Chapter 687

Gu Chen's white hair fluttered as he walked in the air.

Wherever he passed, all the zombies were forcefully suppressed by the vast gravitational force, opening up a path for him.

With each step he took, he traversed hundreds of feet. With every step he took, the aura on his body continued to rise.

When he walked for five kilometers, his entire body emitted an astonishing domineering aura.

His starry eyes were bright as he stared at the beautiful aurora in front of him.

It was unknown how this aurora was formed, but there was a large amount of glowing, dust-like matter floating in it.

It was like a sea of light and fog inside. From the outside, one could not see the situation inside at all.

Below the aurora was an unfathomably deep ravine. At the bottom, one could vaguely see a large area of crimson red, which seemed to be magma.

This place was already close to the earth's core. One could imagine that the ravine was probably the core of the Ancient Planet Cang Huang.

Gu Chen did not hesitate as he strode into the aurora world in front of him.

After the dazzling light, he appeared in the sea of light. Everything around him did not look much different from the outside, except that there were small pieces of land floating here.

Not far in front of him, there were two figures standing on a floating rock!

One of them was Wu Lingxian, and the other was Gu Chen. The moment he saw him, his eyes could no longer move away.

This person was tall and stalwart. He was already middle-aged and had a resolute expression. His mouth was full of stubble, and he looked a little old.

"Father," Gu Chen mumbled, feeling bitter in his heart. All the previous guesses in his heart had been verified at this moment.

Gu Chen was already 75 years old this year. His father had left when he was 69, and it had been a whole six years since then.

All these years, he had been tracking his father's whereabouts, dreaming of meeting him this day. However, he did not expect to meet him again in such a way.

"Haha, your father can't hear your call."

Gu Tianming spoke, but the voice belonged to the Man with a Bamboo Hat.

Gu Chen was not surprised. He recalled all the information he had obtained when he defeated the Man with a Bamboo Hat in Kunlun Ruins and searched his memories.

The memory of the Man with a Bamboo Hat was the most unique of all the people he had ever met.

His memories contained the lives of countless people, as if he had experienced countless reincarnations. In those memories, most of them did not even belong to the human race.

At that time, he tried to figure out his identity. He kept tracing back to the source, all the way out of this ancient star and into the vast universe.

But it was also at that moment that a pair of giant eyes appeared in the depths of the universe, splitting heaven and earth apart and interrupting his tracking at that time.

The feeling of that time was still vivid in his mind. The giant eye that came from the depths of the universe shocked him like never before. It also made him vaguely understand that the background of the Man with a Bamboo Hat was probably far beyond his imagination.

At that time, he had killed him, but he wasn't sure if he had killed the real body. In fact, he didn't even know what kind of existence the other party was.

This person was a great enemy that he had never forgotten, and now, he had taken over his father's body.

Gu Chen recalled the scene of his father he had seen when he searched the memories of the Man with a Bamboo Hat. Six years ago, it was the Man with a Bamboo Hat who had saved his father and sent him away from Kunlun Continent.

Gu Chen had never understood why the Man with a Bamboo Hat had saved his father and what had happened between the two of them. However, looking at the Man with a Bamboo Hat before him now, many mysteries were solved.

The man in the bamboo hat was an out-and-out lunatic. In his opinion, everything that the other party did was for the sake of the so-called 'research'. Most probably, in his eyes, his father was just like Huangfu Wuji, an experiment subject.

He seemed to be very interested in the Heavenly Tyrant Bone, so his father, who also possessed the Tyrant Bone, naturally became his research subject.

"I came here as you wished. You should give me something in return, right?"

Gu Chen said as he looked at the Man with a Bamboo Hat who possessed his father's body and did his best to suppress the rage in his heart.

"Oh, you have indeed saved me some trouble. If there's anything you want to know, feel free to ask," the Man with a Bamboo Hat said with a smile.

"Is my father still alive?" Gu Chen asked, enunciating every word.

The Man with a Bamboo Hat revealed a sinister smile, but he didn't answer directly.

"Gu Tianming is an experiment subject that I am very satisfied with. I have seen countless experts in the various starry domains in the universe. However, there aren't many who are as weak as him with a tenacious will.

"Back then, I saved him because he possessed the Heavenly Tyrant Bone. Furthermore, it was not transplanted. His potential is greater than Huangfu Wuji's.

"However, the Kunlun Continent already has a test subject like Huangfu Wuji. He is incompatible with your Gu Clan like fire and water. If I left him on the continent and two test subjects killed each other, I would have a headache.

"Hence, I thought of sending him to the Immortal Spirit Continent. This Ancient Sky Yellow Star has many secrets. By sending him to the Immortal Spirit Continent, he can resolve some of the mysteries in my heart."

As Gu Chen listened, he narrowed his eyes. "Does that mean that my father was still conscious back then?"

The Man with a Bamboo Hat shrugged helplessly. "Of course. I'm sure you can see that although I know countless things, I'm greatly restricted in this Dark Yellow Ancient Star."

"Back then, my strength was not even comparable to Huangfu Wuji's. Otherwise, I would not have sent your father out of the Kunlun Continent. Everyone had to listen to me.

"Back then, it was not easy for me to possess your father's body. Furthermore, I do not like to deprive my subjects of their consciousness. I like to let them develop freely. Only by letting them develop freely can I stimulate their potential to the greatest extent.

"However, your father is too stubborn. Furthermore, he is a righteous person. If I let him develop freely, he would not be able to satisfy my requirements. Hence, I planted a Soul Planting Technique in his mind, infusing a portion of my consciousness into his mind. This way, I can influence him. "

Gu Chen understood now. No wonder Cousin Lian Yue and the others said that his father's temperament was eccentric. He must have been influenced by the Man with a Bamboo Hat.

"When Gu Tianming came to the Immortal Spirit Continent, he helped me a lot. Because of him, I was able to enter the Ancient Desolate Town and gain a deeper understanding of your Gu Clan's bloodline.

"However, he has always been disobedient. I wanted to make use of him to do more things, but he kept resisting. The consciousness I infused into his mind was not strong enough, so it was very difficult to do anything to him.

"Hence, I could only incite him and do my best to destroy his relationship with the other bloodlines of the Gu Clan. Fortunately, the Gu Clan helped me. That Gu Zhaixing severely injured your father. The attitude of the clan also made your father disheartened, and his will wavered. Hence, I finally had a chance to turn the tables and take control of this body.

"Right now, this body is dominated by my consciousness. Your father's soul has not been destroyed yet. However, since I have taken control, how can I let him come out so easily?"