To be honest, Lin Yu's arrival in the Dao Qi Era was purely by chance, and he never expected to stay here for an extended period of time.
However, as Lin Yu accumulated more fragments of the Heaven-Mending Piece, he gradually sensed something strange.
Lin Yu had always thought that the Hongmeng System would automatically downgrade after the Dao Qi era, but only now did he realize another possibility.
"Is it possible that this entry into the Dao Qi Era was not an accident at all, but rather a deliberate setting by the Hongmeng System?"
"If that's really the case, then what's the point of Hongmeng System doing this?"
"Could it be that this time, for the Hongmeng System, it's not a downgrade, but an upgrade?!"
After considering this possibility, Lin Yu felt a chill run down his spine, as this possibility was completely opposite to what he had initially envisioned.
However, because Lin Yu had limited information when he first arrived in the Dao Qi era, he did not discover anything unusual.
However, as Lin Yu spent more time in this era, he gradually discovered some clues that seemed amiss.
In the Dao Qi era, the fragments of mending the heavens were extremely rare. Compared to the era of the Three Thousand Immortal Realms, where each immortal realm had one fragment of mending the heavens, the Dao Qi era had only nine fragments of mending the heavens.
Lin Yu has found three of the fragments that many cultivators have searched for for years without success.
Is this intentionally guided by the Hongmeng System?
At first, Lin Yu only felt that he had a connection with the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone.
After all, whether a magical artifact is suitable for a cultivator largely depends on fate. At first, Green only regarded the Sky-Mending Stone as an ordinary magical artifact.
But now that I think about it, how can a magical artifact of the Heaven-Mending Stone's caliber be described as "ordinary"?
Moreover, looking at the increasingly taciturn " Hongmeng System," Lin Yu felt more and more uneasy.
"System, check the system version!" Lin Yu wanted to summon the Hongmeng System.
"Ding... Unable to check!..."
The Hongmeng System quickly provided Lin Yu with an answer, but it was a very ambiguous one.
Even so, Lin Yu sensed something was amiss. Why couldn't he detect the system version? Could it be because the system was undergoing an upgrade?
The more Lin Yu thought about it, the more mysterious and puzzling the matter behind it all seemed.
"Waaaaah... waaaah... waaaah..."
A series of sobs brought Lin Yu back to his senses.
Lin Yu came to his senses. It was a black and gold monkey making a whimpering sound that sounded incredibly pitiful.
Lin Yu was thinking so deeply that he had completely forgotten about the situation at hand. It was only thanks to the voice of the black and gold monkey that Lin Yu was able to come back to his senses so quickly.
Now, the black and gold monkey has let down its guard against Rhine and has become completely familiar with him.
Lin Yu had just destroyed the jujube tree, and in doing so, he also destroyed the "home" where this black and golden monkey had lived for hundreds of years. There was no way he could just leave it unattended.
Without hesitation, Lin Yu picked up the black and gold monkey. After what had just happened, the monkey trusted Lin Yu completely, so it didn't struggle at all and obediently snuggled into Lin Yu's arms.
"I wonder if that squeezing force will still be there when we go outside."
"If so, I'll need your cooperation. Stay quietly in my arms and don't move around. If you do that, I can guarantee we'll both get out alive."
"If you move around recklessly and my source energy malfunctions, the consequences could be unimaginable. We might not even be able to get out of here."
Lin Yu patted the black and gold monkey, wondering if it had understood what he had just said.
Thinking about it carefully, even a black-gold monkey wouldn't be able to cultivate into a demon so easily, even over a hundred years.
The reason why this black and gold monkey's cultivation process went so smoothly was probably because it was staying next to the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Fragment.
Because of the power of the fragments that mended the sky, this black and gold monkey not only gained some spiritual power, but also some intelligence.
Therefore, he was still able to understand some of Lin Yu's words. After all, after being nourished by the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone for so many years, even an ordinary monkey should have some intelligence.
As if in response to Lin Yu's thoughts, the black and gold monkey raised its head, nodded up and down, and looked at Lin Yu with its black grape-like eyes, as if it wanted to say something but could not express it.
Lin Yu noticed that there seemed to be tears welling up in those eyes, and knew that the black and golden monkey was reluctant to leave.
Although it couldn't communicate with Lin Yu, the monkey clearly understood what Lin Yu meant. After all, this was the place where it had lived for hundreds of years; how could it be so easily abandoned?
Unfortunately, too much time has already been wasted in this underground world.
Lin Yu was worried that the Fallen Black Phoenix, He Buxian, and Feng Changge would be concerned, so he didn't have time to linger on the black and golden monkey and patted it on the back again to comfort it.
Lin Yu didn't say anything more after that. He picked up the black and gold monkey and walked out of the cave.
Although this black and gold monkey had been here for hundreds of years, it had never left the cave before. Now, led out of the cave by Lin Yu, it felt incredibly novel.
Her eyes, which had just been filled with tears, were instantly filled with curiosity.
Seeing the black and gold monkey change its expression as easily as flipping a book, Lin Yu smiled helplessly. After all, it was a demon beast whose intelligence had not been fully developed, and it had already shifted its attention so quickly!
Fortunately, the black and gold monkey was very obedient, staying quietly in Lin Yu's arms the whole way without doing anything that would affect Lin Yu.
The result was surprisingly smooth.
Although the tunnel still held pressure, Lin Yu was prepared. Compared to the initial shock of falling in, this time Lin Yu seemed to be handling it with ease.
Therefore, even with a black and gold monkey in his arms, Lin Yu was still able to handle the situation with ease and easily returned to the ground.
Of course, Lin Yu also made a guess that the pressure in the tunnel might be related to the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone.
Now that Lin Yu has accepted the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Piece, that kind of pressure is naturally nothing to Lin Yu.