I'm not a drama god

This is not the first time Chen Ling has come to the landing point of the Red Star fragments.

The Nine Lords exploration was the starting point of everything, and also Chen Ling's first impression of the Red Star fragments. Chen Ling remembered it clearly: a massive meteorite crater nestled among the mountains of Shennongjia. Standing at the rim of the crater, it took a long walk to reach the impact site...

But the meteorite crater in front of him was much smaller. Chen Ling could take in the entire area at a glance. He made a rough estimate in his mind that the scale here was probably less than one-tenth of the Shennongjia meteorite crater.

"Did anything strange happen after it fell?" Chen Ling asked Shen Qingzhu as he walked.

When the red star fragment fell in Shennongjia, a large number of wild animals in the surrounding mountains and forests were affected by it and gained extraordinary power. Even the space was disordered, forming a circular area similar to a ghost wall.

After the Jiangtian Sect obtained the fragments of the Red Star, the human body structure underwent changes, which not only caused irreversible civilization regression, but also degenerated the language ability.

"There should be." Shen Qingzhu replied calmly, "But after it fell, my power has been suppressing it. There are no other living beings nearby, so its impact is also very limited."

The falling ash and snow still covered every corner of the area, including the location of the Red Star fragment. Chen Ling understood this scene. Since Shen Qingzhu could suppress the complete form of the Nine Lords, suppressing a small Red Star fragment should not be difficult.

As the two got closer, Chen Ling finally saw the appearance of the red star fragment.

Just as Shen Qingzhu said, this red star fragment is indeed not big, it’s even a little... cute?

The one in Shennongjia was a truly massive meteorite, the size of a small mountain, while the one before us was about the size of a basketball. It was deeply embedded in the earth, where civilization had ebbed and flowed, with spiderweb-like cracks marking the surface. If one looked closely, one could even see wisps of an eerie red aura swirling through these cracks.

"This... is too small, right?" Chen Ling was speechless.

Chen Ling originally thought that if he had a piece of red star fragment of similar size, even if it was only one-tenth of the original one, then he might be able to create another Nine Lords... But now it seems that the size of this fragment is not enough to even create half a Nine Lords.

what is this?

Is the Red Star Fragment mini?

"I told you beforehand, don't get your hopes up." Shen Qingzhu said slowly, "There were a lot of fragments flying out of the Red Star after the collision, but this is the only one that landed on Earth."

"What about the other fragments? Have they all flown into the depths of space? Is there any possibility of recovery?"

Chen Ling finally figured it out. The only one who could compete with Chixing was Chixing. Since Chixing could create the world-destroying disaster and the Nine Lords of Humanity, if he collected more fragments, there might be a chance to kill Chixing.

"Some were captured by the gravitational fields of other planets and fell on the surface of the planets; some collided with the satellites around the planets for the second time and were completely turned into rubble; some fell directly into the sun... In short, there is basically no possibility of recycling those scraps." Shen Qingzhu shook his head.

Chen Ling sighed lightly and gave up the idea completely.

He walked straight to the red star fragment, squatted down, and reached out to touch its surface...

"Don't touch it." Shen Qingzhu suddenly said.

Chen Ling's hand froze in mid-air.

"why?"

"You are not the Jiujun of the past. Now, you already have a large number of complete Red Star fragments in your body... You have reached the critical point of this world. If you rashly absorb so much Red Star power in one breath, there will only be two outcomes." Shen Qingzhu's tone was very serious.

"Either you burst directly, or, like me in the past, you exceed the critical point of this world and become an existence rejected by it."

Chen Ling was stunned. He looked at the basketball-sized piece of debris in front of him, and his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

The "large and complete red star fragment" that Shen Qingzhu mentioned should be Chao... Indeed, Chao's power comes from the red star fragment that is even larger than the one absorbed by Jiujun, and this has made it the pinnacle of this world.

If he absorbed even one more fragment, even one the size of a basketball, it could cause consequences Chen Ling couldn't imagine...

For example, breaking through the limit of the ninth level?

Whether he could break through to the ninth level remained uncertain. Perhaps, like human deification, he needed to meet conditions similar to the self-certification of the divine path. If he couldn't meet these conditions, he would become like a balloon constantly filled with water. The balloon's elasticity remained unchanged, but a large amount of water was poured into it all at once, and the ultimate result was naturally a burst.

As for the best outcome, it would be to become an existence that breaks through the limits of this world, and then, like Shen Qingzhu in the past, be ostracized by this world, unable to even tell where you will be in the next second...

Absorbing the Red Star Willpower from the bodies of the Crimson Sky followers is different from directly absorbing the Red Star fragments... The willpower in the bodies of those Crimson Sky followers is absorbed bit by bit, step by step. It is naturally a tonic and will not directly exceed the critical value, but directly absorbing a whole piece of fragment is still too dangerous.

Thinking of this, Chen Ling withdrew his hand.

He looked at the fragments of the red star in front of him with a complicated look...

The powerful force is right in front of me, but I can only watch helplessly. This feeling of being suspended is really uncomfortable.

An idea struck him, and he asked again:

"What if I absorb it bit by bit?"

"As long as we control the total amount, there should be no problem." Shen Qingzhu looked at him in surprise. "What do you want to do?"

Chen Ling pulled out a boning knife from his sleeve and swung it fiercely at the edge of the red star fragment!

clang--! !

The blade of the boning knife touched the fragments, making a crisp buzzing sound...

However, only a shallow white mark was left on the surface of the red star fragment.

Chen Ling:......

Chen Ling originally thought that since the fragment was so large, he might as well cut off some of it and absorb it slowly. However, he never expected that with his current strength, he couldn't even cut off a corner of the fragment?

Shen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows when he saw this, as if he understood Chen Ling's idea. He put his index and middle fingers together and drew a line at the fragment in the air.

Swah——

A thumb-sized fragment was neatly cut off from the edge of the fragment.

"Here, take it." Shen Qingzhu raised his chin.

Chen Ling glanced at Shen Qingzhu gratefully. Although he seemed cold and unapproachable, he seemed quite kindhearted... He and Shen Qingzhu had only met twice, and yet Shen Qingzhu had not only been willing to save him, but had also saved the inhabitants of the Eternal Realm. Whenever he saw him in trouble, he was always willing to lend a hand, asking nothing in return...

It's just that I asked for two packs of cigarettes.