Boundless resentment surged towards the heavens, and everyone watched the scene within their view with shock. In a daze, they seemed to witness the apocalypse of this city once again.
Suddenly, Heavenly Demons filled the skies and the earth, spreading death and bringing humans the deepest despair.
Whether they ran, resisted, surrendered, or pleaded, no action could stop the slaughter by the Heavenly Demons.
They were like killing machines, competing in a massacre across the entire city, precisely and steadily exterminating every human being.
Hundreds of thousands of humans were slaughtered within a day, and it seemed as if the city was dyed red with blood; the stench of blood in the air almost solidified into substance.
Densely packed corpses lay everywhere; some had their bodies blown apart, some decapitated, some torn to shreds, some burned to charred remains... and then they all dissipated into the air.
People observed these hellish scenes, with anger, sorrow, excitement, and more written across their faces.
Lv Chongyang said with a grave expression, "They... died in a war?"
Doctor Zhuang exclaimed, "Indeed, hundreds of thousands of humans perished when the Heavenly Demons destroyed the city. When I arrived here, I attempted to clone some of their corpses. Many people in this city hadn’t undergone Primordial Spirit adjustments, so my cloning was somewhat successful. Unfortunately, the clones lacked Primordial Spirits, cultivation, and their memories were fragmented and incomplete. Most retained only a distinct impression of their moment before death. Regrettably, the subsequent rampage of the Sealing Ancient Archives turned these clones into twisted phenomena.
And now, the termination of those hundreds of thousands of lives has left a deep trace on this land. Their lingering wills and spirits are being displayed once again due to the twisted mutation."
Just as everyone was in shock, the screaming from the statue abruptly stopped. Accompanied by a loud noise, the statue shrank violently as if squeezed by an invisible giant hand, eventually reducing to the size of a palm.
Seeing this, people were truly shocked.
"Has Zhou Bai really succeeded in sealing the Sealing Ancient Archives 03?"
This thought involuntarily rose in everyone’s minds, followed by disbelief, then the reality forced them to believe... two emotions intertwined, leaving them stunned for a moment.
Shang Beibei, who took pride in his composure, was closest to Zhou Bai and asked, "Did you really master Sealing Ancient Archives 03? In less than five minutes? You’ve reached the third realm?"
"Mm." Zhou Bai said, "I’ve reached the third realm, but I haven’t practiced the Divine Chart yet."
"So quick?" Lv Chongyang asked, "How did you learn it?"
"I just visualized for a while and learned it," Zhou Bai said. "If there’s a trick to it, it’s not to be nervous, maintain good daily habits, and never stay up late."
Everyone: "..."
Lv Chongyang thought to himself, ’Do you really think I don’t know you go out to burn feces every night? You’re the one with the worst routine among us. But this talent... It’s truly terrifying. No wonder the elder put his hopes on him. This kid Zhou Bai... he might actually be able to...’
Doctor Zhuang and the others were well aware of the process to cultivate Sealing Ancient Archives 03; even for a genius, five minutes seemed too exaggerated. They looked at Zhou Bai as if they were witnessing a miracle.
At that moment, at the place where the statue had stood, dozens of Doctor Zhuangs were suddenly separated out, then turned into dust in the air and disappeared without a trace.
The only remaining Dr. Zhuang sighed softly at the scene, "This is the price of the 28 Trigrams; once combined, separation means death."
At the same time, the originally dark, dead village began to collapse, overgrown with weeds, gradually turning into the state Zhou Bai and the others had first seen it.
"The village disappeared?" Zhou Bai looked around at the changes, thinking to himself, "Just like the hospital that time? Within the twisted area, what was displayed might have only been past terrain, and only after the distortion dissipated, the true appearance of this place is revealed.
That means when Yan Hui and his team first explored this place and found the village, they likely stumbled into a void node, entering a twisted area. And at that time, the distortion didn’t seem to be as severe as what we saw today.
But afterwards, the distortion intensified, and it was Dr. Zhuang who sent them out, not hiding the village."
At the same time, the black-robed figures standing nearby also started dissipating, their bodies slowly turning into points of light.
Zhou Bai watched ’Vajra Master’ with surprise and a bit of urgency, "Didn’t you say that you could recover?"
’Vajra Master’ said, "We are merely spirits who should have died in the past. If it weren’t for this distortion, we wouldn’t have appeared again. How could we possibly recover?"
’Ultimate Bliss Master’ laughed, "Instead of dying a meaningless death again, it’s better to do something for you."
Christina silently nodded. She had long noticed that the people in these twisted areas were amiss. Besides, even if they were still alive, how could they revert after being distorted by the statue?
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However, at that time Zhou Bai had to focus on sealing and cultivating, so Christina didn’t speak out, not wanting to distract him.
’Self-Liberation Master’ looked at everyone and said, "We’ll be taking our leave first. Dr. Zhuang probably has something to tell you. If you have any questions, just ask him."
Just as several figures were about to completely vanish into the air, Kuang Tu couldn’t help stepping forward, looking towards ’Self-Liberation Master’ with a slight agitation, "Master? Is it really you?"
’Self-Liberation Master’ turned around, smiling at Kuang Tu, "I’m sorry, I’m not really your master. But if he saw you now, he’d be very comforted. You’ve done very well."
’Ultimate Bliss Master’ was dissipating to the last of his head. Before vanishing completely, he couldn’t help but ask Lv Chongyang, "Seeing you all like this, we haven’t won, have we?"
Lv Chongyang replied helplessly, "No."
After a long sigh, ’Ultimate Bliss Master’ looked at Zhou Bai, "Young man, we have done what we could; the rest is up to you..."
Before he could finish speaking, ’Ultimate Bliss Master’ had also completely dissipated, leaving no trace behind.
Zhou Bai turned to the only remaining Dr. Zhuang and asked, "What exactly is going on here?" Lv Chongyang and the others also turned their attention, already having various speculations in their minds, but still awaited Dr. Zhuang’s response.
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Dr. Zhuang pondered for a while, then sat down on the grass, and spoke to everyone, "When I was studying ’Primordial Dao Treasury 03’ here, I thought of a method to combat the Heavenly Demon, I call it the Starfire Plan."
"Humanity is too weak to face the Heavenly Demon. To combat the Heavenly Demon, we must pass on the power like a spark igniting a fire, gathering the strength of generations of human elites, their knowledge, their spirit, passing it on continuously, accumulating slowly, until we surpass the Heavenly Demon."
Lv Chongyang added, "The Dao School was created for this purpose."
"Dao School?" Dr. Zhuang shook his head, "That’s too slow. And with the Celestial Court overseeing it, there might be regressions in knowledge."
"So I thought of combining my cloning technology, to replicate the heroes, the strong, and the great figures of history."
Everyone was somewhat shocked to hear Dr. Zhuang’s plan, even thinking that if he could really achieve this, they might be able to rely on this plan to defeat the Heavenly Demon.
Lv Chongyang inquired, "And then? Your cloning technology must have some flaws, right? Gathering the strength of countless heroes and strong ones, it couldn’t possibly still be like this today."