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

The golden light within the passage continued to flow, seeping out from the base of the throne, climbing upwards along the closed passage walls, converging at the top before falling back down, forming a stable cycle of light.

Just as Wu You had finished making a batch of talisman swords and was about to take a breather, he opened his blazing golden eyes and suddenly remembered something:

That means the Xuanming Domain, which has been open all along, was left open!

Most of the day has passed since the projection of the Thousand-Faced God disappeared.

The corpses and the Thousand-Faced Clan in the three southeastern provinces have long been cleared out, and basic order has been restored in various cities. Communication and transportation are gradually being restored, and rescue forces from all over the country have completed a comprehensive search of all areas.

The black raindrops no longer need to fall.

Immediately, he had a thought and prepared to take back the Xuanming Domain.

But an awkward thing happened: after the order was given, there was no feedback.

He tried again, but there was still no response.

Wu You remained silent for a while.

He quickly realized where the problem lay: when he exploited the bugs of [Xuanming Heaven] and [Lihen Heaven], he made these two abilities achieve a certain high degree of coupling. When he used that state to obtain the [Immortal] attribute, it led to the current situation—Xuanming Heaven has been locked in the 'continuous operation' mode!

Simply put, it's because he previously exploited a bug between [Xuanming Heaven] and [Lihen Heaven], so now [Xuanming Heaven] also has a bug, making the Xuanming Domain completely unclosable!

Although the size of the Xuanming Domain can be adjusted, it truly cannot be turned off.

The good news is that the consumption of the Xuanming Domain is very small, and he can adjust the range of the Xuanming Domain to its smallest size, covering only a very short circle around him.

Within this minimal range, the consumption of maintaining the Xuanming Domain is negligible and will not affect his combat state or the efficiency of crafting talisman swords at all.

The bad news is that from now on, wherever he goes, there will always be at least a continuous black rain curtain around his body.

He shook his head, somewhat amused and exasperated, and said, "So, I guess I've got a built-in weather system?"

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, in the central conference room of the Anomaly Investigation Bureau in Donghua City, the capital of Dongling Kingdom.

The long conference table was filled with people on both sides.

The collars and epaulettes of their black trench coats gleamed in varying shades under the light. On the table were paper documents, a large terminal display screen, and several cups of tea that had gone cold.

The meeting had clearly been going on for some time, as the edges of some of the documents on the table were curled up from being flipped so many times.

Meanwhile, whispers drifted across the long table, occasionally someone tapped their finger lightly on the surface, and occasionally someone picked up a teacup and put it down again.

At the head of the conference table sat an unremarkable-looking man in a black trench coat—Ji Lingzuo, the director of the Bureau of Abnormal Investigations. At this moment, Ji Lingzuo stood with his arms crossed, quietly watching the department heads below, who were engaged in a hushed debate.

Finally, Ji Lingzuo glanced at the men in black trench coats discussing the matter on either side of the long table, then coughed lightly to draw their attention back: "So, what's your opinion—?"

Before he could finish speaking, a man in a black trench coat with a well-proportioned figure but graying temples stood up on the left side of the long table.

That was the head of the Resource Coordination Department, a representative of the radical faction within the Investigation Bureau's headquarters.

The Minister of Resource Coordination looked at Ji Lingzuo and said, "Director-General, the situation in the three southeastern provinces has now stabilized. If we directly disclose the existence of ability users and zombie species, it will easily cause panic among the people."

"After all, for the general public, ability users and corpse species are new and unknown things. Moreover, the appearance of corpse species is mostly bloody and terrifying, which can easily cause people to feel fear and other negative emotions. This is not only detrimental to the stability of the Eastern Spirit Kingdom, but also easily breeds some more powerful lustful corpse species."

Ji Lingzuo cast a slightly disappointed glance at the radical Minister of Resource Coordination: "So, you mean we should use a memory erasure device to overwrite the memories of all the people in the three southeastern provinces, and then continue to conceal the existence of ability users and corpse species?"

The pitch-black vortex almost completely covered the entire southeastern three provinces. Those corpses, that blood-red figure, and those thousand-faced clans transformed from ordinary people—not to mention that 100% of the people in the southeastern three provinces witnessed this apocalyptic scene, at least 90% of the people clearly saw those monsters and those black trench coats fighting against them.

In this situation, if they wanted to continue concealing the truth, the only option would be to conduct a large-scale memory overwrite across the entire southeastern province.

The Minister of Resource Coordination, whose temples were graying, did not avoid the gaze that carried a hint of disappointment. He shook his head and said decisively, "No, Director-General."

"This 'Great Hollow Incident' shows that the zombies' desire to destroy humanity has reached an extremely strong level. This time, we paid a heavy price to stop them, but what about the next invasion and attack? It may come very soon! Will we be able to stop them then?"

"The enemy is now stronger than us, and the situation is becoming increasingly dire. We don't have much time left!"

"We must increase resource investment as much as possible, mobilize the masses at all costs, and increase the number of martial artists and ability users as quickly as possible! This will increase our overall combat strength!"

At this point, the group of people in black trench coats on both sides of the long table nodded in agreement.

Judging from the current trend, the subsequent attacks by the zombie species will only become more and more intense. If they continue to adhere to tradition, then only extinction awaits humanity!

While the public disclosure of the existence of supernatural beings such as ability users and zombie species may cause some panic and turmoil in the short term, there is no doubt that the public disclosure of the existence of martial artists and ability users, whose great power originates from themselves, will inevitably set off a wave of pursuit of individual extraordinary abilities in the real world!

At that time, the number of people practicing martial arts and those seeking to awaken their abilities will greatly increase.

And among these people, even if only a small portion enter the realm through martial arts or awaken their abilities, that would be enough!

Given the vast population of the Eastern Spirit Kingdom, this "small portion" will be a very considerable number!

At that time, the overall combat strength of the human side will be greatly enhanced.

This was something that all the people in the black trench coats present were very clear about.