Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Jiang Mian maintained his altitude and flew downstream along the river, while secretly observing the situation below.

Despite being surrounded by mist, the area was desolate and there wasn't a trace of any "wild" calamity in sight.

It's as if... there's no other life on this land besides those strange humans.

Under normal circumstances, there should be at least some wandering low-level calamities.

Has it been completely cleaned up?

Given the conditions in the wilderness, it should be quite safe for the locals who have lived here for a long time.

But the village's reaction to her was unusually swift.

Moreover, the villagers' movements were quite skilled, unlike those who had always lived in a stable environment.

This is contradictory.

Jiang Mian continued to move forward following the arrows while observing the surroundings.

She only slowed down slightly when she sensed something was amiss.

Not far ahead, besides large areas of "farmland," it seems that "fish" have also been raised there?

In the shallow waters along the riverbank, numerous areas resembling aquaculture zones have been enclosed by fishing nets.

Inside, it was visibly bustling, with the river constantly churning and tentacles occasionally slapping the surface.

Because the water was heavily "polluted," Jiang Mian did not directly extend his senses into it.

Anyway, it doesn't look like something for normal people to eat.

Those vegetables in the fields are probably meant to feed the high-risk patients in the settlement.

Just like before, they were harvested by designated people and then fed to them.

It was probably because of the lack of calamities in the wilderness, and the fact that those humans were so weak that they couldn't get enough to eat, that they could only take the mist plants from the middle.

So, what are these "fish" used for?

Jiangmian further extended the scope of her perception.

Not far away, the outline of a sizable city was faintly visible in the fog, and many people were fishing along the riverbank.

At the same time, she also saw through the true nature of these "fish".

They have fish heads covered with gray-black scales, but their tails are like those of an octopus, consisting of tentacles that grow outwards.

Even if you only count half of its body, it's over a meter long.

Sequence 234, [The Wanderer].

These low-sequence calamities are generally around the second order, and reaching the third order is already the absolute maximum.

However, all the cruisers who were pulled ashore were at the third level.

Occasionally, a few second-tier individuals were mixed in, but they were picked out by those people and thrown back into the water.

These patrolmen did not appear to be aggressive.

Even when the fishermen put them in large boxes and sealed the lids, they did not resist at all; on the contrary, they were unusually compliant.

Jiang Mian narrowed his eyes, already having a guess in his mind.

As is well known, lower-ranking calamities in the sequence act entirely on instinct, with their core driving force being the craving for fresh flesh and blood.

However, the human presence here is strange, seemingly highly integrated with the power of [Chaos].

For lower-order calamities on the same path, the attraction is almost non-existent.

With the addition of that omnipresent and eerie mental energy, suppressing their aggression shouldn't be too difficult with a little control.

Perhaps... the strange situation here is related to the previous [Formless]?

Although this generation of [Wuxiang] had made plans in advance, its influence was obviously not that great, not to mention that it was still in a severely damaged state.

To develop to this point as it is today certainly couldn't have been accomplished in just a few months.

Suspicion naturally shifted to the first [Formless One] who appeared more than a hundred years ago.

According to official records, shouldn't all the previous calamities have been completely wiped out?

Could it be a clone left behind by the one in my own space?

The water here seems very deep; a detailed investigation would likely take a long time.

Her previous goal was simply to become stronger, and she had no interest in inquiring about the situation in other countries, unaware that Ye Chenyang was unaware of this.

Jiang Mian wasn't interested in these local affairs, so he turned off the glasses' pointing function and then turned it back on.

"what?"

This time, its reaction was unusually swift.

Almost instantly, it pointed steadily at the city ahead.

……

In an unnamed city, on a dilapidated street.

"boom!"

A fist intent, imbued with the power of shadow, crashed down, collapsing countless houses even before it fully arrived.

Many panicked residents crawled out of the ruins of their homes and fled in all directions along the streets.

Amidst the billowing dust, a dazzling golden light flashed, followed by a fierce slash that struck directly at the giant black fist.

The moment it collided with the object, the slash broke through its defenses as easily as a hot knife through butter, splitting it in two in an instant!

Ye Chenyang slowly emerged from the chaotic ruins, a long blade gripping his right hand, and warily eyed the hunched old man not far away.

His eyes had no whites, only pure black, and he wore a tattered monk's robe.

He looks frail, but his aura as a sixth-level expert should not be underestimated.

Sequence 34, [The Shadow of Decay].

Unlike the calamity that trapped the train before, this one is clearly a diseased being, and even retains complete sanity.

Due to his outstanding mental attributes, Ye Chenyang was able to barely understand the locals' language.

When he first arrived in this world, he unfortunately fell into the city and was hunted down by the "Guardians".

"As expected, it's a small realm."

Ye Chenyang had only heard of this concept and had never personally experienced it.

In the more than one hundred years since the fog descended, the authorities have not only expanded their territory but also tried to find other countries in the fog, but to no avail.

Until one of the "Virtual Realm Travelers" took a different approach and tried to launch "anchor points" into the virtual realm, he actually found several unusual coordinates.

So, following the clues, he found several regions that had been divided by the virtual realm and named them "small realms".

After conducting his own investigation, he discovered that some of the landform features in this small region looked familiar, and even corresponded to places that had disappeared on old maps.

In other words, those places that were cut off and disappeared by the virtual world still exist somewhere in the virtual world, and have formed these incomplete worlds.

Their rules seem imperfect, destined to be unable to autonomously give birth to all paths of awakened beings or calamities.

The small realm where everyone is now is the Northern Brahma Realm, which will not be discovered for another year.

This can be considered a typical stitched-together small region, with cold snow-capped mountains in the north and extremely hot volcanic islands in the south.

When the place was first discovered, the powerful officials who came to investigate found traces that appeared to be left by the power of the first generation of [Formless].

Perhaps the first [Formless One] was the original discoverer of this place and also set up "nodes" here.

After its death, the "node" lost its central control and began to develop in a disorderly manner, until it evolved into what it is today.

Even so, under the influence of the [Formless] power, this place, much like a breeding ground for venomous insects, has given rise to many high-level powerhouses.

Moreover, most of them are diseased, while the rest are calamities, with the strongest even reaching the eighth rank.

Within the smaller realms, their overall strength is considered among the top.

However, due to the scarcity of resources in the small realm,

The higher-level pathogens or calamities that come from this world are much weaker than those in the main world.

Even the domain skills are only available at the sixth rank, but in reality, you should reduce the rank by one.

In this world dominated by chaos, the power of "Eternal Day" is too conspicuous. Wherever it appears, it will attract inexplicable hatred and pursuit.

Ye Chenyang felt somewhat helpless about this.

To date, the people hunting him have changed three times.

The battery life is okay, but it's really mentally exhausting.

He had just reunited with Jiang Mian when they were separated again.

Ye Chenyang sighed inwardly, raised the long blade in his hand, intending to defeat his opponent before finding someone.

But things didn't go as planned. The next second, several gaunt figures wearing monks' robes appeared around him and surrounded him.

Their levels are mostly at the fifth rank, clearly making them the city's top combat force.

"Wabi Babu, Wabi Wabi."

The sixth-level old monk who made the first move opened his mouth and uttered a mumbled sentence.

Ye Chenyang understood:

"Let's attack together and slay the intruders!"

However, before they could take any action, the fog above the city churned violently, with dazzling golden arcs of electricity flashing within it.

A terrifying gale, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, carrying with it thick fog, swept towards this region!