Lateral Expansion (Volume Three: The Multiverse Metaverse)

A boy wearing a black jacket.

They reappeared within the Gemini Metaverse.

His face was stern, and the scar on his temple twitched frequently.

Behind him was a mysterious and hazy white mist; walking into it might lead to an endless expanse, for it was the 'history' constructed by the Gemini Superbrain.

Qin Yiguan looked to the right front.

For a long time, I have been constantly delving deeper, almost moving straight forward within the Metaverse, but never expanding horizontally.

Shitian is right.

The world is so big, there will always be strong ones who can make you eat...

Qin Yiguan suddenly pursed his lips. "Shitian is talking complete nonsense."

But at this point, he had already determined the direction he was heading.

It's on the right-hand side.

I don't know what I'll see, hear, or meet.

In short, life is a continuous journey, and every place is just a passing through, including this world.

Qin Yiguan successfully located the Shadow, which had been dormant for a long time.

Stepping onto it, the flight began.

God's Abandoned also began flirting with Meina.

The ground beneath their feet, receding rapidly, was no longer the 'history' simulated by the Gemini Superbrain, but a real Experimental Zone.

After flying tens of millions of kilometers.

Qin Yiguan felt the temperature inside the cabin drop slightly, but it was quickly adjusted back to a comfortable level by the Shadow's temperature control system.

Through the observation window, Qin Yiguan looked down at his feet.

This is a boundless glacial world, the earth covered with ice and snow, a vast expanse of white. One can imagine that beneath the snow layer on the ground lies hundreds or even thousands of meters of ancient Ashe.

Data shows that the outdoor temperature is -62 degrees Celsius.

This is a temperature at which humans cannot survive.

"The Physical Earth has North and South Poles, but within the Experimental Zone, there is also a vast, boundless ice field."

Reflected by sunlight, Qin Yiguan saw a strange starlight twinkling beneath a patch of pristine ice in the distance. "Perhaps some relics are sealed beneath this ice."

"But."

No one has lived here for a long time.

Qin Yiguan withdrew his gaze from the ground beneath his feet and looked ahead, then frowned slightly.

A figure stood on the ice ahead, dressed in a white suit and wearing a white snow cloak that fluttered in the wind. This person was blocking the path of the Shadow.

The Shadow's observation system zoomed in on the man's face, revealing him to be an unfamiliar young man of eighteen or nineteen.

"Strangeness..."

Qin Yiguan's eyes were sharp. "This person's temperament and physique seem familiar. With current technology, it's entirely possible to adjust one's face using certain devices, but he only adjusted the distance and angle of his facial features; the features themselves haven't changed."

Another image formed in Qin Yiguan's mind.

now.

But then the figure standing in the snow spoke softly, and judging from the shape of his lips, the two words he uttered were likely "Black Room".

In that instant.

A dense darkness blotted out the sky and instantly swallowed the Shadow.

immediately.

In the darkness, Qin Yiguan heard another low growl—"Daybreak Has Come."

A thick beam of light emerged from the darkness, shining directly onto the Shadow, which was flying at high speed.

This beam of light felt almost tangible, like steel, capable of piercing through the Shadow.

At that very moment, the hatch of the Shadow opened, and Qin Yiguan leaped out.

immediately.

A distant, deep creaking sound echoed in the sky.

A huge black wardrobe appeared out of thin air, and through the gaps, a pair Pupil pitch-black eyes, filled with a mixture of fear and dark terror, looked down upon all living beings.

An even denser darkness erupted, engulfing everything, and the previous pillar of light vanished silently.

The boy, draped in a cloak billowing through the snow, paused slightly, then whispered, "Daybreak Has Come."

"Screw you."

In the darkness.

Qin Yiguan had already reached the cloaked youth and threw a punch at his chest!

Boom!

The cloaked youth still possessed the same extraordinary perception of darkness as before. The moment Qin Yiguan threw a punch, he crossed his arms to protect his chest. Although he was hit by the punch, his body was unharmed, but his entire body slid backward dozens of meters.

The sound of the wardrobe door closing rang out.

All darkness vanished in an instant.

In the distance, the Shadow made an emergency landing, splashing up large amounts of snow and ice on the ground.

As they drew closer, Qin Yiguan's figure, clad in a black jacket, gradually came into view.

The cloaked youth paused slightly, "Qin Yiguan?"

"That's right, it's Lao Tzu."

The black-clad youth tilted his head slightly, "Jiu Zhengxuan, what are you doing here ambushing me?!"

"You..."

"I..."

Jiu Zhengxuan shook his arm. "This was accidental! I'm here on behalf of the Youth Order Squad to investigate a private organization. Your spaceship looked dark and suspicious, so I was prepared to shoot it down!"

"You're the one who's not a good person."

Qin Yiguan raised an eyebrow slightly. "What private organization is so important that it could bring you out of your shell and embark on the same Radiance journey as me?"

"You..."

Jiu Zhengxuan's face turned slightly green. Qin Yiguan's short sentence contained an extreme tension. While he was showing off, he also ruthlessly despised himself.

Although it had been a long time, Jiu Zhengxuan's verbal skills were still lacking, and in the end he could only sigh slightly, "That organization is..."

At that very moment.

Seven or eight civilian aircraft flew in from the sky and slowly landed around the area.

A group of young people dressed in simple combat uniforms ran out of the aircraft.

"A plane has crashed here! Quickly check if there are any casualties!"

From afar, Qin Yiguan could hear their shouts. The Shadow had just made an emergency landing, splashing up a lot of snow and causing quite a commotion, but the Shadow itself was safe and sound, definitely not the crash they claimed.

Looking at the anxious faces of those young people.

Qin Yiguan nodded secretly. A group of enthusiastic residents?!

But when Qin Yiguan turned back to look at Jiu Zhengxuan, he saw that the boy's expression had become extremely cautious, staring at the group of 'enthusiastic residents' from afar, and even his fists had subconsciously clenched.

Qin Yiguan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Hey, the driver's over there. Neither of them seem injured!"

But then they saw that the group of young people in the distance had spotted Qin Yiguan and his companion, and a group of them came running towards them.

"Friend, do you need any help?"

The group of young people crunched through the thick snow, arriving in a moment. The one who spoke was a dark-skinned young man with two ruddy cheeks from the high altitude. He was also wearing simple combat uniforms, with a beam machine gun tucked behind his waist, and he was all smiles.

At that very moment, Qin Yiguan noticed that Jiu Zhengxuan's entire posture had entered a tense state, like a cheetah that was about to launch an attack at any moment.

We're fine.

But Qin Yiguan smiled calmly, "May I ask who you are...?"

"Oh!"

The young man breathed a sigh of relief. "Hello, we are the Rebel Army! And I am Zuo Xiong, the captain of the Rebel Army Third Squad."

"Rebel Army?"

Qin Yiguan was slightly taken aback, not expecting the other party to be so straightforward, "Anti -Metaverse Government?"

"What's so great about opposing that thing?"

Zuo Xiong grinned broadly, "What we're opposing is the Gemini Metaverse and the Gemini Superbrain."

Qin Yiguan stared blankly at the young man in front of him, whose eyes were shining.

I couldn't help but sigh inwardly—Excellent!