Published: February 20, 2025
Preparation to Leave (First Update)
Looking at the black-haired youth who appeared perfect like a deity, Shirou hesitated and asked, "Mr. Chen, Little Tong said you want to go to the libraries of other empires?"
Chen Chu nodded slightly, "That's right. Do any of you know the way?"
The old man beside him, with a severed arm, smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid I have to disappoint Mr. Chen. Our identities were quite ordinary before the apocalypse, and no one has ever left the Baili Empire."
"However, although no one has traveled abroad, I have a geography book that contains a simple world map, showing the positions of the four major empires and their capitals."
"A simple map is fine, as long as it can indicate direction," Chen Chu said with a faint smile.
In this world, while it wasn't overly vast, it was also not small. If one were to fly at random, even Chen Chu wouldn't know how long it would take to find those three capitals.
Teacher Jiang respectfully said, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Chen. I will fetch it right away."
As the old man left, Shirou Tong looked expectantly at Chen Chu, "Mr. Chen, can you take me and my sister with you to the capitals of the three major empires? We can help you organize the information."
"Sure, or rather, let's take everyone along."
Everyone around them was momentarily stunned.
Shirou was somewhat doubtful, "Mr. Chen, do you mean that we, including Captain Gao and others, will all go with you to the other empires?"
"That's right," Chen Chu confirmed.
Immediately, Shirou hesitated, "But what about these children? We need to leave some people at the base to keep watch. Otherwise, if we encounter exotic beasts..."
Before Shirou could finish, Chen Chu interrupted, "What I mean is that everyone will leave together, including these youths."
"Meeting everyone is also a kind of fate, so before leaving, I plan to help you find a safer and more suitable place to live as a new base."
"What, Mr. Chen, you're leaving!" Suddenly, everyone was flustered.
Especially Shirou and Shirou Tong, who were completely caught off guard; because time was too short, they hadn't had the chance to build a closer relationship with Chen Chu.
"Mr. Chen, did someone at the base upset you?"
Shirou's expression became serious as she glanced at the youths, thinking perhaps one of them had said something to offend Chen Chu; otherwise, he wouldn't suddenly say he wanted to leave.
With a powerful figure like Chen Chu, who could destroy a city in the blink of an eye and slaughter tens of millions of mutated beasts, this survivor base had absolute security.
Moreover, not only for them, but Chen Chu's presence could even be considered the hope of this world.
As long as he was willing to call out, he could undoubtedly gather most of the survivors of the Lost World, reestablish a human empire, and suppress all surrounding monsters.
Chen Chu said indifferently, "It has nothing to do with them. I don't have much time left. This world is 'rejecting me' (in terms of space-time), and I will leave in a few days."
Just as Chen Chu had initially surmised, as he stayed longer in this space-time that didn't belong to him, the impact of his actions grew, and the rejection from the universe became stronger.
It was trying to expel him, someone who didn't belong to this time and space.
Currently, this repulsive force wasn't very strong, but it was gradually increasing over time, like a tide eventually turning into a tsunami that would engulf everything.
Thus, he needed to quickly finish what he had to do, such as collecting the ancient cultivation techniques stored in the libraries of the other empires.
Chen Chu's words shocked everyone, some finding it hard to believe, unable to imagine how powerful Chen Chu was to the extent that the world was rejecting him.
"I didn't expect it to be for this reason," Shirou said with a bitter smile.
Since Chen Chu's departure was due to an irresistible force, everyone felt helpless. Teacher Jiang, returning at that moment, paused before deeply bowing to Chen Chu.