strictlysupreme Chapter 213 Unknown Land
Chapter 213 Unknown Land
Chapter 213 Unknown Land
One, two, three, no, they were everywhere, even the trees around her.
She had been paying close attention the whole time, yet the real flowers and grasses turned into these horrifying things in the blink of an eye.
Anyone lacking composure would be terrified to death upon seeing such a scene.
As soon as the line stopped, the people in front seemed to come alive all at once. Their expressions were no longer stiff; they started moving around and talking.
"Elder Wang, how was today's harvest?"
"Sigh, there are fewer and fewer people here these days. Two of them are ripe and ready to be harvested tomorrow. Old Fan, what about yours?"
"I still have three months left, and a new one arrived today. It's a bit difficult to deal with."
Intermittent conversation could be heard from ahead, and one of the voices sounded particularly familiar. It was the voice of a guest in the inn where Liu Jun was staying, and it was directed at the person opposite her room.
Just as Liu Jun was negotiating with the innkeeper about checking in, he came in from outside, gave the innkeeper a brief greeting, and went upstairs to his room. After that, no further sound was heard from him.
"But it's alright, that person has already eaten everything, she can't escape."
Liu Jun quietly watched the conversation of the people in front of him, pondering what kind of compensation he should seek in the future.
There was nothing wrong with the food provided by the shop. She could have left the food and pretended to eat it all, but she ate it anyway to test how it would react to her.
Liu Jun was very curious about something that even she couldn't detect had been spiked.
Although the group stopped, they looked like they were waiting for something.
Everything around them was so strange, and they didn't even know if they were still on the original island.
While waiting, these people chatted casually in twos and threes, and Liu Jun was no exception.
However, adhering to the principle of saying less to avoid making mistakes, he didn't say much else, only a few unimportant words.
No one realized she wasn't the same person she used to be. Just like Liu Jun's initial impression of them, they were a group of weaklings. But they harbored a secret unknown to anyone, and this secret...
Suddenly, something resembling a large door opened at the front of the line, but nothing could be seen inside except for the light reflected from it.
She'll probably find out about this secret soon.
Everyone outside looked solemn, stopped talking, and quietly and orderly returned to their original lines and walked towards the gate.
However, they did not return to their previous stuporous state; some even peeked out curiously as if it were their first time there.
Liu Jun was the last one. As the blindingly bright door drew closer and closer to her, she stepped inside.
The scene that came into view was not the terrifying and horrifying place I had imagined. Instead, it was more like a paradise, a stark contrast to the outside world.
Blue skies, a gentle breeze, rolling mountains, birdsong and fragrant flowers, and the joyful laughter of the people living in this idyllic paradise – it truly is a world apart.
But why do the people here seem to ignore these outsiders and show no surprise at all?
Those people saw them, and their gazes lingered on them, indicating that it wasn't an illusion, but they felt no curiosity or any other emotion; they simply saw them.
This is not how one would behave upon seeing a stranger or an acquaintance, especially since they just walked in so openly without even glancing at you with a questioning look.
However, some people in their group were curiously looking around.
The door behind him closed silently. Liu Jun glanced back and saw that it was completely shut, as if the door had never existed.
The group kept moving forward, as if they hadn't yet reached their destination.
After passing through the village and crossing a mountain, the group still showed no signs of stopping. When they reached a precipice, one after another, they jumped off the cliff as if there were some treasures below.
The cliffs were towering, and no one could see what the bottom looked like. No, ever since Liu Jun entered this place, which he could call a secret realm, he had felt his spiritual power being suppressed by the restrictions of this place. He could only be like an ordinary person, with his eyesight deteriorating and his spiritual power unusable.
But she could clearly sense that there was spiritual energy here, and it was extremely rich and abundant, several times richer than outside, just like... the upper realm.
She couldn't see what was below, but Liu Jun was the last person in the group, and she had to jump in order to find out what was going on.
The feeling of freefall was unpleasant, especially since she couldn't use her spiritual power; it felt like suicide.
However, it did bring back some of the feeling she had when she was skydiving.
The strong wind kept whipping her cheeks, and her vision narrowed, as if she were about to be free...
Liu Jun stood unharmed on... a street that looked like an underground city? The line of people jumping down was still there in front of him.
However, they seemed to have turned into wooden puppets again, not looking around or showing any expression, walking obediently.
Liu Jun still doesn't understand what they're up to, or what the connection is between this place and the Sumeru Sea outside.
The underground city was pitch black, and the houses were lit by bluish-white flames.
Although the spiritual power was suppressed here, Liu Jun was all too familiar with this color of flame; wasn't it the Nine Nether Glazed Fire?
Using the Nine Nether Glazed Fire as a light source, this place must be no ordinary spot.
Unlike those outside who ignored their arrival, the people here showed curiosity and curiosity, as well as disdain.
Disdain?
A slight glint appeared in Liu Jun's wooden eyes.
Why is it disdain?
However, she did not stop walking and followed the group deeper into the city.
The underground city was of unknown size; their group walked for about half an hour before stopping in front of a tall building.
The gate opened automatically, as if sensing something, and the group walked in stiffly until the last person entered, at which point the heavy gate slowly closed again.
This building is not a courtyard-style structure; it is more like a large, enclosed box with a beautiful exterior but no windows, and no view of the sky outside.
It's called an underground city, but there is a sky outside, though it can't really be called a sky. It's more like a dark void that can't be seen and can't be illuminated by light.
It has land but no sky, an extremely strange place.
The building's interior is vast, like a maze carved out of a square box. Despite being a completely enclosed space, it doesn't feel suffocating; the air circulates freely.
After walking around for a while, the group finally arrived at a place that looked like a hall. The furnishings here were no different from those outside. The person sitting leisurely at the head of the hall was presumably the leader who had traveled a long way to meet them.
This person neither had three heads and six arms nor seemed to be some kind of demon in human form. He looked like an ordinary-looking old man in his fifties, except that his lips were blackish-purple as if he had been poisoned. Otherwise, you couldn't tell anything else.
The line stood in front of the old man as if waiting for a reply, but they remained like puppets, with no one stepping forward.
The old man walked over and looked around at the group before picking on the one who seemed to be the leader and asking, "Speak."
"Reporting to the Lord, a total of 347 people have come to the Sumeru Sea in the past year. 31 of them are capable of making furnaces, and 18 are ready for harvest."
The old man squinted, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied: "Only this much? What a waste!"
"My Lord, we are weak and we have done our best to leave behind thirty-one people."
The old man was furious and kicked the person who had answered him hard. The person was sent flying and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Useless trash! If I weren't stuck here, would I need you bunch of trash to search for weapon furnaces!"
That kick woke the man up, and he hurriedly crawled over, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"My lord, please calm your anger! We are truly limited in our abilities. Those people outside are all incredibly powerful, and we..."
The old man returned to his seat and sat down abruptly, making no attempt to hide the fierce look on his face.
"Useless! Didn't I tell you to use your Gu poison on capable people? Otherwise, why haven't we had a single powerful person working for me yet!"
"But we have no chance to get close to those people at all..."
"Tch, I told you you were useless."
Suddenly, someone in the group chuckled, and then someone stepped forward and bowed to the old man.