Bai Qiu left, but Guinelia remained where she was.
She quietly studied one of the sunflowers, her gaze lingering on it as though lost in thought.
Returning to his residence, Bai Qiu checked on the little Black Iron Worm and handed over enough food for the next two months to Feng Yuling.
Then he began organizing his Storage Card, spatial bracelet, and spatial ring, sorting their contents into categories.
His spatial ring had originally been packed full of potions that enhanced affinity and elemental resistance.
Over such a long period, however, Bai Qiu had absentmindedly treated them like beverages, and now the supply was almost exhausted.
He took out the few remaining bottles and downed them in one gulp.
Then he placed all the mana recovery potions Guinelia had prepared for him into the ring, along with several healing potions.
“As for this bottle of sleeping potion and this precognition potion… forget it, I’ll keep them as souvenirs.”
Muttering to himself, Bai Qiu placed them into the last two slots of his Storage Card.
He then arranged his crafting materials, food supplies, outdoor equipment, and everything else in neat order.
Anything he was still missing could be purchased later.
As for the place they were about to travel to, some looked forward to it while others dreaded it—and Bai Qiu naturally belonged to the latter.
Once they reached the Shattered Celestial Realm, he wouldn’t be able to soak in a hot bath whenever he wanted, nor did he know how to cook…
The only solution was to have Wang Shiyun prepare a large quantity of pre-made meals several days in advance for emergencies.
Zhang Shiyao would also be bringing ready-made food with her, because, like Bai Qiu, she couldn’t cook either.
Even so, Bai Qiu still packed a large iron pot.
After all, the Shattered Celestial Realm might contain rare, high-grade ingredients—the kind that could completely transform a person’s physique.
When the time came, even if he didn’t know how to cook, he’d have to grit his teeth and figure something out.
By the time everything had been taken care of, evening had arrived.
After finishing his final meal in Zone 2233 before setting out on his journey, Bai Qiu sat down cross-legged and entered a meditative state.
Obtained Physique: [Great Strength]. Strength growth limit can now break through to B-…
…
Inside the potion shop, which had closed early for the day, Guinelia lay beneath the covers in her bedroom, unable to settle down.
The thought that Bai Qiu would be gone for an entire month left her with an overwhelming sense of emptiness.
“I can’t fall asleep… I’ll drink a bottle of the Precognition Potion and see whether there’s any possibility for a future between him and me…”
Rolling upright in bed, Guinelia reached into the storage space hidden within her bodice and took out a bottle of the Precognition Potion.
“Gulp, gulp, gulp…”
She drained it in one breath, then immediately lay back down, folded her hands over her lower abdomen, and peacefully drifted off to sleep.
…
Dong~~~
A deep, resonant toll of a bell echoed through the air, reaching the dreamer’s ears like the whisper of a god.
Within a magnificent golden temple bathed in radiant light, Guinelia slowly opened her eyes.
The moment she did, the sight before her left her utterly stunned.
She found herself lying in the very center of an enormous hall.
Her entire body felt weak, and within the vast temple, she seemed unimaginably small.
The brilliantly colored temple doors towered a hundred meters into the sky, their width nearly one-third of their height.
Guinelia had to crane her neck just to glimpse the top of the massive gates.
Crackle… crackle…
At the deepest part of the temple, embedded in the central dais, stood a solitary spear.
Arcs of lightning occasionally burst from it, filling every living being with an instinctive sense of dread.
Yet the spear itself was covered in cracks.
From its tip to its shaft, it looked as though it had once been shattered into countless pieces, only to be forcibly glued back together like a broken porcelain vase.
“Where… is this?”
Standing alone at the center of the temple, Guinelia murmured in confusion.
She cautiously looked around, only to discover that the surroundings were deathly silent.
There wasn’t a single person in sight.
The walls and floor of the temple were built from some unknown kind of stone.
Though they had endured for countless ages, they still gleamed as brilliantly as if they were brand new.
Guinelia wanted to explore further and find out what kind of place this was.
But just then, an earth-shattering roar erupted from outside the temple.
The tremendous impact shook the divine temple violently.
Even this sanctuary, which had stood unyielding through innumerable ages, trembled under the force.
Caught off guard, Guinelia lost her footing and fell to the ground.
It was that very tremor that snapped her mind out of its hazy state, causing all her memories to return.
This is my dream… the dream that’s supposed to show me the future between him and me!
Realizing this, Guinelia hurriedly scrambled to her feet and sprinted toward the temple’s exit.
Her instincts told her that Bai Qiu was outside the temple—and that his situation might already be dire.
Driven by panic, she ran with all her strength, but the temple continued shaking without pause.
After only a few steps, she stumbled and fell again.
She got back up, ran once more…
Only to fall again.
While running, she instinctively reached into the neckline of her dress, intending to retrieve a potion that increased movement speed.
But nothing came out.
Only then did she realize that this dream seemed to be missing certain things.
Left with no other choice, Guinelia gave up on the idea and continued running on foot.
Ordinarily, as someone of the [Supporter] class, her attributes should have been far above average.
Yet no matter how hard she tried, she simply couldn’t run any faster.
Her legs felt as though they had been filled with lead, every step unbearably heavy and difficult.
Of course, that might also have been because the temple itself was unimaginably vast.
In any case, merely reaching the exit took her several minutes.
Finally arriving at the colossal temple gates, Guinelia leaned against the wall beside the entrance—a wall as massive as a city’s fortifications—and looked outside.
A crimson full moon hung in the heavens as though it were about to crash down upon the world.
It filled her entire field of vision.
She could even make out the countless craters pitting its surface…
Shaking her head, Guinelia turned toward the source of the deafening sounds.
Her normally gentle brows furrowed tightly.
She couldn’t see Bai Qiu.
Because the temple itself radiated a golden glow while it was night outside, the contrast in lighting actually obscured her vision.
Standing within the bright light of the temple made it difficult to see into the surrounding darkness.
Just as she was about to leave the temple and move closer—
Several thunderous roars froze her entire body in place.
She couldn’t move a single muscle.
Tap. Tap. Tap…
A series of distant lights suddenly flared to life, like enormous searchlights illuminating the darkness.
But upon closer inspection…
They weren’t searchlights at all.
They were gigantic eyeballs.
As every eye opened, all eight of them blazed to life.
A monstrous creature with four heads was reflected in Guinelia’s eyes.
One of the heads, along with its long neck, also began to emit a brilliant glow.
Soon, an azure radiance spread across the creature’s entire neck.
Thanks to that eerie light, Guinelia was finally able to see its full appearance.
It was a horrifying monster with four heads.
At the point where the heads joined together were two bloody severed neck stumps, each emanating a sinister aura of curses.
Its neck alone rose to a height of well over a hundred zhang. (*333m)
Most of its colossal body remained submerged within a vast lake crowded with gigantic stone pillars.
Only its two massive forelimbs had already stepped out onto the shore.
All eight of its eyes were fixed intently on a single point.
Following the direction of its gaze, Guinelia slowly turned her head.
The moment she saw what lay there, she instinctively covered her mouth.
Tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes…
— The end of the Chapter–
TL note : Join Patreon to support the translation and to read up to 50 chapters of the release :
https://www.patreon.com/DeCakraWnloverz
