197: The second era begins

He also led everyone in a hasty escape, even though the rift had already shrunk and the monsters were severely weakened at that time, which wouldn't have affected collecting some gold coins.

It was just that everyone was in a panic then, and no one noticed these details.

Only after returning did he realize that the Lord was acting strangely.

In the entire world, only Han Huohuo didn't notice anything unusual about himself; Mu Jiu led him back to Tongtian City.

He had been sitting alone in the courtyard for three hours, doing nothing, just staring blankly, not having taken a single sip of the tea on the table.

Northern Darkness was still sound asleep, ignoring him.

Mu Jiu was very worried, not knowing what was wrong with Han Huohuo; if you said he wasn't normal, his thoughts and everything else seemed fine, and conversations were no problem, but as soon as he stopped, he would become like this.

Afraid to let him remain in that state, Mu Jiu could only keep talking to Han Huohuo to make him not seem like a block of wood.

After chatting for a while, the conversation turned to the mission at hand.

"Huohuo, did anything happen to you while you were on the mission?"

"Yes, we charged in, killed many monsters, seized time-space shards, and finally picked up a few treasures."

Han Huohuo answered every question, like an emotionless Q&A machine.

"What happened then?"

"Later, I saw the Abyss!"

"The Abyss? What did you see in the Abyss?"

Han Huohuo froze; the image from the Abyss reappeared in his mind, just like a mere illusion.

His throat tasted salty, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, trembling all over, and his expression began to change; Mu Jiu's question had finally touched something deep within his memory.

Mu Jiu was very nervous and quickly came over. Han Huohuo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, then smiled bitterly, "It's nothing, don't be nervous. Maybe my reaction time is a bit slow, that's why I just felt scared."

Mu Jiu was speechless; she took a towel and wiped the blood from Han Huohuo's mouth and hands. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm really fine!"

After a moment to compose himself, Han Huohuo began to describe what he had seen.

"In the Abyss, I saw many horrors; those horrors were without rules, incomprehensible, and even indescribable.

If I had to describe it, it was an endless horror; the monsters that seeped out of the Abyss rift weren't even cannon fodder.

Because the rift was too small, the truly terrifying things in the Abyss couldn't come out. There was one eye, and I suspect that if that eye merely glanced at our world, our world would instantly collapse; it was too terrifying!"

It was as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.

The Time-Space Eye on his forehead spun wildly, releasing the chaotic aura, and Han Huohuo suddenly felt light all over.

Mu Jiu still held the towel, gently wiping the sweat from Han Huohuo's forehead and face; she finally felt relieved.

Han Huohuo was back.

After thinking for a moment, he quickly understood the cause and effect.

The Abyss is a place that cannot be spied upon; it is filled with all kinds of negative thoughts, and even a slight touch can cause complete mental breakdown in humans.

Even Nigen, a Five-Rotation Hero, couldn't be harmed by the numerous monsters on those islands, but he merely glanced at the Abyss, and his entire being completely collapsed—that is the power of the Abyss.

The last paragraph in the diary was merely a final burst of activity, written as his body was collapsing.

However, Han Huohuo's Time-Space Eye saved his life.

The moment he saw the Abyss, the Time-Space Eye sensed danger for Han Huohuo and temporarily put him into spectator mode.

That is, it separated his thoughts from his soul.

He became a pure machine for recording and thinking.

And all emotions were not involved at all, so he was like a changed person, only his brain and five senses were normal.

But he had lost all emotions.

It wasn't until Mu Jiu asked about it again, and Han Huohuo recalled the moment in the Abyss, that a switch was triggered, allowing Han Huohuo's soul to return to his body and merge with his thoughts.

An almost infinite terror.

Fortunately, he was already far from the Abyss, and thanks to that flash of green light from the Elves earlier, which cut off his connection with the Abyss, otherwise, the Time-Space Eye wouldn't have lasted long either.

It was only then that Han Huohuo realized how abnormal he had been, and he felt a chilling fear.

Even if the things in the Abyss had become memories and would not directly affect his soul, he still dared not recall them too much.

He clearly remembered that things like the zombie king were not even considered an army in the Abyss; they weren't even fit to be minions, just mere dregs.

If one more time-space shard were placed near the volcano, the truly terrifying Abyss monsters would emerge, enough to destroy the entire Elf Sea.

Han Huohuo didn't know that this space-time rift was actually created billions of years ago when a meteorite fell, shattering space-time, and then the Chaos within the Abyss influenced the ancestors of the Elves, which made the originally normal Elf ancestors restless and begin to seek eternal life, leading to all subsequent stories.

However, the Elves are indeed an ancient interstellar race, very powerful; their ancestors could even look directly into the Abyss without being swallowed by it, which in itself is an incredibly terrifying thing.

It's just that over billions of years, influenced by the Abyss, the descendants of the Elves have become increasingly weak, far from the divine power of their ancestors.

For some reason, Han Huohuo again thought of Jingwei's green light, which was incredibly stunning and isolated the Abyss.

The power of the Elves is very advanced, possibly the only power in this world that can block the Abyss, so the Elves must be nurtured back to strength.

Han Huohuo stood up, feeling dizzy and extremely weak.

Overuse of the Time-Space Eye had caused side effects.

Regardless, the mission was successfully completed.

Han Huohuo then realized that he still had a gift package to claim.

"[The Two-Turn Lord list is officially open, officially entering the Two-Turn Lord era. Congratulations, Lord Han Huohuo, you are the first to complete the Two-Turn. Please claim the system grand gift package.]"

It had been so long since the Two-Turn, and only now were the Two-Turn rewards being issued, but what did "Two-Turn Lord era" mean?

He opened the gift package.

Wood +10 million

Stone +10 million

Iron Ingot +1 million

abyss crystal +300

radiant gem +300

fire sea sulfur +300

ice field mercury +300

The gift package was full of resources, huge amounts of basic resources. Unfortunately, there was no black oil, which was most needed, nor any radioactive elements.

He handed all these resources over to Mu Jiu for management; although these resources seemed plentiful, he now had several cities, and Mu Jiu had to carefully consider the development of each city.

Of course, the construction of Tongtian City would always be prioritized.

What Tongtian City lacked most was not basic resources, but rare resources; ever since Han Huohuo chose the Mythical route, the consumption of rare resources had been like flowing water.