Chapter 1398: Breakdown of Negotiations

Breakdown of Negotiations

There was no way Chen Ling would agree to Thought Calamity.

Setting aside Chen Ling's bottom line and emotions as a "human," Thought Calamity's move was entirely about using him.

Who was Wu Tongyuan, the Lord of Spirit Void? He was a super bug-level existence capable of manipulating Universal Constants, the ceiling of combat power among the Nine Monarchs. Although this guy didn't seem to have much aggressiveness in the Timeline Save File, Chen Ling didn't doubt in the slightest what kind of perverted power he would possess after growing into a complete Nine Monarch.

No wonder no world-ending territory had made a move against the Spirit Void Domain until now. It seemed that from the very beginning, Thought Calamity had planned for him to deal with this thorniest character...

Let alone whether Chen Ling could defeat the Lord of Spirit Void right now, there was no way he would become Thought Calamity's "spear."

"Are you... afraid of... the insect inside your body?"

Thought Calamity's voice echoed in Chen Ling's mind.

The next second, an eerie light, like a sharp thorn, instantly pierced into Chen Ling's body!

Wait, that's not right...

Thought Calamity's attack wasn't aimed at his consciousness?

After a delay of about half a second, a burst of intense pain came from Chen Ling's abdomen. This wasn't because his consciousness was injured, but rather, something was struggling madly inside the abdomen of his original body slumbering in the underground palace!

Within the silent palace, Chen Ling's body gradually stopped trembling, and a trail of crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth...

Chen Ling could feel that the power that had been restricting him unseen in the dark had vanished.

"It killed the Vow Gu-Insect?" Chen Ling was somewhat surprised.

The Vow Gu-Insect was specially prepared by Chu Changqing for the Calamity of Mockery. He had absolute certainty that this insect would be able to restrain Mockery... However, he had overlooked the fact that even if the Vow Gu-Insect restrained Mockery, it couldn't restrain the other World-Ending Calamities.

Just like what just happened, Thought Calamity directly used some method to forcibly take control of that Vow Gu-Insect's consciousness, forcing it to commit suicide inside Chen Ling's body.

With Thought Calamity's power, precisely controlling an insect to commit suicide was simply too easy...

But one couldn't blame Chu Changqing for this. When he designed the Vow Gu-Insect back then, he never expected that one day the World-Ending Calamities would join hands, much less that the other World-Ending Calamities would actually take the initiative to help Mockery eradicate the Vow Gu-Insect.

The eradication of the Vow Gu-Insect meant that from now on, Chen Ling could freely enter and leave the Human Domains, and thus could launch an attack on the Spirit Void Domain.

Sitting quietly on his throne, Chen Ling looked coldly at Thought Calamity. "Do you think the reason I haven't gone to the Spirit Void Domain is because of this? Have you... underestimated me too much?"

The storm swirled in front of Chen Ling, those mysterious and oppressive pupils still gazing at him.

"I was peacefully recuperating in the Integration Faction... It was you who schemed in the dark to destroy the Integration Faction's Mother Tree! It was you who used the children of the Integration Faction to threaten me and lured me into the South Sea Domain!"

"It was you who had the Calamity of Taboo attack the South Sea Domain, destroying all my preparations and causing over half the Integration Faction's children to be killed or injured!"

"From the very beginning, you wanted to use the Lord of the South Sea's hands to force me out of the Human Domains. You didn't want me to continue living freely outside. You wanted to lure me step by step into becoming the spear in your hands... to solve the Lord of Spirit Void for you!"

"Me eating the Vow Gu-Insect, wasn't that all planned by you single-handedly? And now you come to resolve the Vow Gu-Insect for me, putting on an act, thinking this will make me fight for you??"

"Thought... you are nothing but a two-faced, backstabbing villain!"

Chen Ling sternly and emphatically emphasized the word "villain." He just looked at Thought Calamity like that, not hiding the disgust and ridicule in his eyes in the slightest.

He slowly stood up, the great crimson theatrical robe dancing wildly before the storm. He could feel this consciousness world begin to tremble; the Thought Calamity before him was having its anger incited by him...

But Chen Ling didn't care.

He didn't fear anyone to begin with. If Thought Calamity had the capability, it could kill him right here, but he was certain Thought Calamity wouldn't dare... Every single one of the World-Ending Calamities before him wanted to survive the impact of the Red Star's Return. That being the case, it was absolutely impossible for them to fight him before the decisive battle with the Human Domains.

"Let me tell you, you scheming against me will absolutely not just pass like this... One day, I will make you pay the price."

Chen Ling's voice was bone-chillingly cold.

The storm before him grew increasingly manic, and the sea surface churned madly as if boiling. All the World-Ending Calamities could feel that Thought Calamity's anger was already burning fiercely.

"Mockery... are you truly not afraid of dying beneath the Red Star? Even if you don't consider yourself... what about those subordinates of yours? Are you going to let them... wait for death together with you?" Thought Calamity asked, almost roaring.

"Death? Hahahaha!!" Chen Ling's pitch-black face couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I've had enough of living a long time ago! If the Red Star can eradicate me together with Mockery, then that's truly exactly what I wish for... As for those bugs in the Ghost Mockery Abyss... they are merely my toys. Being able to be buried with me is their honor."

Chen Ling had truly had enough.

Having self-cognition as a human, yet being swept out the door by humanity. Living every day with those poisonous insects under the identity of the Calamity of Mockery, day after day, dull and tedious, coupled with that damn Audience and their life-claiming Expectation Value... he had been tired of it for a long time.

The only reason he was still alive right now was because he didn't want to release the Calamity of Mockery's other personas. He understood Mockery too well. Once the consciousness "Chen Ling" stepped off the stage, the other consciousnesses would definitely fight madly for control of the body. Those guys would do anything for fun... Perhaps they would disguise themselves as him to hurt the people he once cared about, or simply slaughter them all directly!

If he could die beneath the Red Star together with those Audience members in his mind, it would undoubtedly be a release for him, and also the best ending for himself he could think of.

And if Chen Ling died, the Ghost Mockery Abyss would definitely fall into chaos. Those poisonous insects would inevitably go assault the Human Domains to seek a path of survival... Since that was the case, it was better to bring them all to die together, pulling them up by the roots and wiping them out cleanly.

As for Wu Yi and a few other trusted aides, Chen Ling would find a way to arrange a path of survival for them, but he definitely couldn't show weakness in front of Thought Calamity.

"You... are truly a madman!!"

This thought appeared in the minds of all the World-Ending Calamities.

Thought Calamity's anger burned fiercely, but it quickly forced itself back to calmness... Just as Chen Ling had guessed, not a single one of the World-Ending Calamities present dared to slam the table and challenge him right now.

With the negotiations broken down, Thought Calamity had nothing left to say either. It merely shot Chen Ling a cold look, and a voice sounded beside his ear:

"Even without you... we, will obtain final victory."

"Furthermore..."

"We also have to thank you... for the contributions you've made for the Calamities."

The next second, the thought supporting this world was interrupted. Chen Ling's consciousness was directly expelled, continuously plummeting toward his body in the void.