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

prices rose, he had lived even longer in this place than he did

was certain that he was not in his

No.

was no doubt that this was the real physical

be in an entirely

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

ready

raw shock as a world, unlike anything he had ever seen, stretched

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

had all

vast bountiful world that altered itself to

was inconceivable. So much so that one would have dismissed it as

as his sharp vision discerned the obscured enormous structure

A tree.

so 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 entire

was at that moment that

memories rushed back

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

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

in getting into the

wrapped his mind

he

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

the various creatures in their

The rumors didn't lie.

did adapt to

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

in this world. It would explain why the room was identical to the one that he had baked in his Mind Palace.

out in the

a place

did such a

did it bring him here from the cusp of certain