City No. 2 was lifted from the ban a month ago, and less powerful spirit refiners are no longer prohibited from entering the main disaster area.

The spirit refiners who came to City No. 2 just to make a fortune in the main disaster area were finally happy. However, it turned out that they were happy too early.

All the nests of higher-level mutant creatures within a two-hundred-mile radius of City No. 2 have been cleared out, leaving only a few corners and crevices for them.

"Who the hell is so wicked that he doesn't leave us anything."

After finding the nests of several medium and high-level mutant creatures in succession, a group of spirit refiners could no longer bear it and roared towards the sky.

His companion comforted him, "Don't curse anymore. It would be bad if someone heard it."

"If you heard it, you heard it. If you have the guts to do it, you can't even let people talk about it." The roaring young man said angrily.

"That depends on the person. I heard that this was done by the Demon King and his boyfriend Gao Han. They are clearing hidden dangers for City No. 2. This is a righteous cause. If word gets out, they may think it's no big deal, but it would be bad if their fans heard it."

By now, Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou already have a large group of fans.

If they hear you, they will spit at you to death.

"I, I'm not afraid." The young man said, but he subconsciously looked around, and his behavior betrayed his thoughts.

…

Zhongli Tingzhou suddenly sneezed and immediately looked at Gao Han who was shaking off the blood on the spirit sword.

"Don't talk to me." Gao Han interrupted him before he could speak.

Zhongli Tingzhou felt wronged, "I haven't spoken yet."

Gao Han had a blank expression on his face. “You didn’t say anything, but it’s written on your face. I don’t want to discuss this topic with you.”

"Why? Are you finally getting tired of me?" Zhongli Tingzhou had a resentful expression on her face.

Gao Han felt a chill, put away his spiritual sword, took out another dagger, and began to cut up the dead advanced mutant creatures in front of him. He collected all the usable parts.

Soon, only a skeleton was left of the dead advanced mutant creature.

"Instead of wasting time talking, you'd better look around and see if there are any other things, especially black crystal fragments." Gao Han automatically ignored his topic.

"This guy is so poor, how could he have it?" Zhongli Tingzhou sighed. He had seen it a long time ago.

Gao Han frowned, "That's troublesome. We have killed seven or eight advanced mutant creatures so far this month, and we are still going deeper and deeper into the disaster area, but we haven't found a single black crystal fragment. The probability of us finding a few black crystal fragments is not proportional to our previous chance."

Zhongli Tingzhou said seriously: "You are worried that the black crystal fragments that were scattered outside have been taken back."

"It is possible that the human leaders have been collecting these black crystal fragments." Gao Han asked.

"They will definitely collect them. Although the black crystal fragments are of no use to human cultivation, we cannot allow the mutant creatures to continue to grow stronger, so the government will still send people to collect them. I heard that they have also developed new types of weapons through the black crystal fragments, but this thing cannot be mass-produced, so it is of no use."

Zhongli Tingzhou doesn't want power, but he will still know the secrets he should know.

"I have two guesses now. Either we are just too unlucky and the mutant we chose just happens not to have any black crystal fragments. Or these fragments were summoned back by the powerful mutant deep in the disaster area for some purpose, or they simply don't want to be snatched away by humans. But the former is more likely."

Gao Han was more inclined to believe that the black crystal fragments might be useful to that powerful mutant creature.

If this is true, the other party must be planning some big conspiracy, and humans must prepare early.

"Let's go back to City No. 2 first and inform them of the news." Gao Han made a prompt decision.

The two returned along the same route and met some spirit refiners who were wandering around on the way.

"You didn't find any mutant creatures either?" A young spirit refiner came over enthusiastically.

Gao Han was stunned for a moment.

Everyone took his reaction as consent.

"It seems there are no more ahead. I ran dozens of miles for the first time and didn't encounter even a single mutant creature. In the past, wasn't there one every five steps and a group every ten steps?"

"That's an exaggeration, but things are different now. I don't know whether I should thank them for helping us eliminate the threat, or blame them for blocking our path to wealth."

"Forget it, let's go back. If we go any further, it will be really dangerous."

"No, we have been in the main disaster area for more than half a month. I am unwilling to go back empty-handed. Let's wait a little longer." The young spirit refiner said unwillingly.

Ever since the higher mutant creatures were destroyed, some intelligent middle and lower mutant creatures have been hiding and dare not come out.

The spirit refiners who have always been chased by the mutated creatures are now chasing the mutated creatures instead, and have to worry about being run away by them. When they catch up with them, the gains are not as much as the effort they put in, and everyone is very tired.

After listening to their conversation, Gao Han finally understood the reason. It turned out that these people did not recognize that he and Zhongli Tingzhou were the culprits.

He had indeed heard from his third brother Zhongli about the complaints from other spirit refiners about them.

I didn't expect to hear it with my own ears. When I heard them say that they had no results in more than half a month, I didn't feel guilty, but I did feel a little sympathy.

"You might as well go west. The mutant creatures there have not been cleared out yet." Gao Han said kindly.

"Really?" The young spirit refiner looked at him with sparkling eyes.

"Of course it's true. If you want to go, hurry up, otherwise the city could be closed again at any time."

"Brother, thank you so much. If we really encounter mutant creatures, I will never forget you." The young spirit refiner said happily.

Gao Han nodded slightly and took Zhongli Tingzhou to say goodbye to them.

"Hey, don't you find it strange? How does he know that the mutant creatures in the west have not been cleared? I remember they clearly came from the south."

After they left, a companion of the young spirit refiner said with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh, that's right." The young spirit refiner was confused. How did they know that?

The companion suddenly said in a trembling voice, "Did you notice that there are two of them, and they smelled quite a bit of blood, as if they had just killed a lot of mutant creatures."

There were several gasps in the air.

"Damn it, no way, have we met the real him?" Another companion's face turned pale. They even complained about the two of them in person.

The young soul refiner murmured to himself, "It turns out that they are really as handsome as the rumors on the Internet."

Everyone: “…” After all this talk, your huge head can only hold this little bit.

On the other side, Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou also returned to City No. 2. Zhongli He was dealing with some things. When they met General Shen, they asked General Shen to convene a meeting of the senior officials in the city who had a say.

At the meeting, Gao Han shared their findings.

Everyone's expressions became more and more solemn, with only a few remaining calm.

"In fact, we have also received some bad news from above." General Shen was the first to break the silence. After everyone looked at him, he continued, "I was planning to talk about this matter later, but since Gao Han and Tingzhou have already discovered it, I will tell you all at once."

"General Shen, please go ahead. We have heard all the bad news and can bear it." Some generals spoke one after another.

"The mutant creature in the main disaster area should take action within a year. It is related to the black crystal fragments they mentioned. We have always suspected that although the black crystal fragments are broken into pieces, when they are all put together, they will exert their true power, because several black crystal fragments stored by the government were stolen just a month ago."

This statement caused an uproar among the crowd.

Although the black crystal fragments have no effect on humans, the government has kept them secretly to prevent them from being obtained by mutant creatures. They will not be taken out easily unless they are needed for research.

"It was stolen during research. Now we suspect that there are humans collaborating with the mutant creatures in the main disaster area. The most likely suspect is the Sirius faction of the Demon Spirit. They have always been radical."

高寒皱了下眉，“可是这说不通，黑晶碎片集合在一起，才能发挥真正的威胁，但据我们所知，变异生物是可以消化黑晶碎片的。”

“你是说吸收黑晶碎片的能量吗？”沈将军问道。

“就是直接吃掉黑晶碎片。”高寒说。

沈将军摇摇头，“这不可能，军部已经试验过，变异生物是无法生存黑晶碎片的，否则容易爆体而亡，哪怕是高等变异生物，也一样。”

高寒与钟离庭洲对视一眼，那富贵是怎么回事，当时被它吃掉的黑晶碎片，可不只一块。

“那如果，真的变异生物直接生吞黑晶碎片，是不是意味着，灾区深处，那头强大的变异生物无法再集齐所有黑晶碎片？”

“不错。”

“那这算是好事，还是坏事？”高寒又问。

沈将见他问得如此详细，心中突然隐隐有个猜测，但他没有当面问，只是说：“应该算是好事，集不齐所有黑晶碎片，他们的计划就无法实施。”

高寒也是这么想的，“我还有几块黑晶碎片，那头变异生物如果是这么打算的，一定会盯上我身上的。”

“你们最近小心一点，尽量不要再深入主灾区。”

高寒也有此打算，他有点怀疑，那头变异生物要是知道有几块被富贵吞了，会不会气得跑过来杀了他们。

事实证明，他可能想多了。

那一天还没到来，主灾区深处，有一天突然传来一阵阵骇人的暴动。

一道道威压从远处传来，隔着几百上千里，远在二号城的人们都能感受得到，吓得纷纷跑出来，有人还在上厕所或洗澡，光着屁股就跑出来了，还以为变异生物又来突袭了。

除了远处传来的威压，地面也轻微的震动起来。

“发生了什么事？”大家担忧的看向主灾区深处的方向。

这几个月一直很平静，突然发生这么大的动静，大家都很不安。

高寒和钟离庭洲也飞到空中，遥望着远方。

“你感觉到了什么吗？”高寒问他。

钟离庭洲皱着眉头说道：“有很多气息，很微弱，不过除了深处的高等变异生物，似乎还有人类强者的气息。”

人类强者怎么会跑到灾区深处去，还爆发这么强烈的波动，看样子不像是没有准备的，更像是有预谋，有计划去的。

高寒猜测，政府和军部或许还有什么计划，并没有告诉他们。

这场暴动并没有持续太久，几分钟后，他们就感受不到了。

“我们去找沈将军问问吧。”钟离三哥既然没有告诉他们，说明连他也不知道。

钟离庭洲没有异议，他也想知道，这里面有没有他家老头子。

两人很快找到沈将军，意外的是，钟离三哥也在，他的脸色看起来不太好。

还没问，他们心中就有了答案。

“庭洲，父亲也参与了这场突袭，要不是为了人类，父亲绝对不会去的，只会一生一世镇守在一号城。”钟离赫脸色吓人。

老爷子的实力虽然强悍无比，这一次为了突袭灾区深处的变异生物，派了数位如老爷子这般悍勇无比的顶尖强者，但是这场突袭连远在灾区边缘的他们都感受到了，可想而之，有多么激烈，老爷子是否安然无恙。

“沈鸿成，你为什么不告诉我们？”钟离赫怒瞪着沈将军。

沈将军无奈叹气，“是老爷子不让说的，他就是不想让你们阻止他。”

“现在说这些还有什么意义，你们该想的，是如何应对接下来可能出现的最坏结果。”钟离庭洲不耐烦的打断他们的对话。

最坏的结果是什么，老爷子他们战败，能够成功逃回来，是好事，不能的话，人类的麻烦就大了。

终于到了这个不得不分出最终胜负的关键时刻吗？

这一刻，高寒想到的，却是地球毁灭的事。

未来记载的文献中，地球毁灭的真正原因，就是这场即将到来的人类与变异生物的大战吗？

总觉得，事情没有这么简单，否则以未来的科技手段，怎么会一直查不到真相。