Chapter 157 A Near-Death Experience

Through Qing Chen's explanation that morning, Jing Yan finally understood why Qing Chen knew that Lord Han's remaining eyeball contained the power of origin, yet still wore a worried look.

Because the prerequisite for an experiment is the support of theoretical knowledge.

And a brand new experiment requires even more extensive knowledge as a prerequisite to function.

Qing Chen only had a general idea of how to save Lord Han. The specifics of how to operate and how to break it down required a lot of preliminary preparation.

And Lord Han's eyeball, with its remnant power of origin, couldn't afford to wait that long.

"What do we do then?"

"We can only brute force our way through…"

Qing Chen gave Jing Yan a pitiful look.

Lord Han had survived repeatedly because of the vast total amount of his power of origin. His enemies always misjudged his strength, thinking one strike would be fatal.

In reality, unless his corpse was desecrated, Lord Han could always retain some power of origin.

And Bai Xiaoya's attack had come very close to desecration. If she had been any more ruthless, Lord Han wouldn't have been able to retain even a trace of his power of origin.

With such a scarce amount of the power of origin, Qing Chen's idea was to use Lord Han's eyeball, combined with the small amount of power of origin remaining in the bone powder of Little Blood Fight, to first perform a fixation of the origin's reconstruction.

Then came the most important part: cultivating the origin.

The specifics involved many things, but in terms of practical operation, it meant inserting the eyeball, mixed with Little Blood Fight's bone powder and stabilized, into the body of a test subject.

The test subject would then nurture Lord Han's eyeball.

In this way, the power of origin would slowly absorb nutrients and gradually increase.

When it reached a certain level, there would be a chance to awaken Lord Han.

But as before, how long Lord Han could live after such an awakening would depend entirely on luck, and he would have to share a body with someone else.

As the two were discussing this, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, not far away, vomited again, filling the room with a foul stench.

But no one said anything to her. After all, compared to the stench, the dead were the root of their pain.

Looking at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's pile of corpses, she had already eaten a third of it.

Jing Yan certainly couldn't bring himself to do it.

However, if he was told that eating them would increase his strength, he would definitely eat even more diligently than Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

"Shouldn't we tell them about Lord Han's matter?"

"Let's not for now… After all, there are risks involved. The best-case scenario is that Lord Han revives within your body. The next best is that you devour Lord Han, which is equivalent to you indirectly killing him again. Worse, the experiment fails, your eyes are ruined, and your body is burdened, unable to last for more than a few years. The most serious is that you and Lord Han both die."

"...Sounds ominous!"

"So, do you want to be my test subject?"

"Woof!!"

To become stronger, I'll endure it!

Moreover, I have to say, from Jing Yan's interactions, this guy Qing Chen seems very reliable!

His rigor, professionalism, and love for knowledge all show that he's someone who can accomplish great things! If it's really as he says, and he's made all the preparations, at the very least I can devour Lord Han's power!

Jing Yan automatically ignored the truly worst-case scenario, not daring to think about it. It was too scary.

It's also true that he doesn't have any means of reversing his fate. This world is fraught with crises, and the bizarre are rampant. Even villages and towns aren't safe.

He's firmly controlled by the United Council, and he has to log into the game every day.

If he doesn't want to die, he can only become stronger. If he doesn't become stronger, he'll be killed by the bizarre. There's no other solution.

Therefore, facing such a good opportunity provided by Qing Chen, a chance to overtake others on a curve, Jing Yan really couldn't bear to give it up.

While the two were talking…

Thump!!

The ground suddenly shook violently, like an earthquake.

"What's going on? What's going on?!"

"What happened?"

"Earthquake??"

Just as everyone was wondering, they soon realized that this shaking wasn't going to end anytime soon, but was a continuous tremor.

It was as if the entire Azure Silk County was undulating.

With a sinking feeling, Qing Chen immediately lay on the ground, listened for a while, and said with a grim expression, "Not good! A large group of creatures is moving on a large scale!"

"A large group of creatures?"

"It's the bizarre! If it's not villagers escaping from the refuge area, which we haven't rescued, then only a group of the bizarre has the ability to trample the ground on such a large scale!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

"Weren't the leading bizarre killed by Lord Ye? Why would they still… I understand. They're running away, fleeing Azure Silk County, right?"

"No!" Qing Chen shook his head and delivered a despairing message, "All the bizarre, all their movements, are converging towards us!"

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at Qing Chen.

They couldn't believe that this news was real.

Because it meant that they, who had just experienced a great battle, would have to brave the night rain and fight another battle with the bizarre army!

And this battle was likely to result in… complete annihilation!

They no longer had enough combat power to face the battle.

"Wha-what should we do?"

"It's over… we're all finished…"

"It's not just us. What I mean is, the villagers in the refugee area won't survive either!"

"What to do? What to do?"

Everyone looked at each other, but they were still leaderless. No one could truly stand up and take command of the overall situation.

"If all else fails, let's all escape. Save as many as we can."

Captain Wu said in a deep voice, paused, and looked at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, "You come with me. I'll protect you out of the city."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was stunned, feeling strange. "Wh-why only protect me out of the city?"

"...Because you and I are very similar. We've both changed because of certain things. I've completely transformed, while you're still on the road, like a fledgling eagle spreading its wings. As a senior, I want to give you a hand. I don't want you to die here. I hope that one day, I can see a different you. I'm sure that by then, you'll be amazing and extraordinary!"

Captain Wu said seriously.

If he hadn't seen Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu eating those rotten corpses one bite at a time, he would never have had the idea of taking Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu with him.

But now, he wanted to give Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu a chance, a chance to start over, instead of dying prematurely in Azure Silk County.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu looked at Captain Wu, then at the others. She wanted to refuse several times, but when she thought of the extreme fear of death she had experienced before, she slowly lowered her eyes.

"I'm sorry."

After saying that, she silently walked to Captain Wu's side.

Jing Yan and Qing Chen could understand Captain Wu and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's decision.

The former didn't have high martial power and could only protect a limited number of people. The latter believed that people didn't act for themselves, heaven and earth would punish them. It was excessive to demand saintly standards from others.