Lin Muqing had just finished checking the Array, and was about to confirm that the small gemstone was fine when he saw the guards. He simply took them with him.
Zhou Bai said, "I’ll wait for you guys outside."
Although many people had arrived, for safety’s sake, Zhou Bai thought it was best not to go in.
Soon, roars and screams erupted from the dormitory building.
Followed by the howls of Sword Qi and the explosive sound of airflows, everything gradually fell into silence.
Zhou Bai waited a moment and then shouted into the building, "Teacher Lin, is everything alright?"
Lin Muqing’s head poked out of the window, "All clear now."
So Zhou Bai climbed up the wall, and saw groups of people gathered together.
"There was a Heavenly Demon mixed in."
"But wasn’t the Array already rebuilt? Why are there still Heavenly Demons?"
"Is the gemstone alright?"
"It’s fine, she’s already been put to sleep. We must report this incident..."
Zhou Bai watched the situation inside, listening and looking, and quickly understood roughly what had happened.
Christina also said, "It looks like they sold that Heavenly Demon. Tina, and that Zhou Shan... none of them were exposed."
Zhou Bai nodded, sighing within his sea of consciousness, "So many have sided with the Heavenly Demon."
Christina continued, "It’s only normal. Eternal life, undying—these are what countless people dream of.
You should know that even the practice of cultivation was originally devised by humans for eternal life. In the past, Heavenly Demons killed on sight, but now they’re seducing humans with instantaneous eternal life; how many would be tempted into degradation?"
"And besides, humans have always been at an absolute disadvantage in the war against Heavenly Demons. One side fights to death, the other surrenders for eternal life—an idiot would know what to choose."
Christina, with a pessimistic tone, added, "Even I think, from now on, more people will side with the Heavenly Demons, and even wish to become Heavenly Demons—undying and eternal. Those choosing to fight the Heavenly Demons may become fewer. Maybe within the whole human civilization, those siding with the Heavenly Demons may turn into the majority."
" And we, who want to exterminate all Heavenly Demons, may become the minority. That’s the terrifying part—we might end up being the ones who hinder humanity, becoming a minority."
Zhou Bai analyzed calmly, "If the situation continues to deteriorate like this, then humanity…"
"Is doomed," Christina said. "Even if this group of traitors is gone, there will be another group of traitors. Even if they don’t surrender now, they might during a war. From this angle, there are no turning points. Damn it, why have the Heavenly Demons suddenly started accepting human surrenders?"
"Is humanity really doomed?" Zhou Bai clenched his fists, not wanting to admit it, but it seemed like things were indeed moving in that direction. It should even be said that if the Heavenly Demons hadn’t always been uncompromising, maybe humans wouldn’t have been united and held out this long.
"If the Heavenly Demons had accepted surrenders from the beginning, they might have ruled over humans a hundred years earlier."
"What do we do now, Zhou Bai?" Christina said. "Should we warn the higher-ups? I must tell you, for Tina to have stayed hidden until now, there must be something special supporting her; it’s probably not something that can be easily detected."
"Ah... Even if we want to warn them, we need a plan. Besides, the time reversal is still cooling down." Zhou Bai kept scratching his head, "So many people have sided with the Heavenly Demons, who knows how many in the Dao School, the entire Donghua City, have secretly sided with the Heavenly Demons. If I publicly denounce them, I might end up being the first to die."
"Even if many switch sides... once I break the news, it might directly force them to rebel, and an internal conflict might erupt. Isn’t this speeding up the destruction?"
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"Ah... eternal life, undying, these temptations are much bigger than I imagined."
"The Qingtian Dao Sect, the school’s higher-ups, humanity’s higher-ups… God knows how many people are leaning towards the Heavenly Demons."
Zhou Bai shook his head, "In any case, we definitely can’t stand out now. Even if we need to find a way to expose Tina and her group, we’ll wait until my gemstone has cooled down."
He felt waves of pressure rushing at him; the outlook for the future was grim. He needed stronger power to survive in these chaotic times and do the things he wanted to do, to protect those he wanted to protect.
If he had reached the tenth realm by now, or even that of immortals and gods, the power to defeat Heavenly Demons, everything would have been much simpler.
Christina sighed, "I think we should first save ourselves. With the power of the gemstone and the Catastrophes of Nine Diagrams, we will definitely become strong enough. The current weakening of humanity isn’t something we can reverse by ourselves, charging forward might result in vain efforts."
At that moment, Zhou Shan walked up to Zhou Bai, looking at him and said, "Classmate Zhou Bai, it was you who gave the warning, right? Thanks again for this time, otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable."
Zhou Shan appeared grateful, but his heart was filled with fury and ruthlessness: ’Zhou Bai, this little brat… he killed the Heavenly Demon Envoy this time. Damn it… this will probably delay our plans a lot.’
"Mmh." Zhou Bai looked at Zhou Shan, Christina shouted, "That guy! He’s a traitor; he’s the one who killed me."
Zhou Bai looked at Zhou Shan, then suddenly said in an embarrassed whisper, "Teacher, I’ve been a bit short on money recently, could I borrow some points to buy food?"
Zhou Shan: "???"
Zhou Bai: "Just 200 points for a meal is enough, you can give me your card, I’ll only spend 200 points, and will return it after."
Zhou Shan paused briefly, just about to refuse, but then blurted out, "I can only lend you 100 points."
"That’s enough."
After giving his card, Zhou Shan felt something was off, but in the end, he only said, "Return it to me tomorrow morning. You know where I live, right?"
Zhou Bai smiled, "I actually don’t. How about you tell me your address, Teacher Zhou, and I can come find you."
After finishing the conversation with Zhou Bai, Zhou Shan kept feeling more and more that something was off, and his anger grew. The Heavenly Demon Envoy was killed, Tina’s transformation ceremony was also terminated, and now he had to lend points to him.
Zhou Bai watched Zhou Shan’s retreating back, and thought to himself: "Zheng Wentian is fat sheep number 1, then you’re fat sheep number 2. And there’s Tina, fat sheep number 3.
Hmm, I can’t deal with you all for now, so I’ll just fleece you all bald to vent my frustration."
The matter eventually concluded, and Zhou Bai was taken for questioning. He then claimed that he had seen a dark figure entering the dormitory building and had immediately sent up a flare to call others.