Chapter 215: Returning Home on Mid-Autumn Night
"Master! We have arrived at the coordinate star field!" The pilot of the Eternal Star Field took off his neural link helmet, and the bloodshot in his eyes was reflected on the alloy cabin wall. Nearly three months of hyperspace jumps have made the consciousness of this great man in the second realm of immortals almost exhausted, and even his voice is a little hoarse.
Lantobai stared at the holographic star map, his pupils suddenly contracted: "The tide of the lunar holy power! This... this area is extremely similar to the ancient mythological battlefield!" He trembled and called up the spectrum analysis. The originally calm star map was instantly dyed into a strange dark color, as if the entire starry sky was eroded by some unknown force.
When Ye Fan heard this, a huge wave suddenly rose in his heart. Through the holographic mirror, the aqua-blue star looked magnificent, shining like a blue diamond, almost dreamy. There was no doubt that it was the Earth where he grew up. However, when his thoughts turned to those ancient legends about the Earth, an inexplicable chill came over him.
Jingwei filling the sea, Kuafu chasing the sun, Houyi bending the bow... these well-known stories are just the tip of the iceberg. The real secrets lost in the long river of history are the key. They are legends about emperors and kings, not to mention the once glorious heaven. Now, all of this seems to be hidden under this seemingly ordinary planet.
"Activate the Nine-Layer Sky-Deceiving Array! Cut off all spiritual power circuits! Glide by relying on the gravity of the planet!" Lan Tuobai gave the order decisively, and a dazzling blood-red alarm immediately lit up in the bridge. The moment the energy shield was lost, the entire starship seemed to fall into a sticky space-time amber, and even the light began to distort.
Without the isolation of the protective shield, a vast and boundless aura instantly penetrated the spacecraft, as if a living emperor was dormant, making people tremble.
"It's a very strange feeling. Why do I feel that it is many times bigger than what I see? Even more vast than Beidou and Ziwei?" Ji Ziyue said in surprise and doubt, with a trace of awe that was hard to conceal in her voice.
Ye Fan also fell into deep thought. He thought he knew enough about the Earth, but now he felt deeply unfamiliar and terrified. What secrets does this blue planet contain? Why does it emit such a terrifying power?
After returning, Ye Fan carefully sensed and found that the earth was completely different from what he remembered. The avenue of heaven and earth here was extremely special, high and unpredictable, and it was almost impossible to capture any trace.
"The spacecraft has been captured by gravity! Start landing!" The pilot's voice broke the brief silence.
The spacecraft passed through the void and entered the thick atmosphere. Everyone immediately felt strange, and then they were in deep awe. They sensed an extraordinary existence - every mountain, river, and every sound of wind and grass on this land seemed to contain some kind of ancient will.
"This planet must be an ancient mythological battlefield! Something extremely horrible must have happened there." Ji Ziyue frowned, "The entire world of Heaven and Earth Avenue gives people a feeling of incompleteness."
The spacecraft emerged from the white clouds, and the scenery below gradually became clear, revealing the magnificent mountains, rivers and land. However, at this moment, everyone's heart suddenly shrank.
"The essence of heaven and earth here is too thin, almost negligible. The efficiency of the spacecraft's spirit gathering array has dropped by 98%!" a technician reported hurriedly.
"Turn on your own energy!" Lantobai gave the order quickly.
However, as soon as the order was given, the atmosphere in the spacecraft suddenly became tense. Some people looked pale and even panicked. Their Taoism seemed to be declining rapidly, their divine power was seriously weakened, and there was even an illusion of "losing Taoism".
"Why is this happening?!" This was an event that was enough to make any cultivator shudder. Even Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue felt a chill.
At this moment, Zixia, who had been silent, finally spoke. She had just connected to the Internet on Earth through her spiritual consciousness and had a preliminary understanding of this world. It was very similar to her hometown, but it also had huge secrets.
"Your cultivation and practice have not actually decreased. This is the suppression of heaven and earth! It's not the dispersal of the Tao!" Zixia spoke and these people instantly gained a backbone. "Practicing here will actually help you understand the great Dao of heaven and earth."
She paused and continued, "Although this planet looks ordinary, it actually hides countless secrets. The supernatural events circulating among the people are just a surface. If you dig deeper, you will find many unknown truths."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but the doubts in their hearts had not completely dissipated.
"That is Ninety-nine Dragon Mountain!"
With a dazed glance, the people in the spaceship were shocked. At the moment when they were suppressed by the heaven and earth, they saw huge mountains towering into the clouds, thousands of feet high! This was incredible.
"How is this possible? There can't be such a big mountain on Earth..." Before Ye Fan could finish his words, everything he saw disappeared. There were only some low mountains below. Everything was an illusion.
This made everyone confused and puzzled.
"Zheng"
In Ye Fan's sea of suffering, two pieces of green copper trembled slightly. After arriving on Earth, they actually felt the response for the first time, as if it was a foreshadowing.
"Okay! Let's just hover here! There's a city below." Ye Fan suggested. He didn't want his return to cause a big fuss and cause unnecessary trouble.
Lantobai waved his hand and the spaceship slowly stopped.
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"I am back!"
The wind is very dry and refreshing. The temperature in the north has just subsided from the scorching heat in this season.
Zixia followed Ye Fan to Taipei. The city was more prosperous. Skyscrapers stood tall in the glow of the sunset, as if inlaid with a layer of gold.
Ye Fan stood on the street, his eyes a little dazed. The scene in front of him was both familiar and strange. The place where he used to live had changed beyond all recognition. High-rise buildings replaced the streets in his memory. The former residential areas, parks, and even the old street he passed by every day had disappeared. In their place were modern buildings, flashing neon lights, and billboards. The pace of the city was so fast that it was hard to breathe.
"Where can I find them?" Ye Fan murmured in a low voice, with an indescribable anxiety in his heart. He had gone through untold hardships and survived many deaths to return to Earth. If he could never see his parents again, he didn't know how he would face such a result.
He did not go to his own residence. He could see from a distance that the place had already been replanned and was completely changed.
Ye Fan was very nervous and uneasy, and walked towards the suburbs with trepidation. His parents did not like the fast pace of the city, and had declined their request to come and live with them.
“This place has changed too…”
Ye Fan was stunned. When he arrived at his parents' residence, the tranquility of the past was replaced. People were coming and going, and there was no trace of the past. If he hadn't believed in his intuition, he would have thought he had come to the wrong place and everything had changed.
Soon Ye Fan found out his parents' address.
"What's going on? Don't hesitate! Knock on the door." Zixia put her hand on Ye Fan's back. He didn't dare to use his spiritual sense to investigate, but listened to the sound from inside the door.
"Old lady, does your waist still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, but I feel bad." Ye's mother's voice was choked with sobs, "Do you think Xiaofan really got into trouble? There was not even a phone call."
Father Ye was silent for a long time. The antihypertensive medicine bottle on the bedside table glowed coldly in the moonlight. "Don't think too much. The child may have a bad signal."
"But today is Mid-Autumn Festival." Ye's mother's voice became lower and lower, "How many years can we wait? I am in such a bad condition..."
(End of this chapter)