The Martial Unity

Chapter 1937 Sought Explanation

Rui opened his eyes.

A deep sense of comfort saturated every cell of his body. So much so that he felt reluctant to even move.

To even think.

"What…?" He frowned hazily.

His confusion was palpable.

He didn't know where he was.

He didn't know what was happening.

He was unable to connect his current circumstances to his memories.

He didn't even understand what he didn't understand.

On the ceiling above was a picture of Bruce Lee. John had plastered it on his ceiling when he moved in, all so that the last thing he would see before the world went dark was Bruce Lee taking his iconic and classic stance.

A surge of nostalgia erupted within Rui.

Yet, it also felt wrong.

He turned to the side groggily inspecting.

[8:59 AM] His eyes widened with shock.

A digital clock listed the time in Arabic numerals and English letters stared him in the eye. It had been thirty-three years, yet he could never forget the numbers and language from his previous life. After all, John used to work with them all the time.

Rui's eyes turned to the rest of the room, utterly shaken by what they saw.

There were posters of Bruce Lee across the entire room, featuring different iconic moments as well as his most famous and profound quotes. Including the one that would go on to become his life's greatest ambition and his Martial Path.

[Be water, my friend.]

realization finally struck him as his groggy mind finally woke up fully. "This…" He whispered, thoroughly bewildered to the depths of

had lived even longer in this place than he did in the Quarrier Orphanage. It

he was not in

No.

was no doubt that this was

was standing in a place that was supposed to be in an entirely

over to the window, mind-boggled, as he peered through

was not ready

ever seen, stretched far beyond what the eye could see. A world with countless living beings of countless

basilisks, kirins, krakens, and hydras to docile herbivorous species like catoblepas, blackhinds, unicorns, pegasi, kitsunes, and jackalopes. From

had

side, in a vast bountiful world that altered itself

so that one would have dismissed it as

sharp vision discerned the obscured

A tree.

unfathomably gigantic that one would mistake it for topography if one didn't pay attention. It radiated a profoundly tranquil sense of power unlike anything Rui had ever felt in his

was at that moment that everything

memories rushed back

stumbled into a Master-level creature by accident. Rui tried deterring the creature with the Master-level Mind Mask, but it had

recalled the horror he felt during the final moments of that encounter as each creature pounced on them with an unfathomable amount of

had succeeded in getting into the

fully comprehend even as Rui wrapped his mind around it. Before, he didn't even know if the Garden

he had

that the Garden of Salvation had protected them at the very final moment. The combined effects of Kane's artificially induced horror and his own very real horror

various creatures in their various habitats

The rumors didn't lie.

world did adapt to their

must be it. It taps into the memories of the creature to recreate the perfect environment for the

himself in a room that didn't belong in this world. It would explain why the room was identical to the one that he had baked in his Mind Palace. The world must have tapped into his memories

out into the massive expansive scenery out in the distance as his bewilderment only grew. What truly was

a place

did such a

bring him here from the cusp of certain