MCL CH127

Chapter 127: “Are you begging me to save humanity…”

Lin Xi could clearly feel Yan Xingzhou’s movements slow down. When he looked up again, he met those black pupils directly, fixedly, even his breathing stilled.

The taste of blood still lingered in their mouths. Both of their lips were broken, and the mingled blood was indistinguishable.

“You…” When Yan Xingzhou spoke, there was clearly a hint of hesitation.

Lin Xi watched him the whole time, clearly capturing the momentary astonishment in his expression, as well as the cautious probing.

He obviously hadn’t completely returned to reality.

He didn’t remember who he was.

But even though he didn’t remember, he still felt something in the dark.

Lin Xi calmly watched the change in Yan Xingzhou’s expression, a deep emotion in his eyes.

[See! This is the normal reaction of a human seeing you.]

[Hee hee hee, facing a monster like you, even your dear President Yan is no exception.]

[What’s the use of pretending to be helpless usually? Now, this is his truest inner reaction.]

“I know, I don’t need you to remind me.”

Lin Xi replied calmly in his mind. He was about to get up when, the next moment, he was grabbed tightly.

Glancing at Yan Xingzhou’s expression, he instantly understood. “Yo, it seems President Yan has finally remembered?”

“…” Yan Xingzhou didn’t answer, but with a pull, he brought Lin Xi straight into his arms. “Just now, I’m sorry.”

The expression on Lin Xi’s face froze imperceptibly for a moment, then he laughed. “What’s there to be sorry about? You’re human too, you have instincts. In that situation where you didn’t remember who I was, the fact that you didn’t just blast me with your ability already makes me feel very flattered.”

Yan Xingzhou held him tighter. “No, no matter what you become, I should have recognized you at first sight.”

Lin Xi found it amusing. “Are you sure? Looking at how you were when you were trapped in your memory confusion, I think being able to remember who you are is already something to be thankful for.”

Yan Xingzhou looked up and kissed him lightly. “Even if I forget who I am, I must recognize you in all your forms.”

“President Yan, your demands on yourself are a bit too harsh.” Lin Xi was thoroughly amused. He looked down at Yan Xingzhou’s pale face, his Adam’s apple rolling slightly. “Or should I interpret this as, the first thing you do when you wake up is to seduce me?”

He moved closer, his fingertips pinching Yan Xingzhou’s chin and lifting it slightly. “Or is this also part of your honey trap? After all, lust clouds judgment. After luring me to bed, it would be convenient for you to absolve yourself of your previous crimes?”

“…”

Yan Xingzhou let that hand wander around his collarbone, then further down, unbuttoning his collar bit by bit, without any resistance. “…When it comes to being held accountable, I never have any illusions.”

Lin Xi let out a low laugh. “Tell me, what exactly happened?”

Actually, Lin Xi could roughly guess Yan Xingzhou’s thoughts on choosing to come and assist. In a way, all ability users in the world rise and fall together. This crisis in Country A, in terms of numbers, far exceeded the Super S-rank rift of the past. Before knowing to what extent it would evolve, resolving the crisis in a timely manner was the safest choice.

However, Yan Xingzhou was clearly aware of his recent ability condition. Even if the time flow inside and outside the contamination zone was different, he should have made his own judgment the first moment he discovered his ability was unstable and retreated from the front line in a timely manner. Yet the final result was—he still completely lost control inside.

During this period, something unexpected had clearly happened.

“I saw Abyss,” Yan Xingzhou answered. “When I found my ability situation was not stable enough, I planned to go out and contact Shen Nanyang. But during the tide of contaminant attacks I encountered at that time, I saw that Abyss again.”

[Not surprising at all. That dog pervert is indeed here.]

[This makes perfect sense. This guy has always held grudges, haggling over every penny. He took such a big fall at your hands last time, he must get it back twofold from your man.]

Lin Xi frowned slightly. “If you really wanted to leave, with that S-rank contaminant, he shouldn’t have been able to stop you.”

“I could indeed leave, but at that time, a completely open rift suddenly appeared behind Him. The number of contaminants that came out of it was far beyond our expectations. If I had left, there would have been no time to wait for reinforcements. In less than a day, the front line would have been completely lost.” Yan Xingzhou’s hoarse voice became even deeper. “I originally thought Primo would quickly notice the situation here and arrange for reinforcements. I didn’t expect to wait…”

“You didn’t expect to wait until your ability completely lost control?” Based on Yan Xingzhou’s description, Lin Xi almost understood what had happened in the frontline contamination zone. At that time, when they hadn’t yet noticed the abnormal time flow, these top ability users had clearly gone through a bitter battle.

But the result of this bitter battle made him unable to help but laugh. “So in the end, it became what I saw. In order to support this difficult siege, you ended up overusing your ability, leading to a complete loss of control. And at the same time, because you became a hidden danger, after winning this difficult victory, you became the next target to be ‘dealt with’ by your ‘comrades’?”

Before Yan Xingzhou could speak again, Lin Xi made a gesture for him to wait. “Let me ask something first.”

Yan Xingzhou said no more.

Lin Xi spoke faintly in his mind. “Calamity~”

[…Don’t suddenly call me like that. I always feel like it’s nothing good.]

“How could it be? I just thought of something and wanted to ask.” Lin Xi had no intention of treating this King of Contaminants as an outsider. “Aren’t you very familiar with that Abyss? Tell me, what’s with that rift that appeared behind Him at that time? He shouldn’t have the ability to summon rifts, right?”

[Mmm, how should I put it? He indeed doesn’t, but that doesn’t mean other contaminants don’t.]

Lin Xi noticed the voice getting softer and softer towards the end of the sentence and raised an eyebrow. “So in your initial plan to invade Earth, the main role of ‘Suture’ was for this?”

[Huh~? I don’t know what you’re talking about!]

Calamity clearly intended to play dumb, but was soon screaming under an invisible tearing sensation. [Aaaah stop! Stop it, you madman! If my crystal core shatters, it won’t do you any good either—! Don’t, don’t do this, I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything!]

Dense blood vessels instantly appeared in Lin Xi’s vertical pupils. He just smiled with satisfaction. “Good, I’m glad you’ve finally realized your current position. Come on, speak.”

[…]

A moment later, Calamity spoke unwillingly. [Actually, you’ve already guessed it, haven’t you? Abyss can suture all things. He can also suture the worlds inside the rifts together. His own ‘patchwork world’ with its low aesthetic sense is a ready-made sample. So if we were to completely settle on Earth, His ability would be a very good method of introduction.]

[To put it more simply… using the rift openings of other contaminants that are about to fully open as teleportation points, all the worlds inside are sutured together. This way, even if humans have powerful combat forces, as long as one rift opening enters a fully open state, they are destined to be unable to stop our arrival.]

Lin Xi: “Our?”

[Cough, their! Their!]

Only then did Lin Xi continue to ask with satisfaction, “Then, how do you ensure that the fully open rift openings appear in the desired locations?”

[That depends on the specific operation.]

Calamity told him everything it knew. [If I were still around, of course, I would have my own methods. But now that I’m on the same side as you, even if I go back, they probably won’t recognize me anymore. So according to your dear President Yan’s description, the one leading them now should be ‘Wuyu,’ ability—’Anchor.’]

[Meow meow meow? Why aren’t you talking anymore?]

[It seems you’ve also realized that struggling is useless. You humans are destined to be completely finished!]

“Whether humanity is finished or not is still unknown, but I finally know why Shen Nanyang is in such a hurry to solve the problem of ordinary people’s awakening.”

Lin Xi smiled silently. “Once the contaminants really invade collectively in this way, unless all ordinary people are cleared out in advance, otherwise, just the resulting layer of contamination radiation, just dealing with the problem of mutation, would be enough to cause a huge headache. No, it’s not just the problem of mutative diseases.”

Lin Xi looked up at Yan Xingzhou.

Putting aside the outcome of the battle, the intensification of contamination radiation affects not only ordinary people but also ability users.

The situation of losing control of abilities will also become more frequent.

There was no need for Lin Xi to speak. Yan Xingzhou had clearly understood the meaning of this glance. “It seems there’s very bad news.”

“More than just bad, it’s terrible.”

Lin Xi gathered his thoughts, considering how to begin, when someone knocked on the door of the isolation room.

Lin Xi straightened up, putting some distance between himself and Yan Xingzhou. “Come in.”

Shen Nanyang pushed the door open and entered, his eyes immediately falling on Yan Xingzhou’s somewhat disheveled clothes. “…President Yan is awake.”

“Mhm,” Yan Xingzhou replied, also glancing at the expression on Shen Nanyang’s face. “There seems to be an unusual amount of bad news recently.”

Shen Nanyang didn’t respond, turning to look at Lin Xi. “The Global Ability General Administration has issued an emergency summons. The X-rank ability users have collectively fallen into crisis, requesting urgent global reinforcements. The news was released half a minute ago. For now, no country has given a clear reply.”

Lin Xi and Yan Xingzhou silently exchanged a look.

It seemed that the situation was changing a bit faster than they had imagined.

Glancing at Shen Nanyang’s pale face, Lin Xi smiled and raised an eyebrow. “A perfectly normal result. If there’s a crisis that even all the world’s X-ranks can’t handle, sending anyone else in would just be like the gourd babies trying to save their grandpa—purely sending them to their deaths.”

He didn’t beat around the bush, but the expression on his face became even more playful. “So, Professor Shen, in coming here this time, are you begging me to save humanity?”

Shen Nanyang did not avoid his gaze. “I know this is not appropriate…”

“Bang—!” The door of the isolation room was opened from the outside again.

Before anyone could look, Gu Beiqiu’s voice had already come in. “Of course it’s not appropriate!”

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