Chapter 1388: Abandoned Town

The Seafood Kings from various dimensions boarded the Imperial Key spaceship with You Xuan, broke through the spatial barriers, and once again set off on their journey to the unknown multiverse.

However, according to the ZONE God, there is also a concept of distance between different times in the multiverse; some universes are relatively close, while the journey between others may be extraordinarily far.

The places You Xuan had visited before, the base dimension from which Wu Teng's game originated was already the relatively farthest location, but according to Taiyi's observations, overall it still belongs to the relatively close dimensions. Therefore, previously using the D-wheel for round trips, although it also took some time, generally speaking it felt like driving a long-distance trip, usually reachable within a day.

The location of the "Academy" is somewhat farther than before. Although the Imperial Key's engine, after being modified with the D-wheel, is already faster than the D-wheel You Xuan previously used, the journey still requires more time.

However, the road was not exactly boring.

After all, everyone is a card-addicted teenager, and to some extent can be said to be the biggest card-addicted brothers from each dimension gathered together.

With nothing to do on the road, naturally it's better to play cards to pass the time.

Thus, throughout the first day's time, aside from eating and drinking, everyone basically spent their time in card games.

The entire Imperial Key was filled with laughter and joy, permeated with a cheerful atmosphere. Even Game Mister and You Ma classmate, taking advantage of the atmosphere during their match, printed a few new cards in passing.

Among the several Seafood Kings, Game and You Ma had the least prior contact with You Xuan, and this was the first time they received You Xuan's help to broaden their horizons, unlike Budong You Xing and Shidai—especially Shidai classmate, who had long been influenced by You Xuan and had already strengthened their card printing several times.

Therefore, overall, Game and You Ma, who first received help, naturally benefited the most.

Game's previous DM environment was even more ancient; the duel rules had only just been established not long ago, and later, more advanced deck concepts and tactical thinking were simply not yet formed.

Therefore, for Game of this era, upon first contact with duel concepts and knowledge from multiple generations afterward, inspiration naturally surged, with new ideas and points coming one after another.

Moreover, Game originally belonged to the top tier of fate power among the duel kings of all generations, so new cards were naturally printed freely and abundantly, and the deck used was quickly upgraded from ancient card piles to the new generation's express train in a short time.

After a day and night of travel, the Imperial Key burst out of the spacetime turbulence and finally came to a stop.

Several people disembarked from the Imperial Key, stepped onto the ground, and looked around, only to see that they seemed to have arrived at a place resembling a primeval jungle.

Weeds grew everywhere, vegetation was lush, and it was entirely a wasteland appearance.

"Where is this?"

You Ma wondered strangely.

"Have we arrived?"

Yu Xing, the sole designated tech enthusiast among the duel kings of all generations, gazed at the display screen on his duel disk: "The readings show we seem to have reached the expected target in the planned route. This place should probably be the dimension of the 'Academy'."

Shidai looked around, but all he could see was endless wilderness. He wondered strangely: "But this place doesn't look like any academy at all? I thought it would be somewhat similar to the Duel Academy."

He had previously heard You Xuan mention some descriptions of the "Academy," knowing it was a place similar to their GX dimension's Duel Academy.

On the surface, it similarly cultivates duelists as a school, similarly distinguishing student levels by Osiris Red, Obelisk Blue, and Ra Yellow. But this academy is more militarized, its hierarchy stricter, and the entire facility is more like a military base than a school, merely also possessing the function of training new warriors.

But at this glance, not to mention a duel academy, even things resembling human civilization are absent.

"Let's take a look first." You Xuan said.

Upon landing, his first impression was also somewhat unexpected; he felt this dimension looked different from what he imagined, and even once suspected the Imperial Key's navigation had gone wrong.

But after thinking it over, even if the "Academy" dimension in the animation is, after all, an entire dimension. Although the Duel Academy is the center of that world and may even already dominate that plane as a centralized authority, it does not mean the entire dimension consists solely of the academy. Perhaps they merely landed in a relatively remote corner of this plane.

So first, we still need to find a place with people to gather some information.

While thinking, suddenly a commotion came from deep in the forest. It sounded like angry roars, followed by many people's indistinct shouts overlapping, the sound distant yet quite chaotic, as if many people were fighting.

You Ma: "What? What situation!!"

"Let's go check." You Xuan said.

This dimensional journey's card printing guidance was basically handled by You Xuan. Although no one said it outright, You Xuan had indeed become the de facto backbone of this team.

When he spoke, others had no objections. The group followed the sound into the forest, and soon a scene of chaos appeared before them.

Footprints were scattered everywhere, looking as if many people had hurriedly run through. Some weeds and trees also showed signs of destruction, with trees snapped at the waist and lying horizontally on the ground.

"Look over there!"

You Ma pointed not far away.

"That over there... is that a building?"

The crowd walked toward his direction, looked into the distance, and indeed saw what seemed to be traces of buildings in the forest.

However, that building likely also has some age, its appearance old and almost covered by trees, and externally it shows severe damage.

"There's more over there." Shidai said.

Indeed. Following the direction of this building and looking ahead, ahead seemed to have once been a place similar to a small town.

The reason we say "once" is because this town is obviously long abandoned.

Collapsed broken walls and ruins, damaged streets, already leftovers from who knows how many years ago, now long covered by various unnamed vegetation.

Yet from these traces eroded by time, one can see that long ago this place likely suffered a war invasion, and probably a fairly intense large-scale conflict.

Now the town has long been deserted for many years.

Following that, at the far end of this ruined ancient town, came another burst of booming explosions.

Several people exchanged glances, then followed the sound forward. After turning just two street corners, they soon saw figures.

From afar, they saw a red-haired girl leaning diagonally against the corner of this ruined town's building wall, half-crouched on the ground, breathing heavily. The girl looked disheveled, covered in dust and dirt, appearing exhausted and seriously injured, yet even so her beautiful features could not be concealed.

At this moment, blocking her in the corner, the pursuers with fierce appearances, each wearing a uniform blue uniform, were unmistakably the force You Xuan and his companions had seen before.

Warriors from the Academy, elite of Obelisk power.