Chapter 1066: Snatching People?

"...Huh?"

The Butcher seemed to sense something and tilted his head slightly to look into the distance. "Tian Huai's aura has vanished..."

On the edge of the chaotic battlefield, several battered figures covered in wounds were lying in the ruins. They were the members of the Fusion Faction who had just been fighting the two Arbitrator Proxies. However, they were now at their limit; most had reverted to human form and were unable to move, with severed limbs scattered all over the ground.

"The Tier 8s in this city should all be under the control of the secret treasures... How could someone below Tier 8 possibly deal with Tian Huai?"

The white-robed scholar was stained with the blood of calamities, his appearance somewhat disheveled. He, too, looked toward the direction of Tian Huai's battle, his eyes filled with astonishment.

The Butcher frowned deeply. Without much hesitation, he turned and walked directly in that direction.

"Twilight Agency... what a nuisance."

"Leaving just like that? Not going to deal with these calamities?"

"They're already spent; they pose no threat to us... Compared to these calamities, the Twilight Agency is more troublesome." The Butcher's tone was incredibly calm. "This time, we should clear the field directly."

"Makes sense."

The Scholar nodded slightly. With his hands behind his back, his entire figure dissipated like ink in water... The Butcher took a step forward, his massive body like an unstoppable cannonball, crashing through all the buildings in his path and disappearing at the edge of the horizon.

Only after the two had left did the disheveled Fusion Faction members lying on the ground begin to cough weakly.

"Cough, cough, cough... Did they go to find the Holy Son?"

"They went to find the Twilight Agency, right?"

"But isn't Chen Ling part of the Twilight Agency? If the Holy Son wants to save Chen Ling, won't he be in danger?"

"It's fine, Old Wolf is with the Holy Son. If they really run into trouble, they should still be able to run away..."

"That's true... Then what about us?"

"Let's keep playing dead."

"Agreed."

Everyone silently lay on their backs, hands folded naturally over their chests, and closed their eyes peacefully...

In the silence, the wounds on their bodies began to heal rapidly, and even the severed limbs slowly regenerated... The human body's mechanisms had completely failed in them; they were like some kind of supernatural monster.

……

"It's you!! Jian Mushroom!!"

"It's you?! Ugly... uh... the guy from the bed next to mine!"

Jian Changsheng, who had just arrived with the memory carrier, saw Zhao Yi sitting on the head of the Skeletal Gray Wolf with an incredibly cool look, and his eyes widened in shock!

Zhao Yi jumped off the Skeletal Gray Wolf's head with a 'whoosh' and gave Jian Changsheng a big hug, then spoke enthusiastically: "I didn't expect to run into you here... By the way, has your mushroom disease gotten any better?"

“……”

Jian Changsheng and Zhao Yi had met once at the Aurora Base. At that time, Zhao Yi had voluntarily sold himself to the base as a test subject, and after undergoing several experiments, he lay in the hospital ward in an inhuman state... As for Jian Changsheng, he had fabricated a "mushroom disease" to infiltrate the base, and he happened to be in the bed next to Zhao Yi.

When Jian Changsheng was carrying out secret operations at the base, Zhao Yi had even provided cover for him, so they could be considered to have a revolutionary friendship.

Jian Changsheng looked at the Zhao Yi in front of him, unable to connect him with the depressed figure in his memory who had been so desperate to commit suicide... He stood stunned for a long while before replying:

"I'm actually fine... But you... how did you end up like this?"

"This... it's a long story." Zhao Yi smiled. "I experienced some coincidences, and now, I'm part of the Fusion Faction..."

"Fusion Faction? So the calamities that broke in just now were your people."

"That's right."

Seeing Chen Ling also walking toward them, Zhao Yi got straight to the point. "We came here for two reasons: first, to save Chen Ling from the Fire-Tamperers, and second, to recruit him."

Recruit me?

Chen Ling was stunned... and Jian Changsheng was equally stunned.

"You want to recruit him into the Fusion Faction? No, absolutely not." Jian Changsheng shook his head frantically. "Chen Ling is one of our Twilight Agency members; how could he go with you..."

"Twilight Agency members can also join the Fusion Faction... Don't you have fusionists in your Twilight Agency too?"

"That's different!"

"Seriously, Chen Ling, you really need to consider this carefully." Zhao Yi ignored the anxious Jian Changsheng and turned directly to Chen Ling. "You are a fusionist of an apocalyptic calamity, and in this world, no one understands better than us how to control calamities and handle the relationship with them... Joining us will be a huge help to you."

Besides, the human domains are all calling for your head, so you might as well come with me to the Gray Realm. Don't look at us Fusion Faction members living in tree holes; our infrastructure is quite comprehensive, and our living conditions are no worse than in the domains...

Also, now that I, your buddy, have some status in the Fusion Faction, if you come back with me, I guarantee I'll get everything arranged for you perfectly!"

As he spoke, Zhao Yi leaned into Chen Ling's ear and added quietly:

"We have quite a few young, pretty girls in the Fusion Faction... You know, the kind with animal ears? They've always heard stories about you, and when they heard you might come, they were so happy!"

Chen Ling: ...

"Well, you Zhao Yi, trying to poach people right in front of our Twilight Agency members?!" Jian Changsheng gestured wildly. "Square! Bite him!"

Sun Bumian, who had just recovered his true form, was so weak his legs almost gave out, and he rolled his eyes at Jian Changsheng.

"Regardless, thank you for coming all this way to save me." Chen Ling said apologetically. "But... I really don't have any intention of joining other organizations..."

Zhao Yi scratched his head, intending to persuade him further, when a loud boom suddenly came from the distance!

Boom—!!

A vine monster so massive it almost blotted out the sky broke through the ground, causing the Wuji Domain to shake violently.

On the surface of the vine monster, countless deep green eyes were eerily attached. As its body surged toward the clouds, everyone could vaguely see a farmer carrying a hoe sitting casually on top of the monster, his eyes looking down at Chen Ling and the others with disdain...

"I was wondering who solved Tian Huai... I didn't expect it to be you."

The pressure of a Tier 8 descended once again. With a wave of his hand, dense vines retracted like tentacles from the surroundings, and the ends of some were wrapped around several Twilight Agency members, hanging them upside down in the air like fruit from a tree.

The expressions of Chen Ling and the others turned ugly instantly.

"One, two, three... eight, nine, ten, eleven?" Jian Changsheng counted the captured Twilight Agency members, his brow furrowing deeper. "Damn it, have so many people been caught?"

Among these dozen or so people, there were many familiar faces, such as Heart 7 Jin Fugui, Square 10 who plants coffins, and many others from the 7, 8, and 9 generations, many of whom he had seen during the Tian Shu Domain... But they were all tied up tightly like rice dumplings, with only their eyes wide open, looking around.