Ye Hao took a deep breath, placed his hand on it, and pulled forcefully...

The silk was grabbed by Ye Hao and pulled down. Initially, he was a bit worried that something might happen, but once the silk was pulled down, there was no sound, and Ye Hao felt at ease.

Ye Hao spread the silk on the incredibly smooth table. Before his eyes were some bizarre movements, some of which were simply impossible for humans to perform, while others were truly unfathomable. With normal human thought processes, it would be impossible to conceive such movements.

The various movements, when linked together, seemed like steps. Ye Hao looked towards the few lines of text at the bottom left corner.

What he saw were some tadpole-like characters. These scripts were so ancient that even the nation has only deciphered a few words. To understand the entire text, Ye Hao felt it was hopeless.

Ye Hao shook his head and smiled wryly. He had originally hoped to discern the origins of this scroll, but it seemed hopeless now...

But at that moment, Qianqian spoke to Ye Hao without being prompted: "Master, these are universal characters from the Civilization Universe millions of years ago."

"What? Universal characters from millions of years ago? Are you kidding me?" Ye Hao looked at Qianqian in confusion. Even a hundred thousand years ago, the Earth had no civilization, let alone millions...

Qianqian nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, master, I am not mistaken. The eighth-generation system contains all the cultural trends and various scripts from the Civilization Universe over millions of years."

"Then quickly show me what these words mean?" Ye Hao was a bit excited, thinking he would never know the origin of this cultivation technique, but now it seemed hopeful.

Qianqian nodded and translated the lines.

"In the vast world, no one knows, only I, the great demon of the North Sea, the Divine Kunchun. This Kunchun soars upward for three thousand miles and transforms into a Peng Bird to fly across the Jiuzhou."

"What does it mean?" Ye Hao listened and asked the ethereal Qianqian.

"According to the system's analysis, this might be a prank. However, it does not rule out the possibility of a demon truly transforming into a human. If that is the case, this demon would be the Kunchun in Earth's mythology," Qianqian explained based on system analysis.

"You mean if this cultivation technique isn't a prank, a great demon actually transformed into a human? And created this cultivation technique while in human form?" Ye Hao shook his head after speaking, finding it all too unbelievable, even mythological...

"According to the system's analysis, yes, master," Qianqian nodded and said.

"Sounds so mysterious, is this cultivation technique really that ancient?" Ye Hao was skeptical, but he planned to practice it anyway, as he was short of a body technique martial art, and now he had this.

Ye Hao shook his head, approached the silk, and began examining it closely. As he continued to look, he became engrossed...

Time passed swiftly, and after five days, Xue Zhaolong and the other two were already in tears, voices filled with grief and choking...

In their mind, even the most extraordinary person couldn't hold their breath underwater for a day and night, much less now that five days had passed and Ye Hao still hadn't come up. They had searched for five consecutive days, even brought Ye Long and others to help.

Despite donning diving suits and searching for days and nights, they still couldn't find Ye Hao. The underground dark river had essentially been searched completely.

Unfortunately, they didn't know Ye Hao was currently in a state of enlightenment...

Another five days passed, and Xue Zhaolong and the other two returned to Peng City with heavy hearts, while Ye Long returned to the country, taking with him a cup of water from the South African dark river bottom, intending to bring Ye Hao back. He hadn't forgotten the few million Ye Hao gave him to bring back for the brothers who had passed away as settlement expenses.

Ye Hao's death was not made public. Ye Long believed that with Ye Hao's passing, he should quietly depart, not wishing for him to be mentioned again. However, Xue Zhaolong refrained from mentioning Ye Hao because Ye Hao left so silently, holding onto the hope that there was still information about Ye Hao.

A month swiftly passed, and Ye Hao had been in enlightenment at the bottom of the dark river for a month. During this month, he understood many things that science could not comprehend. Leaving other aspects aside, merely his body technique was impressive.

If Ye Hao had previously heard someone talk about instant teleportation, he would have mocked them, but now he definitely wouldn't think that way, as instant teleportation is merely the most basic aspect of body techniques...

During this month of enlightenment, he realized that body techniques could genuinely allow one to step on snow without leaving traces, drift across the sea, soar upward...

What was only seen in TV and novel plots was now happening to him. If now he were to jump from a ten-story building, he would definitely be unharmed because he learned a mysterious body technique.

This technique, whose name he doesn't know, has speed that even the eighth-generation system cannot explain. It would even marvel at the speed of this body technique. Naturally, the system marveled at its speed not because of Ye Hao's current speed but if Ye Hao cultivated to great success, the speed would surpass light...

"Damn it..." Ye Hao wiped the dust off his face, feeling a sense of depression. Upon awakening, he wanted to test his body technique, and followed the pictures and technique formulas...

Unexpectedly, the speed was too fast, causing him to crash directly into the wall. This also showed that with the body technique's speed, even though Ye Hao only had a third-segment level of National Martial Arts power, he could achieve speeds exceeding the fifth or sixth segment.

Ye Hao then composed his excited emotions and opened the space barrier.

The silk also contained some common knowledge written by Nangong Tianhou, such as the place they were in was a space barrier. However, even Nangong Tianhou didn't know how this space barrier was formed; he only wrote that within this barrier, even if he died, his soul would remain.

This made Ye Hao marvel at the existence of such a thing, but unfortunately, he couldn't take this space barrier away.

After reciting a few colloquial phrases, Ye Hao's body was suddenly expelled to the outer arid platform.

Ye Hao took a deep breath as he came out, and when he saw that old Golden-winged Dolphin swimming listlessly, he smiled and moved closer.

The Golden-winged Dolphin seemed to sense Ye Hao's presence and displayed an unusually human-like excitement.

"Qianqian, how long have we been inside?" Ye Hao thought it had only been a day or two, so he wasn't particularly worried.

"Master, you've been in the space barrier for a month."

"What?" Ye Hao's eyes widened...

Next, Ye Hao naturally hurried out of the underground river. When he entered the underground river, he realized the prowess of this mysterious cultivation body technique, effortlessly navigating through the underground pathways.

He thought he should name this technique, and soon he came up with a cool name for it: 'Instant Flash.'

After leaving the underground dark river, Ye Hao rushed to the Hao Long Mercenary base. When he heard that Ye Long and Xue Zhaolong had left, he became anxious.

Being missing for a month—how could he not be anxious? If the country registered him as dead, it would be troublesome.

Ye Hao went to the Bangui government and then left South Africa...

The South African mission this time, although seemingly simple, was completed smoothly mainly because Ye Hao had the eighth-generation system and was accompanied by Xue Zhaolong and national martial arts practitioners from Zhuorong Town, along with elite members of the battle group.

As for the gold mine mentioned by Cobra leader Haldar, Ye Hao had no interest. With the Golden-winged Dolphins, why fear gold?

In Lin Ruyu's villa, Lin Tian clutched his chest, pounding it hard, unable to utter a word, his face flushed with anger. Just this morning, Xue Zhaolong and the others realized a month had passed by, and it was impossible to hide it any longer, so they found Lin Tian and told him that Ye Hao might be in danger...

When Lin Tian heard the news, he felt dizzy, as if the world had lost its light. Is this how his future son-in-law ends?

Forcing himself to endure the dizziness, he called Yip Man, who only provided a vague answer. Upon hearing this, Lin Tian immediately yelled into the phone: "Yip Man, you have three days to give me a clear answer about Ye Hao, or our families will sever ties."

Lin Tian hoped to receive some good news after three days, but unfortunately, it remained a vague answer.

By this time, Lin Tian finally came to terms with reality—perhaps he's really gone!

The things he brought back gave the Lin family so much hope. Ever since his daughter lay in that Cold and Hot Ice Marrow, she was free from pain or illness, her health improving day by day. Even his wife and daughter, when sharing a bed, had no plans to let him join, because Yan Shuiyue, after lying there for half a month, looked ten years younger...

Such a miraculous thing, and Ye Hao never even used it for himself, yet he's gone?

His daughter asked about him all the time—could he really have left this world so mercilessly?

"Dad, what's wrong?" Lin Ruyu asked anxiously, supporting Lin Tian.

"Dad, you need to go upstairs; that bed will do you good..."

After lying in the Cold and Hot Ice Marrow for two minutes, Lin Tian calmed down, while Yan Shuiyue anxiously looked at him and asked, "Tian, what's really wrong with you? Why have you suddenly become like this?"

Lin Tian waved his hand, took the cup of water handed over by Lin Ruyu, took a sip, and hesitantly said, "Ye Hao is missing..."

"Bang!"

Just as Lin Ruyu took the cup from Lin Tian's hand and heard these words from her father, she loosened her grip, and the cup shattered on the ground.

"What?" Lin Ruyu was bewildered; that man was missing?

"Uncle Lin, you said Brother Ye is missing—ah! Could he be in danger? Where is he? Uncle Lin, you must find him!" Su Qing also anxiously approached, shaking Lin Tian's arm.

"Don't worry, I'll have someone look for him!" Lin Tian felt as if he'd instantly aged by ten years, with little hope left in his heart.

Just as he was about to make a phone call, his private phone suddenly rang...

Lin Tian looked at the name on the phone, and though he didn't want to answer, he figured that person might be even more anxious than him.

"Hello!" Lin Tian answered weakly.

"Heh, I'm not even worried about my son, yet you are?" A hearty laugh came from the other end, mocking Lin Tian.

"Yes! Why should I worry? And as for you, did you even care about him?" Although Lin Tian's words were disrespectful to the person on the other end, he still said them.

The person on the other end fell silent for a moment and then sighed...(To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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