Chapter 1236: Thoughts and Disasters Merge

Chapter 1236: Integration of Disaster Thought

Author: Sanjiu Yinyu

Word Count: 1234

Boom—!!

The moment Chen Ling, Xiao Tao, and Xiao Bai rushed out of the Mother Tree, a colossal root, vast enough to blot out the sky, slammed down, instantly crushing the half-cracked Mother Tree. Large sections of bark, mixed with shattered furniture, collapsed like a mountain crumbling before their eyes, crashing onto the gray land and stirring up a vast cloud of dust.

Old Wolf, Zhao Yi, Sun Bumin, and numerous members of the Integration Faction barely managed to escape from the remaining half of the Mother Tree. They were covered in wounds and dust, looking as if they had just fought a desperate battle against the dense, tangled roots, appearing utterly disheveled.

“Xiao Tao, how are you?” Chen Ling looked down at Xiao Tao in his arms, who was covered in bloodied holes.

Chen Ling felt that Xiao Tao was frighteningly light, as if all her internal organs and bones had been hollowed out, leaving only a weightless fur skin. Holding her felt no different from holding a piece of white paper.

Hearing Chen Ling’s voice, Xiao Tao’s previously vacant eyes regained life. Her fur receded beneath delicate human skin, and her tail behind her vanished without a trace... The light Xiao Tao began to regain weight, as if all her missing internal organs had returned.

“Brother Chen Ling... I... I’m fine,” Xiao Tao said weakly.

Chen Ling wanted to say something more, but the next moment, chaotic shouts erupted from all around:

“What’s the situation?! Is anyone still trapped?!”

“Gather by class! Roll call! Roll call!”

“Class One is all here!”

“Class Two is all here!”

“Class Three... Class Three is still missing a few!”

“...Damn it...”

Panting, Old Wolf and the others looked back at the tottering Mother Tree. Large sections of its trunk were falling off as the roots gripped them, and now the interior was a complete ruin, with no discernible areas where anyone could have survived.

“Teacher Ye! Teacher Ye isn’t out yet!!”

At these words, everyone’s hearts leapt into their throats. Teacher Ye was immensely important to the Integration Faction; if he couldn’t escape, the faction’s morale would completely crumble.

“You all stay here! I’m lucky! I’m going to save them!” Zhao Yi, covered in wounds, gritted his teeth and was about to rush back into the Mother Tree, which was almost entirely overtaken by the Corrupt Flesh Mire. To Zhao Yi, the Integration Faction was as important as the Ancient Theater Trove once was to Chen Ling. It was not just where he lived, but his home... He couldn’t stand by and watch the children and Teacher Ye, with whom he shared daily life, die at the hands of the disaster.

“You can’t go!” Old Wolf grabbed his shoulder abruptly and shouted, “Don’t you see?! The Mother Tree has been overrun by those disasters! If you go in, you won’t come out!!”

“Even if I can’t come out, I’m going!! I, Zhao Yi, lost everything long ago! I only have the Integration Faction! Those children also only have the Integration Faction! I’m not afraid to die!!” Zhao Yi directly broke free from Old Wolf’s grip.

However, just as he was about to risk his life rushing into the Mother Tree, another mysterious and terrifying aura erupted from beneath its roots!

Boom—!!!

A surging wave of energy swept across the gray world. The moment this aura appeared, everyone’s minds paused for an instant, as if a mental storm had swept through the world, and a hazy, dream-like sensation flooded their hearts... Even Chen Ling’s resolve wavered for a moment. He stared blankly in the direction of the surging storm, his pupils contracting in disbelief.

Others might have been completely unfamiliar with that aura, but Chen Ling was different... He was too familiar with it, so familiar that he had felt it in his sleep just that morning. It was a world-ending aura, identical to his own and to the Filth Disaster’s.

The isolated nightmare of the long sleep storm, the eerie phantom at the end of thought.

“Thought Disaster... How is that possible??” Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then suddenly noticed something acutely, “No, that’s not right...”

“Although this aura is similar to the Thought Disaster, its power is much weaker... What’s going on?”

The moment the Thought Disaster’s aura appeared, the dense roots tightly wrapped around the Mother Tree, just like the members of the Integration Faction, instantly froze.

At the same time, a colossal boom erupted from beneath the Mother Tree’s roots! A surging storm filled the heavens and earth. Amidst the rising dust, a figure, enveloped in chaotic lines of thought, slowly ascended...

“That’s...” Zhao Yi rubbed his eyes. After recognizing the figure, he gaped in shock, “Teacher Ye?!!”

Teacher Ye’s simple shirt hem flapped in the wind. In one hand, he carried a black bag full of experimental items, while with the other, he casually tossed an empty syringe aside. Behind his black-rimmed glasses, his pupils had been replaced by endlessly, chaotically swirling black threads.

Chen Ling had seen these threads before. It was these very threads that had hypnotized Xiao Tao and others on the Mother Tree’s trunk, guiding them to the Crimson Sky Cult branch... This was the power of the Thought Disaster!

“Teacher Ye, why can he use the power of the Thought Disaster???” Chen Ling asked, bewildered.

“This is the Integration Faction, and Teacher Ye is its founder, as well as the world’s first Integrator...” Old Wolf said slowly, looking at Teacher Ye’s figure ascending into the air. “He integrated with one of the six world-ending disasters... the Thought Disaster.”

“Teacher Ye integrated with the Thought Disaster??” Zhao Yi heard this for the first time and exclaimed in surprise, “Does that mean Teacher Ye has world-ending combat power?!”

“How is that possible...? The Thought Disaster is world-ending, and Teacher Ye is just an ordinary person. Rather than saying Teacher Ye integrated with the Thought Disaster, it’s more accurate to say he integrated with fragments of the Thought Disaster’s thoughts... Moreover, he usually needs medicine to suppress this integration and maintain his sanity, otherwise he would be assimilated by the Thought Disaster.”

“Even if it’s just a small fragment of thoughts, it’s still considered an integration with a world-ending disaster. This is already a miracle.” Sun Bumin was also stunned by this scene, unable to help but sigh in awe.

Aside from the disaster of the Corrupt Flesh Mire, even the Filth Disaster was momentarily stunned. It sensed the Thought Disaster’s aura from afar, clearly bewildered for a moment, then seemingly realized something and began moving towards their location even faster.

Teacher Ye hovered above the Integration Faction, the threads of thought in his pupils constantly swirling. He took a deep breath, and a large cluster of threads exploded around him like a storm!

As the thought threads swept across the surroundings, the disaster roots that had been furiously dismantling the Mother Tree suddenly froze. Then, as if gaining their own consciousness, they completely ignored the control of their distant main body and began to coil around Teacher Ye instead...

Teacher Ye raised his hand, pointed at the ruins below, and said in a deep voice:

“Save them.”

The dense botanical roots simultaneously dove down, swiftly moving the heavy furniture and tree trunks pressing down on the debris. One by one, the Integration Faction students trapped in the ruins were picked up like chicks and systematically transferred to the area around Chen Ling and the others.