mesbooks Chapter 1542 He's already passed away, isn't he? The way home.
Chapter 1542 He's already passed away, isn't he? The way home.
In the study, as Chen Mu successfully used his skill, the light in the surrounding space became dim.
The feeling was like stepping from a sunlit study into a darkroom for developing photographs.
Being in the same field of skill, the two dukes shared a deep understanding of each other's experiences.
As the light grew dimmer, the three of them seemed to be in a vast, dark river of time.
A faint light appeared before the three of them.
The faint light was rectangular in shape, somewhat resembling a television set.
Chen Mu looked in that direction; based on his experience, the image of the duke's daughter would appear within a rectangular frame.
At this moment, even the battle-hardened duke felt his heart leap into his throat.
As the dim light gradually brightened, the movie playing back... was about to begin!
Within the rectangular frame, a line of blood-red text appeared:
Are you sure you want to view this?
Without hesitation, Chen Mu selected "Confirm".
The next second, the faint light suddenly brightened.
The entire rectangular frame resembles an open movie screen, slowly playing images.
The three of them stared intently at the screen, eager to see the result.
However, after brightening, the image immediately turned dark black.
It was as if the screen had suddenly gone out, blending into the surrounding darkness.
Chen Mu waited for a full half minute, but the screen did not light up again.
Seeing this, the Duke, who was initially nervous, then seemed to realize something, and his lips twitched slightly.
The absence of visuals suggests that the daughter has passed away...
A dead daughter, for the most recent hour, of course there has been no footage of her.
After waiting another ten seconds, the Duchess belatedly realized the possibility, and tears welled up in her eyes.
This was also the first time Chen Mu had used the skill, so he wasn't quite sure of its specific effects.
The absence of visuals suggests that he is truly dead.
Or is there another reason?
Chen Mu tried his best to reassure them, "Don't worry, this black screen... is probably just due to incorrect operation. Let me check it again."
However, this kind of comfort doesn't sound very convincing.
“It’s alright, we’re all prepared,” the Duke said.
At this point, a full minute had passed.
Suddenly, a new line of blood-red text appeared in the dark scene:
[This footage is unavailable due to special circumstances. Please select another footage.]
“Unable to view, that is…” The Duchess’s voice choked with emotion as she spoke.
She could already guess that her daughter had most likely passed away, which was why she couldn't check.
This was the first time Chen Mu had encountered such a situation. However, compared to the Duke and his companion's pessimism, Chen Mu was more aware of the unpredictable nature of the props.
If the person is truly dead, the item will most likely say, "[The selected person is dead and cannot be viewed]".
When it comes to comforting people, props are always straightforward and don't consider social niceties; they say whatever comes to mind.
If we say "due to special reasons," then it's highly likely that they haven't died, but rather that there really is some special reason behind it.
In particular, the True Vision Golden Eye, in terms of retracing the past, is like "I can see the past of many people, but when it comes to seeing the past of one person, it is not as good as the Clock of Time."
Before the Duke arrived, True Vision Golden Eye had been defeated three times, and each time he was restricted by a mysterious force.
Based on the fact that "the Duke's daughter and his mother may both be related to the mysterious university," Chen Mu reasonably guessed that it was highly likely that the useless True Vision Golden Eye had been defeated by the mysterious force once again.
As Chen Mugang was thinking this, the scene before him began to change!
Against the black background, something resembling a timeline appeared.
In this timeline, the section near the right is darkened. It accounts for approximately 1/9 of the total length.
The 7/8 section on the left side emits a pale blue fluorescence in the dark, looking tempting one to click on it.
Chen Mu's eyes immediately lit up; it was the familiar timeline again!
He and Tian Shih-han had seen this thing before when they traveled back in time. Chen Mu actually knew quite a bit about how to use it.
Chen Mu approached the Duke and said, "Duke, look at this timeline. If I'm not mistaken, it should be your daughter's timeline."
That section with blue fluorescence is what we can observe. Our hour should be spent on the timeline of the fluorescence.
And this gray area, you see, extends all the way to the present. Proportionally, it corresponds exactly to the time since your daughter went missing.
This means that from the time your daughter went missing until now, her timeline has been moving forward.
This means your daughter is still alive; the dead don't have a timeline.
This grayed-out timeline should be the section in the blood-written message that is "unable to be viewed due to special reasons."
Listening to Chen Mu's explanation, the two dukes felt that it made some sense, but they dared not completely believe it.
It wasn't that they didn't trust Chen Mu, but they knew that Chen Mu had only just acquired the item and wasn't very familiar with it.
Therefore, what Chen Mu said was more likely a well-intentioned consolation.
Chen Mu pointed to the fluorescent timeline and asked, "Please consider carefully, which hour of this timeline would you like to see?"
The Duke and Duchess exchanged a glance, as if a single look was enough for them to understand each other.
The Duke pointed to the area where blue and gray met on the timeline.
Judging from the timeline, it must have been two or three years ago, around the time when the daughter stopped receiving letters and lost contact.
“Then let’s look at the closest one, the closest one, the closer the better,” the Duke said.
Chen Mu nodded, agreeing with the Duke's opinion.
Look at the area where blue and gray meet; that's where the daughter went missing, and the last hour before it became "unviewable."
That crucial hour must have contained the reason why the Duke's daughter went missing.
Furthermore, this can be used to determine whether the gray timeline actually represents death.
If the duchess's daughter dies at the last minute within this hour, then the gray axis represents what happens after death.
If the duchess's daughter is still alright after an hour, then Chen Mu's guess will be confirmed.
With this in mind, Chen Mu arrived at the timeline.
He reached out and selected the last small segment of the fluorescent axis.
After he made his selection, the previously black screen slowly lit up again.
This time, the Duchess's daughter appeared on the screen!
When she saw her daughter whom she hadn't seen for several years, tears welled up in the Duchess's eyes once again.
Even the composed Duke's throat moved slightly.
In the picture, the Duke's daughter is standing by the school gate, carrying a delicate little bag.
The lady recognized it at a glance; it was a small bag she had sewed for her daughter before she started school, used to carry some daily necessities.
The Duke said, "This is the right university, the one she attended. I've seen this gate before; it's exactly the same."
So, she's still at school at this time. What's she doing standing at the school gate with a bag?
Chen Mu did not answer, because he didn't know either.
However, Chen Mu noticed that the university was quite deserted in the scene.
As the Duchess said, her daughter was indeed a little white-haired girl.
She was wearing white stockings, a top and skirt similar to a school uniform, and had two small tiger teeth, looking very energetic.
But behind her, in the vast campus, there wasn't a single person in sight... a ghostly figure.
Chen Mu had seen eerie schools before.
It was as if he had seen the daily life of a degenerate high school in his previous life.
Even in a strange school, there are usually many eerie things on campus. It won't be as desolate and ghostly as in horror movies.
Chen Mu asked the Duke, "When you visited universities before, was the university your daughter attended this deserted?"
The Duke slowly shook his head. "No, not at all. Back then, the university was bustling with activity and had many strange students. It was nothing like how empty it is now."
Chen Mu frowned slightly, indicating that something was wrong with the university at this point.
What happened at the university? Where did those strange students go?
Before Chen Mu could figure out the reason, he saw a car drive up from a distance and stop steadily at the gate.
The back door of the car opened automatically, making it impossible to see who was sitting inside.
Immediately afterwards, the duchess's daughter, carrying a small bag, got into the car through the open back door.
Seeing this, Chen Mu and the other two were somewhat surprised.
"Do you know the guy who was driving?" Chen Mu asked. "Why did your daughter get into someone else's car?"
The Duke categorically denied it, saying, "I certainly don't know it; I've never seen this car before."
The Duchess covered her mouth. "Could it be that our daughter has been kidnapped by swindlers?"
However, it doesn't seem like they were forcibly abducted. At least, the act of getting into the car was something the duchess's daughter did voluntarily.
In the video, after the daughter got into the car, the vehicle slowly started moving.
The three of them kept their eyes following the vehicle forward.
Nobody knows where this car is headed.
Since the replay was only one hour long and couldn't be fast-forwarded, the three of them could only stand there and watch the car on the screen move forward.
It has to be said, this car is incredibly fast.
Judging from the changing scenery around him, Chen Mu estimated that the car was going much faster than an airplane.
What's even more outrageous is that, despite driving at such a high speed, they actually got onto the highway.
The highway was now packed with vehicles. It seemed the eerie apocalypse was only just beginning.
At that time, people's daily lives were not greatly affected. The supernatural was merely something like an "urban legend."
Therefore, the streets were still bustling with traffic back then. A stark contrast to the scene six months after the bizarre apocalypse!
What surprised Chen Mu the most was that the car was driving so fast on the road, and the other vehicles around it completely ignored it and didn't even notice its existence.
Clearly, there's something wrong with this car.
It's probably a vehicle with special abilities, like the Ghost Taxi.
With his experience from both lifetimes, Chen Mu had seen all sorts of strange things. It was surprising that he had never seen a car like this before.
After driving at high speed for half an hour, Chen Mu even started to feel a little bored.
The Duke and Duchess also looked puzzled, wondering where the car was headed.
Suddenly, Chen Mu's eyes widened.
"Duke, look!" Chen Mu pointed at the screen. "Look at the scenery on both sides of this car, doesn't it look familiar?"
The Duke frowned, scrutinizing the details.
He spends most of his time in the Misty Museum, so his ability to perceive the scenery outside isn't very strong.
After examining it carefully for more than ten seconds, the Duke said uncertainly, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be... the highway leading into Wangjiang City?"
Chen Mu nodded. "You recognized it. This is the highway leading into Wangjiang City at the very beginning of the bizarre apocalypse."
You see that stretch of road just now? There were signs saying it was under construction. I remember it clearly; that section of road was undergoing renovations at the time.
However, the bizarre apocalypse occurred later, and construction stopped. Later, when I arrived at Wangjiang Watchtower, I even reviewed the documents to restart construction on this section of the road; I can't remember wrong.
Upon hearing this, both the duke and the duke showed expressions of shock.
Her daughter got into an unfamiliar car, and the car was heading towards Wangjiang City.
What is this for?
Could it be that his daughter had already returned to Wangjiang City? Then why hadn't he seen her until now?
Various doubts swirled in the Duke's mind.
The vehicle was still moving quickly, and in less than half a minute, it entered the city and sped through the densely trafficked urban roads.
"Wait, this direction..."
Looking at the car's route, Chen Mu seemed to have thought of something, and quickly took out a map of Wangjiang City from his spatial ring.
The two dukes approached, and Chen Mu traced the car's trajectory on the map.
After entering Wangjiang City, the car drove almost in a straight line.
Extending this trajectory, Chen Mu gestured with his hand, and the extended end point pointed to a familiar place!
"No way, it's going this way?" Chen Mu said incredulously, pointing to the extended end of the road.
The Duke's eyes sharpened, and he stared intently at the finish line.
The direction of the finish line was exactly what it pointed to—
Mist Museum!
“My God, our daughter has come back,” the Duchess said in disbelief.
“This is his route home. But neither you nor I have seen our daughter return.” The Duke’s tone was also filled with shock.
He dared not say any more. Why hadn't his daughter come back?
Could it be that a car accident or some other misfortune occurred during the last ten or so kilometers home?
If that's the case, and my daughter died at my doorstep, that would be terrible news.
As Chen Mu said, the vehicle was heading towards the Duke's Mystery Museum in the scene.
The road to the Mist Museum includes a section of rugged forest path covered in mist.
Chen Mu remembers clearly that he went there in a car driven by a driver, and saw vehicles involved in accidents along the way.
Moreover, when he passed through customs and left, he saw a car full of men and women driving to the Mist Museum.
Therefore, Chen Mu remembered that misty path very clearly.
Thinking of this, Chen Mu raised his head and looked at the scene in front of him.
However, it was at this glance that Chen Mu's expression suddenly froze, and his eyes widened in shock.