The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

As soon as Wu You opened the door, the morning sunlight rushed in, making his long white hair shine.

Before he could even step out the door, he saw groups of two or three people in black trench coats walking by on the street outside.

Those figures who should normally be busy in strongholds, through portals, or on missions are now leisurely strolling on the stone-paved roads of the Jiuli Base.

Some people were carrying breakfast in their hands, while others were chatting as they walked.

Some people were even wearing slippers, an extremely rare choice of attire in the public areas of the Jiuli base.

Wu You couldn't help but wonder: Is everyone so free today?

But the next moment, he stopped in his tracks as he was about to walk out.

"Awesome—finally, I can have a few days off!" A man in a black trench coat stretched lazily, a wide smile impossible to suppress. "Let's go, let's go, we have to treat ourselves to a good meal!"

"Indeed, thanks to that unknown, unpredictable big shot." His companion nodded. "If he hadn't cleared out all the danger zones around the base, we wouldn't have had the chance to escape."

"Absolutely, absolutely."

"We are so grateful to that big shot for granting us this extra vacation."

Wu You stopped at the doorway, stunned by what he heard. The starlight in his silver eyes seemed to freeze.

What does it mean that "aside from those S-class restricted areas, you basically can't find any corpses"?

What does it mean that "even after the Dark Mist Tide, very few Corpse Species appeared"?

He only cleared a few dangerous areas, less than half of them!

There should still be a large number of zombies roaming in the remaining danger zones, waiting for him to harvest them today and turn them into experience points on the Sword Manual panel!

He still hasn't cleared many dangerous areas!

Wu You felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck him from the blue.

He couldn't care about anything else anymore.

He completely forgot about the twenty sets of clothes and the information about ascending to godhood at that moment.

He stomped his foot and soared into the air, flying towards the deep dark domain portal in the center of the base.

His black trench coat made a sharp rustling sound in the airflow, and his long white hair stretched into a straight line behind him. He was moving so fast that even the fallen leaves on the ground in the courtyard were swept into the air by the airflow he created.

At this moment, Wu You only wanted to confirm one thing: whether his experience points were still there!

The torchbearers scattered along the street were also drawn to Wu You, and they all looked up at the figure rushing toward the center of the base.

The two torchbearers, each wearing a gold epaulette, stopped and looked up at the receding afterimage.

"Holy crap—" one of them exclaimed first, his eyes wide open and his voice dazed.

"White hair, silver eyes, and a sword mark on his forehead! Who is this cosplay enthusiast? But he looks too..." He paused, seemingly searching for a suitable adjective, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find one. In the end, he only managed to utter a few words, "Awesome, right?"

His companion next to him shook his head, then patted him on the shoulder: "Look at you, all you do all day is do missions, missions, missions, and then you're either doing missions or cultivating. You're so out of touch now."

"That guy is the amazing one who broke our base's record!"

"He's the top student in this year's preliminary rounds, a genius who passed the preliminary rounds in just two days!"

Upon hearing this, the torchbearer, who had just been admiring Wu You's appearance, was immediately shocked: "What? This year's preliminary trainees are already at the eighth level?!"

"An eighth-generation henchman who's not even 25?!"

At this moment, his companion added, "I heard he's not even twenty years old yet."

"Huh? How did you know?" he pressed.

"I overheard two trainees from this year's preliminary training program talking about this when I was eating at the base's cafeteria the other day." My companion shrugged. "I heard them talking about how amazing their chief trainee was, and I thought they were just bragging—you know, young people tend to exaggerate."

He paused, then added, "But after listening carefully later, well, it really is impressive."

"By the way, those two seem to be named Wang Qi and Bai Zhan."

"These two are quite interesting to talk to, and I even added them as friends."

Watching the figure gradually disappear from sight, he sighed again, "Everyone else is resting today, but he's heading straight for the deeper dark realm. Such a genius, yet so hardworking—no wonder he's already at the eighth rank at such a young age."

. . .

Meanwhile, Wu You passed through two teleportation portals in succession, and after confirming that the dark fog tide time for the day had passed, he flew directly to check the various danger zones near the stronghold.

He first went to the dangerous areas he had cleaned up the night before.

The familiar dark fog, the familiar terrain, the familiar marks on the ground left by sword energy. But apart from a few low-level corpses, he didn't see a single corpse of the sixth rank or above.

Not wanting to waste a single drop of experience points, Wu You casually collected them. Then he sped off towards a dangerous area he hadn't visited the previous night.

The danger zone was some distance from the areas he had cleared, separated by a relatively narrow buffer zone. The fog was denser here than in the areas he had cleared, and the terrain was more complex, with rolling hills everywhere.

According to his original plan, this area was supposed to be cleaned up by him today.

Looking at the thick, gray-black fog wall in front of him, Wu You plunged into it without any hesitation.

Then, the situation was just like those dangerous areas that I had cleared last night!

Wu You wandered around and only found a few scattered low-level corpse species; he didn't see any high-level corpse species at all!

His brow furrowed. The skin beneath the silver sword mark bulged slightly, forming a shallow "川" (river) shape.

Then, he immediately rushed to the next dangerous area he had never been to before.

Along the way, Wu You also saw some torchbearers, who were also gathered in twos and threes, chatting as they walked on the air, and then heading back towards the stronghold.

They all wore relaxed expressions. Some were discussing what good things they had just found, some were making plans for dinner that evening, and some simply said nothing, quietly enjoying this rare moment of leisure.

Some of the torchbearers passing by Wu You even reminded him, "Comrade, the rare resources over there have been almost completely harvested!"

Upon hearing this, Wu You stopped and inquired about the situation from the other party.

He learned the general situation from the other party:

Starting around 3 AM last night, the zombies from many danger zones began retreating rapidly towards the various S-level restricted areas. The exact reason is unclear, but it's rumored to be related to a Torchbearer of the Impermanence level who was clearing out the zombies from the danger zones alone last night.

Last night, the torchbearer wreaked havoc in various danger zones, his silvery-white sword energy sweeping across area after area, probably frightening those zombie species.

After the zombie horde retreated, the torchbearers, who were on a mission, assessed the situation and went to the danger zone where the zombies had already left to mine various rare resources.

By now, the rare resources near the base have been almost completely depleted.

After hearing the other party's description, Wu You was still somewhat unwilling to give up and went to check out the other danger zones again.

He flew over one danger zone after another, and through one wall of fog after another.

However, the results of the inspections in each area were the same as before.

Almost all the corpse species have retreated; the high-level ones have vanished without a trace, while some low-level ones remain, but not many.

Wu You stopped at the edge of an A-level danger zone, and couldn't help but think: Could it be that I killed too many people last night, which is why all the zombies in the danger zones near the stronghold have escaped?

Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, it could still happen.

Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, it is still possible for it to happen. After all, the corpse species are also intelligent, and the main species distributed in this deep dark domain are the Lustful Corpse Species, a highly intelligent corpse race.

But for some reason, Wu You still felt something was off, and a number of thoughts flashed through his mind:

Will those corpses that retreated to the S-level restricted areas spread back? Or will they remain forever in those S-level areas, which even True Yang Realm experts are only "barely qualified" to enter?

If we can't come back, where can we go to harvest a lot of experience points?

Where is the other deep dark domain closest to Yunshang Province?

"Never mind, let's go back and ask Old Wei."

Thinking of this, Wu You quickly flew towards the stronghold.