lu Zhiyao shook her head regretfully and rubbed her wrist: "It seems that my skills have really regressed. I was actually counterattacked by a little guy like you."

Wang Luo said, "It can be seen that your strength has indeed declined greatly. Do you still have the strength of the Spiritualization Stage now? How long have you been in this main world? If you continue to stay here, how much more will you decline?"

Lu Zhiyao shook her head again, not responding to this question. Instead, she played with the prototype in her hand and explained, "You should have felt the threat just now. It has no other killing capabilities, but it has the ability to kill invaders from outer space with one shot. Anyone who fails to see through the truth will be directly compressed into simple words in the Luoshu after being shot. In serious cases, they will be wiped out on the spot. Well, the principle is also very simple: whether it is Taichu, you, or even me, the 'power' brought into the Luoshu world does not come from the Luoshu world, but It is an invasion from the outside world. Returning home can allow the power that does not belong to this world to return to its origin. Therefore, no matter how powerful Taichu is, he will kneel on the ground if he is shot in the face like this. Moreover, theoretically speaking, people who cannot see through the reality have no way to dodge this shot. You just felt the threat because half of your subconscious mind still stayed in the outside world, but the other half firmly crossed the boundary between reality and illusion, so you had the opportunity to take the gun from my hand. If Taichu was here, he might be better than you, but he could not avoid my face-to-face shot. "

Wang Luo sighed. He could only say that he was used to Lu Zhiyao's abrupt change of topic. Then he simply said, "If that's the case, why didn't you interfere in the first three worlds?"

Lu Zhiyao said, "It's not necessary. It's not worth it. Not many Homecoming weapons were mass-produced. Each one is priceless. The cost of training elite warriors who can wield the weapons is even higher. Each of those little Shi Yues you saw is enough to pay me ten years' salary. On the other hand, World No. 1 had already reached its limit. The core of the story at that time was 'What if the Nine Provinces were not dominated by the immortal way, but by the three thousand great ways?' The result was that the various Dao ancestors fought fiercely every day, and the world was eclipsed and filled with ashes. The little worm-like gray people you saw in that world might have once been some supreme being who occupied a cave. And that kind of world should indeed be overthrown and restarted."

Having said that, she let out a long sigh and laid down on the table.

"It's a pity that I have to take charge of the restart work. I'm afraid I'll have to work overtime again this weekend."

Wang Luo also sighed.

With the explanation from World No. 1, there is naturally no need to say more about World No. 2 and No. 3. So, in this Taichu crisis, there is actually no difference whether he is there or not?
"Of course there is a difference." Lu Zhiyao seemed to see through Wang Luo's thoughts and said, "Although we don't need your help to suppress Taichu, his arrival has made Taixu, who we have finally pacified, become fierce. Taixu can only be left to you to deal with, so it's better to say that you came at the right time... If you don't come, we will have to find a way to invite you. Oh, don't worry, it's not a particularly difficult problem for you to solve, don't be too nervous. There is no such thing as a great demon king that shakes the world now. The Immortal Alliance has already won the battle of Dinghuang, and now it is just finishing up."

After saying that, Lu Zhiyao suddenly stood up and said, "So, there's no rush. Since you're here, why don't we have a meal together? I applied for special funds to run the canteen at the Luoshu base and invited several retired chefs to run it. They have several signature dishes that are better than those black diamond restaurants outside."

Wang Luo hesitated to speak. He certainly had no intention of eating at this moment. Although Lu Zhiyao answered many of his questions, she also raised more questions at the same time. But it was obvious that when this wayward senior sister in front of him changed the subject without hesitation, it would be impossible to bring her back even if ten auspicious spirit deer were found. So, since they were here, it would be easier to discuss some issues during a meal.

However, perhaps it was because Lu Zhiyao was so willful that she would eventually get her "retribution". When she was about to notify the service staff and ask the canteen to prepare a special meal, her cell phone lit up again, and this time, Lu Zhiyao's expression changed immediately.

But he did not become tense and alert, but showed a kind of unprecedented relaxation, as if he was a wanderer returning home, or a tired bird returning to its nest. It was an expression that Wang Luo had never seen anywhere else.

Whether it was Lingshan or the Taiqing Dream of the past, Lu Zhiyao had never been so gentle when dealing with anyone.

When she picked up the phone, put it to her ear, and said the first sentence, Wang Luo was shocked beyond words.

"Mom, why haven't you slept yet? You called me so late... Oh, isn't it normal for me to stay up late? Recently, there are invaders coming. Of course, I can't go to bed early and get up early... Well, don't worry, everything has been solved. With me in charge of Luoshu Base, what problems can there be? Weekend? I might have to... Oh, it's okay. I won't work overtime this weekend. I'll stay in Luodu for two days. Just treat it as a vacation. Oh, don't bother, just home-cooked meals. If not, I'll bring two dishes from the cafeteria... I know, I'm not unaccustomed to home-cooked meals. Don't worry about making them. I will definitely finish them."

The gentle, homely conversation lasted for a long time. Wang Luo watched silently from the side, and some questions in his mind naturally had answers.

This world number 18, this world born and evolved from fiction, is senior sister’s home.

Although she may have lived in this world for only a few decades, she spent the rest of her life in Kyushu Continent with great ups and downs. Although she was only the director of the base here and had to compromise on many things, in Kyushu she was the Lord of All Ages and had the final say. Although...

But this is her home, both her origin and her destination.

After establishing Zhuwang and putting the Immortal Alliance on the right track, my senior sister gradually retired. The reason behind this was probably not because the Lord of Heaven, who was far away in Jingzhou, tried to replace her, but because she herself gradually found the way to return home.

Homecoming, Homecoming... Wang Luo couldn't imagine how a person who had been away from home for a thousand years would feel when he suddenly found his hometown right before his eyes. In fact, different people would definitely have different choices.

But the choice of the senior sister was simple and unpretentious. For her, the thousand years spent in the Kyushu Continent was just a journey after all, and the end of the journey must be to return home.

There seemed to be a thick barrier between the returning senior sister and the domineering person in Wang Luo's memory. However, seeing her having a long conversation with her family while casually signing and approving opinions on several stacks of documents, easily dominating the operation of the world and even the outside world... Wang Luo felt that perhaps her heart had never changed, but she would choose different performance methods in different scenes. In addition, she did not even try to hide her identity as an actor. She always made it clear that she was a time traveler and a passerby, but few people really understood the meaning of it.

Therefore, there is no need to ask the questions that were prepared.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Zhiyao finally hung up the phone with a sigh and turned to look at Wang Luo: "Although the chef in charge of dinner should be off work, the midnight snacks in the cafeteria are not bad. Let's go eat something together?"

"Okay, missing out on exotic delicacies is the most unforgivable mistake during travel... Senior Sister, you said so."

"Haha, that's right. So since it's a rare opportunity for you to be my guest this time, you must eat enough delicacies in this world before leaving, or... never mind, let's not talk about that for now. I've already notified the canteen, let's go there now. The chef in charge of midnight snacks is a good cook but has a bad temper. If you let his dishes get cold, he will really scold you."

"So, Senior Sister, you won't go back, right?"

When he finished speaking, Wang Luo suddenly realized that he had actually asked the question.

On the other side, Lu Zhiyao also withdrew her eagerness for the midnight snack. She was a little helpless, but also said calmly: "Yes, I will not go back. They don't need me there anymore. I have been in seclusion for so long. If the Immortal Alliance still can't do without me, it will really be a failure for everyone... On the contrary, this side can't do without me at all. The reason why World No. 18 became the main world and the reason why Luoshu and Taixu can be controlled is not natural, but the situation that I led... After returning home, I brought the immortal way of Jiuzhou Continent, which led the world's changes and made this place the center of Luoshu. And now World No. 18 is like the Immortal Alliance in the early years of the new immortal calendar. It is far from the time for me to let go. The world situation seems stable, but there are still countless difficulties to be faced next. For example, Taixu's restlessness needs you to appease, and the reconstruction of the world of the heavens also needs me to take charge. Not to mention the creation plan far away in the sky..."

Wang Luo asked: "So, what happens after all this?"

Lu Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, then she said with emotion: "You have a lot of confidence in me, and think that I can really handle all this... But I have always planned that I will die in office. Unlike when I was in Jiuzhou, here, I don't have the means to break the limit of my life span. Although the aging you see is mostly my deliberate disguise, the time that belongs to me is indeed getting less and less. It is impossible for the immortal way to become popular here. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that you can feel is almost the limit of what this world can accommodate. So relying on the remaining cultivation in the past, I can probably live another two hundred years. In two hundred years, with the current progress speed of World No. 18, I am afraid that the creation plan can only start at most."

These words seemed to be reasonable and well-founded, but Wang Luo felt somewhat annoyed when he heard them.

Because, this is really not what Lu Zhiyao would say... Of course, difficulties exist objectively, but why is Lu Zhiyao afraid of difficulties? Using miracles to overcome difficulties is her normal state, so these words are probably just clichés.

However, when Wang Luo was hesitating whether to expose the truth, he heard Lu Zhiyao change the subject.

"So, since we're talking about this, why don't you answer a question for me... How about staying here?"

(End of this chapter)