Calamity of Tomorrow

"Zhou Bai won't be in trouble, will he?" Ying Hui's face was a picture of anxiety, having been sent into the basement by Zhou Bai, they had no idea what was happening above the manor.

They could only occasionally hear a series of huge explosion sounds, impact noises, and the sound of buildings collapsing.

But as they stayed in the basement, looking at the characters Zhou Bai had written with Black Evil of the Guihai, they were in a state nearly devoid of thought, utterly unable to leave the basement to check what had actually occurred.

It wasn't until Ming Yue Immortal rushed back that they searched the entire manor, pulling them out.

Only then did Ying Hui and the others see the manor that had turned into ruins, gazing at the grounds that had become devastated, yet Zhou Bai was nowhere to be seen.

Ming Yue Immortal was both anxious and angry, but knowing that Zhou Bai still had these half-bloods in mind, she simply took them along.

Then, soaring into the sky, they saw a fiercely contested battlefield a few kilometers away and hurried toward it.

As soon as they approached the battlefield, the scene before them astonished everyone.

Heavenly Demon, Zi Yang True Monarch, and Xiang Tiandi were fighting together, the two righteous gods attacking each other as if they had gone mad.

What shocked them even more was seeing Zhou Bai not far away, standing alongside a Heavenly Demon, with the unconscious Xiang Haocu and another woman by his side...

"Could Zhou Bai have been taken hostage by the Heavenly Demon?" The thought had barely crossed Ming Yue Immortal's mind when she wanted to rush forward to rescue Zhou Bai.

But just then, a barrage of high-temperature plasma blocked her path, and three mechs controlled by the Heavenly Demon King stood in front of Zhou Bai, seemingly protecting him in a ring.

At the same time, Tu Tianmo and Tianyangzi also arrived by Ming Yue Immortal's side.

Tianyangzi spoke solemnly, "Be careful, Ming Yue, those three are top-tier mechs operated by the Heavenly Demon King, their combat power far surpasses that of the ordinary Heavenly Demons."

Hearing this, Ming Yue Immortal's face grew stern. She knew a lot about the various combat capabilities of the Heavenly Demon King from the many years of battle.

The Heavenly Demon King's main body was incredibly huge, resembling a massive armory and fortress, with astonishing power yet inconvenient to move.

Therefore, for the sake of mobility, each Heavenly Demon King would create some powerful mechs, all of which concentrated their peak technologies and used incredibly precious materials. These mechs were scarce in number but impressively powerful, capable of taking down ninth realm cultivators head-on.

If it were just a matter of sheer destructive power, these mechs with their lethal barrage of firepower, could even surpass some immortals and gods in devastation.

Ming Yue Immortal transmitted her voice, "It looks like Zhou Bai has been captured by them? What should we do?"

Tu Tianmo's gaze swept past the three mechs, and he could vaguely see Zhou Bai standing dazed in mid-air, unaware of his condition.

Clearly Zhou Bai, surrounded by the Heavenly Demon King like this, was not someone they could be certain to rescue safely. And considering how important this pure-blooded human was in the Immortals' plans, Tu Tianmo was unwilling to take the risk.

Meanwhile, more and more Heavenly Demons gathered, and an increasing number of immortals and cultivators chasing the Heavenly Demons came upon the scene.

The Heavenly Demons almost encircled Heavenly Demon King and Zhou Bai in circles, while the cultivators and Immortals subconsciously stood with Ming Yue Immortal, Tu Tianmo, and Tianyangzi, who had arrived first.

Even Zi Yang True Monarch and Xiang Tiandi, who had been fighting each other to the death, stopped their battle due to the increasing number of people appearing, cautiously and restlessly surveying their surroundings. All around, whether they were forces of the Heavenly Demons or the Heavenly Court, only lent them a sense of danger and hostility.

Madness was slowly consuming their hearts.

And for some reason, the Heavenly Demons, now all holding back motionlessly, were coldly sizing up the immortals and cultivators not far away.

Thus, on one side the Heavenly Demons, and on the other the Heavenly Court, both sides clearly delineated, frozen in the sky.

The heavy atmosphere continued to spread through the air; the entire battlefield was silent, like the calm before a storm.

Zheng Wentian let out a deep sigh, feeling as if his head was drenched in cold sweat. Watching the increasing numbers on both sides, he found it hard to imagine what the battle would look like once it started; he had no confidence in his ability to protect himself.

Next to him, Tu Tianmo pressed his palms together, constantly heaving sighs, "Why does cannon fodder like me end up at the center of the stage? This place is far too dangerous for me. I should be hiding in some basement, waiting for the war to end before coming out."

Zheng Wentian: "..."

Ying Hui looked in the direction of Zhou Bai with worry, "The Heavenly Demon actually captured Zhou Bai? This is bad." He turned to Yun Chonghe, "Be ready to awaken Elder Heavenly Sword at any moment. We must rescue Zhou Bai."

Yun Chonghe nodded solemnly, his gaze fixed in Zhou Bai's direction.

And while countless eyes watched, Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit sensed the information being transmitted through the electromagnetic pulses, and tears gradually started to fall from his eyes.

...

"Breaking news, the largest solar flare in human history has erupted..."

"A mass suicide event occurred in California..."

"Large-scale mirage phenomena are appearing in many places around the world..."

One by one, scenes like news clips appeared.

Then a soft yet solemn female voice reached his ears.

"On the morning when the anomalies occurred, everything was as usual, and nobody knew that it was already the last normal morning for humankind."

"The signs of what was to happen were so subtle, so mundane, that no one could sense what was about to unfold."

"Neutrino anomalies, a surge in spatial curvature, multidimensional probability fluctuations—a series of natural changes beyond human common sense were quietly taking place..."

"A force known as Mecha has resurged on Earth."

"And with the resurgence of Mecha, an ancient human species, thought to be extinct, has returned—the Spiritual People. Their cranial capacity is one-third larger than that of Homo sapiens, their muscles are stronger, their bones denser, and in almost every aspect, whether it be intelligence or physical strength, they surpass Homo sapiens."

"Moreover, unlike Homo sapiens, they are born with the ability to use the power of Mecha."

"And following the resurgence of Mecha, they have returned from their interdimensional spaces."

The scene before him shifted, and once again, news-like visuals and voices appeared.

"...A celestial palace emerges above the peak of Emei Mountain, with numerous tourists capturing videos..."

"...A 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Kunlun Mountain range, with eyewitnesses claiming to have seen floating islands in the sky during the earthquake..."

"...Several tourists on the Hawaiian Islands claim to have seen sea monsters; here are the images they captured..."

With the flickering of news clips, the soft female voice continued: "Accompanied by the resurgence of Mecha and the appearance of the Spiritual People, more and more supernatural events directly led to an enormous amount of social conflict."

"Governments around the world began to band together, attempting to register and manage all Spiritual People, to integrate them into society."

"But then... the Heavenly Court appeared."