The armored vehicle traveled for some time.
The sky, which should have been clear and bright, was now shrouded by thick, dark clouds resembling black velvet.
It was as if all light between heaven and earth had been swallowed by this shadow.
The clouds faintly swirled with movement, like a chaotic black ocean churning in the sky.
Sunlight couldn't penetrate the gloomy layer, leaving the world below dull and colorless.
"Has the contamination from the forbidden zone already spread this far?"
Bai Jun gazed out through the specially reinforced window, his expression grave.
This clearly wasn't part of the forbidden zone, yet the current scene unmistakably indicated one thing:
The forbidden zone was still expanding. If the source of this fifth forbidden zone wasn't eradicated, the corruption would continue unchecked.
He turned and shouted to the group, "Everyone, put on your masks!"
"This area has been tainted by the miasma from the forbidden zone!"
As soon as his voice fell, the team members all adopted serious expressions and promptly donned their specialized masks, designed to resist the corrupting influence of the forbidden zone's foul air.
Only then did they take in the sight outside—the parched earth, the withered greenery.
Everywhere, there were signs of creatures that had tried to flee but perished miserably by the roadside, unable to escape.
It wasn’t hard to imagine what would have happened if the authorities hadn’t evacuated the residents here earlier.
Gu Yan began polishing his black blade, though in reality, he was communicating telepathically with Lin of the Netherworld clan.
Atop the black tower,
Lin, who had been sprawled across the throne crafted for Gu Yan, engaged in some rather... indecent activities, suddenly shuddered. Her face still flushed, she gasped, "Huh?! My lord!"
"Y-yes!"
Her voice was unsteady, her expression flustered as she listened to the Netherworld King’s instructions.
Back inside the vehicle,
The longer Gu Yan communicated, the stranger he found Lin’s voice. Something felt off, but he brushed it aside—the mission took priority.
After finalizing all arrangements, he ended the mental connection.
At the black tower,
Lin, sensing the mental link fade, finally let her panicked expression relax slightly.
She clutched her chest and exhaled in relief.
Of all times... At least she hadn’t made any embarrassing noises.
Taking a deep breath, her eyes gleamed with excitement.
The humans are here... which means the plan begins now!
With that thought, she raised her hand—unlike before, her skin was now slick with moisture.
A gill-like slit split open on the back of her hand, releasing billowing crimson mist that seeped outward, spreading beyond the forbidden zone.
Inside the vehicle,
"Little brother... were you just talking to someone?"
The voice of Leng Qingqiu’s sister suddenly reached Gu Yan’s ears, inexplicably sending a jolt of nervousness through him.
Huh? How could she tell?
He forced a calm facade. "No, my dear sister, you must be imagining things."
"Really?"
Leng Bingning eyed him suspiciously. She couldn’t shake the feeling that while Gu Yan had been physically present, his mind had been elsewhere, conversing with someone.
Energy fluctuations don’t lie.
He’d definitely been using some secret technique to communicate privately!
Ugh, if only my perception were stronger right now, I could’ve intercepted his transmission and eavesdropped!
What were they talking about? I’m so curious!
Xiao Leng, your perception is sharper—did you catch who Gu Yan was talking to just now?
Xiao Leng: [...No idea. But if you work harder and exchange bodily fluids with Gu Yan, boosting your perception, eavesdropping on thoughts wouldn’t be impossible.]
Leng Bingning: "Eavesdrop on thoughts? The Night King can do something like that?"
[...Have you forgotten everything in the Tome of Shadows? Other me, could you at least remember your actual mission for once...?]
"I know, I know, I KNOW already!"
Leng Bingning and Xiao Leng were now bickering internally.
Meanwhile, Gu Yan couldn’t explain why he felt so guilty.
If not for the fact that the person beside him was Leng Qingqiu’s sister, he’d almost think it was Leng Qingqiu herself.
"......"
"......"
"?"
Qing...qiu?
Gu Yan fell silent for a moment.
Wait, wait, wait.
Why am I so nervous and guilty around Leng Bingning?
What does that mean?
Could she actually be Leng Qingqiu in disguise?
No way, right?
Assuming she was, why would Leng Qingqiu pretend to be Leng Bingning to protect him?
The only plausible reason was that she didn’t want to reveal her true identity to him yet.
Is she or isn’t she...?
Maybe... I should test it?
But simple physical contact no longer triggered the system’s "Pure Affection Points" notification.
And the more... intimate methods of earning points were out of the question with someone who might actually be Leng Qingqiu.
So... dead end.
Gu Yan sighed helplessly. Forget it. Focus on the mission for now.
Just as he thought this—
BZZZT!
The surroundings abruptly blurred.
The armored vehicle seemed to plunge into a world of crimson mist.
Before anyone realized it, the other vehicles in their convoy had vanished.
"Stay alert!"
"We’ve entered the forbidden zone!"
Bai Jun was the first to sense the anomaly and shouted a warning.
Then—
THUD! SCHLICK!
"Guh—!"
A blood-red claw suddenly pierced through the reinforced windshield, impaling the driver.
Toxin flooded the warrior’s body through the claw, rendering him unconscious instantly.
The armored vehicle spiraled out of control.
"Come here!"
Just as Gu Yan was about to act—perhaps considering an exit strategy—a voice he found eerily familiar rang in his ears.
At the same time, he felt himself being pulled into an embrace.
Then—
[Close embrace with Pure Love Target detected. Points +1000~~]
Gu Yan: "............!!"
+ Slow Paced + Main Character Thrives Together with His Disciples】 Transmigrated into a cultivation world, Chu Xingchen awakens a discipleship system that reveals the tags of his disciples! Starting from scratch, he builds the strongest sect. Disciple One: Li Yingling 【Gold Tag: Genius Cultivator】【Purple Tag: Extremely Lucky】【Blue Tag: Bewitchingly Beautiful】 Disciple Two: Li Hangtian 【Gold Tag: Reincarnated】【Purple Tag: Ruthless and Decisive】【Blue Tag: Loyal and Noble】 Disciple Three: ??? 【Orange Tag: Alluring Demoness】【???】【???】 Thus, in the cultivation world, an unremarkable little sect appears out of nowhere, but little do others know that each member of this sect is a powerhouse in their own right. The book is also known as: Cultivation? It's Exactly Like This!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
