The sun was bright, and the breeze was gentle.
When Jiang Qiao opened his eyes again, he found himself standing on a stone-slab-paved street. Passersby came and went, dressed in filthy coarse cloth robes, with patches sewn over patches.
Judging by their style,
it didn't look modern. Instead, it resembled an era from more than a century ago.
"Good grief."
"Where the hell has this sent me?"
Jiang Qiao was somewhat dazed.
Just a few minutes ago,
he had still been at the underground base of the Black Pupil Club, several kilometers outside Edward Town in Huai Prefecture, Ugly Country, chatting amiably with that giant eyeball while preparing to dig deeper into some secrets.
Then the Simulator suddenly popped up a notification.
His vision blurred.
When he came to, he was already in this place.
This feeling...
"Damn."
"Did I travel through time again?"
Jiang Qiao was speechless. So being thrown into the past meant he had traveled across different timelines too?
He glanced at the Simulator panel:
[Name]: Jiang Qiao [Level]: Tier 1 ...
[Talent 1]: Stove Fire (X), Tier 1
[ Talent 2]: Thunder Spirit (X), Tier 1
[ Talent 3]: Mason (B), Tier 1
[Quest]: Thunder Art Secrets [Quest Requirement]: Find the source of the Thunder Art ...
"Fine."
"I found the cause of the supernatural leak, and now it's making me find the source of the Thunder Art."
"Does every talent have its own storyline?"
Jiang Qiao stared at the quest requirement.
The fleeting glimpse before the Three Lives Stone soon resurfaced in his mind, along with some of the scenes he had witnessed concerning the Thunder Art.
In some unknown era.
It should have been ancient times.
There had been a crude village, where a sturdy man had been