Just as he was about to take a closer look at the center of the Milky Way, he suddenly felt his vision blur and the surrounding scenery disappeared.
He reached out and touched the membrane that blocked his view; it was soft, smooth, and elastic.
"No, my hand is there."
He then realized that his body had long since turned into a cloud of white mist floating in the center of the diaphragm.
"Why can I still sense everything around me, and why does it feel so real, even though my body no longer exists?"
Just as he was still wondering what was going on, he saw the white mist that his body had turned into begin to churn as if it had been stimulated by something.
As time went on, the white fog churned more and more violently.
The white mist gradually turned black, then green, but the green color only lasted a few seconds before turning red.
Just as Yuan Chuyi was still wondering about what was happening, he felt his consciousness being drawn to the constantly changing color of the mist.
In an instant, he felt his consciousness begin to fade.
After an unknown amount of time, a child's voice rang in my mind.
"Master, it's time for you to wake up."
Yuan Chuyi slowly opened her eyes. What came into view was a tiny figure, no bigger than a palm, floating in the air.
Yuan Chu instinctively reached out his hands to grab the little figure.
To Ling Yuanchu's surprise, his gentle grab caused the little ball of light to vanish into thin air.
"You want to kill me as soon as we meet?"
The little figure's voice lingered in Yuan Chuyi's ears. Then, countless points of light gathered together again and transformed back into the little figure.
Yuan Chuyi opened her mouth in surprise. "You! You're the system! How did you get out? Shouldn't you be in my mind?"
"Who said I exist in your mind? I've always been by your side. I can just sense your thoughts."
Yuan Chuyi asked in confusion, "Then why couldn't I see you before?"
"That's because our levels of existence are too far apart, of course we can't see it."
"Why can I see it now?"
That's because your level of life has improved.
"What does it mean that my level of life has improved?"
As the system explained, Yuan Chuyi learned that they had progressed from carbon-based life to silicon-based life.
"Then what life form are you?" Yuan Chuyi asked curiously.
"I am an electromagnetic life form that is at a higher level than silicon-based life forms, which is why you can see me but cannot touch me."
Dragon Origin Continent
The women waited for seven days at the place where Yuan Chuyi disappeared.
"No, we should go back," Tang Yan said after thinking for a moment.
"Aren't we going to wait any longer?"
"Yes, we've already waited seven days, how about we wait a few more days?"
"There's no point in us waiting here any longer. Besides, Zheng Shuang's perception time has already run out. If we don't go back, things might get messy over there."
"Why don't you go back? I'll wait for him to come back here," Wan'er said softly.
Tang Yan glanced at Wan'er. "No, it's too dangerous for you to stay here by yourself. How about this, let Yuanbao and Yuanxiao stay and keep you company."
After discussion, everyone decided to leave Wan'er, Liu Xin, Yuanbao, and Yuanxiao here to wait, while the rest of them would return to the Eastern Continent with Tang Yan.
Along the coastline of Tianjun Kingdom, people are still busy as always.
"Look, look! What's that!" a boy pointed into the distance.
At this moment, the others were also drawn to the distance by the boy's shouts.
"It looks like a mountain to me," an old man said, squinting.
"Old Liu, I think you're getting old and your eyesight is failing. That's clearly a royal ocean liner," a man mocked.
Just as everyone began to discuss it, one small hill after another appeared before their eyes.
At this point, some people also noticed that something was wrong.
A girl is looking into the distance through binoculars.
"Syphie, did you see it clearly? What is that?" another girl urged.
Sifie, his face ashen, threw down the binoculars, muttering to himself, "Ratmen! Ratmen! Giant ratmen, they're all ratmen!"
Another ten minutes or so passed. When people could see that the entire sea was covered with countless rat-men...
They began to scatter in all directions.
"Run, everyone! The rat-man has become a spirit!"
At this moment, all the countries along the coast were shrouded in gloom, and pessimism spread endlessly in people's hearts.
"What are you all afraid of? What's so scary? Where can you run to? Don't forget, we are all ability users now," the old man shouted.
"Yes, yes. I almost forgot, I'm an ability user now too."
"Me too."
As the old man shouted, everyone realized they were now capable of using superpowers. Gradually, the crowd began to gather.
Tianjun Kingdom Royal Palace
"It's terrible, Your Majesty! A large number of rat-men have appeared on the beach!" a guard reported.
"How could rat-men appear on the beach? And how many are you referring to as a large number?" the king asked, rising to his feet.
The guard trembled and said, "The exact number is unknown. But judging from the appearance, it's at least several billion, or even more."
The king slumped down, exclaiming, "How can there be so many? And where did these rat-men come from?"
"Your Majesty, should we retreat immediately?" suggested a portly middle-aged man.
"Retreat? Where to retreat to? Didn't you hear that there are billions of ratmen?" The Ninth Princess glanced at the middle-aged man who spoke and the trembling young man beside him.
"How dare you speak to Young Master Lei and Lord Fan like that!" the king roared in fury.
"I'm being presumptuous? Heh, am I not telling the truth? Look at those two, acting like cowards. They were so scared of the ratman that they tried to hide. I think those two are the real rats."
"Someone like this wants to marry me?" the Ninth Princess retorted angrily.
Lord Fan glanced at the young man beside him, and the two exchanged a look, reaching a tacit understanding.
"Since the rat people are attacking, we should return to our country to make some preparations. As for the marriage alliance, since the Ninth Princess does not agree, I think we should just give up on it."
After the two left, the king sighed, "Ninth Prince, you shouldn't have offended them. Do you know that their country is a landlocked country?"
The Ninth Princess spoke up: "Father, I know what you mean, but do you think the Rat People crossed the ocean just for a few coastal countries?"
"Oh well, never mind." Then the king's demeanor changed and he shouted, "Prepare the army and march to the coastline."
Dragon Kingdom.
Kuina asked anxiously, "Miss Zhou Yu, when will Brother Yuan and the others be back? People on the coast can see the ratmen in the sea now, so they should be coming ashore soon."
Zhou Yu shook his head and looked at Shangguan Liang, saying, "You stay in Dragon Kingdom, I'll take some men to the sea to test our skills with them first."
"As for the others, I think it's better if you stay here, or I'll take the men and go first."
No sooner had Shangguan Liang finished speaking than a voice rang out: "Don't hold anyone back! All Dragon Gate members, head out to sea together!"
The two turned around and shouted at the same time, "Sister Yan, you're back!"
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