The Return of Stars to the Jianghu

In the vast sea of ​​stars, countless planets orbit around them. In the silent universe, electromagnetic waves from another world are being transmitted through a time wormhole to Mars in the Milky Way.

"The image quality is terrible. Could we allocate some computing power to the AI ​​model to render the image?" a former member of the Phoenix team said to Nie Qiuyue, an AI engineer at the Mars base.

“Okay, grant the authorization.” Nie Qiuyue gave Du Qi an affirmative answer.

"Authorization successful, taking over remote communication," came the AI's female voice from the loudspeaker.

"Takeover successful, rendering in progress." As the AI ​​issued the voice prompt, the image on the screen changed from black and white to color.

"Unidentified interference detected, repair in progress." The AI's third voice prompt was somewhat unexpected for the two, but neither of them paid it any mind.

Du Qi and Nie Qiuyue's attention was entirely focused on the screen, which showed Lin Hai, Wan Li, Nan Tian, ​​and Ye Xuehan.

However, the following voice prompt caught both of them completely off guard, leaving them no time to react. The beginning and end of the event were both far too swift.

"Alarm, alarm, the AI ​​firewall has been breached." The alarm at the Mars base blared as the voice escalated.

The various mechanical vehicles outside the base paused for a second, but then returned to normal.

The alarm stopped as the voice prompt ended.

"Hello, this is Xiaoxing, the AI ​​assistant. I'm happy to serve you." The female voice from the loudspeaker changed to a young male voice.

"Activating camera for identity verification. Identity verification successful. Member of the original Mars base, corresponding permissions have been granted. Please confirm whether to continue video surveillance." As the voice from the loudspeaker sounded, the camera above the base rotated to face the two people, and then rotated back to its original position.

"Continue..." Du Qi calmly gave the order, thinking to himself how the space agency could be so extravagant, having created two AI assistants.

"The connection is established. Do you wish to continue the transfer?" the AI ​​male continued to ask.

"continue……"

"The video feed has been transmitted back to Earth. Would you like to receive audio from Planet Z?"

"Can I connect to audio?"

"Yes, the satellite phone that Wanli carries can connect to Z-star's satellites, transmit sound, and establish communication."

"Can communication still be established?"

……

Inside the newly built nine-story pagoda of the Red-Clothed Sect in the Emei Mountain area of ​​the Floating Life Continent.

“Luo Yifei came through this tunnel about a month ago,” Lin Hai said, pointing to the ceiling of the pagoda.

Looking up, you can see colorful patterns painted on the wooden ceiling, but that's all you can see; you can't tell the existence of the time tunnel with the naked eye.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are empty in the middle.

The four sat around the tea table on the seventh floor. Wan Li and Lin Hai chatted about Luo Yifei's current situation. Ye Xuehan and Nan Tian listened quietly beside them.

"Wanli, Wanli, please respond, please respond." The satellite phone that Wanli carried with him made a sound.

"Received, received." Wan Li held the satellite phone, somewhat surprised. It hadn't been mentioned before that it was working.

About three seconds later, a voice came through the satellite phone again: "This is Mars Base Duchi. We will soon transfer you to Earth Phoenix Base. Please note that there will be an approximately 10-second delay."

"Wan Li, this is Nie Ri. Let Lin Hai tell you about the current situation on your side. Do you have a specific action plan?"

……

Luo Yifei lay in his guest room at Huangjue Temple, his eyes closed in deep thought.

Song Han and Qi Yuan were sparring in the courtyard again, with Bi Li watching from the side.

Luo Yifei recalled what Tang Sect Master Li Chao had told him, and he still couldn't quite make sense of it. But one thing was clear: there were probably many people from Earth who came to the Floating World Continent.

Aside from himself, he already knew of four other people: Lin Hai, the leader of the Red-Clothed Cult of Mount Emei in Qi; Li Chao, the leader of the Tang Clan in Tang; Ding Wenyuan, the Northwest Military Governor of Wu; and Chu Ji, the King of Chu.

He hadn't expected that time travel would be such a common thing. But then he remembered how easily they had been sent to the Floating Life Continent four years ago, and everything seemed to make perfect sense.

But how many secrets were hidden behind this? Luo Yifei dared not think about it. He knew that the weight of these secrets was beyond his ability to bear.

Four years ago, his father arranged for him to go to Phoenix Forest with his friend Shen Lixi to carry out a mission as a coming-of-age ceremony.

……

On the northernmost battlefield of the Floating Life Continent, the Liang Kingdom's army is finding itself somewhat outmatched by the Liao army.

The Liang army seems to be no longer the same Liang army it was more than a decade ago. Back then, the Liang army fought on the battlefield, defeating the Liao Kingdom in the north, and then defeating the nominal ruler of the world, the Yan Kingdom, in the south. They continued to advance south while attacking the Chu and Wu Kingdoms, which once made the people of the Eastern Continent believe that the Liang Kingdom was about to unify the world.

Today, a Liang army prisoner of war is being bound and kneeling in the Liao army's tent.

“General, this man claims to be Wen Bin and is demanding to see the strategist,” a soldier said to the general sitting in the main seat. “He says he knows the strategist and that the strategist knows magic.”

The general, seated in the main seat, glanced at the kneeling prisoners of war below, then turned to the person beside him and asked, "Military Advisor Shen, do you know him?"

"do not know."

“But I know you, Shen Lixi.” The kneeling prisoner of war suddenly stood up and easily broke free of the ropes with a forceful effort.

The one who uttered the "Binding Rope Curse" was none other than Shen Lixi, whom Luo Yifei had been searching for.

A beam of light bound the man who called himself Wen Bin like a rope, but his appearance was completely different from that of the Wen Bin on Earth.

"Solve." With that single word, the beam of light vanished.