Chapter 1586: Heading to the Turbid Forest

If that King of Calamities discovered that there was another "self" in the current Gray World... Heh, that would be a huge problem.

Chen Ling absolutely did not want to alert the Mockery Calamity of this world. If that guy discovered his existence and found that a version of itself from another world had started to become a "human," heaven knows what it would do.

The good news was that after the bone-cleaving knife released its aura, the first to respond in the vicinity were the toad and the gecko. They seemed to be active nearby, and upon smelling a "colleague's" call for help, they rushed over immediately...

The bone-cleaving knife felt very fortunate that out of the five great poison heads, it had summoned the two most foolish and easily deceived ones.

Chen Ling’s gaze swept over these two poison heads.

The gecko was still the Bi Yi he knew... but this toad was not the Chan Yi in Chen Ling’s memory.

Chen Ling becoming king in the Ghost Mockery Abyss was something that happened over three hundred years later, and the poison heads of the Ghost Mockery Abyss operated on a life-and-death elimination system. This meant that Chan Yi had challenged and killed this eighth-order toad in the future, becoming the new toad poison head. In Chen Ling’s conjecture, this was quite reasonable.

But Bi Yi... in these three hundred-plus years, had no other insect been able to defeat it?

Just how strong was this guy??

“Get up.” Chen Ling said indifferently.

However, even with Chen Ling’s command, the toad and the gecko remained sprawled on the ground, not daring to make a move.

Chen Ling narrowed his eyes, thinking, just how violent must the Mockery Calamity of this world be? It had scared these two insects to this extent... He lowered his voice, and the world-ending aura surged again:

“This King told you to get up, did you not hear me?!”

At this, the two poisonous insects finally stood up tremblingly, not even daring to look Chen Ling in the eye, only stealing glances from the corners of their eyes... except for the gecko, whose gaze had been dull from start to finish, like a fool.

The toad seemed somewhat confused. Wasn't their Great King drinking in the Ghost Mockery Abyss? How did he suddenly get here? He had even changed his clothes and was speaking a strange language... and his aura seemed to have weakened as well.

“Director Chen, are they two... your... friends?”

Wu Tongyuan held back for a long time, not knowing what word to use, and finally squeezed out "friends."

“No.”

With the two poison heads present, Chen Ling naturally couldn't tell them too much, so he just shook his head vaguely.

“How is the kid Ji Xuan?” Qi Muyun walked directly forward.

“His life is not in danger; he just overextended his mental energy and passed out.”

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Director Chen, you actually really did it.” Wen Ruoshui couldn't help but exclaim, “I thought we would have to come back at least one more time...”

Chen Ling didn't say anything, just smiled slightly.

“So what do we do next?”

“Since we’ve finally entered the Gray World, we have to go to the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest... Chu Changqing is still there.”

“Right! Old Chu!” Qi Muyun immediately asked, “Old Chu has been dragged into the Gray World for so long, we have to bring him back.”

Wu Tongyuan hesitated for a long time before he couldn't help but ask:

“But... it’s been so long, is he really still alive?”

The few of them had entered the Gray World and were almost torn apart by several waves of calamities in just a few minutes. Theoretically, Chu Changqing, having been dragged into the Gray World for so long, shouldn't even have bones left.

“If it were anyone else, maybe not... but his biological adaptability is too strong. Perhaps he could survive by assimilating the calamities.” Chen Ling paused for a moment, “And, in all likelihood, he is in the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest.”

At the time, Chu Changqing was taken away by the Turbid Calamity itself. Chen Ling didn't think Chu Changqing could easily escape that forest.

“Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest?”

Everyone was a bit confused when they heard the name.

“Are the calamities there more powerful than the ones just now?”

“There should be eight or nine calamities like the ones just now in the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest... and there are even stronger ones.”

Everyone gasped!

“However, it’s not that we don’t have a chance.” Chen Ling glanced at the toad and gecko on the side, as well as the red and black theatrical robes fluttering on his body, and looked in a certain direction.

“It’s just... we don’t have much time left.”

Chen Ling’s operation time was only 24 hours, and taking Wu Tongyuan and the three others across the Gray World to the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest was a fairly long process... Fortunately, with the toad and gecko, the travel time could be significantly shortened.

Everyone didn't delay at all and immediately set off with Chen Ling. Under the pressure of the "Great King's" aura, the two poison heads naturally didn't resist, allowing the three to climb onto their bodies.

Before leaving, the toad prostrated its body and swept its gaze toward the ground not far away; there seemed to be something more in its eyes.

Several minutes after everyone left,

A small toad jumped out silently from the ground.

It looked in the direction Chen Ling and the others had left, then turned and charged straight toward the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

……

“Mm... everything is ready.”

“……”

“The meeting is about to start, and most of the high-level officials are here this time... I will make it clear.”

“……”

“There’s no time for too many preparations and contingency plans. You can hear it anyway, so we can be flexible if necessary.”

*Snap*—

A cool evening breeze brushed past Lu Xun’s hair. As he hung up the phone, stars twinkled silently above the gloomy sky.

Lu Xun took a deep breath, glanced at the countdown on his phone screen, and walked straight toward the building behind him.

Not long ago, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei had already spoken with him on the phone.

Just as Yang Xiao said, this time they needed to use the power of the nation to open a channel to the Gray World for Chen Ling. Lu Xun believed that although the global nuclear war had basically ended, the country must still have some hidden nuclear weapons... Besides, if they already had the technology for Otherworld Tail Waves, they wouldn't need Yang Xiao to make a special trip overseas to snatch one.

Currently, they had split into three groups: Su Zhiwei went directly to Wushan Town to prepare, Yang Xiao set off overseas first just in case, and Lu Xun was responsible for negotiating with domestic personnel to strive for support...

And when Lu Xun pushed open the door to the conference room, several figures were already communicating with each other. In addition, many more figures appeared on the screen in the center of the room, participating in the meeting remotely.

“Dr. Lu, you called this emergency meeting—what exactly is the matter?” Seeing Lu Xun enter, one figure immediately asked.

“That’s right... the international battlefield is tense and complex right now. We don’t have much time to give you, so be quick.”

“Dr. Lu, let’s take this opportunity to have a good talk about you guys. The overseas battlefield really needs you right now.”

“……”

Lu Xun didn't sit down but stood by the table, his gaze slowly sweeping over these figures...

“Everyone, what we are about to discuss is more urgent and severe than the war...”

“What we are discussing is the life and death of all humanity.”