Chapter 1714: The Last Hope Is Actually Him?

Seeing this, a touch of joy appeared in Chen Ling's eyes.

Since the destruction of the previous world was because the Red Star shattered the Earth, triggering a civilization collapse... then he would just take the Earth that carried civilization away. This way, the Red Star couldn't trigger a civilization collapse, and this world could survive.

But Chen Ling soon discovered that his thinking was still too naive. After the Earth wandered in the universe for a long time, the Red Star appeared again. This time its orbit changed, actually intercepting the Earth flying in the universe like a tracking missile!

Thus, the Tian Shu Lord sacrificed himself again, turning into a meteor, forcibly hitting the Red Star to deviate from its original orbit, and forcibly preserving the Earth.

This was perhaps the first time in history that humanity had survived the third impact of the Red Star.

But good times didn't last long. After the Tian Shu Lord hit the Red Star away, the world seemed to return to its original trajectory. The plague began to break out, the human domain fell into chaos, but fortunately, with the joint efforts of the Nanhai Lord and Dr. Han, who had already become a demigod, the plague was forcibly suppressed...

But not long after, the Red Star descended for the fourth time...

The Earth was destroyed again.

Chen Ling looked at this scene in disbelief, as if realizing something.

So, the trajectory of the Red Star wasn't fixed... From the beginning, it was aimed at the Earth? If it didn't destroy it once, it would turn around for a second, third, fourth time...

As long as the Earth didn't perish, the Red Star would keep turning its direction until it completely blasted the human civilization it carried into pieces, triggering a world collapse!

At this moment, a terrifying thought appeared in Chen Ling's mind.

Could it be...

The Red Star had self-awareness??

It was like a very patient civilization hunter that would never stop until it completely destroyed human civilization.

If so, then no matter how humanity tried to escape, it was useless. Even if they could dodge the second, third, fourth, fifth... even the tenth, eleventh time, the Red Star would still make a comeback.

The only way to solve everything was... to completely destroy the Red Star!

Having experienced a life-and-death battle, Chen Ling's mental power had long been overdrawn to the limit. He didn't even have the strength to restart it once more, but now that he understood how powerful the Akashic Tower's function was, how could he be willing to stop here?

Inside the flickering tower, Chen Ling didn't hesitate to press his gun against his temple, and then...

Pulled the trigger!!

Bang—!

Under the effect of the [Judgment] power, Chen Ling's head instantly vanished, and he turned into a lifeless corpse, falling downward...

[Audience Expectation -50]

[Current Expectation: 46%]

Two lines of text flashed across the stage, and Chen Ling's dead body began to regenerate rapidly!

Endless red paper converged inside the Akashic Tower, Chen Ling's complete body was outlined, and at the same time, his mental power, which had long been overdrawn and consumed, returned directly to its peak state!

Without hesitation, he once again channeled the Red Star's power into his body, causing massive clouds of blood mist to explode from his form!

"Continue——!!"

Chen Ling roared, his eyes bloodshot. The ultimate power of negation was activated once more, forcibly altering the trajectory of the world-line simulation again.

In this third simulation, Chen Ling knew the key was to destroy the Red Star, so he staked everything on Xuanyujun... Xuanyujun and Tianxujun joined forces, predicting the Red Star's trajectory and creating a super-massive black hole in the deep cosmos.

But at the critical moment, the Red Star seemed to deliberately adjust its path. The black hole only tore away less than a quarter of its mass, and the remaining three-quarters still smashed the Earth into fragments.

In the fourth simulation, Chen Ling bet on Hongchenjun Su Zhiwei. Since the Red Star was matter, it must be decomposable by string theory. However, even with all their preparations, Hongchenjun could only consume less than one-sixth of the Red Star's volume...

The fifth time...

The sixth time...

Starting from the eleventh time, Chen Ling tried shifting his focus to existences beyond the Nine Lords.

He arrived at the Ancient Armory of the Military Path ahead of time to rescue Bai Qi, found him a suitable body, and helped him achieve rebirth... then bit by bit, helped him reclaim his own power.

In the final battle, Nanhaijun bestowed ultimate vitality upon Bai Qi, Wujijun transformed himself into armor to cloak Bai Qi, and Bai Qi drew the entire Ancient Armory of the Military Path, facing the Red Star alone with a single sword.

In the end, he managed to hack away one-third of the Red Star.

But the fate of humanity... remained a failure.

The eighteenth time...

The twenty-fifth time...

After witnessing the destruction of Earth countless times, Chen Ling’s mindset had become numb. He discovered that no matter how he modified the world's path, no existence capable of defeating the Red Star could emerge in this world... Whether in single combat or group battles, the best result was destroying nearly half of the Red Star.

Until the thirty-seventh negation, a development Chen Ling never expected occurred.

It was the Silver King at his peak.

This time, he did not die at the hands of the Red King. He stole the complete God-Thief Path, and after the Red Star’s second impact, he struck from the shadows, stealing all the fragments that burst forth after the Red Star was knocked away by Tianxujun.

Although in reality, only one Red Star fragment fell back to the Gray Realm, and it was small in size, there were actually many fragments produced after that impact, most of which scattered throughout the universe... But under the Silver King’s theft, these fragments were all collected, totaling an amount equivalent to three times the fragments absorbed by the Nine Lords back then.

He didn't recklessly absorb the Red Star directly; instead, he stole the power of these fragments at a high frequency and with stability. His power increased at an astonishing rate, finally reaching an unimaginable level...

Then, he began to steal other Divine Paths.

This legendary thief stole ten Divine Paths in succession, almost single-handedly severing the path of ascension for ten Divine Paths, becoming the first demigod in history to master eleven Divine Paths.

At this point, the Silver King was invincible; even three of the Nine Lords, including Lingxujun, could not defeat him when working together.

And when the Red Star returned for the third time, he did something even more shocking...

He stole the very space where the Earth was located.

The entire planet, like a sugar bean, was placed into the Silver King’s blue-black top hat. He carried the Earth with him as he walked through the deep cosmos, dodging the Red Star while continuing to steal other Divine Paths on Earth.

He single-handedly carried the Earth and dodged the Red Star’s attacks eight times. During this process, his power grew continuously. When he stole the complete eighteen Divine Paths, he seemed to break through a certain boundary and reached a realm beyond description...

This thief walking in the deep cosmos seemed to sense something and looked up toward a certain spot in the void...

That was the location of Chen Ling inside the Akashic Tower.