The pitch-black night sky was filled with the roars of various mutant beasts. Xiao Bai, Li Shangxi and the others spent the night in this noise in tacit understanding, but they did not know that the East City, which seemed to be as lively and peaceful as usual with dim lights, was actually in turmoil.

At the Dongcheng Research Institute, the mutant animals and plants that had fled madly were finally recaptured. Before the follow-up matters such as the damaged buildings and casualties at the institute were dealt with, Commander Liu Changfeng received the news that the Dongcheng Training School had become a dark zone.

He sat stiffly behind his desk, pressing his hand against his throbbing temples. It was one thing after another. He had initially thought the accident at the research institute was a fluke, but then news started trickling in about the sudden appearance of large numbers of contaminated species in many of East City's aristocratic families. Add to that the newly emerged Dark Domain, and it was clear this was a massive conspiracy.

But he had no idea who had orchestrated this conspiracy or what its purpose was.

After receiving the news that a dark zone had appeared in the East City Training School, he immediately sent a guard team to block the road leading to the dark zone to prevent more people from entering by mistake. At the same time, he summoned the logistics team to dispatch supplies from East City to the dark zone.

In the previous Sucheng Dark Domain, Adjutant Xu participated in a series of post-processing matters. Afterwards, the officials and the aristocratic families discussed it many times and compiled the methods to deal with the emergence of the Dark Domain into a book. Therefore, he was not panicked. However, this news still had to be notified to the various aristocratic families in Dongcheng as soon as possible.

The Li family was the first to explode upon receiving the news. Clan leader Li Zhen leaped up from the sofa! Damn! Is their Li family's feng shui bad this year? How did they run into the Dark Realm again? And it was that kid Li Ming again!

Li Zhen paced back and forth in the room anxiously with his hands behind his back. Although the scope of the dark domain this time was not as large as the last time, it was too close to the urban area of ​​East City. Moreover, those trapped in it this time were basically cultivators who had already awakened. If these cultivators were contaminated by dark matter, the consequences would be unimaginable. You know, if there are enough dark cores to support it, as time goes on, the concentration of dark matter in the dark domain will increase, and the scope of the dark domain will continue to expand. By then, the entire East City will be shrouded in the dark domain, and the people of the entire East City will become nutrients for the dark domain, then...

He simply didn't dare to think too deeply about it. Compared to this, the appearance of a few contaminated species in his home this afternoon was nothing more than a trivial matter.

The other noble families who received the news were also uneasy. When the nest is overturned, all the eggs will be broken. So the Dongcheng officials and the noble families held another meeting on how to deal with the dark domain.

In the suburbs of Dongcheng, in an antique private house by the lake, a real estate tycoon is hosting a banquet.

Private chalets like these often boast decades of history, nestled in scenic suburban areas. While unassuming at first glance, they reveal a hidden gem within. These chalets, whether for leisure, dining, or entertainment, each boast unique characteristics and menus, often commanding high prices. They're often used as private clubs, where only wealthy and powerful individuals can afford to spend their money; the average person wouldn't even be able to get a ticket.

Today, this private club is very lively. A real estate boss from Dongcheng is hosting a banquet here to celebrate the birthday of his mistress.

The mistress was an 18th-tier celebrity who particularly liked to grow exotic flowers and plants. In order to please the woman, the boss specially bought several "unique" flowers through special channels.

"Everyone, please look! These aren't ordinary flowers. They're mutants, not something most people can buy! I was lucky enough to get a few, and today, on Wan'er's birthday, I'd like to share my appreciation with everyone! Hahaha!"

The boss, whose oversized suit couldn't hide his pregnant belly, hugged a pretty girl in a heavy-made-up princess dress and laughed while pointing at several pots of plants in the middle of the room.

Under the orange crystal chandelier, the plants seemed to have life and were moving without wind, gently swaying their flowers.

These are several mutant plants similar to peonies. The originally luxurious and graceful peony petals were swaying gently in the air. A lady who was watching closely accidentally lifted the edge of the leaves with her dress. The originally lovely and beautiful flowers suddenly began to shake wildly, and the petals on the flowers suddenly stretched out like tentacles, and suddenly wrapped around the lady's calf. The sharp edges of the petals cut her skin, and blood was instantly spilled all over the ground.

"ah!"

The attacked lady was frightened by this sudden change and screamed wildly, crying and retreating backwards, but her calves were tightly entangled by the petals and the blood was flowing more and more.

"Help! Help me!"

"What's going on? Why is this mutant plant suddenly hurting people?!"

"Hurry up and save them! Hurry up!"

"Security! Where's the security?"

The hall was instantly in chaos.

Stimulated by the blood, several mutant plants became increasingly frenzied, and the originally quiet flowers began to continuously extend their petals and attack the surrounding crowd.

The people in the hall screamed and ran away in all directions!

"Help! Help!"

A waiter was desperately climbing towards the floor-to-ceiling window, but his feet were entangled by flower petals. The petals attacked too quickly, and they had no time to escape, and were trapped by the petals.

The mutated flower contracted its petals, pushing people closer to the pistil. The originally slender stamens had now all turned into sharp white thorns that were constantly waving. The pistil in the center had completely transformed into a long spike. He saw with his own eyes that the hearts of those who were dragged over had been pierced by the spikes, and they died of blood sucked dry!

The waiter had no choice but to hold on to the edge of the floor-to-ceiling window, trying hard to prevent himself from being dragged away by the mutated petals.

Just when he was in despair, there was a sound of glass breaking suddenly from the floor-to-ceiling window above his head, and then a palm-sized red spider lily floated into the hall.

He looked at the red spider lily flying in the air and closed his eyes in despair.

The mutated flowers in the hall, coupled with the appearance of the red spider lily, looked like he was really going to die here today! He shed two lines of tears and cried loudly!

"Woooooooooooooo!"

He was just an ordinary college student who came here to work to earn some living expenses, but he happened to encounter this kind of thing!

"I didn't expect there were mutant plants here too. Let's deal with them quickly!"

Suddenly, a clear and pleasant male voice sounded from the ear. It was a typical clear and noble voice. The waiter was a part-time voice actor and was particularly sensitive to sound. The sudden appearance of the male voice was so beautiful that it could make people's ears pregnant.

"Boss! Why are you running so fast? Hey! Why are there mutant plants here? And so many of them? Where did all these mutant plants come from in East City?! This is harming people!"

Another threatening young man's voice sounded, and the waiter felt the petals that were tightly binding him loosen, and he opened his eyes tremblingly.

All I saw before me was a young man in an ancient robe with a clear face like the moon, and a fat man dressed in bright yellow clothes!