Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

"Understood! This is the retreat of burning youth! Morning Peacock!!!"

Might Guy's Seventh Gate, the Gate of Shock, burst open with a deafening roar, and a violent air compression blast blasted a bloody tunnel hundreds of meters long in front of him!

"Come on!"

Under the cover of the young Tsunade, Kakashi, Huang Tu, and others, hundreds of players, like a sharp knife, painstakingly tore through the White Zetsu's encirclement and fled frantically towards the primeval forest outside the village.

However, the escape was still a desperate struggle.

The escape lasted a full day and night, their footprints covered five major countries, and the losses amounted to as many as one hundred people.

The more they fled, the deeper the chill in their hearts grew.

The whole world was devoid of life.

There were no commoners, no beasts, and not even the chirping of birds could be heard.

No matter where they fled, whether in the ruins of the once bustling Tanzaku Street or in the remote border forest of the Land of Fire, as soon as they paused, the pale monster would immediately emerge from the ground.

"Has the entire world... all living beings been drained dry by the Divine Tree, turning into these White Zetsu that only know how to assimilate other species?"

Tsunade punched a White Zetsu into the ground, and looked at the desolate land around her with sorrow in her eyes.

Her world had become a tomb.

Thanks to the chakra sustain provided by the [Bright Seal], the players finally found a brief respite in an underground cave on the edge of the Land of Earth.

Earth Release: Multiple Barriers!

Huang Tu and the others immediately joined forces to seal the entrance to the cave and set up a seal to isolate chakra perception.

"Huh...huh..."

Inside the cave, everyone slumped to the ground, panting heavily.

"This is unbelievable! What's going on with this world? How come that white monster is everywhere?!"

An elite Jonin from Iwagakure inspected the parts on his body, grumbling as he spoke:

"This godforsaken place is completely deserted, except for endless White Zetsu and tree roots! What are we going to use to exchange for contribution points? My body with 2,000 points is about to be ruined, and I'll only be able to live on welfare!"

Upon hearing this, many players showed expressions of pain.

Earning less is equivalent to losing money.

For ninjas who are used to being frugal, "losing money" is even more unbearable than death.

"Losing money?"

Just then, Nara Shikaku slowly emerged from the shadows.

"You're all wrong, folks."

Shikaku looked around at the players present:

"The clues we're looking for might exist in this world."

Kakuzu rolled his eyes slightly. "This world is dead. Where would we get clues?"

"Here's another logical flaw. Let me point it out to you, and then you'll know whether this clue is even possible."

Shikaku walked to the center of the crowd and held up one finger.

"Before we came here, we all read the 'Future Destiny Script' that Master Yue had released, right?"

"In the script, once the Infinite Tsukuyomi is activated and the Divine Tree descends, the mastermind behind all of this—that is, Madara Uchiha, who has reached the Six Paths level, or Kaguya Otsutsuki—will become the only god in this world."

Everyone nodded; this was information they all already knew.

Seeing everyone nod, Shikaku continued, "So, here's the question!"

"We, a few hundred people, have been chased by White Zetsu for so long, and Kai has even opened all seven gates. This commotion can be described as earth-shattering!"

"If there truly is a god in this world with 'Six Paths Level' perception... why hasn't he appeared?"

Kakuzu suddenly raised his head, a look of shock flashing in his eyes.

No one present was an idiot.

Tsunade, Kyoto, Kakuzu, one by one.

Everyone present reacted instantly.

Yup!

How terrifying is the perception of someone at the Six Paths level?

If Madara Uchiha in his Ten-Tails form were still alive, or if Kaguya Otsutsuki were still alive.

They were probably instantly killed by a single Truth-Seeking Ball the moment they arrived!

"You mean..." Kakuzu's green eyes suddenly lit up, "The 'god' of this world... might not be here?"

"That's right!"

Shikaku nodded.

"This is the most likely and probable clue."

"Whether that Six Paths level expert left this planet or due to some unknown event... in any case, this clue is the greatest reward in this world."

Shikaku opened his arms wide:

"Gentlemen, think about it!"

"The mission description clearly states: there is no upper limit to the reward for high-value intelligence and clues!"

"If the disappearance of that Six Paths level expert is directly related to the collapse of the parallel world, how many contribution points can we get from the system? 100,000? 1 million? Or 10 million?!"

"Not only that! That divine tree containing boundless energy, the laboratory remains that Madara Uchiha may have left behind, and even the Six Paths tools left behind in the world... now, they are all ownerless!"

"And all of this comes at the cost of... a mere 2000 contribution points."

Shikaku's words instantly ignited the entire cave!

Chapter 268 The Moon? Yes, the moon again!

The players who were just feeling sorry for the damaged body are now filled with excitement.

If they were facing a Six Paths level god who possessed a Truth-Seeking Ball, this group of people would indeed be nothing more than easy prey.

But what if the opponent is just a bunch of mindless White Zetsu with sheer numbers?

"Yeah! That Six Paths level guy isn't even home, what are we afraid of with White Zetsu!"

"As long as we don't get instantly killed, we can just outlast those brainless White Zetsu!"

"As long as I can get a piece of information, or cut off a branch of the divine tree and bring it back, I'd be willing to die ten times over for sure!"

greedy!

A thirst for power!

The pursuit of resurrection privileges!

At this moment, I completely overcame the fear of the unknown!

The discipline and reverence for death that had plagued the ninja world for centuries were finally stripped away from these people.

They finally remembered their true identity in this world.

Players! Or the Fourth Calamity.

They are immortal beings; at worst, we can just spend another 2000 contribution points to buy a new body.

Tsunade stood up, her eyes gleaming as she looked intently at Nara Shikaku: "Shikaku, you're the quickest-witted one. This world is already covered by the roots of the Divine Tree and White Zetsu. If we want to find clues about that Six Paths level disappearance, we need a direction, right? What's your plan?"

Kakashi, Huang Tu, Kakuzu, and others also turned their attention to this top strategist of Konoha.

Lu Jiu looked confident as he pointed to the cave's dome, or rather, to the sky.

"The land of this ninja world has indeed become a wasteland, but there is one place that should not be greatly affected."

"It is clearly recorded in the [Future Script] open-sourced by Master Yue that the release of Infinite Tsukuyomi was achieved by using the [Nine-Tomoe Rinne Sharingan] on the forehead of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and projecting it onto the moon!"

"If that sixth-level god really encountered some kind of misfortune, or left behind some ultimate legacy that can't be found on Earth, then let's go to the moon!"

"Moon?!"

Everyone gasped.

"Are you kidding me? How are we supposed to get up there?" a Jonin from Iwagakure exclaimed in surprise.

“In the Lingwang Open Source Knowledge Base, there is a historical fragment about ‘Otsutsuki Hamura’, which mentions that there is a teleportation channel on Earth that leads to the interior of the moon.”

"As for the exact location of these passages, I do not know. The fragment only vaguely records that these passages are most likely hidden on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind."

"What's the point of talking about that? The border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind stretches for thousands of miles. How could a few hundred of us possibly find it?" Kakuzu rolled his eyes, feeling that this was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Upon hearing this rebuttal, Shikaku smiled slightly: "It seems you haven't yet grasped the greatness of the [Map] function."

Shikaku tapped the virtual screen in front of his retina and shared it with everyone:

Instantly, a huge three-dimensional virtual map appeared in the sight of everyone present.

However, most of the area on this map was shrouded in a layer of fog.

Only their trail of fighting and fleeing was clearly visible in the center of the map.

Lu Jiu pointed to the bright trail and showed it to everyone: "The Spirit Network's map has a default function. Wherever we physically set foot, the system will automatically scan the terrain, analyze the landforms, and permanently light them up and record them in the database!"

"Not only that, the system will also automatically identify and create special landmarks—look!"

Shikaku swiped his finger, and the map zoomed in on their arrival location.

A line of small text automatically floated up next to it: [Konoha Village Ruins].

"We don't need to record anything manually, nor do we need to draw maps or do surveys; the system takes care of everything for us!"

"Therefore, our core tactic going forward is only one thing: dispel the fog."

On the map, Shikaku casually divided the long, fog-shrouded border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind into a dense grid.

“I have divided this hundreds of miles of border into countless grids. Our group of several hundred people has been divided into smaller groups, and each person has taken charge of a section of the black fog area to disperse it.”

"Remember, never engage in prolonged combat with White Zetsu! Your mission is to run! Charge forward as fast as you can and light up the map!"