Chapter 1017: The Storm Is Coming

The confessional fell into a dead silence.

After hearing these two words clearly, Chen Ling's brows furrowed even tighter. "Are you joking with me?"

Chen Ling couldn't figure out what connection there was between him staying alive and killing the Silver King.

Facing Chen Ling's questioning, Ying Fu replied expressionlessly,

"I am not joking."

"Why?"

"Because... [Emperor Fate]."

Chen Ling was stunned.

"The Emperor God Path stands above the fourteen God Paths. All God Path possessors will move toward the [Emperor Fate] under the influence of fate.

It is like a vortex; wherever the Emperor appears, that place will become the center of the vortex... But usually, only one [Emperor Fate] will appear in an era.

But in this era... two 'vortices' have appeared."

A faint smile curled at the corner of Ying Fu's mouth. "You and I were supposed to be enemies. The two vortices should have been in two corners of the world, attracting God Path possessors from different regions and resisting each other until one side died...

But now, a fool is actually trying to capture two 'Emperors' at the same time...

Do you guess what will happen to this world when two vortices overlap in one place?"

Ying Fu's words fell into Chen Ling's ears like a thunderclap, instantly opening up his thoughts. He realized something and spoke uncertainly:

"Will... it merge into an even more terrifying vortex?"

When two tornadoes appear in the same location, they create a super tornado with more terrifying suction and greater destructive power; this is common sense... It's like someone possessing both Wolong and Fengchu at the same time; what they will face next will be a monstrous backlash and impact.

"So, you cannot die." Ying Fu said calmly. "If you die, the power of the vortex will weaken... But as long as you are alive, the storm of fate will eventually sweep through the Wuji Domain."

"If that's the case, why is there no movement in the Wuji Domain now?"

"When any storm comes, the eye of the storm is always calm..." Ying Fu turned around and walked slowly toward the door.

"But in places we can't see..."

"'It' has already arrived."

……

Ding-dong—

"Mr. Chu, you have a letter!"

In a room in the South Sea Domain, a crisp knock sounded on the door.

Chu Muyun pushed the door open. There was no one outside, only a brand-new letter lying quietly in front of the door...

Chu Muyun looked around, a flash of surprise in his eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the letter and turned back into the room.

"Zzzzzzz..."

"This is 'South Sea Has Something to Say,' now interrupting with an emergency news report..."

Chu Muyun sat down at the table. The radio, which had been playing soothing music, suddenly inserted a serious male voice.

"After several months, the Wuji Domain, which had lost contact with other domains, suddenly sent out a message.

The Fire-Tamperers claim that they are not terrorists but a brand-new regime born from the people. They adhere to the principle of humanity first and are committed to overturning the current weak and conservative strategy of human domains. They will take the Wuji Domain as the starting point to fire the first shot of the counterattack against the Gray World calamity...

In addition, they claim to have captured the fusion host of the world-ending calamity [Mockery], the former Twilight Society member Heart 6 Chen Ling, and have established a Justice Judgment Court, accusing Chen Ling of being a calamity spy who deliberately hid in human domains for the main purpose of destroying human internal unity...

His main crimes include, but are not limited to, 'assassinating the Aurora Lord,' 'destroying the Aurora Domain,' 'guiding the Jealousy Calamity to attack the Red Dust Domain,' 'destroying the Heavenly Star Position'...

After the ruling of the Justice Judgment Court, he was sentenced to death, to be executed publicly in three days..."

Hearing the content on the radio, Chu Muyun's pupils contracted slightly!

Even his hand, which was opening the letter, paused in mid-air...

He looked at the letter in his hand, as if realizing something, and suddenly accelerated, opening it in two or three moves!

A playing card fell out silently.

The moment he saw that card, Chu Muyun's heart jolted!

"This is..."

Just then, someone knocked on his window from the outside, making a tapping sound.

"Old Chu, let's go." Heart 9, who lived on the same floor as Chu Muyun, was already standing outside the window at some point, followed by Plum 8. Both of their expressions were more serious than ever before.

"...Mm."

Chu Muyun stood up. He didn't take any luggage, just draped a white wool coat over his shoulders and walked out the door.

"Did you see who sent the letter?"

Heart 9 and Plum 8 shook their heads at the same time.

"All members of the five major human domains received the letter at the same time... This kind of method can only be the work of the [K] cards." Chu Muyun said thoughtfully. "I just don't know which suit it is..."

"The nearest domain train arrives at the Heavenly Pivot Domain in half an hour, and then we'll have to walk through the Gray World to Wuji..." Plum 8 said while flipping through a notebook.

"Crossing the Gray World? Is that a bit too much for us?"

"It doesn't matter; the other [J], [Q], and [K] will clear the way."

"That's true..."

"Heart 6, that kid, has really caused big trouble this time..." Heart 9 shrugged. "But that's fine. It's the first time the whole Twilight Society has had a team-building event since it was founded... This time, it should be quite lively."

"Are we going to be with that bunch of annoying guys again? Just thinking about it gives me a headache." Plum 8 sighed.

"Who isn't?"

"Fortunately..."

"With all of us gathered together, there should be someone who has a bigger headache than us."

The three figures gradually moved away at the end of the corridor, like ghosts, disappearing without a trace...

On the table in Chu Muyun's room,

A red-clothed actor with an indistinct face was printed on the playing card, spreading his arms as if embracing the world.

——【JOKER】。

……

Aurora City, ruins.

Under the wreckage of the city shrouded in ice, a base was silently hidden underground. The frost and seawater on the surface didn't seep in here, making it the only surviving utopia in a world of death.

Aurora Base.

In the pitch-black corridor, an old figure leaned on a cane, carrying a kerosene lamp, walking forward slowly.

The Aurora Base, buried deep underground, had long since lost most of its power supply. The oppressive darkness seemed to have become the main color here, revealing loneliness and dead silence.

The old man came to a small round table and placed the kerosene lamp on it. The faint firelight reflected his wrinkled face and the door that remained tightly closed across from the table...

The old man sat down on a chair by the round table, eating canned breakfast while taking a slip of paper out of his pocket.

"Calculating the time, you shouldn't be ready to come out of seclusion yet..."

"However, I just received a very interesting piece of news... This news comes from the Wuji Domain."

In the faint light of the swaying kerosene lamp, the old man chewed his food while speaking. The tightly closed door across from him remained as motionless as a rock.

"I should have told you last time: the Wuji Domain has been occupied by the Silver King, but this time they seem to want to make a new move... They are going to execute a calamity fusion host."

"You should know this person too..."

"His name is Chen Ling."

Thud—!!

As the words "Chen Ling" were spoken, a dull, heavy sound suddenly erupted from behind the door...

Immediately after,

A man draped in an Arbiter’s trench coat slowly pushed the door open and stepped out from the darkness.