Things of the Past

In the middle of the day, a black line appeared on the horizon in front of them.

Two-World Pass City was already within sight.

As Two-World Pass City appeared in his field of view, the number of people gathering from all directions also gradually increased.

"By the way, is your money ready?

"We will be able to reach the Two-World Pass City today!"

Ma Linlin ran to Zhao Meng's side and asked. Hearing Ma Linlin's question, Zhao Meng patted his chest and assured, "Of course!"

"That's good. If you don't have money, you'll have to work for us!"

After saying this, Ma Linlin skipped away again.

Looking at Ma Linlin's back view, Zhao Meng shook his head gently.

When he said that he had money, he was not lying to his daughter who had suddenly appeared. He really did have it.

He could feel that the animal-skin pouch in his pocket was still there, and it was still bulged.

Back then, when the mixed-fur fox came to him to seek a way to change its appearance, it had offered him some treasures. Those treasures were still with him to this day.

"Eighteen years have passed. I wonder how that mixed-fur fox is doing now?"

Thinking of the mixed-fur fox, Zhao Meng suddenly thought of two important things.

"Oh right, the Paternal Bloodline Pressure Technique!

"I actually forgot about this!"

During this period of time, the Cloud Heredity incident had a considerable impact on his mental state, causing him to neglect something.

Now that he had calmed down a little, he finally remembered that he actually had such a technique.

"But this is too much of a coincidence!

"Originally, I thought that I wouldn't need this spell, but now…

"I remember that the animal-skin scroll that recorded the spell is on me."

Zhao Meng's heart skipped a beat. He wanted to take something out of his pocket, but when he saw the surrounding horse demons, he stopped what he was doing.

"Wealth should not be exposed. I'll wait until I reach a safe place!"

Zhao Meng's age was more than 40 with his two worlds added up. It was impossible for him not to have such a steady temperament.

"On the other hand, can I ask Ma Linlin about another matter?"

At the thought of this, Zhao Meng looked at Ma Linlin, who was commanding the team.

As they were about to enter Two-World Pass City, the entire horse demon team had to check their inventories.

Seeing that Ma Linlin was busy, Zhao Meng did not disturb her.

Half an hour later, Ma Linlin, who had been busy for a while, came over again. At this moment, Zhao Meng asked Ma Linlin something which he was concerned about.

"You mention demonic stones!"

"If it were 18 years ago, while demonic stones were precious, they could still be obtained from the various clans of our tribe by exchange."

"But now, it's very difficult to obtain demonic stones by exchange!

"You're asking for the reason? It's all the fault of you humans. Demonic stones are useless to you humans. However, ever since the gap appeared on the Two-World Mountain, there had been humans who buy demonic stones in large quantities, so the price naturally rose!

"I don't know where the demonic stones came from!

"I'm not lying to you. I'm really not lying to you."

…

Zhao Meng sighed silently as he watched Ma Linlin leave again.

"From Ma Linlin's words, it's probably not easy to obtain demonic stones!

"I wonder if there's any other way to shorten the cooldown time of the simulation system."

Zhao Meng slowly closed his eyes. His consciousness arrived at the space where the phantom was.

The originally condensed phantom had become very dim and blurry as the messages were drawn.

If there was no external force like the demonic stones, he could only wait for the phantom to slowly condense.

Zhao Meng sized up the phantom and suddenly let out a soft gasp.

"The dimness of this phantom seems to be different!"

Zhao Meng carefully recalled how dim the phantom was after the first few Gold messages were drawn.

Compared to the previous few times, after drawing the Purple message this time, the phantom's rate of condensation seemed to be a little higher.

"From the rate of condensation, it might take less than three months before he could simulate again!

"In that case, is the energy consumed also different when different grades of messages are drawn?"

Zhao Meng muttered to himself and memorized this discovery. He planned to experiment this in the next simulation.

As for what he wanted to do next time, Zhao Meng had already made up his mind.

In the next simulation, he planned not to continue to simulate new animals. Instead, he wanted to simulate the cuckoo a second round to draw the Gold message Brood Parasite.

"I'll just treat it as a little compensation! Those accidents might still be discriminated against at this moment. I wonder if the message Brood Parasite could be effective on a wide scale like Cloud Heredity!

"And change their circumstances!"

Zhao Meng, who had simulated animals a few times, knew very well that in nature, it was very normal for most males to abandon their wives and offspring. He did not need to make up for it.

However, as someone who had received a normal education, especially after seeing the lively and cute Ma Linlin, some sense of morality still drove him to do something for the descendants he had never met.

At the thought of this, Zhao Meng moved his mind, and planned to push out of the space of consciousness.

And the moment he withdrew, Zhao Meng saw the message Reproduction Isolation Challenger flash again.

As the golden light flickered, a helpless voice was left in this space of consciousness.

"I wonder what this world will become?"

…

As the saying went, what seemed near was so far away.

Although they had seen the Two-World Pass City a long while ago, the horse demon's business team only arrived at the city in the evening.

"This Two-World Pass City is so majestic!"

Even Zhao Meng, who had seen the miracles of the modern construction industry, could not help but look surprised at the sight of such a majestic pass.

"Aren't you from Two-World Pass City? Why are you surprised?"

Hearing Ma Linlin's voice, Zhao Meng hurriedly restrained his expression and turned around to explain something to his naive daughter.

But in the next moment, Zhao Meng was stunned.

"Why are you dressed like this?!"

Ma Linlin, who was originally half-human and half-horse, had already turned into a complete white horse.

"Eh! How did you recognize me?" Ma Linlin pried open her horse's head, revealing her beautiful human face.

"It's your voice!"

"Oh! So that's how it is! I thought my disguise had been seen through so easily!"

As she spoke, Ma Linlin closed her horse's head and turned into a white horse.

"It's a pity that I can't master the illusion technique yet! If I could learn the illusion technique, it would save me a lot of trouble."

Seeing Ma Linlin hide herself like this, Zhao Meng could not help but feel worried.

"Could it be that Two-World Pass City is dangerous to you?"

"There's no danger!

"It's just that my appearance seems to attract the attention of humans easily.

"Especially the last time when I came to Two-World Pass City, a few humans kept pestering me and saying something I didn't understand. It was very annoying.

"That's why I prepared such a disguise this time!

"Let me tell you, I spent a lot of effort to get this thing from one of my clan uncles. It had consumed a lot of his demonic power."