Ancient World.
In the dusky sky, a bewitching and resplendent blood moon hung in the night sky like a scimitar, like an exquisite decoration embedded in the night wall.
In the White Lotus Divine Prefecture, nine huge cities were entrenched on the ground like giant beasts. In the dark and cold night, they were enveloped in a layer of demonic light.
The once bustling cities were still quiet even though it was already night time. A cold wind blew through the streets, causing the doors to creak and make one's teeth ache.
There were no lights in the entire Blue Water City. It was as dark as ink, and a mist-like dust shrouded the sky above the city. Under the illumination of the blood red and demonic moonlight, one could see that more than half of the city's sturdy walls had already collapsed.
Sou!
Sou!
Two whooshing sounds came from afar and landed on the streets of the city. A cold wind blew around them, as if countless ghosts were hiding in the darkness.
Ye Chen frowned and turned to look at Bai Yijun. The two of them said almost at the same time, "There's danger. Be careful."
After saying so, the two of them were startled for a moment before smiling.
Ye Chen held her hand and slowly walked down the street. From the dense aura of death that permeated the entire city, it was obvious that this bustling city had fallen over the years and become a desolate ruin.
"There seems to be something in the air that's hindering the probing of our Divine Sense," Ye Chen said in a low voice.
"I feel it too. It seems to be fog, but it also feels like air."
Bai Yijun frowned and looked around at the quiet streets, "I wonder what kind of shocking changes have happened here after ten thousand years."
For ordinary God Emperors, ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
Casually refining a divine artifact or comprehending a secret manual would take tens of thousands of years to fully master it.
In this short period of time, the once bustling White Lotus Divine Prefecture seemed to have completely changed.
"En?" Ye Chen suddenly stopped, "What's that sound?"
Bai Yijun frowned and listened carefully. Suddenly, she turned to look at the entrance of a house. From a dark corner, a black figure flashed past like a shadow.
Ye Chen and Bai Yijun's figures flashed and rushed over.
Whoosh!
Ye Chen raised his palm, and a strong flame appeared in his palm, illuminating the surroundings. The dark and quiet alley in front of him was not very deep. There was a sealed wall, and it was a dead end. On the ground in front of his feet, there was a pool of sticky green liquid that emitted an unpleasant stench.
"What is this?" Bai Yijun frowned.
"Judging from this shape, it's still in a flowing state. Furthermore, there's still some warmth on it. It should have just been left behind."
Ye Chen stared at the green liquid. Ever since he had tempered his body in the Divine Fire, his body had become more sensitive to temperature. Even without touching it, he could feel that the viscous green liquid was warm.
While the two of them were still muttering to themselves, a gust of wind suddenly swept over from behind.
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows. He turned around and kicked out, accurately hitting the black shadow's chest. Immediately, the black shadow flew out and rolled on the ground.
Under the blood-red moonlight, Ye Chen and Bai Yijun looked over. They saw that the thing lying on the ground was actually a person. However, the appearance of this "person" was a little strange. Its hair was loose, and its eyes were filled with a demonic red light. Its fingernails were sharp and slender, and its skin was peeling off like lime. Where it peeled off, there were black blood scars.
The most terrifying thing was that the teeth in this "person's" mouth seemed to have increased by three times. Its entire mouth was so full that it was about to explode. Its lips were cracked to the roots of its ears, and its sharp and ferocious teeth were like the fangs of a wolf. Drops of viscous green liquid were secreted from its mouth, dripping down from its teeth onto the clothes on its chest.
Its clothes were already stained with bright red blood, mixed with the smell of large intestines and feces. It was extremely unpleasant.
"A corpse!"
Ye Chen frowned. From the body of the monster in front of him, there was a strong aura of a corpse. The cells of its body were already stiff, and there was no sign of life.
Sha sha ~ ~
At this moment, from the surrounding cold houses, a cold wind suddenly blew. Waves of hoarse roars slowly gathered. Then, many black figures slowly walked out from the alleys, from the doors, and from the dark corners.
The entire empty street was suddenly filled with countless corpses. All the corpses stared at Ye Chen and Bai Yijun with bared fangs and brandished claws. There were both men and women among these corpses, but for some reason, their bodies had mutated. They were like bloodthirsty monsters.
Ye Chen held Bai Yijun's small hand tightly. He found that there was a layer of small goosebumps on the back of her hand. He knew that if anyone saw such a strange and ferocious scene, it would make their scalp tingle.
However, he had already seen too much.
"Something must have happened here."
Ye Chen looked at the approaching corpses. Looking at the demonic red light in their eyes, as well as their sinister fangs and twisted faces, his heart sank.
He waved his hand, and the dormant flames in his body roared out like a boiling river. With the two of them as the center, the flames fiercely spread in all directions.
Boom ~ ~
The intense flames seemed to be able to burn away all the filth in the world. The countless corpses around the two of them were instantly destroyed without leaving any residue. Even the surrounding houses and streets were instantly turned into a large charred pit.
"Let's go."
Ye Chen held Bai Yijun's hand and flew up into the sky. The clouds brushed past them, and the entire Jade Water City came into view. This once bustling city was now pitch-black and silent, and hoarse roars could be faintly heard from within.
"How can this be? What happened here?" Bai Yijun was in disbelief. She had never seen such a strange thing.
"They might have been infected with some virus."
Ye Chen frowned and said in a low voice, "The earth was destroyed by a huge virus storm.
Humans painstakingly researched to cure cancer, and even to evolve the human body's genes to make it stronger and increase vitality. The elites of the world's scientific community joined in, but in the end, it was not controlled well and turned into a disaster. "
Bai Yijun was stunned for a moment and then fell silent.
She did not know whether to be happy or sad about such a thing.
The happy thing was that humans were able to create such a sophisticated thing to improve the human body and prolong life. In the eyes of the scientific community, it was undoubtedly a success.
The sad thing was that such a thing had ultimately destroyed the entire human home.
"How could such an important thing not be controlled well?" Bai Yijun immediately considered the crux of the problem.
Ye Chen nodded and said, "That's right. Logically speaking, such an important result should have been strictly quarantined. However, if I remember correctly, it should be the people of the Dark World who snuck in and released the successful scientific product. Then, it quickly spread through the air and finally transformed from a safe thing into an uncontrollable virus."
Bai Yijun gently held his hand. "When you have time, let's go to the Dark World together!" Her voice was filled with ice.
Ye Chen's heart warmed. He nodded slightly and then quickly led her to the spatial passage in the center of the city. Along the way, they saw many floating cars lying haphazardly on the streets. They lost their power and fell from the light path, smashing into the roofs of the buildings. All the traffic lights dimmed, and the complex intersections were filled with vehicles that had crashed into each other.
Blood like splashes of ink could be seen on the walls of the streets.
Ye Chen could not help but frown. From the current situation, a shocking change must have happened here. Moreover, it happened so quickly that the citizens of the city were still going about their daily lives when the sudden disaster destroyed their lives.
How many lives were stored in such a city?
Ye Chen did not need to calculate to know that the total population of the entire White Lotus Divine Prefecture was definitely greater than the total population of Earth!
"I hope it's only here …"
Ye Chen brought Bai Yijun down from the sky and landed in the empty space of the spatial connection point. There were spaceships that had fallen from the sky all around them. Not far away, the City Lord's Mansion had been pierced through by a spaceship that had lost control. Only the massive stern of the spaceship could be seen.
It was a scene of ruins.
Scattered steel parts and iron sheets were everywhere. After tens of thousands of years, the people who had been in the disaster had died long ago. Even their corpses had been weathered away. The blood seen on the streets was probably left behind by the people who had broken into this place later on.
In the darkness of the broken spaceships around them, there seemed to be a pair of cold eyes staring at Ye Chen and Bai Yijun's backs.
The cold wind whimpered.
Dust and cold wind swirled in the air. Ye Chen brought Bai Yijun towards the spatial wormhole. Suddenly, from the broken spaceship behind them, a black shadow that looked like a fierce tiger suddenly burst out and bit at Ye Chen and Bai Yijun.
Ye Chen's eyes flashed coldly. He turned around and kicked out. It hit the shadow's chest, causing it to fly back faster than it came.
Ye Chen did not even look at it. He held Bai Yijun's hand and the two of them walked towards the spatial wormhole. Soon, they arrived in front of the wormhole.
Ye Chen checked it and then shook his head. "This place has been damaged. The energy system and repair system have been scrapped. The energy has been depleted. Also, something must have happened in the spatial wormhole. The entire wormhole has been destroyed."
Bai Yijun looked up at the dark night sky. "If we use the spaceship to fly directly, we will encounter many monsters along the way. There are countless bird monsters in the Ancient World. Even humans have been infected by the virus. I'm afraid they will also become monsters …"
"There's no other way. This is the only way." Ye Chen sighed softly. He waved his hand and took out the Heavenly Dao Divine Boat from his independent universe.
Ever since he became a Divine Emperor, he had placed almost all of his belongings in his independent universe. This was much safer than putting them in his space bag.
After the two of them entered the spaceship, Ye Chen ordered Laughing All Life to start the engine.
The Heavenly Dao Divine Boat's thrusters suddenly emitted a bright purple light. Then, it shot out into the distance. The entire spaceship was like a beam of light, disappearing in an instant.
"I hope the Ancient World is not like this …" Ye Chen sat on the spaceship's sofa. His eyebrows were tightly knitted.
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