Chapter 516

Not knowing how long he had slept, Qi Ming woke up feeling refreshed.

He slowly opened his eyes, and the blinding sunlight made him subconsciously raise his hand to shield them.

"Why is it you, little Qi Ming..." A familiar voice made Qi Ming freeze.

He opened his eyes and discovered that beneath him was a five-pointed star pattern resembling a magic circle, and before him stood an elderly man with white hair and heterochromatic eyes.

After meeting his gaze, Qi Ming's brain stalled for a moment.

"Grandpa Huang Dao Long? No way... am I awake?" Qi Ming rubbed his head, then looked around.

He looked around; a century-old ginkgo tree stood silently, its golden fan-shaped leaves occasionally drifting down, laying a soft carpet on the lawn. The automatic sprinkler rotated, the water droplets tracing tiny rainbows in the air before silently vanishing into the greenery.

Such a familiar scene.

There could be no mistake; this was the 【St. Dimas Mental Institution】 in England—a mental hospital for the elderly.

Here, there were two old men with whom Qi Ming got along very well.

One was 【Sir Humphrey】, who had served as a British Cabinet Secretary. Qi Ming loved hearing him talk about his experiences playing political games with the Prime Minister during his tenure, and he learned a lot.

The other was the old man 【Huang Dao Long】 before him, whose self-described experiences were truly magical.

He said he was once an evil dark-Qi sorcerer who made the world tremble, had defeated some great wizard, could destroy a rampaging demon monkey with a wave of his hand, and had ended up in his current state after losing everything in pursuit of an evil dragon's legacy.

Others scoffed at such talk, dismissing it as the ravings of a mental patient.

Only the former Qi Ming, due to his special experiences, believed that "there is nothing strange within the six directions" and believed he was a remarkable person in the past.

Huang Dao Long stared at Qi Ming and spoke: "It seems you have understood your current situation, so what is going on with you?"

What is going on?

Qi Ming began to recall how he had previously transformed from the 【Life-Struggling Corona】 into the unprecedented 【Miracle Corona】 with the help of his comrades, and then finished off Chaos Darkness and the Sphere Black Hole.

Because his mind was truly exhausted, and knowing that being swallowed by the Sphere Black Hole's "death words" wouldn't mean death, but rather traveling to another space-time, he chose to go with the flow at the last moment and was swallowed.

The recollection ended, and Qi Ming had two thoughts.

The first was deep regret; if he had persisted a little longer, he might have seen the scene inside the black hole—perhaps at the end of the black hole, there really was a Rainbow Sea like in "Star Journey."

The second was—holy crap, I actually woke up at St. Dimas Mental Institution and saw Grandpa Huang Dao Long.

Doesn't that mean—after traveling through the black hole, I actually returned to my original world!

To come home in such a way is too absurd!

Qi Ming stood up, stretched, and took a deep breath.

After fighting through nine deaths and one life for so long, he had finally returned to his homeland!

I'm back, oh yeah!

Huang Dao Long curiously sized up Qi Ming, who was wearing the Victory Team uniform: "So, were you outside this world before, and then happened to be summoned by me?"

Qi Ming looked at the magic circle beneath him: "Summoned?"

Huang Dao Long let out a long sigh: "This world suddenly makes no sense to me; some demons and monsters dare to rampage in the open, making it impossible for me to sleep."

"I wanted to summon some powerful characters to destroy them, but I didn't expect it to be you."

Demons and monsters rampaging in the open...

Is it the progenitor Space Beast 【The One】?

Qi Ming: "What has happened?"

Huang Dao Long handed over his phone: "Search with your smartphone."

Qi Ming swiped to unlock and first checked the time.

Hmm, the flow of time between universes is different; he had spent five months in the mixed universe, but only over half a month had passed here.

But this half-month had been turbulent; a giant beast appearing in the public eye had stirred up boundless chaos, tugging at the heartstrings of all nations.

Qi Ming searched with Google, and a series of news headlines popped up.

"US Pentagon Confirms: 【The One】 from film and television appeared in the real world, attacking Los Angeles; F-22 squadrons intercepted it in an emergency and drove it to the Pacific."

"【The One】 appears in Tokyo Bay! Japan's Self-Defense Forces dispatched F-35As but were counter-killed; the Prime Minister urgently convened a cabinet meeting."

"India's Nightmare! 【The One】 raided the New Delhi Air Force Base; a squadron of 'Rafale' fighters was completely wiped out, with no pilots surviving."

"UN Security Council convenes emergency meeting: 【The One】 has been listed as a 'global extinction-level threat'..."

It was clear that the progenitor Space Beast 【The One】 was demonstrating its astonishing evolutionary ability, rapidly becoming stronger in a short time and becoming a global threat.

Judging from the footage that recently appeared in India, it had already evolved wings, turned into the ultimate form from "The Next," and even displayed the ability to withstand missiles without injury, along with maneuverability far exceeding that of fighter jets.