104: Chapter 104 Tang Junlin's Affairs - 1

Chen Aoyun followed behind Group Leader Chen Feng, and soon they arrived once again at the display room where the heritage items were stored.

This time, the two walked into the display room together.

The item [I Want to Win Hard], obtained from the treasure chest, lay quietly on a display shelf in the corner. Chen Aoyun was just about to ask why he had been brought here.

When he saw Group Leader Chen Feng fumbling about on the shelf with extreme seriousness, and then a passage extending downwards opened in the floor of the display room.

One must know that the Support Group base was originally built deep underground within a Dragon Nation military base.

There was a secret passage leading even deeper from within the deep underground?

"Follow me."

Group Leader Chen Feng walked into the passage first, with Chen Aoyun following closely behind.

The passage was illuminated, not by lamps or firelight, but by a faint, misty aura that emitted a soft glow.

The spiral staircase underfoot was built from solid blocks of marble. Chen Aoyun stretched his head over the edge of the stairs to look down.

The spiral staircase extended downwards, seemingly endless like an abyss, but at the very bottom, there was an extremely bright point of light.

"Did He Xiaoyun tell you that you are the second person to enter the display room?" Group Leader Chen Feng suddenly spoke in the silent passage.

"She did. Looking at how familiar you are with this, could the other person who entered the display room be you?"

Group Leader Chen Feng's footsteps echoed on the empty stairs. He did not turn back, his voice sounding somewhat distant amidst the misty glow:

"What He Xiaoyun said is not entirely accurate. Many people have entered the display room; the leaders of the Support Group through the generations have all come and gone. But you are indeed the 'second'. You are the second Strategist from the Dragon Nation to enter the display room and deposit an item."

Chen Aoyun's steps faltered.

"Group Leader Chen Feng, you aren't trying to tell me that the other person who entered the display room and deposited a heritage item is the Tang Junlin I am looking for, are you?"

Group Leader Chen Feng turned his head to glance at Chen Aoyun.

"What are you standing there for? Follow me down."

Taking two quick steps to catch up with Group Leader Chen Feng, Chen Aoyun looked confused.

"Isn't it said that one can only receive special item rewards by placing in the top three of the Game of National Destiny? The Dragon Nation's results haven't been very good for hundreds, or even thousands of years. If the last person to deposit an item in the display room was the Tang Junlin I'm looking for, then where did her item come from?"

Group Leader Chen Feng did not stop walking, explaining as he went.

"At the beginning of the New Era, when the Game of National Destiny had just appeared, all countries had a very shallow understanding of it at that time; they didn't even know about the existence of 'Heroic Spirits'. Under these circumstances, do you know which country was the first to win the Game of National Destiny?"

Chen Aoyun guessed very uncertainly, "Is it our Dragon Nation?"

Group Leader Chen Feng then asked, "Then do you know who the Strategist was that represented the Dragon Nation and won that first Game of National Destiny?"

Chen Aoyun squeezed the name out of his mouth, "Tang Junlin?"

Group Leader Chen Feng nodded. Chen Aoyun looked shocked and bewildered.

"So the person I'm looking for is a Strategist from the Dragon Nation from a thousand years ago?"

Turning his head with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, looking at Chen Aoyun, Group Leader Chen Feng said,

"Is there a possibility: it's not that you are looking for her, but that she found you!"

Chen Aoyun was suddenly stunned.

The strange illusions, the peculiar icons in his eyes—they had all come to him of their own accord. It really was her who had found him!

Group Leader Chen Feng continued to walk, saying as he went,

"It's been over a thousand years. The Dragon Nation was the first country to win the Game of National Destiny, a fact that has long been forgotten by people. Along with it, the item left behind by Tang Junlin was also forgotten. In the entire Dragon Nation, or even the whole world, the only ones who remember this are probably the successive leaders of the Dragon Nation Support Group."

Chen Aoyun still wanted to ask something, but before he knew it, the two had reached the bottom.

"That is the item left behind by Tang Junlin back then. As an off-field item, it cannot be used during the Game of National Destiny. Let alone using it, one cannot even get close to it. Go over and take a look. If you can walk over without being repelled."

In the direction Group Leader Chen Feng was pointing was the light Chen Aoyun had seen earlier from the spiral staircase. As if some voice was calling his name, Chen Aoyun walked over as if possessed.

By the time Chen Aoyun snapped out of it, his hands were already pressed against a glowing object. It looked like an ancient bamboo scroll.

Hesitating about whether to open it, he turned back to look at Group Leader Chen Feng, but Group Leader Chen Feng's figure was blurry, as if something was separating the two of them. Furthermore, Chen Aoyun discovered that he could not move his hands away from the bamboo scroll.

Gritting his teeth, Chen Aoyun simply opened the bamboo scroll.

Vivid images surged out from the bamboo scroll, like watching a movie, or like a kaleidoscope of fleeting scenes. In an instant, Chen Aoyun felt as if he had returned to the end of the Old Era:

In the year 2125 of the Old Era, the Dragon Nation was already the strongest nation on Blue Planet. All of humanity had advanced technology and flourishing culture, showing a momentum of rising upward. But just amidst this prosperity, chaotic energy suddenly invaded Blue Planet, and the New Era began!

Humans in the New Era soon discovered that the chaotic energy invading Blue Planet could be absorbed by 'human belief', and 'human belief' was what is known as 'Humanistic Power'.

'Humanistic Power' combined with chaotic energy, it created [Heroic Spirits], [wonder]s... and the prototype of the Game of National Destiny. Almost at the same time, [Strategist]s from other worlds also descended!

At the beginning, humans were not the match for the [Strategist]s from other worlds; humans were unfamiliar with the rules and the use of Heroic Spirits. But as time passed, relying on the strength of their own 'Humanistic Power', especially the strength of the Dragon Nation's culture, humans gradually turned the tide, and even counter-invaded other worlds!

After successfully invading other worlds, everything did not end. One opponent was defeated, but Blue Planet welcomed enemies from higher dimensions, encountering even more powerful [Strategist]s and [Roleplayer]s. The true chaos began from this moment!

Humans constantly fought with other worlds, and higher-dimensional existences kept appearing... The conflict seemed to have no end!

When conflict became the norm, traitors began to appear in the human world. These traitors included [Strategist]s from other countries, as well as [Strategist]s from the Dragon Nation. Ultimately, it was the result of a flawed ability! This ability was: [Community of Shared Destiny]!

Unlike the Game of National Destiny that Chen Aoyun had previously participated in. In the images Chen Aoyun saw, whether it was the [Strategist]s from other worlds or human [Strategist]s, they all had two sets of abilities. One set was the abilities Chen Aoyun was familiar with, such as: [Vertical and Horizontal Chessboard], [Beautifying Citation], [chess piece Enhancement]...

There was another set of abilities that required 'Qi Luck' to catalyze. The construction of these abilities was not obtained randomly, but depended on the achievements of civilization!

The light of the bamboo scroll faded, and Chen Aoyun organized everything he had seen: "In 2125, the Dragon Nation was the strongest nation on Blue Planet, and before the arrival of the New Era, the Dragon Nation, guided by the 'Community of Shared Destiny', led the whole world to progress together. The achievements of civilization could construct special abilities for [Strategist]s, and that is how the ability [Community of Shared Destiny] came to be. This ability was very useful in the early stages when [Strategist]s from other worlds appeared; it united the 'Humanistic Power' of the entire world, allowing [Heroic Spirits] and [wonder]s of different civilizations to share with each other, and even provide mutual support. But in the later stages, this skill began to backfire on humanity. But why would it backfire on humanity?"