Chapter 1583: Trolley Problem?

Boom—!!!

When the shattered disaster bone debris splashed in front of Ji Xuan, he was stunned.

The wind howled, and a suffocating sense of oppression filled every corner of the air. A figure draped in a red opera robe descended like a god, expressionlessly smashing the enemy he couldn't defeat even with all his might into pieces with a single punch...

Ji Xuan's pupils clearly reflected all of this, including Chen Ling's calmness and casualness when throwing the punch, as if he wasn't fighting, but just gently raising his hand to crush an ant.

Chen Ling smashed the disaster in the front with one punch, then raised his arm slightly, his palm directly turning into countless scarlet paper pythons, wrapping around the other two skeleton disasters... Chen Ling's sudden move, and the World-Ending Aura he emitted, had already scared the wits out of those two disasters. They prepared to flee without hesitation, but were still entangled by the red paper.

Their massive and seemingly indestructible bodies were directly crushed into pieces one after another as Chen Ling exerted a slight force with his fingertips!

Bang bang bang—!!

The red-bottomed, black-patterned opera robe danced in the hurricane, and Chen Ling's back seemed like an unchallengeable mountain in front of those shattered super-large disasters.

So strong...

Is this what a true powerhouse is?

His future self was certainly cool, but he hadn't truly fought. But at this moment, Chen Ling's back was deeply imprinted in Ji Xuan's mind. The figure in the opera robe with red paper dancing was the synonym for "strong" in Ji Xuan's eyes.

Chen Ling didn't know that the gaze Ji Xuan was looking at him with was already full of worship. After he casually crushed these few Tier 3 disasters, he turned back to look at Ji Xuan, whose face was already as pale as paper, almost fainting.

"Are you okay?" Chen Ling reached out to support Ji Xuan's crumbling figure.

The adrenaline brought by the life-and-death situation gradually receded. After Ji Xuan relaxed, his consciousness blurred rapidly, but a heartfelt smile still curled on his blood-stained lips:

"Director Chen..."

"I can swing a sword... I can kill enemies..."

"I... will become a hero of humanity."

As his voice fell, Ji Xuan's head drooped slightly, and he fell into a coma.

Chen Ling stared at him for a moment, then gave a helpless, bitter smile... Lord Xuanyu was indeed different from ordinary people.

Chen Ling carried Ji Xuan on his back and immediately turned back to rush toward Wu Tongyuan and the others' position!

The hurricane howled in Chen Ling's ears, but because he was carrying the unconscious Ji Xuan on his back, he didn't use the violent way to speed up like before. However, as he gradually approached the drop-off point, fine cracks began to spread in the surrounding area...

Seeing this, Chen Ling's heart skipped a beat.

These cracks hadn't appeared when he came just now, and judging from the direction of the lines, the core area was exactly the direction where Wu Tongyuan and the others were... At the same time, a powerful aura surged from the distance!

After rushing closer, Chen Ling saw it clearly.

A dark, massive shadow had already occupied the center of the cracked earth at some point. Willow branches like tentacles were dancing wildly in the air, and the thick trunk was like a black, hideous divine pillar growing from the ground, embedded with eerie eyeballs...

Tier 8 disaster?!

How could a Tier 8 disaster appear here?!

Chen Ling's heart shook violently. Judging from the appearance of this thing, it was highly likely a disaster from the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest... The thing Chen Ling worried about most had happened.

In this era where Earth and the Gray Realm hadn't intersected yet, the human aura in the Gray Realm was too conspicuous. Ji Xuan had only just landed and attracted two waves of disasters within minutes. And Wu Tongyuan and the other three had been standing in place for so long, how could no disaster have noticed them?

In fact, just now, when Wen Ruoshui told him not to worry about them and to save Ji Xuan immediately, Chen Ling was worried about this problem... But because it was Wen Ruoshui's decision, he executed it without hesitation. But he didn't expect that while he successfully saved Ji Xuan this time, Wu Tongyuan and the other three were targeted by a Tier 8 disaster!

Chen Ling looked toward the tips of the willow disaster. Sure enough, two wriggling human shapes were already wrapped by willow branches, black blood seeping out from the inside out, and there was no longer any life aura inside... And on the last willow branch, the blood-covered Wen Ruoshui seemed to have reached his limit.

Seeing this, Chen Ling's pupils shrank slightly!

"Wen Ruoshui!!" Chen Ling roared, "What are you still waiting for??"

And at the same time,

Wen Ruoshui, who was hanging on the edge of the willow tree, also saw Chen Ling returning.

At this moment, the tension in his eyes finally let go. His body was violently deformed due to fractures, and the pain covered his face with sweat... But even so, he still muttered:

"4 minutes and 56 seconds..."

Chen Ling's figure was still rushing toward here. At the same time, a terrifying World-Ending Aura surged from his body, and the vast red clouds instantly shrouded the sky, like an angry, violent beast, rushing toward the Tier 8 disaster with dancing willow branches.

A familiar blue light flickered in the air.

……

Above the desolate Gray Realm.

"I've got it!" Wu Tongyuan suddenly spoke.

"There have been three groups of creatures here in total. The first group was a group of creatures with relatively light weight..."

"Cough cough cough cough..."

Before Wu Tongyuan finished speaking, a violent coughing sound came from the side. Wen Ruoshui, who had been fine just a moment ago, suddenly turned pale, and blood began to flow continuously from his eyes and nose, and he fell to the ground.

The people around were stunned, and then immediately surrounded him!

Chen Ling was the fastest. He supported Wen Ruoshui's back and held him in mid-air:

"Dr. Wen, what's wrong with you??"

Wen Ruoshui stared blankly at the sky above, a bitter smile appearing on his blood-stained face...

After two consecutive failures, Wen Ruoshui was the only one who could retain his memory. He knew which direction Ji Xuan was in, and he knew that Ji Xuan was in danger. If they acted together to save him, Ji Xuan would eventually die at the hands of the disaster; but if Chen Ling went to save him alone, the Tier 8 disaster that had been hiding nearby would kill the three of them...

Wen Ruoshui knew everything, but how could he tell Chen Ling?

On one side was the dying Ji Xuan, and on the other side were the three of them who could be killed by the Tier 8 disaster at any time. Choosing one side meant the other would die no matter what... For Chen Ling, this was no less than a brand-new trolley problem.

In the end, it was because the three of them were too weak... Now, they could only become Chen Ling's burden.

Seemingly seeing something in Wen Ruoshui's eyes,

Chen Ling spoke in a deep voice:

"Dr. Wen..."

"Dr. Wen! Look at me!"

Chen Ling's call brought Wen Ruoshui back to his senses. He saw those deep, ruby-like eyes looking at him earnestly... Chen Ling's calm and extremely reassuring voice followed:

"No matter what you saw, no matter what happened in the past, don't be afraid..."

"Tell me everything."

"Trust me, I... will settle everything."