The Location of the Red Dust Base
Looking at the small town full of willow trees and peach blossoms before him, it was naturally impossible for Chen Ling to mistake it.
This was the first place Chen Ling arrived at after reaching the Red Dust Domain. He still rembered up to now that he was being hunted by the Clown at that ti, and ran all the way into the white flower bushes of the Gray World. Because he couldn't find the entrance to enter the Red Dust Domain, he fainted on the spot...
When he woke up, he had already appeared in Willow Town.
Until now, Chen Ling still didn't know how he suddenly moved from the Gray World to Willow Town... To enter the Red Dust Domain, one had to first find the most inconspicuous flower among the bushes, and then perform so actions to enter. If he was in a coma at that ti, then who took him to complete the ritual and enter the Red Dust Domain?
Moreover, according to what Li Qingshan said, he found Chen Ling in a mountain forest in Willow Town at that ti, which was completely different from the starting point when Chen Ling actively entered the Red Dust Domain... What caused such a difference?
Also, there were hundreds of small towns in the Red Dust Domain, why did it have to be Willow Town??
Returning to Willow Town once again in the posture of a prisoner, more and more doubts surged into Chen Ling's heart. He looked at the peaceful willow trees and village here, and everything suddenly seed to be covered in a mysterious veil... The way he thought now was completely different from when he first entered the Red Dust Domain.
After arriving at Willow Town, Yang Muquan didn't stay, but walked along the moist bluestone road in a certain direction.
If the current Red Dust Main City had already been turned upside down with blood flowing like rivers, Willow Town was still as peaceful as ever. The flas of war in the center of the Red Dust Domain didn't cause any impact here. The willow catkins still fluttered in the wind, the peach blossoms still blood on the embanknt, curling smoke from kitchen chimneys rose from the low houses with white tiles, and cowherds tending their cattle passed by Chen Ling along the bluestone road.
Chen Ling leaned against the edge of the Comic Fra, looking at this peaceful small town, suddenly feeling as if a lifeti had passed...
"The Yang Family generals willingly risk their lives to protect the country, their loyal and heroic nas will be praised for ten thousand generations～～"
In the Alleyway in the distance, a lodious opera Singing sound ca out from a Radio. Perhaps the Radio was a bit old, but this Singing sound was accompanied by rustling static electricity sounds, which instead had a trace of charm amidst the misty rain.
Chen Ling turned his head to look and found that it was exactly the door of Li Qingshan's house.
At this mont, the door of Li Qingshan's house was wide open. A white-haired Elderly Lady was sitting on a small stool, with a Radio placed next to her. While snapping vegetable leaves with her hands, she would follow the Radio and sing a few lines from ti to ti, shaking her head.
She didn't notice Yang Muquan passing by the door, so naturally she didn't see Chen Ling either. She just sang to herself like this. The firewood beside her burned with crackling sounds, and the fragrance of food wafted out.
Chen Ling only caught a glimpse before being led by Yang Muquan past the door... It was also at this ti that he realized this was exactly the road where Li Qingshan picked him up and took him ho back then.
The willow trees on both sides swayed gently in the wind, and the fragrance of the earth assailed his nostrils. Familiar scenes flashed before his eyes. At this mont, Chen Ling felt as if he was sitting back in Li Qingshan's firewood cart, slowly advancing in the exact opposite direction of the past.
"I seem... to have seen this scene sowhere."
Chen Ling pondered in his heart, and as if realizing sothing, a mory suddenly surfaced in his mind.
...
"Sister Zhiwei! I brought you a gift!"
Yao Qing's voice echoed in Chen Ling's ears, and that Embroidery Diagram packed in an exquisite packaging box gradually beca clear in his mory.
The scene in the Embroidery Diagram gradually overlapped with everything around him. At this mont, Chen Ling rembered the source of this familiar feeling.
August 9th, 2024, presented by Yao Qing to Sister Zhiwei:
——"Red Dust".
...
Chen Ling rembered. When he saw this Embroidery Diagram back then, he was shocked by its similarities with Willow Town. At that ti, he only felt that the two were extrely similar, and coupled with the signature of "Red Dust", he almost confird Su Zhiwei's identity.
But when Chen Ling walked on this road again, he found that the relationship between the two wasn't simply "similar" at all... This road was exactly identical to the road embroidered on "Red Dust". Even the number of willow trees by the roadside, the length of every willow leaf, and the mottled outline of the wall peeling beside the house were completely identical!
But... how is this possible?
How could an Embroidery Diagram that appeared hundreds of years ago be completely identical to the current Willow Town? Even if soone deliberately arranged it like this, it couldn't be restored to such an extent. After all, no one could control the height these willow trees grew to, or how many willow branches there were... Moreover, the appearance of willow trees would also change with the change of seasons, how could it be exactly the sa??
The mont he realized this problem, a chill went down the back of Chen Ling's neck... Behind just this seemingly insignificant detail hid too many secrets and unknowns, just like an iceberg resembling a giant beast lurking beneath the surface of the calm sea.
This is definitely not a coincidence.
Just as Chen Ling's brain was frantically turning, Yang Muquan had already walked along the bluestone road all the way to a mountainous forest in the Wilderness.
This seed to be the outskirts of Willow Town, without the slightest sign of human habitation. Wherever the eye could see, there were only lush and dense big trees, and withered branches and broken leaves covering the ground. The sun left a lattice of light and shadow intersecting between the complex branches, like a code of light and shadow covering the earth.
Yang Muquan arrived among the woods, slowly stood still, and spoke calmly towards the intersecting light and shadow among the branches:
"Eighth Hall Yang Muquan, requesting to return."
Chen Ling was stunned. He looked up at the sky in puzzlent. The next mont, those intersecting lights and shadows among the woods suddenly seed to co alive, materializing into tangible lines, pulling apart towards both sides like a curtain!
To enter the Red Dust Base, one actually had to verify their identity? But there didn't seem to be anyone else here, who was he verifying with?
A series of questions flashed across Chen Ling's mind. Imdiately after, Yang Muquan raised both hands and clapped them gently in front of his chest!
Clap——!
A feeling of the sky spinning and the earth turning surged into his heart, and the scene before Chen Ling's eyes instantly twisted.
Chen Ling was too familiar with this feeling. Previously, when he Transmigrated across the boundary of the Domain and arrived at the Gray World from the Red Dust Domain, it was this feeling... When he opened his eyes again, before him was a familiar expanse of white flower bushes.
"This is..." Chen Ling's pupils contracted slightly.
Leaden gray clouds shrouded overhead, and the world seed to only have three colors left: black, white, and gray. Chen Ling's Great Crimson Theatrical Robe fluttered within the Comic Fra, and Yang Muquan also completely turned into a spotted character in a black and white film, standing quietly by his side.
Beside the two of them was an endless expanse of white flower bushes. As the breeze blew across the black earth, pieces of petals lingered around the two with the wind...
Gray World?!
The Red Dust Base, wasn't in Willow Town, or even in the Red Dust Domain... but in the Gray World?
How is this possible...
Chen Ling turned his head blankly, and saw that Small Flower carrying the "Red Dust Domain" floating gently among the soil not far away... At this mont, an idea exploded like thunder in his mind!
"The more important sothing is, the more it will be hidden in an insignificant place."
"To Su Zhiwei, her most important thing isn't her own life, nor is it the Red Dust Base..."
"But the Red Dust Domain."
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