Why Did They Cross Over?

Qin Luming finally understood why Zuozuo and Caicai had always said they could not talk too much about their lives in the other world. Certain forces in that other world might learn of their whereabouts and bring danger upon them.

What they feared were probably the rulers of the Divine Kingdom represented by Fairy Jiang, weren't they? After all, Zuozuo and Caicai had no loyalty whatsoever to the Divine Kingdom. They even cared more about the tribes they led. On the battlefield, while everyone else fought to the death, they had simply run away.

A small group's rebellion, defection, or flight could often trigger a massive rout on the battlefield. As legion commanders, Zuozuo and Caicai had fled at a critical moment. They understood the gravity of it themselves, so after returning to Qin Luming's side, they never mentioned it again, lest divine particle fluctuations arise between the two worlds. If Fairy Jiang detected such fluctuations, it certainly would not be a trivial matter.

Well, now the main damage dealer and supreme commander from that battlefield had run into the little legion commanders who had fled.

"The war was won in the end, right?" Qin Luming held the two deserters close, putting on a concerned expression to show his apology.

The Divine Kingdom could still come under attack. It seemed its existence was not quite like some paradise, heavenly realm, or land of bliss... Then again, demons and fallen angels attacked Heaven too, and Sun Wukong had once wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

When Fairy Jiang descended, she had also mentioned some of the attacks the Divine Kingdom would face.

"That was the first war I faced after reclaiming my position as God King. How could I possibly have lost? Even without the Pure Grace Divine Bow and without the Primordial Divine Particle Orb, the enemy had fewer than a hundred top-tier experts. After I slew them, the remaining enemy troops were nothing but rabble." Fairy Jiang spoke with a touch of pride.

"It's good that you won... As for Zuozuo and Caicai, let it go. They have no sense of belonging to the Divine Kingdom. Besides, they were still young. They were already scared out of their wits when they arrived on the battlefield." Qin Luming pleaded on behalf of Zuozuo and Caicai. As an ordinary person who had lived a comfortable life, he was most grateful for a peaceful environment and instinctively repelled by war. Just imagining the two girls running for their lives through such a bloody, brutal battlefield made his heart ache.

If he himself faced a war, if he needed to step forward to defend his home and country, then there would be nothing more to say... This country was his final refuge. When war came, there would be nowhere left to retreat. He could only face it head-on. But Zuozuo and Caicai were different. They were merely travelers from another world and had no such attachment to the Divine Kingdom.

Feeling Qin Luming's tenderness, Zuozuo and Caicai pouted at Fairy Jiang across from them and hugged Qin Luming tightly.

Fairy Jiang frowned slightly and said coldly, "I'll spare you for now... But don't think that means I'm letting this matter go. When I eliminate the Kingdom of Zhou's stronghold here, I may need you. I hope you can make up for your mistakes then and not flee from battle again."

"No problem." Qin Luming hurriedly agreed. Since they were going to eliminate the Kingdom of Zhou's stronghold here, that meant he could personally take the field without making Zuozuo and Caicai face danger directly. In Qin Luming's eyes, no matter how powerful these two little girls were, they still looked small and helpless.

"You might not even be able to beat us now." Caicai studied her carefully again, then glanced at Fairy Jiang's staff. "If you don't use that thing, anyway."

"What is that thing?" Zuozuo asked.

"I don't know. If the power inside it explodes, I don't think even the barrier I create could withstand it," Caicai said worriedly.

"Then we can't provoke her so casually."

"Yeah."

"I wonder if she'll steal our food."

"She definitely likes meat, just like you."

"Maybe she only eats grass too."

"I eat vegetables! My name is Caicai! It's not Caocao!"

"I didn't say you eat grass!"

Fairy Jiang watched Zuozuo and Caicai's baffling conversation, then shifted her gaze to Qin Luming's face. "Why did such a peculiar crossing phenomenon occur? Every crossing between worlds occurs because divine particle fluctuations had arisen beforehand. Had you ever heard of the Divine Kingdom? Was there someone who could strongly influence you and who knew of the Divine Kingdom's existence? Or had you touched something..."

As she spoke, Fairy Jiang looked at Qin Luming's hands, then at Zuozuo and Caicai. "You must have touched some life-form or object from the Divine Kingdom."

Qin Luming thought carefully. Many strange things had happened around him, but this was the first time he had personally become involved in an incident caused by powerful people from another world, such as Fairy Jiang and Zhou Nan, descending into this world.

He shook his head. "I have no memory of anything like that, and I can't judge it either. Even if someone like you came from the Divine Kingdom, or if there were an object from the Divine Kingdom, I probably wouldn't be able to tell."

As for people who could have a powerful influence on Qin Luming, there were only his mother and sister, along with a few uncles, elders, and other relatives and friends. They were all ordinary people. What could they possibly have to do with the Divine Kingdom?

"If it was a life-form from the Divine Kingdom, it would inevitably be immensely powerful—an expert on my level. Its appearance would be no different from that of an ordinary human, so it would be normal for you not to recognize it. If it was an object, then it would be a divine artifact." Fairy Jiang glanced at her own staff and looked thoughtfully at Qin Luming.

"We've never seen one!" Zuozuo shouted. "If someone like that had appeared, we definitely would have known!"

"Really?" Caicai questioned Zuozuo uncertainly. "We were either eating or playing. Even if someone like that appeared, would we notice?"

"If you say that, this woman won't think we're amazing anymore!" Zuozuo said angrily. "If she thinks we're not amazing, maybe she'll bully us later."

"Then you should have told me secretly. Now that you've said it out loud, she won't believe you even if you brag again later," Caicai said regretfully.

"I will never think you're amazing." Fairy Jiang looked at Zuozuo and Caicai with regret. "When the war began, I merely followed convention and conscripted tribes with divine experts to join the battle. Later, when I investigated the records, I remembered that beginning with the previous King of Passionate Love, your tribe had never been conscripted in any war."

"Why? Was it because we're too amazing, and once we joined the war, there would be no suspense at all?" Zuozuo wore a thoughtful expression.

"Why are you bragging again? We ran away every time we fought!" Caicai reminded her.

Zuozuo could only glare furiously at Caicai. Why had she said it again?!

Qin Luming smiled. No matter what, he simply found Zuozuo and Caicai adorable.

"The one undergoing the crossing and the target being crossed into must share something in common for a crossing phenomenon to occur. You crossed over and were born from the fruit of the Bishou Tribe's divine maiden tree because you shared common traits with the Bishou Tribe! You are equally afraid of death, timid and weak, shortsighted, narrow-minded. You have never understood that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact." Fairy Jiang grew angry just looking at the two of them.

"Wasn't it because the two of them are left and right hands, while the Bishou Tribe worships a pair of hands?" Qin Luming thought that was the real reason. Zuozuo and Caicai were just young and immature, so of course they were not very brave. It was only natural for them to be afraid. Only a God King like her, who had lived for who knew how many thousands or tens of thousands of years, been reborn, and still claimed to be just a little girl, could be naturally fearless.

"I'll investigate the crossing phenomenon around you slowly in the future," Fairy Jiang said, barely calming herself down. She truly had not expected to encounter Zuozuo and Caicai. She had met them at the commanders' conference back then, and they had left a deep impression on her.

Qin Luming was just about to say a few more good words for Zuozuo and Caicai when his phone rang. His sister had arrived.