The Return of Stars to the Jianghu

"The man in black disappeared after saying he was retreating. I was shot by an arrow and fell to the ground, and the fire had already spread around us. Ji Mi and Bi Li supported me, and we could only escape the fire by retreating in the direction the man in black had fled." Qi Yuan stopped there.

The carriage headed south, and Bili was trying to make the horses run faster.

The three people in the car, Luo Yifei, Qingwei, and Huaxi, listened to Qi Yuan's story.

After a moment of silence, Luo Yifei asked, "And then?"

"Han Yue led the group of men in black southeast. The rest of us went north to the Red-Clothed Sect on Mount Emei to seek help. On the way, Ji Mi and Bi Li helped me pull out the arrow and bandage my wound. Later, we met Lin Lei on the way, and then you and I were taken to the main peak of Mount Emei to the Red-Clothed Sect's cave." Qi Yuan finished speaking and seemed to be lost in thought, as if he was thinking about something.

At this moment, Hua Xi spoke up, "I wonder what Han Yue's situation is now. Although his lightness skill is excellent, those men in black outnumbered him and had great power. Han Yue escorted me all the way from Freedom City to Lanting County..."

Hua Xi simply stated the facts, her voice gradually fading as if she didn't know what else to say.

“Good fortune will always be with him. With his excellent lightness skill, he will definitely be able to escape,” Qi Yuan said to the others, as if he had finally finished considering something.

Luo Yifei thought to himself that this wasn't the first time Qi Yuan had abandoned his teammates, and he wasn't sure if he could safely reach An Island with this group. This tendency to abandon his teammates so easily was truly bewildering. Back on Earth, even when playing the game "Ocean's Deception," he hadn't acted this way!

“Sanmu’s lightness skill is poor, and his martial arts are also lacking. Are we really not going back to Shixi Town to rescue him? We are truly grateful to everyone who escorted us all the way. But I don’t want everyone to leave halfway through the journey, their fates unknown.” Qingwei, who rarely spoke, just like Huaxi, said these words to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan looked at Qingwei, Huaxi, and Luo Yifei and said, "Sanmu will definitely be alright. Fan Ye is a greedy man who doesn't kill. Even if Sanmu is unfortunately captured by them, we can definitely ransom him as long as we bring the silver. On the contrary, going back now might require more silver. It's not too late to rescue him after we reach An Island and meet up with Ji Mi and the others."

Luo Yifei knew he had little fighting ability and that going back now wouldn't be of any help, so he didn't mention going back to rescue people again.

Hua Xi and Qing Wei both believed in Qi Yuan's abilities, and after hearing his analysis, they felt relieved and nodded gently together.

As dusk fell, Bili drove the carriage without stopping. At their current speed, they would probably reach the port around midnight—that place that was actually located in the south of the mainland but was called Beihai County.

Luo Yifei stared at the map of the Floating World, lost in thought, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's so similar, so incredibly similar." In his mind, a world map of Earth appeared, and he noticed the striking similarities in terrain, topography, and even place names. Was it truly just a coincidence, or were those tunnels creating too many connections between the two worlds?

Luo Yifei recalled a news story from many years ago: when an Earth-like planet was discovered in the universe, some media outlets referred to it as "another Earth." He recalled that the rendering photos released by the media were probably just renderings of Earth with a different filter.

Thinking of this, Luo Yifei prepared to take something out of his bag. He hesitated for a moment as if realizing something, but still took out his tablet computer.

This was the first time he had taken this thing out in front of people from another world, but he no longer hesitated and started using it without a second thought. The tablet naturally didn't have internet access, but Luo Yifei had copied some data before coming. Finally, he found the news article from years ago, opened the photo, and confirmed that it was just a rendering of Earth. After such a long standby time, the tablet finally ran out of power. It displayed a message indicating it would automatically shut down in 30 seconds before the screen went black.

Luo Yifei looked up and saw the three of them staring at him. He decided to take the initiative and asked, "Have you seen this before?"

“I have also traveled to the West, and I have never seen this thing in your hand before,” Qi Yuan replied.

Hua Xi and Qing Wei also shook their heads.

“This thing is called a tablet,” Luo Yifei replied, wondering how to explain it to himself.

"It does look like a board, and it's flat. I saw it glow when you used it just now, and it even had blueprints. I wonder what it's for?" Qi Yuan wondered if taking out this Floating Continent artifact without seeing the actual object meant he was a transmigrator.

Luo Yifei hesitated, wondering whether to reveal that he had transmigrated from another time. After a moment of silence, he decided not to say it.

Luo Yifei began to make up a story, "A reclusive master told me how to use it. It can store more text and pictures than rice paper and canvas. It's just that there's no electricity now."

"What kind of electricity, the kind from the sky?" Qingwei looked at the tablet with great curiosity. His father was a merchant who had brought back many Western items, but he had never seen anything like this tablet that could emit light. After hearing Luo Yifei's explanation, he couldn't help but ask curiously.