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The void split open, and the world spun around. Above a county town in China, the clouds parted, revealing Zhao Yang and his companions who emerged from the void. They steadied themselves, observing the bustling streets below, filled with people and the occasional honking of passing cars.
"This world looks so advanced! What is that iron box? Is it some kind of treasure or creature?" Song Baliang asked, filled with curiosity about the world beneath them.
"You wouldn't understand; that's technology!" Long Xiao Wu replied confidently. He had spent the most time with Zhao Yang, having known him since they were both fifteen. Now at twenty-three, Zhao Yang had shared many details about the technological products of their world.
"We're not in the real world right now; be careful," Zhao Yang warned.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Nangong Wuxin exclaimed in surprise.
Zhao Yang explained, "When I first crossed over to the Cultivation realm, it coincided perfectly with my current age. That's why our transition was smooth without any mishaps. Follow me."
He descended first onto the bridge where he had once been forced to commit suicide. A somewhat thin young man stood at the edge of the bridge, and people around him began to point and murmur, their tones laced with disdain and blame.
"I say, if you want to die, just do it quickly! Look at the time; you're making everyone late for work!" a middle-aged man in a suit with gold-rimmed glasses shouted at the "Zhao Yang" on the bridge.
"Exactly! I came out early to buy groceries and saw you standing here for almost an hour without jumping. I need to get home to cook!" a slightly overweight curly-haired woman chimed in.
"Junior Brother, what's going on? This person looks exactly like you!" Song Baliang exclaimed curiously, staring at someone who looked just like his junior brother, confused about what was happening.
"Zhao Yang, is this person your past self? How did he end up like this?" Long Xiao Wu asked in astonishment. After all, Zhao Yang was known as the Rebel Son. Regardless of his extraordinary talent and high cultivation level, even without his powers, he should not be struggling this much in life.
"And I feel like these people are pushing him to his death!" Nangong Wuxin added, picking up on Long Xiao Wu's sentiment.
"Zhao Yang brother, how could they be so cruel? They're even pushing him!" Liu Rou said nervously, unable to watch as the young man stood precariously at the edge of the bridge with rushing water below.
"How can you treat him like this? He's just a young man!" an elderly man riding a tricycle while taking his grandson to school scolded the crowd.
"Well, this old man isn't too bad; he's not the kind to kick someone when they're down," Song Baliang nodded, finally glad to see someone standing up for the boy.
But what the old man said next nearly made Song Baliang swallow his tongue.
"This is to gather more people here to watch. It's a sacrifice to give everyone a warning, to let them know that if they don't study hard, this is what happens! Understand, grandson?"
The child in the tricycle nodded vigorously like a rattle drum and replied earnestly, "I understand, Grandpa! I will study hard and strive for improvement, so I won't end up like my uncle."
The old man nodded in satisfaction and then turned to the young man standing by the bridge. "Jump, young man; you'll be late soon."
Then, a youth next to Song Baliang, who was eating a bun, raised his fist and shouted, "Jump!"
Several people around immediately raised their fists in response, and soon everyone was raising their fists, shouting in unison, "Jump! Jump! Jump..."
The boy looked at the crowd with a mix of anger and despair before gritting his teeth and jumping down.
At that moment, Zhao Yang, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, suddenly jumped down as well. The two white figures merged into one, causing the crowd to gasp as they all looked down from the bridge. They saw the boy land smoothly on the water's surface.
The boy walked calmly towards the shore, leaving many people dumbfounded. How could he walk on water? Was his initial intention to commit suicide just a ruse? Was he a magician or an illusionist?
This scene was captured by a hurriedly arriving reporter and quickly spread online.
Zhao Yang recalled a scene from ten years ago as he walked along the street past one bus stop after another. He passed by the Youth Palace, observing the bustling city and its decadent neon lights. It felt as if he was deliberately trying to change these things by retracing his steps from before his rebirth in this other world.
"Mom, look! That big brother is glowing!" A little girl of about seven or eight years old pointed at Zhao Yang with her beautiful big eyes while being held by her mother.
Zhao Yang looked at the little girl and smiled at her, just as an out-of-control truck barreled toward the pair. Zhao Yang merely raised a hand, and the truck was instantly lifted off the ground, landing smoothly in an empty space by the roadside. This scene was captured by a reporter who had been following Zhao Yang.
Soon after, someone rushed over—a young man around Zhao Yang's age, dressed in shabby clothes. In his twenties, he already had a significant amount of gray in his hair. He exclaimed, "Zhao Yang, are you okay? I was on my way to class and just saw that truck hit you! How come you're fine while the truck flipped over?!"
Song Baliang and others soon arrived, and Yu Qingsnow quietly asked, "Are you alright?"
Zhao Yang shook his head and said, "This is just a time frame from ten years ago. We are at a point where timelines intersect. We will soon return to a time synchronized with the parallel world—ten years later."
The young man looked surprised and asked Zhao Yang, "What are you talking about? Are you sick? Do you have nowhere to stay? My girlfriend and I broke up; why don't you come live with me? I won't charge you rent. Once you have a stable job, we can split the rent."
Zhao Yang smiled and replied, "Li Mo, never give up on your dreams. Stick to your architectural principles. If possible, study quantum mechanics as well. Ten years from now, I will come to get you; you will start your life anew—even achieve immortality."
After saying this, Zhao Yang's form blurred in the light and suddenly vanished before Li Mo.
Zhao Yang and Song Baliang returned to the real world at this point of temporal intersection.
It was ten years after Zhao Yang's departure. His Divine Sense covered most of China, and he quickly found the person he wanted to see.
Once a brother who betrayed him was now driving a car but had turned into a lecherous middle-aged man with thinning hair. When he caught sight of Zhao Yang through the window, he nearly crashed into the roadside barrier. He hurriedly got out of the car to look around but did not see Zhao Yang before him.
This middle-aged man with a beer belly frantically pulled out his phone to call his wife: "Hey, honey! I just saw Zhao Yang! He looks exactly the same as he did ten years ago! That video from back then must have been him; he's not an ordinary person anymore! I heard he was driven to suicide! I used to be like a brother to him, but I betrayed him for you and ended up with you instead. He's here to take my life!"
"Junior Brother, it seems this person betrayed you; I'll go kill him!" Song Baliang said.
"No need," Zhao Yang signaled for Song Baliang to stop. He then opened his Martial Arts Heavenly Eye and pinpointed the source of the phone signal. There was a very overweight middle-aged woman there, munching on sunflower seeds while playing cards with others. She threw her phone down and said to them, "It's just my deadbeat husband acting crazy again! He lied to me about having a car, house, and millions in savings. He said he loved me and wanted to marry me, claiming my first love Zhao Yang just wanted to play with me. Later I found out he was just trying to sow discord between us! You have no idea how handsome and talented my first love was! But he died like that!" The middle-aged woman began to cry but then continued with a hint of satisfaction on her face, "So I'm going to spend my husband's money like crazy! I want only the best for everything I buy. I'll work him to death—literally! But even if I buy the best of everything now, nothing compares to that ten-dollar bracelet Zhao Yang gave me back then."
Zhao Yang withdrew his gaze, ultimately choosing not to take revenge on anyone or seek a meeting with them. He looked over at his father and mother, who were living their lives as usual, though they appeared a bit older than before. His younger brother had married and started a family, and it seemed that their situation was still decent.
In the end, Zhao Yang approached Li Mo, who was working in a factory.
"Li Mo, come with me."
Li Mo suddenly knelt down and cried out, "I've been waiting for you for the past ten years! My family thinks I've gone crazy, but I know what happened ten years ago was real! I have never given up on my studies in mathematics and architecture, no matter how many difficulties I faced."
Zhao Yang nodded and used Chaos True Qi to clear Li Mo's meridians. In the blink of an eye, Li Mo's once gray hair turned black again.
Next, Zhao Yang and the others changed into modern clothing. Zhao Yang initially thought about using spiritual medicine or magical artifacts to pawn his jade pendant. However, due to the need for fingerprint verification, proof of the pawned items, identification documents, and a one-inch photo among other procedures, he decided to directly enter various bank vaults and emptied them all.
Zhao Yang took everyone to a grand hotel for a lavish meal. They spent several days enjoying themselves while Zhao Yang used the stolen money to purchase a large quantity of construction materials, machinery, firearms, and explosives. Additionally, he bought many Rubik's Cubes.
When Song Baliang and the others learned that the Rubik's Cube was a toy for children, they curiously asked Zhao Yang about it. Zhao Yang simply instructed them to use their minds to solve the cubes. After much effort, only Yu Qingsnow managed to solve one. Surrounding Zhao Yang were dozens of cubes; he closed his eyes, and all the cubes began to turn simultaneously before being solved at the same moment.
The group was left in awe, shocked by Zhao Yang's mental prowess; his Brain Domain had developed to an incredible level.
After several more days of exploration, Zhao Yang led everyone to investigate the Heavenly Lake Monster, the Ghost Village of Sealed Gates, the Shennongjia Wild Man, and various strange events and peculiar individuals around the world. Unfortunately, they returned disappointed; none of it was real.
Finally, they barely discovered one or two spirit herbs over two hundred years old on Kunlun Mountain. Thus, Zhao Yang tore through the void there and led everyone back on their journey to the Cultivation realm.
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