# 1566
Chapter 1566: Escape
An Qingyu sat in his wheelchair, gazing down at the over a thousand Migo prostrated on the ground before him, his brow furrowed tightly.
"What exactly do you want?" he murmured softly.
This was the second time An Qingyu had encountered the Migo, and it was his first direct confrontation with them. He didn't know if these monsters could understand human language, but at this moment, aside from attempting communication with them, he had no other choice.
As An Qingyu's voice fell, the thousands of surrounding Migo simultaneously ceased the vibration of their membranous wings, and the air suddenly plunged into dead silence.
At the same time, the Migo closest to An Qingyu began vibrating its wings at high frequency, as if trying to imitate the human vocal cords. Faintly, a series of strange, sharp human sounds could be heard emanating from within.
They were learning human language on the spot?!
This thought flashed through An Qingyu's mind, and his heart sank into icy depths.
The intelligence of these Migo was far greater than anyone had imagined. Human language was like simple syllable拼接 to them—barely half a minute later, a string of words emerged hoarsely from the wing membranes.
"Take... you... home... receive... Truth..."
"Home? Where is home?" An Qingyu countered.
The Migo remained prostrated on the ground, their wings still, as if unwilling to answer this question.
"Then how do you plan to 'receive the Truth'?"
"We... Believers... sacrifice... Gate... return..."
This time, the Migo didn't remain silent. A series of garbled phrases mixed together, and while somewhat difficult to understand, An Qingyu grasped their meaning.
As the Heavenly Lord had surmised, these Migo, as Believers of the Truth, had obtained a portion of the Truth's power from the 【Key to the Gate】. Similarly, by offering their own lives as sacrifice, they could in turn help the Gate of Truth reorganize itself.
Over these past few days, every wave of their descent had been done in this manner.
The difference was that originally, they could only passively be killed by Great Xia deities or Qiye and the others, offering their lives as sacrifice. But once they took him back with them, a single collective suicide would allow them to massively restore the Gate of Truth in an extremely short time—the 【Key to the Gate】's return would be just around the corner.
An Qingyu's expression darkened slightly. After a moment of silence, he asked again:
"And if I refuse to go with you?"
"Cannot... refuse."
BUZZZZ——!!!
A dense chorus of membranous wing vibrations rang out from all directions, making An Qingyu's eardrums ache. He surveyed the thousands of Migo around him, and his last sliver of hope crumbled away.
With just this number, the Migo wouldn't give An Qingyu any chance to refuse—even if they had to carry him, they would drag him back, forcibly accepting his life as sacrifice.
"Qingyu..." Jiang Er leaned against An Qingyu's side, meeting his gaze, her eyes filled with resolute determination.
She had already prepared to fight with her life on the line.
An Qingyu didn't respond to Jiang Er. He stared at the endless sea of Migo surrounding him, his expression shifting multiple times.
After a long while, as if having made his decision, he took a deep breath and slowly spoke:
"I'll go with you, but I have one condition."
The wing vibrations of the many Migo ceased as they waited for An Qingyu's next words.
An Qingyu pointed to Jiang Er beside him. "I'll go back with you, but let her go."
Jiang Er froze, not yet having time to say anything, when that Migo's voice sounded again:
"Can... humans... unnecessary..."
An Qingyu turned to look at Jiang Er, giving her a meaningful glance. She stared blankly for a long moment, and from that gaze, she sensed something else... Relying on her absolute trust in An Qingyu, she finally nodded.
Jiang Er reached out her hand, and the black coffin swiftly flew into the sky. The many Migo present made no move to stop it. Only after that black coffin had completely vanished from sight did An Qingyu slowly speak:
"Alright, let's go."
Thousands of Migo simultaneously took flight, their wings beating. The two closest to An Qingyu used their elongated appendages to grip the sides of his wheelchair, lifting his body into the clouds.
Immediately after, a temporal rift tore open in the sky above. Guided by the Migo, An Qingyu rushed toward it at great speed.
Just as he was less than a hundred meters from the rift, An Qingyu's eyes sharpened. His fingers hooked beneath his collar and drew out a pitch-black surgical blade, which he thrust into his own chest like lightning, then slashed downward with all his strength!
A scarlet line of blood traced across An Qingyu's body. Before the Migo on either side could react, he grabbed the remaining four Signal Flares and stuffed them all into his own body!
Crimson blood trickled from the corners of An Qingyu's pale lips. He looked up at the Migo, a faint smile crossing his face:
"Sorry, even if I die... the 【Key to the Gate】 will never return."
BOOM——!!!
All four Signal Flares ignited simultaneously, turning An Qingyu's entire body into a blazing sphere of fire from within. Shredded flesh rained down like drops, and every Migo that had been about to enter the temporal rift froze mid-air.
A torrent of shrill shrieks erupted!!
In the howling wind, the largest chunk of flesh and bone drifted downward, and was caught steadily by a black coffin that swept across the sky. Jiang Er stood atop the black coffin, her fingers tracing patterns as she rapidly steered it away into the distance.
BUZZZZ—
The many Migo seemed to sense something, chasing that black coffin like a raging pink wave, blotting out the entire sky.
On the speeding black coffin, the chunk of flesh was regenerating at an astonishing rate. Bones, blood vessels, and flesh extended through the air, gradually outlining a human form. Jiang Er watched this scene, a pang of心疼 flickering in her eyes.
As An Qingyu's body gradually took shape, he looked down at his blood-red palms that hadn't yet grown skin, sighing bitterly:
"I never thought rapid regeneration would become a burden... If I had just died back there, the 【Key to the Gate】 would be over."
"Don't talk nonsense, you can't die!" Jiang Er said irritably,操控着黑棺一边说道。
An Qingyu forced a helpless smile. His face, lacking skin, appeared horrifyingly bloody.
In his heart, An Qingyu was very clear—surrounded by over a thousand Migo, he and Jiang Er had absolutely no chance of escape. So he could only use this method to get Jiang Er to leave first, then kill himself, catching them off guard and breaking free from their control... He knew that once he was truly taken by the Migo and the 【Key to the Gate】 resurrected, it would be a catastrophe for the entire Earth.
At this critical moment, he wanted to sacrifice himself for righteousness, but his own body wouldn't allow it... Ordinary methods simply couldn't kill him for good.
Jiang Er controlled the black coffin at a decent speed, barely maintaining the distance from the Migo. But as An Qingyu's body gradually recovered, the Migo grew increasingly frantic. Crimson light emanated from their bodies as their speed surged another notch!
Jiang Er's face turned ashen. Just as she prepared to risk everything and try to accelerate again, a massive eight-winged figure descended slowly from beneath the clouds...
"I was wondering where all this浓郁的 Cthulhu Faction气息 was coming from... so it's the 【Key to the Gate】?" Lucifer's lips curled into an wicked smile.