Chapter 917 - 266: No Way Back

This time.

The Demon seemed to have anticipated it, not launching an attack, but instead flickering in front of Su Changxing and then returning to its original position. It waited for the space of the Pocket Galaxy to be withdrawn, silently appearing behind Su Changxing and piercing his body with one shot.

"This is..."

Su Changxing also shot the Demon in the head, catching up, realizing that this Celestial Calamity Demon possessed a certain foreknowledge ability, which allowed it to narrowly avoid attacks threatening it each time.

Abilities related to foreknowledge seem powerful, but most are merely crude imitations, influenced by various factors and distorted by more powerful beings, mostly unable to assist in combat.

The foreknowledge ability of this demon is completely different, similar to his "Timing Prediction" super-enhanced version, allowing it full control of the battle.

Faced with such a situation, he chose to fight in the most cumbersome way, inching closer to the demon, continuously using the revolver to destroy its body, limiting the demon’s mobility.

Even if this demon had the ability to foresee the future, as long as it had no space to dodge, what use was a vision of the future—that would just be a future of despair!

Seeing the future doesn’t mean being able to change it; rather, it often brings greater despair, knowing the results yet unable to change them.

He also possessed "Timing Prediction," but he never chose to trigger this ability actively, even when in dire straits.

This ability itself is extremely dangerous, often pushing people into the abyss, and he always believed the future was unpredictable; he did not believe in or want to believe in destiny.

Those who believe in destiny are probably just being toyed with by it.

The battle time was not that long; Su Changxing pressed step by step, compressing the demon’s activity range.

This Celestial Calamity Demon could teleport in space without relying on rules, but it was not real movement and would return to its original position after a certain time.

This ability itself had significant flaws, very likely to be caught in a momentary flaw.

However.

This demon possessed the ability to foresee the future, so it perfectly compensated for this shortcoming, possessing a self-contained combat style akin to humans, making it more troublesome relative to other Celestial Calamity Demons.

If it weren’t for Su Changxing’s immortality, even he would find this demon hard to handle.

It’s as if during a chess game, the opponent already knows what your next move will be, naturally holding a great advantage.

Su Changxing’s advantage was that he had no "check," would not die. This game was naturally a draw at worst.

He pressed step by step, thoroughly understanding all of this demon’s abilities, appearing rather monotonous compared to other demons.

Just as he was about to open the space of the Pocket Galaxy and drag this demon in.

The demon stopped moving, knelt on the ground, its red-tasseled spear falling onto the ruins with a crisp sound, rolling twice, the color of the tassel dimmed significantly.

It actually gave up, surrendered.

Having seen the end, there was no need to struggle.

Su Changxing was also stunned for a moment, encountering a demon that would surrender for the first time, and a high-level demon at that.

[Tiancheng Demon: Tier Five, a powerful demon capable of seeing the future briefly, condensed from the evil remnants of Tian Yun and Chengxin, will not lose any battle it should win, the same as it cannot win any battle it should lose.]

"Kill me!"

Two different voices emitted simultaneously from within the Tiancheng Demon, its face full of despair, just like real humans.

These two were the guards of the outpost, Chengxin had the ability to foresee the future, while Tian Yun had formidable combat prowess.

They saw the impending danger, saw the future, yet could not avoid it.

In their bitter struggle, the outpost was destroyed by a demon imprisoned in the Celestial Demon Prison, almost everyone in the outpost died in that battle.

Su Changxing saw some past fragments in this demon’s eyes, also understanding, this place surely didn’t just imprison Celestial Calamity Demons, but also higher-level demons, like Tier Four World-Ending Demons.

Yet World-Ending Demons are not so easily imprisoned.

A terrifying demon carrying stars and an extremely cold storm, covered the outpost with one hand, its shadow shrouding the entire outpost.

In an instant, the entire outpost was destroyed.

"Why not kill it?"

Su Changxing involuntarily frowned, feeling that since these people could capture a World-Ending Demon, they ought to have the ability to destroy it, instead opting for this thankless effort, imprisoning demons here, ultimately playing with fire.

Su Changxing extended his hand, dragging the Tiancheng Demon into the Pocket Galaxy, using World Power to securely imprison it, far from other demons.

He learned from the lessons of the past and thought it best to be cautious to avoid being backfired by these demons.

Walking through the ruins, there was candlelight flickering ahead, a corridor with bronze-cast walls on both sides, the candlelit corridor gradually ascending.

Su Changxing looked towards the corridor and said, "Is this the passage to the Fourth Level, are all the passages below like this?"

Sean’s face lit up with surprise, shaking his head as he said, "It’s not below, it’s just a teleportation array connecting the two levels above and below. But this seems to be the passage to the fourth level, we’re almost out!"

Shen Jinxuan had a different reaction, her eyelids twitching slightly, feeling an unease throughout her body. She turned her head towards Su Changxing, leaned in and said quietly:

"Something’s off about this place, it seems a lot of people have died here. If this is the way out, why did these people die here?"

As she spoke, she appeared incoherent, her face full of unease, feeling something was wrong but couldn’t pinpoint what.

It’s normal for people to die in this place.

However, previously amidst the ruins of the outpost, Shen Jinxuan had no reaction at all.

Su Changxing examined for a moment and said, "It shouldn’t be a big problem."

He took the lead and walked forward, with no other choice but to keep moving forward as there was no retreat.

Entering the corridor felt like stepping into another space, with significant changes in air quality, gravity, temperature, and humidity, making the body feel light and floaty.

Su Changxing simultaneously pondered about the path ahead, realizing he probably couldn’t return to Blue Star, but he could send Shen Jinxuan back.

Though Blue Star is facing doomsday, it might be safer compared to outside.

Then he needed to find a way to deal with Wanfang, otherwise, the Blood Moon would eventually descend on Blue Star, and it needed to be quick as Wanfang’s power might increase at a remarkable speed during this time.

If possible, he decided to seek aid from a high-dimensional world, knowing the third tier is the limit for the Extraordinary, meaning there must be some Extraordinary who have reached tier three.

An Extraordinary with such power could probably handle Wanfang.

The corridor wasn’t long, after a few hundred steps it ended at a spacious hall, with a lifelike statue of a three-headed eagle in the center. Its six fierce eyes stared intently at those emerging from the passage.

The hall was empty, completely barren, with footsteps echoing until they faded into the distance.

Upon reaching here, Su Changxing found that his phone had signal again and received a message from Hongjun...

Hongjun could still send messages despite not being his contact, which wasn’t surprising, as beings like Hongjun probably had high permissions in the Doomsday Game.

"After getting out, take the third passage on the left. I’ll be waiting outside for you, and don’t message me, this thing could be intercepted by others."

Had he already escaped?

Su Changxing raised his eyebrow, thinking the person would fall in the Blood Moon World.

Indeed, not simple······

Following the passage up to a higher level led to a circular bronze platform, the ground embedded with a giant semicircular moon, emitting a faint blue glow.

The platform connected to over ten passages leading in different directions, and flickering candlelight could be seen in the corridors, with a prominent sign hanging above the bronze wall,

"No return."

...

The pitch-black night was devoid of a single light, and the entire city was enveloped in darkness and decay, with only the rising and falling screams, near and far, constantly reminding people that countless zombies and unimaginably horrific monsters existed here.

Several shadowy figures were walking along the street towards this direction.

The strength and speed of the zombies were about the same as normal humans, yet they possessed far superior night vision, allowing Su Changxing to see people on the distant street even without a single lamp.

Although he couldn’t see the location of the Mysterious Shop, he could entirely deduce its approximate location by observing these people’s activities.

"The Hunters at that time likely also determined the location of the Mysterious Shop by this method, as they couldn’t directly see the Mysterious Shop."

Su Changxing placed another piece of jerky into his mouth and chewed. Unlike humans, zombies savored the wonderful taste of flesh, which could be considered an upgrade of senses.

Aside from having no rationality, zombies were vastly superior to humans in all aspects, and calling them the new humans was not an exaggeration.

There were probably no Extraordinaries among those ten-plus people; appearing like this at night on a zombie-infested street was obviously suicidal.

These people weren’t foolish; they tossed heavy objects from tall buildings on the adjacent street to create a loud noise, thereby drawing the zombies from this street over.

Not a particularly ingenious method, but very effective.

However, there’s a problem with this; the loud noise not only attracts zombies but also lures some of the city’s monsters, like the Screamers.

The city had gone a long time since they first left; undoubtedly, many powerful monsters had emerged, just like his "big brother."

This is also due to the characteristic of zombie-like creatures; with sufficient energy, they continue to evolve, with the path of evolution not being fixed, but random, breaking through randomly, akin to the promotion of the Extraordinary.

In this sense, the starting point for zombie-like creatures may not be high, but the ceiling is very high, and the owner of that giant hand is an example; the growth speed may not match that of the evil, but it is definitely quicker than most creatures, and far superior to humans.

If these typical zombies didn’t lack intelligence and self-awareness, there would be no room for humans to survive in this city at all.