Published: February 10, 2025
"I'm not feeling well today, so just one chapter. I apologize to everyone."
My world has turned into this?
Ye Zhongming fell silent for a moment, digesting the meaning of this statement.
He was well aware that this person wouldn't approach him for no reason. The unknown but immensely powerful chains gave Ye Zhongming a clear answer.
This person was seeking cooperation with him, though it was still unclear what the content of the cooperation was.
If Ye Zhongming decided not to cooperate, he could simply leave now, and that person likely wouldn't be able to do anything to him. But once he considered cooperation, it was time to listen.
After being reborn, he had been fighting hard, wasn't it all for an answer? Now, without a doubt, it was an opportunity to grasp the truth.
"Tell me."
Though the two words were simple, they made the three-legged person smile.
Time passed little by little, and as that person spoke, Ye Zhongming's expression changed several times.
He learned many things.
For example, he learned about the history of the Blue Secret Realm, why it became like this, why there were magic crystals, and why it had become so unstable.
He learned how posthumous children came to be, what the Temple of Dawn actually was, and what the Cursed Abyss in the Night Demon Plain contained.
According to this person's account, the Blue Secret Realm had also been attacked, and it was still the slave tribe's doing. However, unlike other places that released the virus that turned humans into zombies, this place unleashed many monsters, which were the various kinds of magical creatures now roaming around.
Later on, the increasingly powerful humans and magical creatures had several great wars; the clash of immense powers almost destroyed this world. Although the world did not vanish entirely, it was transformed into its current unstable state, where everything changed dramatically, and one could never know when it might completely explode.
"Why do they turn each place into a hell?"
This was a question Ye Zhongming had never understood. There was a saying on Earth that there was no love without reason and no hatred without reason; everything required a motive or a reason.
Why did those slave tribes do this?
"I'm sorry, I truly don't know. I haven't reached the height that would allow me to know the answer."
Ye Zhongming's eyes widened slightly. Such a powerful three-legged person had not reached that height? Then who had?
"Perhaps my ancestors could, the one who caused the slave tribe to appear personally."
"Aren't you his son?"
"I was born here and grew up here. I don't even know how long ago those images I showed you happened."
Ye Zhongming felt utterly helpless; it turned out that those events happened many years ago. Everything seemed to be engraved with the symbols of history, giving him a sense of tracing back to the roots.
He felt some joy because Ye Zhongming might have gained an understanding of the cause of the apocalypse, but also a bit of regret because this person clearly could not completely unravel his questions. His own understanding of the entire situation was also not very clear; those images were probably all he knew.
"What do you want me to help you with?"
Finally reaching the crucial point, Ye Zhongming asked in a low voice.
"If I said I only hope you help me get free, would you believe it?" the three-legged person asked Ye Zhongming.
"There’s nothing to disbelieve. On my planet, freedom is sometimes more important than life."
The person nodded, then continued, "Of course, what I seek is more. I want to return to my homeland to take a look. I want revenge for my ancestors. I want to clarify many things, just like you."
"But your current strength is too weak to help me. The only thing you might help with is freeing me. However…"
"However, what?"
The three-legged person glanced at Ye Zhongming, "But you, at this moment, are not capable of doing that."
Ye Zhongming rolled his eyes. After talking for so long, it turned out he couldn't do anything at all.