221: Chapter 221 News

This place stirred an indescribable, strange feeling within Chen Moxuan.

It was both foreign and yet strangely familiar.

It felt foreign because this place was nothing like any city in the Dazhou Nation; propaganda slogans praising Transcendent and heroes could be seen everywhere on the streets.

Nor was it like the Great Xia Kingdom, where one could often see people practicing martial arts in open spaces or law enforcement officers patrolling in the sky.

What felt familiar was that people's lives here were ordinary and mundane; the streets were bustling with traffic, pedestrians hurried along, and they moved orderly through traffic lights.

Although there were some subtle differences from the life Chen Moxuan was accustomed to, the overall daily atmosphere made him feel, in a daze, as if he had returned to the days on Blue Star.

If not for the massive pillar wrapped in demonic power standing in the city center, Chen Moxuan would have almost suspected he had somehow inexplicably returned to Blue Star.

"Hey, why do you cause trouble as soon as you wake up?"

A familiar female voice interrupted Chen Moxuan's thoughts.

Chen Moxuan looked toward the source of the sound and saw a beautiful young girl leaning half her body out from the window, waving at him with a beaming smile.

"Song Xin?"

Recognizing the girl's face, Chen Moxuan couldn't help but be slightly startled, a look of surprise in his eyes.

In his memory, the last time he saw Song Xin was at the hotel, confirming the details of the Hero Extermination Plan with Lv Ling.

After that, they split up; Lv Ling and Song Xin stayed at the hotel, which served as the temporary Command Center, while Chen Moxuan headed alone to the designated location to fight Wan Chaoren.

Later, he learned from Lv Ling that Song Xin had used her Authority to delay the time for Lv Ling to pay his price, and because of that, she had paid the price for using her Authority and fell into a deep sleep.

Therefore, she was completely absent from the subsequent great battle. He hadn't expected her to suddenly appear before him at this moment.

Chen Moxuan couldn't help but grumble inwardly; this face was like a fixed NPC in a game to him—every time he arrived in a new environment, it would pop out unexpectedly, pushing the plot forward.

Now, Chen Moxuan no longer needed to condense True Qi under his feet to form temporary pedals like in the Tiangang Realm.

He was already able to freely use the Power of Heaven and Earth within his body to fly.

His figure was light and agile as he drifted steadily to the window, his gaze falling on Song Xin as he asked:

"Did you bring me here? What exactly is this place?"

Song Xin blinked, thought for a moment, and replied:

"...It might be a bit complicated to explain. Simply put, this is the headquarters of our Madman Society."

"You had better stop flying outside. In the cognition of the people in this place, humans cannot fly."

"If too many people see you, we'll have to go to great lengths to make up an urban legend for you. It was already a hassle for me to modify the cognition of that nurse earlier."

After speaking, Song Xin turned slightly, moving her body away from the window entrance to leave room for Chen Moxuan to enter.

"What does that mean?"

Chen Moxuan felt slightly puzzled, but he followed Song Xin's words and flew back into the hospital room.

Since he had seen Song Xin, it meant this was still the Superpower World; he hadn't inexplicably transmigrated to a strange new world while unconscious.

But whether it was a Martial Artist or a Transcendent, the number of people capable of flight was not exactly rare; it could be said there were quite a few.

In this world that had experienced the history of martial arts decline and now had Transcendents constantly revealing their tracks everywhere, why would people in this place have such a perception?

"Hmm... I don't know how to explain it clearly to you. In short, the President discovered this place first, and it was only by Opportunity that we established our headquarters here."

"This place is isolated from the outside world, and the method of entry and exit is only known to members of the Madman Society at the Madman level or higher."

Song Xin looked distressed, struggling with how to explain it clearly to Chen Moxuan.

"This place has its own operating rules, and people's lifestyles are still maintained as they were before The Great Annihilation Period."

"If you intend to interfere with the cognition of the people here, the rules will begin to repair themselves. If you can't muddle through and let the rules repair themselves, it will cause a series of uncontrollable consequences."

Song Xin paused, gathered her thoughts, and continued:

"By the way, in the words of that old gentleman, he calls this kind of place a Secret Realm."

Hearing the words Secret Realm, Chen Moxuan immediately understood.

He had first learned about Secret Realms during that Opportunity to go to the Spirit Gathering Secret Realm.

These Secret Realms drifted on the edge of reality, not yet fully fused with the real world, but hidden in the cracks of space.

Some would occasionally have crack entrances appear randomly in certain locations, while others required special methods to enter.

In the Martial Arts World, news of Secret Realms was not rare.

The Human Race controlled many Secret Realm resources and had carefully transformed them into places that helped the Human Race flourish.

For example, the Spirit Gathering Secret Realm used for screening Geniuses in the first stage of Project Starfall.

There were also places for martial arts students from all over the province to take their Martial Arts Exam, which were also held in Secret Realms every year.

Thinking about it carefully now, after spending so much time in the Superpower World, he had never heard any news about Secret Realms, nor had he seen any relevant records in books, which was actually quite strange.

As a product born from the Fusion of different worlds, this world should logically also have many Secret Realms.

Even if the discovery of Secret Realm entrances required Opportunity, as time went on, many would eventually surface.

Unless this world, unlike the Martial Arts World, did not have many, many Secret Realms.

Furthermore, judging by Song Xin's tone, she seemed to have never heard the term Secret Realm before.

"Who is that old gentleman you mentioned?" Chen Moxuan asked, his heart stirred.

"He is just an old man dressed like an ancient person, who seems to understand martial arts just like you."

"Don't you know him? I heard from Shi Fei that he is your companion."

"Is the person you are talking about named Lei Wanjun?"

Chen Moxuan asked, puzzled.

Hearing the detailed description from Song Xin again, Chen Moxuan guessed that the old gentleman Song Xin referred to must be Lei Wanjun.

Although Lei Wanjun was indeed several hundred years old, his appearance was very young.

And his behavior was also very modern, so Chen Moxuan hadn't initially associated the old gentleman Song Xin mentioned with Lei Wanjun.

He had thought it might be a Martial Artist who had survived from the distant past in this world through some means.

Come to think of it, perhaps Lei Wanjun had revealed his actual age to Song Xin.

Hearing Chen Moxuan's question, Song Xin nodded slightly.

"Yes, it was also him who kept protecting you a month ago; otherwise, it would have been very difficult for us to escape here."

"A month... have I really been asleep for so long?"

Just a moment ago, he had learned from that nurse that he had been unconscious for a month.

Hearing this duration again from Song Xin, Chen Moxuan still felt somewhat incredulous.

Song Xin paused slightly and answered Chen Moxuan:

"That old gentleman said that because you had just entered the Spirit Ascension Realm and experienced consecutive great battles before your Heart-Phase World was stable, you might fall into a long sleep."

"So we brought you with us as we fled back here and put you in a hospital that the Superpower Association cannot reach to recuperate."

Listening to Song Xin's words, Chen Moxuan was deep in thought.

When a Martial Artist breaks through from the Tiangang Realm to the Spirit Ascension Realm, they indeed need to find a quiet place to recuperate for a few days, waiting until the Heart-Phase World is as solid as a rock before they can continue.

But at that time, he had no time to attend to these things and had forcibly overdrawn his own power to engage in battle.

As a result, the time required to stabilize the Heart-Phase World was greatly extended. Coupled with the serious injuries his body suffered, it was understandable that he had been asleep for so long.

However, what Song Xin said next was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up waves in Chen Moxuan's heart once again.

"You're lucky; you just slept through it, but we've been terrified these past few days."

Song Xin looked envious, as if she wished she were the one who had been sleeping all along,

"I still slept for too short a time. As soon as I woke up, I heard that two of the Twelve Divine Envoys had died... and right at the critical moment when the Superpower Association is launching a full-scale war against us..."