Chapter 1649 - God and Gate (1/2)

Chapter 1649: God and Gate

Li Du was not sure how much time had passed but his mind was becoming increasingly fatigued and he was slowly losing control over his senses.

He felt that he was going to break down soon, a feeling that kept torturing him over and over. Finally, they reached the bottom of the lake. The broad spiral suddenly emerged from the earth’s surface and appeared in front of them.

The Inuit signaled for him to fix the propeller to the bottom of the lake, then held on to Li Du’s arm and swam slowly against the spiral.

Of course, the light did not reach that far down the lake so he could not see properly. He was looking at all of this through the eyes of the little bug.

An undercurrent hit them all of a sudden and Li Du felt himself lose control of his body. At the same time, the little bug’s connection with him was cut off as well, which meant to say its vision disappeared.

On top of losing control over his body, he had lost the support of the little bug. Li Du was overcome with fear and despair, the emotions swirling in his chest. All of a sudden, his body spun and he was washed away by the water current in the blink of an eye.

What was even scarier to him was the fact that the Inuit had let go of him!

A fear he had never felt before seized him and he could not help but scream out in the water. It was embarrassing and cowardly of him but this situation was truly too sudden and horrifying. He had lost any semblance of control over his emotions and he was breaking down.

Luckily for him, a pair of large hands caught his right one and the tempestuous undercurrent vanished. His body steadied in the water once again.

The large hand grabbed onto him and the person swam forward with some difficulty. As the person swam, Li Du could feel himself being pulled this way and that. All he saw in front of him was pitch-black darkness and nothing else; his fate was no longer in his hands and he could only sit back and take what came.

Abruptly, he felt another pair of hands grab onto his other arm, and then he was dragged up and his body became much heavier.

Though his body felt heavier now, his heart was a lot lighter, because this was proof that he had emerged from the lake water. He stepped onto land and the solid ground under his feet was further proof of that.

Someone wanted to help him remove the diving helmet but did not know how to. He spun it round and round but could not remove it. Li Du was about to tell the man that he would remove it himself when a familiar voice rang out, “Let me help him.”

Li Du was shocked at the voice, but he quickly recovered from the shock and shouted in joy, “F*ck, Steve!”

This was Steve’s voice. The man heard him call out, then said with a laugh, “You came, Li, you came here after all.”

Li Du removed his helmet quickly with Steve’s help. A musty scent hit him and he choked on it.

He hurriedly pulled on Steve and asked after his coughing died down, “What’s going on with you guys? Where did you go? Damn, do you know—”

“We found a way into the fifth dimension!” Steve interrupted. “That’s right, we found a way into the fifth dimension. We’re the Gods of Time and Space in this world!”

“Don’t sully the god’s name like this!” The Inuit shouted, not sounding very happy.

Steve apologized immediately. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to insult your faith. Can I take my friend around the area?”

No response. They took the silence as implicit approval.

Everything was as Li Du expected. As they walked, he said, “Alright, so you guys found the entrance, but have you gone in?”

Steve heaved a sigh as he said, “I haven’t because I’m not ready yet, but I’ve seen it. It’s really magical, man. The fifth dimension is the dimension of the gods!”

Li Du asked, “You haven’t been in the fifth dimension? What are you waiting for? What do you guys know? And the others? The Ford brothers?”

Steve fell silent. Something was strange about the pitch-black space.

Li Du tried to summon the little bugs but to no avail. It was as if he lost them or something, because he could not command them at all.

His heart grew anxious, so he said impatiently, “I’m asking you. Steve?”

Steve said, “They went to the fifth dimension. They thought they were prepared enough. I don’t know where they are.”

Li Du asked, “What do you mean? What’s the fifth dimension? I saw Peter, did he go to the fifth dimension, too?”

Steve came to a halt at Li Du’s words. He asked, a little agitatedly, “You, you saw Peter? Where did you see him?”

Li Du told him everything he knew about Peter and Steve sucked in his breath after he finished. “They’re telling you the truth. This will drive people insane — to their deaths, even.”

“Who are ‘they’?” Li Du asked immediately. “Also, Peter knew about some of my secrets. Do you know what’s going on?”

Steve said, “The ones who brought you here are the Inuit. As for Pete knowing about your secrets? To be honest, all of us know. There are no secrets in the fifth dimension.”

Li Du was stunned and did not know how to respond.

There were too many questions swimming around in his head, so he fired them at Steve in rapid succession. “What’s the deal with the Inuit? What is this place? Just what is going on here? What do you mean there are no secrets?”

Steve tugged him down to make him sit, then said, “Take a break here first. Don’t be anxious, I’ll tell you everything I know, but I don’t know a whole lot either so you might be disappointed.”

“These Inuits came from the land. Since you found this place, you should also know about the missing Inuit village that used to stand by the side of Lake Angikuni? You guessed right — these Inuits were from that village.”

Li Du was shocked. “So what you’re saying is that they’re the descendants of the villagers from that time? But how did the second generation come about? This is some degree of consanguineous marriage, no?”

Steve said slowly, “They’re not the descendants of those villagers, they are those villagers!”

Li Du had vaguely guessed as much, but hearing Steve actually say it still shocked him so much he could not say anything.

After some time passed, he said listlessly, “You’re saying they’re already in their eighties? No, but wait, they should be even older?”

Steve said, “That was what I had thought at first, but they keep all of this under wraps — about their history, about their everything, really.”

Li Du sat in the darkness, confused and yet sober.

Many things suddenly made sense to him. No wonder these people had such fair skin — they were always living in the darkness so it was only natural that their skin would be unnaturally pale.