Chapter 1927 Garden of Salvation

Chapter 1927 Garden of Salvation

Rui's eyes widened when he heard that name.

Yet, the Divine Doctor wasn't done.

He removed his mask, inhaling the fear in the air. That wasn't all.

Rui watched, stunned, as the man subjected himself to his own fear hallucinogen!

"This should do." He remarked.

His non-verbal communication and body language shifted drastically, conveying endless fear from within him. It conveyed that he was utterly horrified within the depths of his heart.

Yet his eyes and expression never changed a shade.

It was as though he had somehow managed to barricade his conscious mind from the biochemistry of his body. If that was the case, then Rui had to admit that he was impressed. Given his specialty, it was undoubtedly a feat accomplished through his mastery of medicine and the human body. This was the power of a man who cured death.

The memories of the obsidian wyvern of the Divine Doctor ended there as the man set off from the Forest of Fear, heading deeper into the Beast Domain, never to be seen in the Forest of Fear.

What followed after what was madness as the devastated Forest of Fear soon was unable to sustain the fear-inducing drug in the air. Once the fear-inducing effect eventually dissipated, every creature native to the Forest of Fear lost their sanity.

They had evolved specifically to the environment of the Forest of Fear. They had evolved to have almost no innate fear of anything all so that the Forest of Fear would induce only a healthy amount of fear.

"Has anyone actually seen it?" Kane raised an eyebrow. "What is the origin of this story?"

"...Martial Artists," Rui murmured thoughtfully. "Many Martial Artists, from Apprentice to Master, have independently spoken about about the Garden of Salvation. They have shared their stories passionately, insisting on their truth."

"Well?" Kane urged him. "What do they say?"

"...They talked about how, on the brink of death in the Beast Domain, the world around them shifted in the blink of an eye, and they found themselves in a region that could only be described as paradise," Rui continued. "They described how the very air they breathed healed their wounds. They talked about how the light that fell on their body soothed their exhaustion. They recounted how even the very soil beneath their feet gently supported them. They went on and on about how the very world around them nourished their very being."

"Sounds like a beautiful place," Kane muttered. "But how did the world around them shift to the Garden of Salvation? That sounds impossible."

"No one knows. They described it as an instantaneous shift. As if they had gone off to another world in the blink of an eye. Many of the Martial Artists who claimed to have been healed and nourished by it spent their entire lives desperately looking for it," Rui closed his eyes. "Yet none of them... Not a single one of them ever set foot in the Garden of Salvation a second time."

"I'm glad you know about it because I have never heard of it in my entire life," Kane remarked carefreely. "I wouldn't expect you to," Rui huffed. "It's a more niche case study relating to the countless mysteries of the Beast Domain that humanity has yet to figure out, just like lost cities and many other more prominent unknowns. I didn't expect that the Divine Doctor would be looking for the Garden of Salvation."

"Do you think it's real?" Kane asked, raising an eyebrow.

"...I believe that the Martial Artists who have shared their experiences with the Garden of Salvation are sincere and earnest in their accounts," Rui replied, considering the question. "However, that does not necessarily mean everything they say is objectively accurate. It is possible their experiences are hallucinations in their mind and not real. Of course, considering that there are some Martial Artists who make such claims, that's less likely but far from impossible."

"Hm..." Kane absorbed Rui's words with a hint of curiosity. "That's interesting. But regardless of whether it is actually real or not, feels like the Divine Doctor thinks it's real."

"It does appear to be the case, yes," Rui remarked.

"In that case, tell me more about the Garden of Salvation."

"Sure..." Rui replied. "I only skimmed through the accounts of the summaries of the extensive accounts of the survivors, but I did make sure to keep them in my Mind Palace, thankfully."