Chapter 189: A Thousand Years Beneath Mount 188

When Wang Wu's body regained mobility, the first thing he did was pull out his phone to check the time.

"Whoa, three days have already passed?"

When he saw the date displayed on his phone, Wang Wu was shocked.

He had thought he was only frozen for a few tens of minutes, maybe an hour at most, but after opening his phone it told him that a full three days had elapsed.

After time began to flow again, the first thing Wang Wu did was call home.

He didn't call his master right away, because if he could move, his master must be fine too.

And since his master was fine, there was nothing to worry about.

This time the call went through without any busy tone, and once the line connected, Wang Wu immediately asked about his wives, receiving the reply that there was nothing unusual.

As for the time, indeed three days had passed.

However, when Wang Wu hung up and looked ahead, what he saw was not the lobby from three days ago.

Before his eyes now stood a place that had long been eroded by time, everything decayed, an empty, desolate void.

"This…"

Wang Wu could still see the four characters "Ling Shi Building" on the lobby wall, but they were already mottled from age.

The floor beneath was covered in dust, as if no one had set foot here for a long time.

Outside, beyond the main entrance of the first‑floor lobby, lay a dim street. Yet shadows and wandering figures could still be seen there.

However, though they were silhouettes, they were not people.

"This place…"

Wang Wu turned his head to look at the people behind him, but only saw Chi Zhi standing alone.

"What about the others?"

He glanced around the lobby and saw no trace of anyone—neither Ling Luo who had followed him nor the soldiers who had rushed in.

Without hesitation, Wang Wu took out his phone again and dialed Ling Luo.

"Where are you?"

When Ling Luo's voice came through, Wang Wu asked.

"I—I…" Ling Luo stammered, her tone flustered, "I don't, I don't know, this place, this still seems like the lobby, but, but…"

"It feels like a lobby that has been abandoned for a long time, right?" Wang Wu asked.

"Yes, yes!" Ling Luo exclaimed excitedly, "What on earth is happening? Wang Wu, I can't find where you are at all, and why— why can you get through to my phone?"

"What's so strange about that?" Wang Wu said with a weird expression, "Phones are meant for that, what's so surprising?"

"Um…" Confronted with Wang Wu's words, Ling Luo didn't know what to say and could only emit a meaningless sound.

After a while, Wang Wu added, "Send me your location, and I'll bring City Lord Chi Zhi over to find you later?"

"Location?" Ling Luo was startled again, "What location…"

"Location—don't you have that kind of GPS app on your phone?" Wang Wu was a bit helpless, wondering what was wrong with this woman, why she didn't even know about such a thing.

"Are they even from a tech‑savvy world? It can't be that their technology is so advanced they don't need communication apps."

"Um, but I… I also don't have… your… your friend list?" After hearing Wang Wu's explanation, Ling Luo finally 'reacted' and stammered along his words.

The phone apps, the calls—none of that matters; the important thing is Wang Wu saved her again.

At that moment, she couldn't help recalling their first meeting, when this guy used a very primitive compass to forcefully lead her and Catherine away from that place.

"Add me first; my Gathered Message account is… I'll call Catherine later to ask what's going on over there."

After hearing Wang Wu's explanation, even though she had no idea what 'Gathered Message' was, Ling Luo naïvely invoked the world's communication tool.

It's a device similar to a phone but far more advanced, as it can be summoned directly into Ling Luo's mind.

It was essentially the same as Wang Wu's old buddy's phone.

Even though it wasn't the same app and, in theory, Wang Wu's account should be unsearchable, when Ling Luo mechanically followed Wang Wu's steps to input his Gathered Message account, a miracle occurred…

"Um, not really a miracle, because when she saw the name 'Mountain‑top Cave Monster,' Ling Luo's face showed no emotional fluctuation."

It was as if it were an ordinary, mundane matter.

The instant she saw the name, Ling Luo confirmed that this was Wang Wu's Gathered Message account.

Without hesitation, she clicked to add as a friend, added a note, and finished in one go.

Moments later the friend request was accepted, and Ling Luo sent her location.

Likewise, there were no obstacles; the location was received, and Wang Wu sent a voice message:

"Catherine's side is fine; only three days have passed there, but because City Lord Chi Zhi disappeared during those three days, the whole city is now in chaos."

"So…" Ling Luo replied with a voice message, "What should we do next?"

Wang Wu didn't send another voice message, only an emoji:

'Going home'

Putting down his phone, Wang Wu turned to stand before Chi Zhi, who was still standing dazed in place.

"Can't you move yet?" Wang Wu waved his hand in front of Chi Zhi and asked.

Chi Zhi was still moving, eyes darting, face twitching, but the body wouldn't budge.

So, after a moment's thought, Wang Wu reached out and patted Chi Zhi's shoulder.

"Can you move now?"

Seeing Chi Zhi still unresponsive, Wang Wu patted her again.

"Still can't move?" he lightly patted.

"Now?" he continued patting.

After patting several times—obviously not to take advantage—Wang Wu was only patting her shoulder, touching no other part.

At that moment, Wang Wu suddenly recalled that he seemed to have a skill called the Diamond‑clad Demon‑Suppressing Formation.

So without hesitation, even though he didn't know if it would work, he still grabbed Chi Zhi's hand and drew a large formation on her palm.

Gold‑type techniques also have a suppressing effect on the demon race, but of course this thing also serves to distinguish friend from foe.

Moreover, even if it didn't, in this situation a little discomfort wouldn't count as…

Uh, it seems it's not that it counts for nothing; Wang Wu's current level is very high, and without this friend‑or‑foe identification he could have killed Chi Zhi outright with a single strike.

The moment the Vajra Subduing Demon Array was drawn, golden light instantly flared all over Chi Zhi's body.

An extremely uncomfortable sensation enveloped Chi Zhi, causing a flood of sweat to break out on her skin in an instant.

The discomfort was still discomfort, but when the golden light covered her whole body, Chi Zhi immediately realized something:

Some of the restrictions that had always bound her seemed to have loosened.

The golden light didn't linger on Chi Zhi for long; it soon vanished completely.

And the next moment, Chi Zhi found that she could move.

First the first step, then the second, and immediately after, Chi Zhi's whole body staggered, nearly losing her balance.

"Can move?"

Wang Wu smiled at Chi Zhi and asked.

"Thank you!"

Chi Zhi looked at Wang Wu and said to him very solemnly.

"Alright, let's go," Wang Wu waved to Chi Zhi, "First find my companions, then see if there are any other survivors."

"Then I'll see if I can get you out of here."

After speaking, Wang Wu headed toward the great hall's doors, and Chi Zhi paused for a moment after hearing him, then immediately followed.

Stepping out of the hall into the outside world, what met their eyes was a bleak, gray city.

The ground was covered in dust, the sky drifted with visible large particles, and within the heavy cloud layers a massive tentacle churned.

"That…"

"What is that...?"

Chi Zhi stared at the huge tentacle above the sky, murmuring.

"Damn, such a huge tentacle—wonder what it tastes like?"

As she let out that slightly desperate murmur, Wang Wu let out a sigh as well.

Then the atmosphere was instantly broken.

"Dammit, how long would it take to eat a thing that big?"

Wang Wu lifted his head and muttered the same.

"Uh…"

For a moment, Chi Zhi felt a bit embarrassed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that," Wang Wu lowered his head, then turned to Chi Zhi and said:

"Let's keep moving."

Chi Zhi nodded and fell in step behind Wang Wu.

The two didn't converse much; mainly because Chi Zhi didn't initiate any talk, and Wang Wu had no intention of taking the lead.

Moreover, up to now Wang Wu has never taken the initiative in battle; his several wives all acted first.

Wang Wu wasn't sure whether Shu Niang's first… whatever counted as coercion, after all he was still very reserved then, shouting loudly, "You, what are you doing?"

Monsters find it hard to enter Sage Time.

Moreover, Wang Wu's constitution is already unusual, and after cultivating Earth Martial Way it became even more so.

Up to now, he truly hasn't entered Sage Time.

Thinking about it is rather lamentable.

But Wang Wu doesn't miss Sage Time at all; once it's gone, it's gone.

After being rescued by Wang Wu, Chi Zhi, who followed behind him, kept her gaze fixed on him.

She would occasionally glance at the surroundings; she used to observe the area frequently, but after realizing it was pointless, Chi Zhi only glanced around now and then.

The rest of the time was spent entirely observing Wang Wu.

Observing Wang Wu's silhouette, observing his actions.

From this angle, all she could see was Wang Wu occasionally tugging at his own rear.

She couldn't quite understand why Wang Wu made that motion, but it must have some deeper meaning, right?

Gripping his rear the whole way, the two demons said nothing, just silently pressed on.

Wang Wu was too lazy to speak because he felt the female demon was very proper, likely the type of crazy‑bird demon, so he didn't intend to converse much with her.

As for Chi Zhi, she fell silent as well because Wang Wu didn't speak.

"Where is this?"

When the two reached an intersection, Wang Wu stopped and turned to ask Chi Zhi.

"This, here?"

Chi Zhi wasn't sure whether she should speak, but since Wang Wu was looking at her, she naturally opened her mouth:

"This place should be…"

Chi Zhi's mind swept over the surrounding skyscrapers, which seemed to possess life, twisting and writhing.

Some clearly biological tissue tangled on the buildings; when the tissues of two towers met, they began to slap and bite each other.

Mouths.

Chi Zhi clearly saw that within the protruding tissue of those towers were mouths with sharp fangs.

Even though the surroundings had become unrecognizable, Chi Zhi had been in this place for so long that she quickly identified where it was.

"This should be Third or Fourth Avenue," Chi Zhi replied, "Lord Wang Wu, have you discovered something?"

"Just call me Xiao Wang; I'm not as old as you," Wang Wu first corrected the address issue, then said:

"I found that the coordinates Lingluo sent me seem a bit off; this should be…"

As he spoke, Wang Wu suddenly stopped, then looked toward Chi Zhi's back.

"What…?"

Chi Zhi was about to speak, but the next moment she instantly halted herself, her body tensed, not moving a muscle.

At this moment, behind Wang Wu, a slender, elongated figure stood there silently.

Is it a ghost?

Or a monster

Wang Wu was uncertain, and didn't know.

But when he saw the other's drooping long tongue and a body that was nearly about to burst…

So Wang Wu did not hesitate at all; he firmly walked toward Chi Zhi and stood behind her.

When the two faced each other, Wang Wu also sensed something else.

That wet, slick long tongue was now continuously protruding from the mouth of this slender, elongated humanoid.

Thirty centimeters, sixty centimeters, now one meter, two meters…

It wound tightly around Wang Wu, and began to attack under his clothing.

"Sss…!!"

Wang Wu jolted sharply.

(End of chapter)