Chapter 175 Missing Persons

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the final defensive formation of the Evil camp expired.

The leader of the Taiyi Sect slowly approached the formation. During this process, the surrounding Evil demigods looked towards the Void demigod in the high sky. Their eyes were sharp, and their expressions were vigilant, like bodyguards protecting a star, constantly wary of any daring madman rushing over to disturb his red carpet moment.

The offense and defense had shifted. After two days of digestion and adaptation, the Evil demigods fully accepted the fact that the Lord of the Stars had become a powerful figure in their camp.

The initial anger and humiliation transformed into joy and excitement. What was personal humiliation compared to the victory or defeat between camps?

The Lord of the Stars was truly a good comrade. Treading on the barren sand, the Lord of the Stars walked into the formation's beam of light, raised his starlight-filled eyes, and said to the Void demigod, who remained unmoved, "In fact, the Evil camp is far more tolerant and gentle than the Orderly. The invaders only want to maintain the order of the universe, nipping threats in the bud."

"This planet's lifespan is already at its end. Once I become the Lingjing Xingzhe Master, it will cease to exist, completely eradicating the Lingjing Xingzhe."

"But you demigods are extraordinary beings. You can go to other habitable planets and experience different lives and civilizations."

"The invaders will not hunt you down, because for everything, there is yin and yang. Yin-yang balance leads to eternal existence. As long as you don't interfere with the gods destroying life and planets, you can continue to survive until the end of your lifespan."

The Lord of the Stars sighed. "In contrast, the Orderly are much more extreme, yearning for life and wanting to destroy destruction. Once the Orderly gain power, they will exterminate the Evil camp."

"Acceptance is the ideology of the Evil camp. Everything has an end, including the universe."

The Void demigod frowned. "I don't know what you're talking about."

The Lord of the Stars revealed a look of disappointment, like one who cannot discuss ice with a summer insect, and said, "You only need to know that after I obtain and fuse with the Sun Source, I will not exterminate you."

The Void demigod sneered, "You traitor, trying to use the 'open a path' tactic on me again! You won't exterminate us, but the Evil camp will."

"Cruelty and bloodlust are instincts engraved in the bones of the Evil camp, it is their nature. Demigods are already like this, let alone those invaders. Crushing us is as easy as crushing ants. In that case, what's wrong with following my heart and crushing a few ants?"

A hint of mockery appeared on the Lord of the Stars' calm face.

"Since that's the case, why haven't you made a move? The moment the formation was activated, you had already lost. Compromise and survival are the choices you made after careful consideration. What's the use of being stubborn? Can you deceive your own heart?"

The Void demigod remained silent.

A moment later, the light column in the center of the great formation suddenly brightened, becoming dozens or hundreds of times more dazzling. At the same time, the four light columns hundreds of kilometers away simultaneously erupted with intense light, activating all five great formations.

In the center of the five light columns, a barren area of about two kilometers began to collapse, revealing a huge abyss. A ray of brilliant light shone out from the abyss.

Simultaneously, the five light columns echoed and connected with each other, forming a pentagonal giant light wall, excluding the demigods outside the Lord of the Stars.

This was the reward for the Orderly camp gathering all five great formations.

Those who were not of the Orderly profession, nor Night Watchers, could not enter the barrier.

The Lord of the Stars took off his starlight-condensed robe and shook it violently. The starlight robe "whirred" open, rapidly rotating and expanding in mid-air, ten zhang, fifty zhang, a hundred zhang, two hundred zhang.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a sun-遮蔽ing starlight curtain.

The Lord of the Stars pressed down with one hand, and the robe slowly fell, covering the abyss and shielding the pure golden light.

Soon after, the golden light on the surface of the starlight robe grew brighter and brighter, like a flashlight wrapped in cloth.

The starlight robe bulged, highlighting a spherical shape.

The domineering and fierce golden light burned the starlight, purifying it.

The starlight robe dimmed and evaporated again and again, but it always rose again, emitting brilliant starlight, constantly enveloping the Sun Source, striving to neutralize its domineering nature.

The Sun Source slowly ascended into the air, supporting the starlight curtain, projecting thin solar divine power towards the copy. Large patches of carbonization appeared on the face of the Lord of the Stars, and his palms gradually turned black. Golden flames continuously ignited on his body, but were extinguished by the starlight.

The two great source powers stalemated for a moment. The ownerless Sun Source was finally neutralized by the starlight, becoming stable and no longer intensely burning the starlight robe.

"The Sun Source has been subdued." The Lord of the Stars silently exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the carbonization and blackening on his body recovered.

Then, he shook his arms and emitted a majestic sound. The starlight robe, wrapped around the Sun Source, charged fiercely into his chest.

He wanted to subdue the sun in one fell swoop. The Lord of the Stars floated in the air, the brilliant starlight and pure golden light, like two dragons, running and chasing each other in his body.

The starlight chased the sun again and again, trying to merge into it. The golden light rejected the starlight again and again, but inevitably merged with it.

Watching this scene, the Old Ancestor of the Xie family sighed, "It's beyond help!"

The Lord of the Stars merging with the Taiyin was already a foregone conclusion. The God of Beauty and the Void demigod remained silent, their eyes fixed on the golden light in the Lord of the Stars' body.

The Evil demigods tacitly exhaled a long breath, some joyful, some with the corners of their mouths raised, and some relaxing their facial muscles.

The Lord of the Stars controlled the Taiyin and the sun. Once he refined the sun, he could further erode the Taiyin Source and become the true master of Lingjing.

The tug-of-war between the Orderly and Evil camps had lasted for a century, and now, it had finally come to an end.

Next, they would return to the real world to cleanse the Orderly camp and change the world.

Suddenly, a figure appeared without warning, in the copy, not far from the Evil demigods.

Half an hour, residential district.

The Pure Yang Sect Leader entered the dream of a middle-aged woman. In the dream, a burly young man sat at the dining table, one foot on the chair, holding a bowl in his hands, eating and picking up vegetables with large chopsticks.

He muttered, "Mom, the dishes you make are still so delicious. I haven't eaten them in so long. I'm so happy."

The middle-aged woman sat there, her eyes gentle, a smile on her lips, dreaming about her missing son.

The Pure Yang Sect Leader chuckled and raised his hand to shatter the dream, turning it into a white space.

Aunt Zhou stood blankly in the empty dream, her eyes dazed as if sleepwalking.

"Missing in Hangzhou four years ago, Kangyang District Security Station reported the case." A gray-white halo appeared in the Pure Yang Sect Leader's eyes. As his words spread out, the Kangyang District Security Station appeared in the white dream, along with the woman's panicked figure.

She hurried into the Security Station and reported her son's disappearance to the female security officer at the information desk.

This scene had appeared the last time he guided the woman's dream, but the subsequent developments were blocked by hypnotic power. If external forces interfered, it might cause irreparable damage to the woman's soul.

The Pure Yang Sect Leader had only intended to investigate and had no clear purpose, so he didn't want to kill the chicken to get the eggs and stopped the dream invasion.

Now he could. The Pure Yang Sect Leader guided the development of the dream. After Aunt Zhou filled out the form, she was led into an office. The female security officer said, "A colleague will come to ask you questions later. You will need to make a statement."

At this point, the dream still had glitches, "screen tearing" and flickering, as if the signal was unstable.

Aunt Zhou said, "Security Officer..."

The second half of the sentence was swallowed by the "screen tearing." The Pure Yang Sect Leader didn't hear it. At the same time, Aunt Zhou's dream began to tremble and shake.

It was on the verge of collapsing, and she herself screamed in pain, unable to wake up from the dream.

The gray ripples in the Pure Yang Sect Leader's eyes suddenly intensified, spreading out in circles throughout the dream space.

Two forces fought and clashed with each other in Aunt Zhou's dream as the battlefield.

Despite the Pure Yang Sect Leader's help in stabilizing Aunt Zhou's dream and comforting her soul, their souls could not withstand the confrontation between the Lingjing Xingzhe and were in a state of collapse at any time.

Just then, as Aunt Zhou's soul was about to collapse, the power that was fighting against the Pure Yang Sect Leader suddenly dissipated, like a fuse blowing.

Aunt Zhou's soul immediately stabilized.

*The caster actually cares about the life of a mortal...* The Pure Yang Sect Leader raised his eyebrows, guessing that the musician who hypnotized the woman might know her. They wanted her to forget a certain memory but didn't want to harm her life.

The dream stabilized. The Pure Yang Sect Leader stood in the empty space of the Security Station's inquiry room, watching the woman wait anxiously.

Before long, the door to the inquiry room opened.

In a hotel in Hangzhou, Chen Yuanjun stood by the window, listening to his subordinate Xiao Gao's report: "According to the file records, Lei Yibing disappeared at the Yinfo Temple in West Lake four years ago. The security officers at the Bureau retrieved the surveillance footage and found that Lei Yibing bought a ticket to enter the scenic area and never appeared on any footage leaving. The surveillance cameras at the Yinfo Temple didn't capture them leaving the temple either."

"The colleagues at the West Lake Security Bureau retrieved the surveillance footage from the nearby streets but couldn't find any trace of him either, ruling out the possibility of him climbing over the wall to leave the temple."

"But strangely, this case hasn't been closed or withdrawn. But you said Lei Yibing was found later. Logically, if the person was found, the case should have been withdrawn."

*That's right, why wasn't the case withdrawn? Lei Yibing is still listed as a missing person at the West Lake Security Bureau.* Chen Yuanjun frowned and thought. Then, Xiao Gao's voice sounded again.

"Oh, right, Captain Chen, I have another discovery. Besides Lei Yibing, there's another person listed as missing in the files."

"Another person?" Chen Yuanjun asked in a questioning tone. Xiao Gao said, "It's the one who disappeared at the same time as Lei Yibing, named Zhang Yuanqing."

"I was just about to report this to you. It's a noteworthy clue."

Chen Yuanjun was struck by lightning, and his phone fell to the ground with a thud.

He covered his head and squatted down in pain, his mind buzzing as if something was awakening.

The door to the inquiry room opened, and a man with a weathered face and deep frown lines between his brows entered.

Seeing the man push the door open, Aunt Zhou "whooshed" to her feet and cried out in panic, "Yuanjun, Abing and Yuanzi are missing! They've been out of contact for three days."