Chapter 1380: Gathering the Nine Lords

Chen Ling looked at Yang Xiao's calm and determined eyes, wanting to say something but stopping.

Capturing souls was probably the most perverted ability of magnetic field theory, and Chen Ling didn't know if those captured souls still had a chance to regain their freedom, or if they disappeared completely...

It was like a Pandora's box. If it fell into the hands of someone who couldn't control their desires, they could probably become a full-body Ninth-Tier in less than a month by capturing a large number of souls, killing the other Nine Lords first, and then ruling the world.

By then, there wouldn't even be a need for the Gray Realm to invade; humanity would head toward extinction or become someone's plaything.

But Yang Xiao was different. He directly refused to continue capturing souls... He felt that even without capturing those innocent souls, he could still take it one step at a time and become a full-body Ninth-Tier Aurora Lord, and he seemed to be the first among the Nine Lords to become a full-body.

When the Aurora Realm was on the verge of destruction, the Aurora Lord Yang Xiao didn't choose the "reappearance" plan of killing a large number of civilians to capture souls, but instead actively embraced the "Hand of Redemption," turning his soul into aurora to nurture and protect his people.

He said Tongzhou was the first and last time, he said his aurora would be born for protection... He really did it.

Chen Ling was very glad that it was him who obtained this ability...

Fortunately, the Aurora Lord was Yang Xiao.

Chen Ling leaned against the railing on the deck, the hem of his theatrical robe fluttering in the sea breeze. He looked at Yang Xiao's face reflected by the sea of fire in the distance and said sincerely:

"Having you is humanity's good fortune."

Yang Xiao was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Chen Ling to suddenly elevate him to this level. For a moment, he didn't know how to reply and could only smile shyly.

He held the railing and slowly sat down on the deck, his hair fluttering messily in the sea breeze, his expression indescribably exhausted... He lowered his head and took a wallet out of his pocket. Inside the wallet was a photo of a smiling girl holding his arm, making a big "V" sign at the camera.

Yang Xiao was somewhat lost.

Having experienced a round of nuclear strikes, suffered the pain of losing his wife, witnessed millions of lives disappear in an instant, and then merged with those souls, and taken on the Seventh Fleet alone... Everything happened too suddenly, and he didn't even have time to feel the pain before trouble followed one after another...

Humanity was lucky to have the Aurora Lord, but the Aurora Lord had lost everything he once had.

"My condolences." Chen Ling saw the photo in his hand and comforted him softly.

Yang Xiao lowered his head, and after a long silence, muttered:

"Perhaps they haven't disappeared... They are always with the aurora."

Chen Ling nodded slightly.

"May the aurora never fade."

Time passed minute by minute. The fire burning on the distant sea gradually disappeared, and the floating fleet fragments sank into the sea, as if nothing had ever happened... The sun set, and only the two figures on the destroyer stood silently.

Chen Ling slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already spent another month in the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery.

He walked straight into the destroyer.

Yang Xiao didn't know what he was doing, just sitting quietly where he was. After about a few minutes, Chen Ling came out holding a pile of canned food, beef stew, and milkshakes he had found from somewhere, and began to eat frantically on the deck, as if he hadn't eaten for a month.

Yang Xiao was somewhat confused. In his eyes, Chen Ling had just been talking to him calmly, and the next second he suddenly acted like a starving ghost, frantically scavenging for food on the ship... This contrast and abruptness made people somewhat puzzled.

While eating, Chen Ling suddenly asked:

"If one day humanity faces a catastrophe, what would you do?"

Yang Xiao didn't understand why Chen Ling suddenly mentioned this, but he didn't hesitate much before answering: "Of course, I would do my best to stop it... I think all humans would choose that, right?"

"Yeah... humans would probably choose that." Chen Ling sighed.

"What's wrong, Director Chen?"

Yang Xiao felt that Chen Ling was a bit strange today.

"Yang Xiao."

"Yes."

"If there is anyone in this world who can save humanity... it's you guys." Chen Ling looked at him seriously. "You must listen carefully to every word I say next, you understand?"

Although Yang Xiao was confused, he nodded heavily.

Chen Ling spoke slowly, telling him basically everything about the arrival of the Gray Realm, the six world-destroying events, and the subsequent establishment of the Nine Lords' base. Finally, he focused on the return of the Red Star more than three hundred years later, the characteristics of [Y-012], and the catastrophe humanity was about to face.

In Chen Ling's timeline, there were only two months left until the return of the Red Star.

Chen Ling didn't care about the life or death of the human realm, but he didn't want humanity to perish just like that... The 6-generation, the Twilight Society, Han Meng, the Fusion Faction, and too many others lived in the human realm. If humanity really perished because of the return of the Red Star, everyone he cared about would also disappear completely.

What's more, if there were really only a group of calamity territories left in the world, wouldn't he be unable to eat human food in the future? Where would his expectation value come from? Could he really only rely on torturing the poisonous insects in the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery to get by?

Chen Ling was the King of the Abyss of Ghostly Mockery, a world-destroying calamity in the eyes of humans. He couldn't step forward to save humanity. He knew very well that if he really did that, there wouldn't be a good ending...

Therefore, letting humans save humans was the best choice.

After listening to Chen Ling's words, Yang Xiao was stunned for dozens of seconds before coming back to his senses, his face looking somewhat ugly.

"Director Chen... every one of these things is too important. I alone... cannot do it."

"That's for sure." Chen Ling paused for a moment.

"But there isn't only one Nine Lord in this world."

"You mean..."

"Talk to your colleagues. At this time, most of them are still in a state of confusion. Someone has to take the lead and make them realize their abilities and responsibilities."

Chen Ling was telling the truth. If Yang Xiao hadn't been following him, he might still not know where his abilities came from, what Red Star Wish Power was, what a calamity was, or where this disaster would eventually lead...

The Nine Lords needed to be awakened. The sooner they woke up, the greater humanity's chances of winning would be.

Yang Xiao pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind:

"Okay, I'll invite them now!"

For an introverted person like Yang Xiao, who had almost never taken the initiative to invite others, getting the Nine Lords together might be easy for Lu Xun, but for Yang Xiao, it was undoubtedly a challenge... He didn't even have the contact information for some of them, but fortunately, he could ask Lu Xun for help.

"By the way... there is war everywhere outside now, where is it better to invite them?" Yang Xiao asked.

Chen Ling paused for a moment:

"Then... let's go back to where it all began."