Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 270: Chapter 125 Rescue_2

After hearing the doll’s voice, Li Yelai felt the vibrations, which were actually caused by some stirred-up remnants of the insect swarm.

If the doll used this trick on the battlefield, shouting in the Void Realm, it would likely send both the insect swarm and the human warriors into a state of fear.

Therefore, she seldom made a sound in the Void Realm.

Even if she did make a sound, her colleagues were unable to understand it.

However, after a brief moment of fear, the colleagues who received her voice were able to pinpoint the doll’s location.

”I’ve received it, I’m on my way to rescue you,” a Ye Boshou teammate responded through the Void Realm, ”Please wait patiently.”

Li Yelai breathed a sigh of relief. Had the doll’s rank not been high enough, he, still at his Third Awakening, really would have found it hard to escape from here.

Indeed, he could hear his colleagues’ voices, but he was unable to respond to them.

”Thank you so much, otherwise I reckon I would’ve died under the boulder. Even if I survived, I wouldn’t have been able to notify my team,” Li Yelai thanked her again.

Now, he had even used a transaction with Mr. Shadow; unless he risked using a Face, he really couldn’t escape.

”Then let’s have a few more meals together,” the doll’s eyes curved up.

Li Yelai nodded and then asked, ”Doll, do you have any more lighting bombs?”

The doll looked puzzled: ”Lighting bomb?”

Then, she rummaged through the trench coat she was wearing and shook her head, ”No more.”

”Alright,” Li Yelai said helplessly while looking at the lighting bomb on the ground nearby that was gradually going out, ”I guess we’ll just have to feel our way through the dark to survive.”

A gleam flashed in the doll’s eyes as she looked at Li Yelai and said, ”Xiao Ye, are you afraid of the dark?”

”Not really,” Li Yelai responded, ”How about you?”

The doll reached out and took hold of Li Yelai’s wrist, whispering, ”I’m a little afraid of the dark...”

The doll was afraid of the dark?

A powerful Captain Level Spiritual Ability User afraid of the dark was quite a large contrast.

Those insect swarms crushed by the doll probably had something to say.

And as the light gradually dimmed, Li Yelai heard the soft whisper of the girl beside him: ”So, don’t stray far from me, okay?”

It sounded like a plea, but also like a vow.

”Don’t worry,” Li Yelai responded, as he and the doll faced the onset of darkness together.

In the dark, Li Yelai felt the girl beside him clutching his wrist tightly, unwilling to let go.

”At a time like this, it would be nice to see the starry sky,” the girl said softly, looking up at the dimly lit rock wall.

”But it seems we can’t see many stars in the Giant City,” Li Yelai replied, ”Maybe we’d have to try our luck in the wilderness. Jing Lin mentioned the starry sky up north is prettier, but I don’t know if it’s true... Isn’t it all the same sky? I suspect that kid is just bragging...”

The doll’s gaze, however, traveled back through the years and rested on a memory from over a decade ago.

A young version of herself walked across the wilderness, under the stars.

Alone she wandered, stumbling along, with only the starlight for company.

And now, she was no longer alone.

That was enough, more than enough.

Thinking this, she turned her head to look at Li Yelai, who was bustling with chatter and somewhat ruining the mood.

She wasn’t exactly very afraid of the dark, and having consumed a certain Extraordinary Spiritual Fruit, she had gained some night vision capabilities.

The pitch-black environment made her braver, allowing her to brazenly stare at Li Yelai’s profile.

Looking at the chattering Li Yelai, a smile emerged on her face.

Perhaps... she could be bolder?

With that thought in mind, she slowly leaned closer to Li Yelai’s cheek.

But then she heard a series of train whistles and roaring sounds.

The next second, a cave suddenly opened in the distant rock wall, and a blinding beam of light shone through the darkness.

That was the head of an ancient train, ominously piercing through the rock wall.

Sure enough, it was Li Yelai’s old ride... the train! A Class B Forbidden Item, the Netherworld Train!

The officials had actually sent the Netherworld Train to rescue the two, right, such a taboo item that can safely tunnel through underground passages, was indeed the best rescue tool!

Li Yelai was overjoyed, while the Doll turned her head away with an expressionless face, her ears slightly reddening.

He didn’t notice, did he?

”Doll, Night General, we’re here... damn!” A Processor jumped off the train, but was affected by the Doll’s curse and leaped back sharply, slamming his head into the rock wall.

Some Spiritual Ability Users were stunned by the sight of the biomass blood river, a mix of shock and joy. Those critically injured had hope for rescue.

Other Spiritual Ability Users asked Li Yelai if the curse that was a killer of vehicles was still on him. The Netherworld Train seemed a bit scared.

In short, the scene was somewhat chaotic for a time.

...

On the other hand, the news that No.3 Border City had suppressed Disaster Fog No. 71 was spreading at a breakneck speed.

Humans had defeated the Disaster Fog, more than once, with expeditionary armys formed by several Giant Cities actively entering the Disaster Fog before it transformed into a Forbidden Zone, breaking through it. This action had removed a potential danger for humanity.

But that was with several Giant Cities assembling Spiritual Ability Users and Legions, with thorough preparation, actively entering the Disaster Fog.

Whereas No.3 Border City was during the evacuation period when the invasion of the Disaster Fog occurred, breaking through Giant City’s defenses!

In such circumstances, the human situation engulfed by it was extremely dangerous. At any moment, the Disaster Fog could turn into a Forbidden Zone or move again.

Yet No.3 Border City managed to lock down the Disaster Fog, and against extremely adverse conditions, forcibly conquered Disaster Fog No. 71.

This caused an uproar of joy among all the human Giant Cities that received the news.

Although communication between Giant Cities wasn’t continuous, under the guidance of some special channels,

All Giant Cities knew there had been plenty of bad news recently.

Firstly, No.3 Border City was attacked by the Disaster Fog.

Secondly, a certain Giant City with a population of three million in the west, the territory of a Spiritual Ability Supreme. He had already secretly become a Divine Chosen of a certain entity.

Under his secret dominion, a terrible ritual was initiated within the Giant City, and in a single night, the entire Giant City became a den for monsters, all its humans corrupted by the power of the Void Realm.

They indulged so-called desires and turned the whole Giant City into a demonic pit. They even intended to form a Legion, spreading twisted power to the Physical World, causing the Giant Cities in that area to be on high alert.

The atmosphere in every Giant City was extremely tense. In such times, No.3 Border City suppressing Disaster Fog No. 71,

Was like an injection of a strong stimulant for humanity.

Where there’s joy, naturally, there are worries as well.

In some unknown corner, the Book Holder was collecting as much intelligence as possible.

The Book of Destiny’s recorded contents about No.3 Border City were thoroughly altered; some who should not have survived did, while some who were meant to rise were hidden like pearls in dust.

The Book of Destiny can’t be wrong, the downfall of the western Giant City and all the details matched exactly with the records.

This meant that something in No.3 Border City had disrupted the planning of the Book of Destiny, allowing many people to escape their pre-determined fates.

Especially the suppression of the Disaster Fog...according to the record in the Book of Destiny, the beheading plan of No.3 Border City failed, and in the end, after half a month, it was only with a Spiritual Energy Phased Array composed of over a thousand Spiritual Ability Users, blasting through the entire labyrinth, along with a nuclear explosion and a suicidal charge, did they manage to forcefully kill the Insect Master.

This also led to heavy human casualties in the Disaster Fog; from more than two million people, in the end, only about ten thousand survived.

Now, the number of human survivors was well over a million.

The change was far too great!

This put the Book Holder on high alert.

”Due to the impact of the Disaster Fog, most of our controlled pieces have lost contact or have left No.3 Border City. Currently, we are unable to gather effective intelligence,” someone reported in a low voice: ”And in the recent ark gathering, the only two that could be confirmed to have been in No.3 Border City, Copper Face and Golden Armor, both did not show.”

Since Li Yelai had entered the Disaster Fog and missed the last ark gathering,

Many of the Ark Chosen Ones thought he had died.

But the Book Holder knew that Copper Face was certainly still alive. This guy, had more fortuity than imagined!

”No matter, wait for the next ark gathering,” the Book Holder said indifferently: ”Since Copper Face has suddenly appeared on the list, this means he is still alive. I will try to gather intelligence from him.”