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.]

woke up fully. "This…" He whispered, thoroughly bewildered to the depths of his

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

certain that he

No.

no doubt that this was

supposed to be in an entirely

the window,

was not ready for what

ever seen, stretched far beyond what the

predatory species like dragons, phoenixes, liches, basilisks, kirins, krakens, and hydras to docile herbivorous species like

had all

in harmony, side by side, in a vast bountiful world that altered itself to cater to

much so that one would have

his sharp vision

A tree.

if one didn't pay attention. It radiated a

that

flood of memories rushed back to

following Kane in his artificially induced state of panic, they stumbled into a Master-level creature by accident. Rui tried deterring the creature with the Master-level Mind Mask, but it had backfired horrifically as several more Master-level

each creature pounced on them with an unfathomable amount of devastating power. And that

succeeded in getting

this realization was heavy. It was difficult to fully comprehend even as Rui wrapped his mind around it. Before, he didn't even know if the Garden

he

said to be of paradise. An amazed 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

creatures

The rumors didn't lie.

did adapt to

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

would explain why the room was identical to the one that he had baked in his Mind Palace. The world must have

out in the distance as his bewilderment

a

did such a place

here from the cusp of