Chapter 222 Long time no see, Zhao Si

[As soon as you see this secret cell where the genuine Golden Emperor was once imprisoned, your eyes light up and you immediately go looking for possible clues! ]

【"etc!"】

【Jin Bing quickly stopped you, the reckless guy.】

[“This is a prison cell! Back then, they were able to lock me…Jin Bing up. Who knows what dangers might be inside!”]

【Danger?】

[Excited, you suddenly feel a chill in your heart: It seems that you were really blinded by the clues. You used to save the game wherever you went, but now you are subconsciously planning to rush in... You should reflect on this!]

【Then save the file decisively. 】

[Ding! You are undecided and decide to save the game again. Your choice: (?)]

[A: Go in, it's over! B: Don't go in, think long and hard! ]

It's another classic save, but Zhao Si doesn't want to complain too much:
"Of course I choose A..."

No matter what's ahead, the worst that can happen is we can just restart.

[If you choose option A, go in and rush in, it's all over! ]

[After saving the game, you heaved a sigh of relief: "It's all right."]

【Jin Bing:? 】

[Have you done anything? You dare to say that it's okay without any evidence?! ]

[No, buddy, are you playing subjective idealism here? We are cultivating immortals, not superstitious, sober up! ]

[Jin Bing was confused. He really didn't understand your train of thought. But since you said so, he definitely couldn't just stand outside and watch. It was reasonable for him to stand by you. So he gritted his teeth and the two of them gradually moved towards the cell...]

[The process of approaching was uneventful. Even when you entered the cell, the danger you imagined still did not come.]

[This went so smoothly that you couldn't believe it: Could it be that due to the long time, coupled with the influence of the Dharma Ending Age, the means of detaining prisoners have become ineffective? ]

[Or, when Minghe rescued Jin Bing, he dismantled all those means? ]

[In doubt, you begin to look at this prison cell that has survived from the mythical era: the cell is very narrow, only slightly larger than an ordinary room, and filled with an old atmosphere, which is the mark left by time.]

[And the first thing that attracts your attention is a corpse, which is scattered in the corner...]

[Why are there corpses here? Wasn't Jin Bing rescued by the Styx? ]

[You are full of doubts and take a closer look: This is an ordinary modern human corpse, not an ancient immortal corpse. Having identified countless ancient immortal corpses, you are very sure of this.]

[What will surprise you even more is that there are words underneath the remains! ]

[You hurriedly read it carefully, hoping to get useful information about the genuine Jin Bing, but as you read, you are a little stunned, because this was not written by Jin Bing, or even by someone from the ancient heavenly era, but was written by the owner of the remains during his lifetime.]

[General meaning: He is the ancestor of a true immortal in a blessed land in the Northern Wilderness. After becoming an immortal, he originally planned to go to the fairyland, but because the door to the fairyland has not yet opened, he was bored and chose to hide underground. ]

[It just so happened that Buzhou Mountain was an ancient sacred mountain. He thought there might be an opportunity under the mountain, so he began to look for it... After running around like a headless fly for a long time, he found this mysterious prison cell. ]

[Originally he was quite excited, thinking he had come across some great opportunity, but in the end not only was there nothing inside, but he couldn't even get out! ]

[No matter how he bombarded the cell, it didn't budge at all, not even a scrap of it fell off. He was trapped for more than a million years and was exhausted, so he decided to kill himself. If any of his descendants come here, please bury him back in his hometown in the Northern Wasteland...]

[The letter is long and the story is very touching, but the most terrible thing is the description of the prison cell: there is no way out! ]

[Your heart trembled, and you immediately began to try to escape from here. However, the escape technique that allowed you to move freely outside was completely useless now. After escaping for a long time, you were still in the same place...]

[You, who don't believe in evil, used magic to bombard everywhere, but as a dignified Golden Immortal, you didn't scrape off even a tiny bit of wall dust! ]

[What's going on? Everything was fine when I came in just now! ]

[“Don’t waste your energy. You can’t get out.”]

[A calm piece of advice makes you look over in surprise while you are brainstorming: It's Jin Bing. ]

[He seemed to be sitting in the center of the cell with a familiar look. He looked left and right, and endless memories slowly came to his mind, making him suddenly realize...]

【"you……"】

[You keenly sensed that something was wrong, because his temperament was undergoing a strange change... becoming more stable, more calm, and less like Jin Bing.]

[The pirated Jin Bing you are familiar with, although he has many ancient memories and has been the Emperor of Heaven for many years, he was just a puppet most of the time, and he was not at all like the real Emperor of Heaven with great power. Moreover, his political ability and political thinking were not very good. To rule the Blood Sea, he had to use the Blood God Son as a plug-in.]

[And now this Jin Bing… his eyes are steady and powerful, his expression is extremely calm, as if he is an ordinary person who has been in prison for countless years…]

【You frowned: "Possession?"】

【"No."】

[He smiled and said, "It's just that seeing the things reminded me of people, so I remembered some vague memories that were originally..."]

[You glared: "Aren't you fake? How can you remember other memories?"]

[Fake?] [Jin Bing shook his head: I am not fake.]

[You are shocked, but before you can say anything, he adds: Of course, I am not real either.]

【you:?】

[What is true or false? Can you speak human language? ]

[He saw your confusion at a glance and sighed: If you ask me, I can't explain it to you, but I am definitely not the definition of true and false. ]

[“You can understand that I am now the Golden Sky Emperor from that year. I have the same origin as him, and my memories are similar, but they are a little incomplete…”]

[After hearing what he said, you were confused, but you still took the most correct approach: asking questions! ]

[“Since you have recovered a lot of memories, I have to ask you.”]

[You ask him seriously: What is going on in this cell? Why can't I get out?]

[“Because this is at the foot of Mount Buzhou, the base of Pangu’s spine, it naturally carries Pangu’s great power to suppress all things!”]

[Jin Bing sighed: "Back then, Di Jiang tried to transform into Pangu, but I interrupted him. Although he failed, he also gained Pangu's divine power. With this, he can easily beat cultivators below the level of Saint, and can even resist the power of Saints to a certain extent."

[This place is formed by Pangu's spine, and the strength of its divine power far exceeds that of Emperor Jiang. Here, any "law" will be useless, and as time goes by, the divine power here will be further strengthened. The "Pangu's legacy" outside is actually a partial manifestation of the divine power...]

[“Pangu’s divine power…”]

[You silently digested this valuable information, and then asked: "Then why were you locked up?"]

[“Because I… angered the Heavenly Dao.”]

[Jin Bing laughed at himself: It's like an egg hitting a rock after all. If the destiny of the protagonist is to be changed, it is impossible without the cultivation of a saint... If it weren't for my immeasurable merits and my master's guarantee, I would have been destroyed by a purple thunderbolt...]

[Although you don’t quite understand what he said, you still write it down… and then ask, “Why did the Styx become holy?”]

【Jin Bing's eyes widened: "Stinghe became a saint?! When did it happen?!"】

[Hmm? He doesn't know about the Styx's sanctification?]

[You are a little confused, but you still tell him about the battle between the two saints in the starry sky, and then ask: "Why are there only two saints left? What about the Six Saints? What about the Heavenly Court? What about the witch clan and the demon clan?"]

[This question has troubled you for a long time. Now that you have the opportunity, you must ask all the questions. ]

[But Jin Bing shook his head bitterly and said: I don’t even know how the Styx became a saint, so it’s even more impossible for me to know these... Let’s put it this way, my memory only stays in this cell, and I can’t even remember how I got out before...]

[You don’t know this either? ]

[You frowned, it seems that you can't squeeze any useful information out of this pirated Jin Bing.]

[“You asked me if I was going to use these things outside?”]

[Jin Bing asked curiously: If that's the case, then you'll be disappointed. No one except a saint can get out of here. Pangu's power is invincible.]

[You take off the colorful bird from your shoulder nonchalantly: It’s okay, I have it! ]

[Looking at the colorful bird, Jin Bing's eyes couldn't help but glow with wonder: "I've always been curious about your great power. Where does its spiritual energy come from?"]

【“It’s all made up.” You didn’t mean to hide it. 】

[“It’s really something out of nothing…”]

[Jin Bing's guess was confirmed, but he was still very curious: What else can this thing do besides creating spiritual energy? It actually allows you to escape with confidence.]

[“No, you misunderstood.”]

[You laughed and said, "I'm not talking about using it to get out, but using it to self-destruct and collect information. It would be best to try to see if it can blow up Mount Buzhou... Don't underestimate it. If it explodes, it will be comparable to a saint's full-strength attack. I guarantee that even Pangu's divine power will not be able to withstand it!"]

[“Of course, we two probably can’t handle it.”]

【Jin Bing: ???】

[No, man! You are taking this too far!]

【Jin Bing was stunned. He didn't doubt the truth of your words at all, so he quickly tried to dissuade you: "Don't! Don't you want to save the world? What's the point of blowing everyone up?!"

[“It’s okay, I can reopen it!”]

[You carelessly revealed your biggest secrets to him, such as that you are the protagonist, that you are "another self", that you can restart infinitely... I am the center of the world, and as long as I die, everything will become nothingness and return to the node where I made the last choice...]

[You explained it in great detail, fearing that he wouldn't understand, but you didn't realize that when you said the first sentence, this pirated Jin Tiandi froze and then trembled all over.]

[He seemed to be laughing, but also seemed to be crying. The Emperor of Heaven, who had proudly stirred up the tide of the times in the past, recalled his youth and youth that had long since passed away...]

[“Long time no see, Zhao Si.”]

【Emperor Jin Tian smiled and gave you a friendly greeting.】

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(End of this chapter)