Is There Pollution in the Virtual World Too

Pitch-black fog blanketed the entire region.

Everything had fallen into a state of withering and decay, and the air was saturated with the stench of rot.

Even the exposed iron ore had rusted into a heap of grit.

There was not a single living thing to be seen. Even if some creature had once lived here, the power of decay had corroded it until not even bone fragments remained.

Chen Six stared at the black fog filling the sky, his brows tightly furrowed.

“This is contamination…”

Having just finished his sixth simulation, Chen Six was all too familiar with contamination.

Because of the barrier between worlds, Chen Six currently had no way to communicate directly with Chen Yi over their “local network.”

Although Chen Six could break through the world barrier, he could not precisely locate the various planes of the Void Realm.

So he could not return to Chen Yi’s side.

However, he could make use of the mechanics of the “Simulated Clone” entry. As long as he died, Chen Yi would be able to summon him again the next day.

“All right, looks like I have to die one more time… Speaking of which, how can I commit suicide without pain or suffering? Asking online. It’s urgent.”

Just as Chen Six was searching for a way to kill himself, he suddenly heard a series of low growls from behind him.

“How strange. There are actually living creatures here?”

Chen Six turned around, but he could only see the tip of the iceberg. To get a clear view of the whole thing, he had no choice but to keep tilting his head back.

“Oh—my God…”

…

“Where the heck have you taken us this time, bro?”

Chen Yi had brought his collection of immortal artifacts and Great Dao immortal artifacts, along with six winged people, to a new plane.

There were almost no sapient creations to be seen here. Everywhere they looked, they found only untouched natural scenery.

However, if they looked up at the sky, they could see several elongated creatures darting up and down through the clouds.

“They’re dragons!” the Xuanlan Five Heroes shouted excitedly.

Chen Yi said, “They aren’t dragons. They’re members of the Sacred Dragon Clan. The ones flying up there have used their racial talent, ‘Dragon Transformation.’”

The Sacred Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation talent allowed them to transform directly into eastern divine dragons that could be anywhere from a thousand to ten thousand meters long.

Moreover, while in their transformed state, they could use the Heavenly Dipper Divine Art ‘Riding the Clouds and Mist’—whose most basic application was flight.

As a result, the Sacred Dragon Clan of the Void Realm had developed an extremely unique cultural style:

They had no culture.

They had no need for carriages or mounts. Whenever they wanted to go somewhere, they simply transformed into dragons and flew there.

They had no need for clothes, either. Their garments would be torn to shreds whenever they transformed into dragons, so they had lived completely naked since ancient times.

They had no need for buildings. If they did not wear clothes, then surely they could simply find somewhere to make do when they wanted to sleep. Naturally, there was no need for residences or cities.

And so on and so forth.

Thus, the Sacred Dragon Clan of the Void Realm lived much like animals.

But they were, after all, an intelligent humanoid race, and they possessed a social structure of their own.

They were also formidable combatants in the Realm Wars.

Sotuofeiren nodded.

“They are indeed members of the Sacred Dragon Clan. Their population is small, but they have an impressive record in the Realm Wars. They’re evenly matched with the Dragonkin. Sometimes they rank first, and sometimes second.”

Chen Yi asked with interest, “A record in the Realm Wars? Do you have some sort of leaderboard?”

“Yes. Someone specifically keeps track of it.”

“Other planes wouldn’t take the initiative to tell you how many planes they’ve conquered. So who keeps count?”

“Informants.”

Chen Yi nodded silently. A clever little plan was already taking shape in his mind.

“So you have quite a lot of informants scattered across the various planes.”

“Intelligence is extremely important. Without accurate information, attacking another plane is never easy unless there’s an overwhelming disparity in strength.”

“The other planes should be the same, right?”

“The more developed a plane’s informant network is, the stronger its record. There’s no doubt about that.”

“Got it…”

As he spoke, Chen Yi transformed with the effect of “Calamity of Ten Thousand Races,” taking on the appearance of a member of the Dragonkin.

Sotuofeiren and the others watched Chen Yi transform before their eyes, astonishment written all over their faces.

“Is it an illusion?”

“It doesn’t look like one. My divine sense can’t detect anything unusual.”

“Could it be that we’re simply too weak to see through Senior’s disguise?”

Chen Yi told them that this was not an illusion. He had genuinely changed.

Now, not only did Chen Yi need to transform—he required all six of them to do the same.

Sotuofeiren and the others pointed at themselves.

“Us?”

“I know a little transformation illusion technique, but any illusion can potentially be seen through.”

“That’s right. There’s no way we can alter our bodies directly like Senior.”

Chen Yi smiled.

“It’s very simple. As long as you don’t resist and agree to become like me, you can transform as well.”

Chen Yi was not planning to rely on “Someone Imitating My Face.”

That green entry could only make other people’s faces look like his. It would not be enough for what Chen Yi was about to do.

But Chen Yi also possessed the epic entry “Six-Eared Macaque,” which could make others become completely identical to him—at least in appearance. It had nothing to do with their cultivation, divine abilities, or anything else.

There was just one prerequisite: the other party had to volunteer.

Sotuofeiren and the others were more than willing.

The Xuanlan Five Heroes in particular understood very clearly that Chen Yi had brought them here so they could continue working as interplanar bandits.

Being able to change their appearances was naturally ideal.

Although their reputations had already been ruined beyond repair.

After the transformation was complete, the six Sotuofeiren were even more astonished.

Just what was this human guardian’s background? What were all these bizarre techniques?

Looking at the six people who now looked exactly like him, Chen Yi took some cosmetics out of his storage ring and tossed them over.

“Put a little something on your faces. If we show ourselves as six identical siblings, we’ll be far too memorable.”

After a simple makeover, Chen Yi began assigning tasks to the six of them.

The Xuanlan Five Heroes would continue gathering materials, and they were to keep one of Chen Yi’s clones with them so they could make use of the clone entry’s “instant communication” function.

While gathering the materials, they had to operate under the name of the Dragonkin. Though, given their appearances, that was already obvious enough.

At the same time, they were to intentionally let it slip that they were collecting these materials to forge even more powerful dragon weapons. It was common knowledge throughout the Void Realm that the Dragonkin excelled at creating all sorts of bizarre weapons.

Sotuofeiren, meanwhile, would continue following Chen Yi as his assistant and help him with various tasks.

“Everyone clear on the mission?”

The six raised their right fists above their heads. This was the winged race’s gesture for “understood,” much like the “OK” sign used by humans on Earth.

“Understood!”

Then, the Xuanlan Five Heroes took Chen Three with them and flew in the direction Chen Yi had indicated.

Sotuofeiren asked, “Senior, what are we doing now?”

“Who do you think is the most important person among the Sacred Dragon Clan?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, is there some Sacred Dragon whose death would make the clan’s important figures furious enough to pursue me to the death?”

Sotuofeiren looked at Chen Yi as if he were wondering why anyone would go out of their way to cause themselves such enormous trouble.

But he soon understood.

Chen Yi was currently wearing the appearance of a member of the Dragonkin!

Sotuofeiren immediately grasped what Chen Yi intended to do.

“The heir!”

“Explain.”

“No matter the world, the beings at the very pinnacle of power always care most about their heirs.

“Take our Winged Clan’s Furui God, for example. If someone were to kill his son—the Divine Son of our Winged Clan—Furui God would surely fly into a rage!”

“Good! Let’s capture a few Holy Dragon people and find out who their ‘Divine Son’ is. Then… we wipe them out!”