Calamity of Tomorrow

Looking at the mutants before her, the mysterious maiden felt a sense of warmth; in her eyes, they were far more adorable than humans.

But the next moment, accompanied by the sound of irritated shouting, a large amount of Power of Deformation was extracted from the bodies of these mutants.

As the Power of Deformation disappeared, the abnormalities on them gradually vanished, and they returned to human form.

However, although their bodies appeared human again, the madness in their eyes didn't dissipate at all, and meaningless murmurs escaped their mouths, their feet twitching and performing various meaningless actions.

"Is Zhou Bai still extracting deformation power?" The mysterious maiden observed the mutants before her, and as time passed, these fully transformed lives slowly regained deformation power.

But whenever a bit recovered, it would get extracted again by Zhou Bai from afar.

Watching these mutants repeatedly have their Power of Deformation extracted and their bodies change back and forth, the mysterious maiden sighed helplessly, "Although you are very cute, Zhou Bai needs your power, there's no other way..."

Opening her palm, the mysterious maiden sent strands of blood silk twining towards the mutants.

With the blood silk piercing into the bodies of the mutants, the connections between their brains and bodies were severed one by one by the mysterious maiden, then a calming aura soothed the mutants, causing them to pass out one by one, falling into a deep sleep on the ground.

Next, the mysterious maiden controlled the blood silk, wrapping the sleeping mutants like cocoons, then suspending them from the ceiling.

"...You may as well contribute well to him."

"Zhou Bai will be the god of the new world."

"He will create a brand new era."

From this point on, the mutants would go through a continuous process of restoring and being extracted of their deformation power.

Seeing this scene, the mysterious maiden began to think: "Does Zhou Bai dislike me turning people into mutants now, but he hasn't come by yet. Does that mean he doesn't know these ten have turned into mutants?"

"Then I might as well not tell him, lest he becomes angry with me."

The thought of Zhou Bai possibly getting angry with her made the mysterious maiden feel guilty.

"Need to think of a way to hide the situation with these people."

Thinking for a moment, the mysterious maiden looked at her right hand, watching as it suddenly severed at the elbow, falling to the ground.

Then the whole hand twisted and swelled, like a seed dropped into soil, gradually growing into another mysterious maiden.

After splitting off a clone, the mysterious maiden's face appeared much paler, only her crimson lips remained strikingly vivid.

"Phew... I'm still somewhat lacking in strength, creating a clone takes quite a toll."

The mysterious maiden had been persistently practicing for more than a month, attempting to hone her cloning ability, now able to maintain the existence of nine clones including this one.

Yet her clone's strength was only equivalent to a fourth or fifth realm cultivator, and its deformation ability was far weaker than her original form, useful for preaching perhaps, but not for combat.

At this moment, looking at her clone, the mysterious maiden extended her hand, pressing against the clone's face, beginning to methodically alter the structure of its facial muscles and bones.

With her power to manipulate flesh and blood, she gradually turned the clone into the likeness of Jiang Weishan.

"Hmm, this way, I can let my clone go out posing as them, saying it's in seclusion."

Having assigned the remaining tasks to her clone, the mysterious maiden quickly returned to Zhou Bai's place.

She quietly opened the door, cautiously assessing the direction of the bed, remembering that Zhou Bai spent most of his time at home lying on it.

Sure enough, Zhou Bai's voice came from the bed, "Mysterious maiden! Is that you? I'm so hungry, when's dinner?"

"I'll make it now." The mysterious maiden responded, murmuring internally, "Seems Zhou Bai really hasn't noticed."

She walked to the kitchen, skillfully and swiftly washing and chopping vegetables, then manipulated pots and pans. Soon, the aroma of food wafted forth.

Lying on the bed, Zhou Bai sensed his dependents' situation, beginning to extract the contamination level from within them.

He couldn't monitor the dependents' conditions very precisely, especially as their numbers grew into thousands.

Regarding deformation power extraction, apart from directly chanting to extract when dependents were within sight, the rest would see myriad dots of light floating in his sea of consciousness whenever he intended to extract contamination levels, representing various dependents.

As long as there was contamination within, a dot of light would emit a faint red glow. Zhou Bai would focus on the light dot to recall which mad color it was, and who it was bestowed upon.

Accompanied by a mere thought, the deformation power from the dependents represented by red dots would be extracted and gradually made into mad-color seeds by Zhou Bai.

"Efficiency seems improved today, did the mysterious maiden bring in more people to read Daoist scripture?"

At this moment, the mysterious maiden's voice came from outside the room, "Zhou Bai! Time to eat!"

So swiftly passed another two weeks, only a month and a half remained until the wedding day.

On this day, Zhou Bai's eyes lit up, as Wei He brought him new supplies once again.

...

On Wanxian Island, Ming Yue sat quietly on the floor, countless mystical words floating in the air, whispers spread through the chamber accompanied by an eerie chill.

The thoughts belonging to the Taiwei Jiuchen algorithm surrounded her, constantly dispelling the twisted influence of the Heavenly Dao.

Ming Yue was diligently working to restore her cultivation in the chamber.

The last exchange between Zhou Bai and Dao An greatly spurred her.

"Zhou Bai's strength is so formidable now, if I marry him, won't I always be overshadowed? Maybe everything will be decided by him."

"I don't want to become a diminutive woman hiding behind a man after marriage."

"Moving forward together with Zhou Bai, resisting monsters, best if I'm leading, that would be a better balance."

Thinking about it made Ming Yue strive even harder, seeking a better position in the family dynamics to come.

Furthermore, she already knew of the four righteous gods' potential opposition to the marriage, thus securing more power was essential for its success.

Outside Ming Yue's residence, Zhou Bai gazed at Wei He with emotion.

Wei He appeared weathered, looking as though he had aged several years.

Stuffing various parcels into Zhou Bai's hands, Wei He awkwardly asked, "Zhou Bai, does Ming Yue have time?"

Zhou Bai replied, "Big sister is in seclusion, I'll make sure she gets what you brought." He glanced down to inspect the natural treasures in the box, remarking, "This batch, along with the last two, is already equivalent to the value of nine Wuji Creation Immortal Pills, isn't it?"

"Truly... can't thank you enough, managing to gather it all so swiftly... Sister Ming Yue will surely be thrilled."