Chapter 1045: The Silver King's Layout

The Silver King's Layout

"He wants to kill Hearts? Isn't that perfect?!"

Jian Changsheng clapped his hands, looking like they "hit it off immediately", "Hearts wants to die himself, which also saves us the trouble of doing it..."

"It's different. After we kill him once, Hearts can recover... But that Thief Saint kidnapping Hearts might not just kill him once. Moreover, if they use some means similar to memory exchange again, things will become troublesome again." Sun Bumian sighed heavily.

Jian Changsheng's brows furrowed tightly. Pondering carefully, he also understood the severity of the matter.

They spent such a huge price to snatch Chen Ling away from the Silver King. Seeing that they were about to leave the Wuji Domain, how could they let all their efforts go down the drain?

"Damn it, where exactly did that Thief Saint hide Hearts!"

"This place is too far from the city center. Going back now to ask the seniors of the Dusk Society for help will probably take a lot of time..." Sun Bumian couldn't help looking at Jian Changsheng. "Can't you really exhibit the function of a [Military Dog]?"

"I'm a human! Not a dog! I truly don't have a nose that sharp!"

"How about we split up and search?" Jiang Xiaohua scratched his head.

"It's useless. [Hide and Seek] is not real hide and seek, but an ability based on spatial concealment... Similar to how the Lord of the Red Dust hid the Red Dust Domain inside a flower, we wouldn't be able to find it no matter how we search with our naked eyes."

"Then according to what you said, Hearts is dead for sure? We also don't need to do anything??"

Just as Sun Bumian was about to speak and say something more, a voice suddenly rang out from behind everyone...

"I can find him."

The three were stunned, simultaneously turning their heads to look. They saw a young girl in a black dress carrying a massive Coffin on her back, having arrived behind them unbeknownst to when.

Seeing that somewhat familiar face, Jian Changsheng tried hard to recall, speaking pleasantly surprised:

"It's you!! The [GPS] Path!!"

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Space was like the shell of a bubble, silently emitting colorful radiance. Chen Ling only felt thoroughly peeled away from everything around him, his entire person continuously falling.

"What... ability is this?"

The Coffin continuously fell above him, slowly rotating. A lifelike female corpse almost pressed against his face, a bizarre dark yellow light emitting from her hollow pupils.

Chen Ling looked down. Below was not the ground, but a material similarly resembling a bubble's shell. No scenery could be seen in the surroundings either. Everything was like being isolated by blurred Glass, situated within an independent space.

At the same time, a voice rang out from behind the Coffin:

"Colluding with Bai Ye, subduing Mo Lian, and killing Chi Tong... I didn't expect that in the end, you would still fall into my hands."

Huang He casually took off his Straw Hat, using his hand to brush his sparse hair back. He looked at Chen Ling with a half-smile, revealing two rows of dull, yellowed teeth... He looked like a grave robber who wandered between yellow earth and barren graves all year round.

Even though he had been captured, Chen Ling seemed already accustomed to it. He calmly watched Huang He. Without the slightest panic in his eyes, he instead asked back:

"Neither Mo Lian nor Chi Tong could kill me. What makes you feel you can?"

"Still bluffing at a time like this?" Huang He grinned. "After being in the Wuji Domain for so long, I've thoroughly figured out your routines long ago... I'll tell you, I don't care how much influence you have outside, being able to make the entire Dusk Society dispatch to save you. But this space is independent, they simply cannot find their way here in a short time...

Here, you are isolated and without help."

Chen Ling looked at him coldly without speaking, only casting his peripheral vision to the nothingness beside him.

[Audience Expectation Value +3]

[Current Expectation Value: 80%]

"If you just purely wanted to kill me, you shouldn't have needed to specifically take me away..." Chen Ling looked around, as if realizing something,

"Where is this bubble taking me?"

"Hehe, killing you is a must, but some intermediate links are indispensable." Huang He narrowed his eyes at him. "After all, this is humanity's first time executing a 'World-Ending' grade Calamity. Since we've already announced it to the whole world, naturally we must present something..."

As Huang He snapped his fingers, this spatial bubble finally seemed to arrive at its destination, slowly stopping its fall.

The blurred bubble shell around them began to rapidly fade and disappear. Chen Ling looked around. After seeing the scene before his eyes clearly, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Unbeknownst to when, he had already been placed in the center of an architecture resembling a courtroom. Rows of seats extended outward with him as the center. Dozens of figures dressed like reporters were already sitting in the seats, holding cameras in their hands, looking as if they had been waiting for a long time.

Click—— click——!

Seeing Chen Ling appear, they stood up one after another. The pale beams of camera flashes flickered brightly and dimly on Chen Ling's body. He had already become the filming target of all the reporters present.

Chen Ling was stunned.

As if recalling something, he sneered:

"This is the 'Justice Judgment Court'? An organization you temporarily set up five days ago in order to execute me?"

From among the numerous reporters, Huang He walked out slowly along the aisle, finally stopping in front of him.

Astonishment surfaced in his eyes,

"You actually know?"

Chen Ling had heard this term from Fourth Senior Brother's mouth. According to him, when the Silver Government announced to the outside world that they were going to execute Chen Ling, they specially emphasized the title of the "Justice Judgment Court" and listed his massive amount of crimes. They wanted to stand on the moral high ground of humanity's interests and expand the influence of this execution to the extreme...

But in reality, the original Wuji Domain simply didn't have this organization. This was a makeshift troupe the Silver King specially fabricated for Chen Ling.

"Wanting to use me to whitewash the Wuji Domain, the Silver King really made good calculations." Chen Ling had already figured everything out, elite light flickering in his eyes.

"Using the media to build momentum, executing me in public, and then having the Calamity of Mockery 'accidentally' go berserk... I guess the next step, the Silver King will think of ways to lure the berserk 'Calamity of Mockery' to attack other Realms. While using me to tear open the Realm defense lines, he will dispatch a group of righteous 'Fire-Stealers' and 'Judgment Proxies' under the banner of hunting me down, to thoroughly seize control of the attacked Realms...

Firstly, he can whitewash his image in the hearts of the public. Secondly, he can use me to tear apart the Combat Power of other Realms. Most importantly, you guys can logically take over the attacked Realms while always standing on the moral high ground. After all, you are the side 'lending a helping hand for the sake of humanity'..."

If Chen Ling previously didn't understand why the Silver King insisted on announcing his execution on a large scale at this time, then when he saw the "Justice Judgment Court" that had long been prepared before his eyes, everything became reasonable...

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(Author's note: There are too many roles participating at the end of this volume, Sanjiu will sort out the subsequent detailed outline today, so there is only one update~ (=´ω=) ... Also, Merry Christmas, everyone~)