Published: March 2, 2025
The sudden chaos that erupted within the gathering place caught Wen Yu's attention. In no time, Lei arrived in front of Wen Yu with Hei Pi.
After Hei Pi reported the events happening in the insectoid cave to Wen Yu, Wen Yu’s mood could only be described as terrible.
“Master, look…” Hei Pi cautiously asked, clearly still harboring the hope that “Wen Yu might be able to save some of the insectoids.”
However, things were about to get worse.
Before Wen Yu could think about how to handle the situation, a peculiar odor, as if perfume was sprinkled over something foul, rushed at his taste buds!
Furrowing his brows, Wen Yu looked down.
Upon seeing the ground beneath him slowly rise with specks of green gas, Wen Yu immediately understood that it was already too late to do anything…
The toxic mist had spread from underground, seeping through the soil and into the gathering place!
Seeing this scene, Hei Pi decisively fell silent, its two massive forelimbs trembling gently, as if fearing something, while Lei’s face instantly turned pale.
It was clear what would happen when the poison spread to the surface…
As expected, at the moment the green light erupted, a greater chaos ensued in the gathering place—countless low-level mutated beasts began to frantically chase the green mist, greedily inhaling the rising green smoke, only to be completely corroded by the poison, turning into an even more vicious source of plague!
In just an instant, the entire New Hope Gathering Place was transformed into a hell of plague.
Watching the crazed low-level mutated beasts and the confused higher-level life forms around him, Wen Yu fell silent for a while, then abruptly let out a bitter laugh.
“What a clever tactic…”
At this moment, Wen Yu had already guessed why the level restraint had been released so long in advance, and he also understood what the being that only existed in the data but had never appeared before, codenamed: Plague, had done…
As for the events occurring outside the gathering place, Wen Yu was powerless to intervene!
“What do we do?”
Lei looked around at the chaotic New Hope Gathering Place with bewilderment, a helpless murmur escaping his lips, yet he received no response.
What to do? Faced with this situation, Wen Yu had no better way to handle it—once the toxins seeped out from underground, all the low-level mutated beasts on the surface would have already been infected by the plague. In just a few seconds, they would become part of the plague; this time was too short for Wen Yu to save anyone!
Meanwhile, the corpses of demonic creatures and the mutated beasts above level four showed no signs of being affected by the plague; the faint green plague was at most a bit unpleasant for them, and Wen Yu didn’t need to do anything.
The low-level couldn’t help, and the high-level didn’t need help…
An indescribable awkwardness filled Wen Yu’s heart. After a while, he sighed, “Let’s find some professionals and mutated beasts with purification or fire abilities to see if they can deal with this.”
Lei silently nodded and turned to walk away.
…
The chaos arrived quickly and departed just as fast.
In less than a minute, the turmoil within the gathering place had completely subsided—except for a few low-level mutated beasts that could fly, all remaining low-level life forms were completely eroded by the plague!
The dense green light spread within Wen Yu's dark barrier, and he listened expressionlessly to the wails and cries within the gathering place, which eventually all turned into a sigh.
Underground, Wen Yu naturally had defensive measures in place. In fact, the dark barrier he had set up was a massive spherical one, wrapping everything above and below in darkness. However, the plague had merged into the river water, becoming one with the river, without any life fluctuation or energy response. Wen Yu's dark barrier could not automatically identify the viruses hidden in the river—this was the fundamental reason for the disaster.