244: Chapter 244 Dreams and Reality

The players finally arrived.

However, seeing that the two small hills from before were now nearly leveled, everyone's hearts were filled with shock.

"In just a few minutes, what on earth happened here!?"

"Even the hills were flattened; it's comparable to a heavy artillery bombardment."

"It must have been a battle between Spirit Map level experts. Too bad we weren't qualified to watch."

"Our Big Boss Zhulong is still the toughest. No matter what kind of expert battle it is, he remains standing."

"Stop babbling! Get over there quickly and protect Big Boss Zhulong!"

"Protect? Bro, are you joking? Does someone like him need your protection?"

"Something's wrong! Why does it look like Big Boss Zhulong is losing health on his own?"

Tang Long was indeed continuously losing health.

The mask of calamity was sliced right through by that strike, with damage points reaching as high as 1025. Thus, even a Spirit Map expert like Xue Sha was in so much pain that he could barely take care of himself.

Tang Long's main body was unconscious, and his Clone had fallen silent. The Soul damage also extended to the Clone; as health was deducted every minute, the health bar became visible from the players' perspective.

With an order from Shang Qingyun, a large group of Qingyun Mystics immediately came over to heal him.

But for some reason, his health just wouldn't increase. After a while, it even began to drop rapidly.

Lü Daoren shouted, "Don't just use heals!"

"President Shang! There might be a debuff left by the boss. Tell your people to try casting invincibility!"

"Everyone else, set up a tight defense! Don't let anyone who isn't from Qingyun within thirty meters! Watch out for sneak attacks from the Island Japanese!"

"What are you looking at! Move it!"

Shang Qingyun didn't argue with him; instead, he thought what he said made sense and immediately issued the order.

After communicating with the other three major guilds, Qingyun set up defenses in the inner circle while the three major guilds took charge of the perimeter. If any Japanese players approached, they were to be killed on sight.

Despite this, Tang Long's health continued to decrease.

Casting invincibility seemed to work, but the problem was that the players had trouble finding the right rhythm. After all, their Level 1 Divine Guard only lasted 0.5 seconds—gone in a flash.

Sometimes two people would cast it at once, and other times there would be a gap.

After one round, all the Mystics' invincibility skills went on cooldown, and they could only watch as Tang Long's health continued to drop.

Seeing the health bar get emptier and emptier until only a sliver remained, everyone's hearts leaped into their throats.

After waiting for a full two or three minutes, the players found that Tang Long, with only that sliver of health left, actually refused to fall.

Southern Sky Legacy Sword was the first to breathe a sigh of relief. "He hasn't lost health for three minutes. It looks like the debuff is over."

Dog-head Lolita also exclaimed, "Goodness! Lv Zong, your 'dad' is truly overbearing. The health bar is so empty you can't even see a sliver, yet he still won't go down?"

The surroundings immediately erupted into laughter.

Lü Daoren wasn't ashamed; instead, he was triumphant. "You see! Your Uncle Lv is famous for being tanky, and this is my dear old dad—even a Spirit Map expert can't take him out!"

Shang Qingyun was also in a great mood and rare enough to joke with him.

"Dear old dad? Stop joking. He's Zhulong, and you're a donkey."

The players laughed even harder, and the atmosphere became relaxed.

But right then, within the Qingyun group, a player named {Qingyun. Xiaoyi Hei Sanlang} showed a hint of malice in his eyes.

He was a spy hidden among the Dragon Country people, and at this moment, he was standing in the innermost circle.

Taking advantage of the Dragon Country players laughing, he suddenly raised his hand and fired a fire projectile.

Tang Long's body fell to the ground at the impact. Countless gazes immediately converged, and the surroundings fell silent.

Xiaoyi Hei Sanlang was both terrified and excited.

He roared loudly, "Great Empire of Wa! Banzai!"

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[Your Clone has been killed by player {Qingyun. Xiaoyi Hei Sanlang}!]

Tang Long suddenly woke up with a start, his body drenched in sweat.

He had just had an extremely terrifying dream. He dreamed he had returned to Earth and once again dreamed of that 'father-in-law,' the Flood Dragon King Mai Zhenxiong.

In the dream, he had somehow fallen into his hands and was being shot.

It wasn't just one or two shots; he was executed hundreds of times by over a dozen of the man's subordinates.

He couldn't die and couldn't move; the feeling was incredibly real and intensely oppressive.

What's been going on lately? Why do I keep dreaming about him?

If I'm going to dream, shouldn't it be about his daughter, Vivian? But I... to be honest, I can barely remember what Vivian looks like anymore.

Truly absurd.

He rubbed his eyes, but... his vision only retained a very faint perception of light; he couldn't see his own hands.

The abilities of those two Hetero-blood Spirit Map experts were truly exaggerated. One could even suppress the Seventh Apostle, and the other... could make a person blind.

That's a good ability.

Tang Long sighed inwardly.

He had forced himself to leave the dungeon earlier to draw fire for Red Hand and Zheng Duo, and he had intentionally taken that hit.

After all, the trouble he'd been causing was getting bigger and bigger, and the Blasphemers were being driven crazy. Today it was two Spirit Map experts; if they failed, what would happen next time?

So, he had to give them a way out while also giving himself some breathing room.

Judging by the smell, he should still be inside the dungeon.

Also, the Clone was killed by a player?

Tang Long sensed it slightly and immediately discovered that not only was the Clone left outside the dungeon killed, but the other two Clones had also died at some point.

Was it caused by Soul Devour?

The Clone outside the dungeon was originally left there for other potential factions to kill, in order to temporarily mislead them.

Now it was actually taken out by a player... Are the Dragon Country guilds that incompetent?

There's a bad apple in Qingyun!

Although his eyes were useless, he found he could still see the System panel.

Checking the System time, he saw that only a few minutes had passed, and he felt something was wrong.

With Soul Devour dealing 800+ damage per minute, even the Clone's health should have lasted for an hour or so.

And... the Soul Devour debuff on the panel had actually disappeared!

What's going on?

Something's not right!

Definitely not right!

He hurriedly pulled open his clothes and felt his chest.

At this touch, he couldn't help but freeze.

Because on his chest, there were suddenly numerous dense scar points, and there were even one or two places where the wounds hadn't fully healed yet.

So... that wasn't a dream just now!

It was real!

These wounds are the ironclad proof!

Tang Long thought it over and over; some flashes of insight appeared, but mostly he was confused.

After all, ever since his Rebirth through the reversal of time, everything that had happened to him could no longer be explained by ordinary science and logic.

He could only be certain now that in the Earth of this space-time, there was indeed another version of himself.

Furthermore, the Earth version of himself had fallen into Mai Zhenxiong's hands. The old man seemed to have discovered some anomalies and was using him for some kind of research. At the same time, he harbored extreme hatred for him, wishing he could skin him alive and tear his bones apart.

Under certain unexpected conditions, his consciousness would return to that body, but he couldn't control it.

This situation is total bullshit.

Because the changes over there have clearly affected the self over here.

Even if guns can't kill me, what about cannons?

What about missiles and nuclear bombs?

In the Early Stage of the Doomsday Era, when the humans of Earth still had the ability to detonate nuclear bombs, plenty of Blue Star Martial Artists died too.

If that old father-in-law really lost his mind, he would definitely have the capability to get a nuclear bomb.

If the self over there is killed, what will happen to the self over here?

Tang Long felt his scalp tingle with fear again.

But after thinking for a while, his expression gradually softened.

Thinking from another perspective, it seems it's not just Earth that can affect him.

If that were the case, the Earth version of himself just now should have been torn to pieces by those bullets.

Therefore, the Blue Star version of himself can also affect the Earth version!

Does this mean that if I find a way, I can go back?

That's right!

It must be so!