Chapter 972: Gray Angel

"Calamity of Taboo..."

Seeing that familiar deep-sea monster, Chen Ling's pupils contracted slightly.

Chen Ling was currently in an era archive. This Calamity of Taboo before him was definitely not the one from the Nine Lords era he had seen... but the Calamity of Taboo of this era!

But at this time, the Gray World shouldn't have intersected with Earth yet. How could the world-ending disaster of the Forbidden Sea appear here???

"What... what is that thing?!"

Yang Xiao and the other two felt as if they had entered the gray world. The seawater beneath their feet churned, and the monster from the bottom of the deep sea roared, approaching them bit by bit, as if to swallow them whole!

Yang Xiao and the others were of too low a rank, and Shen Nan was just an ordinary person. Before the "world-ending" killing intent, they were as insignificant as ants at the foot of Mount Tai.

The world-ending pressure, mixed with the freezing wind from the Forbidden Sea, instantly froze the bodies of the four. Their faces turned deathly pale, and they collapsed to the ground uncontrollably. Their life force was like a candle in the wind, seemingly about to be blown out at any moment.

Especially Shen Nan; his skin had already turned an unnatural red, and his eyelashes and lips were covered in frost. He trembled, trying to put the mask back on, but under the pressure of the Calamity of Taboo, as an ordinary person, he couldn't even move his little finger...

Roar—

The low growl from the Forbidden Sea echoed in everyone's ears.

This was the oppressive feeling of one of the strongest creatures in the other world, directly plunging the four into an abyss of despair.

Just as their consciousness was about to blur, a vermilion figure flashed in front of them. He glared at the Calamity of Taboo that seemed to be crossing the void, and took a deep breath...

"—Get out!!!"

Pairs of angry scarlet eyes opened from the void behind Chen Ling. The other "World-Ender" hidden within his body seemed to sense the provocation of the Calamity of Taboo and launched a counterattack.

In the horrified eyes of Yang Xiao and the others, Chen Ling was surrounded by countless scarlet eyes, and a world-ending aura, even more oppressive than that of the Calamity of Taboo, erupted from him!!

Thud—!!

The Forbidden Sea, which had almost swallowed everyone, was instantly roared into a hideous giant hole. The monstrous waves exploded with the Calamity of Taboo at the center, as if an invisible hand had forcefully pressed down on its head, pushing it back beneath the sea surface!

Almost simultaneously, the aura of the Land of Divine Sacrifice was forcibly cut off. The gray in the sky retreated like a tide, and the corner of the other world that had been forcibly connected to Earth completely disconnected, disappearing into the void.

The cold wind wailed.

Cold rain once again shrouded the earth.

In front of the dilapidated cabin, four figures lay on the ground, breathing painfully. They looked in disbelief at the theatrical-robed figure who also exuded the aura of a world-ending monster. The air fell into a dead silence.

The scarlet eyes behind Chen Ling gradually faded, and he finally recovered from the impact of the aura. Beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, and his face was as pale as paper...

"Director Chen... you..." Lu Xun's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Lu Xun didn't know what to say. Beside him, Yang Xiao also opened his mouth, wanting to speak but stopping.

The image of Chen Ling in their hearts had always been mysterious and full of kindness. It was precisely because of this that even though the 749 Bureau insisted that Chen Ling was some "Ghost-Chao World-Ender," they didn't believe it at all.

But the aura Chen Ling had just exuded definitely did not belong to a human; it was the aura of a monster, just like that deep-sea giant.

Shen Nan lay on his back on the ground, seemingly still unable to recover from the scene just now.

"The gray world..."

"So... what I saw at that time was real..."

Shen Nan closed his eyes, his memory seemingly returning to that great earthquake... After he fainted in the ruins, he had a dream. He heard many people praying to him, and after all the prayers ended, he saw a gray world in a trance.

That world was dead and desolate, with no humans to be seen, only countless strange and hideous creatures. And in the deepest part of that world, he heard a voice...

Perhaps because that world was too far away, Shen Nan couldn't hear what the voice was saying, but he could vaguely feel that it was the voice from the depths of the Gray World that had summoned his consciousness there.

At that time, Shen Nan was muddled and didn't know what had happened, but he tried his best to see the owner of that voice...

In the end, he saw it... even if it was just a blurry outline.

It was a six-winged gray angel.

After that, Shen Nan's consciousness detached from the gray world. When he woke up in the hospital, he couldn't tell if it was reality or a dream... He wasn't sure if such a terrifying world really existed in this world.

But the moment the Calamity of Taboo appeared, Shen Nan was certain that everything he had seen at that time was not a dream.

"...Are you all okay?"

Chen Ling stood in the rain, looking back at the four people lying on the ground, his hair already soaked by the rain.

Shen Nan staggered up from the ground and immediately asked:

"What was that just now?"

Chen Ling was silent for a moment. "I said, in the near future, there will be a gray world that drags Earth into the abyss... That was the Gray World."

"Gray World..." Shen Nan muttered to himself.

"Director Chen." Lu Xun calmed his mood and still asked, "What was that you just did..."

Chen Ling knew what he wanted to ask, but at this moment, he had no heart to explain the Chao disaster, and he hadn't even sorted out his own relationship with the Chao disaster. He just answered vaguely:

"Nothing, everyone has their own secrets, don't they?"

Without waiting for Lu Xun to ask further, Chen Ling waved his hand:

"I'm tired... I want to be alone for a while."

After saying this, Chen Ling turned and walked into the rain.

——00:03:45。

Watching Chen Ling's departing back, Yang Xiao, Lu Xun, and Su Zhiwei looked at each other, finally shook their heads, and walked into the house.

Shen Nan watched Chen Ling's departing back and the fragments of the Nuo mask on the ground, a deep sense of loss appearing in his eyes...

Chen Ling had failed after all.

If it were just a problem with the Nuo mask or the God-Sacrifice Dance, Shen Nan would have been confident in helping Chen Ling solve it. But now he discovered that he couldn't understand what Chen Ling was facing at all... He didn't even know why Chen Ling failed, or why he had attracted the Gray World and that terrifying monster.

Perhaps his path was truly impossible to replicate, and there would never be a second [Nuo] in this world.

Shen Nan's fists clenched tightly, then helplessly loosened. Just as he was about to leave, a crisp ringtone suddenly sounded from his pocket...

Shen Nan took out his phone and pressed the answer button.

"...Hello?"

……

Under the gloomy dark clouds, Chen Ling walked alone along the deserted country road.

The rain soaked his theatrical robe and slid down his cheeks, cold and damp, but he didn't care at all... His thoughts were entirely on the Gray World that had just descended.