Page 444

"That really is a pity..."

Victory or defeat... had been determined in an instant!

King of Qin looked at the ice sculpture in front of him, his face seeming genuinely regretful, "I don’t know who you are, but I really didn’t want to kill you.

I’ve watched you grow up, from when you played dumb as a child, to later studying hard to enter the capital, and then changing Jiangnan with your own strength. .."

"Really, I like the Jiangnan that you’ve changed as well; it was the world I once wanted to create. I didn’t manage to do it, but you did. There was a moment when I was thinking, should I just continue down the path you’ve set? Maybe the dream I once had could still be realized."

King of Qin walked up to the frozen Chen Qing, the black ice making Chen Qing unable to move, even now that he possessed the attributes and power of the West Sea War God, Ao Zhen.

"Don’t struggle... Since you’re from the company, you should know what this is.

This is the Profound Ice from the Heavenly Extreme Abyss.

It comes from the Divine Skills of the Demon Statue, Mo Yuan.

It’s a power that can even freeze space.

It’s not just you; even the Dragon King would be meat on the chopping board if frozen by this. "

At these words, Chen Qing’s expression darkened. He had already taken him by surprise, but from the moment the other could easily enter and exit his hurricane barrier, he knew his chances of winning weren’t great; he just didn’t expect the gap to be so glaring.

The Profound Ice from the Heavenly Extreme Abyss, indeed worthy of something that nearly changed this world. He even had such a thing in hand.

Maybe... this was it?

A hint of helplessness flashed in Chen Qing’s eyes. He could feel that the other person was sincere, and the approach that the other suggested wasn’t wrong from the perspective of a modern person.

After all, to them, the humans here are nothing more than NPCs. Moreover, the other party had made sacrifices in the past and was betrayed, feeling utterly disappointed. There was nothing wrong with that...

Even for himself, he couldn’t guarantee that the people who worshipped him now wouldn’t betray him one day.

But... does that mean he should completely give up on them and let them become livestock?

Chen Qing wasn’t a saint, but he couldn’t do that.

He had lived in this world for twenty years. Mother Chen had raised him with much hardship. His brother and sister-in-law had invested half their lives in his education. They weren’t NPCs; they were his blood relatives!

The loyalty of Xuu Hu was real, the love of the people of Jiangnan was real, they were all living people, all genuine and earnest.

Should he abandon them just for something that might happen in the future?

Chen Qing couldn’t do it. He considered himself to be a sophisticated self-interested person, but he just couldn’t do it...

Watching King of Qin approaching, Chen Qing closed his eyes. Losing was also fine. If he really had to kill his friends from the development team of his previous life, he couldn’t do it either. It was better this way...

It wasn’t like he didn’t try his best; he truly tried but failed. I can’t be blamed for this, right?

Chen Qing thought this mindset was rather weak, but what could he do under these circumstances?

This was it then...

"How much longer will you keep your eyes closed?"

"Huh?"

Chen Qing was startled and when he opened his eyes again, he suddenly found that the ice encasing his body had somehow shattered, and the one who had done it all turned out to be Zi Yue, who should have been on King of Qin’s side!

"You..."

"Zi Yue?"

Both were astonished to see Zi Yue, whose whole body was enveloped in Techniques. Only then did Chen Qing see clearly that Zi Yue’s true Technique was also the Forbidden Technique of the Otherworldly Demon Statues, and it was even related to time and space!

It seems like King of Qin and his gang had gained quite a few nice things when they sealed the Otherworldly Demon Statues!

"Sorry, boss!" Zi Yue looked at him weakly: "I really didn’t know this was what you were planning. If you had said earlier, I probably would have fallen out with you long ago."

"Why?" King of Qin stared at Zi Yue fiercely: "Haven’t you given up on the human race yet? Do you forget how they treated us back then?"

"I haven’t forgotten..." Zi Yue gave a bitter smile. Back then, those soldiers who had been undoubtedly loyal turned against them at the instigation of a few conspiratorial words and because of King of Qin’s demon identity. To say it wasn’t heartbreaking would be a lie.

But over the years, the warmth of the mortal world was real. When she escaped from the Sorcerer Family, she was taken in by kind and charitable villagers. Along the way, she was treated well by many—it was real.

The people of this world were real. They had flesh and blood, kindness, and evil.

She had lived for tens of thousands of years with these people in this world.

Now you want me to treat them like livestock, allowing those from outside to slaughter and exploit them, even planning for us all to become extractors of suffering and death.

I can’t do it...

Zi Yue looked at him: "Maybe... I just wasn’t born to do great things, I just can’t be ruthless..."

"Have you gone mad?" King of Qin bellowed: "Can’t you see the situation of the people around?"

"Ali has almost no memories of the modern people left. Elder Tianji, Mister Five Poison, they can’t keep reincarnating either.

Another reincarnation, and they’ll completely lose themselves.

Don’t you understand? This isn’t just a matter of principle, it’s that we can’t afford to lose.

We’ve tried supporting the human race once, and we can’t afford to fail again.

If we lose once more, we’ll have no chance left! !"

"Ali..." Zi Yue murmured softly. Ali’s memories were now a jumble, and every time she lost her memories, her demonic bloodlust surged and she wanted to eat people. But after eating a human’s heart, as soon as she regained her memories, she suffered immensely!

Remembering her retching, wishing for death, Zi Yue’s resolve hardened once again.

"The eternal life you speak of, Ali would never want it!!"

As his voice fell, a purple light suddenly burst forth, and the black ice around King of Qin visibly melted away. Without hesitation, Chen Qing once again deployed his most familiar sword technique, slashing forward!

"Tianji!"

King of Qin roared furiously, just as a beam of white light shone down from the sky, sealing almost everyone in its grasp. Outside the hurricane, Elder Tianji had clearly activated some unknown technique, rendering Zi Yue and Chen Qing almost ashen and immobile.

"Baldy, you dare!!" Zi Yue shouted in rage.

The elder outside trembled in fear, managing a bitter smile, "Don’t make it so hard for me every time..."

"Ignore her, I won’t touch her. Once Chen Qing is killed, all our problems will be solved!"

"If you dare lay a finger on him!" Zi Yue bellowed, "I’ll skin you alive!"

"I..." Elder Tianji looked at Zi Yue, then at King of Qin, and couldn’t help but bitterly smile, "What is this mess?"

"Baldy?" Chen Qing looked at the old man outside the hurricane, the legendary Tianji, and suddenly said, "You... you’re Bai Xiaochun?"

Elder Tianji, who was about to take action, was stunned, fixing his gaze on Chen Qing, "Who are you?"

"Baldy, if you mess with Vayne again, I’m confiscating your keyboard!"

Chen Qing’s suddenly inexplicable words made Elder Tianji stand frozen in place, but seeing the light aimed at Chen Qing turn black, he dared not delay and transformed into a streak of white light, plunging directly into the light that was about to corrupt Chen Qing.

"Old Bai, have you gone mad??" King of Qin roared, and Zi Yue was also stunned!

But everything happened too fast, leaving no time to stop it. With a thunderous boom, the hurricane exploded, and Chen Qing and Elder Tianji were almost instantly sucked into a black hole-like thing!

"Chen Qing!"

Zi Yue wanted to help, but Elder Tianji hastened to shout, "Don’t come here, this is the Destiny Hole, who knows where it will transport to, it might even take us out of this world, you don’t want to risk getting caught in this too, Ali still needs you to look after her!"

The name Ali made Zi Yue abruptly stop in her tracks.

"Then why aren’t you coming out?" Zi Yue shouted anxiously, then looked around, "Where’s the boss?"

"He’s not your boss!" Chen Qing couldn’t hold back and said, "I am the boss!"

Zi Yue: "...."

Elder Tianji glanced at Chen Qing, then over at the void where King of Qin had been ejected, deeply suspicious.

In fact... he had long had his suspicions that something about the boss was off.

But the guy in front of him was also not normal. Who was the real one?

"Zi Yue, you defied the boss today. Be careful, the development team are all die-hard loyalists," Elder Tianji warned.

"Just come out!" Zi Yue said urgently.

"Can’t come out, I can only go along with this kid now.

I can’t promise I’ll be able to return, take care, and beware of the boss.

.. you should be even more wary of the ones who are about to arrive.

Since you snatched the void technique, it will come looking for you first thing when it arrives.

As for this kid, don’t worry, I’ll figure out who he really is! "

Chen Qing frowned upon hearing this; he had heard of the Destiny Hole, a truly colossal trap which could indeed transport them to another world as the other had said!

Without any hesitation, Chen Qing immediately invoked the Divine Imperial Edict.

By decree, Zi Yue shall be the North Star Great Emperor, temporarily assuming the duties of the Main God!

In an instant, with all the faith power he had just received, Chen Qing unhesitatingly used it on Zi Yue.

"What is this?" Zi Yue, sensing the robust power of faith, was momentarily flabbergasted.

"Hold Jiangnan!" With half of his head dragged into the Destiny Hole, Chen Qing shouted with great effort, "Since you don’t trust him, then guard this place for me. I will return as soon as I can. I definitely will return as soon as possible!"

Zi Yue looked at Chen Qing, a sudden realization flashing through her mind as a sliver of past memory surfaced. Pu YunChuan, that guy from her previous life, liked to put off responsibilities like this when asking her to work overtime.

Every time he needed to entertain guests, he’d leave her to stand guard while he went out to feast. Leaving her to suffer in the office, working overtime, he always said he would return soon.

However...it seemed he never reneged. He always brought her something tasty and then took over for her through the late night shift.

"Then come back quickly..." Zi Yue smiled, "I’ll only guard the first half of the night!"

I’ll only guard the first half of the night...

Chen Qing stiffened, and then he laughed. He believed her; this person was Mu Ling’er.

At the start of the project, it was always her guarding the first half of the night...

Hopefully... she would still be as reliable as she used to be...