Chapter 293: Driving Wolves, Swallowing Tigers (Rewritten Content)

Should I trust Luo Tasi after all?

Or rather, can I trust Luo Tasi?

In fact, Lin Yifan has no certainty about this question in his own heart.

But he must admit one point: at this moment, while he does not trust Luo Tasi, he finds it even harder to trust the Dawn Alliance.

After all, the grudges between him and Luo Tasi have existed from start to finish; it isn't about who is right or wrong, but about opposing stances.

Therefore, whatever they do is understandable; after all, they are opposing camps, and shouting for battle is the norm.

But Airelia is different; she was the one who came knocking, repeatedly claiming she wanted an alliance and friendship, yet in the end she betrayed him without hesitation.

For someone so capricious, even if she now speaks sincerely, Lin Yifan finds it hard to believe her.

Because of this, in Lin Yifan's mind the Dawn Alliance has been stamped with a specific label—hypocritical!

Even so, cooperating with Luo Tasi without any grudge still leaves him uneasy.

So he steps back half a pace, sneers, and says, "Cooperate with you? Isn't your Dark Night Divine Cult also here for Dawnbreak?"

Luo Tasi spreads his hands, his face calm, and says, "That's right, we indeed came for Dawnbreak; everyone who rushes toward you shares the same goal."

"But at least we aren't as hypocritical as the Dawn Alliance. We can take you out of this plane, and all you need to do afterward is lend us Dawnbreak for a period of study—rest assured, we won't seize it; after a divine artifact recognizes its master, no one else can take it."

"Kill me, and you'll naturally be able to take the divine artifact!" Lin Yifan says lightly.

"But we cannot kill you." Luo Tasi shrugs, his face regretful, and says:

"General Tang, you have not inherited the Night God's legacy; we would have struck without hesitation, but unfortunately, you are the inheritor of the Night Divine Form and a Holy Son of our Dark Night Divine Cult."

"We aren't as hypocritical as the Dawn Alliance. Since we've recognized you as a Holy Son, we naturally grant you the rights that come with that holy decree. Of course, you currently refuse to return with us to the Dark Night Divine Cult, so we can also choose not to acknowledge your Holy Son status."

"But we are willing to acknowledge it. We don't intend to open the Divine Fallen Land; we only wish to usher in a new Night God. This world is at the end of its strength, and only with a new Divine Being can new hope arise."

"Why don't you want to merge the Divine Fallen Land?" Lin Yifan asks curiously.

As for why he asks, the reason is actually simple!

Since the idea of merging the Divine Fallen Land was proposed decades ago, it shows that the people discussing that doctrine back then were certainly not few.

But after all these years, although, according to Airelia and her group, all factions are searching for Divine Being relics.

Yet up to now, nothing has been fully realized; it shows that the madmen truly wanting to open the Divine Fallen Land and merge it with the Survival Realm are still a minority.

Nevertheless, Lin Yifan remains curious why the Dark Night Divine Cult lacks this idea.

【5】 Luo Tasi hears this and suddenly falls silent.

Luo Tasi heard this, but suddenly fell into silence.

After a long while, he finally speaks softly:

"Because we don't want to die! Though this broken world makes our lives hard, we naturally don't want to die as long as we can stay alive."

"Moreover, the Survival Realm has existed for countless years; if it could be destroyed, it would have been long ago, so why wait until now?"

"Thus I think the claim that the Survival Realm has reached its end is pure alarmism and not worth caring about!"

"And even if such a day comes, it wouldn't be something human effort could stop; it's better to live each day well, and face any future calamity calmly."

For the first time, Lin Yifan discovers that Luo Tasi actually shares a few similarities with him.

Putting other matters aside, on the Divine Fallen Land issue, the two of them think exactly alike.

As long as one lives, live well; there's no need to risk everyone being sacrificed for some reckless move.

Lost in wild thoughts, Lin Yifan pauses briefly, then stops pondering the matter.

The situation is dire now; the Silver Dragon Knight Corps is closing in, and although the Dark Night Divine Cult's motives are impure, they at least offer a viable option.

"Fine, I can agree to cooperate with you." He finally grits his teeth, nods, and says firmly,

"But on one condition: you must bring all of us."

Luo Tasi raises an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping over the scarred survivors behind Lin Yifan, and chuckles lightly:

"Sure, although I can bring all of you to confront the Dawn Alliance directly, remember, you are our Holy Son of the Dark Night Divine Cult, they are not, so we aren't responsible for their lives or deaths."

"Deal." Lin Yifan agrees without hesitation.

Dawnbreak resides within him; everyone else is just ordinary people unaware of it. Li Yifan doesn't believe that members of the Dawn Alliance would be so cold‑blooded and brutal, sparing even unrelated ordinary people.

At this moment, Airelia indeed panics, rushing toward Lin Yifan and says:

"Lin Yifan, are you crazy? How cold‑blooded and ruthless are those lunatics of the Dark Night Divine Cult, don't you realize?"

"You now actually trust them and even want to cooperate with them; you're courting death, you know that?"

Lin Yifan flicks a glance at Airelia, sneers, and says:

"And if not? Can't you see the situation our numbers are facing right now?"

"In front, the Dawn Alliance's Silver Dragon Knight Corps; behind, the Dark Night Divine Cult's hunters. We, fresh newcomers to the Survival Realm for only half a month, how can we fight you?"

"Since you all are untrustworthy, I'll naturally choose cooperation based on my own feeling!"

"Lin Yifan, you're truly desperate and grasping at straws; you're completely out of it!" Airelia snarls, but she hasn't just met Lin Yifan; she knows his character fairly well.

Knowing that once he makes a decision he will not change it lightly, she can only grit her teeth and say:

"Lin Yifan, dealing with wolves will eventually make you regret it!"

Regret or not, Lin Yifan doesn't even want to think about it now!

Right now, even how to survive is a question; pondering future regret is just idle nonsense.

So he ignores Airelia, because at that moment the Silver Dragon Knight Corps' charge horn suddenly sounds!

They finally arrived!

Finally arrived!