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 his heart.

in this place than he did in the Quarrier Orphanage. It was identical to

he was certain that he was not in his

No.

that this

place that was supposed to be

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

was not ready

widened with unadulterated raw shock as a world, unlike anything he had ever seen, stretched far beyond what the eye could see. A

species like catoblepas, blackhinds, unicorns, pegasi, kitsunes, and jackalopes. From ordinary garden-variety vegetation to

world had

side by side, in a vast bountiful world that

So much so that one would have dismissed

his sharp vision discerned the obscured enormous structure in the deep

A tree.

that one would mistake it for topography if one didn't pay attention. It radiated a profoundly tranquil sense

was at that moment that everything

memories rushed back

accident. Rui tried deterring the creature with the Master-level Mind Mask, but it had backfired horrifically as several more

during the final moments of that encounter as each creature pounced on them with an unfathomable amount of devastating power. And that was when the very world around him had shifted. "It worked…" Rui

in getting into the Garden of

Rui wrapped his mind

however, he

smile emerged on his face as he realized 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 from having faced Master-level beasts in he flesh seemed to have been enough to trigger their acceptance into

various creatures in their various habitats with

The rumors didn't lie.

did adapt to their

as realization dawned on him. "Memories…" He whispered. "That must be it. It taps into the memories of the

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

massive expansive scenery out in

could such a place

such a place come

him here from the cusp of