Take the energy boat in advance, leave Beizhou, and go to the 【Old World】.

This idea... Zhou Jiren and others have tried it before, but even if they are "outsiders" who can constantly restart, there are many things they cannot do.

At this current time point, the relationship between Dongzhou and Beizhou is very delicate.

Gu Changzhi's life and death were uncertain, and the Queen retreated to the attic.

The friendship between Beizhou and Guangming City has not yet broken down, and as for the great cause of joining forces with Dongzhou... it has not yet been decided.

Zhou Jiren has contacted his "old friends" in Beizhou more than once in the past timeline.

When he asked to borrow an energy boat for fun, those old friends reluctantly agreed... After all, the person on the other end of the communicator was the dignified Grand Adjudicator of Dongzhou. With this level of status and reputation as a guarantee, he could borrow an energy boat. It is not a particularly excessive requirement to be able to use the boat temporarily.

But Zhou Jiren said that he wanted to go on a trip.

Beizhou's old friends fell silent one by one, and in the end they all chose to refuse.

Are you kidding me?

Out of the woods? !

The control of the border fortress is always in the hands of Beizhou, or to be precise, the Royal Family of Central City... As defenders, how can they dare to easily let their energy boats go out of the fortress?

But now, this restriction no longer exists.

Because the person sitting in front of everyone was the first leader of the Fourth Army, who had absolute say in the northeastern border.

"Are you going out of the blockade? No problem."

Xiugu said calmly: "But the jurisdiction of Gubao Fortress is not mine. I need to say hello to Zhuxue and White Lizard."

The garrison of Gubao Fortress is Lin Lin.

Of course, Xi Gu knew Lin Lin's identity... If he chose to go out of the fort, he would definitely inform Zhuxue. As for the White Lizard, there was no need to think too much about it. The White Lizard had not yet been captured by the Deep Sea.

The three generals, who are powerful at their level, often carry out outbound missions alone.

…

…

Rusty Bones' main boat hovered over the Gubao Fortress.

Gu Shen did not leave the airship this time. He just sat in the lounge and looked at the fortress he was most familiar with through the porthole... At that time, Lin Lin, who was wearing the uniform of a brigadier general, straightened his back, went out to greet General Rusty Bones in person. , the whole fort was excited by the arrival of the general.

As for Xiugu's request to leave the blockade, Zhuxue has already approved it, and White Lizard will naturally not stop it.

In a few moments, the main boat will cross the Umbrella Defense Line of the Gubao Fortress and rush towards the vast 【Old World】.

"What are you thinking about?"

Zhou Jiren brought a cup of hot tea and placed it in front of Gu Shen.

He glanced out the window and said calmly: "Is it because he saw his old friend again?"

Gu Shen was stunned for a second.

When the teacher first entered the Piyue City Fortress, he didn't know Lin Lin yet... Although he described in detail what happened in Wuzhou, there were some things that he chose to hide in front of everyone.

For example, the Ancient Literature Society.

"073 This guy is very reliable. Even if he puts aside his identity as the Queen's younger brother, he is still a very worthy partner."

Zhou Jiren took a sip of hot tea, "He was responsible for the records and maintenance of the conference room before I left... I thought that after the mission in Piyue City was over, I would take you to see him..."

"Looking at it now, there is no need for this. You have already smelted the fire, and you must have figured out the identities of the 'core members' of the Ancient Literature Society."

Zhou Jiren smiled and leaned back on the cabin chair.

His voice trembled slightly.

Zhou Jiren asked the question that he had always wanted to ask but had never dared to ask.

"What's the current situation of the Ancient Prose Society? Is everyone okay?"

Gu Shen stared into the teacher's eyes.

He had long locked the identity of Zhou Jiren... "031" who appeared like a child in the conference room.

But as long as they have never met in the real world.

There is no point in locking it down, it is just speculation and cannot be confirmed.

Now, Zhou Jiren admitted it in person!

"not too good."

Gu Shen's eyes were a little sad, and he said: "Although we erased the existence of the conference room in advance, 【Deep Sea】 has completed eleven upgrades. It used computing power to forcibly collect the fragments and complete the recast... to follow the trajectory of the spiritual network. The identity information of every participant was found.”

"..."

Zhou Jiren held the cup tightly.

He listened in silence to the long struggle of the Ancient Literature Society.

No one could recover from the news brought by Gu Shen.

The war started by 【Deep Sea】 has hurt everyone who devoted their efforts to their homeland.

"It's really worse than a pig or a dog."

Zhou Jiren took a deep breath and said coldly: "Thirty years ago, I should have slapped his console to pieces."

He quickly suppressed these negative emotions.

Zhou Jiren knew that there was no point in being angry now.

"I came to you because I actually wanted to talk about leaving the fortress..."

He spoke in a deep voice and said slowly: "Although we have never left the fortress so early, we are also people who have experienced hundreds of restarts."

In previous restart experiences, going to the 【Old World】 through the Piyue City Fortress was the only option for Zhou Ji people.

Gu Shen was all ears.

"If you understand 'Restart the World' as a game... then the map of this game seems vast, but it is not."

Zhou Jiren stretched out a finger and slowly drew a circle, "It seems to only load areas where outsiders exist. In other words, any place you can't reach or see will not be loaded when you restart the world. of."

"Did you find something?"

"After entering the Piyue City Fortress, we made different choices... But sailing in the 【Old World】 will face an extreme situation that is completely different from that of the Five Continents."

Zhou Jiren solemnly said: "Once we make a choice that is different from the original trajectory, we will be baptized by a violent storm of essence. In other words, the world will restart."

"?!" Gu Shen's pupils contracted.

"You should understand what I mean... For outsiders, constant restarting is the biggest cheat. The reason why we work so hard to maintain the trajectory of the world is so that we can rely on unlimited resurrections after entering the 【Old World] smoothly. , keep opening up the map. The more you try, the brighter the dark [old world】 becomes."

Zhou Jiren said solemnly: "One time, we can pass the customs."

But if the restarted world itself has "will", it can control the source of storms and attack outsiders...

Then the difficulty of exploring the 【Old World】 suddenly increased countless times.

"Therefore, we must be prepared to face the attack of the 'Essence Storm' at any time when we go out."

Zhou Jiren said seriously: "Because leaving the fortress early is something that goes against the trajectory of the world..."

During the conversation, the hatch of the main boat was opened.

General Rusty Bones has completed the trivial procedures before leaving the fortress and returned to the main ship... The huge airship engraved with the pattern of the Fourth Legion slowly started over the Kubao Fortress, spitting out cyan tail flames, and the flag fluttered in the wind.

The entire fortress's garrison raised their heads and saluted to see him off.

next moment.

A roar louder than the trembling sound of the airship sounded from above the zenith.

boom!

"???"

Everyone was stunned.

Gu Shen moved his head to look at the porthole, and the view outside the window was instantly flooded with white snow.

It seems that the "sun" is hitting outside the umbrella's defense line.

It was a huge, bright ball of light and fire. Gu Shen had seen that ball of light and fire once before from a hundred miles away... That impact directly destroyed the Umbrella Defense Line and crushed the Gubao Fortress into ashes. But this time he became a personal experiencer, feeling the wrath of God falling from the sky.

Just for a moment.

The umbrella's defense line was shattered, and the light and fire hit the giant wall, bursting out hundreds of times more blazing flames.

General Rusty Bones reacted very quickly. He turned around and opened the source of destruction, trying to parry!

But the power that came suddenly was too powerful!

The power of destruction has resisted most of the lethality of the source storm, but there are still aftermaths seeping into it.

"Hiss..."

Senior Brother Zhong Wei, who was sitting on the outermost edge of the cabin door, was the first to welcome the overflowing aftermath.

Zhong Wei's entire body was torn apart. He looked down at half of his body that had been annihilated and shattered, his eyes blank.

Buzz!

The world ushered in death in the ultimate roar.

…

…

Gu Shen's eyelids trembled slightly.

He didn't open his eyes.

The room was very quiet, there was a slight sound of breathing, and the fragrance of flowers and plants... He could already guess the scene after opening his eyes.

Compared with the last "restart", Gu Shen's breathing was much faster this time.

He was still immersed in the shock of the devastating blow just now.

too fast!

It all happened so fast!

Zhou Jiren had just warned himself to be careful of the disaster he would face when "leaving the fortress"... The disaster would strike the next moment. How could ordinary people resist such a storm of essence? If they were not outsiders and could not usher in the restart, then in the disaster that had just baptized the Kubao Fortress, only Rusty Bones could survive!

It took dozens of seconds to sort out my emotions.

Gu Shen slowly opened his eyes.

He looked at the snow-white ceiling and the woman in the windbreaker sitting in front of him.

"woke up?"

This time, Lu Nanjin was standing beside the bed. She was looking out the window with her hands behind her back. She glanced at Gu Shen and just reached out to pick up the contract.

"Sister."

Gu Shen pushed himself up and shouted tiredly.

Lu Nanjin was stunned.

"There is no need to sign the contract. I have already been a member of the tribunal..."

Gu Shen rubbed his eyebrows and said slowly: "If you don't believe it, you can call Zhou Jiren."

Nan Jin looked at the young man suspiciously.

She took out her communicator, and before she could dial, a call came in.

"……teacher?"

Lu Nanjin answered the call, and just as she was about to speak, the voice on the other end made her fall into silence.

"Yes, teacher. I understand, teacher."

After a long time, Nan Jin hung up the communicator and looked at Gu Shen with a complicated expression. The teacher told her that there was no need to sign the contract for Gu Shen, and that there was no need to stop Gu Shen from doing anything he wanted to do next.

Is this guy really a transcendent who has joined the Judgment Office a long time ago?

But why is the extraordinary aura on this body so weak and almost imperceptible?

In a daze, the young man on the hospital bed had already dressed and was ready to leave.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Nan Jin couldn't help but speak.

"If you go out for a walk, you won't get caught by those guys in the prison."

He didn't know whether it was because the storm just hit him too hard, or because his body bones were really weak after restarting. At this moment, his whole body was so sore that even walking became a little reluctant.

Gu Shen gritted his teeth, pulled up his pants, and said helplessly: "Senior sister, you don't want me to be arrested and tried like this, right?"