Netherworld Retrograde

Yang Chen let out a low sigh.

This old friend he met during his Third Awakening period, Zhou Tian.

In the end...his true colors have been revealed.

Such a pity...

Yang Chen still remembers the first time he met Zhou Tian.

He was participating in his first out-of-city mission, joining seniors like Floating in hunting illegal Spiritual Ability Users when he left the Giant City and unexpectedly encountered Zhou Tian's group on their hunting task.

Their objectives differed. Yang Chen was tracking hostages of illegal Spiritual Ability Users, while Zhou Tian had uncovered an illegal channel connecting to the outside world from No.1 Border City.

But fate guided them to the same place. A hidden Jile Sect stronghold in an abandoned city, which was just about to be attacked by the Blood God Faction!

It was as if they had drawn bad luck for eighteen generations, getting directly sucked into the chaotic battle as official powerful figures.

At that time, with only Third Awakening, he was neither outstanding in the Champion Team One nor could he be considered invincible among peers.

In the era of the seventh generation champions walking the world, sweeping demons with the sword, countless geniuses also followed.

Yang Chen was just a newcomer then. In terms of talent, his growth wasn't fast. In terms of actual combat, he was just a rookie Processor.

During that era, numerous Championship Candidates were showing off their talents. While the seventh generation valued him, he was indeed not prominent.

During that mission, he bore great pressure as the weakest, repeatedly facing deadly crises.

In the chaos, a trap was triggered, and the building collapsed, isolating him and Zhou Tian from their allies' cover, left to face a Bloodsucker and a Desire Demon alone.

Normally, it wouldn't have mattered, as Zhou Tian was a Sixth-Sense Great Spirit Ability User then.

However, Zhou Tian, supposed to be the reliable one, was gravely injured, almost unable to fight.

Under the collapsed, cramped building ruins, a Third Awakening Spiritual Ability User confronting close-combat-specialized and at least Fourth Awakening Bloodsucker was a near-death scenario!

Adding a Desire Demon with spiritual attack methods... What spiritual defense methods could one have at the Third Awakening stage?

Doomed to fail!

Doomed...

Yet neither gave up, as Yang Chen wielded the long spear, spinning it towards the enemies.

The dying Zhou Tian struggled to guide Yang Chen on how to fight against the Bloodsucker and Desire Demon.

Ultimately, Yang Chen stabbed the Desire Demon to death and broke the Bloodsucker's neck.

Fighting two alone, defying odds to slay them.

Finally, with the subsequent arrival and cooperative assault from reinforcements, they took out the troops of both sects and uprooted their stronghold.

It was then that Yang Chen and Zhou Tian forged their friendship.

Simultaneously, Yang Chen also became a candidate.

There were three Champion Inheritors and one candidate inheritor, and he was the second candidate.

Subsequently, Yang Chen advanced to Fourth Awakening, joined the Night Unreceiving Team, and followed the eighth generation to campaigns all around.

Their friendship occasionally brought intelligence aid from No.1 Border City.

At times, Yang Chen would also assist Zhou Tian's actions.

When Zhou Tian advanced to Sixth Sense, he came to congratulate him.

Those were his few old friends...

Thinking this way... Was everything back then part of Zhou Tian's plan too?

Or was he merely being used as a part?

Sigh....

Yang Chen's sigh was full of regret and melancholy. Damn Book of Destiny, does it even toy with friendship?

"A walker?" Yang Chen softly uttered, as he already felt the change in space.

Just like before, when the Netherworld Train accidentally entered Duke Yu Huo's ghost realm.

He, or rather, this ship and some specific individuals, had already been separated from the physical world, entering the ghost realm.

"It seems you indeed know something about the walkers... Those Ark Chosen Ones have such loose lips." Zhou Tian chuckled, "Old Yang, you needn't harbor animosity towards walkers."

"Animosity... Even friendship has become deliberately altered." Yang Chen turned, looking at Zhou Tian, "Was our meeting back then also part of your plan?"

"No, at least when we met back then, I wasn't a walker. But later, I understood their ideology and joined their camp." Zhou Tian smiled, "Old friend... Our friendship was never fake. When I first learned of their existence, I was as furious as you. But over time, I uncovered the truth. Old friend... Really, believe me. Just try to understand the walkers' ideology!"

"Understand their ideology?" Yang Chen asked in a deep voice, with an aura roaring like a volcano.

The terrifying presence caused Zhou Tian's face to change, and he retreated several steps.

This instinctive reaction when faced with a predator of a higher life level made his body respond subconsciously.

"Worthy of you, Yang Chen! Both Overlords, both Divine Beings, your presence alone brings fear!" Zhou Tian forced a smile under the pressure, "Indeed, their ideology! For the sake of humanity!"

"Only they can lead humanity on the right path, toward the right future, to get through the damned end times!"

Yang Chen exhaled a white breath, the vapor resembling smoke or a dragon.

"I always wondered why you were so confident during the Heart Inquiry Sword. Seems you really deceived even yourself. If I didn't know your self-brainwashing methods, I might have been fooled by you."

Yang Chen finally understood the source of the odd feeling back then, which both he and Li Ye experienced. So, those people underwent the Heart Inquiry, and they didn't let down their guard.

However, using the ghost realm to isolate him, that's really quite the trick...

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