Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 263 The Disappearance of Feng Baobao
Before he finished speaking, the last trace of Wugensheng vanished.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no violent energy fluctuations, only a wisp of tiny particles, like golden shavings, hovered in his position for a moment, and then, like fireflies on a summer night, silently and completely vanished into the dark air.

Before long, all that remained before everyone was the ancient coffin and the tattered clothes that Wugensheng had worn in life, now lying empty and dejected on the ground.

Inside the cave, time seemed to stand still.

All that remained were Duanmu Ying's suppressed sobs, Ma Ben's distraught murmurs, and Zhang Huaiyi's bloodshot eyes, which swirled with shock and a deep sense of sorrow as he stared intently at the void.

The flickering firelight cast distorted and silent shadows on the stone wall.

Inside the coffin, Feng Baobao's long eyelashes trembled very slightly, like butterfly wings, amidst the deathly silence.

This faint glimmer of hope was like a pebble thrown into stagnant water, instantly waking the three people who were immersed in immense grief!
"Baby!"

Duanmu Ying cried out, her voice filled with unbelievable joy and a slight tremor. She almost rushed to the coffin, her hands radiating red true qi, instinctively reaching for Feng Baobao's pulse to check her condition.

Ma Benzai suddenly raised his head, his eyes regaining their hope.

Zhang Huaiyi's clenched fists loosened slightly, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the coffin, his tense face suppressing complex emotions.

Only Zhao Zhen's brows furrowed even deeper at this moment.

He stood a short distance away, his gaze sweeping swiftly from Feng Baobao's trembling eyelashes over her entire body like lightning, before warily surveying the entire cave.

Perhaps because of his practice of "Danfa" (alchemy), Zhao Zhen always felt as if an invisible "string" was gradually tightening in the air, and a strange feeling that transcended sadness and surprise quietly spread.

At this moment, Feng Baobao's eyelashes stopped trembling.

Her eyes remained closed, but her eyeballs beneath her eyelids seemed to be spinning rapidly.

An indescribable luster flashed briefly at the center of her brow, the very spot where Wugensheng had finally placed his dot.

The luster didn't have the warmth of vitality; instead, it exuded a kind of indifference that transcended time.

Suddenly, without warning or any sound!
Just as Duanmu Ying's red true qi was about to touch Feng Baobao's wrist, Feng Baobao's body disappeared without warning!
One moment it was right in front of you, the next, all that remained in that area was a cold coffin and lingering ripples of Qi in the air.

For a moment, the cave fell into absolute silence.

"Baby?!!"

Duanmu Ying's hand froze in mid-air, the red true qi scattered in vain, and the ecstasy and tears on her face solidified into the purest bewilderment and terror. Her voice was distorted and filled with a sense of tearing.

"What happened? Where is everyone?!"

Ma Ben screamed in shock, as if he were about to jump up from the ground, his eyes frantically scanning the empty space inside the coffin, completely unable to believe his eyes.

Zhang Huaiyi's face instantly turned ashen, and the golden light within his body surged uncontrollably, instantly covering his entire body like a fierce beast protecting its master, unleashing a fierce aura.

He took a sudden step forward, his eyes fixed on the spot where Feng Baobao had disappeared, then he looked up sharply at the cave wall and shouted:

"Who's there?! Come out!!!"

Zhang Huaiyi did not sense any human presence or trace, which made it even more chilling.

Zhao Zhen's figure flickered, and in the next instant, he appeared at the spot where Feng Baobao had disappeared.

Unlike Zhang Huaiyi, he did not emit golden light, but the solidified air around him seemed to form an invisible barrier, making him appear exceptionally solemn.

Zhao Zhen slowly lowered his head, his deep gaze fixed on the inside of the coffin. Even the slightest disturbance of dust there seemed unusually orderly, not as if it had been swept away by an external force, but more like... space itself had been precisely cut and erased. "It's not an attack, nor is it teleportation."

Zhao Zhen's deep and calm voice broke the silence, as if stating a cold fact, or as if he was trying his best to suppress the turbulent waves in his heart.

“It’s the rules of ‘this place’ itself… that have been triggered.”

His gaze, sharp as a hawk's, suddenly fell upon the rock face that had already been destroyed by Wugensheng.

At this moment, some lines on the rock wall, illuminated by the firelight, shimmered with an extremely faint silver glow, almost imperceptible to the naked eye!

This radiance was more restrained and profound than when Zhou Sheng used the Feng Hou Qi Men formation, carrying a grand artistic conception that was beyond doubt and could not be profaned!

Zhao Zhen slowly raised his hand, and a wisp of condensed true qi, as solid as a substance, extended from his fingertip, carefully and extremely slowly approaching the rock wall that shimmered with silver light.

“It was that test…” Zhao Zhen’s voice carried a chilling undertone, as if he had seen through the cruel truth.

"The true test of 'what it means to be a person' for Ziyang Mountain people... has never ended."

Wugensheng forcibly glimpsed the 'fate to immortality' using the Returning Origin Array, crossed the barrier of life and death, and even reshaped the starting point of 'humanity' with his own life source...

This act of defying fate has touched... or rather, 'activated' the final restriction on this place.

"What do you mean? Mr. Zhao, what are you talking about? Where is Baby?!"

Duanmu Ying's voice was choked with sobs and she was on the verge of collapse; she couldn't understand the meaning behind Zhao Zhen's words.

Zhang Huaiyi's eyes flashed with intense golden light as he stared intently at the direction Zhao Zhen was pointing, his voice hoarse: "You mean... the baby was... 'eaten' by this hole?"
"Just because of Fourth Brother's actions just now... did he violate some taboo?"

"It's not about eating them, it's about 'guiding' or 'exiling' them."

The true qi at Zhao Zhen's fingertips stopped a hair's breadth away from the rock wall, and its silvery luster flickered warningly as if it had a life of its own.

He withdrew his hand, his expression extremely solemn.

"The power left behind by the Ziyang Mountain Man is interfering, because what Wugensheng resurrected was not a natural life, but an existence that carried extreme power and obsession, breaking conventional definitions..."

This force judged that 'she' shouldn't be here, perhaps she was sent to where she was meant to be... or perhaps she was simply erased..."

After saying that, Zhao Zhen remained silent for a moment, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

Ma Ben collapsed to the ground, his face ashen.

"How could this happen? How could this happen! Fourth Brother... Fourth Brother... Baby, she..."

The immense hope vanished in an instant, a devastating blow even more despairing than utter failure.

"Find her!"

Zhang Huaiyi suddenly looked at Zhao Zhen, his eyes burning with an almost fanatical obsession.

"Chairman Zhao! You have a way! You know so much, you must have a way to find Feng Baobao, right?!"
Tell me! No matter the cost! After all, Baby is Fourth Brother... Fourth Brother, he..."

"I do not know."

(End of this chapter)