Chapter 1281: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

The Mastermind Behind the Scenes

"It's him!!"

"It's the Six of Hearts!! I see him!"

Rustling sounds came from all around. As several figures flew across the sky, one of the Pu Family members pointed at Pu Jianyue in the distance and shouted.

In the next moment, a swarm of figures rushed towards him!

Aside from the Head of the Pu Family in the distance, there were also Pu the Second, Pu the Fourth, Pu the Sixth... The majority of the high-level Combat Power of the entire Pu Family had already converged here through the guidance of the Paper Kite Rescue Association, launching a vigorous encirclement against this fleeing "Six of Hearts."

Pu Jianyue's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know what was going on, but seeing a large number of figures charging at him, he instinctively fled into the distance at full speed!

Chen Ling had long been disappointed with Pu Jianyue. He didn't expect Pu Jianyue to exhibit the subjective initiative of the "Six of Hearts" to handle various complex matters. Therefore, the simplest method was to directly push him into the public eye, not giving him a chance to choose.

The current Pu Jianyue's memories had been washed again by Chen Ling, and he remembered even less than when he woke up the first time. He even forgot about the Silver King...

And Chen Ling, holding the Fishing Rod, was gazing at everything here from a distant Clock Tower.

Now the forces of the South Sea Police Department had been divided into three, evacuating citizens towards the three locations announced earlier. These three locations were carefully selected by Chen Ling, especially the Deep Blue Machinery Factory, which happened to be at the edge of the Domain. If nothing unexpected happened, they would also send people to reinforce the Border Defense Track Entrance closest to the Deep Blue Machinery Factory...

With Pu Jianyue, this bait, thrown out, the Pu Family also immediately bit the hook, drawing away more than half of their energy. Now, the entire South Sea Domain had already been stirred into whirlpools by Chen Ling. For a short period, probably no one would go back to care whether the door of a single Track Entrance was open.

But Pu Jianyue probably couldn't hold on for long...

Chen Ling's gaze occasionally looked in the direction of the Track Entrance, worry flickering in his eyes.

"Your movements... need to be a bit faster."

...

"It's the Light Signal!"

Above the turbulent sea surface, the members of the Integration Faction struggling forward along the railway tracks caught sight of a specific location in the South Sea Domain from the corner of their eyes, starting to flash light at a fixed frequency. Their expressions instantly became excited.

Three long, three short—that was the frequency Chen Ling and Teacher Ye had agreed upon, indicating that the door was already under control and they could enter from there.

To the children of the Integration Faction whose home was destroyed and had traveled a long distance, that flashing light represented hope. It meant their retreat path had already been paved by Chen Ling, and they could have a new home in the South Sea Domain.

Their suffering was about to end.

Seeing this scene, the expressions of Old Wolf and the others instantly relaxed.

"He actually really did it..."

"What did I say? Leave this kind of thing to him, just put a hundred hearts at ease!"

Zhao Yi patted his chest, the smile on his face incredibly radiant.

Teacher Ye's exhausted eyes also recovered some luster. He waved his big hand and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, cheer up and speed up!!"

The children, whose morale skyrocketed, momentarily forgot their own exhaustion and hunger. Supporting each other, they accelerated along the tracks, and some even started running.

Under the dim sky, the outline of that Domain gate gradually approached before everyone's eyes...

Wuwuwu——

Right at this moment, a gust of whimpering, cold wind suddenly swept in from the north.

This wind was simply too cold, like it came from the netherworld of hell. Scraping across the body's surface yet chilling the bone marrow, it made everyone involuntarily shiver.

After the cold wind swept past, the already surging waves suddenly lost control. Waves over ten meters high were violently rolled up, surging mightily towards this track on the sea, the massive shadows blotting out the sky.

"Watch out for the waves!!" Teacher Ye immediately shouted.

All the children were stunned. They swiftly lay prone, their hands firmly hugging the hard train tracks. Old Wolf and the others even directly underwent Calamity Transformation, using their massive bodies to block the waves for some children whose stamina was exhausted.

Following a deafening roar, snow-white spray exploded on the railway tracks. Amidst the bone-chilling cold current, small and wretched figures were drenched to the bone...

Fortunately, with the tracks to anchor them, none of them were washed down. They couldn't help but open their mouths and take large gulps of air, but the next moment, another giant wave surged over!!

"This chill..."

Zhao Yi's cloak was already soaked through. Feeling this incredibly familiar, bone-piercing chill, he seemed to realize something and suddenly looked up towards the distance!

Dark, oppressive clouds shrouded the sea surface like a mountain peak. The violent seawater roared in the cold wind. Icebergs from who-knows-where surfaced one by one, and the temperature of the entire ocean was rapidly dropping...

Immediately after,

The waves surged,

Massive giant shadows exuding terrifying Auras slowly emerged from beneath the deep sea...

"Forbidden Sea?!!!!"

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【Audience Expectation Value +4】

【Current Expectation Value: 65%】

"Mm...?"

As two lines of text floated past Chen Ling's eyes, a premonition of something bad arose in his heart...

Hairs stood up on the surface of his skin one by one. As the cold wind brushed past, the temperature of the entire South Sea Domain was drastically dropping... Although the temperature of the South Sea Domain had already been dropping off a cliff these past few days, the low temperature at this moment was chilling to a hair-raising degree!

This chill instantly made Chen Ling think of Aurora City... that city where millions of people were frozen to death alive.

Wait?!

As if realizing something, Chen Ling suddenly turned to look into the distance!

Could it be...

Clang—— Clang—— Clang...

Almost simultaneously, the resonant Calamity Bell echoed over the entire South Sea Domain.

This familiar sound of the disaster bell undoubtedly confirmed the guess in Chen Ling's heart. He was first momentarily stunned in place, and then an extreme sense of absurdity surged into his heart!

The Forbidden Sea attacked?

It didn't attack earlier or later, it just had to attack at this time??

What kind of fucking joke is this?!!

He had gone to great lengths to arrange everything and was just about to bring the people of the Integration Faction in. Yet, at this very moment, the Forbidden Sea attacked??? Even if they had attacked a day earlier, or even just ten minutes later??

How could it be such a coincidence?!!!

No... wait...

At this moment, the sense of unnaturalness he had once ignored surged into his heart again. It was as if a thread in his mind had instantly connected all the suspicious points!

First, the Calamity of Corruption attacked the Integration Faction without warning and destroyed the Mother Tree; then he received the order in the face of danger and went to the South Sea; Pu Jianyue, who had originally long escaped to safety, was inexplicably caught by the Pu Family again, forcing him to expose himself; and as a result, just when he was finally about to open the door to receive people, the Forbidden Sea timed its attack on the South Sea...

Whenever he was about to accomplish something, it would be ruthlessly shattered by all sorts of reasons!

The occurrence of all this simply had no logic at all. It was as if there was an invisible giant hand behind it all, silently manipulating everything... Especially the Bitter Flesh Forest and the Forbidden Sea, these two World-Ending Calamity territories, it was as if they were revolving around him...

Wait... Calamity territories...

Chen Ling seemed to have guessed something, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot. He clenched his teeth and grimly spat out a name:

"It's you..."

"Thought Calamity!!!!"