Chapter 1866: Conversation Between the Two Emperors

Conversation Between the Two Emperors

Chen Ling slowly stopped his footsteps.

He just stood there under the dim yellow light, with the obscured shadow of the great hall in front of him. With a wave of his Theatrical Robe's sleeve, the Imperial Sword and Imperial Seal both floated out automatically, returning to Ying Fu's side.

Ying Fu turned around, looked at the sword and seal hanging quietly by his side, and spoke calmly:

"You return them to me, aren't you afraid I'll use them against you?"

"You won't."

"Why?"

Ying Fu's eyes narrowed slightly, "I lent the sword to you so that you could slay the Calamity of Mockery and Thought Calamity for me... Now in this world, only you, one World-Ending entity remains. Moreover, you awakened the Eight Monarchs, seized several bastions that I painstakingly managed for hundreds of years, and destroyed the foundation of my Chengtian... Why wouldn't I deal with you?"

"If I were only Rank 8, right now, you probably really would attack me... But now, I have become a Demigod." Chen Ling replied calmly.

"No."

Chen Ling paused for a moment, "It's because, like you, I have already become the strongest weapon against the Red Star."

Ying Fu looked quietly at Chen Ling, falling into silence.

"Even if I were at Rank 8, I wouldn't be of much use facing the Red Star, and might instead be a potential threat to your Chengtian Dynasty. If I stopped there, you would naturally try every means to kill me... More realistically, you were willing to use the Imperial Seal to help me Advance, but if I failed my Advancement today, perhaps that Imperial Sword wouldn't have been lent into my hand, but would have directly chopped off my head."

"But the current me understands the Red Star even better than you, and is stronger than you... My value to humanity is far above my threat to the Chengtian Dynasty. Weighing the pros and cons, you naturally wouldn't make a move against me, and might even lend me a helping hand."

Chen Ling's voice didn't have a trace of emotional fluctuation. It was as if he had already seen through Ying Fu's thoughts and laid everything out in the open.

After a long while, Ying Fu asked in return:

"Then why didn't you use them to kill me? With your current power and influence, if I die, this world will be yours."

"Because you and I are the same... We are the same kind of people." Chen Ling spoke slowly, "You alive are more valuable than you dead."

Ying Fu gazed at Chen Ling for a moment, and shook his head:

"It seems we won't be fighting today... Then you coming here was just to return the sword?"

"I came here to find you for a chat."

"Chat about what?"

"Dealing with the Red Star."

Ying Fu stood on the steps, not replying, as if waiting for Chen Ling's following words.

"I don't have any interest in those domains... The other Monarchs are the same. In the final analysis, they just hated your way of doing things back then, but we know very well that you can govern the domains better than any of us."

"So, my demands are very simple..."

Chen Ling slowly raised a few fingers:

"First, we can return these several domains to you... But you must keep the title 'Domain' and cannot change it back to 'Bastion'."

"Second, I want to take all seven Monarchs away. You use your Demigod Dukes of the State to occupy the major domains, and after that, we won't interfere in any management of the domains."

"Third, do not demolish the bases within their respective domains. Those are proofs that they once existed."

After hearing Chen Ling's demands, Ying Fu's brows furrowed slightly.

"You want to take away the seven Monarchs? To do what?"

"The Red Star has an extremely strong suppressive effect on civilization. The power of you and your Dukes of the State both originate from the divine path civilization. If you want to use your current manpower to deal with the Red Star, defeat is almost certain." Chen Ling pointed at himself,

"But I and the seven Monarchs, our power originates from the Red Star itself and won't be suppressed..."

"So..."

"The only ones who can defeat the Red Star are us."

The great hall fell into a deathly silence.

Bursts of cold wind swirled among the ruins outside the hall, making continuous sobbing sounds.

"You... want to hand humanity over to us, and go deal with the Red Star yourself?" Ying Fu finally opened his mouth to ask in return.

"An era shouldn't have two Emperors." Chen Ling responded indifferently, "Between the two of us, one must stay behind. And I merely relied on external power to opportunistically take shortcuts... You are the Emperor who should truly lead humanity."

Ying Fu stared blankly at Chen Ling. After a long while, he closed his eyes and spoke softly:

"I always thought my understanding of you was already profound enough... But looking at it now, I still underestimated you."

"If it goes smoothly, this time, we will be able to completely destroy the Red Star." Chen Ling paused for a moment, "But if it doesn't go smoothly... then afterwards, I leave it to you."

"What do you need me to do?"

"You and I have both experienced the destruction of the previous world. You should be very clear about what will happen after the Red Star passes by for the second time... If we fail, the destruction of this world is almost irreversible too, it's just a matter of how long we can hold out." Chen Ling said slowly,

"During this time, I will select the next Six of Hearts... If we fail, he will lead the Dusk Society to Reboot the World again. I don't expect you to take action to help him, but at least, don't make things difficult for the Dusk Society."

"With me here, even if you fail, the humans of this world won't be reduced to the state of the previous world." Ying Fu immediately added a sentence, "However... I promise you, I won't be an enemy of the Dusk Society."

"Mmm."

Chen Ling took out his Bone-Stripping Knife, forcefully slashed the center of his palm, and scarlet fresh blood flowed out from the wound.

He gently raised his hand and threw one drop of the fresh blood toward Ying Fu.

"In the previous world, our Dusk Society had a Doctor who developed an antibody that could target the primitive virus triggered after the Red Star's Return... I hid it in my blood and brought it to this world. If I fail, it should be able to provide help to the humans of this world and weaken the impact of the virus."

Ying Fu's body trembled slightly.

With a thought, a burst of icy coldness enveloped that drop of blood, completely freezing it into ice.

He gazed at this drop of scarlet fresh blood, and a look of complexity surfaced in his eyes... In the previous world, Ah Qian died from the virus infection. But this world had him, had the Chengtian Dynasty, had the antibody in Chen Ling's blood. Perhaps humanity wouldn't repeat the same mistakes.

"I have finished saying everything I needed to say." Chen Ling brushed his Theatrical Robe sleeve, turned around and prepared to leave, "I hope you can keep your promise."

"Wait." Ying Fu suddenly spoke,

"There is one more question... I haven't figured out."

"You said you want to take the seven Monarchs away, but having slumbered for so many years, their lifespans should have already reached their limits... Logically speaking, even if you take them away, they shouldn't be able to live past half a day."

"Chen Ling..."

"How did you prolong their lives?"

Chen Ling looked back, taking a deep look at Ying Fu. His face bore a weak paleness... He smiled, didn't answer, but just stepped on the dim yellow sunset and walked away slowly.