Chapter 419: ?_3
He wanted to escape.
But he didn't know where to escape to.
He didn't want to die.
He couldn't die, having lived a life in a daze, serving as a fool for quite a while, causing many jokes, and even embarrassing himself in anger, he discovered at the very end that someone in this world cared about him so much.
How could he possibly die, it was impossible for him to die!
Li Yide's breathing became slightly hurried as he took a few deep breaths, forcibly calming himself down; his heart was too chaotic, it's okay, it's okay, everything would be okay.
With Chen Yi around, there wouldn't be any problems.
He just needed to hide at the very back.
No matter what he saw, he just needed to keep hiding in the back, and never, ever step forward, never step forward, never step forward, never step forward, never step forward...
Li Yide repeated this to himself countless times, as if he were afraid of forgetting this important fact.
...
"Chen Yi!"
Just as they had arrived in front of the city, before Chen Yi had time to inspect the steel-built Great Wall before him, an excited voice reached his ears. Chen Yi instinctively turned his head, only to see Jiang Chenglu in a long robe, striding towards him with some haste.
"Good, good, good!!!"
Jiang Chenglu looked at Chen Yi, unable to help but let out a long sigh of relief, "It's good that you're here, after all, you were the ultimate weapon chosen long ago. With you here, there shouldn't be a problem."
"Time is pressing, there's no time for a long chat, let's keep it quick."
"How strong are you now?"
"Strength?"
Chen Yi paused to think for a moment before responding, "Theoretically speaking, I should be an invincible being."
"How invincible? Can you kill deities?"
"Yes."
"Have you killed any?"
"I have, killed two of them, they were quite weak, died with just two slashes."
"Deity projections?" Jiang Chenglu's brows furrowed slightly, he found it hard to believe that deities could be killed off so easily, perhaps they were projections of spiritual deities, after all, he had also killed projections of spiritual deities, which even led to the first Wonder.
"They shouldn't be." Chen Yi shook his head: "According to a public announcement for all players of the Ascension game, I am the first player who has killed deities."
"..."
A flicker of astonishment passed through Jiang Chenglu's eyes, but then, without further thought, he turned and walked towards the entrance of the city wall beside him, "That's good, time is of the essence, let's talk while we walk."
"Come with me."
"You don't have to worry about your clansmen, I've already arranged for them to stay in the residential area, they won't be going to the frontline."
"After all, according to what I know, you ascended from Ninefold to Tenfold Planet in just one day and then directly moved on to Tenfold Planet after seven days. Your clansmen, without much foundation, going into battle with such little strength would be a wasted effort."
"Having you is enough."
"The situation is somewhat complex, and when I say complex, it's not that complex since it's really just a question of one enemy. If we can just kill the enemy, that would be good, but the problem now is that the enemy can't be killed, and that's a big problem."
"..."
Chen Yi, following behind Jiang Chenglu, was somewhat speechless; Jiang Chenglu had previously given off a very aloof impression, so why did it feel like he was being unnecessarily verbose this time? Weren't they pressed for time? What was he talking about?
What did he mean by the situation being somewhat complex, but not complex, yet actually very complex?
This manner of speaking brought to mind a person from his past.
He glanced at Tuberculosis Rabbit by his side.
Sure enough, a glint flashed in Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyes, seemingly sensing a kindred spirit.
...
Soon.
Jiang Chenglu led Chen Yi and the others to the highest point of the city, a small pavilion. This pavilion, also forged out of steel, looked quite sharp, reflecting a serious and solemn architecture.
Almost everything in the entire city was forged from steel, with not a hint of the feeling of life.
Of course, at this time, not many cared about a sense of life.
Compared to a sense of life, they were more concerned about whether they could continue to live.
And at that moment, there were already eight people standing in the little pavilion.
"Come, let me introduce everyone."
Jiang Chenglu stood next to Chen Yi, pointing towards the eight individuals and spoke, "These eight are the leaders of the Eightfold Planets that you forced up here, I won't go into the details of their names; even if I mentioned them, you, Chen Yi, wouldn't remember them."
"Just knowing who they roughly are is enough."
The people below believed the nonsense spoken by these eight.
But he knew it clearly, if not for Chen Yi, these individuals would never have ascended to Ninefold Planet willingly, preferring to live in constant fear, lest they accidentally hold their breaths and ascend to Tenfold Planet, rather than actively moving to Tenfold Planet.
He knew these people had been pushed to ascend by Chen Yi.
What he didn't know was exactly why these individuals were so obedient.
He could only guess a bit.
Before his ascension, there were in total ten Ninefold Planets in the Ascension game, including his Mo Clan and the other eight Ninefold Planets, but only eight had come up here, with the Kui Race missing.
Whenever he brought up the subject of Kui Race, these people would fall silent.
The strength of Kui Race was about the same as these Ninefold Planets', there was no reason why these individuals were coerced by Chen Yi into ascending, while Kui Race could hold out until the end.
If nothing was out of the ordinary, Kui Race must have been made an example of.
In other words, they must have been wiped out.
However, this suspicion was something he found hard to confirm in his heart. After all, wiping out a Ninefold Planet was a notion that seemed too far-fetched, something he found difficult to accept.