"Normally speaking, she can't go with us! Crossing endless ages—an ordinary person's body simply can't withstand it!" Mu Xueying instantly understood He Yiming's meaning, so she answered directly.
"..." He Yiming fell silent and looked toward Lian Duoduo.
What Mu Xueying was referring to were ordinary people!
But since Lian Duoduo had been chosen by the Evil God as a vessel, she was certainly extraordinary!
Could she withstand the power of time?
"Lian Duoduo! I can take you with me!"
"But you might encounter life-threatening danger, and you might even die during the journey!"
"Are you willing?"
He Yiming looked at Lian Duoduo and asked seriously.
To be honest, leaving behind a little girl like Lian Duoduo—no matter how special she might be—she was simply too young!
She had already been targeted by the Evil God. Suruk was only one hundred strands of will that He Yiming had destroyed. For an existence at the level of an Evil God, the number of wills it possessed was easily in the hundreds of millions!
Perhaps after countless years, Lian Duoduo might grow into a powerful existence!
But right now, facing the Evil God's gaze, Lian Duoduo had absolutely no power to resist!
"The Bridge of the Other Shore sent us to this era, to this point in time! There must be some deeper meaning behind it. Could it be… that the Bridge of the Other Shore also hopes that I take Lian Duoduo away?" He Yiming couldn't help but think.
In this Immortal Emperor era,
Lian Duoduo simply couldn't survive on her own!
Could it be that the appearance of the Bridge of the Other Shore was meant for him to take Lian Duoduo away, to bring her to an era where she could grow safely?
"I'm willing!!!" Lian Duoduo immediately burst into a smile through her tears and threw herself into He Yiming's arms.
"Even if I die, don't leave me alone! Wuuu…"
Lian Duoduo grabbed onto He Yiming's clothes, her big eyes filled with hope as she looked at him.
"Alright! I'll take you with me!" After pondering for three seconds, He Yiming finally made his decision!
"Yay!!!" When the players saw this scene, they instantly exploded with excitement!
After all, after spending three days together, the players had all grown fond of this little girl. The thought of leaving her behind in this dangerous era, where the Evil God might descend again at any moment had made every player anxious.
But now that Brother Ming decided to take the little girl with them, it was simply perfect!
"Let's go!" He Yiming didn't say anything more and waved his hand!
More than ten thousand players stepped onto the Bridge of the Other Shore together.
"Lord He Yiming!" At this moment, the twenty plus beast race girls came over to say goodbye to He Yiming.
"Hm? You're going back?" He Yiming was surprised.
"Yes. We asked Lady Mu Xueying. After stepping onto this bridge, as long as we walk a short distance and then look back, we can return to the entrance of the secret realm!" the beast race girls replied.
"So that's how it is…" He Yiming nodded.
"We've already lost too many companions. The next destination will probably be even more dangerous. Rather than becoming a burden to you, Lord He Yiming, we've decided to go back!" After saying this, the beast race girls stepped forward one by one, gently hugging He Yiming before reluctantly leaving.
"Damn it, that shameless Brother Ming!"
"Let go of Brother Ming—let me do it instead!"
"Damn, why do all the girls like Brother Ming? Where exactly am I worse than him? These girls really have no eye for people!"
"When you say that, could you at least put down the barbecue skewers in your hand and wipe the crap off the corner of your mouth first?"
"Who needs women? Women only slow down the speed at which I pull gacha cards!"
"Exactly. If you like women, just log off and play Tailgating VR3. What kind of girl can't you get there? You can customize hundreds of them yourself if you want. Nobody's stopping you!"
The players chatted and joked while following He Yiming. Soon, they passed through the mist!
They had arrived at their destination.
"Holy crap!"
The moment they saw the scene before them, everyone was stunned!
The world before their eyes looked just like the end of the world!
In the distant sky—
On the left side, dazzling five-colored lights shimmered, and endless vast immortal radiance kept erupting!
On the right side of the sky,
Everything was pitch black.
Endless darkness and evil aura spread outward!
The entire earth trembled continuously, as if a magnitude-10 earthquake was happening every moment!
The ground was filled with ravines and shattered canyons. One glance couldn't even see the bottom—perhaps they were hundreds of meters deep!
And these ravines kept increasing. Countless mountains and trees kept falling into those suddenly split abysses.
It seemed as though the entire world was about to collapse!
"What the hell?"
"Holy crap, what's going on?"
"Damn it, did we enter the wrong map? Quick, see if we can go back!"
Many players were dumbfounded. When they turned around to go back, they discovered—
the Bridge of the Other Shore had already disappeared!
Even He Yiming was somewhat shocked.
Such a huge disturbance clearly meant that an astonishing battle was taking place somewhere extremely far away!
Even from billions of meters apart, the terrifying power could still reach here. Just how terrifying must the two sides fighting be?
"Hm?" Suddenly, He Yiming's gaze sharpened. He saw that less than a hundred meters away, countless figures were fleeing, while behind them, numerous pitch-black figures were chasing them down!
These figures were not unfamiliar to He Yiming.
They were the Demon Race!
"I didn't expect that this place… is the Lost Era!" At this moment, Mu Xueying spoke slowly.
"The Lost Era?" He Yiming was startled!
"Yes. After the Primordial Era and the Ancient Era came the Lost Era! After the end of the Lost Era, the Immortal Realm disappeared, and the human world turned into the Three Thousand Worlds! The highest cultivation realm human cultivators could reach became stuck at the Tribulation Crossing stage!"
"Many Tribulation Crossing cultivators searched for the path to immortality for countless years. Their cultivation kept rising higher and higher, long surpassing the limits of ordinary Tribulation-Crossing cultivators!"
"These ultimate Tribulation Crossing existences came to be known as Great Emperors!"
"The reason Great Emperors appeared was because the Path to Ascend to Immortality disappeared! Human cultivators could no longer ascend to the Immortal Realm!"
"And why the Immortal Realm disappeared… all the secrets lie within this Lost Era!"
Mu Xueying spoke slowly.
"Those are demons. Could it be that the demon race invading the human world caused the Immortal Realm to disappear?" He Yiming guessed.
"I don't know! Only the Lost Era is something from which I cannot obtain any information!" Mu Xueying said softly.
He Yiming was about to ask something else when he suddenly received two system notifications!
"Congratulations to the host for completing the legendary mission! Prevent the descent of the Evil God!"
"Evaluation: S!"
"Mission reward: Divine-Demon Path! Created by the Divine-Demon Empress Lian Duoduo. It can perfectly unleash the power of the Divine Body and the Demon Body! It cannot be deliberately cultivated; its power depends on the realm and mastery of the Divine Body and Demon Body!"
"System upgrade mission activated!"
"Strongest Sect System upgrade mission released! Rescue the ancestors of the beast race."
"Objective: Rescue one million beast race ancestors!"
"Time limit: Seven days!"
"The faster the mission is completed and the higher the completion rate, the higher the evaluation and the richer the rewards!"
"Friendly reminder: After completing the mission, the reward will be unique. This system will upgrade to version 4.0! It will be able to summon more souls from other worlds to become the host's disciples!"
"Based on the number of beast race ancestors rescued, after upgrading to version 4.0, the system will unlock the beast race template. The number and quality of selectable templates will depend on the mission's completion rate and evaluation!"
These two sudden system notifications left He Yiming completely stunned.