Chapter 1394: To Humanity

"What's going on? What happened to Lu Xun?"

As soon as Ji Xuan lifted the curtain and came in, he saw everyone surrounding the blood-covered Lu Xun and was shocked.

"Someone came to assassinate us..." Wu Tongyuan gestured wildly and recounted what had just happened with added embellishments, also briefly explaining his understanding of his own ability.

After listening, the gazes of the other Nine Sovereigns became strange.

"You mean, you can tamper with the physical rules of an area through mathematical models?" Dr. Qi's eyes widened. "No, man, isn't this too overpowered??"

"Indeed... the development of physics is inseparable from the description of mathematical formulas. If you put it that way, your ability should directly cover all of our abilities." Yang Xiao said thoughtfully.

"No, no, no, it's not that exaggerated." Wu Tongyuan waved his hands repeatedly. "I can only change some parameters. Even if it can cover all fields, it has an upper limit. The more complex the formula and the more exaggerated the parameter adjustment, the harder it is for me to do... It definitely can't be as specialized as you are in your respective fields."

Wu Tongyuan paused for a moment, his gaze turning to Yang Xiao. "For example, no matter how I change the parameters, I can't talk to souls... In current human mathematical formulas, no formula about souls has been derived."

"That's still very powerful. If used well, you alone can equal several of us." Dr. Wen summarized seriously.

Ji Xuan, who was listening on the side, had his face flush red, looking like his blood was rushing to his head. He was clearly incredibly envious.

He turned around, wanting to go back to dig dirt.

In the end, Lou Yu grabbed him. "There might still be enemies ambushing outside. It's too dangerous for you to go over now."

Ji Xuan gritted his teeth and struggled for a long time, but didn't go out immediately. Anyway, the meteorite crater was right there. If he couldn't dig it today, he would continue tomorrow!

"When you went to the pit just now, did you encounter any enemies?" Chen Ling, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

"No." Ji Xuan shook his head.

"The power seemed to go out for a while just now, but it recovered in a few seconds..."

Lou Yu, who was wearing a black raincoat on the side, nodded slightly. His thick lenses were covered in rainwater, making it impossible to see the expression on his face.

Dr. Wen looked at him, then at Chen Ling on the side, wanting to say something but stopping.

"It's good that nothing happened." Yang Xiao looked at the time on the wall; there were less than three minutes left until the 24-hour deadline.

"Then shall we... sit down and have a good chat?"

Naturally, everyone had no objections. Except for Lu Xun, who was still being treated, everyone else sat back in their positions. Wu Tongyuan was silent for a moment and took the initiative to speak:

"So, do we really have no way out?"

"No." Chen Ling's gaze swept over everyone, and he spoke calmly. "I know that you all obtained this power unintentionally, but fate will never bargain with anyone. Regardless of whether you are subjectively willing, once you step onto this path, there is no turning back... Behind you is the abyss of human destiny."

"Then as long as we are united, can we save the fate of humanity?" Dr. Qi couldn't help but ask.

"Not necessarily." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "But if you are not united, humanity will definitely perish... and you will definitely die."

Unlike Yang Xiao's reasoning and emotional appeals, Chen Ling's words were calm and absolute. He had already seen that tragic era, and what he said was the undeniable reality...

It was never Chen Ling who was tough, but the ruthless fate itself.

"Then it seems... we never had a choice." Dr. Qi gave a bitter smile, leaning back helplessly against the back of his small stool. "Fine, I have no objections."

"Neither do I." Dr. Wen's voice remained calm, as if he had long since figured out the logic and calmly accepted his mission.

"Count me in... even if I don't have power, please be sure to take me with you." Ji Xuan answered, almost pleading.

Yang Xiao, Lu Xun, and Su Zhiwei didn't even need to say anything; they had long been prepared...

Thus, everyone's gaze turned to Wu Tongyuan.

Wu Tongyuan's messy curly hair was stained with blood. He stood in a daze for a long time, as if he were in a battle between heaven and man... Finally, his gaze swept over Lu Xun, who was still being treated, and he gave a miserable laugh.

"Why are you all looking at me... Do I even have room to refuse? I don't want to die..."

"But let's get this straight, don't have too high expectations for me. I'm not the great hero who can turn the tide that you think I am... I'm just a guy who's good at math."

The biggest variable had been resolved, and Yang Xiao's heart finally settled. Su Zhiwei on the side took the initiative to raise the tea in her cup:

"Since we've reached a consensus, we are comrades on the same front from now on... Shall we have a toast?"

Several people raised their tea one after another. Dr. Qi raised an eyebrow:

"At a time like this, shouldn't we say something?"

"Say what?"

"I don't know... don't those people in movies giving pre-battle mobilizations have to give a little speech?"

"Does this count as a pre-battle mobilization? And things like little speeches... which one of you can do that?" Wu Tongyuan looked at everyone with a strange expression.

Yang Xiao's face turned a bit red, as if he were trying to squeeze something out, but in the end, he couldn't say a word... Everyone sitting here was a researcher in science and engineering, not good at dealing with others, let alone impromptu speeches.

Just then, a weak but smiling voice sounded from the side:

"We're all our own people, what's the need for those things..."

Everyone turned to look, only to see that Lu Xun had awakened from his coma at some point. He signaled for Yang Xiao to pass him a cup of tea, thought for a moment, and raised his cup gently to everyone.

"...To humanity."

Three simple words, yet like a rivet in the torrent of the era, a light tap was enough to stabilize the future of humanity for three hundred years.

In the precarious tent, everyone present raised their cups. Chen Ling, sitting on the side, picked up his teacup, thought about it, and put it down again. But seeing the expectant gazes cast by everyone around him, he finally raised it.

"To humanity." Everyone said softly.

"...Dr. Lou?" Ji Xuan saw that Lou Yu on the side hadn't raised his cup for a long time, so he couldn't help but nudge him with his elbow.

Lou Yu was silent for a long time, but finally picked up the tea in his hand.

"...To humanity."

Boom——!!

The moment Lou Yu's tea touched everyone else's, a thunderous explosion sounded from the sky, and an incomparably surging and terrifying aura, like a meteorite, directly pierced through the silent Shennongjia!

Everyone was startled by the sound, and before they could recover, the entire tent was split open by a sword!

A shining particle sword, like the judgment of a god, was pressed right against the back of that black raincoat!

"Lou Yu... you lunatic!!" The aura of the Sovereign of Suspended Jade surged violently around him.

"You actually killed yourself from this era with your own hands??"