Chapter 826 — Beyond All Scrutiny
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
They too had sensed it — those were the auras of hundreds upon hundreds of gods and demons, each one terrifying beyond measure!
Yet when they looked out, they saw no gods or demons whatsoever.
"Lord, turn around," said the little man in the lantern. The three of them — Shen Mu, Li Zheng, and the Dragon Keeper — did as they were told and turned around. The little man in the lantern said, "Now turn back slowly. " The three of them did as they were told and turned back slowly.
From the corners of their eyes they glimpsed upon the drill grounds one towering god or demon after another — yet the instant their gaze touched these gods and demons, these fearsome beings immediately disintegrated, dissolving into nothingness! Shen Mu whipped his head around and, in a blur, saw hundreds upon hundreds of gods and demons standing upon the drill grounds, majestic and awe-inspiring — but the very next instant these gods and demons collapsed and vanished! Shen Mu turned his back once more, and again sensed those gods and demons, but the next moment when he turned his head, he could still only see the collapsing phantoms of those gods and demons!
"When the mist swept in that year, their fleshly bodies and primal spirits all decomposed, becoming an unobservable state. The moment one observes them, they collapse and vanish.
" The little man in the lantern's expression dimmed as he said, "No line of sight can make contact with them, nor can they be touched. I was one of the fortunate ones — I was not enveloped by the divine art within the mist.
At that time, the old Lord extinguished the sun within the lantern, and I thus escaped the calamity. " Shen Mu sat staring blankly, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. His voice hoarse, he said, "This ghost ship will traverse through time and space thirty-six times — thirty-six times to a single cycle? " The little man in the lantern nodded.
More cold sweat appeared on Shen Mu's forehead. "Then the first traversal will return to the very moment the mist erupted? " The little man in the lantern nodded again.
Shen Mu's voice trembled somewhat.
"That is to say, we too will be struck by that divine art, and become the same state as the Feather Forest officers and soldiers — become unobservable matter? " The little man in the lantern shook his head.
"The Lord survived.
Moreover, you lived aboard this ship for a very long time — until death. "