Above the gray fog

Outside the window is a dense dark forest, with extremely dense trees and intertwined branches forming a dense canopy.

Occasionally, roars can be heard in the woods, and from time to time, large trees shake violently, as if some giant beasts are fighting fiercely below

The entire forest is shrouded in mist, and countless eyes emitting strange green light in the mist are spying on Lin Shan and the Human Emperor in the window.

"World Relics?" Lin Shan asked uncertainly.

"Before talking about this topic, I want to ask you some personal questions." The Human Emperor drew a door pattern on one side of the window, and then opened the door and walked in.

"Here." The voice of the Human Emperor came from the outside of the window. Lin Shan looked at the window and found that the Human Emperor had appeared on the other side of the window.

Lin Shan looked back at Lao Wang, and when Lao Wang nodded, he also took a step and walked into the door.

Compared with the Human Emperor, whom he had only met for the first time, Lin Shan still believed in Lao Wang, who had been with him for a long time.

Although he was very sure that the man in front of him was the real Human Emperor.

But this vigilance was almost instinctive.

After stepping out of that door, the door behind him still existed, and the Human Emperor was still standing in front of the window, but his eyes were fixed on the dark forest below.

The Human Emperor said nothing and walked forward in the void. There seemed to be an invisible steep slope in front of him. As they moved forward, their figures gradually descended and got closer and closer to the ground.

Lin Shan looked back and saw only an open door behind him. The originally magnificent palace had disappeared.

When Lin Shan's feet stepped on the ground, he could see clearly what those green eyes were.

They were monsters with sharp teeth and mouths. They were a bit like the goblins in his memory, but more weird and terrifying. Their skin showed a sickly green color, and the surface was covered with mottled scars and traces of decay.

Their eyes flashed with cold green light, sharp fangs were exposed in their mouths, and disgusting saliva hung from the corners of their mouths.

Each green-skinned monster looked extremely ferocious, grinning, showing an extremely cruel expression, but they did not dare to get close to the Human Emperor at all.

As the two continued to move deeper into the forest, a loud rumbling sound came from afar, and the trees kept shaking.

Giants with heights of more than ten meters or even a hundred meters slowly ran towards the two.

But when they were within a certain range of the Human Emperor, their bodies became stiff and unable to move.

The two passed directly under the giants' crotch and feet.

The eyes of these giants also emitted green light, like two small green suns. Although their bodies were stiff and unable to move, they still stared at the two, or just at the Human Emperor.

The Human Emperor ignored this and just walked forward slowly. There was no energy fluctuation on his body, but these monsters and giants did not dare to cross the path.

They were walking on a path leading to the depths of the forest. There were some black dead grass growing on the path, exuding a decayed smell.

As the two gradually went deeper, they encountered more and more strange species.

Tall shadows loomed in the mist, some with multiple tentacles, coiled between branches, some with transparent bodies and clear internal organs, emitting a disgusting light, and some seemed to be made up of countless insects, moving densely and making strange rustling sounds.

These creatures watched them from afar, but none of them dared to approach.

After walking for a long time, they came to a lake.

The surface of the lake was like a black mirror, with a faint luster, surrounded by dense trees, and it seemed unusually quiet.

There was an ancient stone table in front of the lake, with four stone benches around the stone table. There was a messy chess game on the table, with black and white pieces scattered on the stone table, as if a fierce game was suddenly interrupted.

The emperor stopped, turned his head slightly, and looked at Lin Shan, "Let's do it here."

He walked forward a few steps, sat on the stone bench, and motioned Lin Shan to sit opposite him.

"There are two things, one is private and the other is public. Public is about the world's legacy."

"Let me talk about private things first."

"The first question, do you have no impression of me?"

The Emperor looked directly at Lin Shan and asked.

"It seems that I have. I dreamed of it before. Your back is a bit like a certain ancient celestial master." Lin Shan thought for a while and answered. He often dreamed of some scenes from the past.

"Don't doubt it, that's me." The Emperor pointed at the stone table with his finger, and the scattered chess pieces were automatically classified and returned to the stone bowl in front of the two people.

"I don't know how to play Go." Lin Shan shook his head.

"It's okay, just play randomly." The Emperor made a gesture to invite Lin Shan to make the first move.

Lin Shan picked up a white piece and placed it directly in the center of the chessboard.

The Emperor also seemed to place a piece casually.

"The second question, who are you?" The Emperor indicated that it was Lin Shan's turn to make a move.

"I don't know." Lin Shan's second piece fell in the upper right corner of the chessboard.

"Lin Shan, what are you planning?" The Human Emperor sighed, "Are you really dead?"

"I don't know how to answer your question." Lin Shan continued to shake his head, then sat in the upper left corner.

"I'm sorry to ask you these questions. The former Lin Shan was a very good friend of mine. I just can't accept his sudden departure." The Human Emperor smiled, then stood up, with his hands behind his back facing the lake, "No need to continue, you don't have any questions, how you were born... I'm afraid only he knows."

"Come with me, let's talk about business next." The Human Emperor walked on the calm lake and headed towards the center of the lake.

Lin Shan followed him onto the lake.

Under the lake, his reflection was a half-tentacled, half-human monster, twisted and weird.

However, there was no reflection below the Human Emperor. He stopped in the center of the lake and pointed downward.

Lin Shan looked down as he was directed. The bottomless depths seemed like a window to another world.

"I'm giving you one last chance to choose. Do you really want to enter Green Day?"

"Does it make a difference?"

"If you enter Green Day, you will probably die. If you leave the Gray Fog Universe now, you can still live a few billion years."

"It doesn't matter. It's the same to me."

"No worries?"

The Human Emperor was silent for a long time.

He continued to point to the bottom of the lake and said, "The remains are the shells that the Gray Mist Universe shed after the restart. It can also be said to be the cemetery of the old world."

"There are ten cemeteries like this. If you go downstream from this lake, you can enter other remains."

"And the current Gray Mist Universe is built on these ten remains. It can also be said that the Gray Mist Universe is built on these cemeteries."

"What do you think of the information I gave you?" The Human Emperor looked at Lin Shan.

"Are these remains stable? Will they suddenly explode and affect the Gray Mist Universe?" Lin Shan asked.

"No." The Human Emperor gave the answer.

Lin Shan thought for a while and said, "The relationship between the Gray Mist Universe and the remains is like... the relationship between the surface of the void and the abyss."

"Among the people I have met, your intuition is the most accurate."