Life Game In Other World
Chapter 191: The Tower in the Ruins (Added for the alliance leader of Eternal Night Sky Dust/Request for monthly votes)

Chapter 191: Chapter 191: The Tower in the Ruins (Added for the alliance leader of Eternal Night Sky Dust/Request for monthly votes)

After about an hour and a half, at around 9:30, He Ao spotted a small platform floating on the ocean’s surface, and three yachts were drawing nearer.

The platform bobbed along with the waves while He Ao’s gaze turned to the distance.

At the edge of his vision, several ships resembling military vessels were patrolling.

"Those must be ships from the Western Lands,"

The Speech Master pulled out a monocular from nowhere, extending it to look into the distance.

The Western Lands lay to the west of Central Earth, a subcontinent approximately two-thirds the size of Central Earth, dotted with dozens of countries, all fragmented and warring against each other.

Traveling from the Eastern Lands to the Western Lands by land would entail crossing a vast desert.

When He Ao was very young, he thought that if there was a Central Earth and a Western Lands, there must surely be a Southern Lands and Northern Lands, as well as an Eastern Lands.

But the truth is, there are only Central Earth and the Western Lands.

Central Earth is so named because of an ancient saying:

"The universe extends in all directions, connecting past and future, with the Earth at its center; hence, it is called Central Earth."

This saying actually reflects the ancient people’s rudimentary understanding of the universe:

I am the center of the universe.

The Western Lands get their name because they lie to the west of Central Earth.

To the east of Central Earth lies the vast ocean.

In fact, Central Earth includes all territories suitable for human habitation within a certain range as its own.

To the east is the immeasurable ocean, to the south are towering mountains and plateaus, to the north lie expansive ice fields, and to the west are lifeless deserts and Gobi.

For the ancients, this was the largest territory their productivity could occupy, and likewise, Central Earth was the largest country in the world.

Entering the modern era, Central Earth gradually became aware of the Western Lands as maritime trade flourished.

"Oh, those aren’t ships from the Western Lands; they belong to the Tia Empire,"

The Speech Master put away the monocular, "That’s right, we are closer to their territorial waters here."

The continent where the Tia Empire is located was discovered after the dawn of the Age of Navigation, about half the size of Central Earth. It lies neither close to the Western Lands nor to Central Earth.

The Tia Empire claims to be part of the Western Lands, but this claim is not accepted by the established powers of the Western Lands.

"They patrol nearby surely because they are interested in our relic," the Speech Master chuckled, "But on the high seas, whoever discovers it first claims it. We found it first and have the stronger claim, so they can’t do anything about it."

He Ao slowly withdrew his gaze and remained silent.

The yachts quickly approached the platform, and the group began boarding it via a small assault boat.

The moment He Ao set foot on the platform, a faint call echoed in his heart.

This call seemed to be some kind of mechanical signal, intermittent and unable to convey complete information, but in He Ao’s heart, a perception began to rise, as if some unknown existence was whispering gently in his ear.

A passage was about to open here.

Right in the sky.

He Ao looked up, gazing at the clear blue sky.

At the same time, everyone lifted their heads, looking towards the azure heavens.

A dazzling radiance obscured He Ao’s vision.

"It started ten minutes early this time."

Yang De stood on the cruise ship, glancing at his watch, "Good thing we came early."

"The opening times of the relics are always unstable."

Liu Zhengyun slowly emerged from behind him, looking towards the empty platform.

"I heard your daughter went in too? Has she awakened her Talent? She’s not yet reached E-level, has she?"

Yang De lit a cigarette, clamping it between his lips.

"She chose this herself; she’s an adult now, she can decide her own fate," Liu Zhengyun turned and walked deeper into the yacht,

"If she dies in there, it just means her fate is not good. If she can’t survive in the ruins, she wouldn’t be able to survive in this changing world either. This world will only become more dangerous."

Seagulls flew across the sky, taking away the confusion of the wind.

——

When He Ao’s vision slowly returned, what met his eyes was a clear blue sky.

In this sky, three shining suns illuminated the earth at the same time.

According to the Research Institute’s data, these three suns are not stars but glowing devices orbiting the dwarf planet of the ruins.

He Ao picked up his telescope and looked at the sky.

He couldn’t see anything and just felt the sunlight was somewhat dazzling.

He even sneezed.

He wondered what kind of equipment the Research Institute had used to observe the true nature of these three suns.

The flowing aura entered his nostrils, gathering into a faint force within his chest.

Almost instinctively, He Ao guided these energies through his body, beginning his cultivation.

Whether it was because the concentration of transcendent energy in the ruins was higher, or because He Ao’s Talent was stronger than Regit’s, he could distinctly feel that the energy gained from his breathing at this moment was higher than that obtained in the Copy World.

He lowered his head and looked around.

A huge root stretched out, piercing through the towering skyscrapers, and appeared before He Ao’s eyes, plunging deep into the thick cement ground like a small hill.

This root seemed to be merely one aerial root of some giant tree.

He Ao looked down at his feet, where vibrant green grass emerged through the cracks of the street, lushly covering the entire world.

A breeze blew by, lifting these half-meter tall blades of grass.

He Ao’s gaze followed the direction in which the grass swayed.

Beneath the brilliant sunlight, a desolate and ghostly grey city came into view.

Giant trees tore through the skyscrapers reaching for the heavens, with lush greenery contrasting the grey buildings.

"Jili Gulu Jili Gulu..."

A green robot that resembled a trash can, blinking red light, glided past He Ao.

It emitted an unintelligible alarm voice as it collided with the grass, tangled up with it, and rolled off into the ruins.

He Ao was actually quite interested in these robots.

Given the level of decay of this city, it must have been deserted for at least several hundred years.

In this lengthy period, these robots somehow still had energy to move, and He Ao was curious about the source of their power.

However, thinking that tampering with these robots might provoke them to attack in a swarm, He Ao temporarily suppressed his curiosity.

He planned to wait until he was leaving to see if he could catch a solitary one and take it apart to have a look.

In thought, He Ao carried his box of armor-piercing projectiles with a rocket launcher attached and walked around the aerial root towards the depths of the city.

Since it was an exploration, he thought he might as well start anywhere.

He Ao quickly followed the road to the edge of a nearby skyscraper, where dazzling sunlight laid down a layer of brilliance, seemingly indicating that there was an open space behind the towering building.

He Ao continued forward, and just as he was about to step into the light, he spotted a color-faded metal plate in the grass beside him.

It seemed to be a street sign that had fallen here.

He Ao picked up the sign, and then he paused.

Eventually, he opened his mouth slightly and slowly read the words on the sign.

Upper... Forest... Central... Street...

These were the characters of the First District...

He Ao felt his body stiffen momentarily, and he lifted his head to look ahead.

At that moment, he had stepped out of the shadow of the building, and a vast black tower piercing the clouds appeared in his field of vision.