94: Chapter 94 The Source That Even Taboos Fear: Cooperation Between the Three Kingdoms
After a moment of contemplation.
With a thought, Lin Chuan had Zhao Linfeng bring the envoy from the Shaven Empire into the Rebirth Temple's main hall.
Tap, tap, tap... accompanied by heavy and strange footsteps approaching from a distance.
A tall man wearing thick fur walked in.
He had blonde hair and blue eyes with deep-set features; he should have had a handsome Western face.
However, his exposed skin was covered in eerie black patterns, as if living venomous snakes were slithering beneath the surface.
Especially his left eye.
That was not a human eye at all!
Instead, it was a constantly rotating vertical pupil emitting a faint green light!
“Praise be to you, Great true buddha of rebirth.”
The man walked to the center of the hall and made an extremely peculiar gesture.
He clenched his right hand into a fist and struck his left chest heavily, expressing his respect to Lin Chuan.
“I am the Special Envoy of the Shaven Empire, Petrovsky.”
“And also the most devout servant of the ‘taboo of sin’.”
His voice was hoarse and fanatical, with a harshness like metal grinding.
“taboo of sin?”
Lin Chuan had seen this name in the recent taboo intelligence reports gathered from various countries.
It was one of the most powerful Lawful Taboos within the borders of the Shaven Empire.
Its true form's horror level reached SSS-rank!
Of course, Its true form... was not in this world!
“For what purpose have you come here?”
Lin Chuan's voice was grand and majestic, striking directly at the Soul.
Petrovsky did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly said:
“For survival.”
“And also for... my Master's will.”
He raised his head, and that green vertical pupil flickered with a light woven of fear and madness.
“Just three days ago, my Master, the ‘taboo of sin’, handed down a sacred decree.”
“That pink mist from the shores of the East Sea is no longer just a simple erosion.”
“It... is trying to assimilate everything!”
Speaking to this point, Petrovsky took a deep breath, and his tone became even more solemn.
“Through a rift in the river of time, my Master caught a glimpse of a fragment of the future.”
“In that future...”
“The Shaven Empire was destroyed.”
“Whether it be humans, ghosts, or those slumbering taboos... all were turned into pink bubbles!”
“The entire world... will be reduced to distortion and silence!”
Hearing this, Lin Chuan's heart couldn't help but shake.
Although he didn't know much about that so-called 'taboo of sin', for an SSS-Rank Taboo to feel fear and even prophesy a conclusion of destruction... that pink mist of Neon Country was clearly dangerous to the extreme!!
“So, what do you intend to do?”
Lin Chuan asked.
“Fight back!”
A flash of ruthlessness crossed Petrovsky's eyes.
“Since waiting for death is still death, then we will take the initiative to attack!”
“My Master believes that the only way to contain the disaster is to go deep into the source of the disaster... Neon Country!”
“Deep into the desperate situation, perhaps... there is still a glimmer of hope!”
“Deep into Neon Country?”
Zhao Linfeng's heart skipped a beat as he listened from the side.
The current Neon Country was a true forbidden zone for life!
Even an S-rank Taboo Master might not be able to come out after entering!
“This is too crazy...”
“Crazy?”
Petrovsky sneered.
“In this era of despair, if you aren't crazy, how can you live?”
He looked at Lin Chuan, a hint of expectation in his eyes.
“Respected True Buddha, Your Excellency.”
“Your Buddha Land is also under threat!!”
“Perhaps we can form an Alliance.”
“The Shaven Empire is willing to exhaust all national strength to send its most elite legion of taboo kin to cooperate with your country's actions.”
“Even... my Master's medium, the ‘taboo of sin’—that 【Black Church】, can descend at a critical moment!”
“We only ask for Your Excellency's assistance!”
The Black Church was the medium for the ‘taboo of sin’!
Its horror level had reached s-rank eighth tier!
This was indeed the greatest sincerity the Shaven Empire could offer.
Lin Chuan fell silent for a moment.
He was weighing the pros and cons.
Just then.
Buzz—!!!
The eerie snail-like pattern on Lin Chuan's back, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly lit up!
That was... the mark left by the 【nightmare old master】!
“Hmm?”
Lin Chuan's brow furrowed.
Why would this thing react at a time like this?
The next second.
A cold, illusory will that seemed to come from the depths of a dream descended directly into his Sea of Consciousness.
“Little fellow...”
“It seems you've run into some trouble.”
The voice was ethereal and uncertain, carrying a hint of mockery and an imperceptible... cunning.
“nightmare old master?”
Lin Chuan responded coldly in his consciousness.
“What have you come out for??”
“No, no, no...”
The nightmare old master's voice became a bit more serious.
“Those things in Neon Country... have crossed the line.”
“This continent is my hunting ground.”
“It wants to turn this place into its breeding ground... has it asked me?”
Lin Chuan's heart stirred.
Clearly, even among taboos, there existed a sense of territory and conflicts of interest.
For an SSS-rank existence like the 【nightmare old master】 who fed on fear and dreams, if the world truly turned into those dead pink bubbles... it would not be in Its interest.
“So?”
Lin Chuan asked indifferently.
“I want you to go to Neon Country.”
The nightmare old master said leisurely.
“I know you really want to get rid of my mark.”
“Why don't we make a deal.”
“You go to Neon Country and solve that trouble.”
“As long as you can do it...”
“I will take back this mark.”
“And...”
Its voice carried a hint of temptation.
“Even if my true body descends in the future, I promise... I will never treat you as a target for cleanup.”
“In fact, we can become... allies.”
Lin Chuan sneered in his heart.
Allies?
Become allies with a ‘Faith Taboo’ that deluded people everywhere?
That was no different from plotting with a tiger for its skin.
However... given the current situation, there seemed to be no other choice.
If the problem in Neon Country wasn't solved, he and his newly established Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore would eventually be finished anyway.
“Fine.”
Lin Chuan responded in his consciousness.
“I accept this deal.”
“Hehehe... you have made a wise move...”
The nightmare old master's laughter gradually faded, and the snail pattern on his back dimmed accordingly.
Lin Chuan's Buddha eyes bled as he used his 360-degree vision to look down at Petrovsky.
“Go back and tell your Master.”
“I will help with this.”
“Prepare your people!”
“Furthermore, that church medium... must accompany us!”
“I will also notify the Yanlong Empire!”
“If all goes well, in three days...”
“We will set out together for Neon Country!”
“Yes! Praise the True Buddha!!”
Petrovsky was overjoyed and struck his chest heavily once more... before seeing off the Shaven Empire's special envoy.
Lin Chuan did not feel relaxed.
He cast his 360-degree gaze toward the distant east, toward that sea region shrouded in pink mist.
And within the space Lin Chuan had constructed with rules.
The book of omniscience, which had been playing dead and sleeping for a long time, quietly opened an eye at some point.
It looked around, its gaze filled with complexity and a hint of deep fear.
“Going to that place??”
“That is... a forbidden land... where even Dominators are unwilling to set foot...”
“It's over, it's over... this time I'm really going to be a dead book...”
Muttering to this point, it trembled, then quickly closed its eyes and resumed playing dead... Three days later.
At the border of the Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore.
A team composed of S-rank Taboo Master Zhou Kai, S-Rank First Order taboos Fallen Heaven Resentful Spirit and Coughing Ghoul, and countless elite Ghost Controllers was ready to depart.
And beside them.
The task force from Bureau 749 of the Yanlong Empire had also arrived.
In the sky even further away.
A massive church emitting a terrifying black aura was slowly breaking through the clouds, descending gradually.
That was the taboo medium of the ‘taboo of sin’—the 【Black Church】!
Within the church stood many half-ghost kin of the Shaven Empire, as well as several taboo-level kin.