"You're not new lords?" Ye Chen said in a deep voice, looking at the five men in black robes opposite him.
Mitchell frowned slightly, not in a hurry to reply. He had already realized that the two sides did not get along, so he decided to let them talk first.
Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, a chuckle came from beneath the black robe.
"New lords? How do you know we aren't?" A hoarse voice came, full of sarcasm.
“The new lord will not be homeless, nor will he be trapped in this world forever!” Jian Mengyi said quickly, but Ye Chen next to her frowned slightly.
"You won't be homeless? You won't be trapped in this world forever? Are you two really that naive? A lot of new lords go missing every year, don't you?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's pupils constricted slightly, and he couldn't help but think of the lich he had encountered before.
Normally, a new lord will return to Earth after death, but there is an exception: lords who are corrupted by darkness cannot return after death and can only completely disappear in the trial world.
So far, Ye Chen only knows that the lich survived the darkness and corruption, but was forever trapped in the trial world and unable to leave.
However, judging from the tone of their voice at the time, it seemed that they had a way to get out. Now it seems that these suddenly appearing wasteland planets may very well be their doing.
“You are the lords who have been corrupted by darkness throughout the ages!” Jian Mengyi hesitated for a moment, unsure how to answer, but Ye Chen suddenly spoke up, causing the five figures opposite to tremble.
This time, not only the man in black robes, but even Mitchell was stunned. As the god who guarded the planet Woolf, he knew very well what the consequences of being corrupted by darkness were. But if these five people were really corrupted by darkness, how could they be so clear-headed and able to communicate with them here? And even gain the approval of the planet's will?
This time, it was the black-robed men's turn to be silent. They didn't know how to respond to Ye Chen's confident tone. Why did the newcomer in front of them guess their origins so easily?
"You must all be in undead form, right? Liches? Skeletons? Or something else? That's why you have to cover yourselves in black robes!" The other party didn't speak, but Ye Chen felt a little more at ease and continued speaking while looking at the five people opposite him.
Upon hearing this, Mitchell frowned slightly. As the god of light and dawn, he deeply loathed the undead. Fortunately, he was well aware that the undead and those corrupted by darkness were two different things.
"You? How did you know?" a deep, hoarse voice asked the leader of the black-robed men.
“Me? I’ve met someone similar to you. He was a lich! He was also a lord who survived the corruption of darkness during the trials of new recruits!” Ye Chen replied.
"So you've seen our companion before. What's his name?"
"I don't know, but I have the coordinates of that spatial rift; it's at XXX, XXX!"
"It's Yang Tianyou! You actually ran into him?"
"Oh? So you really are your companions? I wonder how many of you there are? You brought this planet here to use its power to leave the trial world, right?"
"Hmph! I don't know what Yang Tianyou said to you, but that's none of your business, and please don't interfere with us!"
"Resurrecting a wasteland planet that still has life, becoming a resident of this planet, and then returning to Earth with this resurrected Woolf planet—a very good plan. However, I'm afraid you'll lose your lord privileges, won't you?" Ignoring the five people's warnings, Ye Chen said to himself.
Meanwhile, Mitchell, sitting next to him, roughly understood that this was a special space. Although the other party had survived because of the darkness, he had lost the ability to return to his original world. He was going to help Planet Woolf and even become a resident of the planet so that he could return to his original world with Planet Woolf.
"So what? At least we are entirely beneficial to Planet Woolf, unlike you!" No one would feel good about having their plans exposed, the leader of the black-robed men said in a deep voice, then looked at Mitchell beside him.
"Sir Mitchell, as he said, our purpose in helping Planet Woolf is to return to our original world along with the planet after its resurrection."
“Our goals are different from theirs. This world is just a testing ground for them, and Planet Woolf is just one part of that testing. Whether or not they succeed in saving it is not a requirement. Even if Planet Woolf cannot be saved, there are other planets for them to try!”
"But we are different. Whether we can save this planet is related to whether we can return to our original world. After all, if we fail to save Planet Woolf, who knows when the next wasteland planet with life will appear?"
Upon hearing the words of the man in black robes, Mitchell was somewhat moved. Clearly, they were more sincere than Ye Chen, and they also understood the relationship between the two sides and the current environment of Planet Woolf.
This is a testing ground for lords. The chance encounter with Planet Woolf turned it into a trial ground for lords, and whether they can save the planet is a test for the new lords.
As some people said, Ye Chen didn't necessarily have to save Planet Woolf, but the man in black robes did, because it was related to whether they could use the resurrected Planet Woolf to return to their original world.
"Is that really the case?" Ye Chen, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
He had already seen through Mitchell's intentions. Trading the planet's resurrection for a few resident statuses and a few plane tickets was a highly profitable deal, and he couldn't possibly refuse.
If this continues unchecked, Mitchell might side with the man in black, and with his full support, he might lose all support and gain nothing from it.
"You are the new lords of all time! Are you just going to give up your lordship and follow Planet Woolf back to your original world?"
"Isn't it that your ambitions are even greater? You've even figured out how to divide up the planet Woolf, so that you can become lords again?"
"Boy, what nonsense are you spouting here?" Before Ye Chen could finish speaking, the man in black robes stood up and roared, clearly having struck a nerve with Ye Chen.
Now, without Ye Chen needing to instigate further, Mitchell's gaze towards the group was already filled with wariness.
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