I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

The moment the golden crown was thrown out, the Blue Knight had already charged forward.

She leaped up from behind Lu Yuan, landed in front of him, grabbed the back of his neck, and lifted him off the ground.

Having left the abyss filled with swirling, eerie runes, the Blue Knight no longer needed to cling to Lu Yuan.

Before Lu Yuan could even stand up straight, he was pulled off the ground without any resistance.

The Blue Knight dragged him back the way he came, the silk threads frantically using the walls of the pipe network for leverage, moving at an extremely high speed.

"Don't resist," the Blue Knight shouted at Lu Yuan in his hand.

Lu Yuan certainly didn't need her to say anything more.

At this moment, the aura surging from the abyss crevice grew stronger with each wave, and the stench of golden light mixed with flesh and blood kept overflowing from behind. Even he, a second-tier cultivator with dulled senses, could smell the danger.

They could clearly hear the commotion behind them; something was chasing them from the gap at an extremely fast speed.

Light blue threads spread out around the Blue Knight, resembling a giant spider, carrying the two of them forward madly.

The strange, rotating inscriptions flashed past on either side of his field of vision, but Lu Yuan wasn't affected this time because he couldn't see them clearly at all.

Light finally shone through the passageway ahead.

Klaus stood there, his body gleaming with a dark green light. The wounded soldiers in front of him were nowhere to be seen; they had obviously been taken away beforehand. Several marching lights were still lit up beside him.

He heard a sound coming from deep within the pipe network. Looking up, he saw the Blue Knight dragging Lu Yuan along, rushing towards him in a strange posture. He was taken aback at first.

Before he could speak, he saw the surging golden-black aura behind the two of them, and he swallowed the words that were about to come out.

Klaus turned and ran after him.

"What on earth have you messed with?"

Klaus's voice came from the front, tinged with barely suppressed confusion.

The Blue Knight ran so fast that he didn't have time to pay any attention to him.

Lu Yuan couldn't open his mouth either, not because he didn't want to explain, but because he couldn't bring himself to do so. For now, he should just leave.

The commotion behind them grew louder and louder.

A series of low growls came from deep within the pipeline, the sound muffled and murky, carrying an intense malice, causing the entire passage to tremble.

Gold and black intertwined flesh surged up from the darkness, slapping against the walls and floor of the pipe network layer like a tide, chasing after the three along the passage.

Klaus glanced back and saw that his body was now covered in lush greenery, and the bone armor had somehow spread all over his body.

His speed increased dramatically again, and he was prepared to be caught up at any time and fight back on the spot.

"It can't catch up. Let's run away first," the Blue Knight said without turning his head.

Klaus had a preliminary assessment in mind and did not reply.

The three of them ran wildly through the passageway of the pipeline layer, with Klaus in front and Blue Knight carrying Lu Yuan close behind.

The passageway in the pipeline layer wasn't very long, and the three of them quickly rushed to the exit leading to the ground.

The moment he burst out of the pipeline layer, Lu Yuan's pace suddenly slowed down.

The entire bronze city was completely shrouded in white mist.

The fog was extremely thick and spread far and wide, stretching from the ground to the sky. All the buildings were blurred into indistinct outlines, and the air was sticky, making even breathing feel heavier.

Lu Yuan's heart tightened.

Blue Knight then loosened his collar on Lu Yuan, and the three of them stood together on the open ground outside the pipeline exit.

Visibility was limited to only a few steps around, and nothing could be seen in the distance.

Klaus suddenly remembered something and took out a communication crystal from his waist.

The light red crystal flickered in his hand, never quite settling.

"All night watchmen, listen up! Evacuate from all collapse points, including those in the pipeline layer! Do not hesitate, at any cost, leave immediately!"

Klaus's voice was urgent as he repeatedly shouted into the communication crystal.

But in this thick fog, Crystal was severely disturbed, and he wasn't sure if others could hear him or how many times they heard him.

Klaus gripped the crystal and repeated the order several times. "Remember, evacuate completely, immediately!"

A few muffled responses finally came from the other end of the crystal, but it was impossible to know how many people actually heard them.

The Blue Knight stood to the side, his gaze sweeping across the white mist.

Her silk thread had been completely pulled back, hanging at her waist, and her expression was somewhat unpleasant.

"The flesh and blood didn't catch up," she said.

Lu Yuan glanced back at the exit of the pipeline layer, his brows furrowing. She was right.

The earth-shattering chase that had just taken place in the passage came to a complete stop after the three of them reached the exit.

The golden and black intertwined flesh and blood surged to a certain point near the exit, then stopped expanding outwards and quietly stopped there.

But that's not the key point.

Once this flesh and blood spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

On the outer urban pipeline layer, there is an inconspicuous sinkhole.

Conrad had just returned to his unit after completing an escort mission when he was assigned to the nearest collapse site.

The collapse point was inside the pipeline layer and did not break through to the ground, so only Conrad and a small night watchman squad guarded it. The area was surrounded by barricades for the most basic defense, with some sandbags piled up outside. A marching lantern was hung on the barricade post, illuminating the area within ten or so steps.

Conrad stood at the edge of the collapse, holding a silver-plated short gun with the muzzle pointing downwards.

He was here with six men on the Night's Watch.

The collapse was not large, about five steps wide and four steps long, and it was pitch black underneath, with no end in sight.

Conrad found it a bit strange.

Previously, large ghouls kept surging out from underground, sometimes more than a dozen at a time, which Conrad and his men dealt with one by one, piling the corpses around the collapse opening in a small circle.

But starting just now, the ghouls suddenly stopped appearing.

Conrad crouched behind the barricades, his eyes fixed on the dark opening.

It was eerily quiet down there; you couldn't even hear the faint scratching of claws from before.

A watchman leaned closer, his voice low. "Captain, it seems to have stopped. Are no more ghouls coming this way?"

Conrad's eyes remained fixed on the collapse, and he did not respond to the question.

Quiet is not a good thing, especially in the face of the supernatural; it might be brewing something big.

Just then, the communication crystal on Conrad's waist suddenly lit up.

He took it out, and the light on the crystal surface flickered, clearly indicating that it had been strangely disturbed.

He held the crystal close to his ear, and Klaus's voice came through it intermittently.

"Evacuate everyone! No hesitation, immediately..."

The rest of the conversation was completely inaudible. Conrad waited a while longer, but all that remained were scattered, intermittent noises.

Klaus had obviously realized this as well, so that was all he could say; the crystal was probably unusable.

Conrad tucked the crystal back into his waistband and stood up.

"Withdraw, everyone withdraw."

His voice wasn't loud, but his tone showed no hesitation.

Since Klaus has given the order to retreat, then we must retreat, without asking what happened or why.

Although the six watchmen had some doubts, they immediately began to pack up.

You don't need to worry about the barricades and sandbags for defense; just bring weapons.

Conrad led the way, scouting ahead to guard against ghouls on the retreat route.

The group retreated in an orderly manner along the original, safer route.

He had only taken a few steps, still holding the pistol in his hand, when the ground beneath his feet began to shake.

This time it came extremely fast and fiercely, and Conrad and the Night Watchmen, who were standing on the ground of the pipeline layer, were almost unable to stand steadily.

Conrad seemed to sense something, abruptly stopped, and turned to look back.

A very muffled sound came from the collapse, as if something underground was churning up.

After the sound, a foul stench gushed out from the collapsed area.

Although Conrad wasn't exactly close, the extraordinary pathways were already wailing and warning him frantically to leave.

He immediately realized what was happening and shouted loudly in front of him.

The other watchmen immediately realized what was happening and ran forward, ignoring the still-shaking ground.

But it was too late.

Blood and flesh gushed out from the collapsed opening, turning outwards in clumps.

Dark red flesh with black veins crashed into the wall above the hole, then rolled down, instantly engulfing the barricades and sandbags, and sweeping in several military lanterns along with the bronze barricade posts.

The light flickered within the flesh and blood for a moment, then went out completely.

The last two watchmen in the group didn't even have time to utter a sound before they were dragged inside by flesh and blood.

The moment the flesh touched them, it instantly enveloped their legs.

The two struggled desperately, firing repeatedly at their thighs, but it was too late. The blood and flesh spread incredibly quickly, completely enveloping them in an instant.

Conrad saw their faces as they struggled desperately.

The skin swells at a visible rate, and flesh and blood burrow in along the blood vessels, between the bones and muscles, swelling the body from the inside out. Large amounts of blood and internal organs are assimilated by the gushing flesh and blood.

The two men's eyes were still moving, indicating that they were still conscious, but their bodies were completely out of control.

The third watchman tripped and fell into flesh and blood.

The thing came from all directions and completely enveloped the person.

His right hand was still sticking out, his five fingers spread wide, desperately grasping at the air. Then, his fingers were swallowed up one by one by flesh and blood, until finally, they were all gone.

When Conrad saw this, he knew he might be going to die.

He turned to look at the few brothers still standing beside him. There were three left, their weapons still in their hands, their faces filled with a sorrowful and desperate expression, their lips trembling, but none of them dropped what they were holding.

"Throw mithril, fight!"

Conrad's voice was steady.

He pulled out the last two bottles of mithril from his waist, unscrewed the caps, and splashed them onto the blood and flesh at his feet.

The silver liquid fell onto the dark red flesh and blood, and the next moment, with a bang, it burst into silvery-white flames.

The moment flesh and blood touched the flames, they sizzled and crackled, and seemed to recoil for a moment as if they were aware of it, but then surged forward again.

The silvery-white fire net formed by four or five bottles of mithril was extinguished by flesh and blood in an instant.

The spread of flesh and blood showed no sign of stopping.

Conrad glanced down at his boots.

Flesh and blood had already climbed up, rapidly ascending to his calves. The touch was warm, yet carried a nauseating warmth.

He shifted his gaze from his legs and turned to look at the pipeline tunnel behind him.

He still held the pistol in his hand, but he no longer had the strength to pull the trigger.

Soon, the collapsed area was no longer what it used to be. Everything around it was swallowed up by blood and flesh, leaving only a dark red, writhing mass.

After the last gunshot, the entire pipeline layer fell silent.