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Chapter 577 Ancient and Jun

Zhang Qi was increasingly surprised as he fought; the concentration of this boy, no, this girl, was simply unbelievable!
That spirit and willpower, and that combat acumen, were simply born for battle!

Unfortunately, the child in front of us doesn't have any well-developed energy circulation system.

She was fighting entirely based on the most primal human physiological functions.

Even so, the combat skills he displayed were enough to make most so-called martial arts masters blush with shame.

"Stop, Gu!"

Just as Zhang Qi was pondering whether to subdue the child first to prevent her from exhausting herself, a slightly cold female voice suddenly rang out.

"This gentleman is not our enemy."

The girl called "Gu" paused abruptly upon hearing this voice.

Her explosive body leaped backward in an instant, landing lightly several meters away.

Then, she quickly approached a quiet girl wearing non-prescription glasses, making a low whimper in her throat, still staring at Zhang Qi warily, even showing her little white teeth like a little animal guarding its food.

"It's okay, it's okay."

The girl with glasses reached out and gently patted Gu's head, soothing him softly.

A hint of surprise also arose in her heart.

Although Gu is simple and straightforward, this is the first time he has ever shown such strong aggression towards a stranger.

"Hmm? Chu Xuan?"

Zhang Qi's gaze fell on the girl with glasses, and his expression couldn't help but become a little strange.

This is not to say that the two are similar in height and appearance; these are just superficial observations.

It was something deeper, an indescribable quality, a calm and rational understanding that seemed to see the essence of things, that reminded him of his former strategist.

“My name is Jun, not Chu Xuan as you say.”

The bespectacled girl, known as Jun, pushed up her non-prescription glasses, her gaze behind the lenses calm and unwavering.

She explained calmly:

"Gu attacked you only because she felt you had stolen her prey; she had no malicious intent."

"Um... okay, Jun."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qi was slightly taken aback, then found himself both amused and exasperated.

Did they steal their prey?

He glanced at the girl "Gu" who was still baring her teeth at him, then looked at the lifeless four-armed monster on the ground.

Who are you? Have you always lived here?

Zhang Qi asked.

"We are the survivors of this world..."

Jun took a deep breath, his voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of weariness.

Just as she was about to continue explaining, Gu, who was next to her, inappropriately clutched his stomach.

"Cuckoo~"

A clear, long whistle rang out.

Gu looked up at Jun pitifully, her pure eyes filled with "I'm hungry".

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qi couldn't help but chuckle.

He turned around and looked at the huge four-armed monster.

Since they refer to this monster as "prey," it means that this thing must be edible.

The next moment, Zhang Qi pointed his fingers like a sword and casually swung them forward.

【Capricorn's Secret Holy Sword】!
Invisible sword energy cuts across the land.

In an instant, the incredibly hard, dark red carapace, along with the flesh and bones beneath, was precisely broken down into uniformly sized, easily processed pieces of meat.

The entire process was smooth and fluid, without any unnecessary movements.

Gu, who was standing to the side, initially maintained a wary, baring-toothed posture. But as the rich aroma of meat began to waft through the air as Zhang Qi prepared it, her little nose twitched a few times.

Then, curiosity and longing gradually replaced those wary eyes.

Finally, almost instinctively, she scurried over, staring longingly at the chunks of meat, her mouth practically watering.

Looking at Gu's pathetic state, Jun shook his head helplessly, but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Zhang Qi was human, the scene of him casually killing that ferocious monster still left her with lingering fear.

That power was simply too strong...

Gu's mind is as pure as a blank sheet of paper, but precisely because of this, she has a wild-beast-like keen intuition for the kindness and malice of others.

The fact that Gu was able to lower her guard and become friendly so quickly at least shows that this incredibly powerful man in front of them has no ill intentions towards them.

……

The campfire was lit, and the aroma of meat filled the air.

Gu hugged a piece of roasted meat bigger than her head and ate it voraciously, her mouth dripping with oil, her little face almost buried in the meat.

Zhang Qi's expression was a bit strange when he saw this. This little girl looked thin and small, but her appetite was surprisingly large.

What puzzled him even more was that despite eating so much meat, her stomach remained flat and showed no signs of bloating.

Where did all that energy go?
"This battlefield is very special."

"It was forcibly separated from the normal multiverse and exists independently. In fact, it can be said that, on some level, it is higher than the multiverse as we understand it."

"This state has led to a bizarre situation that we cannot fully understand yet—everything on the battlefield has been 'fixed'."

While eating the barbecue, Jun began to introduce the situation of this space to Zhang Qi.

"fixed?"

Zhang Qi pondered the word.

"Yes, fixed."

Jun nodded.
"You can understand it as the total value of free energy in the sky and earth within this battlefield space being constant, and the number of basic particles that make up matter being constant as well."

No more, no less.

"Because of the complete lack of energy circulation with the external multiverse, no problems may be apparent in the short term. But as time goes on, many... many extremely terrible situations will arise."

Jun's voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

"The scariest thing is that here, no living thing truly 'dies'!"

"Won't you die...?"

Zhang Qi stroked his chin, this situation reminding him of the situation in the Sea Tiger World.

In that world, the primordial spirit also does not die, and the best among them can even awaken and comprehend the memories of their past lives, stepping into the realm of the ultimate powerhouse.

"Just like when you killed that monster, you did terminate its vital signs, causing its bodily functions to completely cease."

Jun looked at the animal bones beside the campfire, which had been almost completely gnawed by Gu, and slowly said.

"However, every cell of it still carries the complete information of its life, that is to say, its 'life,' or its 'consciousness' and 'perception,' can still feel pain, and this pain will continue to accumulate."

"This applies to plants, animals, and even the most insignificant bacteria."

"This is a world...where there is no true death!"

“All creatures that are ‘killed’ will forever suffer all the pain before and after death in another form, until some unknown ‘refresh’ mechanism resets them or completely annihilates their information.”

"For us humans, the situation is slightly better."

A hint of relief appeared on Jun's face, but more than that, it was heavy.

"Because we humans possess a unique 'refresh mechanism'."

From the moment we 'die' until the next 'rebirth,' we are temporarily freed from the effects of this eternal pain. The pain of death, for us, may only be a fleeting moment.

"However, for other native creatures in this world, after 'death,' they can still clearly feel everything—being cut, torn apart, devoured...that pain will continue endlessly."

(End of this chapter)