âSis, are you joking?â Zhou Wenâs face darkened.
Others might not know, but he knew very well how terrifying the existence inside the ancient city was. Even though Zhou Wen could already match Heaven-level creatures, he still didnât dare rashly enter the ancient city.
Before reaching the three conditions mentioned by the humanoid creature, Zhou Wen wasnât willing to take the risk to enter the ancient city again.
Zhang Yuzhi said in all seriousness, âOf course not. There are indeed terrifying existences in the ancient city. The various factions have actually been trying to probe the situation inside, but those who entered basically didnât come out alive. We donât know much about the situation inside, and my family was lucky to learn of the situation inside.â
âSince you know this, you should know that the ancient city canât be used as a human city.â Zhou Wen looked at Zhang Yuzhi in puzzlement, unsure why she had made such a suggestion.
âOthers might not know, but have you forgotten what abilities I have?â Zhang Yuzhi said to Zhou Wen.
âItâs not good for you to use that ability, right?â Zhou Wen knew what kind of ability Zhang Yuzhi had, but Zhang Yuzhi wasnât willing to use such an ability herself. Therefore, he had never thought of getting Zhang Yuzhi to use her ability to help him.
âIt wouldnât be nice if I killed my friend, but as long as I donât harm my friend, thereâs naturally nothing wrong,â Zhang Yuzhi said as she blinked.
âHow do I build a city without killing that creature?â Zhou Wen was puzzled. If he didnât kill it, how could he occupy the ancient city?
âAs long as Iâm here, the terrifying creatures in the city will always be my friends. My friends naturally wonât harm my friends, so wonât you be able to build a city?â Zhang Yuzhi said with a smile.
âWell⌠You canât stay here forever, right?â Zhou Wen looked at Zhang Yuzhi in a daze before saying
âWhy not? I came here to join you. I wonât return to Mount Dragon Tiger again. Donât tell me you wonât take me in?â Zhang Yuzhi looked very serious without any intention of joking.
âEven if you are willing, the Zhang family wonât let you stay here forever, right?â Zhou Wen didnât believe that the Zhang family was willing to let Zhang Yuzhi stay outside. She was the Zhang familyâs supreme treasure.
âWhy not? It was the familyâs decision. Iâll stay here with you in the future. Thereâs no need to return. I donât need to care about the Zhang familyâs matters anymore,â Zhang Yuzhi said. Zhou Wen still had his concerns. Even if the Zhang family was willing to let Zhang Yuzhi stay, what if the Zhang family made her leave in the future?
If Zhou Wen and company entered the ancient city, wouldnât everyone be doomed once Zhang Yuzhi left? Even if Zhang Yuzhi didnât leave, wouldnât Zhou Wen be controlled by the Zhang family if they used her as a threat?
No matter how Zhou Wen thought about it, he felt that the ancient city couldnât be accepted. However, Zhang Yuzhi had already pulled him towards the ancient cityâs entrance. As they walked, she said, âI know what youâre worried about. If you are willing to take me in, Iâll be a part of Guide City in the future. Itâs naturally impossible for me to ignore Guide City. Without your permission, I definitely wonât leave the ancient city. Furthermore, even if I want to leave, Iâm afraid there wonât be a home to return to.â
âWhat do you mean?â Zhou Wen was alarmed, imagining that something had happened to the Zhang family. âChunqiu wants me to tell you that after I enter Guide City, I canât treat myself as a member of the Zhang family.â Zhang Yuzhiâs expression darkened.
âWhy?â Zhou Wen didnât understand why the Zhang family was willing to release Zhang Yuzhi. To the Zhang family, Zhang Yuzhi was their most precious wealth. Yet, they were giving their most precious wealth to an outsider. He really couldnât figure out why the Zhang family was doing this.
âChunqiu said that the dimensional zones on Earth will soon undergo a large-scale breakout. It will happen in only a year or two. He doesnât know how long the Zhang family can defend the fort, so he got me to come here and leave a way out for them. If Mount Dragon Tiger canât be defended one day, with me here, the Zhang family can still have a place to stay.â Zhang Yuzhi recounted Zhang Chunqiuâs words without hiding anything.
âWhat makes Zhang Chunqiu think that Iâll definitely be able to defend this place? The environment here isnât much better than Mount Dragon Tiger.â Zhou Wen was taken aback when he heard that.
Guide City had many myths and legends. There were countless immortals from all walks of life. Zhou Wen wasnât completely confident that he could defend it if all the dimensional zones were breached.
However, the Zhang family had actually deduced that all the dimensional zones on Earth were about to break out. The timing was about as Wang Mingyuan had said. They were indeed capable.
âChunqiu said that if thereâs a final human city on Earth, it will definitely be yours,â Zhang Yuzhi mimicked Zhang Chunqiuâs tone and said in all seriousness.
âI never expected Zhang Chunqiu to think so highly of me.â Zhou Wen couldnât help but smile bitterly.
âStay here and wait for me. Iâll go in with Zhou Wen.â Zhang Yuzhi got Zhang Xiao and the White Crane team to stay outside the ancient cityâs entrance as she pulled Zhou Wen into the ancient city.
The interior of the ancient city had already expanded to an extremely large scale. There were pavilions and buildings and large palaces. It looked like a huge ancient capital that was completely different from the original small city.
Even someone like Zhou Wen, who had been born here, couldnât recognize this place.
Furthermore, the situation inside was somewhat strange. There was no sound at all in the huge ancient city. It was so quiet that one could even hear a pin drop.
There were many dimensional creatures in the moat outside the city, but there wasnât a single one in the city. The silence was deafening.
âIs your ability really effective against all dimensional creatures? Will high-level dimensional creatures be immune to your ability?â Zhou Wen asked Zhang Yuzhi uneasily.
This humanoid creature was no ordinary dimensional creature. If Zhang Yuzhiâs ability was useless, wouldnât they be sending themselves to their deaths?
âIâm not sure if high-level dimensional creatures are immune to my ability. However, up to now, nothing like that has happened. Even Calamity creatures are no exception.â Zhang Yuzhi was very confident in her abilities. Clearly, she had never failed.
Zhou Wen was about to say something when his eyes suddenly focused. He saw a figure slowly walking over from the ancient cityâs middle street.
The figure had his head lowered. His long gray hair cascaded down, almost covering his entire face. His hands seemed to hang by his sides subconsciously. When he walked, it was as though they had snapped and were swaying with his figure.
He didnât seem to be walking fast and was staggering, but despite clearly walking from the end of the long street, he was almost in front of them in a few steps.
Has he completely lost himself? Zhou Wen stared at the humanoid creature. He couldnât sense the nearly human-like aura from before. Now, he looked like a pure dimensional creature no matter how he looked at it.