Hand in Hand to Build a Home Amid Great Chaos

chapter4

"Let me go, I won't go back, let go!"

A dispute broke out outside the door. Blue Card was shouting loudly in the hallway. Qian Ling ignored everything else and quickly opened the door.

"Oh, Zero, come help me quickly. My daddy has gone crazy; he actually ordered them to forcefully take me back home. I *won't* go back. Ah, let go, I command you to let go!" Blue Card's face was flushed red with anxiety. Tang Rui's anxious expression was tinged with impatience as he constantly coaxed and pleaded, very distressed.

"Blue Card, listen to your parents and go back quickly. I heard that after the new flu virus started, it's beginning to spread in many countries. You should go back immediately to be safe. It's your homeland, after all," Qian Ling said, walking over to her and pulling her to stand properly.

"Yes, Princess, please stop making things difficult for us," Tang Rui urged, too anxious to care about anything else, thankful that the hallway was empty.

"Well, how about you come with me, Zero? You can be my guest at home. My daddy will definitely like you. After the flu epidemic is over, we can come back together." Blue Card suddenly thought this was a brilliant idea. She immediately stopped struggling, her eyes shining with anticipation as she looked at Qian Ling.

"No, maybe another time. You also know my grandfather is not in good health. I plan to go back and see him. I haven't been home for five years." Qian Ling refused her invitation.

Blue Card instantly deflated, a look of disappointment spreading across her face. She wanted to say something else, but Qian Ling directly interrupted her.

"Blue Card, this is no time to be willful. Go back to your country now. I heard the airport is about to ban flights. Go quickly, otherwise, if something unexpected happens, you might not be able to leave. You are no ordinary person; you must think of your country and your people. You are the only heir in your family." Qian Ling looked at her seriously and spoke earnestly.

"Princess," Tang Rui looked at Qian Ling gratefully, then urgently called out again. The five or six bodyguards that had appeared from somewhere behind him also looked at Qian Ling with expressions of gratitude.

"Well, okay then, Ling. Let's part ways for now. When I come back, we'll go racing together," Lanka said, her eyes lighting up as she thought about the new racing hobby she had recently fallen in love with.

A sudden reluctance welled up in Qian Ling's heart. If everything matched the dream, then in the apocalypse, they would likely never see each other again.

Qian Ling gave her a heartfelt, tight hug. "Lanka, be careful. Listen to Tang Rui. He is your most loyal knight and will protect you with his life. Stay by his side at all times, and you'll be safe."

Lanka glanced at Tang Rui and saw the deep affection in his eyes. Though she understood, she also felt a little uncertain. But at this moment, she couldn't and didn't want to worry her best friend during their farewell. So she nodded and promised, "Alright, I'll listen to you this once. If he fails your trust, you'll have to deal with him for me. With your skills, you could take him down."

"Haha, deal," Qian Ling said, watching Lanka leave reluctantly, her heart filled with a deep sense of melancholy.

Not long after, when the apocalypse descended, Lanka finally understood that it was because she followed Qian Ling's advice and never maliciously shook off Tang Rui's protection that she narrowly escaped from the jaws of zombies several times. In the end, the tall, mighty, and handsome Tang Rui became her lifelong loyal companion.

The crisis of this apocalypse meant that Qian Ling and Lanka could only be forever lost to each other in the vast world. Fate is like that—it always leaves people with too many regrets and helplessness.

When facing life and making choices, sometimes it's truly hard!

Watching Lanka's reluctant retreating figure, Qian Ling could only silently bless her. She didn't know how to warn her because she herself wasn't certain yet.

After seeing Lanka off, Qian Ling tried hard to recall the fragmented and disordered dream scenes from over the years.

'The space... if there really is a space, let me enter.'

Qian Ling silently chanted. A dizzy feeling came over her, and the next second she smelled a faint fragrance. She opened her eyes and stood frozen in place.

Before her was a castle she had never seen before, indescribable in style. The castle was majestic and sacred, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters. Behind the castle, a series of rolling mountains could be seen, and nearby was a purple bamboo forest.

In front of the castle lay over a hundred acres of land, with a sky-blue lake in the middle connected to a stream. The stream flowed into the lake, while the other side flowed to some unknown place.

At the castle gate, there was a small garden full of blooming flowers, a breathtaking sight. A small spring emitted thick white mist, and inside the spring bloomed an unknown crystal flower with petals of different colors. In the center of the flower were several beads of different colors, one of which was a blue bead radiating dazzling brilliance.

The entire space seemed incomplete, covered by a pale green membrane like a dome over the visible area.

"Space, exit." As the words fell, Qian Ling found herself back in her dorm, still standing by her bed. After entering and exiting several times, and moving the bed in and out with her mental power a few times, she finally believed it was real.

She entered again and headed straight for the castle, but she could only access the first floor. Going further up seemed blocked by some kind of restriction.

On the left side of the first floor was an enormous room resembling a study. On the table lay a glowing jade slip.

Before she could decide whether to pick it up and examine it, the jade slip flew directly into her brow and into her sea of consciousness. As a flood of information threatened to overwhelm her, she barely managed to withstand the jade slip's inheritance.

"The Boundary of Qian Ling."

This was a super divine artifact. In the ancient cultivation world, it could be called the "Supreme Divine Artifact," left behind by a great cultivator after his ascension for a destined descendant.

Through the inheritance from the jade slip, Qian Ling learned that the cultivation world really existed, but even in the vast universe of galaxies, it was no more than a leaf on a boat. The universe was so immense that humans could never fully explore or measure it.

All life within the space could survive. The land would automatically mature after planting without any maintenance.

Within the space, one could mentally divide areas to raise animals without interference.

The cultivation technique "Qian Ling Jue" was the only key to unlock the Boundary of Qian Ling.

Only through continuous cultivation could one gain more inheritance.

However, only after achieving great mastery could the cultivator tear through space and time to reach the cultivation world or other dimensions, beginning a journey of life sublimation in another realm.

The space would expand and upgrade as the "Qian Ling Jue" was cultivated to higher levels, unlocking the upper floors' Sutra Library, Alchemy Room, Artifact Refining Room, Divine Pill Art, Beast Taming Art, and other rare secrets—each of which would be treasures that could drive the cultivation world wild.

After receiving all this information, Qian Ling stood dazed in the space for a long time, digesting the information that shattered her worldview. Finally, when a clarity hit her mind, she shuddered and hurried to check the basement of the castle.

The basement of the castle was a warehouse with infinite space and time that was almost frozen. That meant any item placed in the warehouse would remain in the exact state it was in when first put in—how heaven-defying was that!

If it was food, it would stay hot or cold as originally, without spoiling. If it was an item, due to prolonged exposure to the spiritual energy within the space, its quality would gradually improve rather than decay over time like in the outside world.

After all, there was a saying: "Things aren't ruined by use, but by neglect!"

Stunned by this discovery, Qian Ling left the space and brought in frozen and heated sandwiches from the dormitory. When she verified this clearly, she was overjoyed.