frightfiction Chapter 1022: Calling for External Aid
Chapter 1022: Calling for External Aid
Chapter 1022: Calling for External Aid
Having made his decision, Ling then steered the ship, following the scent left behind by Pu Yunyuan.
But the further they went, the more bizarre the surrounding world became, and the spiritual mist around them grew thinner and murky, looking as if it had been "polluted".
The fairyland was deathly silent, except for the faint roars of beasts.
"I can't find him."
Gu Heng frowned as he looked around.
The environment around the ship had begun to become eerie and gloomy, with a faint smell of blood wafting through the air—a very bad sign.
"This smell is not right. I noticed it earlier, but I couldn't smell it clearly before. But now the smell is getting stronger and stronger."
Xiao Bai frowned slightly and twitched his nose.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Heng's eyes darted around, trying to find any trace of someone passing by.
“The Eternal Beast has no flesh and blood. We’ve already left the Junling Immortal Realm, but we haven’t entered the next Immortal Realm yet. There are vast areas between Immortal Realms that are completely uninhabited, so the source of this bloody smell must be strange!”
"However... this may not have much to do with the Eternal Beast Tide."
Su Jinxi picked up the conversation.
Gu Heng understood. The Eternal Beast Tide was a "natural disaster," a phenomenon that appeared with the movement of people. As long as there were enough people, it would attract the Eternal Beast Tide. This sudden smell of blood must be a different problem. Indeed, he should have hardened his heart and left earlier.
It would be foolish to put oneself in such a dangerous situation for the sake of a few words of fleeting connection.
The ship continued to fly forward, but before long, the thin spiritual mist was completely swallowed and covered by the stench of blood. The thick blood-red mist almost isolated the people standing on the ship's deck.
The stench was so overwhelming that Gu Heng had to hold his breath intermittently, inwardly lamenting his misfortune.
But it seems there's no use regretting it now, and besides, we're already here.
Until a strong gust of wind, carrying a large amount of blood, came rapidly from afar, completely engulfing the entire ship and causing it to lose all visibility!
"careful!"
Gu Heng only heard Xiao Bai's short voice. He closed his eyes and assumed a defensive stance. The fierce wind mixed with blood energy hit his body with great force, but he did not feel that his body was affected much.
"It's nothing, just a gust of wind, you're all still..."
Gu Heng opened his eyes, waved his hand to disperse the remaining blood mist in front of him, and the words on his lips came to an abrupt halt.
There was no one around him.
what's the situation?
What about people?
Where's the boat?
Suddenly, Gu Heng realized that he was not on the deck of a warship, but standing on solid ground. The surrounding area was a wilderness, but the smell of blood was so strong that it was almost tangible, as if something was surging and churning in this land, and every now and then a few tiny bloody waves would rise up.
A deathly silent, blood-soaked world!
Where did he come from? Is this still the territory of the Immortal Cultivation Realm? The wilderness was visibly desolate, and the surroundings were deathly silent, but the thick stench of blood floating in the air constantly reminded Gu Heng that this was definitely not a peaceful place.
Although he was suddenly all alone, Gu Heng immediately calmed down. He knew that he couldn't afford to lose his composure now, or he would be in deep trouble.
The increasingly strong smell of blood around him did not affect his thinking.
Gu Heng was certain that he had just been on the ship, with Xiao Bai and Su Jinxi no more than ten steps away. Now he was standing right here, on solid ground, surrounded by an eerie and unfamiliar environment.
There are only two possibilities.
Either you've fallen under some kind of mental spell and started having wild thoughts.
Either the space suddenly changed, causing him to appear in a completely unrelated place.
If you're under a spell...
Gu Heng immediately activated the quantum brain imprint! This technological civilization has a lot of advanced technology. Gu Heng hasn't developed many uses for the quantum brain imprint left to him by Gu Xitong yet. He only uses it to access the technological civilization's database and to forcibly clear his mind and reverse the cognitive confusion caused by mental disorder!
This is why cultivators never use illusions when fighting against "mortals" from technologically advanced civilizations.
Because it's completely useless.
As a cool sensation washed over his brain, Gu Heng shook his head and looked around.
Nothing has changed.
Good, he wasn't under an illusion spell, that makes things even more complicated. He's now in some completely unknown, ghostly place!
"Xi Tong, are you there?"
Left with no other option, Gu Heng had to call upon his most reliable outside help.
Although he didn't really want to rely on the system, he had no other choice at the moment; he couldn't just wander around aimlessly. "What is it?"
Gu Xitong's tone was cold, but Gu Heng could only say that her response was quick and excellent!
Although she had said she would try to minimize contact, as a deity she needed to focus her energy on more important things, she would always answer my calls instantly.
Loved it.
Can you see what's happening on my end?
"can."
Gu Heng immediately recounted what had just happened. After a moment of silence, Gu Xitong said, "Based on my observations, you are still within the Immortal Dao Civilization."
"But you have entered a distorted place where the concept of space is extremely disordered. This is not a normal phenomenon of conceptual distortion; it is caused by other factors."
Gu Heng's face immediately darkened. He didn't fully understand Gu Xitong's meaning, but he could sense the trickery in it—this place couldn't have appeared naturally!
Isn't that clear enough? He's fallen into someone else's trap again!
Even if the trap wasn't set for him, Gu Heng, didn't he still step into it anyway?
No difference.
"What about the others? Can you find their locations?"
Gu Heng wasn't sure if the others had been thrown in as well. If he was lucky, he would be the only one to suffer. But he was already the most powerful one on the ship, not to mention he had a system!
He himself can remain as steady as a rock for the time being, but others may not be able to.
"I can't find their location, but..."
"There's an unusual energy gathering not far to the northwest. Head there," Gu Xitong said, thoughtfully leaving data on the quantum computer. Gu Heng immediately saw a guiding light extending from the ground.
It leads straight into the depths of the thick, murky blood mist.
"Is that the way out?"
Gu Heng asked again.
"No, but such an unusual concentration of energy, whatever it may be, is probably very important."
"You're a god, don't you even know what's there?"
"The gods of the era are not omniscient and omnipotent beings, otherwise I would not have been created."
"That makes sense."
Gu Heng touched his chest.
Since we're already here, let's just consider it fulfilling our duty to scout ahead for our allies!