Chapter 851: An Inevitable Choice
Chapter 851: Chapter 851: An Inevitable Choice
In this world, there aren’t that many coincidences.
Professionals of the Necromancy Element are a dime a dozen on Blue Star, and there are plenty who’ve pushed Necromancy Element Skills up to Forbidden Curse rank, yet Lin Yi had never heard of anyone who, like him, could summon an Undead Monarch.
His thoughts drifted back to the day he obtained that Necromancy Element Skill Book.
The World Boss, the Death Knight Rivendell, who had refreshed on a fixed schedule and maintained a stable power level for hundreds of years, suddenly mutated, causing countless Professionals to suffer heavy losses, and Lin Yi just so happened to obtain a Necromancy Element Skill Book from the items Rivendell dropped.
Necromancy Element Skill Books are far stricter than ordinary Mage-series skill-tree Skills in both drop rate and learning conditions; for something this "just right" to happen to Lin Yi, he hadn’t thought much of it at first, only feeling that he was lucky, that encountering a Divine Level talent like the Gift of All Gods was a coincidence.
Maybe he was the chosen one.
Looking back on it carefully now—
"Chosen one" wasn’t exactly wrong.
But the one who chose him wasn’t the Celestial Dao, it was Dark Rising, who was secretly pushing everything from behind the scenes.
"I’ve been hiding in Mande Cave for so many years, I’ve long since lost track of what’s happening outside. Everything I’m telling you now is what that Hou told me. If you have any doubts, you can just ask him."
Ever since being subdued, the Hou had been staying honestly inside Lin Yi’s Undead Space.
In the Undead Space, the Hou could spar with the two sisters, Lin You and the other, chat and brag when bored, so it wasn’t dull.
If Lin Yi encountered danger, the Hou could also sense it at the first moment and help Lin Yi out of a jam.
To trace back when this intel was obtained, one had to go back over a hundred years.
Back then, the Hou had not yet succeeded in seizing Wu Juepian’s body; he could only stay quietly inside Wu Juepian, watching the life of Wu Juepian unfold.
Wu Juepian had met many people and experienced many things along the way.
After he became the strongest on Xiang Wuxing, he began to build his own intelligence network and his own Personal Guard, gradually gaining some fame among same-Level planes.
After that, he slowly came into contact with the Dark Rising Association, and even received invitations from Dark Rising Association to join.
Wu Juepian was rather cautious in his actions; he did not readily accept Dark Rising Association’s invitation. He knew the Celestial Dao was cruel, knew that All Gods were heartless, but his rich experience told him that Dark Rising was not a simple organization either.
From then on, Wu Juepian began paying attention to Dark Rising’s movements.
Dark Rising’s members are spread across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds; their main operation is quietly siphoning off the resources of All Celestial Divine Beings. Beyond that, their people infiltrate All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds and all Levels of Divine Beings.
Of course, the Netherworld is an exception.
Why was Wu Juepian able to reach this conclusion?
Everyone has regrets of their own.
Wu Juepian had once expressed to the Dark Rising Organization that as long as Dark Rising helped resolve his regret and let him meet the one person he most wanted to see, he would henceforth serve Dark Rising.
Unfortunately, the answer Dark Rising gave left Wu Juepian very disappointed:
They never interfere with anything related to the dead.
The Hou inside Wu Juepian naturally heard all of this conversation.
At first, the Hou didn’t care much. He reported all these years of sights and experiences to his own boss, Wo Zhiqi. Only just now did Wo Zhiqi figure everything out, linking one small event after another and reaching this conclusion:
The memory-lost Lin You has enough authority to bring Lin Yi and the others into this Land of the Nine Netherworld.
Dark Rising designated the mission for Lin Yi to complete because Lin Yi can summon Lin You, and through Lin You, learn all the secrets of this Land of the Nine Netherworld.
As long as Lin You regains her memories, then who exactly the Great Power Dark Rising is searching for is, and where he is being held, will become crystal clear.
This is also why the higher-ups of Dark Rising specified that Lin Yi was to complete this mission.
As for why Dark Rising has never laid a finger on the Land of the Nine Netherworld, the goal is obvious as well: when the plan was being pushed forward, Dark Rising was certainly not strong enough; by not touching the Land of the Nine Netherworld, they would leave no clues for All Celestial Divine Beings.
Thus, even if the plan failed, the Dark Rising Organization could continue their enterprise.
What an outrageous scheme.
This plan actually spanned a thousand years—it was hard to imagine how terrifying the shrewdness and how high the intelligence of the one who formulated it must be.
"So, how will you choose?"
Wo Zhiqi, who was residing in Lin Yi’s Sea of Divine Consciousness, could read Lin Yi’s thoughts. He knew that Lin Yi’s purpose in coming to the Land of the Nine Netherworld wasn’t to help Ziyue.
It was to take the initiative and wipe out the threat from Qin Guang.
Lin Yi knew how Lin You felt about him.
Therefore, Lin Yi wanted Lin You to live out her future days free of worries.
In Lin Yi’s view, things like restoring her memories to share the burden were not something Lin You needed to do.
But now, the situation had changed.
Lin Yi had sent out his little robot to gather information, only to discover that within the vast Jiuyou City, everything his eyes could see was flatlands, without a single building.
Trying to figure out the situation of this Nine Netherworld without relying on Lin You’s memories was almost impossible.
Kill the Nine Nether Divine Soldiers and use the Touch of Reincarnation to obtain their memories?
That couldn’t be done.
Lin Yi had met Qin Guang’s Divine Power projection once and had gained a basic understanding of Qin Guang. As an Upper-Rank God, Qin Guang’s strength was no joke, let alone the Lord of the Nine Netherworld.
If he acted against the Nine Nether Divine Soldiers in Jiuyou City, it would probably draw the attention of Qin Guang and the others. At that point, Lin Yi wouldn’t be able to do what he wanted to do.
But if he didn’t let Lin You restore her memories, Lin Yi himself wouldn’t know what to do next.
Sure enough, you can’t have both the fish and the bear’s paw.
Sometimes, to accomplish one thing, you have to give up something else.
After thinking it over, Lin Yi exited his Sea of Divine Consciousness.
He let out a sigh and said to the two confused girls beside him:
The method to enter Jiuyou, I can find it.
Who our mission target is, I can also figure that out.
As soon as he said this, Ziyue’s interest was immediately piqued.
She rushed forward and grabbed Lin Yi’s hand.
"Really, Mr. Lin Yi, you really know?"
Ziyue’s action instantly aroused Xiyue’s displeasure.
"Heh, woman, get your hand off him, or else—you know the consequences! Even if we fail the mission, it won’t affect us much, we can still retreat intact. But you are different!"
Threatened like that by Xiyue, Ziyue could only reluctantly let go of Lin Yi’s hand.
"Mr. Lin Yi, hurry up and tell me, what method is it? As long as I can do it, I’ll do my best to cooperate with you."
With a helpless sigh, Lin Yi moved his mind, opened the Undead Space, and summoned Lin You out.
"Lin Yi, what’s wrong, is there......"
The smile on Lin You’s face abruptly froze.
She couldn’t be more familiar with the scene around them.
Upon returning to this place, countless memories surged into her mind.
"I—why are we here? This place is very dangerous. That guy Qin Guang might be able to sense my existence. Lin Yi, let’s go, quickly!"