Qi Yu's expression instantly dimmed.
Recalling what Tiandao had said earlier, she couldn't help but lie down and close her eyes.
Seeing this, everyone thought she wanted to rest and left the room one after another, closing the door gently.
Qi Yu felt something poking her uncomfortably. She reached into her pocket and found the dagger Tiandao had given her.
Holding the dagger, she was momentarily stunned.
Just then, Tiandao's figure reappeared before her eyes, though this time Tiandao's form was ethereal.
Tiandao pointed at the dagger, "I have transferred all my power to you. After this, your strength will grow stronger day by day. If you choose the second method of resolution, you only need to stab yourself in the heart. If you choose the first method, you just need to do nothing."
After speaking, Tiandao turned into a phantom and gradually disappeared.
Qi Yu numbly looked at the dagger in her hand. She tried to cut the nearby sheets and bedding with it, but it didn't work.
However, when she used it to prick her fingertip, blood quickly flowed out.
It was clear that this dagger was only effective on herself.
Qi Yu knew this thing wouldn't harm others, and she breathed a sigh of relief, casually tucking it into her waist.
She curled her body into a ball.
She had intended to sleep, but she couldn't sleep at all.
Despite being very tired, her mind was filled with the tragic scenes of the mortal world.
Qi Yu tossed and turned for a while, unable to sleep. Finally, she sat up, changed her clothes, and prepared to go out for a walk in the mortal world.
Outside the Dragon Palace, everything was quiet.
Feng Mingqi and the others had left their rooms and gone somewhere.
Qi Yu walked alone on the path of the Dragon Palace. After leaving the main gate, she flew directly to the ground.
As expected, a thick smell of blood permeated the air everywhere outside.
A village far from the South Sea coast was shrouded in rolling smoke, and human screams could be heard from within.
Qi Yu initially thought it was a fire and instinctively flew over.
But upon arrival, she discovered that the smoke billowing from the village was released by the villagers themselves. These were all infected villagers who had lost their minds, their consciousness blurred, and their bodies beginning to mutate. They looked neither human nor ghost, utterly bizarre.
Qi Yu hovered in mid-air, staring blankly at the scene.
Just then, the sound of sword flight suddenly came from behind.
Qi Yu turned her head at the sound.
Yue Zhiyin had caught up from behind.
"Qi Yu!" he stopped beside her, sounding anxious, "Why did you run out by yourself? Si Qing wanted to bring you something, but when he went in, you were gone. The entire South Sea Dragon Palace has been looking for you."
Fortunately, he had met her on the way, otherwise, he would have missed her again.
"I just wanted to go for a walk, and I happened to see a fire here," Qi Yu didn't explain further. She turned back to look again. The small thatched huts in the village had already been completely burned to charcoal. She couldn't help but frown, "Isn't anyone managing this place?"
Weren't there soldiers from various tribes guarding it before?
"Don't even mention it. There were indeed people guarding it before, but they couldn't hold them back. Especially when these villagers were first cursed, they still had consciousness, but later they gradually lost their reason and became like monsters, only with less destructive power. The only thing we can do now is to cordon off the Zhejiang region with a barrier and try our best to protect the uncursed population."
Qi Yu listened blankly, unable to imagine that in the short time she had been unconscious, such a severe change had occurred in the mortal world outside.
She looked at Yue Zhiyin, her voice bitter, "You say, if solving all this requires sacrificing the new Tiandao, then should this mortal world be saved or not?"