Twenty minutes ago.

Island center.

With the help of the plump tadpoles residing between the holes,

Wu Wen and the ape-like monster arrived here, where a gigantic quarry beyond comprehension appeared in front of them, with the mere rubble piled on the periphery forming a nearly hundred-meter ring mountain.

A giant round hole "artificially" excavated lay at the center, with a radius of kilometers and depth unfathomable.

Spotlights, like numerous protruding heads, were set on the periphery, aimed at it.

Even so, the seemingly intense light merely sank halfway before being entirely drowned in the darkness, unable to reveal the situation at the bottom.

Wu Wen could feel the disguise holes on her body becoming more active just by approaching here, her thoughts beginning to be influenced, and some sort of "distant connection" seemed about to form.

Following the lead, she headed towards the elevator.

This area had no [offspring], only [workers].

The infected monsters screened in from the outside, not everyone could become an angel envoy. Those who couldn't endure would undergo transformation during the deepening.

They lose humanity, lose thought.

Tails and additional arms grow from the hole area, and a new face grows from the back of the head, becoming a thorough [worker].

Additionally, there were some like Clown Joke, who was among the earliest influenced by comics and voluntarily immersed themselves in the outer realm, and here they served as [supervisors].

Wu Wen and the ape-like monster boarded one of the elevators.

Teacher Guo followed along in disguised mimicry.

The hinge turned,

The carriage moved downward,

During this journey, the ape underwent transformation, directly crawling out of the carriage and joining the worker's ranks.

Clang!

The carriage reached the bottom layer a kilometer below, where excavation work was still ongoing, unknown how deep it must reach to break through to the outer realm connection.

And at that moment,

Teacher Guo confirmed that Katayama's "bomb" had been set in place.

A snap of fingers,

The vortex linked,

Pandemic outbreak!

In less than ten seconds, snail shells fell to where they were, yet the workers were not alert; their minds were only implanted with the task of "excavation".

The snail shells crashing onto the workers began releasing the plague, drilling into their pores in a vortex shape, infecting their bodies.

Their backs began to bulge, clothes gradually bursting, growing snail shells matching their physique size.

Their bodies also began to soften,

Their eyeballs began to protrude from their sockets, turning into tentacle-like structures,

Their limbs all began to atrophy, unable to engage in deep pit excavation any longer.

The hole structures on their bodies seemed to sense the danger of this plague and voluntarily closed up, reducing the influence from the outer realm.

For a moment, these sick workers unexpectedly regained self-consciousness, remembering their monster identity.

However, the infection by this snail disease is also irreversible; they can only drag such snail shells to move for all eternity.

Teacher Guo did not pay attention to the changes in the workers, but rather lifted his arm.

His fingertips with vortex fingerprints seemed capable of piercing into space, stirring it clockwise.

Layer upon layer of spatial ripples spread at the bottom of the deep pit, perceiving the situation below, and after some perception, he revealed a rare puzzled expression.

"The pandemic has spread across the island, affecting both these transformers and its offspring with an irreversible disease.

Logically speaking, it should have returned directly, yet there's no sign of divinity returning here underneath.

It seems humanity and our teacher's coalition are cooperating well, temporarily restraining the opposition. If beforehand they manage to inflict some harm, that's good, making our final execution easier.

Wu Wen... your mission is over, go find Luo Di."

Teacher Guo reached to place his hand on Wu Wen, intending to transport her via the vortex.

After all, the entire island is filled with snail shells now, vortices are everywhere, giving Teacher Guo a temporary geographic advantage.

Who knew, as he was about to place his hand on her, Wu Wen stepped back to dodge.

"Teacher Guo, I want to go with you to the deepest place."

"Reason?"

"My disguise has yet to be exposed, I can still pretend to be innocent, pretend to be a chosen infected, feign knowing nothing.

At a crucial moment, I might be able to strip a layer of skin off the opponent.

If only I could obtain this outer god's body tissue, perhaps my body's properties would rapidly identify the corresponding [components].

If the operation fails, I might be able to provide information on the opponent's weaknesses for a final assault."

Teacher Guo paused for a moment, not giving a definitive answer, but instead offered a suggestion:

"Wu Wen, your talent is among the top among my students, and you're one of the few without 'comic traits' whom I admitted early as a special student.

If you choose to follow me further, the risk of death will be high.

Even if the operation fails, the Corner falls, you could still escape to the human world's surface and continue to grow with the [defense line] set by Mr. Kraft.

And as a teacher, naturally, I also want you to survive.

However, your suggestion just now is indeed quite good; I roughly estimate it can increase the combat success rate by 0.7%.

Therefore, whether to follow me is a choice you need to make on your own."

Wu Wen revealed her signature smile, "Back when I was a Pseudo-Person, as a competitor of you, my teacher, I should have died in the interstice screening at Four, but unexpectedly survived.

After arriving at the Corner, I also received your care, and I learned some superficial skills of your Vortex ability, now it is precisely the time to use them.

As long as it truly can help, I am willing to proceed."

"Then you continue moving forward in disguise, I will launch the final plan alone."

"Teacher Guo, be careful!"

Wu Wen continued her infection disguise while also holding up a blood meat umbrella to block the continually falling snail shells.

Teacher Guo maintained the makeup camouflage for rapid movement, bypassing Wu Wen, and proceeded deeper at a faster speed.

A sculpture of an arm over a hundred meters tall stood here; upon closer examination, it was found that the sculpture was composed of countless piled bones, each exuding an appearance of worship.

This was the "seat" of the Outer God.

Seizing the opportunity while the Outer God had not yet returned,

Teacher Guo placed his hands on the ground, and his arms began to rotate and twist like a twine.

Correspondingly, the ground of the deep pit also began to rotate, vortex patterns began to be etched on the ground, and cracks began to emerge.

However,

This deep pit is not simple either, its structure has been reinforced, making it very difficult to destroy.

Teacher Guo's twisting started to slow gradually upon reaching the fifth circle, but the process continued, with the cracks brought by the twisting spreading to the walls of the deep pit.

Soon,

Huge pieces of rubble began to detach from the rock wall, showing signs of a complete collapse.

Workers transformed into snails tried to repair it but were helpless.

But,

Teacher Guo seemed not entirely focused on destroying the deep pit,

He continuously gazed at the sky as if his rotating pupils could penetrate the deep pit to see the outside world.

"It's coming..."

Flap~Flap~The sound of foot flippers came, seemingly from a great distance.

The vision shifted to above the island, deep within the clouds.

A shadowy outline over a kilometer long was "swimming" deep within the clouds, with webbed hands seemingly making a frog swimming motion.

Due to the island being polluted, it seemed unable to be transported back, so it directly swam all the way from the City of Sin.

As it swam over the quarry,

Its body began to compress and shrink, seemingly too gigantic for the island, and unable to be normally supported by the middle layer of the Corner.

It was evident it was in a hurry and hadn't finished compressing before it began to descend.

Pa!

The foot flipper stepped down.

A body still over a hundred meters long steadily landed at the bottom of the deep pit, resting atop the large hand sculpture.

Whoosh~ The black skin's surface was filled with dense pore structures, each functioning for breathing, engaging in respiration simultaneously.

These holes covering the entire body seemed to have other functions,

As if they could extend strange limbs,

As if they could give birth to offspring,

Or serve as connecting pathways.

Currently, some of the pores grew structures resembling octopus tentacles, entwining more than ten elite humans from the Exploration Bureau, tearing off their uniforms, and sending them into the pores for digestion.

Additionally, he held a special presence between his webbed large hands.

A white-haired, white-skinned, white-pupiled elder... none other than the First Generation Zombie - Jia Wen.

His entire body suffered fractures, both legs were torn off, the combat uniform damaged leading to pore invasion.

Squeezing Jia Wen towards the face,

Towards the [mouth] resembling an ancient cave, countless animate, soft teeth rapidly attacked the flesh for decomposition, destroying the outer hardened structure of the zombie, then chewing with the hardest pitch-black rock-layered teeth.

Crunchy!

Along with the juices swallowed together.

This bite seemed to replenish the consumed physical energy and divinity, the whole body secreting mucus, trembled slightly.

However, upon closer inspection, it was found that this unknown Outer God's body surface bore injuries, especially an unrepaired bite opening at his waist and abdomen.

Other parts also exhibited viral infections, hand marks, burns, piercings, and more.

Upon meal completion,

Its body slowly shrank to about four meters,

This was a kind of perfect adaptive size, perfectly suitable for the current world, the body though compressed, none of the attributes and divinity weakened, most optimal for handling the life forms of this world.

Standing at a height,

With hollow, festering eyesockets, peering down at Teacher Guo attempting to destroy the deep pit, full of disdain.

"Pathetic natives..."

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