Chu Longcheng's Disappearance
After dismissing his disciples, Emperor Lin's expression gradually turned somewhat unpleasant.
"Damn it, I never imagined that a mere Human Clan could injure me to this extent!"
The eldest disciple, who was left behind, was greatly alarmed upon hearing this. He had not expected that Emperor Lin's calm demeanor was merely an act.
Unexpectedly, a Human Clan could cause this Emperor Lin such a great loss.
Not only was his favorite disciple killed by the enemy, but he himself was also seriously injured.
Looking up at his eldest disciple, Emperor Lin suddenly spoke up, "By the way, I remember you mentioned what that Human Clan was called again?"
"Yi Xuan! Hai Yue told me!"
"Yi Xuan! Yi Xuan!"
Emperor Lin repeated Yi Xuan's name several times, then seemed to suddenly remember something and said to his eldest disciple, "Originally, I focused on cultivating your junior brother Hai so that he could gain experience when the Tomb of the Sea God opens next time! Unfortunately..."
At this point, Emperor Lin sighed and said, "The opening of the Tomb of the Sea God is a grand event for the Sea Clan, and someone from our branch must go. Since Qing Song is no longer here, you should select the most suitable person from the remaining disciples and bring him here. I will then dedicate myself to training him, so that other forces won't laugh at us!"
Upon hearing Emperor Lin's words, his eldest disciple immediately obeyed and left.
The main hall, now empty except for Emperor Lin, was filled with a sense of oppression.
Half a day later, Emperor Lin's muttered voice echoed in the hall, "Sigh, I hope I can make it in time. This is my first burial! Damn Human Clan!"
Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Despite it being only a short year, a massive underwater city rose from the ground at the location chosen by Xing Qi beneath the Eternal Sea, with several enormous pillars emerging from the city and extending directly to the surface.
And right above this underwater city, there is an artificial island floating.
Although it's called a small island, its size is almost the same as the underwater city below.
Upon closer inspection, the massive pillars were completely transparent, and within each pillar were segments of smaller cylinders moving up and down.
This is the Twin Cities Yi Xuan.
The city comprises three main parts: an underwater city, an island city on the surface of the sea, and an underwater elevator connecting the two.
Strangely, even though the Twin Cities should have only been completed recently, the underwater city already has quite a few residents, and people can already feel the prosperity of the city.
In contrast, island cities appear much more spacious. Although some residents have moved in, they are still just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire city.
The prosperity of the underwater city is naturally attributed to Xing Qi, its city lord.
He has been traveling throughout the Eternal Sea ever since the construction of the Twin Cities began.
At first, they promoted their city everywhere, hoping that Sea Clan would come to visit them.
Despite all the promotion, it didn't have much effect.
So Xing Qi changed his approach and started to deceive people.
Faced with Xing Qi's rosy promises, many Sea Clan indeed felt a long-lost sense of fullness.
So, bewitched, he followed Xing Qi to Twin Cities.
But when they arrived, the Sea Clan were dumbfounded. What happened to the perfect city? What happened to the underwater garden?
How did it turn into a construction site?
Seeing that the person had already been lured over, Xing Qi didn't say a word and immediately took control of them within the city. Since they were already here, they weren't going anywhere.
And so, wave after wave of people were tricked by Xing Qi into coming here.
At first, these people were very agitated, feeling they had been tricked and wanting to go back.
However, with the rapid pace of urban development and Xing Qi's generosity in terms of material things, those people's desire to return gradually faded.
Seeing the city getting better and better, they even tell their relatives and friends to move here together.
Yi Xuan only learned about Xing Qi's actions later, and after learning about them, he began to look at Xing Qi with new respect.
The whole pattern was so clear and familiar that if a kidney-shaped object were added to the final project, Yi Xuan suspect that Xing Qi might also be a time traveler. The whole process was just too far-fetched.
As for Yi Xuan, since the infrastructure construction of the underwater mechanical army didn't require much of his attention, his main task this year was to study Immortal Qi.
And you know what, there has indeed been some progress.
At least Yi Xuan has now returned to the former underwater base, and the entire underwater base has resumed normal operation.
However, the nuclear radiation in that sea area has not subsided at all.
Observations revealed that the underwater base where Yi Xuan was located had actually formed a nuclear radiation vacuum zone on the seabed, which was filled with nuclear radiation.
This situation is exactly the same as when that Mystic Gate master entered the radiation zone.
This is one of the advancements Yi Xuan made in his research on Immortal Qi.
He has fully mastered the technology of shielding nuclear radiation with Immortal Qi and applied it to the underwater base.
In the central hall of the underwater base, a tower about five meters high stood tall.
The tower is transparent, yet it is completely empty.
However, if Yi Xuan switched his observation method, he would discover that there were actually eight strands of immortal Immortal Qi imprisoned within the high platform.
Yes, it is confinement. These eight Immortal Qi are not free, but rather like eight thin threads, tightly fixed within the tower, each thread in a taut state.
This allows the tower to constantly emit a wave that isolates the nuclear radiation permeating the sea area from the underwater base.
"Boss! There's new information from Starlink!"
At that moment, Yi Xuan, who was conducting experiments on Immortal Qi, suddenly heard the voice of No. 01.
However, because he was too focused, Yi Xuan did not react at all.
Only after the experiment was completely over did Yi Xuan belatedly ask, "No. 01, was there something you wanted to tell me?"
"Yes, boss. As per your request, Starlink has been monitoring Chu Longcheng within a two-light-year radius. Just an hour ago, we detected their presence!"
"Has it finally appeared? Where is it located?"
"About one light-year away!"
So, this footage is from about a year ago?
"Yes!"
"Any discoveries?"
He's disappeared!
"What? How is that possible?"
Yi Xuan quickly instructed No. 01 to transfer the captured images into his mind.
In the video, a ripple suddenly appeared in the previously empty space of space, and then Chu Longcheng reappeared in front of Yi Xuan just as he had disappeared before.
Chu Longcheng looked at him strangely, and reached out as if something was blocking his way.
What happened next left Yi Xuan somewhat bewildered. As Chu Longcheng stretched his hand forward, it vanished, followed by his arm, then his body, and finally, his entire being disappeared.
Although he didn't understand why, Yi Xuan knew that this was completely different from the previous space jumps.