Dong.
The Coffin Lid flowing with aurora, was slowly pushed closed.
Under the crowd's focused gaze supporting umbrellas, Lord of the Aurora's figure was gradually shielded, until the Coffin Lid and the coffin were thoroughly tightly joined without a seam... He had already eternally fallen into slumber within it.
Along with a blood-colored slashing mark streaking across the horizon, the tossing Forbidden Sea fell into brief dead silence. Even the numerous Calamities that had always been emitting weird hissing and neighing, at this moment all quieted down, as if the outside world had already gone still.
Chen Ling didn't know what happened outside. When he turned his head looking over, only seeing that long-haired figure holding the Greatsword, currently slowly walking towards here.
Scarlet fresh blood dripped down onto the ground following the blade edge. The Suit on King of Clubs's body actually didn't stain with a single bit of filth, still straight and solemn.
She picked up the black umbrella from the ground, faintly speaking:
"How is it?"
"Recovery completed." Chu Muyun answered.
"Yes."
[10] carried Lord of the Aurora's Black Coffin on his back. The crowd didn't have a single bit of reluctance to leave, turning around then walking towards the other side of the city...
Right at this time, Tan Xin whose whole body was blood stood amidst the black heavy snow, suddenly speaking:
"Wait."
Nine black umbrellas stopped their footsteps.
"You guys clearly have already ambushed so many manpower inside Aurora City... Why not like the Ruoshui Domain, directly killing into the Aurora Base, snatching away Lord of the Aurora?" Tan Xin looked at King of Clubs, his voice somewhat hoarse. "You guys clearly have the ability to infiltrate into the Aurora Base. Taking the opportunity to kill Lord of the Aurora who hasn't awakened yet, shouldn't be some difficult matter."
King of Clubs supported the umbrella, completely didn't turn her head, only calmly answering amidst the snow:
"Although we pursue 'Reboot', but this entirely doesn't mean, we negate other people's exploration and attempts for humanity's future."
"The Aurora Domain, is not the Ruoshui Domain. Even if falling into a desperate situation, you guys still didn't give up, pursuing other possibilities on different roads, so..."
"We respect Aurora City's choice."
Her voice falling, she again didn't have a single bit of staying, straight walking forward...
The nine figures holding umbrellas, gradually disappeared at the end of the black wind and snow.
Tan Xin silently looked at their leaving figures, entirely not obstructing. After a long time, he helplessly smiled bitterly a sound, slowly leaning against the ruins sitting down.
Right at this time, he seemingly perceived something. His palm lightly lifted from the ground... Beneath the wet palm, was a piece of seawater gradually spreading in from outside the city, almost having no thickness.
The Forbidden Sea... invaded.
...
"The seawater is overflowing into the city."
Chen Ling passed through the street, discovering his feet had already been covered by a thin layer of water surface. His brows unconsciously wrinkled up.
"This is inevitable." Chu Muyun pushed his glasses. "Following the Gray Realm Convergence with Aurora City, this empty city will then become the territory of the Forbidden Sea. Humanity has no way to survive long-term in the Gray World, but to the Calamities within it, it is actually a hotbed of freedom..."
"Why doesn't Lord of the Aurora try to slaughter and extinguish the Forbidden Sea? If over three hundred years ago, a portion of thermal weapons could still be used, when Lord of the Aurora was also still at full bloom period, just taking the initiative to attack the Forbidden Sea, should still have some chances of winning right? This way, even if Lord of the Aurora's lifespan exhausted, no one could hurt Aurora City either."
Chu Muyun shook his head,
"Firstly, even if it was Lord of the Aurora's full bloom period, it's also impossible to slaughter and extinguish the Forbidden Sea... The Forbidden Sea we see nowadays, is only a small portion that took advantage of the Gray Realm Convergence to come to Earth. The Calamities living in the true Forbidden Sea, are counted in the millions.
Moreover inside the Forbidden Sea there is also a 'World-Ending' grade Calamity. Although similarly Rank 9, but fighting in the Gray World, a human Rank 9 wanting to defeat a 'World-Ending' is almost an impossible matter... Changing to another way to speak, on their territory, they are exactly invincible."
"Secondly, even if truly slaughtering the Forbidden Sea entirely, Aurora City also has no way to survive... The fundamental reason for a Realm's destruction, is because of the Gray Realm Convergence, and not Calamity Invasion."
Chen Ling didn't understand. "Is there any difference?"
"The Gray World and Earth are two completely different worlds. All matter or living creatures on Earth, in the Gray World all have no way to exist long-term.
Even if there were completely no Calamities around the Aurora Domain, as long as it's exposed in the Gray World, the people inside would gradually be polluted, appearing situations of organ failure, mental derangement, and even growing out Calamity organs, finally dying suddenly...
Items are also the same. This is also why, in some places of the Gray World one can find 'Ritual Artifacts'. Ritual Artifacts themselves are exactly items that have been exposed long-term under Gray World conditions, accidentally birthing some strange characteristics.
As for Calamities, you can understand them as the original inhabitants of the Gray World. Even if killing all the original inhabitants, you also have no way to stop the two worlds' convergence and overlapping."
So the fundamental of the problem, lies in the Gray World, and not lying in Calamities huh... Chen Ling thoughtfully nodded his head.
If the opponent was Calamities, then it was still easy to say. After all it was something that could be seen and touched. But if it was the Gray World then it was completely different. An unknown world completely not knowing why it would converge with Earth. Unless cracking the fundamental reason for the two converging, making the two separate, otherwise even if using nuclear bombs to wash the ground every day it would all be useless.
The unseen, was exactly the most terrifying.
Right at the occasion the two were speaking, a few sparse Curse Runes floated into the city from the sea surface at their feet. Resembling a school of fish that smelled bloody scent, drilling into the corpses frozen to death on the streets on both sides.
Following closely, those corpses seemingly came back to life anew. Weirdly trembling up. Their eyeballs were occupied by Curse Runes, as if there was something brewing and growing beneath them...
Pu——
Until emitting a light sound, their eyeballs all burst open. Two blood-red flirtatious and beautiful flowers, slowly bloomed in full from inside the eye sockets.
Chen Ling stared blankly in place.
"This is..."
"Forbidden Flower." Chu Muyun answered. "It is the method the Forbidden Sea Calamities use to reproduce. They will plant their own seeds into flesh and blood, little by little eating it empty, until the Calamity's cub swallows enough energy, then it will break out of the chest from within..."
"A city ruin remaining with three million corpses, to them is a superb hotbed. Looks like the quantity of Calamities in the Forbidden Sea, is going to usher in an explosive growth." [10] carrying the Black Coffin long sighed a breath.
Chen Ling's brows gradually wrinkled tight, because he saw there were quite a few Curse Runes, going towards the small building the District Three Survivors lived in... Their remains, would also become a hotbed for breeding Calamities?
"Since it's like this, why not directly destroy them?"
"You are saying these corpses? In this city there are over three million people, moreover distributed extremely widely. Even if we had the heart wanting to destroy the corpses we also wouldn't have time." Bai Ye shook his head. "Moreover King of Clubs's ability is about to be unable to support it. Very quickly massive amounts of Calamities will break the city and enter. When the time comes we will then be Unable to Move.
In short, it's not that we don't want to stop it, but rather we cannot do it. Unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless, someone can in a split second, destroy the corpses of these three million people."
Chen Ling suddenly stopped his footsteps.