Light Fortress
Chapter 368 - 56: Battle Again (8K Words Mega - )_4

Chapter 368: Chapter 56: Battle Again (8K Words Mega Chapter)_4

Gu Shen released iron elements into the wilderness, and after his rebirth, Tie Wu, having received Gu Shen’s approval of will, could now use the "Iron Throne." However, his power was extremely weak; he could only condense a shovel, and with just that shovel... Tie Wu began the cultivation of a seed and a prolonged session of contemplation.

After some thought, Tie Wu believed that it was the exhaustion of his Transcendent Essence that led to his current feeble strength.

Even if only a spirit remained, he could slowly build himself back up again.

In fact, he was only half right in this thinking.

In Gu Shen’s Spiritual World, it was indeed possible to "Cultivate"... after all, it was flowing with Extraordinary Essence, which is the fundamental way for a Transcendent to grow stronger.

But looking at the current situation, no matter how much Tie Wu cultivated, his strength would be limited.

Just like that seed.

It required a lengthy time to grow.

The whole new world had just been born, and this Extraordinary Essence had just been coalesced... Most importantly, the source of all this, Gu Shen, was not a true "Divine Throne;" his own power was only at the fourth level of the deep water area.

After ensuring his new world was running smoothly, Gu Shen arrived at Zero Zero One.

In the real world, Chu Ling had been in "self-seclusion" for almost a night.

For an ordinary person, that equates to the time taken to close one’s eyes and sleep... but for the Deep Sea "Source Code," a single night is enough for a hundred billion computations.

Is it because of the "Prayer Technique"?

Gu Shen still remembered, Chu Ling once said that she found Li Qingsui somewhat familiar, but the database search results indicated... that the two had never met before. Such occurrences, contradicting Deep Sea’s understanding, were only possible through Transcendent phenomena.

And now, in the deep water area, a great deal of explanation for "Transcendent phenomena" was contained.

The search so far had yielded no answers... The most likely pointer was the inscrutable and unpredictable "Prayer Technique" of the Li Family.

"Seems I’ll have to sleep a lot longer."

Gu Shen stood in the car, quietly accompanying through an entire half night. He didn’t speak or disturb, just watched silently, just accompanied silently.

In the many nights past.

Chu Ling did the same.

As he slept, she remained awake.

Perhaps in the Dream, Chu Ling was accompanying him in this manner, contemplating the boundless trifles... but who knew what the "Source Code" would think? Was it grand schemes guiding humanity towards a brighter future, or complex calculations tackling mundane quandaries with data?

All of a sudden, Gu Shen remembered something Chu Ling had once said to him.

"I’m hungry."

Or perhaps.

The thoughts of the "Source Code" weren’t so lofty, grand, or incomprehensible.

She could see through puzzles unfathomable and impenetrable to humans in a glance.

Yet, the thing she couldn’t figure out after much reflection... was the "feeling" that everyone is born with.

...

...

A knock at the door startled Gu Shen awake.

He slowly opened his eyes and noticed that it was already light outside the door.

The night had been brief.

It was the first operation of the Spring Breathing, and Gu Shen had fallen into an unprecedented deep sleep. He had never "slept" so soundly and securely.

All fatigue had been swept away.

In its place was an abundance of energy.

In the past, just practicing "Jingzhe Breathing," Gu Shen could go without sleep, having ample energy for the day... but now it was vastly different.

The sole Jingzhe Breathing maintained just a "steady" limit.

Whereas Spring Breathing could bring his spirit back to "fullness."

"Someone came knocking?"

Gu Shen’s first thought was just that... after all, one night had been enough for those waiting at the Gu family’s villa to receive the news and rush to the new location to intercept him.

But after projecting his spiritual power,

He was somewhat surprised.

Outside the courtyard, it wasn’t as bustling as he had imagined; it seemed neither the Bai Family nor Han Dang had spread any news about him... The former’s reaction was understandable, but the latter was beyond Gu Shen’s expectations.

The Bai Family prided themselves on their status and wouldn’t do anything undignified.

But Han Dang was not the sort to care about losing face.

Just the past night he had issued a harsh declaration, vowing not to let the matter with Gu Shen rest... That guy, with his control over Wind Eye, should very well know where Gu Shen had fled, and just a casual leak of information would bring swarms of nosy nuisances to the doorstep.

Why would he miss the opportunity to carry out such a self-damaging but harmful to others act?

Was it because of the previous night’s warning?

Gu Shen barely had time to ponder further.

Because his spirit had settled on the "visitor" who had come calling...

Upon seeing who it was, Gu Shen’s expression grew rather interesting.

"Wait a moment..."

His voice had just carried through.

The other had already "pushed the door open."

The "uninvited guest," who had knocked three times at the courtyard gate as a courtesy, reached out with his palm. Even though the residence was located in the old city, it had quite a hefty iron gate installed... The visitor placed his hand upon the iron gate.

There was no resistance.

The gate immediately dissolved; he passed right through it, and as he left, the hefty door, as if reshaped from clay, slowly returned to its original form... except some parts became a little uneven, looking more like a chunk of iron than a door.

"Changye really is a place of culture and new customs."