Chapter 1612: Wait for Me

Wait for Me

"It's nothing to call hard work."

Yang Xiao waved his hand, saying jokingly, "Right now, I am the strongest, so the responsibility I should shoulder is also the greatest... Perhaps, when you all become stronger than me in the future, I can easily slack off."

Lu Xun smiled, and the two continued to walk forward side by side.

Right at this moment,

A weak voice suddenly rang out in their minds.

The footsteps of the two paused simultaneously, and then they looked at each other!

"...Director Chen?"

...

A beautiful figure was leaning over the desk, looking at the blank piece of letter paper in front of her, yet delaying for a long time, not knowing how to start writing...

The candle flame beside the desk flickered silently, illuminating the elegant handwriting in the corner of the envelope brilliantly:

—To Yao Qing.

Su Zhiwei repeatedly picked up her pen, and repeatedly put it down, ultimately letting out a long sigh.

Just as she finally mustered the courage and prepared to write down the first line of words, an identical voice rang out beside her ear, and the tip of her pen that had just landed on the letter paper paused slightly.

...

"...Are you in such a hurry to start?"

In a plain guest house, Wen Ruoshui, who had just narrowly escaped death, looked at Wu Tongyuan earnestly sitting on the other side of the bed holding paper and pen, speaking somewhat helplessly.

"Mhm." Wu Tongyuan nodded heavily.

"If... if back in the Gray World, I could have helped Director Chen increase the probability of the missiles accurately linking to the Gray World, he wouldn't have needed to detonate so many nuclear weapons in one breath to gamble on the location of the opening... Even if I could have helped him save one more nuclear weapon at the time, Director Chen would have had one more fraction of a chance to return!"

"In the end... it's still because I'm too useless."

"So, I want to learn."

"Only by mastering the formulas regarding quantum mechanics can I construct a 'random field', and only then will I have the possibility of changing the probability of events occurring!"

Looking at the determination in Wu Tongyuan's eyes, Wen Ruoshui rubbed the weary corners of his eyes and sighed lightly:

"Alright then..."

The instant the voice rang out in their minds, they both froze.

A trace of complexity flashed through Wen Ruoshui's eyes.

...

"When do you think Old Chu will be able to wake up?"

In the next room, Qi Muyun rolled up his sleeves, dipped a towel in a basin of hot water, then wrung the water out, walking straight towards the deathly silent figure resembling a block of wood on the bed.

"Who knows." Ji Xuan lay weakly on the next bed, taking a bite of an apple. "But didn't Director Chen say? Given time, he will definitely be able to wake up."

Using the warm towel, Qi Muyun wiped the bloodstains and dirt off Chu Changqing's body bit by bit, unable to help but grumble:

"Speaking of which, why am I the one giving Old Chu a bath? Why didn't those two next door come?"

Ji Xuan thought for a moment:

"Because, you are the most loyal."

"...If you put it that way, then that makes sense." Qi Muyun suppressed the smile at the corner of his mouth. While earnestly wiping Chu Changqing's body, he asked boredly, "Right, tell me... why did the future you absolutely have to send you to the Gray World?"

"For the future me to do this, there must be my reasons." Ji Xuan answered without hesitation. "Perhaps, he wanted me to grow up quickly under high pressure?"

"High pressure? You almost died."

"...I don't care, he definitely has his reasons."

"You believe him this much?"

"Nonsense, that's me myself. Would I still not know what I am like?"

"But people change."

Ji Xuan gently raised the half-eaten apple in his hand towards the incandescent lamp overhead. As he narrowed his eyes slightly, the shadow of that apple core looked like a sword...

"Other people might change, but I will not change."

His tone was incredibly firm.

Qi Muyun turned his head and glanced at him, unable to resist muttering:

"Chuunibyou."

Right at this moment, the two of them froze simultaneously.

"Old Qi, did you hear that?"

"I heard it, it's Director Chen's voice."

The gazes of the two met in silence.

"...What did he say to you?"

"Probably the same as you."

"If you don't say it, how do we know if we heard the same thing?"

"Nonsense, he definitely said these two words to all of us at the same time... If you don't believe me, I'll count one two three, and we'll say it together."

"Alright!"

"One, two..."

"Three!"

At this moment, the eight Nine Monarchs of this world, either facing each other or facing the nothingness in the distance, softly repeated that weak yet firm voice that Chen Ling had just echoed in their minds:

[Wait for me.]

...

[File No. 129439 Time Limit Reached]

[Reading Interrupted]

Bang—!!

Following a cloud of blood mist exploding without any warning, Wu Yi, who was crawling at the edge of the Hidden Clouds Domain, jolted awake from its slumber!

It took a full two seconds before it reacted to what had happened...

The King exploded on its back!!

At this moment, Wu Yi only felt that the sky had collapsed. It frantically searched the surroundings for the enemy who sneak-attacked the King, but even if it dug three feet into the ground, it still found absolutely nothing.

As early as several hours ago, Wu Yi had already arrived near the Hidden Clouds Domain carrying Chen Ling on its back. But since the King seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, Wu Yi didn't disturb him, instead finding a place resembling a cave nearby to stay... But who could have thought that the King could explode on his own??

Just what kind of terrifying enemy could injure the King like this from across space?

But the good news was that the King didn't seem to be dead. A small half of his head and neck remained, paralyzed in the bloody mud, so tragic it was shocking to behold.

After not discovering any enemies, Wu Yi immediately looked towards the Human Domain not far away. It didn't know how to heal. Although there were Poisonous Insects in the Ghost Mockery Abyss that knew how, that place was too far away from where they were now. If it turned back, the King would probably die before they reached the Ghost Mockery Abyss... Right now, perhaps only that Domain had people who could heal the King!

Wu Yi issued a hiss and charged towards the Hidden Clouds Domain without hesitation.

Right at this moment, Chen Ling on its back opened his eyes with difficulty. Within those turbid pupils, he worked hard to maintain a trace of clarity.

"Wu Yi... stop."

Chen Ling's voice was very faint, but Wu Yi heard it.

It immediately obeyed the command and stopped, turning its head to look at Chen Ling on its back, issuing bursts of worried hisses.

"How could... your King die that easily..."

"Don't worry about me..."

"Toss me at the entrance of that Domain, and then you leave... Go from underground, don't cause panic in the Domain."

After Chen Ling finished saying the last word, his consciousness blurred once again, and he directly fainted.

Chen Ling had dodged half of that final strike from the Calamity of Mockery. If the Timeline Save File had brought him back half a second later at the time, he probably wouldn't even have a head left, directly turning into dregs... But even so, Chen Ling's injuries were extremely severe.

Had the Calamity of Mockery's own physical quality not been extremely strong to begin with, coupled with the [Blood Raiment] buff, Chen Ling would be dead even if he returned. He was currently in a half-dead state, only able to rely on the Blood Raiment to repair his body bit by bit.

Although Wu Yi was somewhat worried, this was the King's command after all. After nodding, it quickly approached the direction of the Hidden Clouds Domain carrying Chen Ling.