Chapter 1985: Chapter 1122: Silent Warrior (2)
The one who could truly save his life was never Sakai Misaki, but Yamamoto Haruna who was always with Yang Xiao.
After all, if Takeda Shingo had told the truth at the end and revealed the real hiding place to Yamamoto Haruna, he would have survived.
After all, at that time Yang Xiao was not yet aware of his true identity, and thus had no reason to harbor murderous intent towards him.
As for the minor frictions between the two earlier, Yang Xiao didn’t hold much of a grudge, after all, everyone was just trying to survive, there was no right or wrong about it.
As long as the other party didn’t trip him up or covertly harm him, he was not willing to cut off their path to survival, he wasn’t that petty.
Guided by Jiushan Cangxuan, Yang Xiao suddenly saw the light. It’s long said that the older ginger is spicier, and Jiushan Cangxuan’s judgment was extremely sharp and hit the mark.
At the same time, Jiushan Cangxuan also informed Yang Xiao that the radio he brought back this time was an extremely dangerous spell-type magical artifact, and due to its own damage, it was now extremely unstable, so he immediately assigned someone to seal it.
Yang Xiao had no objections to this since he had witnessed its terrifying nature with his own eyes; there beneath Youjian Mountain was a hellscape.
Suddenly, Yang Xiao thought of the mysterious figure he encountered during the nightmare mission, that Chief Morita; Yang Xiao instinctively sensed this guy was no ordinary person.
But curiously, no matter how Yang Xiao recalled this person’s appearance, he just couldn’t remember, the person’s face grew increasingly blurred and unfamiliar in his mind, and his voice was the same.
"Don’t try, you won’t be able to recall, there’s a barrier between the Nightmare World and our real world." Jiushan Cangxuan’s understanding and knowledge of the Nightmare World were evidently much deeper than Yang Xiao’s, "A nightmare is a nightmare, the Nightmare World won’t have such a loophole for you to exploit."
"They should belong to a secret department or a significant force. If I revealed my identity there, telling them this was a nightmare mission, how would they react to me?" Yang Xiao inquired: "I mean, in this Nightmare World?"
"They will automatically erase the words you said, and the real world cannot affect the Nightmare World."
"The Nightmare World is a closed, independent, yet relatively complete strange world, much like a special fragment intercepted from the historical flow by slicing it with two blades."
"You can consider every Resentful Eye in a nightmare as a projector that starts at random times, each Resentful Eye endlessly replaying an old-style horror movie."
"The difference is that each time the movie will have a new batch of main characters, until one time, the selected protagonists uncover the secret behind the movie world and restore the truth, breaking the cycle completely."
"The person who contributes the most within the protagonist team can earn a reward and take away this projector," Jiushan Cangxuan said gravely.
His words immensely shocked Yang Xiao. Previously, he had similar suspicions, but Jiushan Cangxuan made his guesses a reality.
"Senior Jiu Shan, what secret is concealed beneath Youjian Mountain, and why is there a mark of the Black Buddha Mother Sect inside?" In the Nightmare World, this mark caused discomfort to everyone including Yang Xiao, yet until the end, they couldn’t figure out what was going on.
But Yang Xiao knew this matter was extraordinary because Takeda Shingo, who represented the Ghost Sect, appeared, and he was specially sent in, which required a significant cost.
An ostensibly ordinary nightmare mission somehow involved two of the top seven peak forces of the time, even a fool could tell something was amiss.
Yet in the face of Yang Xiao’s questioning, Jiushan Cangxuan didn’t directly answer the question, but instead began to talk about the history of the Ghost Sect.
"Yang Xiao, do you know why the Ghost Sect existed in the first place?"
"Why?" Yang Xiao was puzzled.
"Because it was to deal with you," Jiushan Cangxuan paused, his gaze intricately looking at Yang Xiao, "Japan is small with few people, the resources on the island aren’t enough to sustain rapid development, while your Hua Country is vast and richly endowed with resources, it’s simply the ideal habitat. If they annexed you, the strength of the Japanese Apostles would experience explosive growth."
"They really have a lot of nerve," Yang Xiao perceptively sensed there was something wrong with the atmosphere.
"Not only do they dare, but this is exactly what they’ve been doing, from the day the Ghost Sect was founded, their target has been you."
"The two sides have openly and secretly clashed several times, and since they haven’t gained any advantage, the Ghost Sect has slightly restrained itself over the years. It looks calm, but that doesn’t mean they have given up their ambitions."
"On the contrary, they have always been looking for opportunities to drag the two countries into war, and right now they have found this opportunity."
"The current Master of the Ghost Sect is considered the strongest among the historical masters of the Ghost Sect, and as far as I know, also the youngest among the seven present-day peak powers."
"Youth signifies his future development potential is infinite. Given enough time, with his ambition and talent, he might indeed stand at the zenith of the world’s apostles."
"What exactly do you want to say?" Yang Xiao asked in a low voice.
Seeing the doubt in Yang Xiao’s eyes, Jiushan Cangxuan waved his hand, signaling him not to interrupt and let him continue speaking:
"Decades ago, a prolonged great war broke out between the Ghost Sect and your Hua Clan Apostles. During that war, many masters of the Ghost Sect were severely injured, and it made the high ranks of the Ghost Sect see clearly the strength of your Hua Clan Apostles."
