Chapter 229 If a Dream Is Not a Dream
In the blur, consciousness was in chaos.

"hopeless."

"From the beginning, we had no hope."

A familiar voice full of noble and sorrowful emotions, as if coming from deep in the clouds, with a long and lingering echo.
Tsk, why is it this dream again? !

The inexplicable anxiety made Wang Yao instinctively "open" his eyes after a conscious struggle. Then, he was shocked to find that he was in the center of a dark golden square as vast as a highland!
Not only that, in front of his sight, at the end of the square there is a five-meter-wide staircase made of gold. The staircase goes all the way up, and at the far end, it is connected to a giant palace with a design style very similar to the "Parthenon"!
"what's the situation?!"

Wang Yao looked around in horror and confusion.

In fact, it was not the first time that he had this strange dream, but it was the first time that he felt that this dream was so real. If he had only heard intermittent echoes in his previous dream, this time, this dream appeared before his eyes as real as "reality"!

Here, Wang Yao looked up and could see the vast and mysterious boundless universe. Looking around, he could also find that the floor under his feet, the heavenly palace at the end of the stairs, and other exquisite decorations were actually all made up of countless golden cubes of energy. Even the patterns were very clear and detailed.
This is a dream so real that it doesn’t seem like a dream!
But - why is he here? Shouldn't he be in Wollongong accepting the promotion at this time? !

"No matter how hard we struggle, the final outcome is already determined."

Just when Wang Yao was in doubt, the vague and sad voice once again came from the depths of the palace at the end of the stairs.

Wang Yao looked towards the magnificent palace and swallowed his saliva secretly. The lights were bright there, and the sound came from there.

"Who is there?" Driven by a strong desire for knowledge, Wang Yao raised his foot and stepped onto the stairs along the square.

The stairs were very wide and long, extending a hundred meters towards the Heavenly Palace. But for some reason, as he walked up the stairs step by step, looking at the antique lamps on both sides and all kinds of exquisite carvings, a sense of long-lost familiarity as if from another world surged into Wang Yao's heart, and it became stronger and stronger.

Wang Yao was really confused. He couldn't understand where this sense of familiarity came from, nor could he understand why he was so excited and aroused from the bottom of his heart. He could only follow his instinct and keep walking towards the end of the stairs.

Suddenly, Wang Yao, who was halfway through his walk, froze abruptly. He stood there in a daze, staring straight ahead at the stairs.

There, there seems to be a small thing climbing the stairs
"Baby?!" Wang Yao was stunned and even thought he was dazzled. However, the fact was right in front of him.

That's right, he saw a little baby wrapped in white cloth, stretching out his chubby little hands, climbing up the stairs little by little!

In such a ghost place, in such a mysterious palace that seemed to be suspended in the void of the universe, where did the baby come from? !

Wang Yao walked over with great shock, hesitated for a moment, and then picked up the baby who was struggling to climb the stairs with his back to him. At first glance, Wang Yao recognized that it was a baby boy, probably just one year old, with a chubby face and a pair of bright black eyes. He was a very cute little guy.
The strange thing is that after being picked up by Wang Yao, the baby boy did not make any noise. Instead, he twisted his little head and stared at Wang Yao with interest with his big black eyes. After a while, the little guy suddenly grabbed Wang Yao's index finger and grinned, "Ya Ya Ya", as if he was happy to see something new for the first time.

Looking at the innocent and pure smile of the little guy in his arms, Wang Yao's heart softened and he smiled unconsciously. He couldn't help but poke the little guy's chubby face with his fingers. After teasing him for a few times, Wang Yao turned his gaze back to the heavenly palace at the end of the stairs.

Is it... the child of the owner of this palace?
Wait, is it really okay to leave a baby crawling around in a place like this?
Thinking of this, Wang Yao subconsciously lowered his head and smiled gently at the little guy: "Are you going to that palace? Do you want me to take you with me?"

"Ya-ya-ya. Ya-ya-ya" The cute baby boy seemed to understand and nodded his head with joy.

Wang Yao shook his head in confusion. He could no longer tell whether this was a dream or reality. He could only walk up the stairs again and towards the heavenly palace.

Soon, after walking up the stairs, Wang Yao arrived at the front of the magnificent palace.

Because the overall design style is similar to the ruins of the "Parthenon" in ancient Greece, this grand palace has no gate, but is supported by hundreds of huge golden columns on the top. Therefore, as soon as he arrived, everything in the palace was clearly presented to Wang Yao's eyes -

In the empty and cold palace, there was a graceful golden figure floating in the air!

It was a graceful woman, wearing a full-covering platinum armor. Because she was wearing a half-covered mask, it was difficult to give a comprehensive overview of her appearance, but from her perfectly proportioned lower face, snow-white skin, and the white hair hanging on both sides of her delicate jaw, it could be judged that she was a stunning woman with long silver hair. And for some reason, when Wang Yao saw this beautiful figure wrapped in a faint golden light, he could no longer look away. Like the most primitive call, he looked at her inexplicably, infatuatedly, and obsessed, unable to extricate himself.

"Is it really unavoidable?" A deep voice suddenly sounded, waking Wang Yao up.

Wang Yao then realized that there was a person standing in front of the woman floating in the air!

Staring blankly at the familiar figure, Wang Yao was stunned: "Zhuge Liang?"

Although he could only see silver-white hair from the back of the figure's head, Wang Yao would definitely not mistake the blue and white armor. The person standing with his back to him was definitely Zhuge Liang!

What's going on? Is this the place where heroes are promoted?

Feeling extremely confused, Wang Yao involuntarily walked up and said, "Sorry to bother you. Military Advisor, where is this place? Why am I here? And this little baby..."

Strangely, the two people in the palace seemed to be completely unaware of Wang Yao's presence, and even ignored his words. As Wang Yao approached, Zhuge Liang had already knelt on one knee in front of the woman and asked in an extremely sincere voice: "Who is our enemy?"

The woman floating in the air was silent for a moment, but only said two words meaningfully.

"destiny."

After he finished speaking, Wang Yao also came in front of Zhuge Liang.

"I wonder what's going on." Wang Yao stopped talking halfway because the face he saw was not Zhuge Liang's as he expected.

What he saw was himself.

“???!!” Wang Yao was dumbfounded, and stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning!
Although the person in front of him looked much older and more mature, and his hair color had changed, the dark red phoenix eye on his left eye, as well as the conspicuous sword scar on it, all indicated that this person was - himself? !
"What, what on earth is going on?!" Wang Yao, whose mind was in a mess, subconsciously shouted loudly to the only mysterious woman in this deserted palace.

He was completely messed up.

At this moment, the woman in front, who had been unaware of Wang Yao's existence, suddenly turned towards Wang Yao without warning. It was unclear whether she was looking at him or at the baby boy in his arms who began to babble for some reason.

Then, the woman's thin, rosy lips revealed a beautiful, faint smile, which seemed to be directed at Wang Yao, or at the baby boy in his arms.

"You're back?"

"?!!!"

In the oval glass container filled with light blue culture liquid, Wang Yao, who was wearing an oxygen mask, suddenly opened his eyes!
At the same time, thousands of miles away in the thousand-year-old city of Chang'an, on the majestic and towering astronomical platform.

"!!!"

Almost at the same time, the handsome fortune teller suddenly opened a pair of extremely deep dark golden eyes.

"Mars is in the heart, a very ominous sign. How could such a strange phenomenon suddenly occur? Could it be...!!"

(End of this chapter)