Chapter 1292: Chu Changqing's Conditions

The Lake Pavilion fell into a deathly silence.

Chen Ling didn't expect Teacher Ye to go this far... As a former teacher and current leader of the Fusion Faction, he now had to kowtow to his most proud student, using an attitude humble to the bone to exchange for a glimmer of survival for the children.

Chen Ling's heart was filled with mixed feelings—admiration for Teacher Ye, disgust for Chu Changqing, and a hint of indescribable envy.

Teacher Ye of the Fusion Faction could do this for his students, while his own master, the Red King, only used him as a pawn... Chen Ling's heart was stung.

But it was precisely because of the contrast with the Red King that Chen Ling stood even more firmly on Teacher Ye's side. He didn't want to see such a teacher and his students buried in the sea together.

Chen Ling's gaze turned to Chu Changqing.

Seeing this scene, Chu Changqing's body trembled imperceptibly.

Chen Ling didn't know what he was thinking, but until now, this was his most violent emotional fluctuation. His gaze was first astonished, then painful, and finally fell into endless confusion and struggle...

*Thud—thud—thud...*

*Boom—!!!!*

The oscillation beneath the Lake Pavilion had reached its most violent node. With a roaring explosion, a corner of the sky of the entire South Sea Domain cracked open!

At this moment, everyone in the South Sea Domain looked up in astonishment. Above the original blue sky, a pitch-black crack spanning more than ten kilometers was hideous. Bone-chilling seawater poured in from the crack, mixed with a large number of black objects that were unknown whether they were seaweed or severed limbs. Behind the hideous crack, one could occasionally see black shadows swimming on the seabed, passing by from above!

For the vast South Sea Domain, this crack was too small, like a crack in the panoramic glass of an aquarium, with water constantly spraying out, but it was far from enough to drown the entire aquarium...

But the fact that the sky cracked was enough to spread intense panic.

With the first crack, there would be a second, a third... As the Calamity of Taboo continuously bombarded the shell of the three-eyed giant turtle, more and more cracks penetrated the domain and the ocean. Seawater mixed with small Calamities poured into the city, and piercing alarm sounds rang out one after another.

Divine Path possessors within the South Sea Domain began to rush frantically toward these cracks. They couldn't repair the cracks in the three-eyed giant turtle; the only thing they could do was kill the Calamities that had already drilled in and prevent more Calamities from entering the South Sea.

And as the cracks increased and seawater backflowed, the temperature in the South Sea Domain plummeted again. Bone-chilling cold currents drilled into every corner of the city, forming thick frost on the streets and building surfaces.

The blind man waiting in the distance sensed the changes in this domain, his face extremely ugly!

He knew very well that if the three-eyed giant turtle couldn't escape the ocean and land on the shore in a short time, it wouldn't be long before the residents of the entire South Sea Domain, even if they weren't drowned, would be frozen to death...

The South Sea Lord and the Pu family Ancestor were indeed Tier 9. If it were just them, they could of course escape from the Calamity of Taboo...

But the problem now was that they were also carrying a cumbersome and massive South Sea Domain.

The domain had already fallen into chaos, while the Lake Pavilion in the center remained tranquil.

I don't know how much time passed, but Chu Changqing's hands clenched tightly...

Then, he let go, his strength failing him.

He looked at Teacher Ye, who was prostrate on the ground before him, and finally, as if having made a firm decision, he spoke slowly:

“I can allow the Fusion Faction to enter the South Sea Domain…”

At these words, a glimmer of life finally returned to Teacher Ye’s dull eyes.

“However, I have three conditions.”

“Name them.”

“First, after entering the South Sea Domain, all members of the Fusion Faction, including you, must remain within the designated area. You are absolutely forbidden from leaving without permission.”

“No problem.” Teacher Ye agreed immediately.

The Fusion Faction’s top priority right now was survival. Even if Chu Changqing wanted to keep them under house arrest, it was still better than dying in the Forbidden Sea.

“Second, within one month, I want to see the results of the maternal gene sequence test. If you cannot produce them by then, I will still expel the Fusion Faction from the South Sea.”

Teacher Ye hesitated for a brief moment, as if calculating whether there was enough time, but ultimately nodded heavily:

“Agreed. What is the third?”

Chu Changqing glanced at Chen Ling and slowly extended a third finger…

“Third…”

“I want the Calamity of Mockery, Chen Ling, to never set foot in the human domain for all eternity.”

……

Rumble—

Thunder roared from the sky, and torrential seawater cascaded down from the ravaged heavens, shattering the clouds and sunlight, sweeping across the earth.

Mixed with ice crystals, the seawater pelted the roof of the toy factory. Xiao Tao and Xiao Bai stood behind the window, watching the apocalyptic scene in the distant sky, their hearts tightening with anxiety.

“Hasn’t everyone from the Fusion Faction entered the domain yet?” Xiao Tao muttered to herself, worried.

According to the original plan, Xiao Tao and Xiao Bai should have already received the Fusion Faction members at the toy factory by now, but so much time had passed, and there was still no news of them at all…

“Could something have happened to them?”

Rain lashed against the factory windows. In the vast factory, only the two of them remained, and a sense of fear began to rise from the depths of their hearts…

They were afraid—not of the seawater or the calamity falling from the sky, but of the unknown, of being isolated by the world… The Fusion Faction hadn’t arrived as promised, and Chen Ling had completely disappeared. On this land that felt so hostile toward them, they were like two people cut off from the world, unaware of where their fate would be pushed.

“No… Brother Chen Ling will definitely bring everyone from the Fusion Faction in.” Xiao Tao shook her head, trying hard to cheer herself up.

“And if… if the Fusion Faction doesn’t make it in, what then?”

Xiao Tao was silent for a moment.

“Then, we will die here sooner or later.”

……

“So cold… it’s so cold…”

Above the surface of the Forbidden Sea, numerous figures clung desperately to the tracks submerged in the water. The bone-chilling cold seeped into their bodies through the metal, nearly freezing the members of the Fusion Faction solid.

After three consecutive days of fleeing, compounded by hunger and thirst, the children were already at their limit. Having spent so long on the Forbidden Sea, their bodies were already numb from the cold…

Every time a wave swept through, it took away a few small figures. They disappeared into the surging waves without a sound, unable to even let out a cry for help.

Even though Old Wolf and the others tried their best to protect them, they were ultimately powerless. They, too, were exhausted from fighting the waves. In just a few short minutes, a third of the Fusion Faction’s children had vanished…

And this number was still visibly increasing.