Chapter 96

The other world was just like in my memory; the sky was gray and the air was filled with the smell of decay.

As soon as Xiao Shengyun stepped into this place, he felt another exceptionally powerful information. He sorted out the current god-level pollutants: Mother Tree, Eye Without Pupil, Brain Flower, Shen Yao, and in addition to these, there was another god-level pollutant.

This is his second time "coming" to the other world.

He swallowed a mouthful of sand as soon as he landed. The environment here is too harsh. I don't know how Zhou Zhi survived.

Xiao Shengyun didn't rush, but strolled around leisurely. He could sense the aura of that enormous creature. He didn't need to search for it; the thing would come to him on its own.

He lied. Without a source core, he couldn't absorb the energy that had already been devoured, nor could he separate the two worlds.

But he couldn't bring himself to cut open Zhou Zhi's chest.

The comfort he received that day was of no use. From the moment he learned of the prophecy and realized that he was in the incubator, Xiao Shengyun's sense of belonging to the human world vanished.

He squinted at the distant sandstorm and thought that the best time was when the two of them were together, fleeing in the wilderness, with only each other.

When a human dies, he can sit beside the corpse forever.

A rustling sound came from in front of him; the guest he was waiting for had arrived.

It was like an 8-magnitude earthquake; the earth was trembling, and cracks appeared in the ground, beneath which lay a black expanse.

That's the body of pollutants.

The dome, the sky, the ground, the underground—pollutants make up the whole world.

Xiao Shengyun transformed into the form of a feathered serpent and flew into the air, looking down at the cracked earth.

Since all the other god-level pollutants have fled, this pollutant's power has increased significantly in order to maintain world stability.

One rises as the other falls.

Xiao Shengyun's eyes suddenly turned cold, like a piece of real jade. After pretending for so long, he forgot what he was really like.

Devour Him.

This thought arose simultaneously in the minds of both sides, and they transformed from gods into beasts, following their inner animalistic instincts, fighting each other until the very last moment.

A vast expanse of blackness enveloped the world, accompanied by the rustling of the wind, as if sensing the approaching apocalypse, and all living things began to scatter and flee.

It has no weaknesses.

Countless sharp blades formed from primal matter struck the surface of the pollutants, raising only a few specks of dust. The monster beneath the ground remained unharmed, its massive body as solid and hard as the real earth.

Some black tentacles emerged from the depths of the crack and lashed out towards the sky, which Xiao Shengyun managed to dodge with difficulty, flapping his wings.

These tentacles are far slower than Him, but if the fighting continues, His power will be exhausted first.

He hovered high in the sky, dodging attacks from his opponent while trying to find a weakness.

If we compare the Otherworld to a company, then the god-level pollutants are the company's agents, responsible for managing its normal operation. Unfortunately, after the last fierce battle, the agents all fled to the human world.

The company can only cultivate new managers and hand over most of the power to them.

This pollutant is far more powerful than any of the previous "god-level" pollutants.

After a long tug-of-war, Xiao Shengyun felt the energy in his body gradually decreasing. His speed slowed down, and he was unexpectedly struck by a tentacle, causing his body to fall to the ground.

He raised his eyes, and the gray, misty sky reflected in his pupils, like a dream.

As the body relaxes, the presence of wounds, large and small, becomes more apparent.

The second wave of attacks was imminent, and He had almost no strength to resist it.

...

Palace Center

A constant stream of pollutants poured out of the void, and a sense of despair arose in everyone's hearts.

The defenses built by everyone were already riddled with holes, and a lot of pollutants were spilling out. Fortunately, there was no signal blockage here, so they could send signals to their headquarters on the ground to prepare for defense in advance.

Zhou Zhi ran past various claws and corpses to the source of the pollutants. Since the passage was not closed, it meant that the situation in the inner world was not good.

Amid his teammates' exclamations, he leaped into the air, colliding head-on with a contaminant that was being transported from the other side. He first felt pain in his shoulder, followed by a dizzying sensation.

Just sensing the presence of another world made his body tremble involuntarily.

Memories flashed through his mind: the scene of his father's death, the image of his mother leaving home time and time again, the fear of living in the underworld, and the experience of being imprisoned as a monster after returning home. He seemed to be just a lonely soul who survived after being torn to pieces.

Zhou Zhi wasn't particularly afraid of death. Whether he was on the front lines against contaminants or relentlessly pushing his body to its limits in the laboratory, it wasn't because he had any belief in protecting humanity, but rather because he seemed to have no reason to live.

He thought of the prophecy that manipulated the fate of everyone. On his last night before his departure, he did not learn the full picture of the prophecy, but he received one sentence—humanity will achieve final victory.

And each person is a link in the chain leading to victory.

Xiao Shengyun dodged the second round of attacks but was then hit squarely in the face by a humanoid object.

This scene looks so familiar.

"How did you get here?" he shouted through gritted teeth, then pulled the person into the air to dodge the oncoming tentacles.

"How can there still be such strong pollutants?" Zhou Zhi stared at the black ground, his enormous body seemingly endless, but he quickly calmed down: "If you retrieve the source core, can you close the passage between the two worlds?"

Once the two worlds are separated, even if things go terribly wrong here, neither victory nor defeat will affect the human world.

"No, I advise you to give up that idea." Xiao Shengyun hurriedly dodged the attack. Compared to the life and death of all mankind, he only wanted one person to live.

Huge wings whipped up a gale in the sky, and Zhou Zhi lay on the back of the feathered serpent, just like back then.

He wasn't surprised by the answer, but simply said softly, "But I want to save those people."

The knife sliced ​​across my chest. This wasn't a choice between two options, nor could I choose whichever I wanted. If I couldn't win, everything would be for naught.

By the time Xiao Shengyun realized what had happened, it was too late. He was overwhelmed and only realized what had happened when Zhou Zhi's blood splattered onto his back.

The enemy's attack landed directly on his frozen body, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

Xiao Shengyun rolled on the ground with his back to it, holding Zhou Zhi in his arms.

Or rather, Zhou Zhi's corpse.

The source core fell to the ground.

There was no such thing as a farewell. Zhou Zhi has always been a decisive person to the point of being cruel, and this cruelty is only directed at himself.

A fool who wants to save everyone.

Xiao Shengyun had always felt that the life and death of the two worlds had nothing to do with him, but now, beside this warm corpse, someone was forcefully shoving the responsibility of being a savior into his hands.

He has never been able to do anything about this person.

Zhou Zhi fell to the ground, his handsome face covered in dust, and his dark eyes closed forever.

Xiao Shengyun remained silent for a few seconds, his throat tightening as a wave of grief belatedly washed over him and continued to surge.

His anchor connecting him to the world has disappeared once again.

He picked up the source core, and the familiar power entered his body, allowing him to regain the world's recognition.

The underground contaminants seemed to sense something and launched a series of attacks. Before the black lightning struck, Xiao Shengyun placed the corpse in mid-air.

Compared to the ground, the air is the domain he controls.

After the source core returns, the energy of the inner world can be used by him.

He stretched out his tentacles, inserting them straight into the cracks in the earth, intending to devour the pollutant directly.

This pollutant is relatively new and hasn't even evolved a brain yet; all its attacks are almost entirely instinctive.

As one of the former administrators of the Inner World, Xiao Shengyun can be considered His senior. His control over this world is far beyond what a newbie who has just been born can compare to.

So the underground pollutant's body was split open, and before it could react, the tentacles began to absorb its power like robbers.

it hurts!

The earth trembled violently, as if an 8-magnitude earthquake had occurred.

He was merging with this world, and Xiao Shengyun clearly realized this as he absorbed energy.

There are only two "agents" left in this world. If one dies, the other two will be able to completely control the inner world.

He dwells high in the sky, watching the earth begin to collapse due to the weakness caused by pollutants, with huge crashing sounds echoing below.

Waaah—

A strange fluctuation was underground, the lament of pollutants, being slowly drained by their immoral predecessors.

The earth's tremors ceased, signifying that the pollutants had died.

When the sound stopped, all was silent.

High in the sky, Xiao Shengyun was momentarily dazed, and suddenly realized that the scene was somewhat familiar.

The same thing happened when they killed the Eyeless One.

He won, at the cost of only one person's sacrifice.

A powerful force is slowly separating the two worlds, while humanity struggles to resist the onslaught of pollutants.

"Look, the passage has disappeared."

After several hours of arduous fighting, Chen Buyan and the others belatedly realized that...

Images of Wu Yongnian and the others lay on the ground; this was the ending twenty years ago, when they had already died here.

As the pollution receded, these images gradually began to blur.

The amount of pollutants is decreasing, and with human power, they will soon be completely eliminated. The survivors are finally beginning to enjoy normal lives.

Many years later, when people look back on this history, they may wonder if it was adapted from some third-rate post-apocalyptic novel.

A light rain began to fall on the post-war ruins.

When Zhou Zhi woke up, he was soaked to the bone. Before he could even wipe the rain off his face, he met a pair of wet eyes.

"you……"

"I regret to inform you, Dean Zhou, that you are now to be sentenced to life imprisonment."

Xiao Shengyun toyed with the other person's fingers. He was now a god in this world. Wasn't it an easy thing for a god to revive a human?

The only regret is that Zhou Zhi's body is currently maintained by the power of this world, and the two worlds are completely separated, making it difficult for him to return to the human world in the future.

"Then you'd better prepare a better place for the prisoners, at least so they don't have to sleep in the open like before."

Zhou Zhi smiled and said that a few drops of rain splashed into his mouth, the saltiness mixed with bitterness.

Why does rain in the Otherworld taste the same as tears?