Chapter 1281: The Mastermind

"It's him!!"

"It's Heart of Hearts 6!! I saw him!"

Rustling sounds came from all around. As several figures streaked across the sky, one of the Pu family members pointed at Pu Jianyue in the distance and shouted.

The next moment, a swarm of figures rushed toward him!

In addition to the Pu family head in the distance, there were Pu the Second, Pu the Fourth, Pu the Sixth... most of the Pu family's high-level combat power had gathered here through the guidance of the Paper Kite Relief Association, launching a grand encirclement and suppression of this fleeing "Heart of Hearts 6."

Pu Jianyue's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know what was going on, but seeing a large number of figures rushing toward him, he instinctively ran at full speed into the distance!

Chen Ling had long been disappointed in Pu Jianyue. He didn't expect Pu Jianyue to exert the subjective initiative of "Heart of Hearts 6" to handle various complex matters, so the simplest way was to push him directly into the public eye, giving him no choice.

Pu Jianyue's memory had been wiped by Chen Ling once again, and he remembered even less than when he first woke up; he had even forgotten the Silver King...

He was completely dazed at this moment, knowing only that someone was chasing him frantically. He relied entirely on instinct to flee, like a live frog on a fishing line with a string of lobsters chasing behind it, twisting and turning in the pond.

And Chen Ling, holding the fishing rod, was in the clock tower in the distance, looking out at everything here.

Now the Nanhai Police Department's forces had been divided into three parts, evacuating the crowd to the three locations just warned about. These three locations were carefully selected by Chen Ling, especially the Deep Blue Machinery Factory, which was right at the edge of the domain. If nothing went wrong, the border defense entrance closest to the Deep Blue Machinery Factory would also send people to support...

And as the bait, Pu Jianyue, was released, the Pu family immediately took the bait, tying up most of their energy. Now, the entire Nanhai Domain had been stirred into vortices by Chen Ling. In the short term, no one should care whether the gate of a track entrance was opened.

But Pu Jianyue shouldn't be able to hold on for long...

Chen Ling's gaze turned toward the direction of the track entrance from time to time, his eyes flickering with worry.

"You guys... need to be faster."

……

"It's the light signal!"

Above the surging sea, the Fusion Faction members, who were struggling to advance along the tracks, saw a certain location in the Nanhai Domain start flashing light at a fixed frequency, and their expressions immediately became excited.

Three long, three short—that was the frequency Chen Ling had agreed upon with Teacher Ye, representing that the gate was already under control and they could enter from there.

For the children of the Fusion Faction, whose homeland had been destroyed and who had traveled a long distance, those flashing lights represented hope, meaning their path had been paved by Chen Ling, and they could have a new home in the Nanhai Domain.

Their suffering was about to end.

Seeing this, Old Wolf and the others immediately relaxed.

"He actually managed to do it..."

"What did I say? You can rest easy when you leave this kind of thing to him!"

Zhao Yi patted his chest, the smile on his face incredibly bright.

Teacher Ye's weary eyes also regained their luster. He waved his hand and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, cheer up and speed up!!"

The morale-boosted children forgot their fatigue and hunger for a moment, helping each other as they accelerated along the tracks; some even started to run.

Under the dim sky, the outline of that domain gate gradually approached before their eyes...

Woo woo woo—

Just then, a wailing cold wind suddenly swept in from the north.

This wind was so cold, as if it came from the depths of hell. It scraped across their skin but chilled them to the bone, making everyone shiver involuntarily.

After the cold wind swept past, the already surging sea waves suddenly lost control. Waves over ten meters high were suddenly whipped up, rushing majestically toward the tracks on the sea, their massive shadows obscuring the sky.

"Watch out for the waves!!" Teacher Ye shouted immediately.

All the children were stunned. They quickly prostrated themselves, their hands clutching the hard train tracks tightly. Old Wolf and the others directly underwent Calamity Transformation, using their massive bodies to shield some of the children who had exhausted their strength from the waves.

With a deafening roar, snow-white spray exploded on the tracks. Amidst the bone-chilling cold current, one small, disheveled figure after another was soaked through...

Fortunately, because they were anchored to the tracks, no one was washed away. They couldn't help but open their mouths to gasp for air, but the next moment, another giant wave surged over!!

"This chill..."

Zhao Yi's cloak was already soaked through. Feeling this familiar, bone-piercing chill, as if he had realized something, he suddenly looked up not far away!

Dark, heavy clouds hung over the sea like mountains, the violent seawater roared in the cold wind, icebergs of unknown origin emerged from the sea one by one, and the temperature of the entire ocean was dropping rapidly...

Immediately after,

The waves surged,

And massive, giant shadows exuding terrifying auras slowly emerged from beneath the deep sea...

"The Forbidden Sea?！！！!"

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"Hmm...?"

As the two lines of text floated before Chen Ling's eyes, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart...

The hairs on his skin stood up. As the cold wind blew, the temperature of the entire Nanhai Domain was dropping drastically... Although the temperature in the Nanhai Domain had been dropping off a cliff these past few days, the current low temperature was chilling to the point of being outrageous!

This chill made Chen Ling think of Aurora City immediately... the city where millions of people were frozen to death alive.

Wait?!

Chen Ling seemed to have realized something and turned his head to look into the distance!

Could it be...

Clang—Clang—Clang...

Almost simultaneously, the loud disaster bell echoed over the entire Nanhai Domain.

This familiar disaster bell undoubtedly confirmed Chen Ling's guess. He stood there in a daze for a moment, and then a sense of extreme absurdity surged into his heart!

The Forbidden Sea is attacking?

Not early, not late, but at this exact moment??

What the hell is this joke?！！

He had finally arranged everything, and it looked like he was about to bring the Fusion Faction people in, but at this very moment, the Forbidden Sea attacks??? Even if they had attacked a day earlier, or ten minutes later???

How could it be such a coincidence?！！！

No... no...

At this moment, the sense of awkwardness he had previously ignored surged back into his mind, as if a thread in his brain had instantly connected all the suspicious points!

First, the Turbid Calamity attacked the Fusion Faction without warning, destroying the Mother Tree; then he was tasked with going to Nanhai; Pu Jianyue, who had already escaped, was inexplicably caught by the Pu family again, forcing him to expose himself; and now, just as he was about to open the door to receive people, the Forbidden Sea attacks Nanhai right on cue...

Every time he was about to accomplish something, it would be ruthlessly shattered by various reasons!

Everything that happened had no logic at all, as if there were an invisible giant hand behind the scenes, silently manipulating everything... Especially the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest and the Forbidden Sea, these two major world-ending calamity territories, were practically revolving around him...

Wait... calamity territories...

Chen Ling seemed to have guessed something, his eyes instantly turning blood-red. He gritted his teeth and spat out a name:

"It's you..."

"Calamity of Thought！！！!"