Chapter 565: Chapter 560: The Grand Finale (Part 10) (End)
"No—"
The intruder shouted, eyes wide with rage.
He watched as the white altar beneath his feet slowly turned to sand and disappeared into the air.
He originally thought Ji Ning was going to perish with him, but he never expected she was after the Space-Time Stone.
This circular altar was made from the Space-Time Stone, not only functioning as a Divine Trial, but also as a small-scale space-time station.
As long as one possesses the Divine Son Bloodline, they can enter this universe through the space-time station, but their power level will be suppressed to the lowest by the universe’s rules.
For safety, one can also choose to traverse using a Divine Soul Fragment, but the conditions for this type of traversal are harsh. The first time, one can randomly choose a host, but from the second time onward, the host or creature must possess one’s genetic encoding.
That’s why he had the ancestors of Du Mu take away a Mutated Orchid with his genetic encoding, just to conveniently use the Divine Soul Fragment to traverse to this universe anytime.
Unexpectedly, this despicable woman in front of him destroyed the space-time station.
Not only would he never be able to enter this universe again, but even the Divine Soul Fragment left in this universe would slowly disappear into the cosmos, effectively cutting off one of his avatars.
How did she discover this secret?
As Ji Ning fell from the air to the ground, her bloodied lips curved slightly upward, "If I can’t kill you, then stay here forever."
"You lunatic, I’ll kill you!"
The intruder leaped onto Ji Ning, gripping her throat tightly with both hands.
But at this moment, Ji Ning was already out of energy, without the strength to fight back.
As the intruder’s strength grew, Ji Ning’s pale face turned a purplish-blue.
Suddenly—
The pressure on her neck disappeared.
The intruder was holding onto his other hand, convulsing as if afflicted with epilepsy.
Soon after, his entire body fell backward uncontrollably.
"Leader... run..."
"Damn ant, do you think you can break free from my control?"
"Run... I can’t hold on for long..."
But Ji Ning no longer had the strength to get up.
What does one think about before dying?
Before, Ji Ning would have said, "Nothing, death is just the end, nothing worth clinging to."
But now, gazing at the blue sky, the glaring sun, her mind flashed through all her experiences like a movie.
Finally, it stopped on those familiar faces.
Turns out even she had attachments, unwilling to die just yet.
As the colors before her eyes gradually darkened, she seemed to hear a familiar voice calling out beside her.
"Sister Ning—"
***
Three years later.
Beside the Beijing Scenic Garden White Stone Bridge.
Two old men were fiercely "battling."
"Hey, Lao Fu, that’s a bit much, why are you taking back your move again?"
"Ah, I didn’t see clearly. Just now doesn’t count, so..."
"You’re something else, half the game spent taking moves back. I’m done playing!"
One old man pushed away the chess pieces in front of him in irritation and stood up.
The opposite old man wasn’t annoyed, patiently resetting the chessboard, then turned to the old man fishing not far away and asked, "Want to play a round?"
The fishing old man glanced back at him and outright refused, "Lao Hu wants to eat fish tonight, I’ve not finished my task yet."
The old man pursed his lips, then looked at the man drinking health tea by the lake, "Do you want to play?"
"Uncle Fu, spare me. I just got off work, just want to drink some tea and relax. I have to get back to the lab soon."
The old man pursed his lips even more, reluctantly putting the chess pieces back in the box, saying to the man, "Is there no one else in your lab? Why always have to rely on our Fu Family?"
The man guiltily took a sip of tea, facing the old man’s gaze, "Tangtang is currently testing a new awakening method, and it seems to be working."
"Is she going to wake up?" The old man and the fishing old man asked in unison.
The man pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and said, "From various indicators, her brain activity has been very strong recently. That kid from the Lin Family concluded..."
Before he could finish, a notification came through on the man’s Smart Brain.
He glanced down to press the answer button and heard an excited voice inside.
"Professor Ye, Sister Ning is awake!"
All three stood up simultaneously, quickly running toward their respective vehicles, not at all like men who had already retired.
An alert sounded in the highest-level lab of the Beijing Research Institute.
Everyone in the experimental area stopped what they were doing and ran outside a specific lab.
Not all researchers had access to this place, but everyone shared the same excitement.
"Is that alien about to wake up?"
"Probably, right?"
"Will she attack us when she wakes up?"
"I don’t know, we did save her."
...
Back then, to keep Ji Ning’s identity a secret, high-ranking officials of the Hua Continent used the guise of discovering an alien to send Ji Ning to the Beijing Research Institute for treatment and asked all base soldiers who participated in the battle to keep it confidential.
Fortunately, at the time, Ji Ning had completely silver-white hair and even her eye color was silver-white.
At first glance, she indeed did not look like a normal human.
She was badly injured, her body covered in wounds down to the bone, Bai Xiaotang’s Healing Ability was ineffective, the wounds healed very slowly, as if injured by some special energy.
They could only temporarily stop the bleeding by using the most primitive sewing and bandaging methods and urgently transferred her to the Beijing Research Institute for treatment.
For a long time, Ji Ning’s life depended on continuous blood transfusions and rotations of five or six Healing Ability Users over the tenth rank.
It was during this time that Bai Xiaotang’s Healing Ability Level rapidly increased.
Finally, they managed to heal all of Ji Ning’s wounds, but she remained in a deep sleep, never waking up.
They tried many methods to awaken her consciousness, but Ji Ning remained in a slumber.
Until one superpower user with a special dream-entering ability discovered some clues.
She said that deep in Ji Ning’s brain, the memories from the chaotic era were very active.
Ji Ning was likely trapped in memories from the chaotic era, which was why she wouldn’t awaken.
To awaken Ji Ning’s consciousness, the researchers uncharacteristically invited those close and trusted by Ji Ning into the lab to brainstorm ways to wake her up.
Bai Xiaotang, Ye Tong, Lin Yuanyang, Huang Ying, You Le, Fu Yuanxuan, and Ji Ning’s team members from the Security Department took turns trying, and finally, today, they successfully awakened her.
Lying in the Nutrition Pod, Ji Ning’s pupils had reverted to black, but her hair remained the silver-white color from the Divine Son combat state.
She looked at Bai Xiaotang, Ye Tong, and Lin Yuanyang, who surrounded her speaking carefully, and hoarsely said, "Long time no see."
The three were so excited they almost jumped, their unkempt hair covering eyes brimming with tears.
"Sister Ning, you finally woke up."
"Waaaa, I thought I’d never see you again."
"Sister Ning, you scared me to death."
Ji Ning slowly sat up from the Nutrition Pod, raised a hand to wipe the tears off their faces, and showed a faint smile, "Thank you."
During her three-year sleep, she wasn’t entirely unconscious, but merged with the shattered Space-Time Stone.
Her Divine Soul was taken by the stone’s power to various times and spaces, revealing many truths about this world.
No wonder Quell Vis had been fixated on the Power of Space-Time she possessed back then.
It was indeed powerful.
But unfortunately, this ability wasn’t realized from the Green Star Stone.
She removed the earring from her ear, revealing a smile.
In her mind, the voice of the strange woman who gifted her the earring sounded again.
[Let me formally introduce myself; my name is Mu Nanqiao.]
[Looking forward to meeting you again someday in the future!]
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