The Last Sentinel

The wind and snow howled, and the cold wind was biting.

The Great Wall, shrouded in the cold winter, stands solemn and majestic. Standing on the beacon tower and gazing into the distance, one can vaguely see the Wolf Dwelling Mountain, once the dwelling place of the Eternal Heaven Barbarian God. Now it is empty, for the Barbarian God is no longer on this planet.

"master."

Zhao Donglai rushed over, "Ye Feng just handed over the operation rights of Perfect World to Li Gousheng. The Battlefield of Kings is already 90% complete. Ye Feng's sudden abandonment of the project, what is he planning to do!"

At the edge of the Great Wall, the old guard of the Great Wall raised his hand and picked up a falling snowflake. "He's leaving."

Zhao Donglai was taken aback. "Gone? Where to? The Ancient Starry Road?"

"Hehe!" The Great Wall Watcher turned around, his white beard swaying leisurely. "Only incompetent fools follow the paths left by their predecessors. True geniuses forge their own paths, even if they may never be able to turn back! Zhang Beihai is one, Lin Qilin is another, Luo Ji is another, and Ye Feng is yet another. He is going to the desolate universe, to venture into that completely dark and unobservable universe. This is his promise to the Eternal Heaven, and it is also his own inevitable path."

Zhao Donglai said, "The entry level for the unobservable, desolate universe is a 2.0 satellite-level cosmic warrior, while the lowest level is a god. Does this mean that gods entering this universe are like mortals venturing into the wilderness, both in danger of perishing?"

The Great Wall Watcher said, "Falling is the best ending. The worst ending is getting lost, completely lost inside, never to return. From the time Blue Star developed to the present, there have been many powerful carbon-based civilizations that have truly entered the unobservable universe, but very few have been able to return and leave behind any information. Pangu is the only powerful one who left behind an ancient star path. As for Lin Qilin, Zhang Beihai, Luo Ji, and going further back, Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty, Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, and the various schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, they all entered the desolate universe. They may have left behind their own ancient star paths, but their ancient star paths disappeared along with the depletion of spiritual energy and the Third Calamity. Now, we only have the ancient star path left by Pangu that we can use."

Zhao Donglai looked at the Great Wall Watcher curiously, "Master, have you...?"

"Shut up!" The Great Wall Watcher glared at his unfilial disciple. "Do you think I'm your father?! I know my own limitations. Back then, I glanced out from the end of the Ancient Starry Road and almost got lost and never came back!"

Zhao Donglai chuckled sheepishly, "My master is much more reliable than my father. My father left and never came back, while my master stayed behind in our hometown, living a steady and sophisticated life!"

As the two were talking, snowflakes danced and swirled, and a figure in a black trench coat appeared out of nowhere—it was Sentinel Ye Feng.

"You're here, Ye Feng," Zhao Donglai greeted warmly. "Then you and your master can talk business. I won't disturb you any longer!"

As he spoke, Zhao Donglai prepared to leave.

Changcheng Shouwang raised his hand and pressed down on Zhao Donglai's shoulder, signaling him to stay and listen to his conversation with Ye Feng.

Zhao Donglai had no choice but to stay, even though he felt it was a difficult decision.

Ye Feng reached out and took out a file folder. The folder was old and worn, with only the number 1999 marked on it.

Isn't this the 1999 Peace Treaty that Great Wall Watch gave to Ye Feng last time?

Changcheng Shouwang didn't take the file folder from Ye Feng's hand, but simply asked, "Did you open it and look at it?"

"Hmm!" Ye Feng nodded and said, "The content inside is explosive! Lao Tzu went west out of Hangu Pass, Tang Sanzang went to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures, and even Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean were all heading towards the legendary depths of the universe. Before the third cataclysmic mechanical frenzy swept through the Milky Way, our civilization was the most likely to break through the four shackles and break the destiny of the heat death final chapter. Our universe is a unique and special universe among all the heavens and worlds."

Zhao Donglai couldn't help but interrupt, "Excuse me, Ye Feng, I've also opened and looked at this file folder you're holding. It just contains some peace agreements between the Sabitians and the native inhabitants of Earth, nothing special. But what you two are talking about sounds a bit mysterious to me!"

Ye Feng blinked. "I'm not human."

Zhao Donglai said, "I know, you're a god!"

"What Ye Feng means is that the same document appears differently to different life forms! You see this peace archive as a humiliating treaty of surrender, but to us non-human life forms, it contains the history of human exploration of the stars during the spiritual era before the Third Mechanical Frenzy Catastrophe and after the Second Zerg Frenzy," said the Great Wall Watcher.

Ye Feng held up the file folder. "This contains relevant content from the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties, the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, the powerful Tang dynasty, and the strong Ming dynasty. This content was encrypted by our ancestors, and those who have not reached a certain level cannot see it. In our current universe, this level is the threshold of a 2.0-level satellite warrior. Once you pass this threshold, you can understand what's inside."

Zhao Donglai couldn't help but rub his temples. "No wonder they say there are all sorts of amazing martial arts techniques on the streets but nobody practices them. It all comes down to aptitude. Those who can learn them can understand them at a glance, while those who can't are just wasting their time. But doesn't the Qing Dynasty have anything to do with this?"

Ye Feng laughed, "The Qing Dynasty? A bunch of good-for-nothing brats selling their grandfather's land. Back then, the Ming Dynasty accurately predicted the third mechanical madness catastrophe of the multiverse, and even prepared the Yongle Encyclopedia as a plan for the rise of the Great Xia civilization after the third mechanical madness. Unfortunately, they were useless and gave the revival plan given by the Ming Dynasty to the West, while they closed themselves off and implemented illiterate education, which led to the decline and regression of the Great Xia civilization after the third mechanical madness. Later, the West finished studying the Yongle Encyclopedia and found that there was no updated version, which allowed the Great Xia to rise again."

Zhao Donglai asked, "What exactly is written in the Yongle Encyclopedia?"

Ye Feng said, "There are plenty more."

Zhao Donglai said, "Let's chat!"

Ye Feng hesitated, "Actually, Lord Changcheng also knows this..."

"Ye Feng, Xiao Zhao, come eat meat and drink!"

"I don't have much to offer you at my place, so please make do!"

On the beacon tower, the Great Wall Watcher conjured up some roasted meat and drinks from who-knows-where, placed them on the flames of the beacon tower, and kept turning the meat skewers.

Snowflakes drifted down to the edge of the beacon tower. Across a vast expanse of ice and snow, roasted meat and baijiu sizzled and smelled delicious.

Zhao Donglai patted Ye Feng on the shoulder, "Let's go. My teacher rarely treats people to barbecue. The only people who have eaten meat here are Wu Budu and Wolf King. I've never eaten here myself."

Ye Feng walked over, and the two sat on either side of each other. They took the barbecue from Great Wall Watch, opened the drinks, and started talking.

While eating meat skewers, Ye Feng tapped the file folder and said, "Speaking of the Yongle Encyclopedia, we have to mention an emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Donglai asked, "Zhu Yuanzhang?"

Ye Feng shook his head.

Zhao Donglai asked, "Zhu Di?"

Ye Feng shook his head again.

Zhao Donglai said, "It can't be Emperor Chongzhen, can it?"

Ye Feng said, "Zhu Houcong!"

Zhao Donglai couldn't help but ask, "Jiajing? That Jiajing Emperor who went mad from cultivating immortality?"

Ye Feng waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, Emperor Jiajing didn't go mad with cultivation. On the contrary, Emperor Jiajing's cultivation was quite successful. You could even say that the Ming Dynasty's cultivation of immortals and heroes began with Jiajing! During Jiajing's 42-year reign, he greatly promoted the Ming Dynasty's progress and achievements in the desolate universe! We only know of one ancient star road now, but there are records of at least a thousand ancient star roads during the Jiajing era!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Donglai's eyes widened, eagerly awaiting Ye Feng's next words.