Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 337, Section 29: Looking Back (Part 1)

"So, back then, you were saved by someone who looks a lot like me?"

After listening to Hu's account, Chen Ruolan carefully considered her words before asking.

"Ah."

Hu looked at her and said, "That night, she rescued me. Later, she showed me around the camp, and the people there taught me Chinese so that I could survive within the country. Hu's name... was also given to me by her."

"In the days to come, in order to find the elderly and weak people who had gone missing, I traveled north along the general direction they were likely to go and lived in the northern desert."

As Hu spoke, her eyes dimmed slightly: "But not long after, news of her tragic death arrived..."

When Hu recalled the events, he was much calmer and said, "News came from the border that she died in a mutiny by the guards."

Chen Ruolan was taken aback.

She glanced at Jin Ziyue and Fu Xun, then looked around at the three men, noticing their varying expressions:

“Historically speaking… there’s no record of her dying in a mutiny. Chen Ruolan from the Chen Kingdom period, according to historical records, has unknown birth and death dates, but at least she later had the merit of traveling a thousand miles to defend the king,” Jin Ziyue said.

“It differs from your description.” Fu Xun looked at Hu with a scrutinizing gaze, trying to glean some information from her eyes.

"It's normal."

Qi Tongshan, who was listening to their conversation, suddenly interrupted, drawing everyone else's attention.

She said, "Because you're not talking about the same world at all."

These remarks stirred something in the eyes of all three people present.

"It's getting more and more mysterious," Fu Xun said, pursing his lips.

“You can think of it as a parallel world. The hometown she’s talking about is probably something like the world a thousand years ago, but it’s not entirely the history of this world,” Qi Tongshan explained.

"You're kidding me, right...?" Chen Ruolan looked at Hu as if he were some rare creature. "So, it's because in another world, a female general named Chen Ruolan saved you?"

Hu nodded.

"So handsome!" Chen Ruolan's eyes sparkled.

Qi Tongshan continued, "You heard her mention her tribe, right? The Amazons. There are no Amazon female warriors in this world."

“I’ve never heard of it.” Fu Xun stroked his chin.

"So what you want to go back to is your own world?" Jin Ziyue asked.

Only when a woman mentions her wishes will her eyes light up and she nod solemnly.

"Is the organization just trying to win you over with promises?" Jin Ziyue asked.

"They helped me understand the nature of this world. They told me that the reason I left my homeland and came to this world was destiny."

Qi Tongshan's eyes flashed.

Fu Xun and Jin Ziyue exchanged a glance, and they instantly understood: "Was it Mingci who brought you to this world?"

The bizarre and varied pronouncements can indeed serve this purpose.

“Yes. However, this is not a charity. They only give opportunities to those who are valuable,” Hu said. “Only by completing the organization’s tasks and accumulating enough experience can one be eligible to go back.”

“If it’s just a matter of word of command, then there is a way.” Fu Xun pondered for a moment, then looked at Jin Ziyue, who guessed what he was going to say and nodded.

Fu Xun looked back at Hu and asked, "Didn't you try to find a destiny word that allows you to go back? Or find a destiny word holder with the ability to travel, or a destiny controller like us, and have him take you back?"

"Unfortunately, we have tried, and even if we find a similar oath, we cannot go back. The organization has grasped a key factor that controls the return, which is kept secret to this day."

"This is troublesome." Fu Xun frowned.

"Even if we find it, we can't guarantee that we'll return to our own world and not a third world," Hu said.

"That's true." Fu Xun said with some annoyance.

Hu was about to open his mouth when suddenly—

"Puff-"

Her heart began to pound uncontrollably, and with just the first thud, she was in excruciating pain, her eyes wide with agony and her forehead beaded with sweat.

Unable to maintain his kneeling position after being forced to kneel by Jin Ziyue, he collapsed to the ground and could not get up.

"Ruolan, dispel the force field!" Jin Ziyue shouted immediately.

Chen Ruolan quickly realized what was happening. The force field of [Tiger Ink Incense] disappeared, and the Heart Tiger suddenly appeared, trying to help Hu transfer the "affliction" there.

"咚咚-"

Hu's angina worsened, and she could not utter a word as she opened her mouth, enduring immense pain throughout her body.

The harm that even the "affliction" cannot be transferred?
Jin Ziyue's face darkened, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Is it a curse? Unlike the Blood God Curse, since the organization understands the destiny incantation, they must also know that the Blood God Curse is probably ineffective against Hu. So where will they start?

"Cheer up!" Chen Ruolan shook Hu's shoulder.

"I..." Hu opened his mouth with difficulty, then suddenly lost his mind, as if his consciousness was beginning to separate.

Jin Ziyue suddenly realized.

"It's the soul!"

The "illness" of amber's metastasis comes from physical injury, while the so-called immortality is simply a failure to address the issue from the perspective of the soul!
After thinking it over, Jin Ziyue quickly took out the [Soul Prayer Dream Invocation] from the Three-Legged Golden Toad Cauldron.

Unlike other abilities that require entering a dream to trigger, the destiny of 【Soul Prayer Dream】 is 'Soul Eye'.

In an instant, he opened his eyes, and a different color appeared in them; within his jade-like pupils, the world shone with a different light and shadow—

He saw a giant hand grab Amber's soul and tear her from her body, but looking up, the end of the giant hand was hidden in the clouds, and he couldn't see the opponent at all.

Merely witnessing it wasn't enough. Veins bulged in Jin Ziyue's eyes. He needed more life energy to make his attacks affect the giant hand in its soul form.

But it was too late. By the time he pounced, the giant hand had already gripped the struggling amber tightly and lifted it into the air.

Amber's translucent soul was easily grasped in the giant hand, and its silent struggle seemed pale and powerless.

Jin Ziyue drew his sword. The spirit form of "Tongwan" was granted by "Soul Eye," and it could also harm the soul.

He leaped forward, but the giant hand was already too high to reach, like a divine punishment, grabbing Hu's soul high above.

"Roar—" At this moment, the soul form of Xin Hu suddenly appeared below Jin Ziyue.

Before Jin Ziyue could even think about why she had appeared, he saw Xin Hu leap up, using her as a springboard. Then, Jin Ziyue stepped onto the tiger's back and sprang into the air again. Finally, when he was close to Hu, he swung his long knife and slashed at the huge finger.

A cold glint flashed, and the enormous fingers were all weakened. The colossal creature at the top of the sky let out a roar, which sounded like rolling thunder beneath the clouds. Then, it withdrew its giant hand and disappeared into the dark clouds.

The giants came and went quickly, and in the world of souls, all was calm in an instant.

Jin Ziyue caught Hu's soul as it fell.

He had a rough idea in his mind that this was another kind of spell cast by the organization.

Xinhu was already waiting at the place where they landed.

Jin Ziyue looked at the woman in his arms, his expression grim. Her soul was riddled with cracks, on the verge of disintegration under the immense pressure of his grip.

I'm afraid it's too late to save them.

(End of this chapter)