Beyond the Deep Space
Chapter 143

Marrying and Having Children in a Foreign Land

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The old man from the Song Family seemed to fly across the grass, chasing after Zhong Yong's long legs all the way over.

A group of young people are having a headache; are they going to be wiped out?

That giant rat that ran upright, though only two meters long, was unstoppable; it was more terrifying than a heavy tank.

As Zhou Yun fled, he lamented, "One is surnamed Song, the other Zhong. This is a death sentence for us. They're a ruthless duo. None of us will escape!"

The group was already exhausted from running, and after hearing what they said, they felt even more uncertain.

When they were still some distance away, Zhong Yong suddenly stopped and tossed two Luminous Immortal Peaches over, clearly intended for Zhong Qing and Zhong Cheng.

"Foolish! Is this a place you can come to? A major upheaval has occurred deep within the secret realm. Contact the spaceship immediately and return to New Star!" Zhong Yong shouted.

He turned and charged towards the Supernatural Being, finally uttering a stern command, "Send the signal! Don't delay! I'm leaving too!"

Old man Zhong Yong led the battle away, and it was clear that he was very anxious. Sending the elixir was just a side effect; the main purpose was to warn him and try to escape by hitching a ride.

He couldn't possibly use these young people to stop the enemy; in his view, they were far too weak.

A single swoop from the Supernatural Being could kill them all.

In the end, the two old men fought and battled the monster until they gradually disappeared.

Everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; the situation was far beyond their imagination.

Even someone as powerful as Zhong Yong was thinking of escaping, completely letting go of his obsession with that Earth Immortal Grass.

But they plunged right in, initially thinking they'd snag a bargain!

The group of young people immediately came to their senses; in fact, the series of tragedies had already made them consider giving up.

In just three nights, nearly a hundred people have died, leaving only about thirty.

Zhao Qinghan, Zheng Rui, Zhong Qing, and Zhou Yun gathered together and took out the signal transmitter.

There was no time to hesitate; they decided to cut their losses and leave immediately.

A moment later, their expressions turned extremely grim.

The signal transmitters carried by each of them malfunctioned and were all damaged.

The secret realm contains various Energy Substance that are constantly eroding precision electronic devices.

But the signal transmitter is small and heavily sealed, and based on past experience, it can last a long time!

Only three nights have passed since then, and contact with the neighboring Brown Star base has been lost.

The men were all pale; there was no doubt that the seriousness of the situation far exceeded their expectations!

This is going to kill people; they might get stuck here and all of them will die.

What dramatic changes occurred deep within the secret realm that made precision instruments more susceptible to damage?

"Have the various Energy Substance become more concentrated?" After washing away the mud, Zhong Qing's delicate face lacked color.

"I wonder how the other teams are doing." Zhao Qinghan's biggest worry was that everyone was facing the same problem, and no one could escape.

Zheng Rui said, "If everyone is unable to send signals, I think the people in the spaceship base will realize the problem and come down to pick us up."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for that many days," Zhong Qing said bitterly.

It's only been three days, and they're already struggling on the brink of death. I really can't imagine what will happen next.

Boom

The distant cliff broke, and Old Zhong reappeared, panting heavily, straddling the back of the Supernatural Being and pounding it fiercely.

Unfortunately, it was a mouse, so the picture wasn't very aesthetically pleasing.

"Has the signal been transmitted?" he asked from afar.

"All the signal transmitters are damaged," Zhong Cheng replied bitterly.

Zhong Yong sighed, "I knew it. The worst thing has happened. Other teams have encountered similar problems."

Enraged, Old Zhong launched a fierce attack on the Supernatural Being, causing blood to ooze from the rat's ears as it squeaked incessantly.

With Old Song's cooperation, he unleashed a powerful and domineering punch, causing the Supernatural Being to bleed from its mouth and nose, finally inflicting a severe injury.

"Great-Grandpa, what should we do?" Zhong Cheng shouted.

"Let's prepare for the worst. We might never be able to go back. Think of the blessed land!" Old Man Song Family shouted.

"Stay away from me and take care of yourselves. I can't control you. There are two of these super rats in total," Old Zhong shouted, noticing a large commotion in the distance.

They had to run away again, taking the two super rats with them.

Wang Xuan was puzzled. What was the situation with the blessed land?

Zhao Qinghan, Zhong Qing, Zheng Rui, and the others knew something, and their faces turned pale instantly.

"This blessed land is also a planet teeming with life, rich in various Energy Substance and extremely abundant in resources," Zhao Qinghan briefly explained.

The blessed land was discovered earlier than the secret land. The New Star developed it for a period of time and gained a lot.

Five years ago, however, Sudden Change occurred in the blessed land. A surge of Energy Substance made it impossible for spaceships to approach, or they would crash.

The explorers who remained on that planet never returned and were completely lost to history.

Wang Xuan was shocked. If this were the case, could he possibly be stuck on this planet forever? How could that be? His parents were still on the Old Earth; he couldn't say goodbye like this forever.

At the same time, he made a promise to return to the Female Sword Immortal within three years.

All the expedition members were in turmoil, utterly uneasy.

Who doesn't have relatives and friends? Who doesn't have parents? If given a choice, no one would willingly choose to be stranded in a foreign land.

In particular, this world is too dangerous; an entire expedition team could be wiped out in ten days or half a month.

"I don't want to stay here." Zhou Yun was genuinely scared; her hands were trembling.

For a tycoon like him, the secret realm was teeming with monsters, and nowhere was he as comfortable as the glitz and glamour of the New Star star-studded Great World.

"Think positively. If we marry and have children in a foreign land, achieve extraordinary things, and get close to Transcendent Immortals, maybe one day we can fly back on our own."

Zhong Cheng is quite unconventional. The reason he sought out Grandmaster Wang in the Old Earth to learn shortcuts was because he had always longed for the world of ancient Transcendent Immortals.

Then, Zhong Qing slapped him to the ground, and he was dealt another blow.

"You can't even beat me, yet Transcendent Immortals!" Little Zhong's cultivation time is shorter than her younger brother's.

But she could easily suppress him, which was a pain that would never go away for Zhong Cheng.

"Sister, you have to accept reality. Think about the situation in Fudi. You might really need to get married and have children here. You can't go back. Face the future!"

Zhong Cheng's stubbornness earned him another beating.

Wang Xuan continued to inquire about the situation, asking, "Does New Star have a deep understanding of the blessed land? Has he ever made any calculations about what the situation is like there?"

"It's very mysterious, inhabited by Supernatural Being, extremely dangerous, and roughly located near the Secret Realm," Zheng Rui sighed, telling him what he knew.

Similarly, the development of the blessed land remains limited to the outer areas, and has never been explored in depth.

The people of New Star had no idea what the core area of the blessed land, where the Energy Substance was most concentrated and shrouded in misty haze, was really like.

Wang Xuan's expression changed, and he asked, "Could there be cities, humans, sects, and true cultivators in the deepest parts of blessed lands and secret realms?"

Zhong Qing shook her head. "It's hard to say. Various detectors simply cannot capture the conditions at the deepest part of the secret land. Getting too close will cause a fall."

Zhao Qinghan spoke up, saying, "Some people have done research and proposed various hypotheses, believing that there may indeed be a humanoid race in the core area, which is some kind of extremely powerful primate."

After all, there are already extraordinary species in the outer areas.

Deep within that secret realm, there must be even more powerful extraordinary beings.

Moreover, any extraordinary monster, regardless of its true form, possesses a certain degree of spirituality.

According to the rules of the Secret Realm, the more powerful the Supernatural Being, the more intelligent they are; many species are not necessarily inferior to humans.

Therefore, researchers at New Star believe that whether it is a blessed land or a secret land, there must be a highly intelligent race there.

They are located at the top of the pyramid of the entire Supernatural Planet.

Some even believe that the core area contains a brilliant and Supernatural Civilization with a very well-developed social system.

"But why don't they come out? I've never seen them come out." Wang Xuan asked.

Zhao Qinghan said, "They may have come out, but they disdain to lay a hand on us. Perhaps this upheaval was orchestrated by them, and they don't want outsiders to disturb them anymore."

She added, "All the speculations are flawed and difficult to justify; otherwise, they wouldn't be speculations, but the truth."

Zhou Yun sighed and said, "You guys aren't really preparing to stay, are you? At this moment, I want to cry my heart out. I want to go back to New Star. I don't want to stay in this monster-infested land."

Zhong Cheng comforted him, "Brother Zhou, prepare for the worst, and try to establish a lineage for humanity here and conquer another life-bearing planet."

"Go away, I don't talk to people who aren't mentally sound." At this moment, Zhou Yun didn't want to talk to him.

"So, from now on, I am one of the Transcendent Immortals, and you are just an ordinary person," Zhong Cheng retorted.

Zhao Qinghan said, "It's not like there's no chance of going back. If the people at the Brown Star base discover the anomaly sooner and send a spaceship to pick us up, we might still be able to leave."

She believes that the situation may not be so serious in the near future, and some spacecraft may still be able to get close to the planet.

"Let's pray and hope for a miracle," Zhou Yun sighed.

Wang Xuan said, "No matter what, we should make preparations in all aspects, but at this stage, the most important thing is to collect rare items and improve our strength."

Zhong Qing reached out and handed the purple peach that Old Zhong had tossed to Wang Xuan as a way of thanking him for saving her life.

Wang Xuan shook his head and refused. He was practically Great Grandmaster, and such a peach would have limited effect on him, but it would definitely have a miraculous effect on the Zhong siblings.

Besides, if Old Zhong finds out, who knows what he might think?

Wang Xuan missed Old Chen a bit. If he could appear in the secret place, he would definitely make him carry that Black Sword and kill two Supernatural Being to satisfy his craving.

Most importantly, near the dwellings of Supernatural Being, there are often extremely rare and precious objects and special extraordinary herbs!

In fact, Old Chen has arrived!

After receiving a message from Wang Xuan, and with the help of the Relevant Department, he changed his identity and joined a New Star expedition team.

However, he is in a terrible situation now. Although he is already a true human powerhouse at the extraordinary level, he is on a long and desperate escape!

Two monsters, resembling national treasures, with dark circles under their eyes, ran upright, chasing him relentlessly.

"I only dug up one of your glowing bamboo shoots to eat, and there are still three left. Yet you are still relentlessly pursuing me and want to wipe them all out."

Old Chen was in a sorry state, badly injured, with claw marks on his body, covered in blood, and fleeing for his life.

He sighed inwardly, regretting that he hadn't been able to bring the Black Sword with him. The main reason was that the thing was too conspicuous. Even after being disguised and growing to be a full 1.5 meters long, it was still too easily recognizable, and he was afraid it would arouse suspicion.

"Once I return to my Old Earth, I will definitely go to Shu and give your distant relatives a good beating!"

Zhong Cheng spoke up, saying, "Since Great Grandmaster Horse is here, I think it will be much easier to gather spiritual herbs. Yesterday, we discovered several areas with unusual items."

Unfortunately, they chose the Black Gold Date Tree and suffered a tragedy.

Then, the group set off.

Regardless of whether he could leave or not, Wang Xuan was determined to break into the Supernatural Domain as soon as possible.

Soon after, they arrived at a valley and carefully observed the surrounding area.

There are six spirit trees in the valley. Their trunks and branches are grayish, but their leaves are bright blue, which makes them look extraordinary. Each tree bears four or five bright blue fruits.

Yesterday, the group observed outside the valley for a long time but did not find any monsters, so they did not dare to go in.

Because with so many spiritual fruits from the six fruit trees, it's impossible that no monsters would covet them.

This was so unusual that they chickened out and didn't dare to go in.

"Could there be any Supernatural Being here?" Wang Xuan frowned. If they won the lottery, everyone would die here.

He didn't dare to make any rash moves, and lay prone on the hilltop, observing the valley below.

Soon after, surprise and commotion arose from behind.

The woman Wang Xuan rescued from the canyon yesterday, who had witnessed Wu Yin being taken away by the monster, cried out in alarm.

After testing the blood spilled on her clothes with a test kit, someone in the expedition concluded that it was not human blood.

"So, Sister Wu Yin wasn't scratched at the time, and the monster bleeds on its own?" the woman asked in surprise.

Then, she recalled carefully that the monster emitted Dark Light, carried Wu Yin into the air and flew away, and then blood was sprayed down.

She didn't actually see whose blood it was, but her preconceived notions made her think that Wu Yin had been severely injured.

"This is good news. At least Sister Wu Yin wasn't injured!" Zhong Qing said.

Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat; this was indeed something to look forward to.

Perhaps... that monster is seriously injured and has a serious problem, so Wu Yin might still have a chance to survive.

Meanwhile, the witness, who was not far from Wu Yin, was neither killed nor eaten by the monster.

This suggests that the monster didn't really want to kill at the time, or that there was something else going on.

Wang Xuan felt that Wu Yin had a slim chance of surviving.

However, the hope is still not very high.

Wang Xuan looked around for a long time and found nothing unusual in the valley; there were definitely no large monsters.

He cautiously probed, slowly releasing wisps of spiritual energy, confirming that there were no Supernatural Being.

Then, he fully utilized his mental abilities to observe carefully and finally learned about the situation there.

There were more than a dozen insects on the six fruit trees, which was quite unusual. They were bluish-green, some were sleeping on the leaves, and some were even gnawing on the blue fruit.

Insects are eating the spirit fruit? Wang Xuan felt a pang of heartache.

In fact, he saw some fruit pits on the ground, indicating that there were originally more spiritual fruits than there were, but they had all been eaten by insects.

What surprised him most was that this insect actually emitted a Mysterious Factor aura, and it was quite strong!

A large number of Mysterious Factor fall into the Inner Scenery Realm at all times, which is rare in the Real World.

However, the secret realm is somewhat special, containing various Energy Substance, mainly X substance, while the Mysterious Factor is very thin.

Wang Xuan had seen many monsters in the secret realm, but this was the first time he had sensed a monster that specifically absorbed Mysterious Factor, or more precisely, a strange insect.

A slight unease stirred within him; what exactly was strange about it?

He was certain that it was not Supernatural Being, and then he felt much more confident and prepared to go and take a look.

"I'll ride Great Grandmaster Horse in. If things go wrong, I can escape immediately," Wang Xuan said.

He added, "You should stay away from this area for now, lest I actually scare away some monsters."

"Wouldn't it be too risky for you to go in too? Why don't we just let Great Grandmaster Horse go in?" Zhong Cheng suggested.

Wang Xuan said, "You overestimated Great Grandmaster Horse's character. If you let it go in on its own, it will probably come out with a bunch of fruit pits in its mouth."

Everyone was speechless.

Only Great Grandmaster Horse's nose was emitting white light, staring directly at Wang Xuan.

Zhao Qinghan knew his background, but she still secretly warned him to be careful and to run away quickly if things went wrong.

The group quickly left. Having experienced various tragic events, they were all very cautious and dared not act rashly.

Wang Xuan rode his horse into the valley, but soon dismounted and told Great Grandmaster Horse not to get too close, since he didn't know the details of the insect.

If it were a highly poisonous insect, Little Ma might face a tragic situation.

He possesses the Golden Body Art and is completely fearless.

"Old Ma, wait here, I'll go pick some fruit for you. Don't run away, or if I catch up with you, I'll give you roasted horse leg."

Great Grandmaster Horse glared at him, almost kicking him twice.

When Wang Xuan got closer, he heard a soft humming sound.

Then, he felt a pain in his back, as if he had been hit hard.

With a hissing sound, one blue light after another rushed over, like streaks of blue lightning, moving at an extremely fast speed.

Wang Xuan gasped. If he hadn't mastered the Golden Body Art, an ordinary person would probably have been pierced through by these insects.

He grabbed one, twisted it hard, and with a bang, the insect shattered like a piece of blue jelly.

It is soft inside and as hard as iron on the outside.

Most astonishingly, as the insect shattered, an incredibly dense concentration of Mysterious Factor dissipated.

Wang Xuan used the Root Method of Pre-Qin Daoist practitioners, but he only managed to gather a portion of the energy; the majority was scattered far away in the instant it exploded.

He was moved and muttered to himself, "This insect... if you don't mind it, it's probably far more valuable than these spiritual fruits!"

He used his mental power to shatter the insects' fragile spirits. With a crackling sound, all of the dozen or so insects fell to the ground, unable to survive.

Wang Xuan picked them all up; each one was two inches long and had a bluish hue like a gemstone.

He looked at it again and again, then put it away for the time being.

It is estimated that even a grandmaster would be pierced through by them. Even if Great Grandmaster Horse got close, he might be taught a bloody lesson.

It's hard to define the level of this insect; it's extremely lethal with its physical body, but its weaknesses are also very obvious.

Anyone who can project their spiritual energy can kill them.

Wang Xuan picked the fruits; nineteen were intact, and eight had been gnawed by insects. It was quite a high yield; he had actually picked so many spiritual fruits at once.

He was going to give it a try and see if he could improve his skills to the next level.

There were insect eggs on the tree, but he didn't touch them.

Wang Xuan mounted Great Grandmaster Horse and left the valley.

When he came outside, he saw Zhao Qinghan and a group of explorers confronting ten strangers in the distance.

Soon, Wang Xuan noticed something unusual. The ten people were dressed differently from the people of New Star. Whether they were men or women, their clothes had a metallic sheen and were a novel style.

Some of them had black hair, some had silver hair, but they were all clearly young people. They were speaking in broken English, which was completely incomprehensible.

When Zhong Cheng and the others shouted at them, the ten people frowned, looked at each other, and didn't understand what they meant at all.

Wang Xuan's heart pounded. Not long ago, they were discussing whether there were cities, humanoid creatures, and sects deep within the secret realm. Could it be that they had actually seen them now? What were their origins?!

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