A World Worth Protecting

Wang Baole just flicked his body and had only taken a few steps when the paper human cutout on the sampan suddenly raised its left hand. A dim halo suddenly spread, and the moment it appeared… Wang Baole’s body instantly paused. Afterward, his expression changed immensely, because he discovered that his body… couldn’t be controlled!

He seemed to be completely controlled by a strange power. It actually controlled him to turn around and walk step by step expressionlessly… towards the sampan!

What’s going on! Wang Baole was horrified in his heart and wanted to resist and struggle, but it was of no use. He could only watch as he walked step by step towards the ethereal spirit boat like a puppet!

This scene was extremely weird!

In the cosmos, an ethereal spirit-like sampan dispersed a sense of ancientness. At its front, a devilish paper human cutout waved expressionlessly. At the back of the boat, near the cabin, the more than thirty teenage males and females couldn’t hide the weirdness in their expressions as they all looked towards Wang Baole, who was walking step by step like a puppet towards the sampan.

But in reality, the fact that Wang Baole rejected many times previously and had fear in his eyes despite the fact that he was walking step by step towards the sampan immediately allowed them to guess the answer.

“Someone’s forcefully controlling Xie Dalu’s body?”

“Could it be that the ferryman will forcefully control you after you refuse to board the Fallen Star Boat a certain number of times?”

“I’ve never heard of that before…”

Everyone felt weird as they watched Wang Baole get closer and closer to the sampan. The fear in his eyes also grew more and more intense. Wang Baole almost cried as he wailed and trembled.

What is this, I don’t want to board the ship. This is way too overbearing!

Wang Baole rejected the idea of boarding the sampan. Even when the sampan appeared again and again, he rejected it. But this time… things changed to a point beyond what he could control. He lost control of his body and could only watch as the strange power controlled his body to leap after nearing the sampan and landed him… on the sampan.

However, different from the cabin where everyone else was, Wang Baole’s body was controlled to land at the front of the sampan. And at that moment, huge waves of shock had already crashed in his heart.

It’s bad enough that you forced me to board. Why is my position different from everyone else’s! Wang Baole felt bitter in his heart. But until now, he still couldn’t control his body. When he stood at the front of the sampan, he couldn’t even turn his head. He could only use his peripheral vision to see that the expressions of the teenage males and females in the cabin became even weirder.

Obviously, it was the same as what he thought. Those people were also curious about why Wang Baole wasn’t at the cabin after he boarded, being at the front of the sampan instead…

But after that, after the paper human cutout at the front of the sampan did an action, although the answer was revealed, Wang Baole’s soul trembled violently and was filled with resentment and indignance that exploded forth in his heart. As for the rest… their eyes almost dropped out. There were even three or so who were unable to stay calm as they stood up from their cross-legged positions. Their faces were filled with disbelief, and it was obvious that violent storms were crashing onto their souls.

“What’s going on! Capturing coolies?”

“Why… why… why is this happening!”

“Is the envoy tired?”

But one couldn’t blame the teenage boys and girls for not being able to control the shock in their hearts. Truly, although they were chosen ones from various factions and were very knowledgeable, the scene that appeared in front of their eyes was too unimaginable and extremely different from the information they obtained from their family clans and sects previously!

Before they were there, their sense of respect for the sampan was extremely intense. To them, the ethereal spirit boat was the envoy of a mysterious land and was the only way to enter that legendary place. So, after boarding the sampan, they all behaved themselves and dared not do anything too crazy.

At most, they quarreled with Wang Baole a bit previously. But they never tried to forcefully disembark from the sampan. But now… with their eyes, they actually watched as the paper human cutout—who kept rowing a paper oar, had an extremely stern expression, whose body dispersed waves of cold, and whose cultivation was fathomless—passed the paper oar in its hands… to Wang Baole!

Not only did their souls buzz, but Wang Baole was also puzzled. He thought of some reasons as to why the paper human cutouts controlled him to board the sampan, but never did he think that this was the reason…

He’s making me row the boat? While Wang Baole felt puzzled, he also felt that this was a little inconceivable. He also felt that he had to have an air of arrogance. As the future president of the Federation and the emperor of the Divine Eye civilization, he was okay with rowing the sampan, but he couldn’t let the teenage males and females on the sampan become coolies!

I may be unable to control my body, but I have a backbone. Deep in my heart, I refuse! Wang Baole humphed in his heart and waved his sleeves. He prepared to take the paper oar helplessly as his body was being controlled. But… as he flicked his sleeves, Wang Baole’s heart suddenly beat faster. He tried lowering his head to look at his hands. After moving them around, he turned his head to look at the surroundings. In the end, he confirmed that… he actually regained control of his body at an unknown time.

This made him feel slightly awkward. After a moment, he raised his head to look at the paper human cutout, who continued the action of handing him the paper oar. Instantly, Wang Baole felt a sense of struggle in his heart.

That’s going overboard. You could have just controlled my body to take the paper oar… As Wang Baole struggled, he originally decided to reject the paper oar. But not waiting for him to do that, a cold glint flashed between the paper human cutout’s eyes as it dispersed a horrifying aura from its body.

The aura was so powerful that it was like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed that could slash the heavens and earth in two. It made Wang Baole’s hair stand on end instantly as he felt chills all over his body. Even the essence that formed his avatar seemed to freeze as it sent him strong signals. It seemed to be telling him that a precarious situation was about to descend on him.

This made Wang Baole’s forehead secrete cold sweat. Without a doubt, the paper human cutout made him feel extremely uncomfortable. It was as though he was facing a heaven-shaking evil aura. At this moment, he was almost identical to the paper human cutout in his storage ring. He had a gut feeling that if he didn’t receive the paper oar, the paper human cutout might attack.

At that moment, not only did he feel that sense of fear intensely, the teenage boys and girls in the cabin felt that way too. After feeling the chill from the paper human cutout, they all remained silent as they stared at Wang Baole to see how he would handle the situation. As for those who quarreled with him previously, they felt a sense of schadenfreude as their faces lit up with anticipation.

Wang Baole had no time to bother with the gazes of those people. After feeling the killing intent from the paper human cutout in front of him, he took a deep breath, and a warm smile appeared on his face very naturally as he received the paper oar very solicitously.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier, Senior? I love rowing boats. Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Senior. Senior, if you had let me come up to row the boat sooner, I definitely wouldn’t have rejected. I love rowing boats. It has been my passion since I was young.”

As he spoke, Wang Baole flashed his most sincere smile. At the same time, he stood at the front of the sampan while holding the paper oar, rowing with a lot of strength towards the side. He maintained the smile on his face and even looked back towards the paper human cutout.

“Have a rest first, Senior. Are my actions standard?” One couldn’t see a sense of uncooperativeness on Wang Baole’s face. But in reality, Wang Baole was sighing in his heart. Luckily, he was very good at consoling himself…

This is called knowing the present situation and being down-to-earth. It’s just rowing a boat. He was so kind and gracious and only wanted me to lend a hand because he was tired. Helping people brings me joy!

As the chill on the paper human cutout’s body rapidly dissipated, the teenage boys and girls on the sampan all had weird expressions, and most of them felt a sense of disdain. Meanwhile, Wang Baole exerted himself to the utmost as he pushed the paper oar in his hands towards the cosmos outside the ship. He then pushed towards the back strongly and rowed once.

Just as Wang Baole rowed with the paper oar once, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he stared and let out a soft gasp. Turning his head, he immediately looked towards the cosmos outside his paper oar.

There… was nothing there, but Wang Baole felt that the paper oar in his hands seemed to meet with a powerful obstructive force when he rowed. He needed to use all his strength just to row, and as he rowed, a wave of gentle force actually gathered there from the cosmos!