I Can See Health Bars in Real Life-Chapter 408 - 36: Take a Good Look at This World

The modern world, Lake Benqi.

The surface of the lake was calm and tranquil, with a gentle breeze and perfect sunlight. Being one of the Fuji Five Lakes, this area was relatively undeveloped, offering a pristine natural landscape. However, the thunder of armed helicopters’ rotor blades, the shouts of the American soldiers, and the defensive perimeter checkpoints scattered along the lakeshore disrupted the serene scenery.

Occasionally, a gunshot would ring out, followed by people rushing over, and each campsite sounding sharp alarms, as if everyone were bracing for an enemy.

In the end, it often turned out to be a misunderstanding, nothing like the thrilling plot of an action movie where a lone soldier encounters an unknown monster. Mostly it was just nerves stretched too tight, a sense of being on edge, firing at any slight noise, almost leading to friendly fire.

This shows what the current situation in this area is—information control, evacuation of personnel, traffic control, and military occupation, each carried out meticulously.

Such a situation naturally has its reasons.

Even though in the eternal night of stopped time, no person or thing could continue to move. As long as they belonged to this world, they were inevitably paused.

Therefore, what exactly happened during the lost time is mostly unknown to people... However, one could surmise from the traces, since a brutal battle had taken place over the lake, ultimately staining large areas of the water red with the blood of the multi-headed serpent and leaving signs of destruction along the lakeshore.

It might have been the corrosive breath of the serpent, or perhaps Inuyasha’s full-force slash of the Wind Injury, but clearly, even the ground was plowed into pieces...

These traces were too prominent to ignore.

Initially, whether it was worth it or not, they still had to try. Plus, since it’s so close to Tokyo, where a witnessed incident recently occurred, the authorities must respond appropriately; otherwise, there would be something wrong... Of course, by authorities, I mean the Americans.

Therefore, the entire area around Lake Benqi is tightly locked down, layer upon layer of defense, making it impossible for even a fly to get through.

Unfortunately, just because a fly can’t get through doesn’t mean the intended targets can’t either. They might even leave with swagger, completely unnoticed.

......

"That’s a helicopter, a creation of modern aviation technology, allowing ordinary humans to fly like birds... Is Kikyo interested? Should we go up for a ride?"

Walking along the open ground by the lake, casually avoiding a patrolling squad coming their way, Gu Mo noticed the witch seemingly observing the low-flying helicopter and spoke with enthusiasm, taking on the role of a modern world tour guide like before.

The witch glanced at him and gently shook her head, although she did show some interest in these novel things and couldn’t help but voice a bit of admiration:

"Can ordinary people in this era really fly into the sky?"

Though this era constantly amazed her, and many new things had significantly impacted her, the fact that ordinary people could fly was among the most noteworthy, making her profoundly aware of the drastic changes in this era.

"Of course, they can. If my memory doesn’t fail me, the first flying aircraft was made at the beginning of this century, when humans first achieved the dream of flying. Now, after about a hundred years of development, the technology is far more mature and complete..."

Gu Mo pressed his hand to his chin, thinking aloud.

The modern times of this world are of Himura Kagome’s era, meaning now it’s 1996, and the first aircraft seems to have been built by the Wright Brothers at the start of this century.

"A hundred years? That was rather quick..."

The witch was somewhat surprised.

"After all, it’s a revolutionary technology, and it coincidentally emerged during wartime. War, especially, is a catalyst for technology, so this speed is quite normal..." Gu Mo, likely knowing what Kikyo was thinking, shrugged and replied.

War again... Indeed, even in this era, it hasn’t stopped.

Thinking of the recently bombed city, the witch sighed slightly, retracting her gaze from the sky just as the black armed helicopter finished a low-level patrol over the lake, turned to another direction, and quickly disappeared over the mountains.

"Truly not interested in taking a ride?" Gu Mo expressed a bit of regret, "If you’re interested, I can ask them to come down..."

Although his tone carried a hint of jest, it wasn’t without the possibility of being earnest.

After leaving Dream City in the Mirror and returning to the real world, he hadn’t done anything specific yet but could sense the enhancements he had undergone, keenly aware of the changes compared to before he increased his points. After all, the substantial four-point boost in Spiritual Power was far from a mere qualitative leap.

Even if he applied his previous self-created exploration rules to a formula, it remained—