[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beyond-the-passage-of-time":3,"chapter-beyond-the-passage-of-time-beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Beyond the Passage of Time",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2344456,4583,"Chapter 16: The Monarch Asks of the Return Date, Yet No Date is Set (Third Update, 5600 words)","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>Under the afterglow, the youth’s figure made Huoya’s heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were not a veteran scavenger, and instead a newcomer, he would likely be shaken to his core right now, even if his cultivation base clearly surpassed his opponent’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he felt a ripple in his heart, but it was quickly suppressed by his cutthroat ferocity and the anger of his injuries, his eyes revealing intense killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little wolf cub, I will pull your teeth out one by one as my trophies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Huoya spoke in a low voice, he tore off his clothes, revealing his gaunt upper body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paid no mind to his missing ear or the hole in his chest; as he formed seals with his hands, his face flushed red, and a fireball even larger than the previous ones suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed, and his body swayed as he moved abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scatter!\" Huoya roared, and the large fireball in his hand instantly split into five, heading straight for Xu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A booming sound echoed instantly, the ground was covered in flames, and Xu Qing’s figure charged out from the burning, once again landing two consecutive punches to collapse the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he could not avoid being pushed back by the impact, sustaining more injuries, and being continuously scorched by the high-temperature flames, his speed did not decrease in the slightest, and his killing intent did not wane at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like this, using a combat style that disregarded his own injuries, he and Huoya actually began to fight in a stalemate within the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle grew more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was indeed no match for Huoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the spiritual energy barrier or the fireballs, both were very disadvantageous to him; the former made it difficult for him to land a killing blow at close range, and the latter posed a massive threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Qing’s recovery ability was astonishing, allowing him to recover quickly after being injured without affecting his combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His stamina was equally abundant; although the long-lasting pain from his body would form a mental torture, having grown up in the slums, he had long since cultivated patience beyond that of ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly... the spiritual energy containing dense foreign substances had no effect on Xu Qing, but for Huoya, it was completely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The injury to his ear was fine, but the injury to his chest was worsening, and the most critical thing was his spiritual energy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with a Qi Condensation fifth-layer cultivation base, he could not withstand such consumption and could only passively absorb spiritual energy to replenish it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the intense battle, along with the pressure Xu Qing brought him, left him no time to recover; as a result, the foreign substances in his body continued to rise and accumulate further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Huoya went from his initial anger to becoming somewhat nervous, until finally, anxiety actually appeared in his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already sensed that something was wrong with himself, and he also sensed that this youth before him was problematic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were any other third-layer cultivator, or even a fifth-layer one like him, they would surely have been unable to endure until now under such fireball bombardment and should have turned into a dried corpse long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked himself that even he could not do this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this youth before him, while appearing severely injured and increasingly so, had not reduced his speed or strength in the slightest from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the unease in Huoya’s heart grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the continuous increase of foreign substances in his body, trending toward the edge of alienation, made Huoya’s breathing even more rapid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huoya, you piece of trash, finish this quickly!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, the Blood Shadow Captain, who was fighting the Lei Team, had to divide his attention to watch here; seeing this scene, a roar came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to help, but the Lei Team suddenly erupted, blocking him in turn, making him unable to pull away; he could only feel anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Lei Team had long since seen that Xu Qing’s tactic was to drag Huoya until he alienated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he did not know why the other party was so confident, or why he could perform as usual while in pain, everyone had their own secrets; the Lei Team understood this, as he had his own as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he had no intention of probing; all he could do was not let this Blood Shadow Captain go over to assist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having fired three more fireballs and still being unable to do anything to Xu Qing, Huoya was cursed by his captain again, and the anxiety in his heart completely erupted, forming a madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed his right hand onto his chest, spitting out a large mouthful of blood; before it could fall, his left hand moved rapidly to catch some of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spell-chanting sound came from his mouth, and the blood in his hand rapidly turned black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s eyes narrowed, sensing a more intense crisis; his body swayed as he charged out, intending to interrupt the other party’s spellcasting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Huoya’s technique unfolded extremely quickly; the moment Xu Qing’s body moved, Huoya suddenly looked up, his expression twisted, his eyes filled with cruelty, and he swung his right hand fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the black blood in his hand expanded into a blood ball the size of a human head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bubbles boiled within it, and with astonishing power, it whistled toward Xu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die for me!\" Huoya roared viciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because this technique was too draining, coupled with the continuous surge of foreign substances in his body, his legs trembled with weakness at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing intent suddenly intensified in Xu Qing’s eyes; just like the Lei Team’s judgment, he was indeed prepared to drag the opponent until he alienated, but there was also a difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was that Xu Qing had never given up on the thought of killing him ahead of time during this process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his dagger and iron skewers were no longer in his hands, he had been searching for a chance for a fatal blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This chance appeared now, along with Huoya’s weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost the moment the black blood ball whistled over, the speed of Xu Qing’s forward-moving body suddenly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not charge straight at Huoya, but shifted his direction slightly, arriving at the location of the Savage Ghost’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the previous explosion of Huoya’s fireball range, the corpse was covered in burn marks, but here, besides the corpse, there was... the Savage Ghost’s weapon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiked club and a refined iron shield shattered into two pieces, one large and one small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s target was precisely that large piece of the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure arrived in an instant, grabbing the heavy refined iron shield; as his small body was covered by the shield, he instantly charged out, heading straight for Huoya behind the black blood ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boom echoed; Huoya’s blood ball collided with Xu Qing, smashing into the shield and turning into countless sprays of black blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The refined iron shield could not withstand it and instantly collapsed, shattering into pieces, but it still bore the brunt of the power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This allowed Xu Qing, who was behind it, to be hit by some black blood, but it was not fatal; he gritted his teeth, his speed undiminished, and without a moment’s pause, he turned into a trail of afterimages, approaching Huoya like an arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huoya’s eyes revealed mockery; he did not dodge, and as he formed seals with his hands, the black blood that had scattered behind Xu Qing began to rise from the ground drop by drop, as if it wouldn't be long before it could all rise and shoot out like blood arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this left Xu Qing with no room to retreat, but he had never intended to retreat anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he approached, his left hand balled into a fist, but it was his right hand that struck out, a punch landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracks appeared on the spiritual energy barrier outside Huoya’s body, and Xu Qing’s right fist was also splattered with blood at this moment, mixed with some scaled flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Huoya could see clearly, Xu Qing’s eyes were blood-red, and he threw a second punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bang, the barrier collapsed and shattered; a huge impact spread from within, pushing Xu Qing’s body, making him, like before, unable to get any closer and about to be pushed away by the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mockery in Huoya’s eyes grew deeper, but at this very moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing’s body seemed to have gained a bit of extra strength out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the impact of the shattering barrier, he was not pushed back as he had been before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he charged forward fiercely, bearing the impact, and extended his right hand, grabbing hard at the bloody, mangled flesh on Huoya’s chest where the iron skewer had pierced through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the extra strength was only enough for Xu Qing to possess the power for this grab; although he tore open Huoya’s wound, he could not deal a fatal blow, and he could only retreat rapidly at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huoya’s expression changed, and his body stumbled backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing that Xu Qing’s grab did not pose much of a threat to him, he sneered and was about to cast a spell to make the black blood shoot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next instant, his expression changed again, and he looked down abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the mangled flesh on his chest, there... were actually some broken tooth fragments and scaled meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the flesh at the wound was corroding, and bursts of toxic blood spilled from within; wherever it passed, the skin rotted rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbearable, excruciating pain surged intensely at this moment, causing Huoya to let out a shrill scream, his expression revealing unprecedented terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he retreated continuously, he saw Xu Qing crouching in the distance, his extended right palm shaking off a lot of the same meat paste and broken teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one could piece this meat paste and broken teeth together, it would form the shape of a snake’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely the highly toxic snake head that Xu Qing had used to process the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his left hand was trembling slightly at this moment, slowly opening to reveal the Ghost-Faced Scorpion tail that had been deeply embedded in his palm after the amber fragments fell off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The former made his palm contain highly toxic poison, and the latter gave him the extra strength to strike under the impact of the barrier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\" Huoya trembled, unable to even speak amidst his wailing, let alone cast spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes revealed intense fear of death; he struggled to wipe the toxic blood off his body, but the massive amount of toxic blood spilling out caused his stamina and vitality to drain away rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing took a deep breath; the recovery from the purple crystal during the battle at Fat Mountain let him know that he could neutralize poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that his right hand, stained with snake venom, was not corroded now explained everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the fatal blow he had prepared for Huoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he stood up and charged straight at Huoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Xu Qing arrive, the terror in Huoya’s eyes turned into despair; he struggled to retreat backward, his mouth emitting painful wails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain, save me!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tragic scene made the Blood Shadow Captain, who was fighting the Lei Team, widen his eyes; he wanted to save him, but the obstruction formed by the Lei Team’s attacks made it impossible for him to get past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only watch helplessly as Xu Qing’s figure approached Huoya rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And during this approach, the injuries to Huoya’s body and the collapse of his mentality caused the dense foreign substances accumulated in his body to be no longer suppressible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xu Qing could get completely close, he stiffened in despair; the foreign substances spread throughout his body, and with a bang... he turned into a mist of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people, when they alienate, leave behind a blue-black corpse, while others explode into a mist of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing paused his steps, looking at the place where Huoya had turned into a blood mist, then turned his head and looked coldly at the Blood Shadow Captain fighting the Lei Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the sunset was falling, but the twilight in the firmament was different from before; it did not usher in the night, and the entire sky was tinged with an eerie red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under this red glow, Xu Qing’s figure was also rendered; he stood there covered in wounds, his cold, sharp gaze seeming to radiate an indescribable pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pressure made even the Blood Shadow Captain, whose cultivation base surpassed his, feel his heart tremble intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly because Huoya’s death was too miserable, and this had a huge impact on the Blood Shadow Captain’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the prolonged battle with the Lei Team, coupled with the sinister nature of Xu Qing, all made the Blood Shadow Captain feel uneasy; at this moment, his gaze flickered, and the instant Xu Qing looked over, he punched the Lei Team away and retreated rapidly without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not want to fight anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lei Team had wanted to pursue, but looking up and seeing that eerie red in the sky, his expression suddenly changed, his emotions seemed to fluctuate, blood sprayed out, and his body turned increasingly blue-black, swaying precariously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing walked over quickly and grabbed hold of Captain Lei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Captain Lei panted, Xu Qing placed him under a large tree nearby, then looked up at the blood-shadow captain speeding through the distant jungle, a flash of killing intent in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't go chasing him alone. The Blood Shadow group has been wiped out, and he is no longer a threat. Especially this red in the sky—I feel like I've seen it before...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Lei grabbed Xu Qing, looking up and staring fixedly at the firmament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a hidden danger,\" Xu Qing said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not like any hidden dangers, and in this forbidden zone jungle, Xu Qing felt he had the confidence to drag this blood-shadow captain to his death just as he had the fire crow, but Captain Lei's words made him instinctively look up at the firmament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just at this moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A singing voice, rising faintly like a sigh, drifted over from within the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the roars of the exotic beasts in the forbidden zone jungle vanished in this instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent jungle, this singing voice became increasingly clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a woman were grieving for her husband's departure; as it echoed, streaks of pale red mist appeared from the direction where the blood-shadow captain was speeding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It swept up everything in its surroundings and began to permeate the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing's body jolted violently, and Captain Lei, who was leaning against the tree, also trembled instantly; both of them looked toward the source of the singing at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, the former was incomparably vigilant, while the latter... had a dazed look in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing drifted continuously, falling into Xu Qing's ears, causing an indescribable chill to rise throughout his body, as if he were back in the icy, bloody rain of the ruined city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he was now at the third level of Body Refining, he could not withstand it; his teeth began to chatter, and his body lost the ability to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing's mind roared, and involuntarily, the taboos of the forbidden zone that Cross had mentioned when they entered surfaced in his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in the place they were watching, the blood-shadow captain also came to a halt, his body trembling visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if something invisible was approaching him, causing him to lose the strength to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Qing watched with his own eyes, wisps of white vapor flew out from the seven orifices of the trembling blood-shadow captain, merging into the permeating blood mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, the blood-shadow captain's body rapidly decayed and withered until it turned into a dried corpse, then crumbled into dust, leaving nothing behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist covered the place where he had been and began to drift toward Xu Qing and Captain Lei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the mist drew closer, Xu Qing's body trembled, and he finally saw the source of the blood-shadow captain's death: it was... a pair of bright red women's boots, very tattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\" Xu Qing's breathing grew rapid, his eyes widening; he saw that pair of boots appear before the mist in the distance, moving on their own across the soil, walking toward them step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing above the boots... only the grieving singing voice, drawing ever closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a woman with an invisible body were wearing these red boots, singing as she walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing grew clearer, and the blood-colored boots stepped across the soil, heading straight for Xu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eerie scene caused Xu Qing's eyes to contract sharply; he wanted to move his body, but he could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the ice had frozen everything about him, causing his teeth to chatter, and he watched helplessly as that pair of blood-colored boots walked to within half a zhang of him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threat of death covered all his thoughts in this instant; he wanted to retreat, but was powerless to do so, and only the massive amount of bloodshot veins appearing in his eyes revealed his intense struggle at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as that pair of blood-colored shoes was about to take another step toward him... a trembling voice came from beside Xu Qing; it was Captain Lei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taohong... is that you...\" The voice was hoarse, carrying a tremor and a hint of uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment these words appeared, the eerie singing stopped abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raised boot to the side paused slightly, then actually changed direction slowly, as if the woman standing there had turned around to look at Captain Lei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Captain Lei's body trembled visibly, his breathing faster than ever before; his exhausted body erupted with residual strength, and his eyes revealed an unprecedented light, staring tightly at the emptiness above the boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if, in his eyes, he could see a woman, as important to him as his own life, standing right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Separated from him by the void, by the world, by the divide between the living and the dead, they were gazing at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong as Captain Lei was, tears flowed uncontrollably from his eyes at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you... returned...\" He raised his hand with a trembling body, as if to grasp something, and that pair of red boots also slowly lifted, walked to the front of Captain Lei, and bent slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if the invisible woman were crouching down gently before Captain Lei, allowing his trembling hand to touch her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Captain Lei's hand brushed through the void, touching nothing; it fell into emptiness, and his tears... flowed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the murmurs from his mouth remained, desolate in this sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, a woman's soft sigh seemed to come from the void; the pair of red boots slowly stopped bending and gradually retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not until they had retreated three zhang away did they turn, bypass Xu Qing, and head into the distance, carrying the red mist behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gentleman asks for the date of return, but there is no date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist hides the lingering feelings, the smoke song drifts far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The singing continued, sounding more bitter and melancholy in its grief as it moved further and further away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the blood-colored mist also bypassed them, flowing like a current as it permeated toward the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the singing grew weaker and weaker, until... the mist vanished completely, and the singing slowly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xu Qing's body finally regained its mobility; he breathed rapidly, his eyes filled with horror, and his first action was to turn around abruptly to look at Captain Lei, who was sitting there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Captain Lei was staring blankly into the distance, tears flowing silently from his lifeless eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was silent; the words he had originally wanted to ask could not be spoken now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Captain Lei murmured softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you very surprised?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing nodded silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cross told you before that I am one of the few people who have heard the singing,\" Captain Lei said, looking into the distance and whispering slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know? The singing in this forbidden zone is very strange; most who hear it die, and those who can survive the singing are extremely rare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But once one survives, that person will receive a 'gift' from this forbidden zone, which will allow them, the next time they hear the singing... to see the person they most want to see in this life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I originally thought this was just a legend. And for the sake of this legend, I waited silently at the camp outside for decades, until my hair turned white...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Until today, I saw it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Captain Lei said this, he seemed to age significantly all at once; wrinkles piled up on his face, and a sense of weakness permeated his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you also have someone you are separated from by life and death, someone you want to see... If you do, don't be like me, don't wait here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you see them, it is ultimately... all in vain...\" Captain Lei murmured bitterly, closing his eyes as tears flowed uncontrollably over the wrinkles on his face, dripping onto his collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qing was silent, looking up at the place where the singing had vanished, a trace of reminiscence gradually emerging from the depths of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had someone he wanted to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone he missed very, very, very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While writing this chapter, I also asked myself; I also have relatives I want to see...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I won't say such melancholy words anymore. Brothers and sisters, this outburst of nearly fifteen thousand words is about the same as my previous five-chapter outbursts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monthly tickets, collections, recommendations—do you have any, my lords?\u003C\u002Fp>",3736,"2026-06-21T00:45:15.441Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","98bfa5e114e91cf759528413b01090bbba74ec88f172af3098ced3b106f7e682","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-17","beyond-the-passage-of-time-chapter-15",998,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeyond-the-passage-of-time-cover.jpg"]