Chapter 11 How to Explain

Just then, Shao Qiming finished his paper. He checked it over, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his intelligence and memory hadn't suffered any loss due to the previous coma—he and Su Zhou were both high school sophomores, and the last year of high school was just around the corner. If anything went wrong at this time, it would be a major event that would affect his whole life.

Originally, he wanted to suggest that Su Zhou also do a paper to test whether his thinking had been damaged, but at the same time, Su Zhou turned his head and frowned slightly, saying, "By the way, Qiming, have you thought about what to say when we get back?"

What to say? Shao Qiming's mind turned slightly, and he understood what Su Zhou meant—this trip to Shan State could be described as thrilling and exciting. After returning, they would definitely be blamed by both sets of parents. If they didn't come up with a good explanation to appease them, the two of them probably wouldn't be able to do anything for the whole year until after the college entrance examination.

"What else can we say? First, admit our mistakes. Promise never to go abroad again, be sure to pay attention to safety, and just belittle ourselves first so they have nothing to say—in this way, they will instead feel sorry for your experience and comfort you in return."

Although he looked like a good kid, Shao Qiming was really experienced in this area. He immediately concocted a whole set of methods for Su Zhou and himself to deal with their parents, which enlightened Su Zhou, broadened his horizons, and made him full of praise.

There was no need to hide this kind of conversation, and sitting three rows behind the two of them, an ordinary-looking, expressionless man was taking notes. But after hearing the two high school students discussing how to fool their parents, he couldn't help but smile, then shook his head, recalling his own past youth.

Finally, in his notebook, after the names 'Su Zhou' and 'Shao Qiming', he put a checkmark in the option representing 'normal'.

At this moment, Shao Qiming was typing on his phone's notepad while speaking.

[Should we continue to collect the strange tales? This time, we accidentally encountered a real mysterious event, so dangerous...]

He showed the phone to Su Zhou, and Su Zhou also superficially answered Shao Qiming's words, while rapidly typing on the phone screen.

[Of course, continue to collect them. Ordinary ghosts and monsters won't approach us because we collect their information online, nor will they stay away from us because of it. They do exist, and in the future, their numbers will increase.]

The two would delete the previous record after typing a paragraph. After reading it, Shao Qiming frowned slightly.

[Did that voice tell you? Various ghosts and monsters, will they really increase in number?]

[Yes. It was it. In the future, transcendence will erupt unconditionally all over the world. This is a 'natural phenomenon' that no force can suppress or hide.]

Seeing this, Shao Qiming sighed lightly, glanced at his friend's eager expression, and continued typing.

[But, whether it's the activity of mysterious organizations, or the owner of that voice...aren't they all very dangerous things? I mean, if it's just ghosts and monsters, with your power and my preparations, we might be able to solve them, but what if more and more devils awaken, more and more ghosts revive.]

[If that really happens, what will happen to our world?]

This was a very normal consideration—having no transcendent power, but knowing the worries of transcendent people.

Seeing his friend's words, Su Zhou was slightly stunned, then calmed down.

——Indeed.

Before the arrival of the new era, there were already mysterious organizations like the Holy Serpent Spiritual Litany Society trying to make a big splash, so how many evil organizations would spring up like mushrooms after the new era? And how many dangerous demons and monsters would revive?

Although, according to what he had seen before, this world didn't seem to lack control methods. The country wasn't completely ignorant of this, and had already taken precautions and preparations. But if spiritual energy really revived and transcendence awakened, then no matter what, the basic order of the world would be disrupted.

Liking the abnormal, liking change, liking the unpredictable future—this was Su Zhou's own pleasure and freedom.

However, he didn't want other people's freedom to be affected when the world became the way he liked it.

The previous excitement was just because he hadn't thought too much, so he was thinking about the future with joy, but now, after Shao Qiming pointed this out, he felt a deep sense of worry.

"The awakened fiends... what should we do?"

Asking himself in his heart, and also asking, Su Zhou subtly asked the seemingly experienced Yala, and the snake spirit hidden in his ear just smiled slightly: "Don't worry."

"You will know soon enough."

Then, Yala didn't answer Su Zhou's question, and Su Zhou didn't continue to force the other party to answer, but closed his eyes with Shao Qiming to rest their minds.

After a while, the plane arrived at its destination.

With the deceleration and descent, and the change in air pressure, the plane full of tourists and expatriates arrived in Chuncheng, the capital of Dian Prefecture in Zheng Nation.

Waking up his sleeping companion, Su Zhou and Shao Qiming got off the plane along with the crowd. The boarding bridge was a completely transparent corridor facility. At this time, there were no clouds in the sky, and through the glass, one could clearly see the shining stars in the sky.

At customs, airport staff were checking passports. Shao Qiming was about to call out to Su Zhou, but found that his friend was in a daze on the side of the boarding bridge. He stared blankly at the sky, occasionally lowered his head to look around the earth, his eyes full of shock and astonishment.

If there were highly cultivated practitioners, they could vaguely see that Su Zhou's pupils had turned into vertical pupils flashing with purple-green light.

"See clearly? Use the perspective of the 'Dragon', or rather, the 'Deva'."

Yala's voice carried a hint of pure joy. It shook its tail on Su Zhou's ear, and said with a smile, "Although it's not much of an ability, it's enough to let you view this world from the perspective of a purely transcendent person."

At this moment, Su Zhou was completely unable to respond to Yala's words. He raised his head, his dragon pupils turning, observing this familiar yet unfamiliar world with greed and disbelief.

Yes, he saw it.

He saw that the entire world was shrouded in countless warm spirits.

——Those were heaven-reaching god statues.

Su Zhou could see that on this land of Dian Prefecture, countless ancient souls were reviving, protecting their homeland. He could see that on this land of Zheng Nation, the divine thoughts of countless heroes and heroines were awakening, guarding the heaven and earth of their homeland.

——That was also the holy emblem that reflected the heavens.

Su Zhou could see that at the distant end of the world, the light of compassionate prajna shone, the holy infinite light rose, and huge divine trees and sacred mountains stood on the earth, supporting the sky. He could see that no matter where in the world, as long as there were people, a society, and order, it was filled with warm spiritual light.

Su Zhou saw that the entire world was shrouded in countless warm spirits.

That was love and ancestors, gods and faith.

That was a 'formation' composed of countless beliefs, protection, and inheritance.

An incomparably huge 'magic formation', naturally formed by countless people, shrouded all human cities and planets, suppressing and obliterating all the strangeness that had been born and would be born—so even now, with the new era about to arrive, the overall situation was still undamaged and stable.

——Yes.

In this era, spiritual energy was reviving, the stars were trembling, and demons were reviving. In areas that people didn't know and didn't understand, dark terrors were beginning to wriggle, intending to obliterate all things.

——But.

What was also awakening was order, human society, the protection of all ancestors, and the convergence of all beliefs and faiths!

Evil had awakened, and good had also awakened; chaos had revived, and order had also revived—since order initially overwhelmed chaos, creating heaven and earth, and good strangled the throat of evil, forging civilization.

Then there was no reason why the positions of the two sides would be reversed because of the revival of spiritual energy.

"Yes... so far, most of the spirits I've seen have been benevolent."

"I see... there's nothing to fear... we're not facing all this alone."

Staring at these rays of light that only the 'Deva' could see, Su Zhou remembered that in the past ten years, he had mostly seen 'white and gentle spirits', they would leave on their own, and even greet him... only those fleeting, pure black spirits would emit manic spiritual sounds.

However, the snake spirit Yala didn't let Su Zhou continue to immerse himself in this sentiment. It gently bit the tip of his ear, signaling Su Zhou to look up.

So Su Zhou looked up, looking up at the sky.

Shao Qiming, who was approaching his friend, saw that his friend, who had always been cheerful, active, and had always maintained optimism and confidence, actually showed an expression of disbelief and 'fear' in an instant.

"It's cracked..."

He heard his friend muttering to himself, his eyes full of disbelief and confusion.

Because at this moment, Su Zhou could see.

Above this warm world, there were one, two... no, there were endless, countless 'black cracks', and these black cracks, intersecting and combining, formed huge scars and cracks like tree roots, spanning the entire planet and the Milky Way, and even the entire cosmic sky!

The dark cracks seemed to be able to swallow everything. They were slowly vibrating, as if something was about to break out from behind the cracks.

"This is the 'Gate', the 'Gate of Seal'."

In the depths of the young man's shocked heart, the snake spirit's voice sounded, carrying a rare seriousness and solemnity, as well as a hint of composure. Yala and Su Zhou stared at the sky together, and it said softly: "The source of the revival of spiritual energy and transcendence, the Heavenly Gate that connects other worlds."

"Also, the 'Great Gate' that tore apart your world and sealed our existence."

"The Gate will open, it is destined to open. And all the ugly and evil souls will revive because of this, all the unwilling and desperate offspring will begin to struggle, they and it want to climb out of that ancient and deep hell, and bring the suffering they have endured to all the worlds."

At this moment, the light in Su Zhou's eyes began to dissipate, and the light of all spirits and cracks began to recede. Blinking his eyes, the boy couldn't help but take a step back, and his friend held his hand, preventing him from staggering and falling.

The crowd surged on the boarding bridge, and the hot summer air couldn't be suppressed even by the air conditioning. But facing this terrifying truth that suddenly appeared before his eyes, Su Zhou, who until recently was just an ordinary person enjoying his student holiday leisure, felt a chill down his back, and cold sweat soaked his shirt.

——But that was precisely why.

Because of unwillingness, because of hating his momentary fear and cowardice, with the support of his friend, the young man's eyes gradually became fierce and firm. He gritted his teeth and stared at the sky, which was now completely normal.

And Yala's voice was still ringing, the snake spirit's tone, it was not known whether it was solemn or expectant: "Calamity will be released, just like Anesidora opened the Pandora’s Box out of curiosity."

"But along with it, miracles will also be released."

Su Zhou, my covenantor—

This is just the beginning. From today until the distant endless tomorrow, all cowards will have nowhere to hide, and only the brave will be able to seize the future and hope.

——This era shining with strife and miracles will eventually arrive——

——Prologue Volume: Age of Miracles · End——