Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1218: Chapter 1217: Three Grades

On this it writes ”If the Other Shore,” divided into three grades, requiring the purple gold stone to be assimilated into the body. ”Jiang Cheng read out the text on the wall about the Other Shore, pretending not to know what it was about, reading each word very stiffly.

Zhang Tian knew these words; he just wanted to see if Jiang Cheng truly didn’t understand their purpose. Clearly, Jiang Cheng’s actions successfully reduced Zhang Tian’s suspicion. ”Alright, alright, now you sit over there for a while, no matter what happens to me, don’t worry about it,” Zhang Tian said, then sat down on the ground, closing his eyes as if nobody else were there.

Jiang Cheng watched Zhang Tian sit down on the ground with such ease, he couldn’t help but wonder, has he started cultivating like this? According to Zhang Tian’s suspicious nature, he shouldn’t be so trusting.

Jiang Cheng took out the Super Analysis Mirror and saw a yellow light shield surrounding Zhang Tian. Clearly, Zhang isn’t fully trusting either, but this light shield piqued Jiang Cheng’s interest. Jiang Cheng noticed the shield’s raw material was something he hadn’t seen before, which could turn into powder and gather into light in a specific humidity and temperature, thus isolating noise, preventing outside disturbance, and providing protection. Jiang Cheng thought Zhang Tian must have come well-prepared; he likely planned to cultivate for a long time here, and Jiang Cheng needed to find a way to leave soon.

After ten minutes, Jiang Cheng saw Zhang Tian sitting motionless on the ground, occasionally a purple light could be seen beside his body. Jiang Cheng felt uneasy because he didn’t know Zhang Tian’s inherent qualities. If Zhang Tian had good innate talent, the longer he spent cultivating, the smaller Jiang Cheng’s chance to leave would become. Just as Jiang Cheng was considering his options, Zhang Tian seemed to fall into a demonic state, the light beside him gradually disappearing, and he rolled around on the ground.

Jiang Cheng walked to Zhang Tian’s side, noticing Zhang Tian’s closed eyes and his mouth mumbling something, his face showing immense pain. ”Zhang Tian, Zhang Tian!” Jiang Cheng shook him several times, calling his name, but Zhang Tian remained trapped in his nightmare. Jiang Cheng thought now might indeed be the best time to leave, but he felt conflicted; if he left like this and Zhang Tian died, Jiang Cheng didn’t feel he could do such a thing.

Jiang Cheng used the Ultrasound Gun to emit sound waves at Zhang Tian. Jiang Cheng saw that Zhang Tian was trapped in the Illusion Realm, and he also walked into Zhang Tian’s Illusion Realm. Jiang Cheng found himself on a street, which looked no different from one on Earth, but there was a group of people surrounding a small boy. Jiang Cheng approached and saw the small boy in the center looked about six or seven years old, but very small and his clothes were covered in dust.

”My mom says your dad isn’t a Li Country person, but from Kai Ao Country.” A child beside them said with disdain. Jiang Cheng realized this was a street in Li Country, and the boy in the middle looked somewhat familiar, a bit like Zhang Tian. The boy was staring in Jiang Cheng’s direction, but Jiang Cheng noticed he couldn’t see him because this was Zhang Tian’s Illusion Realm, where no one could see Jiang Cheng.

The other boys around were laughing, saying ”Zhang Tian is a little bastard,” seemingly innocent words, but Jiang Cheng saw the little boy’s eyes welling up with tears, his body shaking uncontrollably.

”Yeah, my mom said it’s because your dad abandoned you and your mom, and you were kicked back.” Another boy said.

The other children burst into laughter, one saying to another, ”Hey, let me tell you, my mom said Kai Ao Country’s technology is very backward in all aspects, and the people there are weak and poor.”

The nearby kids intensified their mockery, ”Hey, Zhang Tian, why did your dad abandon your mom?”

At this moment, little Zhang Tian seemed to reach his limit, suddenly standing up, jumping beside the speaking boy, and bit the boy’s ear. Seeing this, the other children started to hit little Zhang Tian, but he wouldn’t let go, until the boy suddenly screamed as blood ran from his ear, and little Zhang Tian was finally overcome by the punches and kicks, falling to the ground. Jiang Cheng saw Zhang Tian’s face and body were bruised, yet he was smiling—the kind of proud smile that Jiang Cheng was familiar with.

Suddenly Jiang Cheng’s vision blurred, and the scene changed to a graveyard. It looked like wasteland, with yellow sands swirling and a desolate atmosphere, only a few lonely graves stood, which appeared to be just mounds of earth. Jiang Cheng saw a boy running on the ground, his silhouette frail, and Jiang Cheng walked beside him, confirming the boy was about twelve years old, with features resembling Zhang Tian. He was sure this boy was Zhang Tian. ”Mom,” the boy said to the earthen mound in front of him, just saying ”Mom,” and nothing else, as tears flowed continuously.

Jiang Cheng was moved seeing Zhang Tian like this, not expecting his life to be so bitter.

The boy knelt on the ground for about an hour before bowing three times to the tombstone, then stood up, his steps unsteady from kneeling too long. Jiang Cheng watched the boy slowly walk away, his slim silhouette gradually disappearing, finally turning into a dot.

In a blink, Jiang Cheng’s vision cleared and showed a familiar place, the Imperial Capital Scientific Conference where Jiang Cheng attended that day. Jiang Cheng saw Zhang Tian seated in the first-floor corner, while the virus started spreading.

Jiang Cheng saw himself on stage, unsealing the virus, which in Zhang Tian’s dreamscape was different from the reality where Jiang Cheng took a few minutes to unseal the virus, but in Zhang Tian’s dream the virus wasn’t unsealed for a long time. Zhang Tian was not as anxious as the others, calmly seated.

After a while, Jiang Cheng saw Zhang Tian’s eyes starting to lose focus, and others at the conference began collapsing one by one like Zhang Tian. Jiang Cheng realized Zhang Tian’s dreamscape was at its end, and if he couldn’t awaken, he would be trapped in there forever. Jiang Cheng tried to shout to Zhang Tian but found him indifferent.

Jiang Cheng remembered he was a spiritual entity in Zhang Tian’s dreamscape, so he ran to his own side, seeing his own eyes unfocused too, quickly merging with his body, running to Zhang Tian’s side, ”Hey, Zhang Tian, wake up.” Jiang Cheng urgently called Zhang Tian, but still saw no sign of awakening.

Jiang Cheng saw the Door of Illusion shrinking smaller; if Zhang Tian didn’t awaken soon, he would also be trapped there. Jiang Cheng thought about it and whispered in Zhang Tian’s ear, ”Zhang Yuan.” At that moment, Jiang Cheng saw Zhang Tian awakened, his eyes clear, ”Zhang Tian, come with me, your mom is waiting for you.”