Chapter 1722: Return

"Oh... If you want to go back, you can just go back directly."

An Qingyu pointed in the direction of the candlelight. "You were repelled by the world because the Red Star's power in your body exceeded the load. Now I have already sealed the excess portion of that power inside your body. Passing through the barrier now, you won't be repelled anymore."

"But I have to make it clear to you first. After you go back this time, you won't have a way to come out using the same method next time..."

"Have you really thought it through?"

"...En."

Chen Ling patted the dust off the theatrical robe, his ruby-like eyes gazing in the direction of the candlelight.

He originally thought he could learn more intel about the Red Star from An Qingyu's mouth, but looking at it now, they were also at a loss regarding this star... Since that was the case, there was no need for him to waste time here.

This Red Star was coming for them. The ones who could solve it could only be themselves.

"Then we'll take you over."

The candlelight flowed before Chen Ling's eyes. Vaguely, a membrane-like barrier could be seen attached to the void.

"Crossing this barrier, you can return to the corresponding Candlelight World." Jiang Er's voice sounded beside Chen Ling's ear. "However, the time flow in the Candlelight World is different from outside... You have to be prepared, oh."

"En."

Chen Ling turned around, bowing to An Qingyu and Jiang Er. "Thank you two for the life-saving grace... If I still have a chance to come out, I will definitely think of a way to repay you two."

"Too polite." An Qingyu chuckled lightly. "Alright, you should leave quickly, otherwise... you might regret it."

Chen Ling didn't say any more. The theatrical robe figure turned into a stream of light, directly crashing into that membrane-like barrier!

Because Chen Ling was originally an existence of this world, the barrier didn't affect him in the slightest, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The candlelight silently flowed in the nothingness.

Outside the world, a faint smile hooked the corner of An Qingyu's mouth.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Er softly asked.

"Chen Ling..."

An Qingyu took a deep look at the surging Candlelight World, turned around, and slowly walked toward the direction of the meteor shower filling the sky.

"Perhaps before long... we might gain a comrade-in-arms unimaginably powerful."

"I have to go back and tell the Captain about this matter..."

"Presumably, he will also be looking forward to it very much."

...

Chen Ling seemed to have returned to the "deep sea" once again.

Only this time, he wasn't uncontrollably floating upward in the deep sea, but plummeting at an astonishing speed. He could feel time and space flowing between his fingers, countless lights and shadows sweeping past his eyes.

Chen Ling's consciousness was clear. He was counting the time in his heart. After about a minute or so, the swaying lights and shadows before his eyes finally coalesced into a lead-gray sky...

A figure draped in a theatrical robe was like a meteor, whistling down from among the lead-gray clouds.

Dong——!!!

The theatrical robe plummeted, and a visibly sweeping shockwave swept across the rugged earth.

Under the flying dust, smaller Calamities were flipped away on the spot. The surrounding Calamities seemed to have perceived some kind of extremely dangerous aura, fleeing frantically in all directions like crazy.

It was unknown how much time passed before a ghost-like red-clothed figure slowly climbed up from the meteorite crater...

Seeing this familiar gray world, Chen Ling actually felt somewhat at ease.

He was back...

When his feet stood on this black earth once again, Chen Ling's memory of separating from the World Barrier and meeting An Qingyu and Jiang Er just now felt like a dream, possessing an extremely unreal feeling.

Candlelight World, meteor shower, Nightfall Team, Mr. Ji... These matters were too distant from him.

His primary task right now was to solve the Red Star first.

Chen Ling took a deep breath, slowly exhaling. After adjusting his state of mind, his gaze swept around.

That's right... The last time he entered the Timeline Save File, he brought the other Nine Monarchs to save Chu Changqing. Finally, after encountering the Calamity of Mockery, in order to cover the other Nine Monarchs returning, he stayed behind in the Gray World alone.

"Almost forgot..."

"At this time, the Gray World and Earth haven't formally intersected yet... I still have to be trapped here for a long time."

Chen Ling seemed to have remembered something, sighing softly.

When the time limit of the Timeline Save File ended, he was still fighting a life-and-death struggle with the Calamity of Mockery...

Where's the Calamity of Mockery?

Chen Ling looked for quite a while, but didn't even see the shadow of the Calamity of Mockery.

Logically speaking, Chen Ling would return to the time point of his last time in the Timeline Save File, which was the moment of his great battle with the Calamity of Mockery...

Right now, the Nine Monarchs should have just brought Chu Changqing back to Earth, and then pushed by fate to gradually go to their respective bases, taking in refugees, and keeping a large number of citizens safe in the chaotic times, forming the prototypes of the future major domains.

When he went back, he should be able to visit the major bases one by one, set up Su Zhiwei and Yao Qing together, and hold the wedding in advance...

Whoever rebooted the world, their Timeline Save File was the sole marker. The owners of the other two Timeline Save Files would also forcefully return to the same time point. It was also unknown where Liu Qingyan and Ying Fu would be randomly teleported to right now?

Although he was back, there was nothing he could do. Unable to return to Earth right now, Chen Ling could only wander aimlessly in the Gray World...

Chen Ling had also thought about looking for trouble with other World-Ending Calamities taking advantage of this time, but his current strength couldn't single-handedly kill any World-Ending Calamity. If he attracted the Calamity of Mockery of this world, then things would be troublesome again.

Helpless, Chen Ling could only conceal his aura and take a walk on the Gray World earth.

According to his calculation, there were at least a few months, and at most maybe a year or two, until Earth and the Gray World formally intersected... However, he was already the Calamity of Mockery now, his lifespan almost endless. He could afford to wait, it was nothing more than being somewhat bored.

Right... How about going to the Civilization Embers to find Shen Qingzhu to chat?

He shouldn't be affected by the reboot inside the Civilization Embers.

It just so happened he had just met An Qingyu and Jiang Er. If he told him this matter, perhaps he would be very interested... It was just that this time, Chen Ling had no place to buy cigarettes.

As Chen Ling thought this, he walked in the direction of the Civilization Embers. Along the way, any Calamity that bumped into him all frantically retreated as if seeing a ghost, clearing a path for him.

Chen Ling walked for about more than half an hour. Just as he was calculating approximately how much farther it was to the Civilization Embers, at the end of the horizon, a rugged and blurry outline was gradually sketched out.

"...En?"

Chen Ling's brows slightly furrowed. He didn't remember there being this kind of thing in the Gray World.

He almost didn't hesitate, immediately changing direction to walk over there. As he got closer, shadows of human architecture one after another appeared in his field of vision, stretching for an unknown number of kilometers, like a massive and magnificent super city wall!

Chen Ling abruptly stopped his footsteps!!

He looked at this scene before his eyes, his pupils contracting in disbelief...

"How is it possible..."

"This is..."

"A Human Domain????"