Chapter 1232: A Precarious Future

A Precarious Future

"The Tianshu Domain has entered a state of alert, shut down all Domain trains, and has also begun sending people to blockade the borders..."

"Old Wolf and I discussed it carefully. If the Sighing Wilderness's goal is to conquer the Tianshu Domain, then this blockade definitely won't be lifted in the short term. But if we don't have our supplies, the children of the Integration Faction won't be able to last very long."

"Therefore, we decided to risk a breakout before the Sighing Wilderness's encirclement was completely formed."

Zhao Yi's lips were somewhat cracked. He took the water cup handed over by Sun Bumian, took a large gulp, and continued:

"It went quite smoothly at first. After all, what Old Wolf fused with was a Calamity of the Sighing Wilderness. Coupled with the fact that there were gaps in the encirclement, we successfully avoided most of the Calamities. But dragging along a large amount of supplies made us still too conspicuous..."

"Just as we were about to leave the encirclement, we encountered a wave of Calamity attacks."

"Those Calamities seemed to have entered some kind of manic state. Even though we all had Calamity auras on us, they still attacked us. All our supplies were crushed, and we could only fight to the death. If Old Wolf hadn't been fast enough to finally carry us out, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Yi didn't continue speaking.

"To actually bring the entire Sighing Wilderness to surround the Tianshu Domain directly..." Teacher Ye muttered to himself. "They are even more anxious than I expected."

As early as half a year ago, Chen Ling and the others had detected unusual movements in the Sighing Wilderness. They knew very clearly in their hearts that the Sighing Wilderness surrounding the Tianshu Domain this time was definitely not Cessation Calamity acting suddenly, but something that had been plotted for a full half a year...

And this action was undoubtedly sending a signal to everyone:

The World-Ending Calamities were about to go to war with the Human Domains.

Although Calamities had attacked Human Domains before, such as the Forbidden Sea occupying the Aurora Domain, that was when the Lord of the Aurora was on the verge of death. Up until now, there had been no instance of a World-Ending Calamity attacking a Human Domain in its peak state.

After all, World-Ending Calamities weren't stupid. Once they did so, the Nine Monarchs would also awaken from their slumber. And the Nine Monarchs, with only a moment of lifespan left, would be like dying beasts and erupt with terrifying lethality... Even if a World-Ending entity could win, it would have to pay a huge price.

But this time, they also had no path of retreat left.

Staying in the Gray World meant certain death; conquering the domains and capturing the Nine Monarchs alive was their only glimmer of survival...

"The Sighing Wilderness has already made its move. I'm afraid the other Calamity territories will follow soon." He Chengxuan pondered and spoke, "Excluding the Ghost Mockery Abyss, there are currently five major Calamity territories in the Gray World, and there also happen to be exactly five Human Domains left... Heh, what a coincidence."

Mentioning the Ghost Mockery Abyss, He Chengxuan, Mi Bo, and the others all subconsciously glanced at Chen Ling...

Who could have thought that the other five major World-Ending Calamities were all preparing to conquer the Human Domains, while Chen Ling, the Lord of the Ghost Mockery Abyss, was burning the midnight oil in the Integration Faction because of final exams.

"Teacher Ye, what should we do?" Mi Bo looked at Teacher Ye, who had remained silent all along.

"If all the Human Domains are surrounded by Calamity territories, we will lose our supply of provisions... Other things like clothes and books are easier to manage, but our Integration Faction has over a hundred people. If there is no continuous food supply, I'm afraid we won't be able to last very long."

Mi Bo's words directly pointed out the core predicament of the Integration Faction. Although the children of the Integration Faction had fused with parts of Calamities, it didn't mean they didn't need to eat. Without a continuous food supply, the final outcome awaiting all the children of the Integration Faction would be starving to death alive in the Gray World...

Could they be made to eat human flesh, eat gray earth, or eat tree bark??

"What if we immediately change to another domain, purchase a large amount of food all at once, and hoard it?" Sun Bumian asked.

"That won't work. Food is not like gold. Food left in the Gray World for too long will definitely rot, so the key is a continuous food supply... But if the Human Domains are all under wartime blockade, where else can we go to get food?" Chen Ling repeatedly shook his head.

Although Chen Ling could Reshape, currently he could only simply reshape buildings or metal materials. To turn gray earth into organic matter digestible by humans was impossible for him, who was only at the Fifth-Tier. Furthermore, the reason Chen Ling could eat roasted centipede was because he was a World-Ending Calamity. If those children ate Calamity meat, god knows what kind of mutation would occur.

The crowd pondered for a long time but couldn't discuss an answer, as if everything had reached a dead end.

Right at this moment, He Chengxuan suddenly spoke up:

"Actually... there is one more way."

"What is it?"

"Abandon the Mother Tree and take all the children into the Human Domains."

"He Chengxuan, are you crazy?" Mi Bo's brow instantly furrowed. "Our Integration Faction is like rats hated by everyone in the Human Domains. Which domain would accept us? Moreover, this is already a time of war between humans and Calamities. Those citizens will inevitably harbor intense hostility towards Calamities. If we, who are half-human and half-Calamity, enter a domain, what kind of treatment will we suffer? Have you thought about that?"

"Then tell me what we should do. How long can our current food last? A month? A month and a half? There are still five months until the Red Star descends. Those Calamity territories will definitely fight to the death until the last moment. What do we do in the following months? Watch the children starve to death alive?"

He Chengxuan spoke in a deep voice,

"Besides, do you think the Human Domains have much of a chance against World-Ending entities? If the Human Domains are all destroyed by World-Ending entities, we'll never be able to obtain supplies again! By joining the Human Domains, not only can we guarantee the children's livelihood, but with our assistance, the domains' chances of winning will also greatly increase...

Maybe when the war is over, our Integration Faction can also gain the recognition of the world and no longer need to hide in the Gray World!"

"We are not hiding in the Gray World! We are building our own paradise in the Gray World!! Those guys in the Human Domains will forever hold prejudice against Integrators, and where there is prejudice, there will be no fairness! Only here can the children grow up happily!"

"But the prerequisite for growing up is that they have to be able to survive!"

The intense argument between He Chengxuan and Mi Bo filled every corner of the room.

Since joining the Integration Faction, this was the first time Chen Ling had seen them argue. It seemed that the deaths of those two Integrators had already made everyone in the Integration Faction mentally tense and under immense pressure.

"Enough!"

Teacher Ye interrupted their argument.

He Chengxuan and Mi Bo shut up at the same time and turned to look at Teacher Ye, as if waiting for him to make the final decision...

But Teacher Ye remained silent for a long time, only speaking slowly:

"Go back and rest, everyone... I need to think carefully about this matter."

After speaking, he left the room alone, walking toward his office without looking back.

Soon, He Chengxuan and Mi Bo also left one after another. They didn't argue anymore, and even after going out, they tacitly pretended to be relaxed and put their arms around each other's shoulders, because downstairs, there were still many students watching here apprehensively...

Watching this scene, Sun Bumian let out a long sigh.

"Sigh..."