"This is what you call the real world?"
It went so smoothly that even Heavenly Secrets never imagined that one day he would return in such an easy way.
"Ah, this is it!" Heavenly Secrets stared blankly at his surroundings, as if he had been transported to another world. He was born in the Academy of Engineering and had once lived a carefree life in the Data City. Central China is divided into five major regions, West China is a scientific research and experimental base, which is where engineers like him come most often.
I remember when I first transmigrated, there were terrifying demons everywhere. Well, even though I was a terrifying demon myself, it was an era where you had to be careful at all times, a place where one careless move could mean certain death.
He remembers dreaming about Data City Heavenly Capital, about this simple experimental base, and about the red-light district he used to visit occasionally.
Life in the Data City may be monotonous and dull, but it's also very fulfilling and reassuring.
"It's been badly damaged," Wang Ye said, looking around with a curious expression.
The architecture here is quite interesting, somewhat reminiscent of the Stargazing Tower in Jiangnan, all soaring into the clouds and constructed of stone.
But it had clearly suffered severe damage. As a warlock, he could smell the familiar traces of spells. The energy in the sky had not yet dissipated, and there were unusual winds floating everywhere, as well as some remaining runes.
"It's Divine Wind!" Wang Ye quickly determined, "Who did Chen Qing get into a conflict with here?"
" Chen Qing?" Heavenly Secrets shook his head with a smile, "It's most likely not Chen Qing."
Wang Ye was taken aback by these words, then his eyes turned icy cold. "Why?"
Heavenly Secrets remained silent, looking around. In truth, he had a guess: how could the King of Qin have been able to remain hidden in Chen Qing's body for so many years without making any arrangements?
After the separation, it gave the illusion that she had completely parted ways with Chen Qing, but was that really the case?
Heavenly Secrets had long harbored suspicions, and now it seems that his initial concerns have indeed come true.
"This guy is really something."
Heavenly Secrets still finds the situation regarding Number One incredibly complicated. He was originally the leader designated by higher authorities and the person who mainly controlled the group of designers, but due to some reasons, he arrived many years late.
He was an exceptionally talented individual, possessing intelligence on par with his opponents and an extraordinary talent like that of the Mr. Heavenly Secrets, yet he could only barely survive and watch helplessly as his compatriots struggled in the Samsara.
And that guy, in just a few decades, almost turned everything upside down!
In terms of cunning and skill, he is far superior to me. What exactly does this guy want to do by plotting to return to the Federation?
Even Heavenly Secrets was somewhat hesitant to consider this possibility; judging from the surrounding situation, it seemed they weren't planning to use appeasement tactics!
"You mean, Chen Qing is being controlled?" Wang Ye asked.
"Most likely." Heavenly Secrets nodded.
"Who? The King of Qin?"
Heavenly Secrets looked at the other person with surprise. "How did you guess?"
The other party shouldn't know the cause and effect, so how could they guess so accurately?
"Of all the people I've met, only two are more capable than Chen Qing in my mind: one is the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the other is the legendary King of Qin."
"Oh?" Heavenly Secrets was taken aback. "You have a high opinion of the emperor of the Great Jin."
"You all seem to underestimate him." Wang Ye looked at Heavenly Secrets seriously. "Don't underestimate him. I could sense it from the first time we met. He's countless times more terrifying than the most powerful among our Ancient Insect Brothers. Even now, I still think he's far more terrifying than those so-called ancient forces!"
"Is that so?" Heavenly Secrets frowned. He had a good impression of that Xiao Household brat. Back then, with the help of the Dragon Mother, he betrayed the King of Qin. He was an ambitious man.
But it seems I don't know him well enough.
"Can the King of Qin completely control Chen Qing?" Wang Ye asked, frowning.
"Highly unlikely," Heavenly Secrets shook his head. "If he could, he would have possessed the Divine Path Style World from the moment Chen Qing took control of it. He's a man who likes to control everything, and Chen Qing is the kind of variable he least wants to see."
"Really?" Wang Ye smiled upon hearing this. "Then it seems there's still hope for Chen Qing."
"You care about him a lot?"
"I don't have many friends," Wang Ye shook his head, looking around at the many severed limbs and remains, clearly indicating that the battle just now was quite fierce, but also quite overwhelming.
"Is there no force here that can stop the King of King of Qin?" Wang Ye asked curiously.
Such massive destruction, the surrounding area completely empty, with nothing at all—and Chen Qing arrived half an hour earlier than them? Could it be that in just half an hour, Chen Qing had already defeated all the resistance?
"Normally, there isn't," Heavenly Secrets said, looking around and activating his talent to calculate good and bad fortune.
If the Federation hadn't opened an even more powerful Virtual Realm during the thousand years he was gone, then the Demon World would have been the most powerful world. He remembered that experts had assessed that any ancient player from that world, if placed in the Data City, would be a catastrophe.
Chen Qing's power is now almost at the Dragon King Level, making him virtually invincible in this world.
But this doesn't mean Data City lacks the power to solve his problem.
The first step is the Disintegration Program.
Heavenly Secrets was somewhat curious. Number One should have Disintegration Program on him. Back then, King of Qin said that Chen Qing had taken over his body. The disintegration Disintegration Program should be mainly based on the spirit. Theoretically speaking, King of Qin should have been imprinted with the Disintegration Program.
Why did he dare to do such a thing?
Aren't you afraid something might happen?
And then they carried out such a large-scale massacre, resorting to direct force. Aren't they afraid that Data City will take extreme measures?
He knew perfectly well that the Data City's control center could shut down regional power supplies; without power, any powerful data lifeform would be rendered useless.
Oh, right, turn off the power!
Heavenly Secrets's heart skipped a beat. Only then did he remember that the Federation had such a deadly thing!
"Let's go, let's get out of here first!"
"Where are we going?" Wang Ye asked curiously.
"I'm fine with going anywhere, just not staying here." Heavenly Secrets looked at Wang Ye: "Is it still possible to trace Chen Qing's whereabouts?"
Wang Ye closed his eyes to sense the surroundings, then shook his head. " The Flying Star Seal can only be activated once every seven days, and he should have sensed it when I activated it just now. It will probably be difficult to track him next time."
Upon hearing this, Heavenly Secrets nodded slightly. The activation of the Flying Star Seal involved setting a coordinate at the original location, Chen Qing could naturally sense.
But that guy didn't stop to wait for them, clearly either he didn't care much about them, or he knew they couldn't stay here!
Sure enough, the next instant, an extremely terrifying sense of crisis surged into my heart.
Heavenly Secrets suddenly looked up at the sky. The sky was a clear, bright blue, as beautiful as a canvas, without any unusual activity. Yet, Heavenly Secrets still felt an unprecedented sense of crisis, more terrifying than any storm!
"What's wrong?" Wang Ye looked around, a sense of unease creeping into his heart, but he couldn't see anyone.
Heavenly Secrets Cave: Open!
Without hesitation, Mr. Heavenly Secrets activated his strongest life-saving trump card.
Wang Ye, who was standing to the side, was stunned. He knew that once the Heavenly Secrets Cave of Mr. Heavenly Secrets was opened, it could not be used again within seven days, just like his Flying Star.
Is this equivalent to throwing away your life-saving trump card so easily?
"Quick!" Mr. Heavenly Secrets grabbed Wang Ye without hesitation and said, "Go inside!"
"That serious?"
"It's more serious than you think." Heavenly Secrets didn't hesitate and took the lead, crawling inside. Wang Ye didn't dare to be negligent and followed suit.
"Weren't we going to find Chen Qing?" Wang Ye frowned. "Using the Heavenly Secrets Cave will probably make it even harder to find him."
"Survival is the priority right now!" Heavenly Secrets rolled his eyes at the other person. "If you die here, you won't be able to find anyone. The higher-ups have gone mad; they actually dared to shut this place down!"
"Shut down?"
"I can't explain it clearly to you, but the gist is that it's like a place being hit by a plague, and the imperial court deciding to burn it down!"
"It seems your imperial court here is quite ruthless," Wang Ye said with a smile.
"Which imperial court isn't ruthless?"
Heavenly Secrets frowned and activated the Heavenly Secrets Cave to quickly relocate. The relocation direction of the Heavenly Secrets Cave was not fixed, and it might not even be able to escape the West China Region. Once the power was cut off, as long as he had not left this place, he would probably instantly become a pile of dead data.
What puzzled him was, what exactly did the King of Qin want to do?
Given his sensitive nature, how could he have successfully infiltrated this place and immediately resort to violence to resist?
This is unlike his usual calm and collected personality.
What would he gain by perishing alongside the Federation?