IJWTRQ Chapter 003

Tan Yan looked at Minister Yu who came in with him expressionlessly. At this time, he was grabbing a rock with one hand, trying to climb to the ground, under his feet is boiling magma, half of the small police electric bike was submerged in the fiery red magma.

This is a space that is about to collapse. Most of the ground is cracked, and the magma in the center of the earth is continuously ejected from the cracks in the ground. None of the creatures that were splashed survived. Tan Yan saw a few animals that he didn’t know not far away were covered by the hot magma splashed out from the cracks in the ground, and their bodies were bloody immediately, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt flesh. The animals were crying out in misery, the magma slowed them down and they were unable to escape the sinkhole. The ground under their hooves became unstable and sunken, several animals also fell and were engulfed by the magma.

Minister Yu was luckier than the animals. Although he almost fell, the rock he was holding onto was fairly solid, and Minister Yu’s physical strength was indeed strong enough as he said, so he managed to find a foothold in this situation and carefully climb to the ground.

Good physical ability and quick reaction means that Minister Yu will not be a bad teammate, but it is precisely because of his excellent physical quality that he is able to catch up with Tan Yan in the first place and follow him into this almost destroyed world.

Tan Yan sighed silently and went to Minister Yu’s side, reaching out and pulled up Minister Yu who was about to climb onto the ground. Minister Yu was very calm. He quickly observed the surrounding environment, immediately grabbed Tan Yan and said: “I don’t know why you suddenly turned and rushed here, but now is not the time to explain. When I was climbing just now, I found a lot of rocks falling down. This place will collapse soon, we must find a relatively strong foothold as soon as possible, and look for a shelter to avoid being hurt by the magma spraying everywhere.”

“Animals have a stronger sense of crisis than humans. The direction of the animals that fell just now should be a relatively safe place, we will go there, and if we encounter other fleeing creatures on the way, we will follow them.” Minister Yu immediately made a decision.

Just now he was obviously still hanging above the magma, but he was able to notice the animals, this insight and calmness is also amazing!

Minister Yu dragged Tan Yan to run, and after a while, he saw Tan Yan running in front of him, his footsteps were steady, not affected by the dim sky, the magma flowing under his feet that could melt everything, and the sinking ground behind him, no matter in terms of physical fitness or mentality all pretty good.

He really deserves to be a police officer who has won the Ping County Pioneers Award! Minister Yu secretly sighed in his heart.

He himself is from the special forces and has experienced countless brutal battles in his early years, struggling repeatedly on the line of life and death. Even so, in such a world, Minister Yu’s body still trembled faintly. It was not because he was afraid of death, but because he was afraid of nature.

This is a desperate world, the temperature around them is at least 50 degrees. In such an environment, they will die of dehydration in a short time. But the most frightening thing at present is not the temperature, but the possibility of the feet that may sink at any time and so close to their own death!

The power of human beings is insignificant in such a world. Is it really possible to escape from this land only by relying on the strength of two legs?

In such an environment, Tan Yan is still so calm, he is really a rare talent.

It’s a pity that he is already fifty-eight years old. No army will enlist such an old man. If he had discovered such a talent earlier…

Minister Yu withdrew his thoughts, he might not be able to return to Earth, he had no time to think about these things at all.

Tan Yan, who was running ahead, stopped suddenly, and Minister Yu followed him to a stop. The situation in front of them made them despair.

The ground ten meters wide in the front has been swallowed by magma, and only a few stone pillars are left standing tenaciously. A few small animals screamed desperately on a stone pillar.

Given their size, they could no longer jump to the land ahead.

Just in the middle of thinking about it, another stone pillar broke, and the broken stones were melted by the magma.

There are fewer and fewer stone pillars, they have no time to hesitate, even at the risk of being swallowed by magma, they still have to step on the stone pillars.

However, the distance between several stone pillars is obviously not reachable by crossing with both legs, and requires jumping.

Minister Yu quickly found a few sturdy-looking footholds, after weighing his jumping power he said to Tan Yan: “I’ll jump first, you must follow!”

The silent Tan Yan saw that Minister Yu had the intention to try the road first. If the stone pillar is unstable, Minister Yu will die first. Although the leader didn’t say anything out of the ordinary, he was indeed protecting Tan Yan with his limited strength.

This kind of people…

Seeing that Minister Yu was about to jump without hesitation, Tan Yan stopped watching and struck out, punching Minister Yu’s lower abdomen hard.

“You…” Under the heavy blow, Minister Yu almost vomited, unable to say what he wanted to say.

Before he had time to ask why, Tan Yan carried him on his shoulders.

Minister Yu is 1.85 meters tall. He looks thin but his body is full of muscles. He weighs 80 kilograms, but Tan Yan easily carried him with one hand.

Tan Yan carried Minister Yu on his shoulders and jumped lightly, one foot landed on a stone pillar two meters away.

With just a slight touch, he jumped on another stone pillar, and just as he left, the stone pillar he stepped on before couldn’t hold it and shattered.

Minister Yu: “…”

No way, he has been in the special forces for so many years, and he has never seen such jumping power. This is simply the lightness skill described in martial arts novels!

After a few easy landings and take-offs, Tan Yan was only one step away from the opposite side. With his jumping power, he can land on the opposite side in just one jump. Minister Yu was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Tan Yan changed direction and landed on the stone pillar where several small animals were wailing.

These three animals look like rabbits and dogs, but are only about the size of a mice, such creatures have never been seen on earth. Tan Yan bent down and stretched out his hand, the three rabbits, dogs and mice jumped onto his palm, howled and crawled into his sleeve.

At this moment when he’s bend over, another magma bubble exploded, and hot and viscous molten material splashed towards Tan Yan’s head.

Minister Yu could see clearly that if Tan Yan jumped up immediately and disregard the animals, he would still be able to escape in time. But Tan Yan remained motionless, letting the lava splash on his face, until three small animals got into his sleeves, and then jumped to the opposite side.

With a ‘sizzle’, a sound like a large piece of meat being thrown into a frying pan came from Tan Yan’s face, Minister Yu felt his face hurt when he heard it.

When he reached the opposite side, the ground seemed to be more solid than before. Minister Yu didn’t care about running away anymore, and struggled to jump off Tan Yan’s shoulders, enduring his stomach pain and asked anxiously: “Your face…”

At least half of this face will be burned through, and must be cleaned as soon as possible.

“It’s okay, I have thick skin.” Tan Yan’s voice was quite normal. He covered half of his face with his hands to prevent Minister Yu from seeing it.

“How can this be done!” Minister Yu said angrily, “If the temperature persists, something has to be done to cool it down, it’s a matter of life and death!”

He forcefully pulled down Tan Yan’s hand that was covering his face, only to see that half of his face was already darkened. It looks terrible, but the wound seems to be only on the skin, not the flesh and blood.

Minister Yu carefully stretched out his hand to confirm Tan Yan’s injury. If it was really only on the epidermis, then if he could return to the earth, he could still be treated with skin grafting…

Hold on, wait…

Before Minister Yu’s fingers touched Tan Yan’s face, he saw a piece of his charred skin fall off.

Minister Yu: “…”

What is this?

He quickly wiped it with his hands, and the scorched skin on half of Tan Yan’s face fell off, revealing half of his smooth and fair face. The skin was in exceptionally good condition, full of collagen.

Minister Yu: “Who are you?”

Half of the man’s face in front of him had old skin, while the other half was young and fair, with a piece of old skin peeling off.

At this moment, Minister Yu’s hands were faster than his reaction speed, his body acted before his brain, and he tore off the other half of Tan Yan’s face.

The face under the skin is very similar to the older version of Tan Yan, but younger, handsome and full of vitality.

Before Minister Yu could question him, another lava splashed out. Although it was very chaotic now, Tan Yan still managed to jump on Minister Yu in time and blocked the splash with his arm.

But with this blocking, the skin on his arms also turned black and fell off, revealing young skin.

Minister Yu: “…”

Several small animals that had already slipped from the sleeves to Tan Yan’s neckline seemed to feel that this was the safest place, and stuck out their heads and howled.

A fifty-eight-year-old man showed a face of only sixteen or seventeen years old, Minister Yu was really flustered. He knew that he should run quickly at this time. After all, this world is terrible, but no matter where he runs it would be a dead end. His intuition tells him that the only way to survive lies in this rejuvenated person in front of him.

Tan Yan was the first to notice the void and drive the electric bike straight in.

Numerous images quickly flashed through Minister Yu’s mind. When he went to inspect, Tan Yan really wanted to go on patrol. Seeing Minister Yu following up, his face was full of reluctance, and the expression on his face when he rushed to the void…

It is obvious that Tan Yan knew what was behind the void, but he still rushed over decisively.

“What are you…” Minister Yu’s words were interrupted in the middle of the sentence, Tan Yan did not give him the opportunity to ask questions, and knocked him unconscious with a palm on the back of his neck.

Picking up Minister Yu, he took out the three small animals in his arms and placed them on the ground.

Tan Yan looked at them and said softly: “I can’t take you away, it’s not your world.”

Although it’s scary here, you must survive in this unstable space, because you belong here.

Tan Yan once tried to bring back creatures from other worlds, but he was the only one who returned to Earth in the end. The only beings that can be decomposed and reorganized through space overlap are the people of the original world.

All he can do is save the creatures that are crying for help in front of him.

The three little creatures looked at Tan Yan and barked a few times, as if in gratitude. Then they turned and ran to where there seemed to be a way to survive, dodging lava splashing everywhere along the way. Even in despair, this is still the world they have to face.

After Tan Yan saw the small animal disappearing in front of his eyes, he carried Minister Yu on his shoulders and jumped around.

Unlike Minister Yu, who is looking for a stable foothold everywhere, he has been looking for the most dangerous places.

“This is the place…” After running for several hours, Tan Yan finally stopped at a crater. The magma in the crater was boiling, and it seemed that it was about to erupt.

“Before this…”

Tan Yan stretched out his hand, and small particles seemed to appear in the surrounding air. They continued to condense, and gradually became distinguishable from invisible to the naked eye. They stick to Tan Yan’s face, neck, and arms one by one, and gradually condense into an old skin condition, and the young Tan Yan becomes middle-aged and old again.

After redoing a mask for himself, Tan Yan carried Minister Yu on his shoulders and jumped into the volcano without hesitation¹義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù: honour permits no turning back; be duty-bound not to turn back.

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  義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù: honour permits no turning back; be duty-bound not to turn back