"Ha, just a coincidence."

The [Pioneer] now knew that there was no hope for his death, so he didn't mind exchanging some banter and chatting with Wu Liang. After all, it was better than being idle.

Moreover, he wasn't lying. Being able to successfully seal Yao Qingxue back then was truly just a coincidence.

After all, the term "strongest" was no joke, and he didn't think that he had the ability to directly defeat Yao Qingxue back then.

"Finished chatting? Once you're done, he should get going."

Yao Qingxue's voice came once again from ahead.

Boom—

This time, the entire cave began to shake violently, as if it would completely collapse in the next second.

This sudden commotion immediately made Wu Liang realize what his mom intended to do!

She planned to destroy this place completely, turning it into the [Pioneer's] burial ground!

"Mom! Calm down, calm down! He's just a fragment of Yin Qiming's consciousness! Killing him doesn't affect Yin Qiming at all! Let me study his Fierce Ghost ability carefully for future encounters!" Wu Liang hurriedly shouted, trying to stop Yao Qingxue's reckless action.

However, as soon as he uttered these words, he realized that neither he nor the shivering Ah Yimu crouched in the corner could move at all.

He only heard Yao Qingxue speaking softly:

"I will only kill him; no harm will come to others. I've stopped your time, so you won't be affected by the collapse of this space. Rest assured."

Boom—

As soon as she finished speaking, a massive stone with a diameter of over two meters collapsed from above the cave, crashing straight down towards Ah Yimu.

Yet the stone shattered the moment it touched Ah Yimu, as if she was something so hard that it couldn't be destroyed.

Wu Liang immediately understood the principle behind this protection mechanism—different timeflows.

Since their time was fixed, it was equivalent to them being constantly in the "past," and the collapse of the cave in the "present" couldn't affect the "past."

Boom—boom—

Just as he figured this out, the entire cave collapsed completely.

The dust kicked up threw the exploration team outside the cave to the ground, and the supernatural rope that had been continuously extending suddenly snapped.

The burly team leader was the first to scramble to his feet. When he looked over with fear in his eyes, not to mention the strange cave, even the towering giant tree had fallen over.

"Cough, cough, cough... Captain! The journalist comrade is still inside! What do we do?"

"We don't have any equipment on hand now, and it's impossible to clear a collapsed cave!"

"..."

The team members stood up, chattering as they discussed the ruins in front of them and how to rescue the journalist buried inside.

But before they could come up with a solution, a figure leisurely walked out from the pile of stones.

The surrounding stones and dust seemed to move away on their own to make way for her, as if they were alive. She had already mastered spatial ability as naturally as drinking water.

This was a woman none of them had ever seen before.

Her astonishing beauty seemed like she had walked out of a poem or painting, making it hard for anyone to shift their gaze away. Her long, black hair draped down her back, reaching the ground without a speck of dust on it.

She was dressed in a modern mountaineering jacket, though it appeared somewhat worn.

Glancing at the people briefly, she said casually, "The person you're looking for is fine. He will soon..."

Bang—

Before she finished speaking, a loud noise burst from the rubble behind her as a pathway formed from stones cut into dust, creating a road for someone to walk through.

Immediately, Wu Liang, the person the exploration team had been thinking about, emerged from the middle of the road, holding another figure with one hand. He was slightly dusty and tired, casually tossing them to the ground.

It was none other than the [Pioneer] and Ah Yimu.

Seeing this, Yao Qingxue couldn't help but close one eye and review the future consequences of her previous actions.

However, no matter how much she reviewed, the future should have been the complete burial of the [Pioneer] here.

This young man and the girl beside him who looked like her were supposed to walk out safely in half an hour.

Because she had set the time still for them for that long.

But why did he come out now?

And not only that, he had managed to save the [Pioneer]!

"Huh... Mom, you seem to have forgotten an important tool that is unaffected by time." Wu Liang said helplessly as he took out the stone slab from behind him.

He then tossed it at her feet as if it were trash.

At this scene, the usually decisive Yao Qingxue finally stopped, raising an eyebrow with interest as she replied, "You just threw away the stone slab like that; aren't you afraid I'll freeze your time again?"

In fact, at this moment, Yao Qingxue had forgotten about the stone slab, but upon seeing it, she instinctively believed it to be something of significant importance to her.

That was one of the reasons she stopped.

"Doesn't matter, it originally took you so long to gather these fragments. You are its rightful owner," Wu Liang said with a smile.

At this moment, Wu Liang wasn't being arrogant.

He honestly didn't care whether the stone slab was in his possession since, in truth, he didn't rely on this to escape the time freeze.

But rather, it was the [Ghost Compendium].

"Who exactly are you?" Yao Qingxue asked as she bent down to pick up the stone slab, baffled.

But before Wu Liang could utter his identity, a familiar voice rang loudly from not far within the forest: "He is your son!"

"And also my son—Wu Liang!"

At that moment, everyone turned their heads.

They saw another woman with the same appearance walking over, holding a delicate wooden staff.

However, she wasn't wearing a mountaineering suit but a simple, unadorned robe that looked like it had been hand-stitched in a countryside village.

This left the exploration team completely stupefied.

First, an angelic woman walked out from the cave, followed by the girl Wu Liang rescued who looked exactly like her, and now another one appeared!

How many women with the same appearance were there?!

"Mom!? How did you come out of the village?" Wu Liang exclaimed in surprise.

He truly hadn't anticipated that Yao Qingxue from Taohua Village would meet with the sealed Yao Qingxue so soon, especially since he still didn't know what their encounter would result in.

Upon hearing Wu Liang's words, Commoner Yao Qingxue smiled and said, "I came to find you. How could I let my son venture alone?"

As she spoke, the sealed Yao Qingxue suddenly grimaced, crouching down and repeatedly banging her head, seemingly in tremendous pain.

Lying on the ground, the [Pioneer], witnessing the two Yao Qingxues, also kept pondering what was happening.

After a few seconds, he suddenly spoke with gritted teeth:

"Master's wife, you're completely insane!"

"Using such a method to circumvent the seal's curse restriction, aren't you afraid of being erased from this world just like Quanye..."

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