Chapter 1592: It Would Be an Honor

Gray World.

A figure in theatrical robes with a red background and black patterns sat on the back of a gecko crawling at high speed. I don’t know how long it had been, but his eyes opened slowly, and a touch of solemnity flashed in the depths of his eyes.

“Things are a bit troublesome...”

“What happened?”

Wen Ruoshui’s voice sounded from the side.

Now, on the gecko’s back, only Chen Ling and Wen Ruoshui were awake; Wu Tongyuan and Qi Muyun had already fallen asleep lying down... It wasn't that they were careless, but the continuous running, fighting, and the successive changes in the Gray World had already exhausted them physically and mentally.

Plus, the gecko didn't jump around like the toad on the side; it crawled very steadily. And because of the surging aura of the two Ghost Mockery Abyss poison heads, the surrounding calamities didn't dare to approach at all. This journey could be said to be calm and peaceful.

“I just exchanged thoughts with Yang Xiao and the others. They can’t open a fixed-point channel to go back right now... Whether we can go back depends on ‘fate’,” Chen Ling said slowly.

For Wu Tongyuan and the others, this was undoubtedly shocking bad news, but Chen Ling wasn't too panicked at this time. After all, he had "Fate Weaving" in his hands, and guiding one of the channels to "just happen" to open to the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest wasn't too difficult.

But before this, Chen Ling had always used this ability on some relatively small and specific event developments. This time, using "Fate Weaving" on such a large scale, the effect was still unknown... It was a pity that his skill was currently still at the seventh order. If it were eighth-order Fate Weaving, perhaps the probability of success would be greater.

“Ah?” Wu Tongyuan, who was woken up by the two people’s conversation, heard this bad news, and his sleepy drowsiness was replaced by shock. “What do you mean??”

Chen Ling described the current situation simply, and everyone’s expressions suddenly became extremely ugly.

“In such a big world, opening nine random doors? This probability is too low, right?”

“Indeed,” Chen Ling replied truthfully. He glanced at Wu Tongyuan, and then added a sentence inadvertently, “It’s a pity... if only the probability could be increased.”

As soon as this sentence came out, Wu Tongyuan was stunned, then lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

“In this situation, my ability shouldn't be able to play any role,” Wen Ruoshui sighed lightly. “If it were just us, it would be fine. I could increase the chances of trial and error through restarting... But the coverage of my ability is limited. No matter what, I can’t affect Dr. Yang and the others. In other words, I can’t restart with him and those nuclear weapons.”

This sentence reminded Chen Ling, and he couldn't help but ask in return:

“Dr. Wen, if... I mean if, under some specific circumstances, is it possible for you to cover the entire world with your ability? Let the world restart.”

This sentence made Wen Ruoshui stunned.

“World? What is your definition of the world? Is it Earth, or... the entire universe?”

“Is the entire universe possible?”

“Of course not, the universe is infinite.”

Wen Ruoshui shook her head without hesitation.

“Then what if you only restart Earth?” Chen Ling continued, “Of course, there’s also that Red Star.”

Wen Ruoshui thought for a moment. “Restarting Earth, the future me might be able to do it... but restarting the Red Star is very subtle. After all, it is a star. If it is not on Earth, my ability cannot cover it, so I cannot restart it... Unless, when I trigger the restart, it happens to pass by Earth.

In that case, I could restart Earth and it together to a certain node in the past where they both existed.”

A glimmer of light flashed in Chen Ling’s eyes.

Wen Ruoshui’s sentence provided Chen Ling with a key piece of information... The Era Archive could not restart the entire universe. The restarts so far had actually been restarting Earth and the Red Star that brushed past it. And the node for restarting the world had to be chosen at the moment the Red Star passed by Earth again, and it could only return to the moment when the Red Star and Earth existed together.

No wonder in the memory of the previous generation’s Red King, it was mentioned that when he restarted the world, it was when the Red Star returned. Chen Ling thought it was a coincidence, but now it seemed that this was a necessary condition for completing the restart.

In other words, if Chen Ling wanted to restart the world, he had to wait for the Red Star to descend on Earth for the third time?

“That’s right, that’s it,” Chen Ling looked at Wen Ruoshui. “Can you restart Earth and the Red Star together?”

“How far back do you want to restart?”

"About three hundred years."

“？”

Wen Ruoshui laughed in spite of himself. "Director Chen, are you joking? Even if I were incredibly powerful—a hundred times more powerful than the current Dr. Yang—it would be impossible to restart time that far back, wouldn't it?"

"And what if we used nine complete portions of Red Star Will as a catalyst?"

Wen Ruoshui froze.

He looked at Chen Ling for a long time, as if he had realized something. His gaze shifted from initial confusion to complexity, and then he fell into deep, serious thought.

"If... if the power of all nine of us were combined and used entirely for the restart... it might be possible... but..."

"But what?"

"It's just that the Red Star Will within us cannot be stacked under normal circumstances," Wen Ruoshui paused for a moment. "Unless we die."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Muyun, who had just woken up, stood frozen in place.

"What do you mean, die?"

"...Nothing." Chen Ling waved a hand at him.

Chen Ling turned back and found Wen Ruoshui looking at him with a complex expression... Back during the tent meeting, Wen Ruoshui had already discovered that Chen Ling did not belong to this era and that he carried the scent of his own power.

If he hadn't understood how Chen Ling arrived in this era before, he couldn't possibly fail to realize the truth behind everything after Chen Ling's question just now... Wen Ruoshui was even smarter than Chen Ling had imagined.

Wen Ruoshui knew the principle behind restarting the world, and he knew the price they would have to pay. In other words, he had already caught a glimpse of the future.

To restart a world three hundred years in the past, one needed to collect the Red Star Will of all nine Sovereigns. And as the foundation for all of this, he, Wen Ruoshui, would have to be the first to sacrifice himself in the future.

Chen Ling deliberated for a long time, wanting to take the initiative to say something to Wen Ruoshui.

The next second,

Wen Ruoshui spoke first:

"I know what you want to say, Director Chen... and I also know why you took the initiative to approach me."

"We already made a vow in the tent earlier. Since that's the case, I will definitely cooperate with all my might... Once I return, I will find a way to help you make this happen."

"In short..."

"To be able to become the final line of defense for human destiny, I, Wen Ruoshui... am honored."