Heroes Return

"Blue's abilities are indeed quite impressive, but her energy arms can't possibly hold onto my abilities!" As Lin Jie spoke, he couldn't help but notice Blue's face, which featured a comical expression...

"Looks like we'll have to teach that scumbag Xiao Zhan a lesson after this is over."

As Lin Jie muttered to himself, Lan's arm burrowed into Lin Jie's body, but to everyone's shock, once it was inside, Lan's arm couldn't be pulled out at all...

"The power... is too great! I can't pull it," Lan said with difficulty to Alice.

"I know, so I'm prepared." Alice remained calm upon hearing Lan's words. As Alice finished speaking, a magic circle appeared in the sky once more, followed by countless magical runes appearing on Lan's body before everyone's eyes, and beams of light shone from Lan's body.

Several superpowered individuals from the floating island and several oddly styled magicians from the Magic Association appeared behind Lan at the same time.

The power-linking magic and energy-linking ability were activated simultaneously on Lan.

"Since one person can't pull your strength, then let more people pull your strength together!! After so many battles, you must have exhausted a lot, right?" Alice said, grabbing Lan directly. In an instant, Lan's arm holding Lin Jie's strength became a little thicker.

"Really? You plan to use an unusual tug-of-war to decide the outcome of the battle? That's quite interesting!" Looking at Tian Xiaoshu in front of him, Lin Jie couldn't help but laugh: "Is this your plan? This is very dangerous!"

"I don't care about any danger, I won't let you touch me." With tears welling up in her eyes, Tian Xiaoshu said stubbornly.

"You made Sister Tian cry, bro!" Lin Wan appeared beside Lin Jie without anyone noticing, and then she put her arm around Alice's waist: "Bro! You better stop this!! Have you had enough?"

With Lin Wan's arrival, the blue energy arm that had been extended showed a different color.

"Let's have a tug-of-war." Delis appeared behind Alice and grabbed Alice's other hand.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin Jie! But this time I'm going to stop you!" Kuror's figure reappeared, reaching out to grab Delis. Immediately afterward, Xiao Zhan and Thirteen Glasses appeared behind them, and the three of them slapped the shoulders of the others. In an instant, their powers were linked together.

"The battle isn't over yet! We still have a chance!" Leng Yan appeared, grabbing Thirteen's shoulder at the same time! Instantly, multicolored energy began to appear in that arm.

"It's time to avenge the one who just attacked me." Fenrir transformed back into human form, grabbed someone's shoulder, and DouDou, who was standing nearby, came over and patted Fenrir's thigh with its paws, "Woof woof woof."

"Although it's disgraceful, we must face it! Because we don't want to disappear." Zhu Xian'er, Lu Xian'er, and Xian Xian'er, the three sword spirits, appeared at the same time, pointing their fingers directly at the back of one of them: "We want to live in this world on our own for a while."

"Mumu wants to help her brother! Hmm... They said that if he continues, he'll get hurt." Mumu appeared at Lan's feet without her noticing and put her arm around Lan's waist.

"Master! Long time no see! Please forgive your unfilial disciple! Anyway, you didn't really teach me any combat skills!" Shishin suddenly appeared as well.

"Thank you for what you did for me before, but for the sake of the sea race, we have to do this!" Haina took the lead and put her arm around Thirteen. The sea race generals and soldiers behind them also walked over one after another.

“I’m sorry, although Xiaoxi is a wonderful creation of mine, she shouldn’t exist in my eyes,” Solomon said, putting his arm around Fenrir’s shoulder.

Suddenly, the arm gripping Lin Jie's strength grew even stronger, and various multicolored hues appeared within it. The arm that had been holding onto Bu Dong even twitched slightly...

Chapter 35

"For the future of the magic world!" The members of the Magic Society took the lead in linking their powers together one by one. With the addition of the Magic Society members, the blue energy arm was once again coated with a dazzling magical rune.

"I'm sorry, we may not be able to defeat you, but I believe that the power that unites us all will be fine." Led by Captain Justice, all the heroes of the Hero Association joined the tug-of-war at this moment.

In an instant, a faint energy glow emerged from Lin Jie's body, and right before everyone's eyes, Zero's power was truly pulled out a little bit.

It wasn't over yet. The World Government soldiers, one after another, joined the fray.

In an instant, his arms grew thicker again. And Lin Jie's strength was once again greatly enhanced.

"I'm sorry, Zero. I've always really wanted to fight alongside you. But unfortunately, I'm too weak, and I've never been able to fight alongside you!" Standing at the front of the crowd, Number One placed his hand on a hero.

"It's not just him, it's all of us who want to fight alongside you." Cloud and the others' voices rang out at that moment. All the heroes on the floating island placed their hands on Number One's back.

On his arm, ripples resembling energy reappeared once more. In the blink of an eye, a massive black force on Lin Jie's body was gradually dragged away. Although it wasn't completely pulled out, there was no doubt that this force was indeed being moved.

“…We’re not going to do that.” Looking at the people in the distance, one after another, grabbing at each other, Guangbiao said coldly.

“Zero probably wants us to join forces to defeat him, right?” Nianxin suddenly said, looking at the people in the distance. “He seems to be smiling.”

“How could that be…” the cursor said, his gaze turning to the distance, his eyes suddenly narrowing: “Even so, I don’t want to go there. We’ve already fought Zero! I don’t want to continue.”

As he spoke, the cursor walked back towards the floating island. However, Nianxin held him back.

“Zero wants us to do this. Only by fighting side by side and uniting can we have a better relationship. For our sake, and for the sake of ordinary people.” With that, Nianxin led the way and walked away into the distance.

"Damn it! You traitor! Our lives are in grave danger!"

“I’m sorry! But for the sake of the future location of the floating island, we have to do this.” After saying this, Nianxin placed her hand on the shoulder of a nearby soldier. People on the floating island followed suit, placing their hands on each other's shoulders. In an instant, powerful individuals lined up to reach out to the floating island.

In a short time, the people of the floating islands also began to join the ranks of those resisting Zero.

Behind Solomon, the seventy-two maidens, representing the seventy-two demon gods, all placed their hands on Solomon's back.

In an instant, the arm changed again, countless rays of light began to emanate from it, and a massive amount of black power was directly extracted, yet this was still only a portion of Zero's power. Even though a considerable portion had been extracted, a large part remained within Zero's body.

Everyone was giving it their all at that moment, their strength being constantly drained from their bodies.

"If that's all, I can't unleash my power." Looking at the scene before him, Lin Jie sighed helplessly: "I'm sorry, but it seems I've become stronger since my last battle with the god."

"Then let's include all the possible future versions of myself!" The voice of time and space suddenly rang out. Almost simultaneously, countless timelines appeared, overwhelming everything. Although all of these timelines bore obvious sword wounds, they all struggled to their feet and grabbed the shoulders of everyone present.

In an instant, a powerful pulling force erupted once more, causing even Lin Jie's body to tremble. If it weren't for his strong will and his continued gripping of his strength, he would probably have been pulled away by now.

"Hey! I'll kill this girl named Lan for you right now!" Just as everyone joined the tug-of-war, a girl's voice rang out. Anya's voice appeared in Lin Jie's ears: "How dare these people treat you like this! It's outrageous! A bunch of ungrateful people! They've completely forgotten their kindness..."

"Stop talking! Anya." Hearing their words, Lin Jie interrupted Anya: "This is what I want to see. I want to see just how far all the world's strongest people can go."

"Do you really want this to continue? Your power..."

"This is an order! Either join them! Or stay out of it! Just watch quietly from the sidelines! If you're willing to listen to me!" Lin Jie's voice stopped Anya's hand from striking.

"But these people..."

"This is exactly what I want! What I want to see! Everyone setting aside all prejudices and uniting against the enemy! You know, these people have never truly united for justice before." Lin Jie said to Anya with a smile, "Besides, I'm the invincible god in your eyes. Do you really think they can succeed?"

"Bro! Stop pretending to be cool! We'll definitely succeed!" Lin Wan, who had overheard Lin Jie's words, suddenly spoke up: "You should just stay home and be a shut-in! Don't cause any more trouble! At worst, I'll support you for the rest of your life!"

“We will welcome them.” Tian Xiaoshu’s words alone expressed his opinion.

"Do you really want it to end like this?" Tristi appeared at this moment.

“That’s exactly what I’d like to see. I want to see just how far you can go.” Lin Jie replied with a smile as he saw Tristi land beside him.

“I understand,” Tristan said, taking Lin Wan’s arm. “I will do my best to make sure you see the view you want.”

As she spoke, Tristi grabbed Lin Jie's arm: "I don't want magic to disappear from this world. I'm sorry, but this time I have to be a hero."

"Tristi, you traitor!!" Anya's face finally showed anger upon hearing Tristi's words. However, Tristi did not respond to Anya at all.

"Aren't you joining? If Lin Jie wins, your power will also disappear."

"I don't care! If he wants to, I don't care either way!" Anya's voice finally roared, "Why! Why did you do something so stupid! What, you want to give up this invincibility! Can't you just replace him with me?!"

The power intensified once more, and almost everyone was soaked in sweat. In an instant, the power within Zero began to be gradually drained from him.

In the end, only two people didn't join the team. Anya, who had been crying beside Lin Jie as she watched everything unfold, and another person returned to the floating island, sitting on the sofa in the control room and watching the cursor on the screen.

The cursor simply watched everything unfold before him, his eyes burning with rage. To him, Zero was his savior. He had never considered himself a hero, nor had he ever aspired to be one. Therefore, he had never thought of upholding justice. All along, he had only hoped, desperately hoped, to protect this floating island and prevent Zero from seeing them disappointed in the future! What would become of the world? He didn't care; he would always side with his own people, never with justice!

"Damn it! This shouldn't be happening! We shouldn't have done this! We should all have gone to fight Zero instead!!!" With that, the cursor slammed his fist into the seat, cracking it in several large places. "You bunch of bastards! What peace! What about rebuilding relations! Justice! Get the hell out of here!!!"

Seeing his benefactor being attacked by everyone, but he couldn't help at all, and was even one of the attackers, the cursor once again hit the wall next to him.

Anya had already drawn her blood-red spear, but under Lin Jie's watchful gaze, she ultimately withdrew her weapon.

Time fell silent, with only the power of Zero being continuously drawn out.

"Well done! I never expected you guys could do this." Lin Jie said, looking at Tian Xiaoshu in his arms: "I never expected you to be able to do this."

"I'm sorry, I hadn't made up my mind, so I waited so long to see you." Tian Xiaoshu closed her eyes in Lin Jie's arms and whispered, "Until I received that letter from the future."

"From the future? Hahaha, I almost forgot about that." Lin Jie couldn't help but laugh when he heard Tian Xiaoshu's words.

At the same time, words once again arose in Lin Jie's mind, though he didn't voice them: 'You've already tried your best. If you were given a little more time, perhaps this time you really could succeed.'

As if responding to Lin Jie's thoughts, the light spots around the bottle that carried this hope, right beneath Lin Jie's feet, disappeared, replaced by a dazzling light shining from within the bottle. As the bottle's light emerged, a beautiful, star-shaped orb, unlike the one in the broadcasting station, appeared and flew out of the bottle's mouth, simultaneously hovering in mid-air.

At that very moment, a white light began to spread throughout the world, and almost simultaneously, everyone present was enveloped in the light.

For a moment, the entire world was filled with blinding light. No one could see anything clearly. Almost everyone was lost in a daze. Even Lin Jie was not surprised; after nearly a century, the light of Dawn Star had finally shone brightly in this world once more.

Everything may begin to change from this moment on.

Chapter 36

After the white light, time and space seemed to stand still. When Lin Jie opened his eyes again, he found himself in an abandoned city. The sounds of police cars and Johnson's roar echoed in the distance, and explosions raged throughout the city.

Looking at the scene before him, Lin Jie couldn't help but sigh, "This place really is familiar."

“Of course I’m familiar with it. After all, it’s the place where we first met.” On the streetlight, the figure of a girl was once again reflected in Lin Jie’s eyes. A pair of little devil wings folded behind her, and the girl jumped directly down from the streetlight.

"Ah! I've finally met you." Looking at the girl in front of him, Lin Jie breathed a sigh of relief: "Looks like I won. We meet again, Xiao Qian."

"Hehe, you're really something! You actually managed to do it even after the host was behind the mainframe? You probably don't know anything about Dawn's Starshine, do you? I don't remember ever telling you about this before, do I?" Coming up to Lin Jie, Xiao Qian sat down under an abandoned building, watching the explosions in the city in the distance, and leisurely said to Lin Jie, "Who exactly told you all this? I'm really curious."

"Curious? You probably wouldn't expect this." Hearing Xiaoqian's words, Lin Jie sat down beside her. "But we haven't seen each other for a long time. Six years. Are you sure you want to think about these things now?"

"For me, not even a second has passed!" Xiaoqian looked at Lin Jie and said with a smile, "From the moment I died, my time stopped permanently. So, in my memory, the last time we met was only a few minutes ago, when we had just had a fight, right?"

"Aren't we a couple? Isn't it common for couples to argue? You know, my time has already passed. Don't you want to forgive me?" Lin Jie said with a smile, looking at Xiao Qian.

"Six years? Hehe! That's really interesting. You've definitely matured a lot, Lin Jie." Looking at Lin Jie, Xiao Qian smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the argument seems to have been because of your willfulness. I didn't expect you to apologize first."

"I did a lot of research too! No matter the reason, it's always right for me, as a man, to admit my mistake first," Lin Jie said to Xiao Qian with a smile.

"Speaking of which, you seem to have encountered quite a few obstacles," Xiaoqian said with a smile as she looked at Lin Jie. "It seems you've lost a lot of your power."

"I never imagined that the biggest obstacle to your resurrection would be Tian Xiaoshu." With a sigh, Lin Jie said helplessly to Xiao Qian, "Can't you two have a more harmonious relationship?"

"Different people, how could they possibly be with me! Hehe. My death would be a good thing for them. So, what methods did they use to deal with you? Would you like to tell me?"

"Hey! For me, this is a reunion after a life-or-death separation." Lin Jie sighed helplessly, "Aren't you going to do anything about it?"

"Yeah, what should I do? Throw myself into your arms like a spoiled little girl? Or have a good cry? Tell you how much I love you? Or maybe just give you a kiss without saying anything? Sorry, just thinking about it makes me feel a little disgusted, so I'd better not." Xiaoqian looked at Lin Jie with a mischievous smile: "Or do you want to do something else? Actually, I don't care what we do when we meet like this. Even though there are explosions everywhere in the distant city."

"Can we do something?" Lin Jie's face lit up when he heard Xiao Qian's words: "Actually, I have a bold idea."

"If you don't mind the explosions in the distant city."

"Of course I don't mind."

"You've really changed." Hearing Lin Jie's words, Xiao Qian smiled and said, "If it were the old you, you would probably have abandoned me immediately and run to save people, right? Why didn't you do that this time? That's not in line with your heroic code."

"But what did you say? You hoped I would be a little selfish and think more about myself, didn't you?" Faced with Xiaoqian's words, Lin Jie just looked at her: "Now that we've returned to this time, then I've done nothing more. This time, I won't leave your side. Even if I can't stand it, even if I hate it, I'll still shamelessly stick by your side. Let others do the world's destruction and the hero missions."

"Ugh! That's disgusting." As if she had goosebumps all over, Xiaoxi moved to the side. "I was initially attracted to you because of your heroic figure. It was because you looked so cool that I liked you. But now, you're completely unattractive. Your image has been ruined."

"..." Seeing Xiaoqian's disgusted expression, Lin Jie sighed helplessly: "I tried my best just to see you again. Can you please not hurt me like this? It's really hurtful."