Holy Remains
Gray World.
Clatter— Clatter—
On the rugged Wilderness, an incomplete flatbed cart rolled over crushed stones and shallow pits, creaking as if it would fall apart very soon.
Two burly men, one in front and one behind, maintained the balance of the flatbed cart and forcefully pushed it forward bit by bit. The wheels crushed the earth, leaving two deep ruts, as if the thing on the cart weighed a thousand catties.
A team of over two hundred people was slowly walking forward centered around this flatbed cart...
The vast majority of them were children, wearing worn-out clothes covered in dust, with their heads lowered. They looked back from time to time, as if wanting to find the direction of home from the end of that black, white, and gray horizon.
"Ah Qian, don't cry." A Hemp-Clad Youth rubbed the head of the girl beside him, speaking softly. "We will definitely be able to safely arrive at the Tianshu Domain."
"Brother Xiao Li, why didn't Mom and Dad leave with us?" The girl called Ah Qian rubbed her red eyes, asking while sobbing.
"Then Mom and Dad stayed there, will they be alright?"
The Hemp-Clad Youth was silent for a long time. A trace of a smile forcefully squeezed out from the corners of his mouth, as he spoke as gently as possible:
"They won't... Didn't your mom and dad say it? When we arrive at the Tianshu Domain first, they will follow afterwards, and we can live in the Tianshu Domain in the future."
"But I don't want to live in the Tianshu Domain, I want to go home."
"Be a good girl, there will be chances in the future." The Hemp-Clad Youth changed the topic. "Are you tired after walking for so long?"
"A little..."
"I'll carry you on my back, you can sleep for a while... After all, we still have a very long road to walk."
"Mm, okay."
The Hemp-Clad Youth carried the girl on his shoulder. Perhaps because she was too tired, the girl's eyes that had cried red gradually closed, and she quickly entered dreamland.
The Hemp-Clad Youth walked silently among the numerous children. Looking at the desolate and unfamiliar black and white world before his eyes, his fists silently clenched tight, not knowing what he was thinking about...
"It's time to switch." Another burly man walked up to the flatbed cart, saying to those two men who were sweating profusely.
"It's fine... The two of us can still hold on for a while longer."
"Don't try to be brave." The burly man lowered his voice, frowning as he spoke. "Forgot what that wizard said before we set off? You cannot be in close contact with the [Holy Remains] for too long, otherwise you will be Cursed... We must strictly follow the time schedule and take turns!"
"Holy Remains..."
The person pushing the cart glanced at the flatbed cart, at that figure lying motionless like The Mummy, and became thoughtful. "Do you guys say this mummy is really as miraculous as the wizards said?"
"I don't know, but since we entered the Gray World until now, it has indeed been a safe journey... Even if Calamities pass by, they take a detour."
"Then is he a dead person or a living person?"
"That's definitely a dead person. From the time we set off until now, he has always been lying straight here, not even taking a breath... Could this be a living person?"
"Don't randomly discuss the [Holy Remains]. If not for him, we wouldn't have been able to survive in the Gray World until now, let alone safely arrive at the Tianshu Domain... Hurry up and get to work!"
Two figures replaced the profusely sweating cart pushers, completing the shift change.
No one noticed that,
Just as they were busy propping up the flatbed cart, the figure on the cart wrapped tightly like The Mummy silently extended a middle finger...
...
"Phew... At this distance, it should be safe, right?"
On the pitch-black barren earth, three figures slowly landed. Jian Changsheng looked back behind him, the silhouette of the Tianshu Domain already gone far away. His whole person instantly relaxed, letting out an exhausted, long sigh of relief.
Sun Bumian stood at the side, pinching the Prayer Beads in his hands, and spoke with composure and ease:
"We have always been safe."
"... Give me a break. Who was the one running so fast just now? I couldn't even catch up!" Jian Changsheng rolled his eyes.
"Sorry, I also go at this speed when I take a stroll after eating normally."
Jian Changsheng: ...
Jian Changsheng was too lazy to talk nonsense with this guy. He directly found a rock to sit down and began to recover his physical strength.
"What's the plan next? Which way do we go?"
"We caused such a big commotion in the Tianshu Domain, we definitely can't go back." Chen Ling pondered for a moment. "There are only two paths now. Either we keep walking in this direction and go to the Wuji Domain, or we take a detour and go to other domains."
Hearing this, Sun Bumian's eyes lit up, and he immediately spoke:
"I choose the Wuji Domain."
"Why are you so excited? Do you have some business going to the Wuji Domain?"
"I..." Sun Bumian hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head. "No, no business... I just heard that the black mousse cake over there is quite delicious, I want to go try it."
"?" Jian Changsheng couldn't help but complain, "Do you not know how chaotic the Wuji Domain is right now? You're running over there, just to eat a bite of cake?"
"So what?" Sun Bumian pushed his small Round Sunglasses and spoke seriously,
"Living in this world, all worldly possessions are fleeting clouds. Fame, fortune, and power, in the end, it's all just empty... Only eating well, drinking well, and living happily and freely is the true meaning."
"Then why did you take risks for the one million prize money?"
"Nonsense, how can I buy food without money?"
"..."
Sitting on the other side, Chen Ling only felt a buzzing in his ears listening to the two bickering. He simply opened his mouth and said, "From our current position, taking a detour to other domains will take at least seven or eight days... Heading directly to the Wuji Domain is indeed the fastest."
"But didn't they say the Wuji Domain is quite dangerous right now? Are we really going to go?" Jian Changsheng was somewhat hesitant. "With you here, walking in the Gray World for seven or eight days shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"... There is a problem."
"What?"
"We left too hastily, we don't have any food on us."
"Wait... don't you also have [Blood Raiment] like me? Starving for ten days to half a month won't starve you to death, right?"
Rumble—
A sound like thunder came from Chen Ling's stomach. Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian were simultaneously stunned, looking at Chen Ling with strange expressions.
"... The situation is different this time." Chen Ling looked down at his stomach, his brows tightly knitted, seemingly somewhat puzzled,
"I don't know why, but since the competition for the Heaven-Reaching Star Position, my physical strength seems to be consumed very quickly... If I don't replenish food as soon as possible, I'm afraid I will starve to death halfway."
"... Ah?"
Jian Changsheng was a bit dazed. After all, in his mind, Chen Ling was a symbol of mystery and power, a monster and an anomaly... Just like it was unimaginable that fairies also needed to go to the bathroom, he fundamentally couldn't imagine that a devil-like Chen Ling would also be troubled by having no food to eat.
In contrast, Sun Bumian, those colorful nested pupils carefully sized up Chen Ling, as if he had discovered something, becoming thoughtful...