The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 655 - 163: The World After the Apocalypse

The place where Lin Yun was, originally called Wanghai City, was precisely the defense line supervised by Dongfang Hongyue in Haizhou.

Because she had the Calming Sea Pearl, she was more than capable of defending against Yuan Zidan’s attacks. Lin Yun had been worried about Lin Yu and the Snow Maiden but had never expected that something would go wrong on Dongfang Hongyue’s side.

Moreover, Dongfang Hongyue was always stable and had a stronger will to survive than Lin Yun, so Lin Yun had also never been concerned that something would happen to Dongfang Hongyue.

However, this time, he couldn’t get in touch by whistle, and when he arrived at Wanghai City, all he saw was ruins, which instantly threw Lin Yun into panic.

If anything happened to Dongfang Hongyue...

"This place must have experienced a major water disaster."

As Lin Yun was lost in thought, Qian Qian appeared behind him, waved her hand, and a screen of water appeared in front of them, showing the destruction of Wanghai City within it.

Lin Yun’s expression couldn’t help but change upon seeing Dongfang Hongyue in the scene displayed by Qian Qian.

Wanghai City was being invaded by the tide, mortals were fleeing in panic, cultivators were flying through the air, and Dongfang Hongyue was holding the Calming Sea Pearl, trying to calm the tides.

However, the normally fail-proof Calming Sea Pearl had no effect against these azure tides. The tides continued to ravage everything, breaking through the city walls in an instant, toppling buildings, and sweeping away those who couldn’t escape, their whereabouts unknown.

The last part of the scene was the tidal wave sweeping towards Dongfang Hongyue, who conjured up a red Fire Lotus that collided with the azure tide...

Suddenly, the water screen shattered, and Lin Yun, who was watching intently, felt a tightness in his heart.

You’re cutting it off here?

"What happened afterward?" Lin Yun asked, grabbing Qian Qian’s hand and raising his voice.

In his urgency, he forgot to be polite.

"Why are you yelling so loudly!"

Qian Qian looked at Lin Yun holding her hand and slightly wrinkled her brow.

Only then did Lin Yun realize his breach of etiquette and quickly apologized, "I’m sorry, I was too anxious, I want to know what happened after that."

"If you want to know, beg me!"

"Please."

Qian Qian: "..."

She really hadn’t expected Lin Yun to be so straightforward, immediately begging when asked to beg, which made her lose the mood to tease Lin Yun.

"What I just performed was a time-space retrospective, allowing me to see some of the past events, but how much I can see is not up to me."

As Qian Qian said this, she saw Lin Yun’s face darken instantly, clearly angered.

"Are you toying with me?"

Lin Yun was so furious he felt like cutting down this unfortunate god with a sword, but now was not the time to squabble with her. He gave her a glare and decided to look for Dongfang Hongyue’s traces by himself.

"Why are you so fierce! Just because the time-space retrospective didn’t see her trail, doesn’t mean I can’t sense it myself. That woman’s aura has gone west."

Lin Yun: "..."

This woman really is...

She made him very angry, yet she genuinely helped him, causing the fire in his heart to become trapped inside, and still, he had to suppress his temper to thank her.

"I owe you a favor."

Lin Yun did not dally and immediately flew away on his sword.

"If you call me ’sister’, I will fly with you, and my speed is much faster than yours."

Seeing Lin Yun so angry yet unable to do anything about her, Qian Qian felt inexplicably pleased.

With this happiness, she came up with a new plaything.

Without any hesitation, Lin Yun immediately said: "Sister Qian Qian."

"You really are..."

Qian Qian was stunned by Lin Yun’s integrity. You could struggle a bit and show a humiliated expression, so I could feel more accomplished! She thought.

Calling her sister so easily seemed less thrilling.

Of course, her mood was still good.

"Little brother, let me take you flying with my great mercy!"

Qian Qian wrapped her arms around Lin Yun’s waist, and in a thought, they had traversed thousands of miles.

Following the aura she sensed, they headed westward.

Qian Qian used the Space Jumping Technique. With Lin Yun’s eyes closing and opening, he saw several changing scenes.

Close to the east were ruins, and to the west, there was some residual azure water.

Throughout the journey, Lin Yun saw not a single living person, not even a single life form that was alive.

Perhaps coincidentally, Qian Qian stopped for a moment at Purple Cloud Mountain before vanishing again.

Lin Yun was sure he hadn’t seen it wrong. One of the twin peaks of Purple Cloud Mountain was broken off; this unique feature was unmistakable to Purple Cloud Mountain.

And the Purple Cloud Mountain he had just seen was also in ruins, devoid of any signs of life.

At this moment, Lin Yun’s anxious heart suddenly calmed down. He felt as if he was in a dream, a preposterous nightmare.

How had this world turned into what it looked like now in just one day?

Lin Yun looked up at the sun and moon in the sky and suddenly realized that they seemed not to have changed positions for a long time.

Has a day really not passed?

Lin Yun’s memory became somewhat confused in that instant.

How long had he actually stayed in the dam, was it really not even an afternoon’s time?

Lin Yun pinched his brow, calming himself from within.

Don’t doubt yourself.

"I am not wrong, it is this world that is wrong."

Lin Yun was certain that the time he had spent inside the dam could not have exceeded two hours, and escaping from the Cloud Dream Marsh to Wanghai City would normally take him at most one hour with his speed.

And now, with Qian Qian leading the way, miles and mountains passed in a moment’s thought, rendering time negligible.

Therefore, something was definitely amiss!

Recalling the scene where Bai Jiaojiao and others had ignored both him and Qian Qian, Lin Yun quickly realized the truth.

Time and space were in chaos inside and outside the dam.

He felt as if no more than an afternoon had passed in his perception, but he couldn’t confirm how much time had actually elapsed on the outside.

"We’ve arrived."

While Lin Yun was pondering, Qian Qian’s aloof and calm voice sounded by his ear.

Lin Yun fixed his gaze and saw an island surrounded by azure floodwaters. Seeing this sight, even Qian Qian became somewhat unsettled.

She had just left with Lin Yun, and the Lifeless Water had already flooded to such an extent?

Could it be that her previous methods were insufficient and the tunnel had leaked?

"No, the water must have risen too fast, overflowing the dam. It has nothing to do with me."

Qian Qian quickly brushed off any blame that might fall on her, regardless of what happened, she wasn’t going to take the fall for it.

While Qian Qian was lost in her thoughts, Lin Yun had already soared onto the island.

In the west, there naturally wouldn’t be any islands, but here lay the highest mountain range of the Cultivation World, White Tiger Ridge.

It was because of White Tiger Ridge’s great altitude that it remained as an "island" during the flood, becoming the last refuge for survivors.

On this island, a dense crowd of people stood. Almost everyone Lin Yun was looking for was here.

Those who weren’t here were probably gone.

Seeing Dongfang Hongyue, Lin Yu, Fang Yu, Bai Jiaojiao, and the others here, Lin Yun finally exhaled in relief. Jiang Chenyu seemed to have gained some weight, and to Lin Yun’s surprise, the Flower Fairy was here too.

Having not seen the Flower Fairy for a long time, Lin Yun also felt a wave of longing, but the first person he rushed towards was Dongfang Hongyue.

Seeing Dongfang Hongyue submerged by the floodwaters, he felt his heart stop. In that instant, Lin Yun involuntarily asked himself a question.

If Dongfang Hongyue was dead, what was the point of his existence?

It was then that Lin Yun realized he might love Dongfang Hongyue more than he had thought.

At that moment, he could care less about exposing his identity or being discovered by others.

The end of the world had come; why care about so much!

However, when Lin Yun rushed over, Dongfang Hongyue and the others acted as if they didn’t see him, their attention still on the tide, the atmosphere extremely tense.

Though he was puzzled, an excited Lin Yun still attempted to embrace Dongfang Hongyue.

With a leap, Lin Yun nosedived to the ground.

He had passed directly through Dongfang Hongyue’s body, and in shock, he even forgot to adjust his position.

"What’s going on..."

Lin Yun was starting to question his life when Qian Qian, with a grave expression, explained, "We are still in a misaligned time-space. The one you see now is not actually before your eyes."

"Then where is she? Where are they all!" Lin Yun bellowed, trying to touch the others around him.

Lin Yu, Fang Yu, Bai Jiaojiao—he couldn’t touch any of them, though they were right in front of his eyes.

Seeing this, Qian Qian felt a sudden pity and didn’t blame Lin Yun for shouting so loudly. Instead, she patiently explained, "We may have fallen into the river of time."

Lin Yun fell silent for a while before asking, "What is the river of time?"

He had calmed down.

Admiring his composure, Qian Qian understood Lin Yun’s emotional breakdown, but it was commendable that after his emotional outburst, he had managed to regain his calmness so quickly—a feat not many could achieve.

But since mortals’ understanding of time was superficial, Qian Qian wasn’t sure if Lin Yun could understand her. She tried to put it in terms he could grasp, "Time is a surging river, carrying all things in the world forward relentlessly. All of us are like passengers on a boat, and wherever the water of time surges to, we follow to that place.

Right now, us and them, it’s like people on a boat who drop a sword and carve a mark on the boat where they dropped it. In the end, what can be seen is only that mark, not the fallen sword.

Do you understand what I’m saying?"

Lin Yun: "..."

He understood, yet it was as if he didn’t.

But this was irrelevant. Lin Yun went straight to the heart of the matter: "How do we climb out of this river?"

"The river of time itself does not exist. Moreover, with the misalignment of our time-space, are we the ones who have fallen into the river, or is it them?"

Lin Yun: "..."

I don’t care who has fallen in. Right now, I just want to fish someone out.

Anyone will do.

Lin Yun’s mentality collapsed. That’s when he overheard the conversation of his women.

"Chenyu, now that you are with child, you shouldn’t stand here. The wind is strong; go down and rest!"

Lin Yun: "!!!?"