Let them offer their loyalty!

Seeing Xiao Bai run off, Shen Lingshuang hurriedly thought to chase after her.

But just at that moment, Qiu Tu had already walked up to her.

He reached out to embrace Shen Lingshuang and said nonchalantly, "Forget about Xiao Bai. Tonight is about us."

Winning a girl's heart isn't just about lying; it's also about sweet talk.

Indeed, blushing slightly at Qiu Tu's romantic words, Shen Lingshuang turned her face away haughtily, pouting and muttering softly, "Who's 'us'? Us, indeed."

"You're just a roommate, and one who rarely comes home at that."

Hearing Shen Lingshuang's petulant words, Qiu Tu laughed and said, "Alright alright, I'm just a roommate."

"Now... as your roommate, I'd like to ask about the 'Counter-Infiltration World.' Can Miss Ling Shuang enlighten me?"

Although Shen Lingshuang was proud, ill-tempered, petty, deceitful, and made Cataclysmic Potions with miraculous effects, she had one virtue — she never shirked important matters.

Thus, hearing Qiu Tu's words, she stopped being jealous and began to converse with him.

Looking at Qiu Tu with a reminiscent expression, she said, "Qiu Tu... I have something to tell you, and you mustn't get angry."

Qiu Tu shook his head, "Don't worry. I'm always very good-natured; I hardly ever get angry."

"Once, a man cursed at me with seven or eight swear words on the street, and I didn't even get mad, let alone respond."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Shen Lingshuang exclaimed in surprise, "Ah? Really?"

Qiu Tu nodded seriously, "Of course it's true. He and his whole family ended up stuffed in sacks and dumped in the sewer that very day, so why would I get angry at a few corpses?"

Shen Lingshuang:.....

"I won't say any more. I'm scared." Although Shen Lingshuang knew Qiu Tu was joking, she still pouted in displeasure.

Seeing her reaction, Qiu Tu laughed, lifted her into his arms, and onto his lap, and coaxed, "Look at you, can't take a joke."

"What's there to be angry about in our relationship, huh?"

"Even if you don't know the intel about the 'Counter-Infiltration World,' and even if you tricked me into coming home, I'll just think you missed me too much."

Qiu Tu said these words sincerely, and so Shen Lingshuang's body finally relaxed.

She leaned against Qiu Tu's chest, then with pouted lips, said softly, "It's not that I don't have any intel... It's just that I don't know much, and I'm afraid it might be useless to you."

Qiu Tu didn't jest this time; instead, he gently stroked the girl's hair, offering the utmost tenderness, "It's okay, just tell me what you know."

At these words, a smile finally bloomed on Shen Lingshuang's face...

Thus, with a few clever ploys, jokes, and tenderness, Qiu Tu completely made Shen Lingshuang forget her dissatisfaction from not seeing him for several days.

Henceforth, Shen Lingshuang seriously shared all she knew about the 'Counter-Infiltration World.'

According to Shen Lingshuang, the 'Counter-Infiltration World Project,' also known as the 'Boundless Heart Sea Counter-Infiltration Plan,' was one of the most crucial projects in the Era of Disaster orchestrated by the major Sanctuaries.

This plan was jointly proposed by the First, Second, and Third Sanctuaries.

After years of fighting against Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods, the three Sanctuaries realized that while humanity could contend with Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods through heavy artillery, missiles, and even nuclear bombs...

...this form of combat could, at most, only kill individual or small groups of Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods.

The Boundless Heart Sea was like a 'nest' for Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods, continuously spawning new ones.

And what was more frightening was that many Evil Gods could resurrect and return to their 'divine status' after a few years of recovery in the 'Boundless Heart Sea,' as long as a sliver of consciousness remained even after being killed in the real world.

After joint research by top scientists and High Order Catastrophists from the three Sanctuaries, they came to a startling conclusion.

The 'Boundless Heart Sea' is a world of consciousness. In theory, the Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods born within it are also 'consciousness.'

Therefore... they are in theory, immortal and indestructible.

Even if they are killed by humans in the real world, as long as a fragment of consciousness remains, they can be reborn upon returning to the 'Spirit World.'

This discovery was almost enough to make the leaders of all Sanctuaries despair.

It meant that humanity was doomed to fight against the endless onslaught of Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods.

This was almost certainly a path to defeat...

However, during a chance occurrence, an Evil God was slain; but the residual aura deterred other Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods from approaching the territory it had controlled.

Then... the 'Boundless Heart Sea Summoning' event occurred for the first time.

At the time, it gave the Catastrophists in the city quite the scare.

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But subsequent research by the three Sanctuaries unveiled the mystery.

It turns out... the Boundless Heart Sea differs from the real world. Because it is a world of the mind, it requires a psychic vessel and anchor.

Once something becomes the psychic vessel and anchor of a region, it gains the ability to control that area.

As for what can be done after controlling that area...?

Shen Lingshuang wasn't very clear.

She only vaguely remembered her father saying that it was the key to becoming a God, as well as an essential condition for ascending to Fifth Order.

Moreover... it seems that once the area is controlled, it's possible to forbid the emergence of new Cataclysmic Creatures and Evil Gods within it.

This astonishing revelation appeared to give the three Sanctuaries the key to victory in this apocalyptic war — to seize more territories within the Boundless Heart Sea.