Chapter 1109: Savior Chen Ling

Xi Renjie?

Chen Ling would never forget this name.

At this moment, he seemed to dream back to District 3, to that figure who had shared his heart and a drink with him just as everything was heading toward destruction.

"Chen Ling, are you afraid of death? ...After we finish this drink, let's go south together to intercept that calamity from District 4... Even if we die, we will die on the battlefield."

“……”

"As an enforcer, I cannot and should not refuse the orders of Aurora City; I stand at the crossroads, with death and mediocrity on the left, and the future and the Aurora City I dream of on the right... I have no reason to die here meaninglessly."

“……”

"I don't know why Aurora City says you are a heretic, and I don't know why they are so determined to kill you, but you have fought side-by-side with me and risked your life for District 3... After this shot, you are already dead, having died in battle against the calamity."

“……”

"I'm leaving. Good luck... if you can survive the calamity."

“……”

"I'm looking for Aurora City... I'm almost there!"

“……”

"No... he never reached Aurora City."

Chen Ling remembered it very clearly. During the turmoil in District 3, Xi Renjie obeyed the orders of Aurora City to escort a group of useless bureaucrats to Aurora City, but when faced with the order to kill Chen Ling, he didn't follow it... Instead, he drugged Chen Ling, pretended to have killed him, and went to report to Aurora City.

Xi Renjie spared Chen Ling's life, and Chen Ling spared his. Chen Ling killed everyone else on the train, but let him enter Aurora City alone. However, after entering Aurora City, Xi Renjie underwent a soul-shattering investigation and went completely insane...

The last time Chen Ling saw him, he was crazily throwing coins and chasing a kite.

"Xi Renjie... is your brother?" Chen Ling asked back.

"Yes." Xiao Tao nodded. "But when I was little, I was kidnapped by human traffickers from District 2. Later, there was an accident during their trade, and I was abandoned on the edge of the Gray Realm... It was Old Wolf and the others who saved me. I had been stabbed several times and was already dying, and it was Teacher Ye who fused me with a calamity, which is how I survived."

Xiao Tao paused for a moment and continued:

"Later, I always wanted to find Brother Renjie. I heard he became an enforcer, but the Integration School is very far from the Aurora Domain, and my health was poor at the time, so I never made it... It wasn't until the Holy Son came and told me that Brother Chen Ling had saved the Aurora Domain and allowed many people to survive that I felt relieved...

Now Brother Renjie should have already taken the Domain Train to live in another domain. Once I finish the integration and no longer have calamity traits, I will definitely travel to every domain and find Brother Renjie!"

As she spoke, Xiao Tao touched her soft animal ears, her eyes full of determination!

Chen Ling stared blankly at Xiao Tao, his whole body like a statue, motionless...

In his mind, the image of Zhao Yi begging him not to expose the lie just now resurfaced, and he felt a complex mix of emotions.

Chen Ling knew better than anyone whether there were survivors in the Aurora Domain. Apart from Hong Xiu, Han Meng, Xiao Jian, and others, only a very small number of powerful elites had left the Aurora Domain via the Domain Train, and a second-tier insane enforcer would never have been qualified to board that train.

Xi Renjie's fate had long been sealed; he had already gone to eternal sleep in the cold tide of the Forbidden Sea along with Aurora City.

Chen Ling knew this, and Zhao Yi must have known it too. The "Chen Ling saved the world" story that Xiao Tao heard was just a lie Zhao Yi used to comfort her... Perhaps it was also the starting point for all the exaggerated stories.

"What's wrong, Brother Chen Ling?" Xiao Tao looked curiously at Chen Ling, who had stopped writing. "Do you know Brother Renjie?"

Chen Ling looked into her eyes, and this time he saw it clearly.

There was light in Xiao Tao's eyes when she looked at him... light of longing, hope, and gratitude, just like a child looking at the most perfect adult in their dreams, pure and clear. Most of the children in the Integration School were like this.

Only at this moment did Chen Ling realize why Xiao Tao had been following him so enthusiastically. In her heart, he was the savior who had rescued her brother, a very, very amazing person.

But Chen Ling knew very well... that was not the case.

He hadn't saved Xi Renjie, let alone the entire Aurora Domain. He wasn't that great, nor was he that omnipotent... He was just a poor, homeless person.

"I... know him." Chen Ling was silent for a long time before speaking.

"He was a very outstanding enforcer."

Xiao Tao's eyes lit up instantly, and two small dimples appeared as she smiled. "Really? Can you tell me about him?"

"I don't know much either. He and I... only met a few times."

Chen Ling ultimately didn't tell the truth. He lowered his head and wrote the words stroke by stroke on the small piece of newspaper:

May you find Brother Renjie soon.

—Chen Ling.

The narrow strokes were filled with Chen Ling's guilt and helplessness. After finishing, he didn't look again, but handed it directly to Xiao Tao. She accepted it joyfully and then bid him farewell.

Chen Ling watched her petite figure skip away, sighed deeply in his heart, and turned to walk toward his room.

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Tian Shu Domain.

Three figures slowly stopped in front of a dilapidated tavern.

"Are you sure this will really find the headquarters of the Integration School?" Jian Changsheng asked suspiciously.

"If he's willing to help us, it will." Sun Bumian calmly pulled down one side of his small round sunglasses. "Before Diamond J joined the Twilight Society, he was a member of the Integration School. If he leads the way, there will definitely be no problem."

"Diamond J... which one is that?"

Jian Changsheng recalled the Twilight Society members he had seen in the Wuji Domain. Although he had probably seen everyone, there were too many of them, and he couldn't match the suits to the faces.

"The tall, thin one with a tattoo on his face, the one who looks like he's up to no good at first glance."

"Oh~~ I remember now!"

Jian Changsheng nodded. "By the way, how do you know so many Twilight Society members? And you even know he used to be in the Integration School?"

Sun Bumian glanced at him with disdain, put his hands behind his back, and said leisurely, "Don't forget, I was the first of the 'Six' generation to join the Twilight Society... In terms of seniority, I'm the oldest!"

"Got it, got it. Not just seniority, you're also the oldest in age... Grandpa Sun!"

Sun Bumian: ??????

Before Sun Bumian could swing his fist, Jian Changsheng walked into the tavern with long strides, while Jiang Xiaohua followed silently behind with his head drooping... Sun Bumian gritted his teeth, forced to swallow his anger for the time being. After snorting, he walked into the tavern swaying, one hand twirling his prayer beads and the other behind his back.

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Happy New Year! Dangdang, Yijiu (doge). Yijiu, Chen Ling, Xiao Jian, Xiaohua, Daxiji, Han Meng, Zhao Yi, Ning Ruyu (omitting a hundred people below) wish everyone a Happy New Year~~! Be happy every day, eat as much as you want without gaining weight!