Chapter 1896: Holy Link and Them

{\rAmoeba Worm Instance (Ling An World).

On the boundless vast land, countless believers shaped like ants were migrating, gathering from all directions.

At the center of the land stood an ancient and simple high tower, entirely built of obsidian, silently erected.

With the black tower as center, dense religious halls formed ring after ring of white circles, encircling it.

Looking down from the high sky, the continually gathering believers devoutly knelt, wave after wave slowly advancing toward the black tower.

Around the black tower, a middle-aged person wearing a holy gold robe exuded authority without anger, standing atop a white holy tower slightly shorter than the black tower.

He held a parchment book in his left hand and raised a scepter high with his right.

Looking at the fervent gazes below that seemed endless, he slowly raised his scepter, and his voice instantly echoed throughout the world:

"Praise Ling An!"

"May our lord's light shine eternally!"

"Praise Ling An!"

Countless voices sounded in unison, the whole world seemed to tremble in this prayer.

After conducting the routine morning sacrifice ritual that had been held daily for ten years, the crowned pope looked toward the high priest behind him:

"Begin preaching, for this coming week I may stay in the black tower."

"If there is anything important that needs handling, go find the holy maiden; she will tell you what to do."

"As you command, Your Holiness."

He nodded slightly, watching the thirteen cardinals respectfully comply, and the middle-aged man called the pope slowly descended the high tower.

As his gaze swept over the temples and halls, a rare flicker of confusion and dazedness passed through his eyes.

Ten years ago, this place was a barren wasteland, with nothing but billions of Zombies piled into corpse mountains.

Ten years later, this place has become a divine kingdom on earth, with billions of believers pilgrimaging here.

And all of this is due to the appearance of that man.

"Ten years..."

"Will you come back..."

Passing through the holy temple knight legion composed of ten thousand people, the pope swiftly entered the black tower, almost the moment he just passed through a thick energy barrier.

A clear, cold female voice then sounded from within the black tower.

"Hamster?"

It seemed she too had just been summoned into the black tower; a middle-aged woman in a robe likewise looked at him with some surprise.

Hearing the voice, the middle-aged pope raised his head in surprise; upon seeing the woman's appearance, he couldn't help but let out a wry smile:

"Miss Lin Lan, how many years has it been... you really don't need to call me by my old nickname anymore."

The pope looked around embarrassedly; after years in high position, he was now completely different from the scrawny, petty hamster he once was.

"What's there to fear? There's no outsider here. You've done well as pope; I estimate that when that person sees you again, they might not even recognize you."

"How so, you were also summoned by Klein to come here?"

Out of respect for the venerable, Lin Lan couldn't help but feel somewhat emotional as she looked at the hamster pope before her.

Since Ling An World took on the role of a granary, she led a large number of people to the other side of the world, responsible for spirit crops and rebuilding the empire.

In the blink of an eye, she and the hamster likely haven't seen each other for three or four years.

"Yes, I also don't know what Lord Klein is..."

Before the hamster could even flash a hint of worry in his eyes, he looked up and saw Yun Tian with a solemn expression walking out from the second floor.

"Come up, Lord Klein is waiting for you."

"You... had better prepare yourselves mentally."

The laboratory was in disarray, passing through numerous containers soaking unknown creatures.

Soon, under Yun Tian's guidance, the hamster and Ye Lan nervously arrived before a sealed transparent room.

Through the somewhat dim glass, inside this solitary freezing chamber emitting a bone-chilling cold, lay a naked upper-body male human on an upright operating table.

Unable to tell whether the man was dead or alive, before Lin Lan's heart could tighten, she instinctively wanted to ask something.

A voice of extreme anguish screamed, instantly transmitted from the freezing chamber.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"Sis!! Sis!!"

Upon hearing the scream, Yun Tian's expression suddenly changed, and he instinctively wanted to rush in.

But having just lunged out half his body, he seemed to think of something, forcibly stopping his steps, clenching his fists tightly.

Noticing Yun Tian's abnormality and the eerie scene before them, the already nervous Lin Lan and the hamster instantly turned even paler.

Although both were high-ranking in the Amoeba Worm World, they clearly knew that Yun Tian before them came from the same world as the god Ling An. For everything concerning Ling An, they held utmost reverence.

"Pfft"

The cold air was released.

Soon, as Yun Tian could barely suppress his worry, a voice utterly exhausted softly spoke:

"Come in, all of you."

"Yun Tian, don't be nervous. Yun Lin is still as before; I will guarantee her safety."

"Of course, pain cannot be avoided."

As his words fell, Klein, with bloodshot eyes and no longer resembling his former gentlemanly self, gave a bitter smile and gestured for them to come forward before the freezing chamber.

Through the opened semi-transparent cabin door, it could be seen that beside the operating table, there was also a girl trembling all over.

"Kl.. Klein, what exactly do we need to do?"

The biting cold was overwhelming; if not for his physique already being beyond ordinary, the hamster could hardly endure the temperature inside the freezing chamber.

He asked respectfully, yet in his eyes everything before him was too strange.

The trembling girl had a fluorescent-like line attached to her head.

The man lying on the operating table, alive or dead unknown, and the terrifying images flashing rapidly on the wall projection.

The images flickered at extreme speed, like shredded film, filled with numerous gory, horrifying monster pictures.

In the images, sometimes a demonic face the size of a kilometer appeared on a head, or a winged monster slaughtered other monsters in a burning battlefield.

There were blood-colored giant eyes as large as planets, and spider-like beasts coiled around a planet, devouring its energy.

Each scene exceeded the limits of his imagination; each frame seemed like a huge disaster.

Even in the fragmented clips, he saw a beam of light pierce a starry planet, then instantly the stars shattered in a shocking scene.

"Don't be too nervous—do you see those transfer lines extending from the wall?"

"Connect it to the forehead—yes, near the frontal lobe and hippocampus—and once connected I'll tell you what to do."

"Oh, remember to drink this before connecting."

Turning away from the crystal-ball-like apparatus, Klein exhaled lightly and handed the two prepared vials of medicine to Cangshu and Lin Lan.

In the fluorescent blue test tube, music could see large amounts of drifting silver light.

At a glance, it seemed like some kind of living thing.

"Is this... a Holy Link?"