Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 164: The Power of Root
On the other hand, Wu Keyong and Chen Qing from [Season 5] also discovered something unusual.

The two men did not have a travel guide, but followed Li Daosheng's speculation and asked along the way about some special places worth visiting in the Tanlong gathering place. In this way, they accidentally arrived at the fourth stop in the travel guide - the Sleeping Hall.

The two did not go in immediately. Chen Qing turned around and glanced at Wu Keyong and said, "You seem to trust that man named Li Daosheng very much."

"Do you have a better idea?" Wu Keyong looked at her expressionlessly.

What this means is not that you should believe him, but that you can only believe him.

"I don't care, but you should know that our boss of the [Fifth Season] has always been determined to kill [Thirteenth Moon]. If he finds out about this and holds us accountable, will you take the responsibility?" Chen Qing asked.

Wu Keyong glanced at her and asked, "Who admitted that he was the boss?"

"Why would someone like you be chosen for the Fifth Season?" Wu Keyong looked as if he was too lazy to say another word to her.

His attitude is very clear, and the people in [Season 5] also know that they are the protagonists of the original world. It is only because of an accident that they died halfway that they were chosen by extra time, gained time, returned to their own world, and continued the story line.

But Chen Qing's casual attitude of recognizing the boss is really not what a protagonist should do.

Chen Qing wasn't annoyed, but instead smiled and said, "Oh? So, in your opinion, Chu Ge and Sun Qianyun, whose lives and deaths are unknown, don't seem like the protagonists either? After all, the protagonists wouldn't die so easily."

"Are you going in or not?" Wu Keyong asked.

"Go in, of course," Chen Qing said as he followed Wu Keyong into the Sleeping Pavilion. "I just wanted to remind you that in the [Fifth Season] where almost no one dies, two people died in the Zhonglü World, leaving only Cheng Xue to return."

"Oh, of course, whatever she says is what it is."

"She said that the evil god of the Zhonglu world descended and killed those two guys."

Chen Qing narrowed his eyes, moved closer to Wu Keyong, and whispered, "But we all know that only the protagonist can kill the protagonist."

"We are protected by the power of our original world, so we can't die easily."

Wu Keyong stopped and said nothing.

Of course he knew this saying.

This is not a confirmed speculation, but... it has been recognized by many people.

That is, no matter whether it is [Thirteenth Month] or [Fifth Season], all the chosen people can hardly die, because they are the protagonists of a world, and they are entangled with huge causes and effects that are enough to change the world, so they will be protected by the power of the root.

The so-called root power is not a powerful force. To be more precise, it is a very mysterious "probability".

The protagonists, who are protected by the power of the root, will be caught by a tree halfway up the mountain even if they choose to jump off a cliff in desperation.

Even if a sword pierces the chest, it will bypass the heart for unknown reasons and survive.

Taking this world as an example, Chu Ge and Sun Qianyun, even though they were half dead, Wu Keyong was almost certain that their souls must still exist and were unharmed.

There is a long-standing rumor in [Season 5], and its origin is unknown.

In short, the general meaning is that [Season 5] and [Thirteenth Month] are using the immortality of the [protagonist] to correct some story lines that are extremely difficult to reverse.

As for the reason?

No one knows what [Season 5] and [Thirteenth Month] are trying to do.

There are only two ways to kill the [protagonist].

Either... the [protagonist] is killed by another [protagonist], or the [protagonist] chooses to commit suicide.

This seems to be a paradox, because they are all protagonists who "died accidentally" in the original world, so wouldn't the person who killed them have more "luck"?
That's the irony.

When the [protagonist] moves in other worlds, he is protected by the root power of his original world and it is almost impossible for him to die.

However, when the [protagonist] is in his own native world, he is not protected by the root power of this world.

What Wu Keyong knew was no secret in Season 5. So he also understood what Chen Qing meant.

Li Daosheng is definitely not as trustworthy as he appears.

After all, they all knew the two people who died in the Zhonglu world very well. Neither the man nor the woman was willing to commit suicide.

There is only one answer: they were killed by people from [Thirteenth Month].

But Wu Keyong knew even more clearly that they were killed by Li Daosheng.

Because Cheng Xue told him everything.

So from the moment he confirmed Li Daosheng, Wu Keyong knew everything.

But he didn't care.

What is "Thirteenth Month" and what is "Fifth Season" are just similar tricks.

He believed that he was not a slave to these two [extra time], and who he wanted to know and who he wanted to make friends with was all decided by his own heart.

However, he would never say such things to anyone.

Silently, he and Chen Qing entered the sleeping hall.

Neither of them noticed anything.

After touring the entire sleep center, I finally saw "people" in the capsule-shaped devices that were the size of an adult.

If that can still be called a human being.

Their bodies are almost half human and half insect-like.

What surprised both of them was that these half-human, half-insect creatures did not give people a sense of horror or weirdness, but instead had an abstract sense of harmony?
It's as if they were born this way.

Wu Keyong suddenly became distracted.

In this world, the war between humans and insects has lasted for hundreds of years.

Although pests have gained the upper hand, they have not been able to completely wipe out humans. Moreover, in recent years, humans have shown a tendency to counterattack.

Are these half-human, half-insect creatures actually insects? Or are they... part of the human race's counterattack experiment?

At this moment, a fishy smell suddenly became stronger. Wu Ke kicked Chen Qing away, and his skin suddenly changed color!

"Ding--"

The ferocious worm fangs bit into Wu Keyong's shoulder, and pulled hard, but only tore his clothes. Wu Keyong's skin was shining golden, and he was completely unharmed.

Not only his shoulders, but the skin all over Wu Ke's body seemed to have turned into gold, which was indestructible!

He stretched out his golden palm, grabbed the head of the insect that had bitten his shoulder, and squeezed it hard. The next moment, the insect's head was crushed to pieces by him.

Chen Qing, who was kicked away by him, climbed up, patted himself, and frowned: "It's so dirty."

Wu Keyong threw it on the ground and said, "Use your ability to see it."

Chen Qing rolled his eyes at him and said, "For the sake of you barely saving me once."

After she finished speaking, dense red fire patterns suddenly appeared on her face, and her eyes also emitted a bright red light.

Staring at the insect corpse on the ground, Chen Qing said in surprise: "Strange, I can't see any cause and effect lines on it."

(End of this chapter)