Chapter 1549: House Arrest

House Arrest

From the very beginning, the Lord of Wuji had already planned everything.

Since Chen Ling, this bell-toller for humanity's destiny, didn't plan to support Eternity, then he would forcibly tie him to the ship of Eternity... Anyway, the Three Major Domains would be annihilated sooner or later. The Lord of Wuji only needed to guarantee that Chen Ling couldn't Reboot the World before the Eternal Domain failed, and that he could complete the reboot at the first instance after Eternity failed.

Since the negotiation failed, he could only choose to grasp Chen Ling, this button to Reboot the World, in his own hands.

This way, the Eternal Domain gained an opportunity to prove itself; while humanity didn't lose the final option of Rebooting the World. It could be said to be the best of both worlds.

Chen Ling completely understood. Looking at the Lord of Wuji's eyes, he spoke in a deep voice:

"So this was your purpose for luring me to the Eternal Domain... No, even this Palace of Eternity was specifically prepared by you as a place to imprison me? No wonder you killed those Knights at the entrance so decisively."

The Lord of Wuji's goodwill and sincerity up until now were for nothing more than to get Chen Ling to step into this Palace of Eternity... He knew Chen Ling's current strength. If they fought within the Eternal Domain, the domain itself would definitely be turbulent and collapse, and the residents would also be affected.

But this Palace of Eternity before his eyes was infinite and boundless. It was like an ultimate cage that could forever repair and continuously stack upon itself. Even the current Chen Ling couldn't break it open with brute force.

Chen Ling should have thought of it earlier. What kind of person was Lou Yu?

In order to achieve Eternity, he slaughtered millions of innocent residents. How could such a guy who would resort to any means to achieve his goals, and even transform himself into a machine, truly give up just because of Chen Ling's refusal?

As the Lord of Wuji said, he had paid too much to reach this step today. Since that was the case, what did putting Chen Ling under house arrest amount to?

Chen Ling's figure flickered, flashing toward the direction of the Palace of Eternity's doors as fast as lightning. But as he advanced, not only did the distance between him and the doors not shorten, it instead grew further and further away... The surrounding corridors returned to the kaleidoscope-like state from before, and even direction seemingly vanished.

Looking at Mo Yao on the side, he hadn't even done anything when a large hole suddenly opened up under his feet, and his entire person directly fell down.

In the next second, the large hole recovered to its original state.

The Theatrical Robe fluttered amidst the endless stacking of matter. Chen Ling wasn't panicked, nor was he angry. He only looked coldly at the Lord of Wuji outside the doors, and spoke icily:

"Do you really think this Palace of Eternity can trap me?"

"With me here, it can."

The Lord of Wuji's black robes stood under the starlight. The six petal-like gems on his forehead emitted a soul-stirring faint light... The doors on both sides slowly closed in front of him. Standing outside the doors, he parted his lips lightly:

"Everything... is for humanity."

Clang——

Following a low sound, the large doors completely vanished.

Almost at the same time, all the rotating, continuously birthing and annihilating matter disappeared. The chaotic kaleidoscope restructured into a luxurious and comfortable palace... Crystal chandeliers, European-style decoration. Right beside Chen Ling was a soft sofa a full seven or eight meters long, with many pillows and blankets placed on it.

Chen Ling kicked out, directly kicking this luxurious sofa into flying ash... But in the next second, an identical sofa "grew" back, still as brand new as before.

Chen Ling glanced at the sofa and didn't do anything else. It was meaningless for him to destroy the things here. Theoretically speaking, unless he could annihilate the entire Eternal Domain into nothingness in one strike, leaving no fragments or debris, everything here was an endless stream.

"The situation is a bit worse than expected..."

"Fortunately, I still left a backup plan."

Chen Ling sighed, and then directly sat in the center of the sofa he had just kicked into pieces... As those ruby-like scarlet eyes slowly closed, his thoughts left his body.

...

Thump——

Mo Yao only felt the world spin, and then his entire person fell heavily onto something soft.

He blankly opened his eyes. The first thing that entered his sight was a somewhat familiar black ceiling... After looking around, his expression instantly became strange.

The dungeon.

He was back again.

"Now, you have two choices." The Lord of Wuji's voice suddenly rang out from outside the dungeon.

Mo Yao looked up and saw that the black-robed figure was indeed standing at the door of his cell, slowly raising two fingers:

"One, I'll send someone to take you back to the surface, and you can leave on your own; whether you live or die is up to fate. Two, continue staying in the Eternal Domain. Aside from not being able to move freely, I will guarantee your food and clothing are plentiful, and you will have no worries for the rest of your life."

Mo Yao didn't hesitate much and answered:

"I choose the second one."

Currently, he didn't know which corner of the Gray World the Eternal Domain had reached. Even if they let him down, with his Combat Power that was close to zero, it was hard to say whether he could return to the Human Domains alive... Furthermore, the Red King was now imprisoned in the Palace of Eternity. He had to think of a way to rescue the Red King.

As for returning to the Dusk Society to deliver the message... His letters could originally ignore spatial transmission, so why did he need to go back himself?

Having received Mo Yao's answer, the Lord of Wuji didn't say anything else. After giving a few instructions to the Knights beside him, his figure disappeared without a trace.

Everything around returned to silence once again. Mo Yao slowly sat on the bed. Deep self-blame surfaced in his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses...

It was all his fault.

If he hadn't been caught by the people of the Wuji Domain, if he hadn't written that letter to the Red King, how would things have developed to this point... Just because of him, a single society member, it caused his Red King to be trapped. What face did he have to go back and see the elders back home?

"...Sigh." Mo Yao sighed heavily.

"No need to sigh, it's not your fault."

A voice suddenly rang out from the side, startling Mo Yao.

He turned his head to look, only then realizing that a figure draped in a Theatrical Robe was standing inside the cell bars, assessing the surrounding environment thoughtfully.

"Red King, My Lord, why are you here?"

"That Palace of Eternity can trap matter, but it cannot trap thoughts." Chen Ling waved his hand, his tone incomparably calm. "Before coming to find you, I already returned to the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path and the Ancient Vault of the Courtesan Path to report to the Grey King and the others that I am safe."

Mo Yao: ...

The Red King's speed was truly a bit too fast.

"Red King, My Lord, the root of this matter lies with me. I will think of a way to rescue you," Mo Yao took a deep breath and said firmly.

"You?" Chen Ling glanced at him. "You are locked up here yourself, how are you going to get out and rescue me?"

"I..."

Mo Yao flushed red. After holding it in for a long time, he just couldn't squeeze out a single sentence.

"I came here also to let you know, so you can be more at ease." Chen Ling slowly raised his head, his gaze looking at the pitch-black ceiling above.

"I... naturally have a way to get out."