Chapter 311: Recovery

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The moment he saw these figures, Tan Xin's face turned ugly.

"Twilight Society..."

As the Deputy Chief of the Law Enforcers, Tan Xin naturally knew about the Twilight Society. Seeing them appear here, he had roughly guessed their purpose... If he were in his prime, Tan Xin would have the confidence to fight them.

But now he was being hunted by the Forbidden Sea, his body already at its limit, and the Twilight Society appearing just now was undoubtedly the worst situation—wolves in front and tigers behind!

Carrying the Aurora Lord's corpse, helplessness and despair were undisguised in his eyes.

Moo—!!

A low roar came from behind; the two Tier-8 Calamities had already closed in on him!

Just then, the Club K in a suit had already passed through a piece of the Forbidden Sea like a ghost, her footsteps landing on the sea surface beside him as if weightless. The freezing sea breeze brushed her long hair beneath the black umbrella, revealing a cold, clear face.

Vaguely, Tan Xin could even see mysterious patterns flickering beneath her face.

The woman's voice sounded calmly:

"Put away [Stop the War]."

Tan Xin's pupils contracted slightly. He didn't know why Club K wanted to save him, but feeling the two terrifying auras coming from behind, he decisively put away his domain.

Without the suppression of [Stop the War], the surrounding Calamities immediately broke through Tan Xin's defense line, especially the two Tier-8s that had been waiting for a long time. Their power had reached its peak, carrying terrifying waves of incantations, transforming into thousands of giant hands covering the sky, pressing down from the firmament.

Club K's hand gripped into the void, and a long, dark red zanbato appeared out of thin air in her palm. The terrifying vortex caused by the blade stirring the air made the hem of her suit flap wildly!

She snorted coldly, gripped the zanbato, and her figure turned into an afterimage, charging straight toward the two Tier-8 Calamities!

Boom—!!

A thunderous roar echoed across the sea. A dark red slash, like one piercing through heaven and earth, instantly split the giant hands of the sea that covered the sky. The surging incantations froze abruptly, and then a vacuum path was torn open by sheer force!

That figure stood there, blade in hand, blocking the Forbidden Sea like a mountain!

Fine rain splashed onto the sea. Tan Xin saw this scene, his frown deepening... He could clearly feel that the aura of the tall figure holding the zanbato was already at the peak of Tier-8!

"Chief Tan Xin."

Bai Ye's voice came from the front. Eight figures in suits and leather shoes held umbrellas, calmly clearing a path to the city gate. "...Please?"

Fine rain filled the sky, making a pitter-patter sound as it hit the black umbrellas. They didn't seem worried about Club K's situation at all, just watching Tan Xin and the Aurora Lord on his back calmly, like funeral guests who had come to pay their respects.

Tan Xin hesitated for a moment before taking a step forward.

He walked step by step through the two rows of Twilight Society members, feeling an inexplicable sense of solemnity. He passed through the Forbidden Sea under everyone's gaze and returned to Aurora City, his clothes and hair soaked by the sea water.

"The earth as a coffin." Someone whispered.

[10] bent down and tapped the ruins beneath his feet with his hand. A corner of Aurora City's land was folded up like a piece of paper, turning into a thick, deep black coffin in the blink of an eye;

He curled his knuckles and tapped on the joints of the black coffin. With every tap, a long, sturdy rivet was driven into it, fixing it completely.

"The sky as a lid."

He reached out and grabbed at the sky. A corner of the sky was plucked down, kneaded and deformed in his hands like a toy. A few seconds later, it turned into a coffin lid flowing with faint aurora, which he propped up on the ground.

This magical scene fell into Chen Ling's eyes, making him feel surprised. It was his first time seeing this method of coffin-making. The sky and the earth were like toys in his hands. He wondered which divine path [10] possessed?

Tan Xin watched in confusion, not knowing what this group was up to. Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt his back lighten.

Tan Xin turned back and saw that the Aurora Lord, who had been on his back, had vanished into thin air. At the same time, among the eight figures in suits in the distance, a figure wearing a flat cap slowly placed the Aurora Lord's corpse into the newly made coffin.

"You..." Tan Xin's face sank instantly.

"Officer Tan Xin." Chu Muyun walked up to him with an umbrella and said calmly, "As the Deputy Chief of the Law Enforcers, you should have heard about us... It is better for us to give the Aurora Lord a proper burial than to let him be shattered in the Forbidden Sea. In this regard... we are professionals."

Hearing this, Tan Xin fell silent. He looked back at the chaotic Forbidden Sea outside Aurora City and ultimately did not stop them.

"Club 8." Bai Ye turned to look at the boy standing on the other side.

The boy picked up a dry branch from the ground and walked slowly to the coffin. The branch danced lightly in his hands, like a paintbrush sketching in the void.

With just a few strokes, all the blood on the Aurora Lord's body was wiped away, the large hole in his chest broken by the "Hand of Redemption" was repaired as if new, and his messy, wet clothes were meticulously put on, clean as new...

Even his extremely pale face regained a healthy, rosy color, as if he were just sleeping.

Casting the coffin, placing the body, arranging the remains—the whole process was as smooth as flowing water, completed in one go.

After doing all this, Bai Ye pressed his fingertips to the Aurora Lord's chest. Something like a data cable appeared out of thin air, the connector inserted into the Aurora Lord's chest, while the other end of the cable extended eerily into the void... leading to who knows where.

The moment the data cable was connected to the Aurora Lord's body, the red signal light on the connector began to flash, as if something was being transmitted wirelessly.

At the same time, a scorching heat came from Chen Ling's chest.

He was slightly stunned. He reached his hand to where the heat was coming from and found that the mysterious device given to him by the Red King, which he suspected was a USB drive, was actually starting to get hot!

Was the thing connected to that data cable... this?

If Chen Ling hadn't guessed wrong, that data cable was what Chu Muyun called "recovery." But he never expected that recovering the Red Star component from the Nine Lords would be done in such a modernized form... What was this? Turning the Red Star component into a data stream and transmitting it into the archived USB drive?

At least Chen Ling could see a bit of the logic, but Jian Changsheng beside him was completely confused.

He didn't understand what the data cable was for at all, and neither did Tan Xin. Just as he was frowning and preparing to ask, the red signal light on the data cable connector went out, indicating that the recovery was completely finished.

Bai Ye disconnected the data cable and nodded slightly to [10].

"Close the coffin."