Calamity of Tomorrow

Gu Lan held onto Zhou Bai as they progressed towards the depths of the heavenly palace.

Zhou Bai asked, "Why don't we just fly? Let's fly and see what the terrain is like here?"

Gu Lan shook his head and replied, "No... we can't fly. We'll be attacked."

After Gu Lan's explanation, Zhou Bai understood that in this strange space, if one were to fly higher than 3 meters, they would be attacked by an invisible force. Even with Gu Lan's seventh realm cultivation, they could barely withstand a few seconds and could only move within 3 meters above the ground.

Moreover, up to this point, Gu Lan still didn't know how to leave this place. After stepping into the lab's doorway, he appeared directly at the Northern Heavenly Gate, but he couldn't find any way to return.

Even the entire heavenly palace seemed very strange. Gu Lan, staying at the position of the Northern Heavenly Gate, had tried various methods to explore, but if his Primordial Spirit power delved even a few hundred meters deeper, he would start losing direction and even be unable to sense the distant circumstances.

This space seemed to repel the scanning of Primordial Spirit power. Gu Lan suspected that they were now in the void, which was why these bizarre phenomena were occurring.

As a monk from the Plague Department, often dealing with twisted phenomena, Gu Lan did not act rashly. Instead, he spent two days studying the situation here, until he now encountered Zhou Bai and truly entered this heavenly palace.

Gu Lan said, "This... this place somewhat resembles the heavenly courts of the past..."

"It's a strange place," Zhou Bai listened to Gu Lan's introduction of the past concepts of the heavenly palace and slightly frowned. He said, "East, west, north, south... the four heavenly gates? Anyway... let's first explore the vicinity and see if we can find any clues."

"By the way," Zhou Bai asked, "Do you have any magical treasures or elixirs on you? Take them out and let me check if there's any problem."

Gu Lan honestly replied, "Sure."

Zhou Bai watched as he took out vials of elixir and a sixth realm magical treasure, the Yuan Chen Treasure Pearl that could deploy a defensive field, and a bag of Dragon Crystal Stone that could replenish Primordial Spirit power.

Zhou Bai's eyes gleamed as he said, "Gu Lan, the Gui Hai Black Evil Circle I'm casting needs to consume a great deal of strength. Once the strength is exhausted and can't be maintained, you would be affected by the distorted air and your intelligence would drop again."

Hearing this, Gu Lan immediately panicked, touched the black mud on his body, and said, "Is it going to run out already? What... what should we do?"

Zhou Bai said, "I can replenish strength by consuming magical treasures and elixirs, which would allow me to continue maintaining the Gui Hai Black Evil Circle and protect your intelligence from decreasing."

Gu Lan quickly agreed, "Extermination Sword, you... you quickly consume these magical treasures."

Zhou Bai said, "That would be embarrassing, after all, it's all your stuff."

Gu Lan said, "No... it's fine. If you can't maintain the Gui Hai Black Evil Circle, I would turn into an idiot! You... you see, I'm not even speaking clearly now. If I turn into an idiot later, what use would I have for these magical treasures? You... you just take and eat them."

Watching Gu Lan continuously stuffing elixirs and magical treasures his way, Zhou Bai said, "I know you're anxious about your own intelligence, and if I don't consume these elixirs and magical treasures, you'd definitely get anxious with me. So, I'll consume them."

Gu Lan said, "Good, good, good, eat them quickly!"

Moments later, Gu Lan saw the Gui Hai Black Evil Circle envelop the elixirs and magical treasures he had sent out, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared.

Zhou Bai counted these items, which had sold for a total of 200,000 Laziness Points, increasing his Laziness Points from 170,000 to 370,000.

'Hmm, I'm still 130,000 short of the 500,000 Laziness Points needed to learn the Creation Genesis Galaxy Collapse.'

Gu Lan asked, "So... how long will the Gui Hai Black Evil Circle last now?"

Zhou Bai replied, "Don't worry, it can be maintained for a few more days."

Hearing this, Gu Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Gu Lan, who now had nothing left to sell but his clothes, Zhou Bai looked at the nearby pavilion and wondered if they could be sold.

The two of them continued exploring, walking along the roadways of the heavenly palace, feeling that the entire palace was filled with pavilions and luxuriously decorated buildings, but utterly void of life, with no creatures in sight other than themselves.

Entering the palaces on both sides, everything was also empty, with nothing inside.

After walking like this for a while, Gu Lan exclaimed, "So many people! Their attire resembles the Thunder Department's heavenly soldiers. Where are they going?"

From Gu Lan's view, he saw a large group of people coming down the road. Their armor was tattered, some carried flags, others bore large spears, but their movement was silent as if floating, yet their speed was incredibly fast.

Gu Lan stared at their faces, which were the most bizarre aspect of these people. Their chins were sharp and thin, their eyes were like long slits, and the corners of their mouths were slightly raised, giving their faces a somewhat deformed look, resembling wolves that were sneering.

Gu Lan followed them, discovering that these heavenly soldiers completely ignored him as if he didn't exist.

Upon hearing Gu Lan's words, Zhou Bai slightly furrowed his brow. In his perception, he hadn't seen a single person.

...

Gorinich said, "They seem to have discovered some situation. This place is too weird, seemingly unresponsive to our detection machines, but it reacts to living beings that enter."

"I hope Zhou Bai doesn't die," Xu Dela coldly said as he watched the monitor. "I still have a lot to say to him."

Gorinich looked at the screen and said, "Another team of people just met."

Wolf Head, Chang Ming, and others also focused on one of the screens, seeing Wang Shouxuan from West Mountain City and another team from the Plague Department meeting.

Wolf Head thought internally, "Is it Chenyang's team? Their team, like ours, comprises monks of the fifth and sixth realms. Plus, they all went by the spear diagram route, making them most suitable for exploring relics.

They were also among the first batch to enter this space, having explored many parts of this heavenly palace. I wonder what they found…"

As he pondered Chenyang's team's capabilities, he saw on the screen that the group suddenly began fighting Wang Shouxuan.

Wolf Head's eyes widened in surprise, "How did this happen?"

...

In the vast square, bodies of fallen soldiers lay everywhere, Wang Shouxuan brandished the Nine Heavens Thunder Shadow Sword, his body enveloped in electrical light, resembling the descent of Thor, yet puzzledly looked at the monks before him, "Who are you? Why are you attacking me?"

Chenyang and other Plague Department monks had ice-cold expressions, hollow gazes, and their bodies emitted a chill, making them appear like the dead.

Facing Wang Shouxuan's questions, they did not answer but merely continued directing large numbers of fallen soldiers to attack Wang Shouxuan.