this infinite world

Chapter 1078 They are all dead

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Between heaven and earth, only Yang Yun and Xue Na's eyes were left looking at each other.

Through those ice-blue eyes, Yang Yun saw confusion, uneasiness, and a strong sense of vigilance; while Xue Na saw two parts of gentleness, three parts of curiosity, four parts of nostalgia, and one part of indescribable complex emotions...

——But, it is certain that it is not greed, or any other negative emotion. Even to Xue Na, who woke up alone after 18,000 years and now lost her mother, that look was so warm, as if it reminded her of the past...

"……you're right."

After staring at each other for a while, Xue Na finally took the initiative to look away, and her tone softened a little: "Simple hostility will have no effect on the current situation, and since Brother Pei Jiao has chosen to trust you, then I will also maintain basic trust in you..."

Xue Na's eyes swept over Yang Yun quietly: "Besides, we do need to talk."

"So, this counts as starting the quest line?"

Seeing Xue Na act like she was willing to communicate, unlike before when she was always silent, Zheng Zha finally breathed a sigh of relief: "But are we opening the reputation of the faction, or the individual reputation of the important figures? I feel that the reputation at the beginning is not even 'neutral', it's almost close to 'cold'..."

"That's enough. Do you really think this is World of Warcraft?" Yang Yun said unhappily, "Be serious."

"Hasn't this seen Frostmourne..." Zheng Zha smiled mysteriously: "It's okay, Yang Yun, I'll leave it to you. I believe in your ability to deceive people."

"And it also has special attack capabilities against women." Cheng Xiao suddenly added.

——Please stop talking. Now is not the time for crosstalk…

Ignoring Zheng Zha, who was a violent white man and a 20-year-old fan of World of Warcraft, and the pressing gaze from the other side after hearing Cheng Xiao's words, Yang Yun, who suddenly felt like a thorn in his back, took a deep breath and looked at Xue Na: "Then let me tell you first... Although this is hard to believe, I know the whole story from Pei Jiao becoming a soul body to him voluntarily giving up the forging of the Jiuzhou Ding and facing the dark Gaia with his companions."

"...!"

Hearing Yang Yun's earth-shattering words, Xue Na's eyes suddenly widened, and she was obviously shocked. It was not until a few seconds later that she said in a slightly trembling voice: "...All?"

"All of them." Yang Yun nodded. "Including when you were first awakened from the Atlantis fantasy land by Pei Jiao and Gong Yeyu, and then the arrival of the Hand of God, Gong Yeyu's achievement of the Eighth Hell Demon God, and the subsequent battle of the Human City, going to the moon, the double formation breaking the Wutong tree, and the Overlord's coming to the world..."

"...Okay, you don't have to say anything more."

Xue Na stretched out her right hand to stop Yang Yun from telling the story. If there were any corresponding documents about the subsequent battle of the human city, then the encounter between her and Pei Jiao, as well as everything that happened in the fantasy land of Atlantis, would only be known by the few people present at the time, and would never be spread by others. In this case, there was only one problem left...

"How did you know that?"

Xue Na managed to keep a calm demeanor, but her voice still trembled slightly: "The Investiture of the Gods?"

"We do have an incomplete version of the Investiture of the Gods." Yang Yun gestured to Chu Xuan to show him the half piece of newspaper: "But all this has nothing to do with the Investiture of the Gods."

"If you really want to talk about it... do you know the name 'Shennong'?" This was what Yang Yun asked deliberately, because until now he still couldn't be sure of the relationship between himself and "Nong", and all the people he met who might know the inside story were vague and were all riddlers... and since Pei Jiao mentioned the relevant information, he might as well try Xue Na.

While asking the question, Yang Yun stared at the other person with his eyes, without any relaxation. But no matter how he observed, he could only find a look of confusion on Xue Na's face.

"Who?" Xue Na's doubts did not seem fake: "I have never heard of this name."

——You didn’t even tell Xuena? This is really…

Although he knew that Pei Jiao was subject to many restrictions and could not speak too clearly, Yang Yun still felt an unstoppable resentment in his heart at this moment: "Nothing... You should also know the saying 'fate is a creator', right?"

“Just think that we, the protagonists—” Yang Yun pointed at himself, then at Zheng Zha beside him: “—know your story from a higher dimensional level.”

"The protagonist... like Brother Pei Jiao and that idiot who always carries a big knife..."

Xue Na looked at Yang Yun and Zheng Zha, who was also holding the Purple Thunder Sky Sword and even had a smile on his face that was somewhat similar to that of the person in the past. She then looked at Chu Xuan, who had an expression very similar to that of the big-breasted woman whom she had always disliked and had a similarly cold temperament. A gleam of nostalgia seemed to flash in her eyes.

"Although I would like to say that in a sense Zheng Zha was the one who came first... but forget it."

Yang Yun didn't want to explain Dr. Manhattan's "chicken or egg" theory, but turned the topic back on track: "So, what happened 18,000 years ago?"

“…They are all dead.”

"what?"

Hearing Yang Yun's question, whether it was unbelievable or she didn't hear it clearly, Xue Na suddenly took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Suddenly, Xue Na seemed to have flashed past scenes from the past. At that time, she and her friends had trained themselves in the infinite world, constantly becoming stronger and making breakthroughs, seeing many landscapes, meeting many different enemies, and making many friends.

At that time, whenever I returned to the main god space, my mother would smile. Although I didn't know what my brother Pei Jiao was doing with the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, he would often come to see me. At that time, I could almost say that I was carefree. I didn't need to worry about the future of the Three-Eyed Clan or the threat of Dark Gaia. I spent every day in meaningful things, as if everything was getting better and better...

…until that day.

…until the day when all the beautiful things, all the cherished things, are completely shattered before your eyes.

"Don't you want to know where the other members of the first generation of the Samsara team went except me? Then I will tell you... They are all dead."

In Kunlun, Xue Na, perhaps the only intact member of the first generation of the Samsara team, said something that Yang Yun had actually expected, but at this moment it still sounded extremely cold: "All..."

"They all died in battle that day."

(End of this chapter)