Chapter 1402: Human Predicament

The faint light of dawn rose from the edge of the horizon.

This night,

the high-level officials of the five human realms did not sleep.

Above the Xuanyu Realm, a towering base was floating and spinning. Numerous staff members were busy shuttling back and forth, and on a glass balcony on the top floor, several figures were looking out into the distance in the wind.

"Jian Changsheng, are you sure your source of information is reliable?" The person in charge of the Xuanyu base frowned slightly.

"Absolutely reliable."

Jian Changsheng nodded without hesitation.

"Then why are you unwilling to reveal who the source of the information is?"

"I..." Jian Changsheng hesitated. "I can tell you, but you might not believe it..."

Jian Changsheng trusted Chen Ling absolutely, but from the perspective of other realms, receiving a warning of a world-ending attack from a world-ending calamity was too sci-fi.

The high-level officials of the Xuanyu Realm looked at each other, revealing an "as expected" expression.

Jian Changsheng had been staying in the Xuanyu Realm without going out during this period, and suddenly he had obtained information about the world-ending calamities. This in itself was very fantastical. Moreover, it was well known that Jian Changsheng’s former comrade-in-arms was that Red Heart 6... And some time ago, the South Sea Realm also seemed to have had an incident of killing in dreams.

With all these factors piled together, the high-level officials of the Xuanyu Realm had actually roughly guessed who the source of the information was, but after careful consideration, they still chose to notify the other realms, letting all realms enter the highest state of combat readiness.

"I know what you are worried about." Tian Huai said calmly.

"But the Red Star is already close at hand. Calculating the time, they should indeed be unable to sit still... Even if Red Heart 6 has the possibility of passing on false intelligence, we cannot gamble. This time, we will choose to believe him."

"But the sky is already bright, and the calamities in the Xuwang Mountains still haven't moved, and it’s the same for the other realms." Another eighth-order said.

"No movement is the biggest problem. Before the storm comes, it is always quiet." The person in charge of the Xuanyu Realm said in a deep voice. "Notify the front line to continue to maintain vigilance. Absolutely do not slack off because the sky is bright."

"Yes!"

Seeing this, Jian Changsheng felt a little relieved. He was just afraid that these high-level officials of the human realms wouldn't believe Chen Ling, but now it seemed they were still wise.

Jian Changsheng saw the Tang-suited figure standing by the railing, frowning and looking into the distance, and couldn't help but ask:

"Square, what do you see?"

Sun Bumian looked at the edge of the realm, golden light and blackness surging in his pupils, as if he were probing the fluctuation of auspicious and ominous qi.

His expression was incomparably solemn.

"...Nothing, nothing." Sun Bumian sighed lightly.

"No, don't sigh. Every time you sigh, I panic..." Jian Changsheng’s heart hung up again.

"If they really launch an all-out attack, can the current Xuanyu Realm hold up?" The person in charge of the Xuanyu base didn't pay attention to the conversation between Jian Changsheng and the other, but looked directly at Tian Huai.

"...Difficult." Tian Huai answered truthfully. "The consumption war over these past few months has worn down the combat power of the Mizong. If it weren't for the reinforcements sent by the Lingxu Realm and the South Sea Realm, and the help of General Jian and the others, I’m afraid we wouldn't have lasted until now...

If they really go all out and launch an impact, the probability of us being able to resist is less than 10%."

"Moreover, the Calamity of Delusion hasn't made a move yet."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, everyone fell into silence.

If the calamities in the Xuwang Mountains were the enemies that made the entire Xuanyu Realm exhausted, then the Calamity of Delusion, which had no trace to this day, was the Sword of Damocles hanging over the entire realm, keeping everyone’s spirits in a state of tension.

Over the past few months, the high-level officials of the Xuanyu Realm had hardly slept well. No one knew when the Calamity of Delusion would appear, and when the Xuanyu Realm would face a life-and-death crisis... This kind of high-risk feeling of being constantly tense was far more terrifying than facing the Calamity of Delusion directly.

"They have the Calamity of Delusion, don't we also have the Xuanyu Lord?" Jian Changsheng asked in confusion.

"Summoning the Xuanyu Lord from another time is not such a simple matter." The person in charge of the Xuanyu base shook his head. "Not only is the summoning process very complicated, but the time he can stay in this era is very short. We have already let the Master of the Tongtian Tower come to the Xuanyu Realm in advance. If the Calamity of Delusion appears in advance, we will still have time to summon the Xuanyu Lord..."

"Isn't the Xuanyu Lord right here?" Jian Changsheng pointed to the glass platform under his feet. "What if we wake him up directly?"

"Yes, he is right here." The person in charge of the Xuanyu base paused for a moment. "But once we really wake up his main body, it means he will leave the dormant state and age at an extremely fast speed, and the Xuanyu Realm... will also enter the countdown to destruction.

The Xuanyu Lord is the lifeline of this realm, and also our last trump card... When he is awakened, it means we have completely failed. This is the last resort to perish together.

Not just our Xuanyu Realm, but Cangyun and Lingxu are the same."

In Jian Changsheng’s mind, the scene of the destruction of the Jiguang Realm appeared immediately.

Yes, the current human realms were not without the qualifications to fight against the world-ending calamities, but once they used the trump card of the Nine Lords, it meant the irreversible extinction of a realm.

Without waking the Nine Lords, humanity could not defeat the world-ending calamities; waking the Nine Lords, humanity could only watch itself walk toward the abyss.

This was an unsolvable dead end.

"But the good news is that the Calamity of Delusion does not have the strong surprise attack capability like the Calamity of Breath, so we still have a chance to fight." The person in charge of the Xuanyu base seemed to notice that morale was a bit low and added another sentence.

WOOO—

A low horn sound came from afar, and everyone’s eyes froze, looking fiercely toward the direction of the front line.

At the edge of the horizon, a dense, pitch-black tide like a surging, endless sea wave was rushing toward the Xuanyu Realm, covering the sky and the earth. Its scale was several times larger than the calamities that had attacked before!

Just as Jian Changsheng had warned in advance, the calamities of the Xuwang Mountains were now pouring out in full force.

As the calamity tide surged, a hurricane mixed with foul odors swept across the sky. On the balcony on the top floor of the Xuanyu base, the clothes of several figures were blown to flutter loudly!

Jian Changsheng said in a deep voice:

"...It’s here!"

……

Tianxu Realm.

BOOM—!!

The violent skeletal giant beasts were like they had taken drugs, regardless of everything, launching an impact on the distant Tianxu Realm!

As their thick feet stepped on the earth, the soil in some areas directly sank. The electric grid landmines already laid out by the Tongtian Tower were instantly triggered, and countless hideous thunders exploded from the depths of the earth, directly blowing the giant beasts rushing at the forefront into pieces!