Chapter 2820: The Fate of the Red General

Then, the Great Square Vessel will connect to reality, allowing a more complete system of elemental power to be embedded into the overall laws of the Great Thousandfold World!

During this process, the agreement between Zhong Shengguang and the Great Square Vessel from the past will naturally take effect.

He Lingchuan heard this agreement with his own ears—it was when Long Longcheng fell and Zhong Shengguang took his own life, when he swore to the Great Square Vessel:

As long as the Great Square Vessel seals the souls of Long Longcheng's dead within itself, he himself is willing to become an evil spirit eternally guarding the Long Dragon Wasteland! He implores the Great Square Vessel that at the moment of transitioning from illusion to reality, it should also allow Long Longcheng to see the light of day once more, to fight again for the world!

In other words, once the Great Square Vessel fulfills its promise, Long Dragon can return to the world, and the Red General and the Great Wind Army will also...

Hmm, wait—there's still another obstacle here; the chain of cause and effect just won't budge no matter how you push it.

Crack—before He Lingchuan could think of a solution, this chain of cause and effect snapped.

Snapped, and it won't let him look anymore.

He Lingchuan was watching with his heart pounding, and he tried again several times, but once broken, it stays broken—whoever occasionally glimpses heavenly secrets once is already lucky; who could keep flipping back and forth to watch repeatedly?

He sighed helplessly, and could only spread open his right palm.

The black-eyed little snake on his right palm represents "failure."

If Long Longcheng's resistance ultimately ends in failure—

History will repeat itself, and Long Dragon will be destroyed in war.

The Great Square Vessel's years of deduction have declared failure; its own evolution is obstructed, elemental power advancement is likewise obstructed, unable to connect to reality, and even less able to be embedded into the laws.

Then there's no need for Chaos to break through the obstacle of the Long Dragon Secret Realm, because since the transition from illusion to reality has already failed, it must continue to lie dormant in the deep sea, waiting for the next opportunity—perhaps a hundred years from now, perhaps a thousand—who knows?

Thus, Long Dragon's success or failure determines the Great Square Vessel's success or failure, thereby profoundly influencing the changes in elemental power in reality, as well as humanity's war against the sky demons.

The cause-and-effect chain of "failure" unfolds extremely smoothly, with no obstruction whatsoever.

"Damn it, why aren't you stuck?" He Lingchuan asked the little snake on his right palm, and the snake flicked its tongue.

Isn't the answer obvious?

Because in this chain, there are no other variables left. Or rather, no other more complex or greater variables. Long Longcheng's failure inevitably leads to these results.

What He Lingchuan still cares most about are these four words: "transition from illusion to reality."

He gazed toward the hidden deity's body in the Red Sea.

The Great Square Vessel has deduced to this point—now everything is ready; is it only missing the east wind?

What is the "east wind"? It is Long Longcheng's final battle.

This is Long Longcheng's most difficult moment—even if He Lingchuan were present on-site commanding the battle, he would have not a shred of confidence in victory, let alone being forced to withdraw temporarily.

If he could resolve the crisis of the sky demons invading the secret realm, then return to the Long Dragon world, what situation would he face?

He Lingchuan's chest burned with a fire that seemed to scorch his five viscera and six bowels.

If Long Dragon could win—never mind how the Great Square Vessel might change the world's laws—at the very least, he and Cang Yan would then have a true ally in reality to fight side by side!

Not those wavering small states, not Ling Mountain, not even Mu State—but Long Dragon, which is more resolute, more iron-blooded, and more fearless than he!

Chaos readied its tail to swim again, meaning it was done here. Feeling the dark currents of the Red Sea surge anew, He Lingchuan gazed at the approaching Chaos and suddenly said:

"Wait—I still have one fate to calculate."

The red-eyed little snake raised its head, swaying left and right before him, meaning it was warning him not to go too far.

How could there be so many heavenly secrets to leak to him, this false god of fate? Beware of inviting heavenly punishment.

"Rest assured, I won't calculate the fate of the Great Square Vessel nor my own." The holder of the divine fate mandate, who sees least clearly his own fate, needs no such effort. He Lingchuan lifted his head and cried aloud to Chaos: "I want to calculate the fate of the Red General!"

Though underwater, he could still speak normally. His voice echoed in waves through the deep sea:

"Red General... Red General..."

"Calculating one person's fate—this surely isn't overstepping, is it?" he said to Chaos. "Come on, let me see, the fate-thread belonging to the Red General!"

Chaos gave no reply, but a dark red chain hung down from its body.

The chain bore the most of the three corpse worms, which now scattered and fled in all directions. He Lingchuan finally saw its true form.

It was made of countless "∞" symbols linked end to end; if you looked closer, the chain itself wasn't even solid—it was formed by one triangle after another stacked together. These lines connected at different angles and cross-sections, jointly forming a long chain.

He Lingchuan raised his hand, and the red-eyed little snake on his palm leapt onto the chain, merging completely with it.

The entire chain began to emit a faint red glow.

After a while, the chain's light faded; the little snake crawled out from somewhere, leapt back onto He Lingchuan's palm.

He knew: the divine fate mandate had read the Red General's life's cause and effect, then returned to deduce.

Even an ordinary person's life holds many great and small experiences, all stacked together to form what is called "fate." That's already an ocean of information—let alone the Red General, whose past life was full of twists and turns; even the divine fate mandate might struggle to grasp it.

"Let's calculate the Red General's fate. I know the Long Dragon war has reached a critical moment, and everyone's fate will be pulled by it." He Lingchuan said word by word: "Let me calculate, what is the possibility of the Red General successfully reinforcing Mingsha Forest?"

As soon as He Lingchuan finished speaking, the little snake's eyes emitted red light.

It was protesting that He Lingchuan was trying to take shortcuts again.

In fact, to answer this question, one would actually need to calculate the probability of Long Dragon's victory.

But this war is shrouded in mystery, with too many variables—even the divine fate mandate cannot compute it all.

He Lingchuan didn't press it: "Fine then—let's see, if Long Dragon wins, how will the Red General's future fate develop?"

Only then did the little snake bite down on his arm.

Before He Lingchuan's eyes flashed again a series of images, but similarly, they stopped once the war ended.

The very obstacle that had severed the Great Square Vessel's cause-and-effect chain reappeared.

But this time, He Lingchuan roughly guessed what was going on. His expression grew gloomy and solemn, he thought for a moment, then said: "Ignore this obstacle, continue the deduction."

But...

"There's no 'but'—this matter can be solved; just go ahead and deduce."

After ignoring that variable, the divine fate mandate's subsequent deduction proceeded extremely smoothly.

He Lingchuan watched silently until the images had long vanished, yet he remained in a daze.

He even smiled: "Indeed, it's almost exactly as I expected."

(End of Chapter)