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.]

whispered, thoroughly bewildered to the depths of his

it in Manhattan, New York, long before real estate prices rose, he had lived even longer in this place than he did in the Quarrier Orphanage. It was identical to how he remembered it, identical

he was certain that he was not in his

No.

was no doubt that this was the

yet, he was standing in a place that was supposed to be in an entirely different world

to the window, mind-boggled,

was not ready for what

stretched far beyond what the eye could see. A world with countless living beings

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

had

lived in harmony, side by side, in a vast bountiful world that altered

much so that one would have dismissed it as

as his sharp vision discerned the obscured enormous structure in the

A tree.

pay attention. It radiated a profoundly tranquil sense of power unlike anything Rui had ever

at that moment that everything

flood of memories rushed back

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

moments of that encounter as each creature pounced on them with an unfathomable amount

had succeeded in getting into

to fully comprehend even as Rui wrapped his mind around it.

however, he

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

creatures in their various habitats

The rumors didn't lie.

world did adapt to

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

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 to recreate the environment that the

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

such a place come to

did such a

it bring him here from the cusp