The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Long Xun and the others... were standing inside the Extreme Evil City, observing the many changes occurring throughout the city.

More people streamed in.

Creating a densely packed sea of humanity.

From time to time, one could see that beings of the Seventh Rank made more frequent and denser appearances than before.

"Due to the full-scale rebellion in the Dark Zone, all who had entered before are either trapped to death inside or have been driven out,"

"And at the moment when the Star Meeting is about to convene, it seems that the turmoil within the Dark Zone is also on the verge of subsiding, the quiet before the stormy outbreak is about to come,"

Bai Yilin spoke softly,

"Everyone is exerting all their strength in preparation."

He looked towards the city center, where a large number of buildings had been occupied by various powers, and various holographic images, Rune patterns, and totems were erected.

"To pioneer the Dark Zone at the earliest opportunity and vie for control of the core regions."

Jiang Zhi sighed,

"All the factions are gathering troops and recruiting horses."

"What should we do?" He hesitated, "Should we join a powerful faction, or..."

Long Xun had been mostly silent, burdened with heavy thoughts. Upon hearing Jiang Zhi's words, he simply shook his head and said, "Most powerful factions merely treat people as tools, and once faced with various crises, they will only abandon you or use you as cannon fodder."

"And don't you have your own faction?" Long Xun paused, "The Hustlers Sect."

Bai Yilin and Jiang Zhi fell silent, "...",

How could the Hustlers Sect, with only a few members, count as a power.

Moreover, now the Sect Hierarch was nowhere to be seen.

"In any case, let's first find some people to accompany us. This opening act of the Dark Zone will reveal both rebellion and danger, and a group is always more suitable than an individual."

Long Xun spoke with gravity, "After all, you've been in there before and have experienced it."

Bai Yilin nodded.

Indeed.

The worlds experienced within the Dark Zone are unlike those in Paradise that would automatically arrange balanced instance worlds. Instead, they are random World Fragments, where an individual's strength is incredibly minuscule.

Progress could only be made with countless people working together.

Acting alone was too risky.

However.

They were unable to contact Brother Su at the moment and could only follow Long Xun's experience to find a faction's Pioneering Team to blend into.

Bai Yilin wasn't too worried about Su Qi. After all, he was used to it, and even if he really encountered danger, there was still Paradise... and in the Extreme Evil event, the penalty for death was not severe, and there was also the opportunity to start over again.

At that moment.

"Beep beep beep!"

Their Communicators started emanating sounds; everyone's Communicator was different from before, whether in material, Chip, or other aspects, all having immense technological sophistication.

"Lord Bai Qixing," Bai Yilin answered the Communicator, "Is there something going on right now?"

This device was precisely the technology created by the Mechanical Army, and after coming out from the Dark Zone, because the rebellion drew the attention of many, they took Bai Qixing and the others back to the Superpower World.

However.

Du En and the rest were inexplicably still not back, but luckily, those left in the Superpower World fully trusted them.

After all, that guy... the Sect Hierarch of the Hustlers saved them.

Later.

The Mechanical Army quickly regrouped, healed their injuries, and began to develop new technologies.

They also upgraded a lot of high-tech Equipment for them.

As for why they did this.

Bai Qixing didn't explain, just gave them a deep look, and mentioned that it was requested by their Sect Hierarch, and there was still much to do.

Bai Yilin didn't know what Su Qi and Bai Qixing had communicated previously, but with the support of Elder Bai Qixing and a vast number of Mechanical Army behind them, they felt greatly confident.

However.

They didn't act together with them. Firstly, because they, being Mechanical Life Forms, were conspicuous and needed to hide themselves.

Secondly.

The Mechanical Army seemed to be reaching out to their kingdom, and Bai Qixing too needed to heal his own injuries.

The voice that came through wasn't that of Bai Qixing.

"The Lord is undergoing self-repair. I am Shandian, where are you?"

Jiang Zhi paused, "We are on the 414th street of the Extreme Evil City, about to head to the center to see if there's any Pioneering Team we can join."

"OK, brothers, wait for me there, I'll be right over."

Shandian's voice carried a whistling undertone, seemingly moving rapidly.

Within the Mechanical Army, Shandian had been the earliest to make contact with Su Qi, and had witnessed with its own eyes how Su Qi had rescued them from dire straits.

Plus, with the instructions of Lord Bai Qixing.

Shandian had friendly interactions with the members of the Hustlers Sect and was well-acquainted in the Superpower World.

"Shandian is coming over?" Jiang Zhi stuck his head out, "Then we won't fear being mistaken as mechanical anomalies."

"After all, although many people here look strange, Mechanical Life Forms are as rare as those energy life forms."

Long Xun paused, "It seems to be arriving."

"That fast?"

"Worthy of the name Shandian." Bai Yilin also looked towards the distant street corner, where a mechanical dog was treading on... rapid lightning, swiftly descending from the sky.

Because the Extreme Evil City was very large, flying was generally not prohibited except in the central area, where Galaxy-level powers congregate; no flying or use of Spiritual Energy was allowed.

Of course.

It wasn't just about whether you could or couldn't fly, there was something there capable of suppressing everyone's power, preventing the ordinary use of Spiritual Energy.

"I'm here," Shandian landed beside them.

And it wasn't in the previous Mecha form, but rather shaped like a small mechanical dog.

"Tsk," Jiang Zhi clicked his tongue and looked around, "Aren't you afraid of attracting attention?"