Across the Consciousness Barrier

Deep within the Consciousness Domain, near the Fortress of the Puppet army.

Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei hid on the other side of a world, carefully observing the Puppet's patrol routes.

"Master."

As Tang Ruowei watched, she muttered a complaint under her breath, "Why did they have to drag me along? Shouldn't the fewer people involved be, the better for this kind of covert operation?"

"Stop talking nonsense. You'll just be a lazy bum at home anyway, so why don't you come out and exercise with me and burn some of your stored fat and energy?"

Bai Qiuran glanced at Puppet, making a final check of their patrol route.

"Hurry up, we're about to charge! Keep your heads down."

Tang Ruowei muttered a couple of things in frustration, but still obediently lowered her head.

Bai Qiuran, wielding the Clear Autumn Waters and controlling the shimmering Divine Light on the Divine Sword, seized a gap after the Puppet finished their patrol and silently passed through the Fortress, disappearing into the other side of the Void through that passage.

Upon arriving on this side, the first thing that catches the eye is a dazzling Void River composed of energy, and countless worlds that have been born around the Void River, like stars in the sky.

The Void River flows from a more distant place upstream of the Immortal Realm, and although the Void is boundless, most worlds are born around this great Great River of energy.

Because the unpredictable Energy Storm in the river are constantly tearing through Void, creating spaces of all sizes, many worlds are born from these randomly torn spaces.

However, there is actually no Void River within the Consciousness Domain. The Consciousness Barrier established by that Lost Civilization is extremely powerful and ingeniously designed. On the surface of the Consciousness Barrier, there are special designs to resist and divert the impact of the Void River. Therefore, when the Void River on the Immortal Realm side flows near the Consciousness Barrier, it splits into two halves on the Consciousness Barrier, circling the entire vast and boundless Consciousness Domain in a large loop. Now, it seems that these two halves of the Void River should converge again on this side of the Consciousness Barrier, forming a mighty Great River that continues to flow into the deeper, boundless Void.

Because the Void River has widened here, the number of worlds here seems to be slightly more than that of the Immortal Realm. As far as the eye can see, they are scattered like stars, with no end in sight.

Moreover, in this Void, there is neither a crisscrossing Consciousness Domain like a spider web, nor a network woven by the Great Dao Laws Heavenly Dao; it appears very serene.

"Good."

As the sword hovered in the Void, Bai Qiuran exclaimed, "This is the authentic Void!"

"It's definitely authentic."

Tang Ruowei muttered, "But whether it's the Consciousness Domain or the Great Dao Laws, don't they both represent a symbol of progress? For better or worse, they at least connect countless worlds together."

"I didn't deny their usefulness, I was just expressing my feelings."

Bai Qiuran said, "Moreover, since such Puppet Civilization could be developed, it means that this world must also be under the unified supervision of a huge power. It's just that the way they use it is different from the Heavenly Dao Will and the Lost Civilization, so we haven't discovered it yet."

"Where are we going to find the Immortals who have been captured?"

"The old way."

Bai Qiuran replied, "Let's find a world ruled by a Puppet Civilization first, infiltrate it, and see what happens."

They found a world nearby where a giant Puppet Fortress floated on the outer edge of the world. Bai Qiuran led Tang Ruowei into the inner side of the world, found a place to hide, and used his Spiritual Sense to observe the civilization structure of this world.

The intelligent beings who live and build civilizations in this world are similar to Human Race, but their bodies are Bluish Green, they have spiral horns on their heads, and a tail on their rear ends.

They lived in enormous City made of machinery, and seemed to live very affluent lives. Bai Qiuran's Spiritual Sense swept across the world, but he found no evidence of any conflict among them.

"Let's become like them first."

Bai Qiuran withdrew his Spiritual Sense and spoke to Tang Ruowei. At the same time, he activated his Fortune Body Forging Technique. Amidst a series of crackling sounds, Bai Qiuran transformed into a young man of this world's race.

Tang Ruowei glanced at him and then followed suit, using the Fortune Body Forging Technique. Her external martial arts cultivation Bai Qiuran's, so her speed was very slow. However, her Fortune Body Forging Technique had broken through the shackles of the fiftieth level, allowing her to freely change her form. In the end, she also transformed into a woman of the same race.

The two headed towards the nearest large city. As they walked, Bai Qiuran extracted the language from the mind of any random creature.

However, he did not learn any further information about this world. His Spiritual Sense was too strong, and rashly probing into the mental world of other beings might cause irreversible and permanent damage to their minds.

The inhabitants of this world live in large cities, while the desolate outskirts of the City are mostly inhabited by strange and ferocious beasts. It is rare to see any intelligent beings, and they rarely come out unless absolutely necessary.

If they need to Mobile to other City, they will choose to use Rail Transit. The City in this world are connected by rail, which is covered with a faint energy barrier to prevent wild beasts from damaging the rail or attacking the vehicles and residents on the rail.

Judging from these aspects alone, the world's civilization has indeed developed to a considerably high level.

Occasionally, platforms appear between City Rail Transit, for people who have to leave the City for work and come to the countryside. They only need to stand at the platform entrance, undergo a facial scan to confirm that they are Intelligent Lifeforms rather than wild animals, and then the door to the platform will open, allowing them to go through the steps to the platform and take the Rail Transit.

Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei arrived at a nearby field station. After arriving at the station by scanning their faces, they began to select their destination using a device that had a pop-up light screen. This device's light screen could be directly selected by touch, which was very advanced.

After Bai Qiuran selected her destination, the device emitted a series of "beep" sounds, and then two card-like tickets were ejected from the metal base beneath the device.

"Huh? That's strange, is it free to ride this Rail Transit?"

Bai Qiuran picked up the two train tickets and clicked her tongue in amazement.

"So, this civilization's productivity is quite high."

Tang Ruowei, who came from a royal family, exclaimed in admiration, "Even in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, where Cultivators reside, there are often starving people in the Mortal Realm. Yet here, even the Rail Transit is free."

Let's take another look.

From the current situation, everything here is fine, but Bai Qiuran always felt that something was strange, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

After a short wait, a golden box-shaped Rail Transit sped from the distant tracks, slowly came to a stop on the platform, and opened its cabin.

Bai Qiuran and Tang Ruowei exchanged a glance, then clutched their tickets and boarded the vehicle.