IJWTRQ Chapter 045

The distance was not far, which lifted everyone’s spirits, and they ran hand in hand against the wind all the way.

The scene of six boys with a height of over 180 holding hands and running fast is a bit beautiful, but no one in this world can judge them. With an unprecedented storm and tsunami, human civilization was washed with blood, and countless lives were buried by seawater and land.

Occasionally, a severed hand or an unidentified mass of flesh and blood exposed under the boulder can be seen, everyone tries not to look at those things to avoid being hurt by the scene.

In this situation, a small deer swept up by the storm is very eye-catching.

First, Tan Yan stopped, jumped up, and hugged the deer in his arms. The poor little deer lay in Tan Yan’s arms, bleating, its whole body shaking, and there were many wounds on the body. The surrounding temperature is very low, and the heat from Tan Yan’s body causes the deer to keep crawling into his arms.

“What’s going on?” The six people behind also stopped, Ah San was puzzled, “There’s still a survivor now?”

It’s really not his imagination, after such a tragic disaster, there will really be no life left in this world. Even the deep-sea fish have been turned out, and the continental plates have changed. How could such a small deer survive until now?

Tan Yan gently stroked the deer’s head with his hands to calm its emotions. The little deer looked at Tan Yan with wet eyes, stretched out his mouth, and touched Tan Yan’s face.

If it is on Earth, this scene must be very warm, but in such an environment, it is really a bit uncomfortable.

There is only this little deer around, and there are no other creatures. Although they don’t know how it could survive, it is destined to be greeted by death.

How can it survive without food, sunlight, and its own kind?

Liang Xian bandaged its wounds, took blood tests, and prepared to bring the data back to Earth, this was the only thing they could do.

“Just let it go.” Ah San sighed, “It can not pass the transmission point, even if you take it in, it will only be disintegrated, and we don’t know where it’ll go, didn’t you say you have done such an experiment?”

Yes, Tan Yan tried to save people or creatures in other worlds countless times, but in the end, it was all in vain.

If he let it go now, the little deer would be torn apart by the strong wind and die before them. If he doesn’t let it go, the deer will be disintegrated by space teleportation, and can’t be saved either.

In fact, Tan Yan shouldn’t have rescued the deer from the very beginning. If it was left to fend for itself, it would be a natural choice. But now, no matter which option is made, it seems like they are putting it to death.

Tan Yan touched the little deer’s back and slowly let go.

The little deer seemed to understand something, touched Tan Yan’s hand with its mouth, bleated twice, and looked at them with big eyes. It must have understood that these people couldn’t save it, and if it could shed tears, it would probably have cried out.

The moment Tan Yan let go, Liang Xian hugged the little deer.

“Why even you…” As the only non-student on the team, Ah San’s heart has gradually hardened. He can understand Liang Xian’s behavior, but he can’t agree with it.

“No, I’m not someone who does useless work,” Liang Xian said, “I think we can take this little deer back.”

Ah San: “How do you know?”

“You just said that life in this world is already dead, how could there be a fawn here?” Liang Xian said, “Even if there are still living creatures, they should be small creatures with strong vitality like cockroaches, not such an obvious deer, which appeared in the wind at this time, which is very abrupt in itself, reminding me of the last world.”

Ah San: “The last world… Mosasaurs?”

“Not just Mosasaurs,” Liang Xian shook his head, “And those who died from the Black Death virus, don’t you think these things appear out of place in a flooded world?”

The last world has indeed brought them a great sense of dissonance.

Liang Xian has been thinking about the things in the previous world, but he can’t figure it out. It wasn’t until Qiao Zhixue uttered Rubik’s Cube parallel universe theory that he had some ideas. Seeing this little deer now is proof of his ideas.

“There has been a misconception in our thinking that only our world has a ‘void’.”

Liang Xian’s words made everyone stunned. They looked at the little deer, and their doubts were gradually resolved.

If there are ‘void’ in other worlds, then the appearance of this fawn makes perfect sense.

“Then why is there only one? Shouldn’t the ‘void’ be constantly expanding? Is there anyone else like us?” Cui Heyu pondered.

“This is not necessarily the case, the situation in each world is different, perhaps other worlds just suddenly appeared a crack, and after some objects were swept in, the space crack disappeared.” Liang Xian said, “In fact, there are many restricted areas on the Earth that humans cannot enter, we don’t know whether these places are space cracks. And we have never allowed the ‘void’ to expand freely. So if the ‘void’ continues to expand, whether it will stop disappearing at the right time, or it will continue to exist and keep expanding, no one is clear about this matter, and dare not experiment with this matter.”

Yes, no one will bet on the safety of the entire planet to verify the possibility of the ‘void’.

“If this fawn was accidentally swept into the wind from another world, what would happen if it followed us into the transmission point?” Qiu Qizheng stroked the deer’s head and asked.

“There are several possibilities, one is to be disintegrated and disappeared, which is considered a complete death; Two is to reconstruct in this world after disintegration, still swept away by the wind; Three is back to its own world; Four is exiled in the boundary of space, of course, there is no food, water, and air, it may soon die; The fifth is the best result, we were disintegrated in the transmission point, we can go back with Tan Yan because ahead is our own world, and the people in the original world will only return to their own world, but the fawn no longer has its own world to go back to, so it will be restructured with us on Earth.” Cui Heyu analyzed.

Qiu Qizheng is stroking the deer’s head, as if no matter which ending is very miserable.

“In other words, if we take it back, it still has a one-fifth chance of surviving, but if it stays, it will die, right?” Tan Yan suddenly asked.

“That’s not how it was counted….” Liang Xian said helplessly, “Besides, it is a deer from another world, I don’t know if it can adapt to the environment of our world. There may still be species isolation in the two worlds. It is impossible to survive in the natural environment of the real world, but only in the laboratory.”

“And we can’t see one, save one,” Ah San sighed, “Our world is also a world with a population explosion, and cannot accommodate creatures from so many worlds.”

Tan Yan was still silently stroking the little deer’s back. The little deer seemed to know that he had saved it, and kept pushing its head into Tan Yan’s arms, not knowing whether it was asking for help or comfort.

“You really…” Ah San doesn’t know what to say about Tan Yan, this person’s heart is too soft.

Fortunately, he is strong enough, so strong that he can be willful. Actually, the leader of their team is Tan Yan, and they must obey Tan Yan’s decision unconditionally, because Tan Yan is very strong.

“I’m not unconditionally bringing creatures from other worlds back to Earth,” Tan Yan suddenly said, “Each world has its own natural laws, to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die¹生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ: lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die; fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)., the weak are prey to the strong²弱肉強食 ruò ròu qiáng shí: lit. the weak are prey to the strong; fig. predatory behavior; the law of the jungle.. It’s not for us outsiders to meddle. Before, I was too naïve to try to bring people back to Earth, but now that I’ve matured, I certainly won’t do something stupid like that. But this little deer… it’s not from this world, it’s the same as us.”

Everyone was silent.

Yes, the little deer, like them, is a traveler lost in space, unable to find their way home. If there’s no Tan Yan, countless people on Earth who were swept into the ‘void’ should be like the little deer.

“It has quite an experimental value,” Cui Heyu said, “Taking it back and taking a blood sample to compare the biological gap between the two worlds is also a research value.”

He came up with a reason to save the little deer.

“And we can also verify which world the creatures from other worlds will go to if they enter the transmission point, and our argument can also be verified.” Liang Xian also put forward a very convincing reason.”

“After all, the overlap of two worlds is a small probability event, and the possibility of encountering it in the future should not be high. Taking one back will not affect the ecological balance.” Yan Yongfeng followed closely behind.

“We didn’t stop Tan Yan immediately,” Qiu Qizheng said, “If you want to ignore it from the beginning, then don’t help.”

Ah San: “…”

He looked at the little deer’s big clean eyes, and in the end, he could only say: “Since it has experimental value, it doesn’t matter to try it, but in the future, in the future… Hey, let’s not take this as an example!”

“Yes!” Everyone said in unison.

Tan Yan stretched out his hand to the little deer: “You will definitely die if you stay here, and you may not be able to survive if you follow us. Even if you survive, you may not be able to live very well on Earth… Sorry, we are useless, would you like to take a gamble with us?”

The IQ of this little deer seems to be very high, it seems to understand what Tan Yan meant, and arched his hand.

In front of life, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, it is still willing to try.

Tan Yan picked up the little deer and ran quickly to the transmission point.

So far, they have stayed in this world for twenty hours, and they must return to the real world as soon as possible.

There are ruins near the transmission point, and the tombstone is long gone. But this time is good, no need to dive into the bottom of the sea, according to what Tan Yan said, the transmission point is under this piece of rubble.

“…Below?” Ah San looked at the ground, feeling a little pain in his head, “Digging?”

Everyone looked at the ground silently, and felt that this matter was a bit difficult.

“No need.” Tan Yan’s expression was quite relaxed.

He handed the deer in his arms to Liang Xian, clasped his hands, and his knuckles made a ‘crack’ and ‘crack’ noise.

“Stay far away,” Tan Yan said to everyone, “I usually do this at times like this.”

After saying that he leaped high, the force of this jump actually jumped hundreds of meters into the air, higher than Ah San when he used the wind to control the water ball to fly into the sky.

Yan Yongfeng has the best eyesight, he tilted his head up and sighed: “His whole body is glowing.”

“What do you see?” Liang Xian asked, he really wanted to know what Tan Yan looked like in the eyes of Yan Yongfeng, who had strong eyesight.

“The moment he jumped up, the air around him was dominated by Tan Yan, or rather, the surrounding ionizing radiation,” Yan Yongfeng said, “They scrambled to surround Tan Yan, turned into his strength, and flew into the sky with his body.”

Seeing Tan Yan falling from the sky³從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng: lit. to drop from the sky; fig. to appear unexpectedly; to arise abruptly; out of the blue; to drop into one’s lap., Yan Yongfeng continued to explain to everyone what he ‘saw’: “Most of the energy is concentrated in his fist, the size of this power… If we must describe it, our combined strength is not even one ten-thousandth of his.”

At this time, Tan Yan had already landed, and he punched heavily on the ground.

Unexpectedly, there was no dusty explosion, Yan Yongfeng continued to say in disbelief: “My God, with such terrifying energy, he was able to control them not to spread to the surroundings, but to concentrate on developing in depth. The energy spread along Tan Yan’s fist all the way to the ground, that area was about to collapse soon.”

Just as his words fell, the ground beneath Tan Yan’s fist sank, revealing a bottomless pit, the depth of which could not be seen.

“The transmission point is in the hole,” Tan Yan said, “Don’t worry, I have controlled the depth, we will be transmitted before we touch the ground.”

Everyone: “…”

This power to directly change the landscape has made them lose the ability to speak.

It took a while for Ah San to barely find his own words, and he asked: “You were not this powerful in the last world, right?”

In the last world, if Tan Yan had set off a violent storm and tsunami so casually, like a god, why would they have become so embarrassed?

“I was sick in the last world,” Tan Yan scratched his head in embarrassment, “I seldom have a fever since I was a child, and I often don’t get sick for more than ten years, and my physique is very good. But because of this, once I get sick, a small cold can make me uncomfortable for a long time, and even if the fever subsides, the recovery is slow. The doctor said that this is the case for people who don’t get sick often, and every illness is a serious illness.”

Everyone’s physique is also good, but they still have had such an experience. Not afraid of any injuries, but illness is really scary, even minor gastroenteritis can be fatal.

“And Liang Xian said before that this world is full of ionizing radiation… that is, ability. For ordinary people, if exposed to too much radiation, the cells in the body will become cancerous. But for us, we can maximize our consciousness, and the recovery speed is very fast when I come to this world. I suffered a serious injury when I first entered, but now I’m fine.” Tan Yan continued to explain.

Everyone nodded in agreement, this is also an objective factor.

“What’s more…” Tan Yan looked down at his hands, with a hint of disbelief in his expression, “I’ve become stronger.”

His strength has been continuously strengthened through countless crossings, but about the thirtieth year of the ‘void’ journey, the growth of Tan Yan’s consciousness has become very slow, and he hardly had any progress in the last ten years.

Probably everyone has a limit, and Tan Yan also felt that he had reached his limit. Anyway, his current strength is enough for him to venture into another world, and he doesn’t feel much about the stagnation of power.

It wasn’t until the last world that Tan Yan truly realized his lack of strength. Being a lone ranger with this power is okay, but he can’t protect the children around him. He still needs more and stronger power to train everyone around him to become an independent soldier.

The strong consciousness coupled with this energy-filled world, and the change of concept after contact with young people, allowed Tan Yan to break through the bottleneck again and develop towards a higher level.

Tan Yan clenched his fists at the six people, and said confidently: “I have a feeling that next time I will be able to bring in more people! I will not betray the trust given to me by the organization and will bring everyone back to Earth!”

Everyone: “…”

It is touching enough, but what is this frustration?

When under the protection of Tan Yan, why does everyone prefer to take risks and get out of the protective cover to train? In order to catch up with this person, in order not to be a burden to him, in order to fight alongside him.

But they didn’t expect that the initially unattainable mountain could still grow, which made them unable to climb it!

Among them, Liang Xian was even more depressed. He… how to chase after this, he didn’t dare to express the little bit of admiration in his heart, the gap was too big.

Ah San is more mature and has the strongest ability to withstand pressure. After a moment of silence, he said: “Hurry up and jump, if you don’t jump, the water will pour in. The waves next to it are beating fiercely.”

The landscape is constantly changing, and the land may turn into an ocean at any time. Ah San’s concerns are justified.

Tan Yan stretched out his hand, hugged the little deer with one hand, and grabbed Liang Xian, who was standing on the far side of the team, with the other hand.

The deep hole he made was just big enough for seven people to jump down at the same time, and everyone jumped hard and rushed to the road home.

The author has something to say:

Highlights of this chapter:

1. The protagonist’s mount has arrived, please sign for it.
2. Have you heard of punches that dropped from the sky?
3. In order to write this overlapping world, I forcibly left the title of the Rubik’s Cube for ten chapters, and finally wrote it, the Rubik’s Cube chapter is over.
4. Off-topic, Xiao Cui (weakly raised his hand): Author, you mean, in the future, this deer will have supernatural powers? What about me??

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  生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ: lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die; fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality).
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  弱肉強食 ruò ròu qiáng shí: lit. the weak are prey to the strong; fig. predatory behavior; the law of the jungle.
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  從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng: lit. to drop from the sky; fig. to appear unexpectedly; to arise abruptly; out of the blue; to drop into one’s lap.