Chapter 1208: Two Emperors Recruit Soldiers

Dazzling purple lightning and surging red clouds, like a mighty flood breaking through a dam, rushed into every corner of the stone corridor, unstoppable, spreading along different routes toward the surroundings...

The light of the River of the Underworld on the walls dimmed suddenly, and dense cracks spread in all directions, like an eggshell being smashed. The point of impact was exactly in the direction of the elevator!

The guests in the conference room didn't know what had happened. The moment the roar sounded, the shockwave directly shattered the heavy doors of the conference room. The broken door flew backward through the dust and smashed into the wall not far from Sun Zhongliang!

The smell of burning and the dust rushing toward them made everyone cover their noses involuntarily. They stared fixedly at the direction of the door, their eyes full of shock!

"[Crossing of Sorrow]... was broken from the outside?"

Sun Zhongliang said in disbelief.

He knew that almost all the powerful Divine Path possessors in the country had been gathered by him in this conference room—the seventh-rank Sun Bumian, the sixth-rank Han Xiang and Xiao Chunping... Who else could break [Crossing of Sorrow] from the outside with brute force now?

"That is..." Shen Nan looked at the closed-circuit televisions that had all turned into static, slightly stunned.

"They’re here, they’re here!"

Beside him, Sun Bumian rubbed his hands excitedly.

"I knew it, the glimmer of hope would definitely come true!!"

The scarlet warning lights flickered in the thick dust.

Amidst the blurred light and shadow, two figures walked out slowly...

One was draped in an opera robe, like a red-clad actor walking off the stage, mysterious and eerie; the other had purple-gold eyes, exuding imperial dominance with every gesture, dignified without anger. The two stopped in the flickering red light, their gazes sweeping calmly across the crowd.

"It seems we arrived just in time." Chen Ling’s mouth curled up slightly.

[Audience Expectation +4]

[Current Expectation: 40%]

Ying Fu’s eyes seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts. He lowered his eyelids, and the next moment, the aura of the Imperial Divine Path surged up from his feet, like a golden ladder connecting to the firmament.

The moment the Imperial Divine Path was fully revealed, all the Divine Path possessors in the conference room felt a natural suppression descend. The lower the rank, the more obvious the feeling. Several young people who had just joined the "White Hands" not long ago almost went weak in the knees and knelt on the spot.

"Grandma... what is that?" Yao Qing’s face was pale. He gripped Xiao Chunping’s hand tightly, his palms already sweating.

"Why is my Divine Path a bit out of control?"

Xiao Chunping’s gaze was fixed on the imperial figure, as if thinking of something. "Could it be..."

"I am the [Emperor] of the Imperial Path."

Ying Fu’s deep voice echoed in the conference room. "Today, the world is suffering, and Calamities are invading. I was born in response to the situation and have come in response to the situation... Hundreds of thousands of people in Wushan Town are trapped in underground ruins, their lives hanging by a thread!

Are you willing to follow me, kill the alien race, and save the common people?"

This sentence seemed to have some inexplicable infectious power. The moment it echoed in the conference room, everyone seemed to see the scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside, with Calamities besieging the city, and they were deeply shocked in their hearts.

Chen Ling, standing beside him, glanced at him, as if sneering.

He could naturally hear that Ying Fu had mixed the power of the "Palace Examination" into these two sentences. In the end, the Palace Examination was a deep understanding between the monarch and the subject through spiritual means. It was not only Ying Fu opening up the hearts of his subjects, but the subjects would also see Ying Fu’s ambitions...

And when the spirits of the two resonated, a contract would be concluded. Ying Fu needed to help them achieve their goals, and they had to become Ying Fu’s subjects; otherwise, neither side would have a good ending. This couldn't be considered brainwashing, only a more efficient "exchange." If Ying Fu’s own charisma wasn't enough, the success rate of the Palace Examination would be greatly reduced.

And right now, Ying Fu was undoubtedly borrowing the tragic state of the outside world, using the tricks that ancient emperors loved most—"born in response to the situation" and "destined by heaven"—to gain the trust of the people. In this way, even if Ying Fu didn't take the initiative to collect subjects, some of them would be attracted by his imperial spirit and follow him.

It was undeniable that this was indeed the best "recruitment" method right now. It couldn't be said that Ying Fu had ulterior motives; it could only be considered clever use of the situation.

Facts proved that under the innate commanding sense of the Imperial Divine Path, many people had already been infected by Ying Fu involuntarily...

The next moment,

Chen Ling, draped in the bright red opera robe, slowly opened his lips...

Secret technique of the Ancient Treasury of the Opera Path, [True Words]!

"Although they have suffered nuclear strikes, there are still a large number of survivors in the shelters. They are also parents, children, wives, and husbands, and they are still struggling to save themselves...

Starlight is protecting their path forward, but someone is needed to drag them out of the abyss... The two of us are far from enough.

We need more people to open up a bloody path for survival together."

Under the power of [True Words], the emotions of the crowd were stirred even more intensely, but at the same time, a large portion of people’s attention was attracted by Chen Ling.

Although Ying Fu was extremely displeased with this, the situation was special, and he couldn't act out, so he could only glance at Chen Ling coldly.

"So it was you two..."

Sun Zhongliang looked at the two, recalling the two mysterious people who had fought fiercely in Shanghai two days ago in the intelligence reports, and gradually matched them with the two in front of him, realization flashing in his eyes.

He spoke with a complex expression:

"I can understand your feelings, but I want to ask a very realistic question... Even if you can save everyone, how will you settle them?"

The conference room fell into dead silence.

The 7012 Underground Project only had this one level, and because it was a temporary renovation, the number of people it could accommodate was extremely limited. Even if there were only 100,000 survivors after a round of nuclear strikes, it was far from what this place could bear.

But if they didn't come here, how many shelters could survive under the attack of the Calamities?

Chen Ling and Ying Fu exchanged a look, and the former spoke calmly:

"Of course, settle them here."

Sun Zhongliang shook his head immediately. "As you can see, the 7012 Underground Project is only this big; there is simply no room to shelter more people..."

"That may not be so."

Wisps of electric light flickered from the feet of Chen Ling and Ying Fu, and terrifying spiritual power erupted from both of them!

Under their all-out effort, [Reshape] was also pushed to the limit. The soil beneath the 7012 project was rapidly being transformed, imitating the layout and structure of this level, and overlapping frantically toward the depths of the ground!

One level, two levels, three levels, four levels... The main structure of the 7012 Underground Project was stone and cement. For Ying Fu and Chen Ling, imitating and reshaping it was extremely easy. Under their joint efforts, one identical project after another spread into the ground, all connected by stairs...

Deep underground, where ordinary people couldn't see, a high tower stacked downward was gradually taking shape!

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