Ding Meng said word by word, "Keep moving forward and never retreat. That's your style!"
Zheng Ming's smile disappeared. He let out a long sigh and said earnestly, "Brother, you and I are brothers. Why don't you listen to your elder brother?
Why do you have to go all the way? I'm already dead, so you can't die too. You have to live well. If you die, who will uphold justice for everyone? "
After saying this, Zheng Ming turned into light and disappeared. Ding Meng was stunned and suddenly fell into deep thought.
Yes, haven't I been fighting hard for the goal of living for a long time?
Brother Zheng Ming's words made sense. If you, Ding Meng, were to die, then who would inherit the spirit of our Heroic Dagger?
At this time, Ding Meng suddenly felt that his head had become heavier. It was as if he had fallen into a dead knot of thinking. The more he thought about it, the bigger his head felt.
However, as he was thinking, another person appeared in front of him. This time, it was not one, but two people. They were a little girl in ragged clothes and a citizen officer with a weathered face. They sat side by side on the ground and looked at him with a very solemn gaze.
"You..." Ding Meng suddenly felt that something was wrong.
The little girl suddenly said, "I remember you. Your name is Ding Meng. When I met you, you were only five years old."
Ding Meng was stunned.
The citizen officer said solemnly, "You and Ding Wenhe survived, but the other children all died. Why didn't you save them?"
Ding Meng was speechless. This was something that he and Ding Wenhe could not bear to mention. Most of the time, they did not even want to think about it.
When they fled from that village, it was already the coldest day of winter in the border area. Not to mention the problem of insufficient food, many children walked halfway through the snow and ice. Other than those who couldn't withstand the cold and froze to death, some of them contracted serious diseases that couldn't be treated at all.
If everyone stayed behind to take care of this patient, the result would be that everyone would die. If they gave up, most of them still had a chance to reach the area protected by the Holy Tree.
This was a difficult choice. Ding Meng and Ding Wenhe chose the hope of survival. They could only give up on this sick child. What if they could go back in time?
Would they still give up?
Ding Meng closed his eyes because he felt the world was spinning. He suddenly realized that the tunnel seemed to have the special ability to seize a person's memory and consciousness. It pulled out everything he had seen and heard along the way, and created these real people to interrogate his soul.
When he regained his composure and opened his eyes again, the little girl and the protector were gone. This time, it was Gong Ping, the devil. Gong Ping sneered and said, "Hehe, I thought you had escaped. In the end, you are still trapped here."
"You …" Ding Meng gritted his teeth and said, "I can't believe you still exist in my consciousness."
Gong Ping said proudly, "Of course. Do you think you will be fine after escaping to the Steel Mane Empire?
You are wrong. The Norse Empire will find you sooner or later. The Hidden Front will also trace your whereabouts. You and your women will not be able to escape. "
Ding Meng took a deep breath. "You're already dead. Don't even think about it."
Gong Ping laughed out loud. "You're really funny. I'm dead, but my plan has been completed. My plan has succeeded. You're no longer a threat to the overall situation. Just wait for your wives to die tragically in front of your eyes, right?"
Ding Meng sneered and said, "In your dreams!"
Gong Ping laughed even more happily. "The Empire has already issued a new arrest warrant. Your family and friends can forget about escaping. Even if they can escape, they will never be able to find you. Your life is equivalent to death. To them, you are already a dead person. Hahaha …" Gong Ping laughed even more happily.
Ding Meng's heart sank. This damn instructor was right. What was this place?
What kind of environment was this? He really did not know. In the past, he could still distinguish and scan, but this time, he could not distinguish, nor could he capture any energy, waves, or information. This was the scariest thing, because people were full of awe of the unknown.
Ding Meng felt dizzy again. It was not until now that he realized something. In this world, and even in this universe, the most powerful force was not martial strength, technology, origin energy, intelligence, or power. It was — thoughts!
This was because thoughts could never be eliminated, and no one could completely eliminate them. Even if you killed the person, their thoughts would still exist, and they could even spread and multiply endlessly for generations to come.
When you were worried, doubtful, and fearful, your thoughts would change. This change was the unknown. It could even make you doubt yourself, doubt everyone, and doubt everything.
When your doubts reached the extreme, you would be filled with an instinctive fear and distrust of the entire world. Therefore, you would do many terrible and even crazy things. This was how schizophrenia and mental breakdown came about.
This channel had such a special ability. It could be said that it had the ability to control one's mind and soul. However, one could not refute or resist it.
Ding Meng opened his eyes once more. He decided that no matter what happened next, no matter who appeared, he would definitely push forward unswervingly.
This time, he even circulated his origin energy and began to fly close to the ground. Of course, all kinds of strange people appeared: Aunt Xueyan, the three Ling Xingwen sisters, Old Yu and Yu Man, Du Mo and Du Peixing, Dai Yi and Yao Manrou, Li Yu and Cartel, Zheng Ming and Sun Shiling …
Ding Meng was flying, but they were also flying with him. Moreover, the various questions they asked were quite difficult to answer, especially Ling Xingwen's ugly face and malicious smile. "Green Arrow Base has already been destroyed by me. Not a single person who deserved to die was left alive. These refugees should have died long ago. Borrowing your point of view, didn't you see my Ling family as nothing?
Then I will also see these refugees as ants … "
It would be strange if Ding Meng could still remain calm after hearing this news. After flying for a long time, many illusions appeared in front of Ding Meng's eyes. Not only were there people, there were also many creatures, arranged in a disorderly manner. In the end, even the two devils, Sheng Tian Feng and Widow, appeared and explained a theory about the God Race and Demons. Ding Meng was completely distraught as he listened.
After flying for an unknown period of time, Ding Meng felt extremely tired. However, his origin energy was still abundant. He couldn't help but retract his wings of light and descend.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, Ding Meng suddenly realized that he had reached the end of the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a huge cave wall. The farthest wall seemed to have been cracked, and steps covered in moss extended upward from the crack into the unknown depths of the darkness. He used his telekinesis to peek into the darkness again. In the innermost part of the tunnel, which seemed to be a dead wall, was actually a circular metal door …
At that moment, Ding Meng recalled many things in the past. This was indeed the secret door of Black Gold Base's laboratory. Why did he have this kind of familiar illusion when he saw so many similar scenes later on? I seem to have been here before.
His subconscious told him that it was not as if he had been here before. He had really been here before. The ultimate ideology of this place was the end of this wonderful tunnel. Today, he had finally returned to this place. This was the place he was destined to come to. He already had a strong intuition.
However, just as he was about to take a step forward, he seemed to hear a familiar voice. "Brother Ding, let's go back.
If we continue, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it … "
Ding Meng suddenly fell silent.
But at the same time, there seemed to be another familiar voice encouraging him, "Many years ago, this saber was left behind by a hero, and it has been passed down through many generations … No matter who obtains this saber, they must shoulder their own responsibility and mission, and bravely walk down this path …"
Ding Meng took a deep breath again and decisively strode forward.
When his combat boots stepped on the first step, an unfamiliar and loud voice finally rang out above the tunnel. "Welcome, outsider!"
This was the standard human language, but the voice was very strange. It was neither a male nor a female voice, and it was not a synthetic voice either. It was an indescribable voice, as if another species was speaking the language of the Federation. "Ding Meng of the human race, hello. Congratulations on passing the preliminary test. You have reached the end of the space-time tunnel."
"The space-time tunnel?" Ding Meng asked.
The voice seemed to know his question and took the initiative to explain. "With the level of your human civilization, it is difficult for me to explain the specific definition of this space-time tunnel to you. You can think of it this way. You are now inside an optical computer. This tunnel is a preset program, and you are just a code that is being tested by the program. Once you pass the test, you will become part of the optical computer and will be able to obtain some command authority …"
If this was an intelligent program speaking, then its tone was too arrogant. Ding Meng did not dare to claim that he was one of the strongest people in the world, but he was confident that he could rank among the top twenty. However, when he came here, others only treated him as a code.
What was a code? From a biological point of view, he was not even an ant.
However, this voice was everywhere, and he could not sense its source. It did not seem to be joking or crazy.
Ding Meng said, "What if I don't pass?"
The voice said, "Then you will be eliminated!"
This tone was exactly the same as Xiao Ai's. Ding Meng highly suspected that this was an intelligent program. "Who are you?"
The voice was flat and cold, without any personal feelings. "If it is convenient for you to understand, you can call me Sacas. I am in charge of this place. You can say that I am the butler of this place."
Ding Meng said, "Alright, Butler Salas. How did I end up here for no reason?
Did you teleport me here? "
Sacas explained, "Yes, because the system detected that you are not a pure human. You have the energy of Divine Light Technology in your body, and you have cultivated the martial arts of the Mou Xing Pearl People. Your brain has evolved with the psychokinesis spells of the Green Spirit Tree Race. Just now, you tried to activate the underground Divine Light teleportation array ruins. For the sake of confidentiality, I used my authority to teleport you into the space-time tunnel to prevent you from revealing the secrets of this place."
Ding Meng could not help but ask, "What is this place?"
Sacas said, "In the words of the Steel Mane Race, this is indeed the Gray Plateau, but my explanation is that this is the Guardian Sanctum. Using the concept in your brain, this is the Land of Entropy Silence!"