445: Chapter 445 The Opportunity for Its Arrival

"world malice? What the hell is this thing?"

"The will of the world? Becoming a god? Are you sure this isn't a novel?"

"Why do I feel like the Dragon Kingdom is making up a story..."

"But that black hand is real! Many war correspondents have captured it on camera!"

"And there's ZERO being able to control Demonic Beasts. How do you explain that? How could a normal Beast Tamer control Demonic Beasts?"

"But this is too absurd, right? Alien world invasion? Becoming a god through faith?"

"I actually think it's possible... Think about it, the speed at which ZERO rose is too fast, and his power system is completely different from existing Beast Tamers!"

"But why is the Dragon Kingdom only announcing this now? What were they doing before?"

"Maybe to collect evidence? Or... waiting for Chen Yi?"

Mentioning Chen Yi made the online discussion even more heated.

"Did you see the video of Chen Yi's fight at the Luo family today? He killed a Tenth Rank Demonic Emperor with a single palm strike!"

"Saw it, saw it! That's not something a human could possibly do, right?"

"If ZERO really is an entity from another world, could Chen Yi also be..."

"Doesn't look like it, but he has indeed been in the Demon Abyss Cult for the past six months!"

"Didn't the Dragon Kingdom say that Chen Yi is an undercover agent, there to close the Space-Time Rift?"

Truth and lies, reality and illusion—the public opinion on the internet was a complete mess.

However, facing such severe accusations, ZERO himself did not make any statement.

The various factions under his command did not respond immediately either.

It was as if, to him, this was completely futile.

This was even more confusing.

Logically speaking, since ZERO's own agenda had been exposed, shouldn't he have his subordinates handle the PR?

At the very least, issue a statement to deny it or bite back.

But ZERO did nothing, which made people even more suspicious.

Is this actually true?

If ZERO really is an Evil Thought Entity from another world as the Dragon Kingdom claims, then his silence could perhaps be understood as disdain.

Would a god care about the chatter of ants?

But if ZERO is human and was framed, why wouldn't he defend himself?

Both possibilities are terrifying to think about!

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At this moment.

Inside Chen Yi's room at the Luo family estate.

Chen Yi stood by the window, looking at the nightscape outside, his brows furrowed tightly.

He held a tablet in his hand, which displayed the latest discussions online.

He had intended to use this opportunity to test ZERO's reaction.

Although most of the statement released by the Dragon Kingdom was true, there were also parts that were deliberately exaggerated and vague, all to force ZERO to react.

Unexpectedly, ZERO maintained a posture of responding to change with constancy, giving off a feeling of "the innocent need no defense."

Or more accurately, a condescending indifference.

"He really is troublesome!"

Chen Yi muttered to himself.

This kind of opponent is the hardest to deal with.

He doesn't care about public opinion, doesn't care about his image, and doesn't care about the views of ordinary people.

He only cares about the result and his ultimate goal.

This means that conventional public opinion warfare and psychological warfare are almost ineffective against him.

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Meanwhile, in an underground base somewhere in the world.

ZERO was sitting on a throne, with dozens of light screens floating in front of him.

They displayed real-time updates from major social media platforms around the world.

Watching the arguments, doubts, and panic in those comments, he sneered with disdain.

What is the point of truth?

Even if ordinary people knew the truth, so what?

What could they change?

What could they stop?

In the face of absolute power, truth is nothing more than self-comfort for the weak!

Only the victor has the right to define the truth; history is always written by the victors!

The loser's words, no matter what they are, are false and will be swept into the dustbin of history!

Now he just needs to keep waiting.

Waiting for time, waiting for the opportunity, waiting for... the descent of his true form.

His true form had already seized control of the narrowing passage of the Space-Time Rift.

That giant black hand was actually a part of his true form, a tentacle that had infiltrated through a special method.

One month. If he just had one more month, his true form would be able to descend through this tiny gap in the Space-Time Rift!

By then, Chen Yi, the Dragon Kingdom, the Demon Abyss Cult—they would all be nothing but dust.

Thinking of this, a strange smile appeared on ZERO's face.

When he fought Chen Yi, he had paid the price of losing two Clones to successfully obtain a drop of blood from Chen Yi.

That was during the battle to defend the Luo family; one of his Clones, before being killed by Chen Yi, had used its final strength to scrape a drop of blood from Chen Yi.

Chen Yi is the person chosen by the Heavenly Dao of this world!

His blood naturally contains the power of the Heavenly Dao!

Although it was only an extremely faint trace, it was enough!

It was precisely because of this trace of Heavenly Dao power that he would be able to descend in a month.

The power of the Heavenly Dao is like a key that can temporarily neutralize the world's rules' rejection of him.

During this time, he only needed to cause some trouble for Chen Yi, keep him steady, and create a stalemate!

As long as Chen Yi didn't realize that his true form was about to descend, that would be enough!

For this, it didn't matter how many people were lost!

Clones could be recreated, believers could be recruited again, and Demonic Beasts could be controlled again!

But the opportunity for his true form to descend only comes once!

"Chen Yi, for the time ahead, I'll be the one to keep you company and play!"

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At this moment, Chen Yi had already brought The girls back to the room.

This was a specially prepared extra-large suite, originally used by the Luo family to host distinguished guests, but now temporarily converted into living quarters for Chen Yi and The girls.

The room was a full three hundred square meters, and that was just for one bedroom!

The decor was elegant yet cozy!

Lin Mengxue, Luo Shiyin, Su Taotao, Yan Jiuyue, Hua Yuetong, Hua Xingtong, Chu Feiyu, Yun Zhiyao, Lilian, Black Rose, Shi Yuying, as well as the newcomers Hua Liuli and Emilia—

The thirteen girls gathered together, and it was a rare occasion for a girls' meeting.

After all, they hadn't seen each other for half a year, and everyone had so much to say.

Especially for Lin Mengxue and the others, who had been in seclusion to Cultivate at the Luo family estate for the past half year; although they had each other's company, they had always carried their concern for Chen Yi in their hearts.

Now that Chen Yi was back, and had brought back Hua Liuli and Emilia, they needed time to get to know and accept them.

Hua Liuli and Emilia sat on either side of Chen Yi, shrugging their shoulders in speechlessness.

"To be honest, I'm still a bit dazed. When Chen Yi came to the Demon Abyss Cult half a year ago, I thought he was just a somewhat special young man and wanted to recruit him for my own use, but in the end... I was the one who was being hunted!"

"I'm even more ridiculous! I've lived for eight thousand years and seen countless Geniuses. Chen Yi clearly isn't as strong as me, yet he gives me a feeling that I can't see through him. I clearly forcibly contracted him, but now..."

But now, her heart had also been captured by this guy.

Naturally, she didn't say that last part out loud.

Who would have thought that they were actually Chen Yi's prey from the very beginning?