Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 73: Getting to Know Each Other Again

He moved.

Wang Ji's expression turned serious.

Illusion?
If the Grand Master dies, he will be a great Grand Master who will be remembered by history.

But if he were alive, things might be different.

If this great mage is hostile, given the situation here, even Wang Ji isn't entirely confident he can escape unscathed.

The unknown is the most terrifying thing, and Wang Ji shares this understanding with his past enemies.

The pause ended as I was thinking.

Looking at the emaciated old man lying on the ground, Wang Ji was truly unsure what to do.

Why don't you lie down on the ground and listen to see if there's a heartbeat?

No, something doesn't feel right. I have a feeling that if I really do that, I risk getting beaten up.

then what should we do.

Pretend you didn't see it and turn away?

Let him stay lying there, preferably without moving at all. That way, it's better for everyone...

call--

Suppressing his restless thoughts, Wang Ji ultimately chose a more prudent approach.

Regardless of.

However, the emperor's corpse on the ground still needs to be dealt with.

His death was more significant than his life's work.

Or perhaps it should be said that his death was the greatest and only contribution to the world.

Wang Ji stepped forward, about to reach out and grab.

pat.

His leg was suddenly grabbed by something first.

"Why!!!"

As if a prickly caterpillar had fallen into his collar, Wang Ji shuddered and leaped forward.

Turning around, I saw that the old man on the ground had somehow crawled forward a step, and it was the old man's right hand that had grabbed his leg earlier.

Damn it!

Wang Ji clutched his chest, his heart pounding.

Although it was shameful, he was genuinely furious just now.

Of course, he's not afraid of ghosts.

Or rather, whether you're afraid or not depends on how powerful the ghost is.

If this ghost is a ghost in the general sense, then it is not scary.

But if it's a mysterious archmage whose strength is unknown, that would be a bit creepy.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Ji slowly turned his head and looked over again.

The great mage on the ground stopped moving again.

What was that just now? A bodily instinctive reaction?

Wang Ji took out a stone, intending to test the waters.

But thinking about it, I felt it was a bit unfair to throw a one-cubic-meter sharp square stone at an old man, so I made the stone into a small button and threw it out.

pat.

The button was deflected by the gray robe and fell to the ground.

The Grand Master remained motionless, lying face down, intimately in contact with the dust on the ground.

"It seems like it was just some kind of instinctive reaction... right?"

After testing the waters, Wang Ji took two steps forward and, confirming that there was indeed no reaction, finally felt a temporary sense of relief.

He dragged the obese emperor's corpse to a distance, cleared the space, and restored peace to the archmage.

Then, he took out the bedrock he had dug in Hell with his Awakened Spirit Treasure Pickaxe and built it around the stone chair.

As an apology for the earlier commotion, Wang Ji decided to return more tranquility, creating a completely secluded space for the Grand Mage so he could sit in peace.

"What is this?"

"This is bedrock, it can't be destroyed, it's perfect for—hmm?"

Wang Ji suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He turned stiffly, meeting a weathered old face, in stark contrast to a pair of dark, piercing eyes that held an undisguised thirst for knowledge and exploration.

He... woke up.

The Imperial Temple Archmage Osvid opened his eyes.

"Bedrock, meaning the foundation of the world?"

Oswald analyzed the meaning of the word, then casually waved his hand. A giant hand made of pure source matter directly crushed the bedrock wall, which seemed to be naturally connected, into cubes, scattering them all over the ground. "How is this possible!"

Wang Ji exclaimed in surprise.

This scene surprised him even more than the fact that the Grand Master had suddenly come back to life.

"Interesting, it is indeed something that cannot be destroyed."

"How did you do that?" Wang Ji couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing his question, Osvid disregarded the current situation and began to explain:
"Don't use preconceived notions to understand everything you see."

"In a fixed, continuous space, bedrock, as a [matter], is indeed indestructible by any force. However, if we change our approach and abandon interfering with the matter existing in the space, but instead directly manipulate the space itself, we can bypass its indestructible property in the material world."

"The bedrock has not been destroyed; it remains the same. What has changed are other things, but from the result, it appears as if it has been destroyed."

"Flexible thinking can help solve many seemingly unsolvable deadlocks, which is essential for survival in a chaotic world."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ji suddenly realized the truth.

That matches up! He can mine bedrock purely because of the 'Awakened Spirit Pickaxe'. Strictly speaking, this pickaxe cannot actually destroy bedrock, but it has a 'range mode' that can directly mine blocks in a 5x5 area.

When excavating bedrock, the central king cannot be removed; what is removed is the surrounding bedrock.

Or rather, there was no 'digging' process at all; Wang Ji simply waved his hand at the bedrock in the middle, and the surrounding bedrock fell down on its own, while the one that was dug out in the middle remained intact.

"But if you can manipulate space, why must you use the form of 'hands'?"

Wang Ji raised another question, clearly indicating that he had entered a state of deep thought, and even the fear in his heart had been temporarily suppressed.

"[Hands] are a very important concept. You...who are you again?"

The Grand Master suddenly recovered, staring at Wang Ji with a furrowed brow.

Then, as if he smelled something, he looked down at the bloodstains on the ground, and his gaze followed the bloodstains all the way to the entrance of the hall.

They saw the emperor's corpse.

"It feels a little familiar."

he murmured.

At this moment, Wang Ji also suddenly came to his senses.

not good!

He immediately became alert.

The archmage in front of me is definitely not someone to be trifled with; fighting him would be a very unpleasant experience.

The time stop has now cooled down.

Wang Ji's whole body was tense.

Want to try it?

Flee, or fight?
You only have nine seconds...

"never mind."

Oswald suddenly looked away, raised his head, and gazed at the sky above as if he could see through the top of the tower.

"World Retrospective".

He waved.

Then bursts of light and shadow appeared, quickly flashing across my pupils.

Wang Ji looked over in astonishment, and in a flash, he seemed to see in those eyes the image of himself swinging a hoe in the field for the first time.

What followed was a journey of struggle and development, from the village to the capital, and then to the northern mountains, where territorial claims and reforms began, followed by the establishment and development of an ideal community, the swarm's uprising, and the empire's demise...

Until today.

Wang Ji offered a unique, third-party perspective as he revisited the events of the past few years.

At this moment, the world seems to have transformed into an open, read-only database, where any record or image can be retrieved and viewed.

"A new unified civilization..."

"What about the empire?"

The image shifts again, returning to the time when the empire was first established. At that time, in the Four Towers of Miracles in the capital, the Archmage had just closed his eyes, and Wang Ji had not yet been born.

This part of the review is done very quickly.

"Tsk."

After only a short while of recollection, the old man couldn't help but smack his lips.

He waved his hand, scattering the annoying images.

"Wang Ji, right?"

The archmage refocused his attention on the present and said, "You may call me Osvid. As you can see, I was once the Archmage of the Empire's Temple, but since the Empire has vanished, let that title be obsolete."

"Don't be bound by your past experiences or have any preconceived prejudices against me."

"Now we can get to know each other again."

(End of this chapter)