Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 489 - 488 Chase

Zhou Bai had used Time Reverse, and when he came to his senses, he was already back in Nan Mountain City.

At this moment, he was inhabiting the body of Cang Ming, preparing to use Cang Ming's identity to escape from Nan Mountain City.

However, he didn't immediately run away but instead stroked his chin, pondering.

He had already known in advance about the ambush set up by Xuan Nu and Wei Cang. If Zhou Bai wanted to slip away, there were actually many ways he could have easily done so.

But how could he be satisfied with just slipping away?

"I can't believe Xuan Nu is still alive... I clearly killed her last time, this means she has some life-saving ability that I don't know about."

Thinking that Xuan Nu was still alive, Zhou Bai felt a deep sense of helplessness, realizing he had to devise a way to kill Xuan Nu once again.

Shaking his head to temporarily dislodge the emotional reaction in his heart, Zhou Bai focused on what to do next.

Inside Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit, a little dog, transformed by Elsa, was rolling over and over, muttering something as it rolled.

Zhou Bai couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing, Elsa?"

Elsa said, "Don't... don't talk to me... I'm reciting lines."

Zhou Bai: "Reciting lines? What lines?"

Elsa: "The lines you said while fighting just now, Sister Tina asked me to memorize everything you said during the fight and repeat it to her later."

Zhou Bai: "Just memorizing... sigh, never mind, keep reciting."

Zhou Bai continued to ponder the current issues: 'Indeed, my greatest ability right now is still language. Even Tina wants to study and imitate it day and night. If I'm to deal with Xuan Nu and Wei Cang next, I'll definitely have to rely on language.'

Zhou Bai's eyes narrowed: 'This time she and Wei Cang ambushed me together, which means they had been focusing on me before I left the city. They tracked me until I was far from Nan Mountain City and then launched their ambush.'

"Nan Mountain City... Evil Sect..." Zhou Bai slowly thought: 'Even if Wei Cang and Xuan Nu could hide within Nan Mountain City, they must be using identities that can't be exposed, and it's very possible they didn't have the permission of all the upper echelons of Nan Mountain City but were only secretly collaborating with a part of them?'

'They were able to find me so quickly and accurately, it might very well be because they were focusing on Sun Jingping.'

'Did Sun Jingping get in touch with them?'

'That assistant of Sun Jingping, Wei Wuji, he and Wei Cang both belong to the Wei Family of the Evil Sect. So, does Sun Jingping have a good relationship with the Wei Family? If so, it's highly possible that Wei Cang and Sun Jingping got in contact.'

Zhou Bai thought rapidly, and in a blink, he had almost guessed the whole truth.

"Is that it?... While watching Sun Jingping, Wei Cang and Xuan Nu happened to see them beaten by me, and then followed me out of the city, setting up an ambush and attacking."

"So now, there's a very high chance they are nearby."

"But are they currently blocking sight and sound? Even if not, once they detect my direct shouting and writing, they will immediately block it."

In Zhou Bai's previous battle with Xuan Nu, his biggest disadvantage was that Xuan Nu had blocked both sight and hearing, rendering many of his abilities ineffective.

And till now, Zhou Bai was still uncertain what Xuan Nu used to detect her surroundings and fight after blocking sight and hearing.

But it no longer mattered, as the entire Nan Mountain City would be his playground, every weak, frail human would become a spreader of distortion, posing a lethal threat to Xuan Nu.

A gust of cold wind rose around the body of Cang Ming, Zhou Bai controlled Cang Ming's body, continuing to walk forward slowly.

At the same time, Zhou Bai looked at the crowd on the street and initiated sound transmission directly, the information lowering intelligence appeared row by row on the panel.

Zhou Bai was like throwing a stone into a calm lake.

The calm known as rationality gradually churned into shocking waves, dragging everyone step by step into madness.

Many people gradually came under Zhou Bai's influence; they started to act on the whispers in their ears.

Their conversations, their writings... gradually all turned into content crafted by Zhou Bai.

Listening to the whispers near their ears, they became Zhou Bai's mouth and limbs.

...

Xuan Nu and Wei Cang stood together on the rooftop of a tall building, watching Cang Ming walking on the street not far away.

At this moment, Xuan Nu appeared just like an ordinary person, except for a dragon-shaped pendant hanging at her chest. It was the transformed Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, which could instantly turn into armor covering Xuan Nu's entire body when needed.

As a 9th realm armor treasure, the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor had various convenient functions, this transformation and storage function was developed specifically for concealment and instant protection of the wearer.

Wei Cang slowly said, "Zhou Bai would never expect to run into us in Nan Mountain City. Let's wait until he leaves the city to make our move, it's too easy to get interrupted by the people of the Evil Sect here."

Xuan Nu nodded her head, frowning slightly, not knowing why, she always had a bad premonition, as if a shadow loomed over her heart.

At that moment, Xuan Nu and Wei Cang simultaneously saw Cang Ming walk into an alley and disappear from their sight.

Wei Cang said, "Let us follow."

Xuannu and Wei Cang arrived at the entrance of the alley and saw a child standing there in the dim light of the alley, facing away from them, writing something on the wall.

"Leave the island of ignorance, embark on the road to madness..."

Xuannu watched the child write on the wall, feeling an increasing sense of unease.

Beside her, Wei Cang said, "He's up ahead, let us follow him." His eyes sparkled with a rainbow light while his nose slightly twitched, tracing the scent and residual heat of Cang Ming.

Xuannu nodded and followed the trail, but as they walked through the alley, the residents on either side gave her a strange feeling. It seemed like they were stealthily watching them, but whenever she looked over, they would immediately turn their heads away, pretending nothing had happened.

Two women were talking, their eyes flickering with ignorance as they whispered, "Another person has disappeared."

"How many does that make now?"

"They must have been eaten."

Xuannu frowned slightly, thinking, "Are there disappearances happening here?"

An old man sitting at the doorway of his home watched Xuannu and Wei Cang pass by, saying emotionlessly, "You shouldn't have come here. There have been murders recently, strangers are not welcome."

Cang Ming's figure flashed around a corner ahead, and Xuannu quickened her pace, chasing after him.

A few people wearing hoods stood below a wall, apparently displaying some freshly written black words.

Xuannu glanced quickly, "Stay alert! Mutants are among us! Report any abnormalities immediately."

Xuannu Wisdom -5

Wei Cang Wisdom -5

Xuannu frowned slightly. The alley seemed to grow darker and more convoluted, with a faint stench wafting through the air.

They continued forward, passing an intersection where several young people held banners and chanted.

Xuannu subconsciously glanced at the banners, "Protest against the upper tiers hiding murders! Protest against inaction by the security forces!"

Xuannu Wisdom -5

Wei Cang Wisdom -5

In the distance, Zhou Bai seemed to speed up, and Xuannu and Wei Cang also ran faster, various people and objects kept appearing in the alley.

Adults and children continued to write on the walls.

Sometimes it was a complete sentence, sometimes just some distorted images.

Xuannu felt her head getting heavier, and the unease from deep within grew stronger.

Unknowingly, the walls around started to show more and more text.

The stench in the air grew more intense.

The alley darkened, and the path ahead seemed increasingly complex, agitating Xuannu and Wei Cang.

Passersby around began staring at them, their eyes empty and cold.

Buildings and walls seemed to shake continuously, and black characters twisted across them.

Cang Ming's physical body stood at the end of the alley looking at them, his lips slightly curling into a smile. His eyes seemed to carry a hint of mischief, and with a light laugh, he quickly ran off.

Xuannu and Wei Cang instinctively chased after him, feeling increasingly as if they were forgetting something. They tried to remember, yet they couldn't, as if trapped in an endless nightmare.

"Why am I chasing after him?"

As the thought crossed Xuannu's mind, she saw twisted black letters flash across a wall nearby, "Catch him! Go catch him!"

Xuannu, "Catch who?"

Another line of black text flickered on the floor not far away, "Hurry! He's going to run!"

Xuannu clutched her head, "Who exactly is it?!"

Suddenly, the distant shadow that kept running darted into a dead-end.

He stood in front of a wall, slowly turned around.

Xuannu stared intently at his face, trying to discern who he might be, what he looked like.

But the next moment, his skin was torn from inside out, and a massive tentacle emerged from his neck, flailing in the air.