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

Upon hearing Elder Wei's question, Hu Lie remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Xiao You's number is LH-36."

The old man stopped what he was doing.

He naturally knew the details of the Lanhe God's Descent incident. His gaze returned to Wu You, moving from that otherworldly face to that head of pure white hair, and finally settling on those calm eyes.

"Good child..." His voice became kind, as if he were a different person.

That lukewarm feeling disappeared, replaced by the gaze of an elder looking at a younger person.

He didn't say anything more, but simply turned his head and tapped on the screen at the counter.

A few seconds later, a man in a black trench coat walked out of the room marked with the word "Special," carrying a small, black stone box.

The stone box has a smooth, mirror-like surface without any patterns, but it gleams with a warm luster under the light, clearly indicating that it is not an ordinary item.

The old man took the stone box and put it away.

"Good child, you must have used some kind of life-consuming ability," he said softly. "Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a strong aura of aging in your body."

He paused for a moment, then pushed the stone box in front of Wu You.

"This is a life-saving herb that can slightly increase your lifespan without any side effects. You can boil it in water and drink it, or you can chew it raw."

Reversal of Fate Herb? Increases Lifespan?

Wu You was stunned. Jiuli actually had a unique medicinal herb that could directly increase lifespan?

Hu Lie, standing to the side, had a similar expression, clearly indicating that he had never heard of it.

"Old Wei," Hu Lie couldn't help but ask, "Do you still have medicinal herbs that can increase lifespan without side effects? I've never seen them on the bureau's inventory list before?"

Old Wei smiled upon hearing this, a smile carrying an indescribable quality: "If you could see it, there would be a problem. This thing is related to Lord Li and the others; the quantity is extremely limited, and it cannot be mass-produced. There is basically no stock." He paused, his gaze falling on the small, dark stone box. "This one was a special gift from Lord Fifth."

The Fifth Adult?

Is it related to Leju?

A thought flashed through Wu You's mind—this Fifth Master was probably one of the nine Lords of Li, and had been granted this herb by Lord Li in an exceptional manner… The value of this herb far exceeded his imagination.

He couldn't help but say, "Old Wei, this...you..."

Old Wei waved his hand, interrupting him.

"Take it." His tone was flat, as if he were talking about something trivial. "This world will still need you all in the future. I'm just an old man; even if I use it, it will only prolong my life by a few more years. Besides..."

He didn't finish his sentence. Something flashed across his cloudy eyes, like a memory or a regret.

Hu Lie, who was standing to the side, nodded and said softly, "Take it, Xiao You. That's just how Old Wei is; if he says he'll give it to you, he means it. Even if you don't take it this time, he'll find a way to give it to you next time."

Upon hearing this, Elder Wei glared at Hu Lie: "What's wrong with my temper?! I haven't even said that you haven't broken through to the Void Realm after all these years, and you still have the nerve to come back and see me!"

"Uh..." Hu Lie, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, was like a green recruit in front of Old Wei. He was choked and didn't dare to say anything more, but just smiled awkwardly.

Wu You did not refuse again. He took the small, dark stone box and opened it slightly.

Inside the box, a vibrant green four-leaf clover lay quietly on the velvet.

Its branches are interspersed with a few golden threads, which are as fine as hair and shimmer slightly in the light, as if they were alive.

He closed the box, looked up at Old Wei's wrinkled face, and nodded heavily.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei."

He didn't know how much of his lifespan this reversal herb could restore, or whether it could undo the years that had been burned away.

But just the fact that this old man was willing to give him something that was important even to himself was enough to earn Wu You's respect.

Old Wei waved his hand, his tone returning to its usual indifferent tone: "As long as it's useful to you."

He looked at Hu Lie, then changed the subject: "Alright, you're here to collect the resonator and docking database, right?"

Hu Lie quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, we still need to trouble you, sir."

Old Wei didn't say anything, he just tapped a few times on the screen in front of him.

Soon, a man in a black trench coat carrying a large box and wearing two gold bars walked out of the room marked with the word "Daily Life".

At the same time, Wu You's watch vibrated. He looked down and saw a notification pop up on the screen: "Jiuli" database loading...

Hu Lie picked up the large box, turned to Old Wei, and said, "Well, Old Wei, we'll be going now. We have training today, but we'll come to see you again when we have time."

"Go away, go away." Old Wei waved his hand as if shooing away a fly. "Just seeing you gives me a headache, and you still come to see me."

Hu Lie chuckled twice, offered no rebuttal, and turned to leave. Wu You stuffed the small, black stone box into another trench coat pocket and followed him out of the quartermaster's office.

As he stepped outside, a thin, dark red film of light fell upon him once more.

Hu Lie stood at the entrance of the quartermaster department, facing the torchbearers who had already lined up, his expression returning to the seriousness of a training instructor.

"Alright, everyone should have received the notification by now." His voice wasn't loud, but everyone heard him clearly. "You've already connected to Jiuli's database, and you can now view the divisions of different danger zones and their approximate maps."

He crouched down and opened the large box.

Inside, there were neatly arranged miniature devices resembling flashlights: all black with fine anti-slip textures on the surface.

Hu Lie picked one up and held it in his hand.

"These are resonators, an essential piece of equipment in the deep, dark realms. Each of you will receive one."

People took turns stepping forward and taking a resonator from the box.

Wu You also took one and held it in his hand. It felt heavier than a regular flashlight, and the material felt like some kind of special alloy, cool and smooth.

"Is this a resonator?" He looked at the small flashlight-like object in his hand.

Hu Lie nodded: "It's a special light-emitting device. In the deep dark realm, there's dark fog everywhere, and even during the low tide of the dark fog, visibility is poor. The light emitted by the resonator can penetrate about two hundred meters of dark fog, providing a relatively good field of vision."

Wu You tried pressing the switch.

A bright beam of light emanates from the front end of the resonator; it is snow-white, not dazzling, but has extremely strong penetrating power.

He shone his light into the distance, the beam falling on the dark blue-green building, clearly revealing the texture of the stone.

"Of course," Hu Lie added, "During the Dark Fog Tide, the Dark Fog is very dense, and the resonator's effect will be greatly reduced, probably only illuminating an area of ​​about ten meters around you. But it's still better than not being able to see anything at all."

Wu You turned off the resonator and put it into the outer pocket of his trench coat.

Hu Lie led the group forward, passing through several streets and around several dark blue buildings, until a majestic city wall came into view.

Wu You raised his head.

The city wall was made up of huge, pure black, unidentified stones.

Each stone is several meters square, with a rough surface, but they are joined together perfectly.

The city wall is hundreds of meters high and at least tens of meters thick. Standing at its foot, one feels very small. It extends to the left and right, seemingly without end, like a black dragon lying across this land covered in dark red.

Beneath this giant wall, there is a portal of light at regular intervals.

Those portals were the same as the one at the stronghold's entrance, with black stone frames and billowing black mist inside. They stood there silently, like silent eyes. Every now and then, torchbearers wearing double or triple epaulets would step into the portals, their figures swallowed by the black mist, or emerge from the portals, covered in dust.

Hu Lie stopped in front of one of the light gates, turned around, and looked at the hundreds or thousands of young faces in front of him.

"Although I am nominally your mentor, but..." He paused, his tone carrying a different meaning, "My task for today is now complete."

His gaze swept over everyone, his voice steady and powerful.

"This is also the first lesson in the Deep Dark Realm—here, you can only rely on yourselves for everything."

He pointed to the portal behind him.

"Your training task today is simple: kill at least three zombies of the same level as yourself, regardless of species. The deadline is 24:00 tonight."

He paused for a moment and then continued.

"Most of the data has already been stored in your terminal database. Among them, how to plan the route, how to plan the time, how to analyze the surrounding environment, how to avoid being surrounded, how to hunt down zombies of the same level, and so on, all of these can only be done by yourselves."

He nodded slightly.

"Good luck to you."

Wu You nodded, not finding it strange.

Those present were all torchbearers of rank five or above, possessing rich work experience and considerable analytical and combat abilities.

In addition, since the data related to the Deep Dark Domain has been stored on my personal terminal, there is naturally no problem with surviving in the Deep Dark Domain.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, ability users of the same rank are inherently stronger than zombies. Hunting down three lone zombies of the same rank on their own is not a problem at all.

But the problem is: how can you ensure that the same-level corpse you find is alone? What exactly is the environment of the deep dark domain? How are the corpses distributed and how do they move around here?

After a moment's thought, Wu You understood that today's task was essentially testing the trainees' ability to integrate and analyze information, and because it was an individual operation, it also assessed their practical skills.

He watched as each student passed through the nearest portal of light, their figures swallowed by the black mist and disappearing from sight.

Xia Wan, Wang Qi, and the others nodded to Wu You and then walked into the portal.

Upon seeing this, Wu You no longer hesitated and took a step forward.

As the saying goes, a day apart feels like three autumns. Wu You hadn't seen Wen Nuan for several autumns. Although this was the dangerous Deep Dark Domain, he was still unable to contain his excitement.