Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 108 - 83 Epoch! (Extra for Alliance Hierarch XiXi Xiao Shao Ye!)

Chapter 108: Chapter 83 Epoch! (Extra for Alliance Hierarch XiXi Xiao Shao Ye!)

"Ah—"

A corpse howled unconsciously.

Out of nowhere, a hand emerged in the Void and slapped it fiercely across the face.

The howling of the corpse grew even louder.

"It seems it lacks self-awareness," Wu Xiaode said.

"Indeed, their duty should be to guard this place," the team leader added.

The two slid down the terrace and quickly reached the underground.

They walked straight through the crowd of corpses in the square.

A Demon Hand stretched out and forcefully pushed ahead—

The church’s grand doors burst open.

The entire floor of the church was covered with elongated hands, and in their midst, a vertical pupil was tightly shut.

The dense hands filled every spot within sight.

"The Stairway to Heaven," Wu Xiaode whispered.

"Yes, their powers have all been drained, and now they have all fallen asleep... it’s unknown what exactly happened here," the team leader said.

"Quick, look," Wu Xiaode said.

At the far end of the great church, the sacred statue that was being worshipped moved slightly.

Alive?

Some doubt arose in their hearts.

The statue held aloft a black scepter and muttered, "Demon God, please descend here, sweep away all unrest for the Lord of Darkness, I—"

In the blink of an eye, a Demon Hand suddenly appeared, yanked the black scepter from the statue’s hands with force.

Another Demon Hand emerged and stuffed a crystal into the statue’s mouth.

—That was the Magic Crystal Bomb the Demon Hand had snatched from the Lizard Man during the last battle!

Without the black scepter, the statue had a bomb in its mouth, which naturally ended its spellcasting.

Darkness had just started to stir around them when it immediately quieted down again.

The two Demon Hands holding the black scepter hurriedly retreated into the Void.

The next instant.

Boom!!!

A huge explosion echoed throughout the entire church.

Wu Xiaode and the team leader hid by the outer walls of the church, silently listening to the explosion inside.

After some thought, the team leader took Wu Xiaode’s hand and wrote several letters:

"Your hand is very dirty."

"Thank you," Wu Xiaode wrote back.

"Don’t misunderstand, it’s a compliment."

"Thank you, thank you."

The explosion finally subsided.

The two looked into the church and saw that only the feet of the statue remained standing on the altar.

—It should be fine now.

Thud!

A throbbing sound suddenly came from deep within the earth.

The palms inside the church shook a few times and their eyes opened one after another.

A majestic and profound voice came from deep within the earth:

"Who is attacking the altar city of the Holy Sect?"

Wu Xiaode’s face changed.

No.

How could this be!

It was the voice of the One-eyed Giant!

He couldn’t be mistaken.

Could it actually exist deep underground in this world?

The ground shook continuously, as if something was rapidly approaching the surface.

The team leader’s complexion also changed.

"I can feel death approaching," she said, holding an Earth Escape Talisman and called out softly, "Little Wu, let’s go!"

"It’s no use, the surface is too far away, and if we go back now, demons will be everywhere," Wu Xiaode said.

The team leader turned and looked at him in surprise.

A Martial Artist should not speak such defeatist words at times like these.

In a low voice, Wu Xiaode said, "Back in the village, I found something. Perhaps now we can use it."

He took out the small box from his pocket.

—The departing spirits had warned him to open it only when he was at a dead end, otherwise it would not work.

Now...

The One-eyed Giant was about to come forth.

That must count as a dead end, right?

Wu Xiaode opened the box.

Inside was a silver cylindrical object that lit up with arcs of blue light like electricity the moment it was exposed to the two of them.

In the surrounding dirt, elongated hands had already appeared, cautiously exploring the area.

Suddenly, an electronic voice came from the silver cylinder:

"Emergency situation, preparing for transport."

As soon as the voice sounded, numerous elongated hands broke through the ground, converging toward Wu Xiaode’s location.

But in the next instant, everything took a different turn.

The silver cylinder emitted a high-frequency vibration, as if it was initiating some kind of program.

As the elongated hands surged from all directions, this device suddenly emitted smoke and went into a state of combustion, the direct result being—

Wu Xiaode and the team leader disappeared.

And the device issued one last electronic sound:

"Space jump completed."

...

Darkness.

In the darkness, faint lights came on.

These lights were embedded in the walls, illuminating a map.

The moment Wu Xiaode and the team leader appeared on the steel-gray transport device, they glanced around briefly, but their gaze was immediately captured by the map.

"Team leader, have you seen a world map every time you were transported here?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"In fact, the first thing I tried to find when I came to the Otherworld was the world map, but in this world, the map seems to be taboo, and ordinary people can’t get it," the team leader said.

"As a professional, the first priority upon arrival is to stay alive," Wu Xiaode said.

"And the second is to quickly slay monsters to ensure a safe departure," the team leader added.

"So, this is your first time seeing this map?"

"Yes."

The two conversed in hushed tones, as if they were afraid of disturbing something.

In fact, this place was a steel base covered in thick dust, clearly untouched for a long time.

There was nothing for them to disturb.

Yet they still hesitated and were tense, not even daring to move their feet.

Not until several minutes later.

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath and said through clenched teeth, "We still need to check."

"Yes, we must check," the team leader agreed.

"So—"

"Let’s go, let’s take a closer look."

"Okay, together?"

"Together."

The two of them slowly moved their feet and came before the wall, looking at the world map together.

Silence.

No one spoke.

After a while, Wu Xiaode stepped back uneasily, suddenly realizing that his back was drenched with sweat.

He looked towards the team leader.

In her eyes was a mix of terror and shock, unable to snap back to reality for a long time.

This world map wasn’t anything special actually.

The oceans and continental plates weren’t marked very precisely, and because it was so ancient, many parts of it had become blurred and indistinct.

Below it was a line of small characters:

"World Map."

Yes, it was indeed a world map.

It was the world map of Otherworld.

But—

If it were used to mark Wu Xiaode’s and the team leader’s reality—

There wouldn’t be any discrepancy.

Two worlds.

Perfectly identical.

What on earth was going on!

Wu Xiaode took several deep breaths, trying to calm himself down before turning his head to look at the buttons on the wall, as well as the text next to them.

Switch, power level, communication, surveillance, solar energy storage, passage protective door...

Yes.

The script of this world was exactly the same as the real world.

The continental plates were also the same.

Why was this?

Wu Xiaode hesitated for a moment, then reached out and pressed the button labeled "communication."

Beep...

A buzz of static noise came from the wall’s speakers.

"Hello, is anyone there?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The team leader also turned her head, showing an attentive expression.

Both of them quietly waited for a while.

There was no response.

Just as Wu Xiaode was about to shut it off, a hoarse male voice suddenly blurted out:

"There’s no tomorrow, there’s no tomorrow, there’s no tomorrow..."

He repeated it three times, his tone filled with an indescribable sense of despair and loss.

"Hey, who are you? I’ve been transported here through spatial technology. How can I contact you?" Wu Xiaode quickly asked.

The hoarse voice spoke as if he hadn’t heard at all, distractedly saying:

"All humans should have perished by now, but I always hoped that a few would have survived this catastrophe."

"This is the last message."

"The current time is the 22nd of July, summer, Divine Gift Era 2125."

"Listen, if you are human, you could naturally receive this message through various electronic devices."

"Please find our remaining ID cards—"

"If you’ve obtained such a thing, go to the following address:"

"Latitude 32°20′ North, Longitude 64°45′ West;"

"Underground: 135.12 meters."

"It won’t be affected there."

"Go there."

"Whatever happens, do not leave until the new epoch arrives—"

The man hadn’t finished speaking when his words were once again drowned by a clamor of static noise.

"Hey, don’t go!" Wu Xiaode urgently said.

But there was no response.

Wu Xiaode wanted to continue communicating, but the team leader tugged at his sleeve.

"What’s up?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The team leader’s face was strangely pale, unable to utter a single word for a long time, but she cast her eyes towards Wu Xiaode’s waist.

Wu Xiaode looked down.

The canteen—

Yes, he had taken a canteen with him when entering the cave.

"Are you thirsty? I haven’t drunk from it, take it and drink."

Wu Xiaode took off the canteen and handed it to the team leader.

Without a word, she accepted the canteen and lowered her head to look at it but didn’t open it to take a drink.

"What’s wrong?" Wu Xiaode was perplexed.

He looked at the canteen, noticing the team leader was vigorously feeling the words on it with her hand.

Those words...

"Sealed Energy Liquid, United Era March 2035, shelf-life one year."

Wu Xiaode suddenly snapped to his senses.

His jaw dropped and he couldn’t close it, stunned he said, "No way..."

Lowering her head, the team leader softly said, "That person just now said—"

Wu Xiaode said, "He is in the summer of the 22nd of July, Divine Gift Era 2125."

"So you didn’t communicate with him," said the team leader.

"It seems indeed to be a message, left on the 22nd of July, summer, Divine Gift Era 2125," Wu Xiaode responded.

"While it’s United Era March 2035 now," said the team leader.

"In our own world, time is marked according to the Fu Xi Empire, the most ancient nation in history," Wu Xiaode added.

"We’re in the Fu Xi Epoch—completely different from theirs!" said the team leader.

The statement didn’t comfort Wu Xiaode, nor did it comfort her.

Both realized something.

—The truth about Otherworld lay before their eyes!

"That General urged us to dig underground, and as a result, we found a fridge, the severed arm of a Mobile Battle Armor, and a type 92027 High-level Humanoid Combat Machine."

"Excavation... it’s the simplest method to find relics of past eras."

"We were transported to this place created in the Divine Gift Era—the message confirms that."

"That means—"

"We’re in United Era 2035, unearthing Mobile Battle Armor from the previous epoch, the Divine Gift Era."

Both fell silent.

It was astonishing.

"But this doesn’t explain the map," said the team leader.

Indeed.

Although they now knew about two epochs in Otherworld, past and present, why was the map of Otherworld exactly the same as our world?

Wu Xiaode walked up to the map and examined it once more, mumbling, "No, we need to figure out where this is, and then..."

"And then?" the team leader prompted.

"Find the Capital of the Fu Xi Empire in this world—see what’s different!"