Light Fortress
Chapter 302 - 9 Heading North

Chapter 302: Chapter 9 Heading North

"Boom!"

Due to the impact, the SUV jolted slightly forward and then returned to normal almost unaffected.

Everything happened too fast.

Before it even started, it was already over; the SUV continued speeding along, and evidently, the "unclean" thing had already been cleaved in two beneath the chassis by Lan Qie.

"What was that just now?"

The still shaken Tomb Ghost murmured.

With calm composure, Gu Nanfeng rolled down the window, extended his palm, and Lan Qie, enveloping a bunch of shattered mechanical parts, floated over.

"This thing is called ’Earth Worm,’ like ’Wind Eye,’ it belongs to surveillance devices with minimal lethality but excellent concealment and some minor nuisance abilities... such as puncturing tires," Gu Nanfeng calmly stated, "After leaving Da Du, we’ve already been targeted by people from Changye City."

"Wait... targeted?"

Realizing something was amiss, Tomb Ghost hurriedly said, "That word doesn’t sound very auspicious."

"You can remove the word ’seems.’"

Gu Nanfeng waved his hand, and that cluster of mechanical parts disintegrated in the air, scattering with the sand in the wilderness of the uninhabited area.

"With ’Wind Eye’ above and ’Earth Worm’ below, it is clear the visitors mean no good," Gu Nanfeng stated calmly, "Having left Changye eight years ago, living incognito, keeping out of sight, they probably hope this situation continues indefinitely, or that I just die out there."

As far as the "New Faction" is concerned.

Gu Changzhi lies sleeping in Qingzhong.

The "Future Family Head," ordained by the Tomb Guardians upon their command, chose to head north after losing in a struggle.

This state of affairs, too, is not unacceptable... but the revival of the apostle’s token and the Gu Family Young Master’s return home, this is indeed not good news.

Tomb Ghost scratched his head and muttered, "Sounds like a cliché story. Next, there’ll be an assassination attempt, with those Changye City fellows doing everything they can to stop you from returning?"

"Indeed cliché," Lu Nanjin commented lightly.

The orange cat in Gu Shen’s arms nodded in agreement.

"That’s why I stayed in the North Continent for eight years..." Gu Nanfeng spoke softly, "Only after mastering the Sword Skill to great success did I return to the East Continent. I’m curious to see who dares to stop me now."

Tomb Ghost was the first and only one to start applauding, "Young Master, what a spirit!"

Indeed... those people from the new faction of Changye City genuinely don’t want Gu Nanfeng to return, and truly there’s nothing much they can do about it.

Earth Worm, Wind Eye... What use are these trivial gadgets?

What good is stopping him momentarily?

In the face of absolute strength, all these tricks are useless.

As for assassination... that’s even more preposterous, the mastered Lan Qie from Deep Sea 12th Floor, who could be sure of completing an "assassination", even if two titled ones joined hands, Gu Nanfeng could still easily escape their encirclement.

Technique of Soaring Winds.

Gu Nanfeng’s "speed" could indeed be claimed the fastest across the Five Continents.

"They know I’m coming back."

Gu Nanfeng raised his head and spoke somberly, "And now, I also know... they know."

...

...

The journey is long, two days and one night.

Luckily, Tomb Ghost’s bad luck seemed to disappear briefly.

After enduring one Earth Worm attack... the rest of the journey unexpectedly went smoothly, from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, because Gu Nanfeng chose the most deserted off-road trails due to heading straight forward.

This was a "journey" Gu Shen had never imagined.

After passing the sandstorms of the uninhabited areas, the Dadu District was left far behind by the car.

Although the sandstorm was intense, the Jiangnan area wasn’t as rough as it seemed, and Nan Jin soon saw his homeland.

Qing River.

A broad river that spanned both banks.

On the other side of the car window, less than a hundred meters away, was the roaring sound of the Qing River’s waters, with overlapping mountains in the distance. In the era of full connection with Deep Sea, "barren" seemed to carry another kind of fortune.

Unexplored, therefore untrampled.

The orange cat in his arms shifted its body and nuzzled Gu Shen’s chin.

A fuzzy three-dimensional map appeared before Gu Shen’s eyes. He looked out the window, where a blurred mountain was outlined in the rolling waters in the distance.

"Wulaoshan..."

Gu Shen immediately understood the intention behind Chu Ling’s marking of that mountain silhouette.

He smiled silently.

Qing River spanned across Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

He had never thought that one day he would stand on the other side of the Qing River, looking back at the land where he had grown up.

During his time away from Qing River, Wulaoshan occasionally sent emails, which Gu Shen would reply to as soon as he was free. Periodically, Gu Shen would talk with Wulaoshan’s grandmother and children. Now, he was a researcher at the Dadu District institute, with a bright and promising future.

In fact.

If another self in a parallel universe had this kind of life, it seemed quite nice too.

The first nightfall came.

Slowly, the sound of the river was extinguished.

Crossing the Qing River also meant... Da Du, Yinghai, Qing River, Redwood, the four major districts of Jiangnan, were all left behind.

The climate in Jiangbei was cold. Gu Shen didn’t feel much difference when he first arrived at the area bordering Jiangnan, which is the Qing River branch Qianjiang District. But by the midnight, when they reached the Jiuning District, it had gotten progressively colder.

It is said that the northernmost Tundra District could rival North Continent, where it is perennially frozen due to the extremely low temperatures—so low that the "Heavenly Eye" project of East Continent Federation had great difficulty even operating.

Although it was very cold... the three Transcendents didn’t feel anything unusual.

Gu Shen wasn’t bored. Along the way, he devoutly practiced the "Jingzhe Breathing Technique," continuously feeling the ebb and flow of his spiritual power. Nowadays, he didn’t really need to rest, and could keep his spirit fully energized.

As for the other two... Lu Nanjin was constantly immersed in the so-called "penetration cultivation."

She decided to abandon the spiritual trials of the deep water area, attempting, like the ancient cultivators of North Continent, to seek breakthroughs purely through her consciousness without relying on external forces.

And the first step was to integrate the Extraordinary Power into the habits of everyday use.

The car window was cracked open slightly.

She continuously manipulated the air flow, gathering sand particles.

And that just tormented a certain unfortunate soul... Heading north, chill winds howled. Xing Yun, sitting in the back seat, turned pale from being frozen, as the cold wind continually assaulted him through the slender opening of the window. He pulled the thick cotton coat around him tighter and sniffed his running nose.

The three people sitting in the car were truly "ironclad," each more resilient than the last.

Why didn’t these immortals care about the feelings of ordinary mortals like him?

He suggested turning on the heater... only to be met with an outright refusal from Gu Shen.

It wasn’t because Gu Shen did this intentionally.

But... he vaguely guessed the patterns associated with the Tomb Ghost attracting "bad luck."

If one regarded the Tomb Ghost and its contact as a whole, and the Tomb Ghost itself didn’t suffer from misfortune, then most likely, the unlucky aura would descend on others.

But if the aura was conservative.

Then... one just needed to envelop the Tomb Ghost in "misfortune."

It seemed that the problem could be solved that