Chapter 1435 - The Dark Ages (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hao Ren saw Lily’s woozy face and knew that the maiden knew nothing about the situation earlier. “Raven 12345 just projected herself through the breach that you opened when you ‘sneaked’ in here. She possessed you to say a few words to me.”

Lily could not care less if Raven 12345 had possessed her. “Arf Arf? What did the goddess say?”

“We may have more helpers in the future,” said Hao Ren. “Each time we go back in time, the degree of isolation of the distorted space and time will lessen. If we encounter other acquaintances during our journey, they’ll be able to ‘sneak in’ just like you. But since only your consciousness can come in, you can’t bring equipment and acquired skills. Your strength will be what it is during that time in history.

Lily quickly understood what Hao Ren meant. She looked down at her hands and realized something. “No wonder I feel weak, and I can’t summon my Frostfire Claws.”

The husky lamented, “I really miss my days in the Siberian snowfields. When I first left the village and wandered, I was excited and had many ideas. I never worried about anything, including the problems I would face in the human world. While I lost my way, living with the wolves was joyful. Mr. Landlord, did you know that I actually went all the way to the Arctic until a glacier blocked my way. Then I had no choice but to turn back.”

“I know. You’ve been this way for half a century.” Hao Ren’s mouth twitched.

Lily smiled slightly. She reached into her clothes and took out a badly-worn, thread-bound Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

“This book is still with me. I haven’t returned it.” Lily shook her head. “I’ve brought it along with me wherever I go, and read it countless times when I wandered the snow land. Later I came upon human society, looking for food, fighting, doing chores, and mingling with the gangsters. Suddenly, I had an urge to study. I wanted to be a cultured person, so I went to Beijing and studied there. After graduating from Peking University, I finally remembered that I had to go back to the small village, but the village was no longer there.”

Lily sighed and continued. “I’ll probably never be able to go back again. The old gentleman must be scolding me in his heart.”

Hao Ren looked at Lily in amazement. After a long while, he hesitantly asked, “Are you crying?”

“No, of course not.” Lily looked up and bared her fangs at Hao Ren. “I’ve gotten used to such things for half a century. Just lamenting a little here. I never imagined that I would relive the past here. Mr. Landlord, let’s not waste time. Go out and see what year it is now. I can’t wait to finish the mission.”

Hao Ren looked at Lily again. He was a little surprised that the simpled-minded husky maiden could have such a sentimental moment. He nodded and went up to the wooden door, which had some faint light leaking through the gaps.

On the other side of the wooden door, another space and time awaited them, while inside the hunter’s cabin, space and time were still in black and white. Hao Ren took a deep breath and pushed the door open without hesitation.

Immediately after he stepped out of the door, time seemed to resume again in the tranquil space. The residual rays of the sunset sprinkled on his face, frightened swallows flew away in all directions, and sounds came from everywhere. Carriages running over the stone pavement and sporadic human voices from afar could be heard. Hao Ren took another step and now, he was out in an entirely different space and time.

He found himself in front of an old street, where a wet stone road extended from the south to the north with dirty and smelly sewage on both sides. Houses, mostly old and built out of bricks, had moss on the lower half of their outer walls, and mottled surfaces on the upper half. The tallest buildings were merely three stories. Houses of different heights stood in between the sinking sun in the horizon and Hao Ren, splitting the sunlight into beams as it passed through the gaps.

Perhaps it was because of the approaching dusk that there were few pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, there were a few people jostling by from afar, but none of them were wearing fancy clothes. They had numb expressions and were in a hurry. They did not notice the two strangers in exotic costumes popping up on the other side of the street. A horse-drawn carriage loaded with stuff passed by an intersection, and the driver hurled insults at the horse in a strong local accent. The entire scene looked a little dreary.

Hao Ren looked back at the wooden door, from which he came out of. It was still there, inlaid on a wall covered in moss. Next to it was a slatted window, reinforced with an iron frame. There were oil stains on it. A faint yellow oil lamp hung above the slatted window and swung gently in the evening breeze, emitting a squeaking sound.