I'm not a drama god

Chapter 1600 Wu Tongyuan's Weakness

Chen Ling saw it.

Wen Ruoshui's memories, two consecutive failures, the suffocating power of the mocker, and the despair from which she could not escape no matter how hard she tried...

He looked at Wen Ruoshui, whose face was covered in blood, and silently clenched his fists.

"Director Chen..."

"I... can no longer restart it..."

"This is...our last chance..."

"I understand." Chen Ling took a deep breath. "Don't worry, rest now. Leave the rest to me... This time, I will make sure you all return safely."

"Director Chen, what should we do next?" Without Wen Ruoshui's backup, Qi Muyun and Wu Tongyuan were both a little nervous.

Chen Ling did not answer, but calmly turned her head to look in the direction of the Bitter Flesh Forest.

Everything proceeded steadily, just like the last restart.

Chen Ling led the two major poison masters into the Bitter Flesh Forest, forcing Zhuo Zai to hand over Chu Changqing. Before leaving, she once again mocked Zhuo Zai.

The turbid calamity is enraged, the turbid calamity is relentlessly pursuing, the turbid calamity is powerless and furious.

A dark figure, riding a centipede dressed in a skirt, entered the Bitter Flesh Forest at just the right moment...

"You must listen carefully to everything I'm about to say."

On the gecko's back, Chen Ling looked at Wu Tongyuan and the others with an extremely serious expression.

Wu Tongyuan nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"In a moment, we'll split up. While I'm gone, Gecko will protect you. And if all goes well, the dimensional rift will open somewhere near you. Once you see it open, rush in immediately, don't hesitate, understand?"

Qi Muyun was taken aback. "Director Chen, what about you? How are you going to get back?"

Chen Ling shook her head:

"I...can't go back."

“Ah? No… Director Chen, if we’re going to leave, we’ll leave together.” Wu Tongyuan frowned. “If it weren’t for you, we would have died here long ago. We’re all comrades, we can’t abandon you.”

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be here... I insisted on bringing you here, so of course I'm responsible for your safety," Chen Ling said firmly.

"The target of the calamity is me, not you. As long as we separate, it will definitely come after me... If we stay together, we will not be able to escape no matter what we do. Moreover, Dr. Wen is exhausted now, and we have no chance to make mistakes."

"Then...then what will you do? You'll die!"

"I won't die."

A resolute glint flashed in Chen Ling's eyes. "This is the Gray Realm, it's a calamity, and I am a calamity! With you all gone, I have nothing to worry about... At worst, we'll turn the entire Gray Realm upside down together!"

Chen Ling paused for a moment, then looked at everyone again. "Don't worry, even without the rift from the otherworldly wake wave, I have a way to escape."

Since Chen Ling had already said this much, no one could object anymore. After quickly carving the script on the stone, Chen Ling climbed onto the toad's back.

Just then, Wu Tongyuan's voice rang out again:

"Director Chen..."

Chen Ling turned to look at him.

Wu Tongyuan stood on the gecko's back, a conflict flashing in his eyes... but in the end, he took a deep breath.

"Director Chen, do you remember when you asked me what my weaknesses were?"

Chen Ling was taken aback, "You..."

Wu Tongyuan paused for a moment, "I can sense that you actually came here specifically to get close to me... You keep trying to get me to know my weaknesses, which means that in your future, we were probably enemies. My abilities are too strong for you to handle, so you can only try to get information from my past self."

Chen Ling never expected that Wu Tongyuan, who always seemed carefree, would have such keen intuition, not only seeing through her intentions but also being able to connect them to future events...

No wonder Wu Tongyuan didn't reveal any weakness no matter how much he tried to probe. He already knew why he had come, so naturally he wouldn't easily expose his weaknesses. After all, to Wu Tongyuan at that time, he was just a stranger he had met a few times. Wu Tongyuan was a sensitive, fragile, and insecure person. Although he had agreed to protect the future of humanity together, it didn't mean he completely trusted him.

As expected... none of the Nine Lords are idiots.

"But Director Chen, after getting to know you over this period of time, I've discovered that you're actually not a bad person..."

"Therefore, the bad guy can only be me in the future."

“I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that I’m prone to doing stupid things… If I do something wrong, I hope you can stop me.”

Standing on the gecko's back, Wu Tongyuan looked at Chen Ling, whose gaze was equally complex. After a moment of mental preparation, he slowly spoke:

"I haven't discovered the weakness in my abilities yet... but my weakness is actually quite simple."

"I am afraid of the dark and of enclosed, cramped places. No matter what power I gain, the wounds deep in my heart will not heal easily."

"If you're going to kill me, make good use of this... If possible, do it as quickly as possible, I'm afraid of pain too."

Wu Tongyuan wore a look that was both funny and exasperated.

A gentle breeze ruffled the hem of her opera robe. Chen Ling stared at him, momentarily speechless...

That's right, his purpose in entering the archive this time was to find out Wu Tongyuan's weaknesses so that he could use them to deal with Lingxu Jun later... But when Wu Tongyuan so seriously and frankly revealed his weaknesses, Chen Ling was at a loss.

It wasn't that Chen Ling found Wu Tongyuan's weakness, but rather that Wu Tongyuan himself handed the knife that could kill him to Chen Ling.

To be honest, Chen Ling wasn't particularly optimistic about humanity's future, nor did she have much affection for them. However, the existence of the Nine Lords repeatedly shattered Chen Ling's perception of humanity. Perhaps it was precisely because of such a group of people leading the way that humanity was able to stumble and struggle to extend its lifespan for several more centuries.

"I will." After a long silence, this was the only answer Chen Ling could give.

Chen Ling looked down at the gecko and said:

"Could you help me get them behind the rift?"

The gecko stared blankly, seemingly oblivious to Chen Ling's words, but its gaze narrowed slightly, as if in response to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling didn't waste any more time. He knew that the turbid disaster couldn't be delayed for too long, so he said goodbye to Wu Tongyuan and the others and went to the back of the toad that was unwilling to move.

He patted the toad's head:

"Don't you want to know who the real king is, me or it?"

"Take me there...I'll give you an answer."