Chapter 316 The Arrival of the Misty World
Yukeni looked at the thick stack of application forms on the table, and even her typically Iceberg-like expression couldn't help but reveal a smile.
The very first batch of students at Isotope Academy numbered roughly two thousand. Apart from those who chose Arturo, preparing to follow the path of the church, the majority were gathered here.
The number of people didn't really matter. What was important was getting to see Hekaseth swallow her pride.
After all, she had been seriously duped by that old witch Hekaseth in the past.
"I'll leave the follow-up to you. Preparing the Dragon Blood Warrior Potion requires a lot of time and energy. I need to get started right away!"
Xu Yi was talking nonsense. Once the formula was confirmed, as long as there were enough raw materials, it really wouldn't take much time at all.
He was simply looking for an excuse to become a hands-off boss.
But just then, a succession of screams suddenly came from the direction of Boston.
Xu Yi and Yukeni exchanged a glance, leaped onto the towering clock tower beside them, and looked out into the distance.
With their powerful eyesight, Xu Yi saw clearly the scene within the city: amid the billowing smoke, figures scrambled to escape.
This all-too-familiar scene filled Xu Yi with an ominous premonition.
"You guys go find Professor Arturo!" Xu Yi instructed the students below, then exchanged a look with Yukeni, and they both rushed towards Boston.
From atop the city's skyscrapers, Xu Yi looked down below, his pupils suddenly shrinking.
Panicked crowds fled, chased by "people" with fierce and grim countenances, their pupils glowing with a fluorescent green light.
Those who fell behind were pounced upon, their throats bitten through, blood spurting from their tracheas.
What was even more horrifying was that those who fell and lost their breath soon convulsed and contorted as they stood back up.
"Biological crisis? A zombie outbreak?"
These words flashed across Xu Yi's mind.
Everyone knows that in movies, biological crises are often associated with human extinction.
"These are man-made living dead, probably created using some sort of potion. Once the effect of the potion wears off, these infected will die instantly."
Yukeni saw through the trick at a glance; in her years of wandering and adventuring, she had gained more experience than Xu Yi.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yi let out a sigh of relief. Anything but a zombie crisis would be preferable.
The living dead spotted the two on the high building and leaped ferociously, their jumping prowess nothing short of astonishing.
Yukeni casually swung her golden scepter and smashed the head of the "jumping corpse," splashing its fluorescent green blood.
Xu Yi and Yukeni both turned pale and dodged the blood. The blood gave them an extremely eerie feeling.
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Although they didn't know the consequences of being tainted, it definitely couldn't be anything good.
Xu Yi's waistband vibrated slightly. It was the Sin Remains.
For the convenience of sensing the Source of Sin, he had fashioned the seven Sin Remains into a belt, which he wore around his waist.
The presence was faint, but the Sin Remains could still detect it; it was the aura of the "Pride" Origin!
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Boston, Blue Lake Park.
A gigantic piece of Alchemical Machinery rose from the lake, a silver sphere floating on the surface of the water, its flickering red light casting the water as red as blood.
"Bring me the location marker!"
The black-robed figure with a striking forehead mark stood above the surface of the water and reached out his hand to those behind him.
A heavy metal box was handed to him. After opening the metal box, inside was a fist-sized piece of "Amber."
The unknown golden gel enveloped a pale bone, a bone from the "Fog World." After the Fog World receded, anything from that world would face annihilation.
To take something from inside out, special methods were required, and this golden gel was one of them.
The Fog World first appeared when a military experiment accidentally opened a portal to Another World.
The people from the Ring of Destruction brought out this piece of bone from within.
The "metal giant egg" floating on the lake was the initial experimental unit, which the Ring of Destruction obtained, then repaired and improved.
The man in the black robe inserted the golden "Amber" into the center of the giant egg and forcefully pulled down the activation lever.
The red light of the giant egg flashed more and more rapidly, the lake water evaporated due to the high temperature emanating from the base, forming a large expanse of mist.
The alchemy machinery rumbled and roared deafeningly, amidst which a black "lightning" appeared above the giant egg, that was not lightning, but a spatial rift.
Fierce hurricanes, along with the thick mist, gushed out from the rift, forming a "Fog Tornado" in the sky.
The mist-ridden world had descended!
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After a brief discussion, Xu Yi and Yukeni decided it was best to find the secret antagonist first.
The city was overrun with far too many jumping corpses, and with such a virus-like spread, it was very difficult to stop.
Most importantly, who knew how many potions the antagonist still had?
Once they had painstakingly cleared the jumping corpses only for the enemy to inject another dose, their efforts would have been in vain.
"But how do we find them?"
Yukeni furrowed her brow, based on her experience, such people are like sewer rats, hiding themselves very well.
"Just follow me," Xu Yi said, feeling the vibration of "Pride" Sin Remains at his waist.
He was certain that these jumping corpses were the doing of the host of the "Pride" Origin.
At that moment, a furious wind swept in from afar, the howling wind like wailing demons, and a torrential downpour immediately followed, shaking the entire city of Boston in the storm.
"A typhoon? How could it be at this time?" Yukeni raised a protective shield and looked up at the pitch-black sky, murmuring.
"It's not as simple as a typhoon."
Xu Yi looked towards the distance, the dense white mist rolling in like a tsunami, and in an instant, Boston was engulfed.
"Is this the breath of Another World?" Yukeni sensed the unusual aura within the mist and her expression turned serious instantly.
"That's right, two worlds are merging. If nothing unexpected occurs, the exit of this space has already been locked down!" Xu Yi's expression was also grave.
The outbreak of the jumping corpses crisis, the sudden typhoon, the merging worlds... he sensed a rich conspiracy looming.
They pressed on through the storm, both the special response team and the military stationed in Boston had been mobilized, but the typhoon's arrival greatly impacted their rescue operations.
Violent explosions suddenly resounded, and even through the storm's fury, the sound of the blasts was distinct and clear.
Yukeni looked towards the direction of the explosion, her face suddenly changed, "Damn! That's in the direction of my house, my daughter Millet is still at home, I have to save her!"
A daughter? Xu Yi's eyes widened, he wouldn't have guessed such explosive news, Yukeni actually had a daughter!
For some reason, he suddenly felt a tad sour.
While he was in a daze, Yukeni had already vanished from sight, the "Secret Antagonist Search Squad" crumbled in an instant, leaving only him behind.
Xu Yi followed the directive of "Pride" Sin Remains, speeding through the city.
He suddenly stopped, the "Pride" Sin Remains at his waist vibrating intensely.
He looked ahead, in the coffee pavilion of Fountain Plaza, a scholarly man wearing glasses was leisurely drinking coffee, totally out of place amid the hellish surroundings.
The man also noticed Xu Yi, lifted his head, and revealed a gentle smile to Xu Yi, "Nice to meet you for the first time, let me introduce myself, my name is West, and it's a pleasure to meet you."
The host of "Pride" Sin Remains was found.
Xu Yi was puzzled, he couldn't sense any strange aura from the man, as if he was just an ordinary human.
You should know, among the seven deadly sins, "Pride" was at the top, the strongest presence amongst the Origins of Sin.@@novelbin@@
And yet, the "Pride" Origin had chosen a human as its host?
Xu Yi felt like he was in a dream.
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