Light Fortress Chapter 2008 - 57: Time Dojo

Blazing Fire burns in the void.

This silver-white world is set ablaze by the flames... The origin will turns into nothingness, and the black heavenly curtain is submerged under the light emitted by the silver-white gate.

The "Dream World" before Gu Shen burns like paper.

Finally, he arrives at a vacuum territory existing between reality and illusion, a place Gu Shen had visited once before, within the well water of Divine Temple Mountain.

Before the birth of the Divine Embryo.

The consciousness of Chu Ling would be injected into the ancient well.

The colors of this world are not only black and white; between reality and falsehood exists another color.

"Gu Shen."

A rich voice rings out in front of Gu Shen.

The colors of the Blazing Fire gather in the void, and Gu Shen stares at the figure in front of him, which stands where the silver-white gate once stood.

"Mr. Turing...?"

In Gu Shen’s impression, Turing from the Dream World, after crossing the gate, should be standing at that position.

Only...

The Turing from the Dream has "disappeared."

At this moment, he feels the familiar breath of origin material flow; the Dream is torn apart by the Blazing Fire, and he has completely arrived in the real world. So, the Turing standing before him... is real!

"It’s me."

Turing says with a smile, "Your expression seems very surprised... Haven’t you already guessed that besides several of you outsiders, others have been here as well?"

The ancient inscriptions on the stone stele were left by an unknown outsider.

The person in Gu Shen’s mind—

is Turing!

"Yes..."

Gu Shen looks at the person before him in disbelief, "I just never imagined... you truly are here."

"Otherwise, how do you think your Blazing Fire awoke?"

Turing softly says, "The ’Blazing Fire Awakening’ in the real world takes time. Without external assistance, if you want to endure until the full revival of Blazing Fire’s power, it would still take quite a long time. Even if you have more schemes, at least you would need to restart a few dozen times, right?"

Gu Shen freezes for a second.

He had long since noticed the abnormal speed of Blazing Fire’s awakening... but at that time in the Dream World, he had no time to investigate further and had no way to delve deeply.

The awakening of Blazing Fire is a good thing!

"You have always... been here waiting for me?"

Gu Shen immediately recalls the advice and warnings Turing left for him the last time they parted.

["Gu Shen, remember, go to the deepest part of the {Old World}!"]

Back then, Gu Shen did not realize the true meaning of Turing’s words.

Now, after experiencing the Dream’s restart...

He completely understands the implied meaning of Turing’s words.

As long as he wants to head out of the frontier, {Deep Sea} will certainly reveal all its cards and exile Gu Shen to the deepest part of the {Old World}... But it doesn’t know that this place is not Gu Shen’s burial ground, but rather a place of creation and fortune specifically for him!

"Can’t say I’ve been waiting for you the whole time."

"I’m just a traveler... Each time you and I meet can be considered destiny working its magic, or perhaps just a fortunate encounter."

Turing says something that Gu Shen doesn’t understand at the moment.

He chuckles softly, saying, "Didn’t you just chat with me earlier?"

"If I know I’ve been confined in a circle, I’m the kind of person who must try to walk out. Even knowing the result of escape is sure failure, and the consequence of failure is certain death, I would not hesitate for a moment."

Even if he’s standing before the gap at the world’s end.

Turing does not retreat.

He steps out, disappears into the silver-white radiance, seeming defeated.

Yet now he stands here, his aura identical to that in the Dream, as if he succeeded.

"I don’t understand..."

Gu Shen mutters, "Mr. Turing... I don’t understand... in what state are you currently?"

"Are you asking me if I’m alive or dead?"

Turing smiles.

"I exist in a ’neither’ state."

He gently says, "Just like... Chu Ling in the Divine Temple Well years ago. Nobody can say I’ve died, similarly, no one can say I’m still alive."

Gu Shen feels even more confused.

"Do you remember the ancient inscriptions you saw in the Duolu River? They were left by me."

"I am a ’traveler’ who has lived for a very long time."

Turing says smoothly, "Or, you could understand me as... a human somewhat different from you all. Because of a disaster six hundred years ago, I obtained a very long, long life. As the ’price’ for receiving this elongated life, I am both one person and many people."

Allen Turing is the only man in this world who has mastered the Longevity Technique.

He has successfully lived for a long time.

No one knows the specific length.

He openly declared it just now—six hundred years, since before the establishment of the Five Continents Civilization, Turing has survived, and personally witnessed the era when the high walls of North Continent rose from the ground, and experienced the evolution of human civilization, finally setting the transformative change of boarding the starship, of which the most important part... was personally driven by him.

"The initial aim of establishing the Ancient Literature Society was to develop the perfect ’Divine Infant’ to counter the Super Giant Source Material Storm."

Turing says softly, "I spent a very long time traversing the {Old World}, but due to lack of data, coupled with the brevity of civilization’s development time, the technological level of the Five Continents Civilization has a hard time catching up with the Starship Civilization before the next disaster arrives. Yet the only advantage is, the Five Continents Civilization possesses the stripped-away Gospel Box, making it easier for them to create the ’Divine Throne,’ an extremely powerful Extraordinary Life entity. Back then, the Hunter God of the Starship Civilization inflicted damage on the Super Giant Source Material Storm with its own strength... If the Five Continents Civilization can cultivate a perfect Extraordinary Life beyond the Hunter God, perhaps there is a chance to change the tragedy faced by the Starship Civilization back then."