Netherworld Retrograde

Capítulo 864: Chapter 404: The Deal

As a pillar of light descended and disappeared, Li Ye Lai finally entered the Ark Hall.

Here, it remained brightly lit and splendid.

No matter what kinds of calamities occurred outside, this place would always remain the same.

This is the ark that claims to weather all calamities.

When calamities descend, its chosen ones will be safely transported to the next era… becoming the flame of the new world.

Of course, the premise is to live until that time.

Li Ye Lai glanced around and saw Shan Cha (Jing Lin) seated nearby, as well as Li Ming (Yun Yue) not far away. He also saw Chu He in the Third Ring.

They exchanged glances without any communication.

It had to be said, Yun Yue’s disguise was quite convincing.

A beautiful and tall girl disguised as a muscular giant over 1.9 meters tall, without any flaws.

Meanwhile, Li Ye Lai also noticed some unfamiliar figures. They seemed to be new electors.

Who knows what fate awaits this ark in the future, will it remain hidden from the world, safely passing through calamity, or will it be discovered and sunk?

The next moment, Li Ye Lai’s gaze was drawn to a painting on the wall.

In the third mural, a green flame bloomed, transforming into a splendid green lotus. Compared to before, it became clearer and more dazzling, as if it was about to erupt from the mural. However, the rest of the mural remained blurry.

According to the information shared by the Rangers and officials, the Legion of the Master of Green Flames will arrive in ten thousand years. He is too distant from this world.

This might be the reinforcement that the human traitor Mei Wu mentioned would come after millennia.

Mei Wu once said that humans could never survive until ten thousand years later. So, she wanted to abandon the majority of humanity, make peace with the Forbidden Zone, and thus endure until the future…

Ridiculous, the order in the Forbidden Zone is distorted, second only to Chaos’s corruption. This is just a traitor’s sophistry.

Perhaps some species will survive, but they would no longer be human.

Yunling, this powerful civilization from the future, has some strong individuals who are humans from the Forbidden Zone. They call humans “Old Humans” or “Pure-blood Humans.” Officials even suspect that the Governor may have human lineage.

Theoretically, they are human variants, but they still harbor hatred towards humans. This explains everything.

The Master of Green Flames is too far from this world, but His power is gradually starting to influence the Physical World.

The Wilderness Rangers are the best proof of this. But compared to other Chaos factions, they are still not enough.

Their followers lack any foundation. Not to mention the Chaos Great Demon and the Prince of Chaos, even their followers are few. The number of Wilderness Rangers is estimated to be less than a sub-branch of a church.

There isn’t even a Demon Army or Demon General, much less a fixed base and territory.

Moreover, due to the Master of Green Flames’ racial purity. In the major Forbidden Zones, there are no followers of His. No matter how much they crave faith and corruption, He ignores them.

Whereas other factions have small numbers of followers in the Forbidden Zones, serving as spies and undercover.

However, as He gradually approaches, His influence will become stronger.

This third painting likely represents His influence.

Currently, the Rangers and the Giant City are allies, which is a good thing.

It’s rare to see good news on the mural.

The fourth mural shows no changes. Captain Yang Chen dared not approach the Inland Giant City just in case.

However, it might also depict a scene where a Giant City was attacked by Disaster Fog, and he went to assist?

The fifth mural naturally features the Time Tree. The scene depicts the sights of the Immortal Palace, with a broken Snake Bone Long Stairs visible in the corner, and a terrifying figure appearing in the Time Rift, as if about to step into this world, and the scene freezes at that moment.

But it can only freeze at this scene.

Actually, the three future trajectories were sunk by Calamity before they surfaced.

No one even knew what they looked like.

The Scale Remains Saint Emperor, who surged backward through time, was blocked by an Immortal. The future anchor point was destroyed by powerful future humans, leaving it adrift in the river of time.

As for the Governor of Yunling, she was killed by a sword-wielding woman from the future.

They didn’t manage to step through the rift.

It’s understandable that this scene freezes here.

But what caught Li Ye Lai’s attention was a newly appeared painting.

The sixth mural shows a stormy ocean, and below the sea, strange and indescribable dense black shadows seem to emerge.

Just after one calamity ended, there comes another omen?

Li Ye Lai frowned, and the other Ark Chosen Ones gazed at the mural in silence.

“Does the calamity in the sixth mural come from the ocean? This was somewhat anticipated. Compared to land, the ocean is more terrifying. On land, the Giant City and Forbidden Zones face off. But in the ocean’s Forbidden Zones, there may be no rivals.” One Ark Chosen One said: “Could it be some aquatic Forbidden Zone civilization looking to advance to land?”

After the calamity, humans lost the ability to explore the oceans.

The last recorded human fleet was the Border Fleet of No.1 Border City.

Perhaps some ships could sail in shallow seas, but the deep sea area is absolutely a Forbidden Zone!

Even if a Spiritual Ability User uses Aerial Stepping to move above the sea surface, they might encounter bizarre attacks.

This makes it extremely difficult for humans to cross the ocean and leaves them completely unaware of the situation within the deep sea.