I alone have my own laws; I start by fabricating myths and legends of mountains and seas.

Chapter 108 Complaint Meeting

Chapter 108 Complaint Meeting

Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "My mission is even more absurd: to prevent the fall of Xiangyang and end the plot-driven deaths of Guo Jing and Huang Rong! The Mongol army's advance is a historical inevitability, and Guo and Huang's sacrifice is a matter of personal integrity. How am I supposed to overcome this? I can't possibly sweep through thousands of troops and defeat the Mongol cavalry all by myself!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Perhaps we could try a different approach: assassinate the Mongol Khan?"

Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Then it's the same as your mission to kill the Golden Wheel Monk! Not only is it impossible for me, but even if I could, I couldn't stop the fall of Xiangyang. Even if one Khan dies, a new Khan might just take his place and continue the attack on Xiangyang!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "There's still a difference. What if? You have to believe in your luck! Besides, the Khan isn't as difficult to defeat as the Golden Wheel Monk; assassination is still possible!"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "It seems you two were both from the time of the Battle of Xiangyang, so you were both brought to the same world after entering the boundary gate?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "I don't know! Anyway, I didn't meet anyone else in Xiangyang. Maybe we're from different worlds! By the way, Sister Jiang, what's your mission?"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Collect the 72 Shaolin Arts, the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils storyline! While the Sweeper Monk is still alive!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "This sounds more reliable! You can steal from Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo, so you can steal from Sister Jiang too! That Sweeper Monk is a kind person, so even if you're discovered, there shouldn't be any danger, right?"

Foolish Fish (Jiang He): "That's what I thought too, but I was unlucky! I tried twice and didn't run into the Sweeping Monk, but I did bump into Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan, and those two came looking for trouble!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "So I changed my approach, thinking about whether I could donate some money and legitimately exchange it for the Seventy-Two Arts of Shaolin Temple!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "This sounds unreliable. The Seventy-Two Arts are the foundation of their sect; how could they possibly sell them!"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "I really had no other choice! I even tried making glass to make money, but things just kept going wrong!"

The debriefing meeting organized by Jiang He turned into a venting session, with everyone complaining about the various natural and man-made disasters they encountered while completing the task!

They finally deduced the hidden rules designed by Su Fan: once you enter the world beyond the portal and complete the mission, you will be targeted by that world!

Wanxiang Island is a training ground, and Su Fan doesn't want this whetstone to break the knife. After thinking about it, he started typing!

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Everyone, don't be so sad, I have some good news!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "What good news! Brother Su, tell me, didn't you fail your mission too?!"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Remember what Peng Hou said about us possibly being assimilated by the world if we failed our mission? I was just unlucky enough to be assimilated by the world!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "What kind of ghost story is this?"

Silverfish (Jiang He): "???"

Bixie (Wang Jianguo): "So, Xiao Su, what's your situation now?!"

Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "???"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "Listen to me! At that time, I felt like I was truly being assimilated by the world, and then suddenly a power appeared to protect me! Peng Hou even appeared, and according to him, I have the protection of our ancestral star!"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "So from this perspective, there's really no need for everyone to be too anxious! Even if we fail, at most we'll just be a little mentally exhausted!"

Bai Ze (Su Fan): "So our trial-and-error costs are very low. The biggest cost is the entrance fee after entering the boundary gate! Anyway, we all come from the same planet. If I have the blessing of my ancestral star, everyone else should have it too!"

Su Fan decided to tell everyone this hidden rule directly, so they wouldn't be too scared!

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "It matches up! Everything matches up! I understand!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "What have you figured out now?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Listen to me! Have you ever thought about why the mythical beasts of the Mountain and Sea Realm are recorded in our world? Perhaps our ancestors were the creators of the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Think about it! Our ancestors knew the appearance of the strange beasts in the Mountain and Sea Realm, which obviously wasn't fabricated out of thin air, so there must be a connection!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Plus the resurrected Xia Jie and the divinely descended Zhenwu! All of this demonstrates that we in ancient times were extremely powerful! Now, even though we should have been assimilated behind the gate of Wanxiang Island, we are being protected instead! Doesn't this further prove that our world is unique!"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Remove all the impossibilities! There's only one truth! Our world is the chosen land! Otherwise, why would the Mountain and Sea Realm start recruiting people again after its period of silence, and they're all from our planet? That doesn't make sense, but if you follow my logic, everything makes sense!"

Chen Yang's impassioned and seemingly logically sound but actually wildly imaginative reasoning stirred up quite a stir in the group chat.

Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "Although it sounds far-fetched, considering all the current anomalies—the Mountain and Sea Realm only recruits Earthlings, ancient records show a high degree of similarity between humans and creatures from the Mountain and Sea Realm, the supernatural resurgence in reality, and the current protection from our ancestral star—it does seem to have a slight possibility?"

Bixi (Wang Jianguo): "But that extraordinary inheritance was almost severed, and we still have to rely on the Mountain and Sea Realm to explore it again? Could it be that it experienced some kind of catastrophe that caused the extraordinary to disappear? Now that spiritual energy is reviving, the ancient heritage is beginning to reappear?"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Uncle Wang, you even know about the revival of spiritual energy? That's right, it must be!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Even if the Mountain and Sea Realm is truly a legacy or a beginner's village, with our current strength, let alone inheriting the legacy, we're struggling even to complete the beginner's village quests. And in reality, there's someone like Xia Jie eyeing us covetously. Our most urgent task is to improve our own strength. The Mountain and Sea Realm is currently our only stable channel for acquiring extraordinary knowledge and resources."

7

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "What's wrong with Xia Jie? Isn't he always causing trouble in Japan? What are we worried about!"

Bookworm (Jiang He): "Jie and Zhou are synonymous with incompetent, tyrannical, and doomed rulers. They haven't noticed us yet! But if they do, we need the power to resist!"

Qinglian (Kong Shizhang): "The Japanese have come up with some kind of divine talisman. Regardless of its effectiveness, at least they're starting to try and establish their own supernatural system. Although we in China have the True Martial Sect spreading its teachings, everyone here works in the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, so they should know that we don't have many capable fighters domestically! If—"

Ya Zi (Chen Yang): "Why are you all panicking? Isn't there the True Martial Emperor? The True Martial Emperor shouldn't stand by and watch a villain like Xia Jie run rampant."