Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Merging With a Boundary Bead

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Suiren was the first to bring the light of fire to humans in the Huaxia civilization.

In western legends, the one who brought fire and light to humans was Prometheus. However, Prometheus was a god, not a human. In Huaxia, the ancestor of Huaxia, Suiren, was the first to discover fire by rubbing wood against each other and creating a flame. Suiren was a human, not a god.

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The difference between civilizations was also born from this. In one civilization, gods ruled over everything. On the other, humans could also become gods.

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Due to the fact the historical timeline was already completely different, and Goddess Nuwa did not patch the sky in this world, there was no legend of Suiren in this world.

Why were the characters of Suiren God on the divine fire boundary bead?

Could it be that the divine fire that was ignited in summoners was related to Suiren?

The similarity between the two of them was that both were fires.

Xia Ping’an’s heart was overwhelmed. He took the boundary bead and seemed stunned.

The impact that this tiny boundary bead had on Xia Ping’an was no less than that of what this world had given him over the last 20 years of his life.

Xia Ping’an’s heart was beating frenziedly. He could faintly sense that he was gradually opening a door to a new world. The world behind the door caused him to tremble.

Just as Xia Ping’an was staring blankly at the boundary bead, on the wall in front of Xia Ping’an, a gigantic display was lowered from the ceiling. Mo Yanshao’s face appeared on the electronic display, and his voice could also be heard in the room.

This room was equipped with communication and monitoring facilities. It was convenient for people outside to control the condition of the room. The person in the room could also use the facilities in the room to communicate with the outside world. For someone who was preparing to merge with a boundary bead for the first time, such an arrangement was friendlier.

Many people would be very nervous when merging with a boundary bead for the first time. They might even have no idea what to do.

Unbeknown after how long, a loud rumble rang in Xia Ping’an’s head. He regained all his senses. He opened his eyes immediately and noticed that he was no longer in Room 999. Instead, he was in an unfamiliar place, a slope outside of a cave.

The sun was shining brightly, and the blue sky was something straight out of a painting. He could taste the freshness of the air. Beneath the slope was an endless forest and wilderness. There was a river nearby. In the distance, mountains could be seen in all directions.

There were quite a lot of people around him. All of them were busy with their work. Those people were wearing clothes made out of tree leaves and beast skin. Judging from their attire and what they were working on, Xia Ping’an discovered that he seemed to be in a tribe in ancient times. Everyone was working.

Some people were cutting flesh from the beasts using sharp stones while others were collecting twigs in the forest. A group was plucking fruits from the trees while another cluster was sharpening the stone utensils. All of them had long, disheveled hair and wore clothes made out of only tree leaves and beast skins. None of them wore shoes. They looked exactly like savages.

On the trees nearby, there were tree houses built in between the branches.

Quite a number of men carried spears made out of wood hardened over fire, and they were patrolling the tribe. The tips of their spears were sharpened.

Xia Ping’an was also one of them. He drew in a cold breath when he realized that his lower body was covered in beast skin and he was naked from the waist up. He also held a wooden spear in his hand and had long, unkempt hair draping down his shoulders.

Was he in a dream?

He pinched his own hand. The pain he felt was the same as that when he had his actual body.

He held his breath. A short while later, Xia Ping’an struggled to breathe with his face turning all red. The tolerance level of his lungs had reached its maximum limit. His face was red.

Then, he used the fire-hardened tip of the wooden spear to prick his own finger. He felt the pain, and fresh blood dripped out from his wound. This sensation of pain was exactly the same as that when he poked his finger with a silver needle to merge with the boundary bead.

This was not a dream. A dream would not be so realistic. The senses he experienced here were exactly the same as that of the actual world.

If Xia Ping’an died in this world, he doubted that he would ever wake up in the actual world again.

In the actual world, his head would then explode. This might be the reason why some summoners would die from their heads exploding when they were merging with boundary beads. It was because they died in this world.

Was this the world one would enter after they tried to merge with a boundary bead?

The mysterious world of summoners and boundary beads was finally unfolding before Xia Ping’an’s eyes. He felt his heart pumping wildly as he carefully observed his surroundings.

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