Chapter 1670: Discussion

Discussion

Tianshu Domain.

"To think there is such a thing..." The Lord of the Red Dust was thoughtful after hearing Chen Ling's description. "These Grand Masters of the Knight Orders indeed have backbone and wisdom... Knowing they couldn't defeat Wu Tongyuan head-on, they thought of a way to make him fall into a deep sleep... Worthy of being the people standing at the peak of the contemporary Path of Strategy."

"Although Wu Tongyuan is very strong and his mathematical abilities are practically unsolvable in battle, when he is immersed in something, he himself doesn't have such strong vigilance. Based on my understanding of him, the probability of him falling for the trick is actually not small."

"According to current intelligence, he indeed fell for it." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "But for some unknown reason, he forcibly woke up again."

"So those poisons are actually still deposited in his body, right?"

"Based on my current intelligence, yes."

"If that's the case, perhaps the chances of winning will be a bit greater..." A glimmer flickered in the Lord of the Red Dust's eyes.

The Lord of the Red Dust seemed to realize something and suddenly gave Chen Ling a strange look:

"Thank you for the compliment."

Chen Ling smiled slightly.

The Lord of the Red Dust lowered her head, ate a few pieces of meat in her bowl, and spoke thoughtfully:

"If we want to increase the chances of winning... I actually have another method."

"What method?"

"At the edge of the Spirit Void Domain, there is still a 'helper'."

Helper?

A thought flashed through Chen Ling's mind, and he understood the Lord of the Red Dust's meaning.

"You mean... the Calamity of Delusion?"

"Exactly. Although the Calamity of Delusion was sealed by Absolute Zero, it didn't die." The Lord of the Red Dust replied calmly. "If we can awaken the Calamity of Delusion, having been suppressed and humiliated by Wu Tongyuan, it will definitely invade the Spirit Void Domain again... And in order to protect the Akashic Tower, Wu Tongyuan will also definitely fight it again."

"The Calamity of Delusion shouldn't be a match for Wu Tongyuan, but it can at least tie up a portion of his energy... If we strike at this time, the chances of winning will indeed be much greater." Chen Ling approved of this plan.

With matters having reached this point, whether it was human demigods or Nine Monarchs, or even World-Ending Calamities, as long as they could help Chen Ling Reverse the Era and Reboot the World, they could all become Chess Pieces... And that guy, the Calamity of Delusion, with questionable intelligence and only hatred and martial force, was undoubtedly a pretty good Chess Piece.

"Exactly. With the assistance of the Calamity of Delusion, the chances of winning might reach seventy percent."

"Seventy percent... that's enough."

The Lord of the Red Dust picked up the last piece of meat in the hot pot. Looking at the water surface boiling and rolling in the cooking of the fierce flames, she seemed to see the purgatory battlefield that would overturn the human world not long from now...

"The only variable now is Lou Yu..." She muttered to herself. "Even if I can help you kill Wu Tongyuan, what about Lou Yu?"

Chen Ling thought for a long time:

"He is not a variable... He, is a constant."

"En?"

"The failure of the Eternal Domain is already a foregone conclusion. With his ideals and personality, no matter what the process is, he will ultimately make the most correct choice."

The Lord of the Red Dust was somewhat surprised. "Your evaluation of him seems very high."

"Objectively speaking, yes."

"Then is there any other obstacle in front of you?"

"...Yes." Chen Ling sighed softly. "The rest is easy to say, but the shards of the Ancient Vault of the Witchcraft Path are still in the hands of the Calamity of Taboo... If we want to get the shards, we still have to kill the Calamity of Taboo first."

"I can't help you with this." The Lord of the Red Dust shook her head. "I must conserve my strength to deal with Wu Tongyuan."

"I know... So, regarding the Calamity of Taboo, our Dusk Society will find a way to resolve it ourselves."

Crackle, crackle—

This final hot pot feast had already been completely emptied. The two just sat beside the blazing fire like this, looking at the boiling water surface, and fell into silence.

No one would have thought that with just a few words from the two under the Bridge Underpass, the fate of humanity in this world had been guided in a brand new direction...

It was unknown how long passed before the Lord of the Red Dust sighed softly and put down her chopsticks:

"...It's time to end this."

"It's indeed time to end this." Chen Ling glanced at the empty plate beside him. "All the ingredients have already been used up... This pot of empty water will have a day when it burns dry sooner or later."

"En."

"When do you plan to set off?"

"At dawn."

"So soon?"

"He has been poisoned, so the sooner the better."

"Then what do you plan to do about the Tianshu Domain?"

"There aren't many people left in the Tianshu Domain... I will hide them all in a 'Mustard Seed Space' and take them away." The Lord of the Red Dust paused for a moment. "Although this isn't my Domain, the destinies of humanity have long been bound together. If we must move towards the final ending... then everyone will go together."

Seeing that the Lord of the Red Dust had already made her decision, Chen Ling didn't say anything more and nodded.

The Lord of the Red Dust stood up and was just about to leave when she suddenly remembered something. She took out an item from her bosom and tossed it to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling subconsciously reached out and caught it.

The moment he clearly saw what the item was, a glimmer flashed across his eyes...

That was a ghost sealed within a prison of "Strings".

Wang Jian!

"I can feel that he has come." The Lord of the Red Dust glanced at a certain direction in the darkness, and then looked at Chen Ling. "I'll give this thing to you... perhaps it will be of more use."

"...Thank you."

Under the pitch-black night sky, only a cluster of flickering firelight remained. The Lord of the Red Dust, wearing a white training uniform, looked deeply at Chen Ling, and an indescribable complexity flashed through the depths of her eyes...

"This is our last meeting." The Lord of the Red Dust paused for a moment. "In the next world... please take care of us."

Chen Ling's black and red Theatrical Robe gently brushed in the wind. He was silent for a long time, then bowed and cupped his fists towards the Lord of the Red Dust:

"The Sixth Generation Red King of the Dusk Society, Chen Ling... respectfully sends off the Lord of the Red Dust."

The Lord of the Red Dust smiled slightly.

The white training uniform turned and vanished into the night.

After the Lord of the Red Dust completely walked away, Chen Ling let out a long sigh, his profound gaze looking towards the direction the Lord of the Red Dust was gazing at just now...

The next second, his figure also vanished without a trace.

...

Spirit Void Domain.

Under the gloomy starry sky, a figure draped in a gray monk robe slowly opened his eyes.

His brows were still filled with weariness, and under the skin of his whole person, a dull color permeated. The bloodshot veins in his eyes were even denser and more hideous than before...

He glanced at that Chessboard crisscrossed with black and white, a profundity flashing in the depths of his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he took a step forward.

When his figure appeared again, he had already arrived at the edge of the Spirit Void Domain.

The hazy moonlight sprinkled on the grayish-white earth not far away, outlining the silhouette of a skin-bag monster. It stood facing the moonlight, its whole body covered in ice crystals, like a lifelike sculpture.

[The Original Mother of Eternal Infatuation and Delusion, The Painted Skin Totem of Greedy Desires].

"Hidden dangers..."

"Should be eliminated in advance."

The Lord of Spirit Void slowly raised his hands and grabbed at that sculpture-like black shadow from a distance. The next second, rustling ice crystals drifted down from the other party's body.

The eyes all over the body of this World-Ending Calamity, which had been sealed for a long time, trembled violently!