The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Zhang Heng still had a smile on his face, and said with a grin, "What? Regretful?"

Zheng Yijie gritted his teeth and struggled to get up from the ground, looking at Zhang Heng with icy eyes.

"I can accept the Source Crystal..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he darted forward and, before Zhang Heng could react, ripped the package off the other man's back.

Although Zhang Heng didn't intend to resist, he never expected the other party to be so impolite.

The speed was so fast that it completely exceeded the standard of ordinary people.

Zheng Yijie's actions were rough and ruthless.

Compared to passively accepting other people's kindness.

It seemed that using what he had stolen made him feel more at ease.

"But I won't take it for free. I'll pay you back tenfold in a week."

Zhang Heng: "..."

It turns out that people can actually laugh when they're extremely speechless.

Where does he get the confidence to say such a thing?

Who gave him the courage to treat himself this way?

Zheng Yijie simply looked at him and said, "I don't have any paper or pen on me. Aren't you coming with me to the store to write a guarantee or something?"

"I trust you." Zhang Heng smiled on the surface, but inwardly he was cursing, "I'm not going in."

"It's still early, I want to grind monsters outside a bit longer," Zhang Heng casually made up a reason.

"what ever."

Zheng Yijie coldly uttered two words, then turned and left without looking at Zhang Heng again, clutching the huge package.

Every step was incredibly heavy because...

It's damn heavy!

"That idiot seemed to be carrying it quite easily, so how come this thing is so heavy..."

Recalling Zhang Heng's relaxed demeanor with the bag on his back, Zheng Yijie immediately spat, "Pah! You pretentious bastard!"

"How can anyone act like this, carrying such a heavy load and pretending to be nonchalant? I'm speechless!"

However, Zheng Yijie showed no fear. He didn't want to be outdone by others, so he gritted his teeth and persevered until the other person couldn't see him anymore, at which point he was suddenly bent over by the weight.

"Damn it, load the cargo!"

Until Zheng Yijie's figure disappeared around the corner of the buildings in the safe zone.

The smile on Zhang Heng's face slowly faded away.

He raised his hand, tentatively reaching out towards the invisible barrier in front of him.

The light screen, which looked like a transparent bubble, rippled slightly the moment his fingertips touched it.

A gentle but absolutely irresistible force snapped his hand back.

"Still can't get in..."

He refused to believe in evil and mobilized a trace of death power within his body, attempting to infiltrate it.

However, the moment that wisp of grayish-black energy touched the light barrier, it vanished instantly, like ice and snow melting away, leaving no trace.

"Such domineering power..."

"Even the rules cannot be violated."

Zhang Heng shook his head, giving up on the attempt altogether.

"It seems that this so-called 'safe zone' is absolutely restraining me."

"Unless I can regain my human identity, I simply cannot enter."

Just as he was pondering, a shadow silently enveloped him.

It was a huge figure completely wrapped in a wide black robe.

The figure appeared abruptly beside Zhang Heng, blocking out all the sunlight.

His figure was exceptionally robust, almost a head taller than Zhang Heng, and standing there, he resembled a mountain.

"elder brother......"

A deep, muffled voice came from beneath the black robe.

Upon seeing the newcomer, a smile appeared in Zhang Heng's eyes. He turned to the side and looked at the big guy with a teasing expression.

"Didn't you say you weren't coming?"

At this moment, Pan Gu's size has shrunk considerably.

Although still tall, he has at least reached the level of a normal person.

He completely enveloped himself in a black robe, but wisps of azure soul fire still managed to escape uncontrollably from the gaps in the robe.

Pan Gu raised his head, and in the shadow of his robe, his soul flames looked longingly at the safe zone not far away.

The area shrouded in that light curtain was full of life and energy, completely different from the world he was familiar with.

Immediately, he seemed to realize his loss of composure and let out a cold snort.

"I didn't come here for these ants, I came here to find you."

Zhang Heng almost burst out laughing at his arrogant demeanor.

But seeing through things without saying anything is a basic quality of an older brother.

However, Zhang Heng had no intention of letting him off so easily: "You really only came to see me?"

Pan Gu immediately changed the subject, his tone full of confusion and complaint.

"Why are you always helping these ants? What do we care if they live or die?"

Zhang Heng smiled noncommittally.

"Don't underestimate them, especially this one just now; he's worth my investment."

"Moreover, they are growing very fast, and in addition, they are in the old hag's territory."

"Sooner or later, they will face off against the old hag."

"As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so I'm not helping them, I'm helping myself."

The massive body of the giant bone swayed and emitted a disbelieving groan.

He didn't believe a word of Zhang Heng's explanation.

"Them? I could kill a whole bunch of them with a single fart. You actually think they're a match for that old hag?"

In his view, these fragile guys didn't even deserve to be cannon fodder.

Their lives are as fragile as a candle in the wind; the slightest disturbance could extinguish them completely.

If it weren't for this safe zone protecting us, we probably would have died countless times.

Zhang Heng scoffed, "Alright, there are no outsiders here, why bother with this act?"

Pan Gu's soul fire flickered violently, and he stiffened his neck, his voice growing louder.

"I didn't!"

"These ants are just as disgusting as that old witch!"

"I will raze this place to the ground sooner or later and crush all these eyesores of ants!"

Zhang Heng simply smiled and said nothing more.

This guy, all the bones in his body combined, aren't as stubborn as his tongue.

Just then, a commotion arose from afar.

A group of teenagers who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old walked towards them, laughing and joking.

Even from a great distance, it instantly tensed up Pan Gu's body.

His enormous fists, hidden beneath the black robe, clenched uncontrollably, making a cracking sound.

An instinctive sense of vigilance and hostility made his entire body stiffen.

Zhang Heng sensed his discomfort and gently patted his arm.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine."

The group of teenagers quickly approached.

One of the boys, a young man with a buzz cut who looked very energetic, immediately noticed the unusually large size of Pan Gu and walked over curiously.

"Hey bro, wanna team up? Let's grind some monsters together?"

The massive body of the giant bone trembled slightly, and the soul fire beneath its black robe contracted violently.

But after a moment of silence, he managed to squeeze out a low, guttural sentence through gritted teeth.

"Go away, I don't like you."