Chapter 39
The trio walked toward the swirling black hole ahead of them.
Yuzurei had his hands intertwined behind his head, strolling casually.
Yuzurei: "Hah… walking slowly like this is boring."
He glanced at the portal and then at Musukoni.
Musukoni: "We need to be careful. None of us are in any shape to fight right now."
His tone was calm as always.
Jin Yuan: "Don't do anything reckless, Yuzurei."
Yuzurei's lips curled into a dangerous grin.
Yuzurei: "Who said none of us can fight?"
Before either of them could react, he jumped straight into the black hole.
Musukoni: "Tch—WAIT!!"
He dove after him, and Jin Yuan followed calmly. They dropped into a vast, star-filled tunnel—endless black with floating lights like tiny stars.
Yuzurei looked downward while falling.
Yuzurei: "Seriously? I expected something cool. This is lame."
Jin Yuan lightly smacked the back of his head mid-fall.
Jin Yuan: "At least we're not dead again. Be grateful."
They landed on a strange metallic road suspended in cosmic space—no buildings, no ground, just infinite stars around them.
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A Strange Cosmic Highway
Musukoni inhaled deeply.
Musukoni: "We can breathe… this isn't real space. Maybe it's a travel route the Blue Realm created between timelines."
Yuzurei: "Yeah yeah, skip the science. Tell me something interesting!"
Musukoni ignored him, analyzing the endless road ahead.
Musukoni: "If this is a transit route, there might be a way back to Earth."
Jin Yuan: "But we can't confirm where this leads. We can't just walk forever."
Before they could decide, Yuzurei pointed.
Yuzurei: "Yo—what are THOSE?"
Two futuristic bikes—sleek, glowing, but clearly damaged—lay on the road. Sparks flickered from loose wires.
Yuzurei: "They look like they fell straight out of hell."
Musukoni crouched to inspect them.
Musukoni: "We don't have any other options. Let's try them."
They attempted to turn the bikes on, but nothing happened.
Yuzurei grew irritated.
Yuzurei: "HUUUUH!? This is annoying!"
He started kicking the bikes.
Musukoni: "STOP! That's our ONLY way back!"
But shockingly, the bikes flickered to life from the impacts.
Yuzurei smirked proudly.
Yuzurei: "See? I helped."
Jin Yuan snorted.
Jin Yuan: "A miracle. Yuzurei doing something useful."
Musukoni laughed lightly.
Yuzurei grabbed the red bike instantly.
Yuzurei: "This one's MINE."
Musukoni and Jin Yuan took the blue bike.
Jin Yuan turned toward him.
Jin Yuan: "So… where are you going to sit? Behind me or behind him?"
Musukoni immediately answered:
Musukoni: "Behind you. If I sit behind Yuzurei, I'll fall off this cosmic road and die."
He laughed as he climbed onto the back.
Jin Yuan started the bike.
Without warning, Yuzurei twisted the throttle FULL and shot forward at insane speed.
Musukoni: "And THIS is exactly why I didn't sit behind him."