"The method to return, return to Earth?"
Fei Yue was taken aback, a bit confused.
He initially thought it was some secret. Seeing Lin Yue speak so passionately, his emotions rose as well.
And this is it?
"Return... through the Ancient Secret Realm Gate, canât we go back that way? Why do we need this old guy?"
He became even more puzzled.
Lin Yue felt there was a lot he needed to explain to Fei Yue.
But, he had to explain.
"Xing Lingfeng, donât you find it odd that there are so many mysteries about him? From the start, he had an incredibly large stash of gasoline and other supplies, remember?"
"That... seems to be true. I remember asking him about it. He told me he seized a playerâs stockpile, which was why he had so much. But, where would a player be that powerful? Even you donât have that much, so why wouldnât this player sell it? I was very suspicious at the time." Fei Yue thought carefully, remembering that it really was like that.
Xing Lingfeng initially had a large amount of resources, and quickly established a refugee village, amassing a large following.
People like You Siyuan, Huo Yu were among the outstanding ones in his ranks.
With such a team, Xing Lingfeng closely followed in Lin Yueâs footsteps from the start, and even managed to hold onto third place once the world rankings appeared.
Initially, he thought Xing Lingfeng was highly capable, a visionary type. However, after Lin Yue killed Du Ping, Xing Lingfeng, who had inexplicably gone mad beforehand, surprisingly defected to Lily Kalahao, whom he once considered an enemy, without hesitation leaving the refugee village behind.
This action confused Fei Yue for a long time, and he never understood why.
Now, it seemed Lin Yue was going to talk about this matter.
But he still didnât understand why returning to Earth was mentioned, as Earth is the Secret Realm, and even if itâs Earth decades later, returning simply means going back, and anyone can do it.
"Next, what Iâm going to talk about is quite long. Donât interrupt in the middle; ask your questions after Iâve finished," Lin Yue said.
"Uh, okay, that should be fine. I hope itâs not some fantasy?" Fei Yue felt that every topic Lin Yue mentioned was surely earth-shattering.
"No, based on everything we currently know, this should be the truth itself. Fei Yue, what Iâm about to tell you might sound like sheer fantasy or resemble something out of a novel, but I must tell you, without a doubt, this is a fact weâre facing, or should I say, something that once existed in this world."
Fei Yue nodded in preparation.
No matter how shocking it might be, he could handle it.
"Alright, this all started twenty-nine years ago on Earth. Back then, I wasnât even born, and maybe neither were you, but this Otherworld had already welcomed the first batch of one billion Survivors to participate in the survival game. Xing Lingfeng, Sun Shuyiâalso that old Sun I killedâand even Lily Kalahao were part of this group. I once found an oil extraction and refining platform at the Petroleum River Sub-Base. That thing shouldnât have existed, but it did. I found a Doomsday Bunker there â a survival fortress built underground. It contained countless skeletal remains, and at the very bottom, I found a skeleton with a diary in its clothes."
As Lin Yue spoke, he handed the diary to Fei Yue, who looked utterly shocked, as if hearing something totally incredible.
"Is it real... or fake?"
Fei Yue flipped through the diary, and as he read each word, the shock on his face grew more intense.
By the end, he felt as if his understanding of the world was completely shattered.
"Donât comment or question now; once youâve finished, Iâll tell you more about how Xing Lingfeng, a first-wave Survivor, disappeared according to the diaryâs account, followed closely by the disappearance of old Sun. The owner of the Doomsday Bunker, also referred to as the Green Hat Man, eventually killed everyone before wandering this Otherworld. He discovered he was the last human, and finally ended himself." Lin Yue said, shaking his head, "He believed himself to be the last living Survivor, thinking everyone else was dead. But actually, as you and I can see, Xing Lingfeng returned to this Otherworld and is living quite well."
Fei Yue looked at Lin Yue incredulously, before quickly flipping through the diary again, exclaiming suddenly, "A white, white door?"
Lin Yue nodded, "Thatâs how itâs described in the diary, and old Sun also said that. But the diaryâs owner, the Green Hat Man, heard from old Sun that this door was white, but whether it truly is, none of us know. That time, when old Sun and Du Ping led more than a hundred thousand Lizardmen, Secret Realm Beasts, and giant creatures to attack my shelter, I killed Du Ping but kept old Sun alive, questioning him for some answers. But old Sun insisted it was a white door. Later, to eliminate any future threats, I took care of old Sun since I couldnât let the tiger go back to the mountains. In this world, the only person I know of who can tell us precisely how to return to Earth from the first survival attempt is Xing Lingfeng. Fei Yue, do you know, the skeletons beneath the Doomsday Bunker seem to have yellowed as if theyâve been there for over a century. Later, from Bai, through the Wolf-headed Man and the Divine Horn Race, I learned they had a massive conflict with humans a century ago."