Childhood Friend of the Zenith

The Crimson Egg

The object before me—an egg of considerable size—was something I had seen in my previous life.

So this place is connected to Vigo.

I hadn’t expected the tunnel within that tree to be linked to the location of this egg.

What the hell is going on?

Was this intentional? Did the Blood Demon know what this was? I had no way of knowing.

Then, would it be the same in my original world?

If it existed here, I wondered if the same phenomenon occurred in the place I once belonged.

Of course, that was something I wouldn’t know until I returned. For now, it was beyond my grasp.

Step.

I approached the egg. This was the very reason I had come searching through the frontline.

It’s the same.

It was just as I remembered. Back then, I had to pass through an unknown door to reach it.

It was easier this time.

Thanks to using Vigo, I arrived without much trouble. It saved me a hassle.

...Not that it makes much of a difference.

I narrowed my eyes.

As I drew closer, I could feel something deep within my chest.

Thump—!

Thump—!

The distinct rhythm of a heartbeat. The sensation from the egg spread through my entire body.

It’s different.

The feeling was different. It was entirely unlike the first time I had encountered it. Only now did I realize.

It’s not the same as before.

Was it a shift in my cultivation? Or was it because my very race had changed?

Or perhaps...

...Was it because I had gained the stature?

The stature of one who could become a master.

In other words, the role I now held—the standing of a proxy ruler of Zhongyuan. Was that why?

I had no way of knowing.

“What the hell are you?”

I didn’t even understand the very nature of this egg. I only knew that Gu Clan protected and concealed it. I didn’t even know why something like this existed on the frontline.

That was why I intended to find out.

For some reason—

I feel like I can understand it now.

I wouldn’t have in the past. But now, I felt that I could. It was an instinctive certainty, and more often than not, my instincts were right.

Sssk.

I stretched out my arm. I reached for the egg.

But—