Chapter 749: Incoming Call

For the next few hours, Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng walked along the tracks.

During this process, Chen Ling never gave up trying to trigger his Domain in various strange ways... Although he had forgotten the password to the vault, maybe he could get it right by guessing randomly. But the bad news was that his luck wasn't that good.

Jian Changsheng yawned repeatedly as he walked. This day and night of hiking had bored him to the extreme. He saw out of the corner of his eye that tracks from another direction were extending over and gradually overlapping with the tracks they were following, converging into a "person" shape.

Jian Changsheng was slightly stunned:

"Over there... it seems like another track has converged too?"

"It should be a track connecting another realm to the Tian-Shu Realm," Chen Ling replied calmly. "I heard that the materials for these Realm Trains are extremely rare, so to save resources, many sections of the track lines overlap. This isn't strange."

"Does that mean we're not far from the Tian-Shu Realm?"

"How would I know?"

[Audience Anticipation -1]

[Current Anticipation: 22%]

Chen Ling swept his gaze over the two lines of prompts and then looked at the tracks extending to the horizon, feeling conflicted.

The anticipation was already at an unhealthy level. If it dropped below 20%, it would be very troublesome, and the actual distance to the Tian-Shu Realm was unclear... After weighing his options, Chen Ling felt it was better to play it safe.

"I need to find a place to rest." Chen Ling looked around and walked straight toward a beach of strange rocks.

"I've been wanting to rest for a long time," Jian Changsheng said, rubbing his eyes and immediately agreeing. "This crappy place, everywhere looks the same, it makes your eyes dizzy just walking..."

Chen Ling arrived at the center of the strange rock beach and, after confirming there was no danger around, sat down on the ground.

He took a USB drive out of his pocket.

"No way, you're doing it again?!"

Jian Changsheng, who was just about to close his eyes for a nap, was startled by this sight. "If you shatter in a moment, I can't save you alone!"

Jian Changsheng clearly remembered how Chen Ling had used the Era Archive in the Gray Realm last time and then shattered into pieces in front of everyone. Seeing Chen Ling take out this deadly thing again, he felt a bit terrified.

"Don't worry, it won't happen this time," Chen Ling replied calmly.

"...Really?"

"Really."

As Chen Ling said this, he slowly inserted the USB drive into the ground in front of him under Jian Changsheng's suspicious gaze.

Lines of deep green code floated before Chen Ling's eyes:

[ID 129439]

[Reading...]

[Reading Complete]

……

Chen Ling opened his eyes again.

The first thing that came into view was a sky filled with drizzling rain, and under this sky, a cold face was looking at him with confusion.

"You... are back?" Su Zhiwei asked uncertainly.

Chen Ling came back to his senses and looked around. "How could you tell?"

"A second ago you were telling me you hoped to meet in the next era... and then in the blink of an eye, I felt your aura change." Su Zhiwei paused for a moment. "It became more powerful than before."

For Chen Ling, the promotion from Third Stage to Fourth Stage was a long process, but in Su Zhiwei's eyes, it was just a snap of the fingers. Anyone would find that strange.

"Yeah... I'm back."

"So, did you see me in that era?"

Su Zhiwei's eyes were full of anticipation and curiosity.

"...I did." Chen Ling's eyes were full of helplessness. "But, I didn't have a chance to talk."

Su Zhiwei seemed a bit disappointed. At the same time, Yao Qing's voice could be heard faintly in the distance, and the other two figures seemed to have sat up from their beds.

Chen Ling and Su Zhiwei exchanged a look and returned the way they came.

"Grandma! How are you feeling?"

Yao Qing supported the elderly figure as she slowly sat upright on the bed, his eyes full of worry. "Is anything uncomfortable? How are your lungs? Do you want to go to the hospital for a checkup?"

Xiao Chunping was old, after all. After her mental energy was overdrawn, her face was haggard and pale, which made Yao Qing extremely anxious.

"My good grandson, Grandma is fine... I'll be fine after a rest." Xiao Chunping squeezed a smile from the corner of her mouth while stroking Yao Qing's head.

Then, Xiao Chunping saw Chen Ling walking over from a distance. She seemed to notice the change in his stage, and her eyes were full of surprise:

"Little friend Chen Ling, it hasn't been long, yet you've progressed so quickly... You truly have a unique talent."

Chen Ling smiled slightly without explaining, just helping her check her body again.

"There is indeed no major problem, but your body is severely overdrawn. You need to stay in bed and rest for at least a few months."

"I'm old, I can't handle the tossing anymore." Xiao Chunping shook her head with a smile. "If I were young, just based on that brat... Sigh, never mind, never mind."

Chen Ling's gaze then fell on the hospital bed next to them.

He saw Yang Xiao supporting himself with his hands, having also sat on the edge of the bed. He was holding his forehead with one hand as if he still had a headache, but he was a young man after all, and after a while, he returned to normal.

Chen Ling walked straight up:

"How are you feeling?"

"Like I've been doing experiments for three days and three nights without closing my eyes... However, I feel that my connection to the magnetic field seems to be getting tighter."

Yang Xiao closed his eyes and sensed for a while. As if he had foreseen something, he suddenly turned his head to look at the mobile phone by the bed.

A second later, the phone screen lit up automatically, and an incoming call reminder vibrated silently.

Can he already sense the transmission of communication information... Chen Ling was extremely surprised to see this.

Yang Xiao looked at the caller, was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a while, he answered it and put it to his ear:

"...Hello?"

“……”

"Yeah... right, I didn't go back, some accidents happened on the way."

“……”

"How did you know??"

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but Yang Xiao's face suddenly showed surprise. After a long while, he looked at Chen Ling with a subtle expression...

He handed the phone over.

"Looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Chen Ling was stunned. "Who?"

"Lu Xun."

Hearing this name, Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.

Lu Xun, a PhD in astrophysics and the initiator of the Red Star Fragment exploration operation... In a sense, he was the hub connecting the Nine Monarchs and the core figure of the exploration team.

Theoretically, the fact that he didn't go back with the exploration team would indeed make others on the team suspicious, and the original guide he knocked out and swapped wouldn't be able to hide it for long... From the beginning, Chen Ling was prepared to be suspected. Anyway, he was using a fake face and wouldn't be tracked.

But now, Chen Ling was a bit puzzled... How did Lu Xun know he was with Yang Xiao?

Chen Ling's thoughts raced, and after a moment, he took the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, I am Lu Xun."