"Where... are we going?"
Black snowflakes dotted on Chen Ling's shoulder. He took over a black umbrella handed over by Bai Ye, asking in doubt.
"Go witness the perishing of a Realm." Not waiting for Chu Muyun to speak, Jian Changsheng at the side then rushed to answer this question. "Just now they also told me like this... still insisted on wanting me to change clothes, making it all mysterious and secretive."
"Witnessing perishing?"
The doubt in Chen Ling's heart became increasingly intense.
"What do you feel, we look like we are going to do?" Chu Muyun asked.
Chen Ling sized them up for a few glances, hesitating for a moment, still probingly speaking, "Like going to attend a funeral..."
"Correct."
"Truly going to a funeral ah?" Jian Changsheng's brows locked tightly. "But whose funeral, needs the Dusk Society to come..."
Chu Muyun extended a hand, pointing at the great earth under his feet:
"We, hold a funeral for the Realm."
Hearing these few words, shock emerged on Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng's faces!
"So the matter in the rumors is fake?" Jian Changsheng's eyes widened. "Outside they all say, the Dusk Society destroyed the Ruoshui Domain, killed over four million people within the Realm, and even stole away Lord of Ruoshui's corpse..."
Bai Ye couldn't help but lightly laugh out loud.
"The strength of the Dusk Society is indeed not weak, but it doesn't mean, it can casually massacre Realms." Chu Muyun glanced at him. "However, stealing away Lord of Ruoshui's corpse is indeed true..."
"That is not called stealing away." Bai Ye shook his head. "That is called encoffining the corpse, burying with lavish honors."
"...So, the true target of the Dusk Society, is actually the corpses of the Nine Lords?" Chen Ling instantly grasped the crux.
"What is the ultimate target of the Dusk Society, do you guys still remember?"
"Reverse the Era, Reboot the World." Chen Ling and Jian Changsheng simultaneously answered.
"Right... and wanting to Reboot the World, the Nine Lords are an absolutely indispensable link. Inside their bodies, there is something of vital importance." Chu Muyun seriously said. "Only by recovering that kind of component inside their bodies, can 'rebooting' be achieved."
Hearing this, Chen Ling's mind immediately recalled anew, the secret information heard when at the Aurora Base...
Before the Great Cataclysm, the Nine Lords precisely on the journey of tracking the Red Star Fragments, suspected of absorbing the energy within the fragments, then became the subsequent "Nine Lords". Could it be the "component" the Dusk Society spoke of, was exactly the Red Star Fragments inside their bodies?
"Recovering... the Nine Lords?" Jian Changsheng was dumbfounded.
The Nine Lords were the roots of the Nine Great Realms. Any single one having a problem, all represented the perishing of an entire Realm. The Dusk Society unexpectedly wanted to recover the Nine Lords, didn't that mean thoroughly standing on the opposite side of the Nine Great Realms?
No wonder they were called lunatics, listed as humanity's highest level wanted targets... This was fundamentally exactly the public enemy of humanity in this era!
"However, usually under normal circumstances we wouldn't use military force to recover, because that usually means being enemies with an entire Realm." Bai Ye timely spoke to explain. "Generally we are all just like this time, after learning a certain Lord is about to pass away, entering the Realm in advance to make preparations, waiting for the arrival of perishing."
"Then that destroyed Realm in the rumors..."
"The destruction of the Ruoshui Domain, originated from the rebellion of their bottom-level people, and the internal strife between the higher-ups. That Realm's rules and order were not as perfect as the Aurora Domain. Saying it was a chaotic and dark savage land wouldn't be an exaggeration either... Of course, the most crucial, was still the death of Lord of Ruoshui, causing large-scale Gray Realm Convergence."
Chu Muyun faintly answered, "At the end, those people even started dividing and scrambling for Lord of Ruoshui's corpse. The Dusk Society naturally couldn't sit by and watch without caring... After killing a few people, we were then slapped with the hat of destroying the Realm."
Bai Ye shrugged his shoulders. "You know, the higher-ups of the Realms in order to deny their own dereliction of duty, and conceal the news that the Nine Lords are about to die, just like to throw the pot out... The Dusk Society as their fated enemies, is naturally the best candidate for bearing the pot."
"Of course, under normal circumstances, the Dusk Society wouldn't participate in a Realm's internal strife. To us, whether they fight, or whether they unite, it's all completely meaningless."
"To speak plainly, we are only a professional funeral and burial team..."
Chu Muyun paused for a moment,
"We conduct funerals for Realms, we encoffin the Nine Lords;"
"We witness the dusk of all living things, we pursue the dawn of humanity."
"Other things... entirely ignored."
Hearing this, Chen Ling finally understood what this was all about... So saying, the Dusk Society essentially was fundamentally not some evil organization at all. It should be considered a neutral society upholding the "Reboot" concept. It's just because the concept conflicted with the Nine Great Realms, adding that their style of doing things was easily misunderstood by people, they were then slapped with a hat of "public enemy of humanity".
"So, this time it is only the four of us, conducting a funeral for the Aurora Domain?" Jian Changsheng asked.
Chu Muyun supported the black umbrella, calmly shaking his head,
"Naturally not."
Chu Muyun's voice had just fallen. Ancient and low bell ringing, then leisurely rang out from the other side of the city!
Dang——!
Dang——!!
Dang——!!!
On the Clock Tower of Aurora City, a figure wearing a Suit, was currently using a round log frozen by ice frost, smashing the bell body one time after another time,
Fine and broken ice dregs scattered down from the giant bell surface. The low bell ringing resembled the city's dirge, echoing amidst the black heavy snow. Figures scattered sparsely everywhere in Aurora City, slowly raised their heads looking towards here.
No matter what identity they used before, what method they hid in Aurora City, this moment all meticulously changed into black Suits, opening black umbrellas, stepping onto the deathly silent icy cold streets.
They, came to welcome the dusk of this Realm.
"Change clothes, [Six of Hearts]." Chu Muyun looked at Chen Ling, taking out a black Playing Card from his pocket, handing it into his hands. "I didn't custom-make clothes for you, after all this has no meaning to you... but this Playing Card specially prepared for funerals, you should be able to use it."
Chen Ling received the Playing Card. Just getting his hands on it, he could then feel the difference in its material.
This fundamentally didn't look like cheap paper Playing Cards sold in small shops outside, but rather resembled an extremely light and thin metallic material. The obsidian-like pitch-black surface was deep and solemn. On its upper left and lower right corners, were respectively engraved a white [6], beneath was exactly a white "♥".
"This Playing Card is specially made, only will be used on major occasions... Now, is the time."
Chen Ling looked at the Playing Card in his hands, calmly nodding. Black snowflakes lightly fluttered down on his shoulder. His right hand lifted, forcefully tearing at his own chin!
Beneath the face skin, was still a same face skin, but the original clothing on his body had already suddenly changed, changing into a same black Suit, tie, and leather shoes. The style and size fit his body, outlining his slender and well-proportioned body.
Chen Ling put that Playing Card into the pocket at his chest, exposing the corner's white [6] character,
Amidst the heavy snow, the black umbrella in his hand slowly opened up...
"Let's go."