I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 427 - 42: Back to Square One?

In the legend, Penglai Island is always floating uncertainly with the tides.

This also reflects a fact, which is that aside from disappearing periodically due to time cycles, the spatial position of Penglai Island isn't fixed... it naturally drifts randomly over the sea and can be deliberately repositioned to appear elsewhere through a degree of external interference.

As the current Manager of the island, Gu Mo briefly reviewed his privileges, especially through the integration of the dog system, which allowed him to know more intuitively what he could do.

This includes adjusting the Time Barrier, manipulating where Penglai Island appears...

These are also part of the island management privileges.

Although there are still some limitations, at least it allows the island to approach the boundaries of the mainland, indirectly achieving a method of movement through the changing coordinates of the island itself in time and space... Gu Mo thought that this value alone was entirely worth the investment of a Golden Key.

When he came, he flew over the sea for a long time before reaching Penglai Island.

But on the return trip, upon leaving Penglai Island, one could directly see the land at the horizon, and it didn't take long to return to the range of Tokyo.

This contrast was still very intuitive and clear, approximately greatly relieving the pressure of the Death Soul Worm.

The two returned to the Himura Shrine at night when it was utterly silent, as it was close to midnight, and the shrine was long unattended; the Himura family had fallen into a deep slumber, and Inuyasha and Himura Kagome, who usually watched over the Bone-Devouring Well, had probably gone back to the Warring States Era.

After all, they couldn't just stay here doing nothing, guarding indefinitely... Just the thought of such a thing was completely unrealistic.

"Speaking of which, we've been away for over a month..."

Standing before the Divine Wood, Gu Mo listened to the ancient Era Tree rustle in the night wind, then gazed towards the quiet shrine with a sigh.

Including the previous time spent, he had stayed in this Dungeon World for nearly two months... Considering the unequal Time Flow Speed between the Dungeon World and the real world, it seemed that the former always ran faster than the latter, so there was no reason to worry too much, but the problem was that without returning, he didn't know the exact time flow ratio.

So, naturally, he had to show some restraint and not get carried away.

"Mm..."

Kikyo responded softly, without saying anything. She simply walked towards the shrine, extending her hand to open the tightly closed wooden door.

Gu Mo scratched his cheek, exhaled softly, and followed. Previously, he mentioned to Kikyo about his departure, but perhaps she misunderstood something, as her usually calm and serene face turned pale as snow, looking incredulous.

After further explanation, he clarified that it wasn't about running out of time and leaving the world, but for some reasons, he needed to return to his own world...

But after the misunderstanding was resolved, the witch seemed to have become a bit strange.

Though she said nothing at that time.

Jumping into the Bone-Devouring Well, he felt nothing, as if he just jumped in from the wellhead, and in less than a second, he felt the solid ground beneath his feet, standing on the firm muddy bottom of the well, Gu Mo looked upwards to see the sky dotted with the moon and stars, mysterious, deep, and tranquil.

At the same time, a hint of realization flashed in his mind.

He initially thought that after returning to this era, he would be able to sense Penglai Island at this time with the dog system's Power rules, exploiting permission loopholes... this way, reasonably triggering the hidden side quest of Penglai Island—

However.

He guessed half right, because in that instant, he clearly sensed two Penglai Islands.

One should be Penglai Island of this era... and the other is the Penglai Island he bound not long ago, five hundred years in the future...

The latter seems to accompany his Equipment, also appearing in this era under the system's Power? An inkling of understanding emerged, and Gu Mo suddenly felt that the transaction with the dog system was worth it; the so-called home system seemed to be more powerful than he had imagined.

However, this wasn't the moment for careful study.

He shook his head, directly grasped the tenacious vines growing from the wall of the well and prepared to leave the bottom of the well. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Outside, the witch stood quietly at the wellhead, gazing at the distant night sky and stars, her thoughts unknown, and even after Gu Mo climbed out, she seemed momentarily lost.

"There's no time to lose; let's head over immediately... I now know where Penglai Island is, and I can sense its location,"

Gu Mo stood beside the witch, glanced at the sky, estimated the time, and decisively declared.

"..."

"..."

No response.

"Kikyo?" Gu Mo blinked, softly asking, testing the waters.