Suiyang.

Mingyuan Group.

"A large marine vortex has appeared in the central Blue Ocean. The cause is unknown, but preliminary speculation suggests it was formed by an underwater volcanic eruption, leading to the convergence of cold and warm ocean currents."

Rainbow Candy, the group's network security and intelligence head, had recovered considerably from her injuries under Li Cheng颐's treatment. Most of the bandages had been removed. Sitting in a wheelchair, she lazily introduced the current situation.

"The Blue Ocean is too far from us. Even a large vortex shouldn't affect us, right?" Longmen Diao yawned.

He had been exhausted last night, dealing with nine people in one go, successfully completing the evolution of his own main Flower Utterance.

From now on, he was a truly evolved powerhouse!

"By the way, Longmen, your contribution score in the group is a bit low. If you don't work harder, your benefits will decrease," Da Xiong reminded him.

"Uh... I can actually help, but I can't find a use for myself right now..." Longmen Diao said awkwardly.

He knew that his strength and other qualities were far inferior to others, so when choosing his Flower Utterance, he took this into consideration and specifically chose one that would be useful to everyone.

"Anyway, it's good that you're aware. Regarding the Blue Ocean vortex, I checked, and the vortex will have a significant impact on the surrounding coastal countries. The tsunami intensity is quite high, at least level seven," Rainbow Candy said. "If anyone in the team has family planning a seaside vacation, it's best to stop them and wait until later."

"Understood. What's the second matter?" Da Xiong asked.

"It's about everyone's expansion," Rainbow Candy said. "I know everyone is in a hurry because of the time limit. After all, very few people with the Deathmark can survive the two-year curse. So everyone is desperately pursuing resources to strengthen themselves. But..."

She paused.

"Even if we are Deathmarked, we should have a bottom line."

Her words were meaningful.

"I understand. Don't worry, I will never harm the innocent," Da Xiong said with a slight smile.

Compared to the Da Xiong who was always inseparable from Rainbow Candy at the beginning, she now gave off an increasingly dangerous and strange feeling.

No one knew what kind of things could be produced by alienated reproduction. Especially since she had collected blood and flesh samples from both Boss Li Cheng颐 and Xiao Zong.

"Finally, there's the information about Boss's new entry into the City of Fallen Angels. In addition to chanting, we need to find a second safe escape method. This time, Boss's difficulty is much greater than that of ordinary people," Rainbow Candy looked at the others.

"On this point, I have already notified Chao Yu. Boss's disciple, Li Chongnan, is now a key seed being cultivated by the Nine Lights and has very high authority. She has found some information. Combining it with the data we have collected ourselves, we have confirmed that the second escape method does indeed exist," Da Xiong said seriously.

When it came to Boss's affairs, she was very serious.

"Are you sure?" Rainbow Candy stared at her.

"Confirmed."

"Then contact Boss."

Buzz.

A three-dimensional light screen lit up at one end of the long table where everyone was sitting.

The light screen condensed on the main seat on the left side of the table, revealing a burly, tall, black-haired man.

The man had deep eyes, pale gold irises, and a small beard, giving him a strange temperament that combined refinement and wildness.

Judging from his appearance alone, it was impossible to determine the man's age.

This was Li Cheng颐 today.

He had been too lazy to shave recently, entirely because his beard could no longer be shaved with a razor.

The same was true for his hair.

So he simply let it grow freely.

"I can feel that I'm about to enter a Death Zone. What's the matter?" He looked around at everyone. Except for Cindra, everyone else was present.

Cindra rarely appeared. She was usually busy investigating her son and the Book of Eternal Wishes.

Waiting to resolve the Death Zone, that was their main hope.

Whether it was the Death-Replacing Crescent Moon obtained from the fake book before, or the possible wishes in the future, tracking Le恩's path was the most suitable direction for them to advance.

"Regarding the City of Fallen Angels, we have a new discovery," Da Xiong said to Li Cheng颐.

"An escape method?" Li Cheng颐 raised an eyebrow.

"Yes," Da Xiong nodded.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Cheng颐 fully appreciated the benefits of having a force. Before he had even investigated, the team had found relevant clues.

This was the legendary lying down to win.

"Some of the information was provided by your disciple, Li Chongnan. We collected about half of it ourselves," Da Xiong mentioned. "Regarding the second escape method, it's simple in some ways, but difficult in others."

"Please speak," Li Cheng頤 said without changing his expression. If it were simple, so many people wouldn't have chosen chanting, and so many people wouldn't have been unable to find clues.

"Within the City of Fallen Angels, there is a legendary Gate of Mystery. It was a special gate built by the angels many years ago for the purpose of spreading their faith. If you can enter the Gate of Mystery, you can return to the world you want to return to.

But the Gate of Mystery is only for believers who have made great contributions. So, before using it, Boss, you need to find a believer who is qualified to enter the Gate of Mystery and steal his qualification."

"What determines the qualification?" Li Cheng頤 frowned.

"A ring. Called the Ring of Whispers." Da Xiong stretched out a hand, and a silver-white ring engraved with a pure white angel suddenly appeared on the table out of thin air.

However, the angel relief on this ring was completely surrounded by a massive number of skulls, and its face had three distorted holes, making it look extremely strange.

"Are you sure the information is accurate?" Li Cheng頤 asked.

"Not sure, so if there really is no other way, Boss, you should still take the chanting route," Da Xiong sighed.

"I just received an urgent message. It's from the Li family and requires strict confidentiality," Rainbow Candy suddenly interjected.

Waiting for everyone's attention to focus on her, she cleared her throat.

"The vortex in the Blue Ocean has been confirmed to be caused by a riot inside Star Lake."

"Star Lake?"

"The Star Lake headquarters, Xuanming Island, is a mobile underground floating island according to the top-secret information from the Li family. The commotion this time, according to investigations, was caused by them," Rainbow Candy said.

"Star Lake... Let's ignore them for now. Candy, monitor the surroundings to ensure basic safety. We'll solve the Death Zone first," Li Cheng颐 said.

"Okay," everyone responded.

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Xuanming Island.

On the massive floating island, the flesh and blood of the Shadow Dragon after the explosion, gradually evaporated and disappeared with air circulation and light coverage.

Inside the dilapidated and collapsed laboratory building.

Barton and the others struggled to push open the stone slabs and bricks above them.

"Cough cough... That was really dangerous just now. What exactly happened?" Kalan looked up at the three people around him.

"Why do you all have dark patterns on your skin?"

"Don't you have them too?" Engel said unhappily.

The four of them climbed out of the ruins, miraculously finding that none of them had any injuries.

The only difference was that their hearts were faintly hot, and their skin had fine black lines.

"Sigh... It looks like this place has suffered a lot of damage," Barton looked around, thinking that there might be a chance for the four of them to escape.

Thump.

Suddenly, the four of them felt a pain in their hearts, and a deep throbbing sensation came from their hearts.

"Be careful on the left!!" Barton suddenly shouted.

The other three turned their heads sharply and looked to the left.

There, in a pile of ruins, a black shadow was rapidly pouncing on a Star Lake red armor cyborg.

The black shadow penetrated into the cyborg's armor seams like mucus.

"Ah!!!"

Amidst the screams, the cyborg's body began to swell and enlarge.

Bang.

With a muffled sound, the cyborg forcibly tore open the exoskeleton armor on his body.

His face grew dense black scales, and his eyes, no longer covered by the mask, shone with a faint red light.

Not only that, but in the distance, there were also black shadows falling down and attaching themselves to different cyborgs.

The entire Star Lake Xuanming Island base had now become a scene of tragic hell.

Some experts with force field protection were able to avoid this situation. But more people did not have force field protection and were contaminated by the black shadows and began to undergo alienation.

Barton and the others gasped, looked at the nearest alienated person on the left, and immediately ran away.

But before they could run far, streaks of white light flashed across the air.

Boom!

Boom!

Explosions with white light fell straight down, instantly destroying the alienated cyborgs and turning them into mutilated limbs.

After the alienated cyborgs died, the black shadows on their bodies shot out, but their volume was clearly larger than before.

"These are parts of the Shadow Dragon's body. It's recovering its strength..."

A white light descended from the sky, accurately landing beside the four of them, and waving to create an invisible force field.

The force field immediately blocked the three groups of black shadows flying around.

Barton and the others were so frightened that their scalps went numb and quickly stopped where they were, not daring to move.

At this time, the face of the person who saved them was revealed in the white light.

It was Aya, who had brainwashed them in the beginning.

Her body was full of broken wounds and distortions, and there were also several bloody mouths on one side of her face, indicating that she had just experienced no small danger.

"Those are the Death Zone monsters we encounter every once in a while."

She looked at the black shadows flying all over the sky, expressionless.

"For victory, we use any means. We accept anything that can increase our odds of winning.

All for the sake of fighting against these bizarre and terrifying monsters."

"The Shadow Dragon... Isn't it dead? It exploded completely just now," Yang Chengxi couldn't help but ask.

She had clearly seen the huge Shadow Dragon being pierced and blown apart just now.

"Black Sea creatures are immortal. They can only be severely injured and then return to the Black Sea for temporary rest," Aya said indifferently.

"Then the Shadow Dragon has already been severely injured, hasn't it?" Yang Chengxi asked in confusion.

"No, you're only half right. That Shadow Dragon is quite cunning. At a critical moment, it abandoned most of its body, leaving only part of its dragon body to escape, before our final attack was launched, it had already abandoned and separated most of its body.

So, what we just killed was only 70% of its body," Aya replied.

"Only 70%?!"

The four of them were shocked. Just 70% of its body almost collapsed the entire Xuanming Island. How terrifying was this Shadow Dragon? Purely relying on its physical body, it could reach this point.

"Where did the other 30% go?" Barton had a faint feeling of foreboding.

"Escaped," Aya sighed.

"Escaped?!?"

The four of them exclaimed in unison.

That kind of monster, surrounded by a group of Rank 8 experts, plus the explosion of the final weapon, was only barely defeated.

Three-tenths of its body actually escaped?!

"You felt that palpitation just now, right?" Aya said, "That's the telepathy produced after being contaminated by the Shadow Dragon's heart blood. The Shadow Dragon's heart blood that has seeped into your bodies will continuously contaminate and alienate you. During this process, you can gain some special abilities, but these abilities have huge side effects and are used at the cost of lifespan."

She briefly explained the current situation.

Star Lake had encountered such examples before. The situation of Barton and the others was not uncommon.

"What do you want us to do!" Barton understood what the other party meant. The reason why she said so much to them, a few small soldiers, was nothing more than wanting them to do something.

"The Shadow Dragon has already escaped. You have its heart blood in your bodies. It will definitely return to attack you and recover its heart blood. So..." Aya paused.

"Xuanming Island has suffered heavy losses and can no longer protect you. Next, we plan to leave, and you... I will send you out."

"You're sending us to our deaths?!" Yang Chengxi couldn't help it and said loudly.

"If you stay here, even if the Shadow Dragon recovers a bit of its strength and comes back, we won't be able to stop it. You'll die anyway. You'll also implicate the rest of us," Aya said calmly.

(End of this chapter)