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Recovering from his shock, Chu Yang examined the map of the level.

The map of this level is extremely large, encompassing not only the entire 10000 square kilometer memetic contamination area, but also a large surrounding uncontaminated area.

The system was relatively conscientious, marking the meme-contaminated areas in red.

The location they were teleported into was just outside the contaminated zone.

but……

Damn it! What kind of conscience is that?!

Chu Yang had just praised Xiao Men when he discovered that the "safe zone" of this level was actually within the memetic contamination area!

It was just a few dozen kilometers away from the direction the witch clan had fled.

It's estimated that the witch clan member knew he was no match for Chu Yang, so he wanted to enter the [safe zone] and leave the checkpoint directly.

After all, in this level, the person who pushes the door can leave at any time, and so can the imposter.

Who would have thought that he would be hanged by a human head balloon that suddenly appeared above his head just seconds after entering the meme-contaminated area!

"Depend on!"

"Damn it! The safe zone is actually inside the contaminated zone! I was about to just leave this hellhole!"

"Damn it! The system tricked us. Now we don't even dare to enter the safe zone until we figure out how this meme is killing people!"

"..."

Upon discovering that the "safe zone" was inside the contaminated area, the several people who pushed open the door all started swearing.

However, everyone quickly calmed down.

A doorman, whose profession was talisman master, said, "Our top priority right now is to find those people from the Nine Academies based on the clues."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Having shared a common enemy before, the group had developed a certain level of trust.

There are exactly 10 people who have survived. After briefly explaining their professional information, they began to use their unique skills to search for the whereabouts of the Nine Academy Scholars.

The sharpshooter launched a ranged reconnaissance, while the origami man waved his hand, summoning a flock of origami cranes that flew in all directions...

Chu Yang also unusually did not act alone.

He activated his "God's-eye view," but only dared to explore the area outside the contaminated zone.

He soon discovered a small town thirty miles away.

The town was filled with many soldiers of the prehistoric human race and several scholars dressed in light blue robes.

"I found it..."

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Inside a mansion in the small town, a dozen or so scholars from the Tianji Academy had hung up information about meme contamination all over the living room.

The young man sitting in the middle of the group had thick dark circles under his eyes. He was carefully recording information that had been confirmed by experiments on a piece of white paper.

He highlighted the four characters "human head balloon" in red pen.

"Human Head Balloon" is the name that Tianji Academy gave to this meme.

Suddenly, a burly soldier with a full beard rushed in.

"Mr. Li! I have done as you said and spread the word about the life-saving method throughout Huangtucheng in the polluted area!"

The young man with dark circles under his eyes, referred to as Mr. Li, simply nodded upon hearing this, his pen still writing something.

He then added, "You'll have to tell the vampires on the other side about this way to save your life."

The bearded soldier asked, puzzled, "Huh?! Why?! Why should we tell those dead bats? Wouldn't it be better to let them die in the meme zone?"

Mr. Li put down his pen and explained, "The rule of 'not looking during the day and not listening at night' only guarantees that those human head balloons won't come looking for you on their own. But if a human head balloon is popped by an external force, the corresponding person will also die."

Seeing that the border officer in front of him still did not understand, Mr. Li had no choice but to explain in detail: "This polluted area is located at the border between the human race and the vampire race. There is a city of each race, which is within this polluted area."

"Currently, because the number of humans and vampires who have died under the [Head Balloons] is roughly equal, and there are still many of their own kind still alive on both sides, the vampires on the other side have not attacked the head balloons in the air."

"But what if, within the contaminated area, our human race stops losing members, and only the vampires suffer losses? What do you think they will do then?"

"They..." the bearded officer exclaimed, slapping his thigh, "Ah! I know! Those damned bats, seeing their own people are about to die, will definitely burst all our human head balloons, resulting in a mutual destruction!"

"This is absolutely something they're capable of doing!"

But the bearded man still looked regretful and said, "Damn it! I'm so annoyed that I'm just going to tell them how to survive!"

Mr. Li then said, "You can use this method to make a deal with them."

The bearded man asked curiously, "What kind of deal?"

Mr. Li remained calm and said, "Tell them that we will control the [Head Balloon] to move towards the border of the Yunmeng Clan, so that they can migrate there with us, along with those affected by the [Head Balloon]."

The bearded man was bewildered again: "Huh?! What are you going to do now?"

Mr. Li then said, "Didn't you ask me before if there was a way to completely solve the 'human head balloon' problem? The answer is no."

"Whether the memes are alive or dead, their existence cannot be erased."

"However, we can disable its meme contamination."

"Don't forget, what are the boundaries of the Yunmeng Clan?"

The bearded man asked, "The Sea of ​​Cloud Dreams?"

Mr. Li nodded and said, "Yes, as long as the [Head Balloon] enters the Cloud Dream Sea, the creatures inside will automatically fall asleep and enter the spiritual world. Naturally, they will not be able to hear or see, and will no longer be affected by the [Head Balloon]."

"Instead of living in constant fear within the polluted area, it would be better to let them enter the spiritual world to cultivate themselves in peace."

"If one day their cultivation breaks through to the third level, perhaps they can use the Heavenly Ladder to escape from under the [Headed Balloons]."

The bearded man nodded repeatedly upon hearing this: "Yes! We'll do as you say. I'll go and make a remote call to that dead bat right now..."

After the bearded man left, a female scholar with pigtails suddenly approached, grabbed Mr. Li's shoulder, and whispered:

"Li Yutang? Tell me, do you have some other ulterior motive in sending the [Head Balloon] into the Cloud Dream Sea?!"

Li Yutang cried out in pain, "Junior Sister, be gentle! And how can you call me by my full name? You should call me Senior Brother Li."

The junior sister smiled, but tightened her grip considerably: "Okay~ Senior Brother Li~? Can you talk now?"

Li Yutang quickly begged for mercy, "It hurts! It hurts! Okay, okay, I'll tell you, just let go of my shoulder first."

The junior sister with pigtails let go of his hand: "Hmph! Tell me now!"

Li Yutang rubbed his shoulder, which had been pinched so hard by his junior sister, and then said, "I didn't lie to him either. Based on the information we have so far about the [Head Balloon], this is the only way to get the humans inside out."

"Exactly, I'm not sure if this [human head balloon] will also enter the Yunmeng Clan's spiritual world..."

The junior sister with twin ponytails suddenly said, "Oh! You still want to lie to me! You think I don't know what you're thinking?"

"Senior Sister Zhuge is currently researching the possibility of using an artificial mental network to travel between the seven realms of the primordial world. You must be thinking of using the 'human head balloon' incident to analyze the mental world of the 'Sea of ​​Cloud Dreams,' hoping Senior Sister Zhuge might be able to help you, right?!"

Li Yutang, his thoughts exposed, laughed awkwardly, "Haha...by the way, it was just a side thing..."

Just as the twin-tailed junior sister's merciless iron claws were about to grab Li Yutang again, a soldier guarding outside ran in.

"Mr. Li, there is a group of people outside who claim to be the door openers and want to see you."

"Oh, right! They said their Gatekeeper organization has a way to safely contain memes..."