"What I am about to tell you is known only to the past patriarchs of the Long family. I only hope you can keep it a secret."
Long Aohai intended to reveal the Long family's secret to Su Fan.
"Why are you suddenly telling me this?"
Su Fan was a little puzzled as to why Long Aohai was suddenly confiding in him.
"I am also very worried about the invasion of the alien race and the prophetic dream you spoke of. I only hope to help you prevent this from happening."
Long Aohai explained to Su Fan.
Su Fan nodded.
"Alright, go ahead."
Long Aohai slowly began to recount the past of the Long family to Su Fan.
"Before I talk about the ancestors of the Long family, let me first talk about the secret of the ancestral land. In fact, the ancestral land world is a closed world."
Long Aohai uttered a word that confused Su Fan.
"What is a closed world?"
Su Fan was very confused and did not understand the meaning of the word.
"A closed world is a world trapped in a time loop. It gets stuck in a loop at a certain point in time, restarting from a specific moment and looping endlessly, repeating itself."
Su Fan immediately understood. There were many movies with this theme, and it was not difficult to comprehend, but the entire world being trapped in a loop was quite a big deal!
At the same time, Su Fan seemed to understand why the game "Martial World Hegemony" was exactly the same as the game world.
"Did one of your Long family members go to the mortal world and start a game company?"
Su Fan asked Long Aohai for confirmation.
"There was such a person, and he was a chosen one. After undergoing trials in the ancestral land for a period of time, he left and started a game company in the mortal world. However, he was later diagnosed with cancer and passed away a few years ago."
Long Aohai told Su Fan.
Su Fan suddenly understood, and all his doubts were cleared.
"Martial World Hegemony" was a game created by a Long family member based on his own experiences. He later died of cancer, and the subsequent plot was not created.
That was not a game world; the game was created based on that world!
"Continue."
Su Fan calmed his emotions and asked Long Aohai to continue.
"The ancestral land world has gone through countless loops. In one of these loops, our Long family ancestor discovered this secret. To escape the loop, the ancestor of the Long family painstakingly created a teleportation array, an array that could transport them out of that world."
"He didn't know where the array would transport them, but to escape the loop, he was willing to take the risk. To prevent others from discovering the array, he placed it in the northernmost part of the ancestral land world. He succeeded, and the ancestor of the Long family came to this world, established the Long family here, and it has been passed down to this day."
After Long Aohai finished speaking, he fell silent.
However, Su Fan was still in a state of shock for a long time.
The Long family were people from another world?
Then why did Long Aohai want to stop them from invading?
Su Fan looked at Long Aohai with confusion.
Long Aohai seemed to have read Su Fan's mind, and before he could ask, Long Aohai spoke proactively.
"Although we came from the ancestral land, our Long family has been passed down for over a thousand years. This is our home now, and I don't want our home to be destroyed."
For some reason, at this moment, Su Fan felt that Long Aohai was very great.
"Since our goals are aligned, what are the best ways to stop them?"
Su Fan nodded and asked Long Aohai.
"I think it would be best to set the battlefield within the ancestral land. This would be more advantageous to us. We only need to guard the teleportation array."
Long Aohai expressed his thoughts.
He also had his own considerations. If they fought outside, the Long family, being so close, might be destroyed. Setting the battlefield inside would eliminate this concern.
Su Fan nodded slightly; Long Aohai made sense.
"However, if we set the battlefield inside, we need to know in advance when they will arrive. Otherwise, we will either miss them or wait in vain."
Long Aohai continued.
"I can handle this. I will investigate when they will attack."
Su Fan could enter the closed world to investigate when the Heavenly Dragon Army would attack.
Su Fan felt that this was most likely Xiao Yuan's doing. Otherwise, who else could mobilize the Heavenly Dragon Army?
The two emerged from the secret room and told Liu Yong and the others what could be said.
Apart from concealing the truth about the ancestral land, they told them everything else.
"Since you have a way to know the time of their attack in advance, then hurry up and do it. The sooner, the better."
Liu Yong said to Su Fan.
Su Fan nodded.
"I know. I will inform you as soon as I have any news."
The group immediately chose to take their leave. After politely declining Long Aohai's invitation to stay, Su Fan and Liu Yong parted ways outside the Long family residence and headed directly to the teleportation gate.
He didn't know how long it would take to come out this time, nor could he enter the game world, nor the figure using the Heavenly Mandate in the prophetic dream. These were all things Su Fan needed to figure out.
Su Fan walked around the array platform using his footwork, and the teleportation gate reappeared. Su Fan stepped into it.
What Su Fan didn't notice was that as he entered the teleportation gate, a crack reappeared at a corner of the array platform.
Upon entering the closed world, it was currently experiencing a blizzard.
Looking at the falling snow, Su Fan found it hard to believe that this was a world of infinite loops. He didn't know when a loop would end or when a new one would begin.
Su Fan decided to go to Ice Snow City first.
Knowing that it was a loop, Su Fan felt even more sympathy for Han Jiangxue, who could never leave the snowfield in her life and could only stay there within her limited time.
If possible, Su Fan planned to take Han Jiangxue out for a trip, to see other parts of this world and fulfill her dreams.
Su Fan stared at the wind and snow and flew towards the ice mountain.
However, as he neared his destination, Su Fan frowned.
In his line of sight, he could not see the ice mountain.
How could such a large ice mountain disappear without a trace?
Su Fan immediately sped up. When he arrived at the ice mountain, he was stunned by the scene before him.
The entire ice mountain had been leveled to the ground, and the remains of Ice Snow City were frozen in solid ice.
Su Fan even saw the Ice Snow Queen with only half her body remaining, her eyes wide open, staring at the sky with an unbearable expression.
"What... happened?"
Su Fan looked at the scene before him in shock.
Su Fan searched the ice for a long time but could not find the bodies of Han Jiangxue or Han Zhongjun.
Su Fan was confused as to what had happened here. It was fine when he left, so why had it become like this in just one or two days?
Su Fan carefully examined the corpse of the Ice Snow Queen and found that she was facing south.
Su Fan looked south with confusion and headed in that direction.
Continuing forward, Su Fan soon discovered the body of Han Zhongjun, half-buried in deep snow.