Chapter 7 - 6 Familiar Fragments

Chapter 7: Chapter 6 Familiar Fragments

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"Damn, this tree is really hard to climb."

Perched on a sturdy branch at the crown of the tree, Tao Yu experienced a slight wheezing.

Who knew what species this tree was? Being on the ground, he didn't feel the immensity, with many nearby trees of similar size, but climbing up, he discovered it was as tall as several-story building.

Moreover, with a gun and clips weighing over ten pounds on his back, it was quite a struggle.

It was only thanks to the "Basic Breathing Technique - Modified" that replenished his physical fitness, otherwise, he probably couldn't have made it up here with his former self.

Physical conditioning was indeed his weakness.

However, this tree climbing made Tao Yu discover yet another new advantage in himself.

It must be the boon of "[One Proof Forever Proof]"—even though he felt a bit tired and there was a clear strain on his stamina, his strength, reflexes, and various other abilities hadn't diminished in the slightest.

Soreness is soreness, but it didn't affect him, which was an odd contrast that he was still getting used to.

Too bad the sensation of fatigue and muscle soreness couldn't be offset by "Mental Immunity," otherwise it would be like cheating a bug in the system.

Thinking about it, pain and fatigue were the body's way of signaling itself, and to be able to block that with "Mental Immunity" would actually be troublesome.

Sitting on the branch with one hand hooked around the trunk to prevent falling off, Tao Yu looked at the receiver in his hand, now showing a glimmer of signal indication with some bits of tree bark on it.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief, the frequency had been pre-adjusted, the company's public frequency channel.

Standing up, he stretched his hand high above his head, surpassing the tree canopy and swayed it back and forth, finally hearing a voice from the receiver,

"...there is also another radio frequency here, but without the presence of Yuan Force, it is most likely an innate radio of the world fragment. We should try to gather in that direction as much as possible. I will update the broadcast info every day at noon, and the message will repeat until six in the evening..."

Upon hearing this indifferent, cold voice, Tao Yu was momentarily stunned. What was going on?

But soon, the voice finished and mechanically started repeating itself—it must have been set to a recording, repeating the broadcast like a loop.

"It is with great regret that we inform the inhabitants of Starshine City that we seem to have encountered a rare space-time anomaly event and did not complete the binding with the company's regional headquarters. Our items have not received any signal from the company..."

The talk's opening thunder indicated that the speaker was very likely one of the twins from the Floating City.

Being big shots born and raised in Rome, it was normal for them to have all sorts of exotic items and understandably, they could directly broadcast to all other members nearby.

If they couldn't receive any signal from the company's headquarters with their high-end equipment, then their judgment must be spot on!

A space-time anomaly event? What a pain! Why would he encounter such a low-probability event?

Err...

It seemed he had seen similar works of fiction.

Yes, it was a snake of that kind!

At this point, Tao Yu felt a strange feeling inside.

The Abyss devoured many worlds, leaving a great number of world fragments, and the first to manifest were the various fantasy worlds.

After his current world had been invaded by the Abyss, he could tell from bits and pieces that many world fragments were stories and myths that circulated in this world.

However, over the years, many stories had faded away due to various controls, and Tao Yu could only obtain limited information from what his parents told him.

But whether through language or other means, Tao Yu could be sure that this was not Earth, and all the stories were unrelated to Earth.

Even his "Divinity" certification from the outer gods could be considered a recognition by the will of the world.

But why were there things similar to Earth's movies and television shows appearing here?

Was it a coincidental legend of the same kind? Or a fragment from Earth brought about by the spacetime anomaly?

Does this mean...

Earth has started to be devoured by the Abyss?

With memories and accumulations from his past life, Tao Yu wasn't short of wild guesses and inferences, and he had made some guesswork and deductions himself.

Even the spacetime anomaly might be related to this, related to him...

And then in the next moment, he saw the python, possibly attracted by the scent of snake meat, swallowed his pack and some debris nearby in one gulp.

"Damn it!"

Putting his speculation aside, Tao Yu sat firmly on the branch without a trace of fear. He lifted his AK-like rifle, aimed at the python, and then pulled the trigger.

Confident in the killing power of bullets on carbon-based organisms, Tao Yu didn't care about the monstrously sized python. As long as he could hit its vital points, it would die!

With his eyesight, there was no way he would let it get away, right?

Ratatat—

The pained python quickly coiled up and, with the pack and the roasted snake meat it had swallowed, left Tao Yu's line of fire instantaneously, leaving him sitting on the branch speechless.

I was sure I aimed at its head...

Who could have thought that, while the eyes and hands could keep up, the quality of the firearms couldn't?

The trajectory was just too erratic...