Chapter 1797: Meeting Wen Ruoshui Again

Meeting Wen Ruoshui Again

An entire day had passed since Chen Ling first stepped into the Ruoshui Base.

He had simply guarded Wen Ruoshui's side for the whole day.

He was already over three hundred years late. This time, at least, he didn't want to be late... He had forced his way through the Inner Wall and liberated the Ruoshui Base just so he could arrive here early and wait for Wen Ruoshui to awaken.

Wen Ruoshui blanked for a moment before subconsciously looking up at his surroundings. As a faint glimmer flashed in his eyes, the surrounding walls became visibly transparent... In his eyes, the entire Ruoshui Base seemed to transform into a giant glass shell, allowing him to easily gaze out at the landscape of the entire Ruoshui Bastion.

Under the bleak and gloomy sky, the Ruoshui Bastion had been reduced to a dead, silent ruin. Plumes of thick smoke rose from various locations, and apart from the occasional skeletal Calamity rushing past, there wasn't a single human figure to be seen...

Around their base, however, several figures were stationed at different positions. Under their protection, this base had become the final pure land.

"Director Chen, this domain..." Wen Ruoshui's face turned slightly pale.

Wen Ruoshui knew that due to his insufficient Hibernation Serum, he would awaken much faster, and during the process of his impending awakening, the power supporting the domain would inevitably collapse... He had guessed that this would be a terrifying disaster for the Ruoshui Domain, but...

"Don't worry," Chen Ling said calmly. "The millions of residents here have already finished evacuating... Putting other things aside for now, Ying Fu actually did quite a good job when it came to this matter."

Hearing this, Wen Ruoshui finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

To Wen Ruoshui, his greatest fear was that his awakening would result in the Ruoshui Domain's populace plunging into misery and suffering. Although he had given an early warning to the people in the base before his deep sleep, it had been over three hundred years. Generations had come and gone, and he himself hadn't been sure of the exact time he would awaken. It was unknown just how much effect that warning would have in this current era.

"Director Chen, regarding that matter you mentioned to me before, I am ready," Wen Ruoshui said earnestly.

"A 'Reboot' covering the entire Earth can indeed be achieved, but it isn't enough relying solely on my own power... I am now at Rank 9. After I die, all my power will gather to become the cornerstone of the Reboot, which is to say, a 'Save Point'."

"Afterwards, as long as the powers of the other few are collected and injected into this 'Save Point', the coverage of the Reboot will continuously expand... But there is a problem now. I have calculated it, and even if the Red Star Aspiration Power of all eight of us are combined, it still might not be enough to Reboot the World... We are still missing one share."

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.

Chen Ling had actually anticipated this result long ago. In the fifth-generation world, gathering the power of the Nine Monarchs was enough to Reboot the World because the Red Star Aspiration Power in the fifth-generation world was only divided among the nine of them... But in the sixth-generation world, Lou Yu was missing, while Chen Ling and Ying Fu were added.

In other words, if the Dusk Society wanted to Reboot the World, apart from collecting the corpses of the other Monarchs, they also had to coffin Ying Fu.

If that still wasn't enough... Chen Ling could only try to find another way from himself.

"I will figure out a way for this," Chen Ling looked at Wen Ruoshui with a complex expression. "It's just... I've wronged you."

"Director Chen must be joking," Wen Ruoshui smiled. "With the hibernation ending, I was meant to die anyway... I am only making my corpse a bit more valuable."

"Besides this, there is another matter I need your help with."

"Please speak."

"With your current physical condition, if the range is limited to just this base... how many times can you still Reboot?"

Wen Ruoshui thought for a moment. "If the interval between Reboots isn't long, I can probably do it three times... If the interval is long, then perhaps only once."

"What if the interval is only a dozen seconds?"

"If it's a dozen seconds, I can do it four times." Wen Ruoshui looked at Chen Ling in confusion. "Director Chen, what are you going to do?"

Chen Ling remained silent for a long time before lowering his voice and saying:

"I have an idea..."

Chen Ling's voice echoed within the base. Wen Ruoshui listened carefully, his gaze gradually changing from astonishment, to surprise, and then to joy.

"I understand," Wen Ruoshui nodded firmly. "Don't worry, Director Chen, I will definitely cooperate with you."

"Mm."

Chen Ling took a deep breath. "Then, let's begin."

Chen Ling's consciousness sank into The Theater.

...

Outside the Ruoshui Base.

"Lord Red King has been in there for a day already and still hasn't come out..." 10 of Hearts glanced back at the silent base behind her. "Nothing bad could have happened, right?"

Li Shangfeng raised an eyebrow. "What nonsense are you talking about? Lord Red King is so strong, how could anything bad happen?"

"But it's been way too long..."

"Moreover, the Lord of Ruoshui is inside the Ruoshui Base, right?"

"The Lord of Ruoshui is one of the Eight Monarchs of humanity, and our Lord Red King is... It's very likely that the two of them will start fighting!"

As soon as these words were spoken, even Li Shangfeng froze.

It made sense... The Lord of Ruoshui stood on the side of humanity, while the Red King was a World-Ending Calamity. Lord Red King barging into the Ruoshui Base all by himself was very likely to kill the Lord of Ruoshui?

Had they perhaps already started fighting inside?

But... even if they were fighting, could there really be no commotion at all?

Regardless, it was a fact that the Red King hadn't come out for an entire day. With this possibility being thrown out there, everyone present felt somewhat uneasy.

As for Li Leider to the side, his brows were tightly knitted.

Those deep blue eyes stared fixedly at the quiet Ruoshui Base, as if hesitating over something...

"Um... King," Qing Huo scooted next to him, asking tentatively. "Do we also have to... stand guard here with the Dusk Society?"

Li Leider was deep in thought at this moment. Being suddenly interrupted by Qing Huo, his expression turned rather gloomy. He shot a cold glare at Qing Huo, who immediately shivered and hurriedly explained:

"I don't mean anything else... I just... kinda need to use the bathroom."

"..." Li Leider's face was so dark it could practically drip water. "Go by yourself."

"Eh, alright!"

As Qing Huo sprinted off into the distance, Li Leider's gaze fell back upon the base once more.

Right at this moment, a faint Domain aura flashed out from within the base!

Li Leider's pupils shrank abruptly!

Although it was faint, it was undoubtedly a Rank 9 Domain. Unless something unexpected happened, that Lord of Ruoshui had made a move... Li Leider's ominous premonition seemed to have become reality. Without having the time to think further, his figure instantly transformed into a black shadow and charged into the Ruoshui Base!

This scene directly frightened the other Fire-Stealers and Dusk Society members. A cold glint flashed in Jack of Hearts' eyes as he prepared to chase after Li Leider and charge in, but he was stopped by Queen of Diamonds raising a hand...

"Lord Red King hasn't given an order, so we will wait right here," Queen of Diamonds said composedly.

"No matter what... trust in Lord Red King."