Zhang Kuang lacked Qin Siyang's strength. The moment he entered the Ocean, a curse began eating away at him, and he was inexplicably swept into the vicinity of a Large God.
Relying on barrier-type protective skills and life-sustaining items, Zhang Kuang had held on within the vortex. Surviving months under the curse was already nothing short of a miracle.
After spending so long in Adams's storage space, he was now at the end of his rope.
Yet the last flicker of consciousness he retained still let him understand exactly what was happening before him.
A top expert from the First Domain had abducted him. Now, surrounded by Qin Siyang and the others, that man intended to use his life to escape.
Zhang Kuang gave a faint, scornful smile.
What kind of man was he, Zhang Kuang?
Back when his strength was still far from the top, his love of astronomy had led him to discover that the celestial configurations before and after the apocalypse could not be reconciled.
At the time, Zhang Kuang had believed that unraveling the secret of the "missing time" would let him find Zhang Yang, with whom he had lost contact. He had devoted himself to researching the advent of the apocalypse.
Because that research involved revealing contents of the [Apocalypse Fragment], it had threatened certain people's interests, prompting covert assassination attempts by the World-Destroying Church and the Ander Government.
Through his own research into items and Li Tianming's help, Zhang Kuang had ultimately survived.
But even in the face of danger, he had never abandoned his research.
What kept him going was his obsession with finding Zhang Yang.
Nothing in this world mattered more to him than finding his missing older brother.
Sadly, more than a decade had passed without the slightest progress.
Still, his