184: Chapter 184 A true chess player begins now!

Dead silence.

A dead silence like a tomb.

When Lin Qingzhi laid out that cold and cruel 'truth' before me, piece by piece, I felt my brain completely shut down.

I had always thought we were fighting against one clear enemy: the Xuantian Alliance.

I had always believed that as long as we became strong enough, strong enough to contend with that so-called 'Holy Lord,' we could protect everything we wanted to protect.

But now, I realized I was wrong.

Terribly, utterly wrong!

Our enemy was never just one.

It was a group!

A group of greedy, cruel, condescending... 'gods' who had long ago taken this planet that gave birth to and nurtured us as their own... their possession!

And we were like two ants who had accidentally stumbled into the chess game of 'gods.'

No matter how we struggled, how we resisted, could we not change that already predetermined... fate?

An unprecedented, icy... sense of powerlessness flooded over me, completely submerging me.

However, at the very moment I was about to be utterly consumed by this despair, a cool, yet incredibly soft jade-like hand gently grasped mine.

I jolted violently and looked up.

I saw Lin Qingzhi quietly looking at me.

On her still-pale, beautiful face, there was no trace of the earlier shock and gravity.

There was only an unprecedented... calm, and... resolve.

'Mo Wen.'

Her voice was soft, yet it carried a power... enough to move heaven and earth.

'They are chess players, that's true.'

'But have you forgotten? We are too.'

Looking at me, within her clear, cold phoenix eyes that seemed capable of seeing through all the falsehoods of the world, two blazing fires of... unyielding defiance ignited!

'They have their chessboard.'

'We have our... trump card!'

'They think they control everything, but on this larger chessboard, who is the prey and who is the hunter... it's still too early to say!'

'As long as we can find the 'three-yuan singularity' and obtain the 'soul nurturing wood' before they do, allowing me to fully recover!'

'At that time, who will rule over this world... remains to be seen!'

Her words were like a world-shattering thunderclap, like a blazing sun tearing through endless darkness, violently cleaving apart the thick... gloom in my heart!

Yes!

What was I afraid of?

What... was I fearing?

I... am the chosen one who possesses the [myriad manifestations evolution codex]!

I... am the King of Ten Thousand Demons who is about to reign supreme over the world!

And I... still have her!

A peerless empress who once truly reigned over the world, possessing boundless wisdom and majesty!

We... are the true protagonists of this era!

What do a few self-righteous 'gods' amount to?!

An unprecedented, heroic, battle-hungry... ambition erupted from my chest with a roar!

'You're right!'

I turned my hand and tightly grasped her cool, jade-like hand. Within my crimson eyes, two flames of madness even more intense than hers... ignited!

'They want to be chess players?'

'Then we'll flip over their board... along with them...'

'...and smash it!'

From this moment on, our hearts, our wills, our... 'Dao'... completely merged into one!

We are no longer 'ants' struggling for survival.

We are... revolutionaries who will completely overturn this world!

We... are the true ones who hold the pieces in this chess game!