The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

"This must be a friendly town," Su Qi confidently said.

"Hey." Xiao Ou retorted, "You haven't even gone inside to look, yet you're making wild conclusions; besides, from what we can see now, how is this related to being friendly?!"

The town before them was enclosed by high walls of various constructions, with the gate covered in pitch-black rust, adorned with indiscernible bits of flesh, and marked by strange, dark patterns. This massive town entrance door was a staggering fifty meters tall.

"Those are clearly patterns of the Demon..."

Su Qi shook his head, "I don't care, those who eat Coriander are friendly."

Xiao Ou: "?"

I shouldn't have asked him that!

The surrounding dense silence was as if there were no living people outside, which actually surprised Su Qi. To be honest, this twisted passage and the previous Gate World were not supposed to be far apart, yet in his half-hour journey, he hadn't seen a trace of other people, much less any of their marks.

In other words,

It seemed like everyone else had been thrown directly into the massive Demon Town, while he himself was thrown out.

There seemed to be some secret hand arranging it, and Su Qi could actually feel that when he was thrown out, he was seemingly repelled by some force, and then... he was flung to the outer side.

And now, Su Qi saw a lot of familiar things, Coriander fields and... the demonic patterns on the giant gate of the town, identical to those he had seen in the church of Killing Demon Town.

When he first saw them, he had regarded himself as a Killing Demon, considering them merely ordinary local imaginations, but now upon reflection...

All these had a huge connection with the Evil God, like... the figures of two Demons, which he even found somewhat familiar.

One... was in Lin Yuan Land, where he had unraveled his Unrivaled strength and had countermurdered a mosquito proclaiming it belonged to the Evil God's Old Bishop.

Another was an Old Bishop he had challenged many times in the Spiritual Eyes Spiritual Space... the Blood Killing Bishop.

Though both were bishops, there was clearly a strength hierarchy... an equivalent rank gap.

Because in this pattern, the Old Bishop from the Old Days was at the end, just a tiny bit.

Whereas the Blood Killing Bishop was the first tier, a significant figure designated by the Evil God.

Moreover... Su Qi also saw other Demon Bishops on such a massive gate; they seemed not only to worship the Evil God but also other existences, all oriented toward the Abyss.

And a large portion was dim, with no discernible patterns.

"Boom!"

The giant gate of the town blasted open with a thunderous noise, beginning to rise slowly.

Su Qi directed his gaze over, unsure if it was an illusion, but the dead silence here seemed to have dissipated somewhat, and the vanished wind was also gently blowing across.

Appearing were a group of people holding scythes, some dressed simply with decent strength, indistinguishable from the natives of Survivor Town, and others... were foreign adventurers.

Also,

There was a tall figure holding a weapon, hoarsely herding them to harvest that bunch of Coriander fields!

At that moment,

Su Qi standing outside became rather conspicuous.

"You…"

The tall figure's eyes shot out a cold light, "Where did you come from! Why are you outside the town!"

"I come from Eastern Earth Great Tang…"

Su Qi unconsciously replied, but suddenly his gaze hardened because he saw an Abyss pattern on this tall figure's body!

This person was an Abyss follower!

Yet, the crowd had absolutely no resistance, only being herded to start walking towards the town's outskirts... Some adventurers looked at Su Qi, their eyes seriously shaking their heads gently as if signaling Su Qi not to act rashly.

"No matter where you are from, irrespective of why you are outside," this tall figure coldly chuckled, "as long as you enter the town, you will assume the lowest status."

Su Qi's eyes slightly lifted, what a thing to say, he asked yet was told it didn't matter, and that latter remark was quite intriguing—entering the town? The lowest status.

"Go and harvest!"

The tall figure coldly chuckled, stopping at the town gate without stepping out, "After you finish harvesting this area, I will come and inspect it!"

His figure slowly retreated, firmly not stepping outside.

As the crowd stepped out, without any hesitation or delay, they immediately took up the scythes in their hands and began rapidly harvesting, this area outside the town was filled with vast amounts of Coriander fields, initially appearing to be nearly a thousand acres, although there were other plants around, they were vastly overshadowed by the Coriander.

Su Qi stepped forward, everything here was bizarre, watching those people tirelessly harvesting as if even a minute outside would halve their lifespan.

"This place…" Su Qi paused and spoke.

"You look like an adventurer."

An adventurer who was swiftly harvesting said solemnly, "You want to ask what exactly is the situation here, right..."

He spoke very quickly, "Although I don't know why you are outside, I advise you to hurry into the town, obtain your identity, or else... you will die miserably."

"Because outside the town, all existence will gradually be erased..."

Su Qi moved his lips, wanting to ask more, but the person erupted with Spiritual Energy, rapidly harvesting the Coriander here, diving deep among them.

"Alright." Su Qi ruefully said, "I had key questions unasked still."