1. Cheonma Chuldo New World (2)
1. Cheonma Chuldo New World (2) – A Timeless Mind
Mount Taishan is praised as the best mountain among the Five Great Mountains of the Central Plains.
In the past, the emperors of the Central Plains performed a ritual to pay tribute to the gods, and Mount Tai, which was considered the most sacred mountain in the martial arts world, still maintains its symbolism even in modern times when mankind has left the embrace of the Earth and spread out into space.
Just looking at the name of the constellation where the Murim Alliance is located, isn’t it Taishan Constellation? In the first place, unless you’re a special type who’s interested in ancient history, when you think of Taishan, it’s normal to think of Taishan Constellation.
And now, thousands of years later, in the 31st century, what has become of the Taesan Mountain on the planet Earth, the origin of the Taesan Mountain System?
“Oh really? Is this Taesan the same Taesan?”
– Yes, Queen. They say this is the origin of Taesanseonggye.
“So I’m now at the spiritual origin of the old farts of the Murim Alliance? Ha, this feels really strange.”
Of course, the bastard’s spiritual origin had become an extreme environment where he couldn’t survive for more than a few minutes without shielding, as it was covered in radiation. Serin scratched his head.
“Those guys are the same guys, but I also don’t understand the government. Why don’t they care that our hometown has become this mess? The cost of cleaning up radioactive waste is really expensive, but it’s not like the government can’t do it.”
“I guess that’s because I took everything I could when I went into space. Honestly, there’s no benefit to it other than the symbolism of being the origin of mankind, so why spend a lot of money to clean up the Earth?”
“You f*cking punk who knows that is talking about the best martial arts in the universe? You should know that when the spaceship goes back, you’ll get beaten until you drop.”
Serin glared at Robert, who was walking beside her. Robert quietly kept his mouth shut at Serin’s words.
“Ugh. The sandstorm is killing my watch. It should be here, location-wise. Hey, scan it and find the entrance.”
“Yes. Where should I look······Huh? Sister, it’s right below here?”
“What? Here? There’s no entrance?”
“Looking at the scan, the entrance is blocked by about 2 meters. Judging from the fact that the surrounding terrain is unstable, it seems like it collapsed due to external factors or a natural disaster.”
“Then does that mean the guy below is trapped inside and they’re all searching?”
If I do it right, I might be able to just pick up the dying guy without having to fight. Seolyeong’s face brightened up.
“Hey, hey, get out of the way. Let’s just go through.”
Since there is no excavation equipment, we have no choice but to break it by force. As Serin took a stance and gestured to Robert, Robert stepped back with a terrified expression.
“after.”
As Serin took a deep breath and drew up her internal energy, the internal energy drive of her danjeon was activated and a huge amount of internal energy began to flow through the energy veins of her body. The internal energy flowing under the control of the integrated internal energy operation system, QIOS, was concentrated along the energy veins and into her legs, and Serin rolled on the floor with her internal energy in it.
Kuuung!
The ground collapsed around the part where the foot had been kicked with a dull impact. Serin smiled brightly at the sight of a small passageway between the piles of rocks.
“You found it all at once. What are you doing? You have to go in and catch that guy.”
“Oh, yes.”
Robert followed Serin as she roughly cleared away the rubble and crawled into the passage. As he entered the passage, Robert kept looking back at the debris at the entrance with a puzzled expression.
The ground was strangely solid for a place that had only recently been blocked. It was as if an entrance that had been blocked for a long time had been revealed by a tectonic shift.
‘How could that be?’
There was a person inside, so the possibility of that happening was close to zero. Robert, who hated being bothered, quickly forgot his doubts and followed Serin through the entrance with brisk steps.
The passage was so narrow that only one person could fit through it. Seolyeong made a strange expression as she shined her light on the side of the stone passage.
“This looks more like a cave than a passage. It’s a shame it didn’t collapse.”
“It’s granite. There are only a few planets where you can mine it, so it’s quite an expensive building material. Do they even use it for shelters these days?”
What kind of a rascal would build a granite lair on a garbage planet like Earth? Robert tilted his head again.
“Hmm. Something smells strange.”
She didn’t know what it was, but her instincts told her that this was no ordinary phenomenon.
Should I go further or not? A momentary hesitation crossed Serin’s mind. Her intuition was pretty good. But she soon shook her head.
‘It doesn’t feel bad though.’
If I had to say, it was a feeling that I would get involved in something out of the ordinary. Se-ryeong didn’t want to get involved in anything other than making money, but she didn’t want to get away when a criminal who could make a lot of money right now was right in front of her.
The two people who had reached the end of the passage could see a small stone gate also made of granite.
Serin, who saw the letters carved on the stone gate, shined her light and gestured towards Robert.
“There’s something engraved here… It’s Chinese characters. Anyway, those who eat martial arts food are obsessed with Chinese characters… Hey, what does this say?”
“No, you’re a martial artist, but you haven’t learned any Chinese characters? How on earth did you learn martial arts?”
“Shut up. You only need to know the alphabet. Do you really need to study those moldy letters? You can just use a translator. I also learned martial arts through translated texts.”
“Are there any sects that allow that? If you learn it in English, will you be able to understand the martial arts?”
“Of course I did it secretly, huh? And since there are many annotations, talented people like me can learn it on their own.”
I studied Chinese characters on my own for over two years and barely managed to learn one second-rate martial art. Robert made a look of resentment.
“Would a talentless person live in sorrow?”
“If you feel wronged, you should have been born with talent. That’s fine. So what does that mean?”
“Take a look. Where······’There is no one in the world who dares to oppose you, so all people fear the main deity, so in order to be forgotten by the world, you imprison yourself with the great law of esoteric Buddhism. If you have not heard my name, take off the talisman and open this door. Imokjin.’”
“······What the hell is this?”
Serin and Robert looked at each other with blank expressions. The writing was completely unexpected to the two of them, who had thought it would be at best the arrogant threats of a criminal.
The most reasonable conclusion that Seolyeong came up with after a moment of silence was this.
“What is this? Are you some crazy guy who is obsessed with classical novels?”
In fact, since one of the most popular forms of literature in the universe is martial arts novels, it is not particularly strange for a martial artist who has entered the martial arts world to read martial arts novels. One of the reasons why young adults who have just become adults want to become martial artists is martial arts movies and comics.
Among them, the genre that mainly uses the word “cheonha” (天下) or the material of talismans is classical martial arts set in the past when humans were on Earth. Although it is a minor genre with little popularity among the general public, it is a genre that has its own diehard fans, and is especially popular among older martial artists.
But why does it have to pop up here of all places?
There is a time and place for quoting, but she couldn’t understand what kind of crazy thoughts the criminal, who was out of breath right now, had in mind to write such nonsense.
Even if you look closely at the content, it is even more absurd because it contains the absurd content of ‘I am too strong and people are scared, so I will go into hiding for a while until things quiet down.’
“It wasn’t even ink, it was carved into a stone. What the hell was this kid thinking? Is he an idiot?”
“Excuse me, Sister. This looks like it was carved a long time ago. Is it really the ancient absolute martial arts that are sleeping here······.”
“Hey, you’re still sitting there talking like that!”
Robert, who had been hit hard on the back of the head by Seol-yeong who could no longer bear it any longer, hit his forehead against the stone gate a second time and collapsed in place without even being able to scream.
Serin looked down at Robert and pounded her chest as if she was about to burst.
“When I see you, I really go dark. Have you forgotten why we came here? Have you? Even if, as you say, there is a really high probability that this is the place where the ancient absolute martial arts are sleeping. Then, even if it is not common sense, it would have been hidden for over a thousand years. Do you think there would be any life response? Or not?”
Come to think of it, that’s true. Robert nodded to her with a tearful face, rubbing his cold forehead and the back of his head.
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My heart was pounding, but it wasn’t an ancient martial art. Robert sighed deeply with deep regret. Seeing that, Se-ryeong’s heart pounded even harder and she became even more angry.
“I don’t know. I don’t care what the guy in here is thinking. Hey, go open the door.”
“Me?”
“If you’re confident that you can stop something that pops out from inside, why don’t you wait for me?”
“I’ll open it.”
Oh my, when will that kid come to his senses? Se-ryeong clicked her tongue and pulled out her sword as she watched Robert, who was acting up again. Her face became even more serious as she drew the internal energy that had risen from her danjeon into her entire body.
No matter how low your vitality is, it won’t be enough to raise your tension as long as you don’t know your opponent’s skills. If a weapon or bullet suddenly appears in the darkness, it’s fortunate, but if you’re not careful, there could be a trap set.
At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be any space where a large-scale trap could be set up, but if they’ve made a trap with explosives or something, it’s going to be a headache. Of course, he’s so obsessed with life that he’d make a hideout in such a dangerous area, so he wouldn’t commit such a suicidal act.
The door opens with a creaking sound. And what is visible inside the stone chamber is······.
“······Oh my.”
A strange exclamation escaped Serin’s lips without her knowing. That was understandable, because the sight inside the stone chamber was something she had never imagined.
A stone throne filling a small stone chamber. And a naked man sitting there.
Because the sitting position was one where both legs were spread wide open, Seolyeong’s eyes automatically turned round as she looked down.
When she gave a soft exclamation and did not respond, Robert, who had been quietly retreating with the intention of running away when the battle broke out, belatedly approached her from behind.
“Sister? Why are you staying still······Huh!?”
Oh my goodness. Robert closed his eyes and turned his head. No matter how homosexuality was common in this world, he, as a heterosexual, could not possibly look at someone else’s genitals.
“What is that? A space pervert?”
“······How would I know? I don’t even know if he’s alive or dead. He must be in a state of mourning or a mummy.”
Judging from the temperature of the stone chamber, it doesn’t seem to have been cryogenically frozen. Seryeong frowned as she looked at the talismans that filled the walls of the stone chamber.
‘Is this what you mean by a talisman?’
Serin’s gaze turned back to the man. Although he was a little concerned about the space between his legs, he was still working. Serin returned to observing him with cold eyes.
It was hard to tell his exact age because of his disheveled hair and bushy beard, but the man looked to be in his twenties or thirties. He was sitting still on a stone seat, his eyes closed, and silent. His skin was lifeless and dry. At first glance, he looked like he was already dead.
But Seol-yeong opened the channel on her communicator without letting her guard down as she looked at the man.
“Sunja. Are you sure there’s a life sign in front of us? Can you see the screen?”
– Yes, Queen. The man’s vital signs are being scanned.
Sunja, who was watching the situation from the spaceship through screen sharing, made it clear that the man in front of her was definitely alive, at least in terms of data.
“I’m not sure, but it seems like a kind of suspended animation. Was it possible to maintain suspended animation without cryogenic freezing? Is it possible to check the identity of the person?
– With only facial recognition and a skeleton, it’s only possible to do a quick search for the criminal, but no results match. Maybe he’s not the criminal······?
“He’s not even a wanted criminal, so why is he stuck on this Earth? Sigh. Should I subdue him first? Is there a way to recover him from his suspended animation?
– Well, I’m not sure, but wouldn’t it be better to secure him and bring him to a spaceship with medical facilities?
“Right. Hey, take out the suppression device. Let’s take him there and think about it.”
“yes.”
At Serin’s words, Robert took out the suppression device from his bag and handed it to her.
If you attach a restraint device in the form of a badge that temporarily disables the internal drive and restricts the freedom of the body, even the most skilled flying and crawling masters will not have to worry for at least an hour or two. Seolyeong took a step closer to the man to place the restraint device on his danjeon.
And at that moment.
“uh?”
As soon as Robert’s voice was heard, Serin’s gaze, which had been reaching towards her dantian, rose to the man’s face.
His face had not changed since a moment ago.
Except for the pitch-black eyes that looked down at her indifferently.
A fleeting moment.
As pieces of dried skin fell from the corner of his eyes, Serin’s left arm broke with a snapping sound.
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More than 70% of Mt. Taishan was destroyed by the nuclear war. It was fortunate that it was not swept away because it dug so deep into the ground, but if luck had not been on its side, Imujin would have been buried in a state of asphyxiation and discovered as a fossil.
To withstand radiation, you need at least the highest level of martial arts. Lee Mok-jin can withstand radiation, but he will be vaporized if hit by a nuclear bomb of space war scale.
Humans use English. Other languages have long since been eliminated and are only recorded. However, martial artists learn Chinese characters almost exclusively for martial arts training.
A popular wuxia trend these days is the exorcism romance wuxia where the possessed alien spirit is defeated by the evil Madou with the power of passionate love.
The amulet that sealed the door was eaten with gusto by the radioactive mutant cockroaches.
