Chapter 459: The Void Realm Has Pollution Too?

Dense black mist blanketed this entire world.

Everything had fallen into a state of withering and decay, with the stench of rot permeating the air.

Even exposed iron ore had rusted into piles of sand.

Not a single living creature could be seen here; even if life had once existed, it had long since been corroded by this decaying power until not even bone fragments remained.

Chen Six stared at the pervasive black fog, his brow furrowed deeply.

"This is pollution..."

Having just finished his sixth simulation, Chen Six was all too familiar with what pollution was.

Because of the obstruction of the world barrier, Chen Six couldn't directly communicate with Chen Yi through their "local network."

Although Chen Six could break through the world barrier, he couldn't precisely locate the various planes of the Void Realm.

So he couldn't return to Chen Yi's side.

But he could take advantage of the "Simulation Clone" trait tag's mechanics—as long as he died, Chen Yi could summon him again the next day.

"Alright, I've got to die again... So how do I kill myself without pain and without suffering? Asking online, pretty urgent."

Just as Chen Six was looking for a way to end himself, he suddenly heard low growls coming from behind him.

"How strange, there are actually living creatures here?"

Chen Six turned around, but only caught a glimpse of a tiny fraction. To see the full picture, he had to keep tilting his head upward.

"Oh—my—god..."

...

"Where the hell did you bring us this time, bro?"

Chen Yi, accompanied by his collection of Immortal Artifacts and Great Dao Immortal Artifacts, as well as six winged men, arrived at a new plane.

Here, intelligent creations were almost nowhere to be seen; everywhere one looked, there was pristine, untouched natural scenery.

However, looking up at the sky, one could spot long, serpentine creatures soaring up and down through the clouds.

"Those are dragons!"

The Five Talented Brothers of Xuanlan shouted excitedly.

Chen Yi said.

"They're not dragons, they're the Holy Dragon Clan. Those flying up there are using their racial talent 'Dragon Transformation.'"

The Holy Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation talent allowed them to directly transform into Eastern divine dragons stretching a thousand meters or even ten thousand meters long.

Moreover, in their dragon form, they could directly use the Heavenly Fiend Divine Ability "Ride the Mist and Drive the Clouds"—the most basic application of this ability was flight.

As a result, the Holy Dragon Clan in the Void Realm had developed a rather unique cultural style—no culture at all.

They didn't need carriages or horses; wherever they wanted to go, they just transformed into dragons and flew there.

They didn't need clothes, because their garments would be shredded when they transformed, so since ancient times, they had lived freely and unburdened.

They didn't need buildings—if they didn't even wear clothes, sleeping was just a matter of finding any spot to make do, so they had absolutely no need for estates, towns, or cities.

And so on and so forth, too many examples to list.

Thus, the Holy Dragon Clan in the Void Realm lived much like animals.

But after all, they were an intelligent humanoid race, so they did have some social structure.

Moreover, they were formidable contenders in world wars.

Sotuofeiren nodded and said.

"They are indeed the Holy Dragon Clan. Their population is small, but their world war record is impressive—on par with the Dragon-Man tribe, sometimes ranking first, sometimes second."

Chen Yi asked with great interest.

"World war record? So you guys have a dedicated leaderboard?"

"Yes, there are people who specialize in tracking that."

"Other planes wouldn't proactively tell you how many planes they've conquered, right? Who does the counting?"

"Informants."

Chen Yi nodded silently, a clever trick already brewing in his mind.

"So, you have quite a lot of informants spread across various planes."

"Intelligence is extremely important. Without accurate information, fighting on foreign ground is never easy unless there's a cliff-like disparity in strength between the two planes."

"Other planes should be in the same situation, right?"

"The more developed a plane's informant network is, the stronger its track record. There's no doubt about that."

"I see..."

As he spoke, Chen Yi transformed himself, using the effect of "Calamity of Ten Thousand Races" to become a Dragon-Man.

Sotuofeiren and the others watched Chen Yi's astonishing transformation, utterly amazed.

"Is it an illusion technique?"

"It doesn't seem like it. My Divine Sense didn't detect anything unusual."

"Could it be that we're too weak to see through the senior's disguise?"

Chen Yi told them this wasn't an illusion—it was a real, physical transformation.

Now, not only would Chen Yi transform, but he also required the six of them to transform as well.

Sotuofeiren and the other five pointed at themselves.

"Us?"

"I do know a bit of transformation illusion, but any illusion can potentially be seen through."

"Yeah, there's no way we can physically alter our bodies like the senior can."

Chen Yi smiled.

"It's simple. As long as you don't resist in your hearts and agree to become the same as me, you'll transform."

What Chen Yi planned to use wasn't "Someone Is Copying My Face."

That green trait could only make someone else's face look identical to his own, which wasn't enough for what Chen Yi intended to do next.

But Chen Yi also had an epic trait, "Six-Eared Macaque," which could make others become completely identical to him—in appearance only, having nothing to do with cultivation level or Divine Abilities.

There was just one prerequisite: the other party had to be willing.

Sotuofeiren and the others were more than willing.

Especially the Five Talented Brothers of Xuanlan.

They understood perfectly well that Chen Yi had brought them along to continue their career as infamous bandits.

Being able to change their appearance was the best possible outcome.

Even though their reputations were already completely ruined by now.

After the transformation was complete, Sotuofeiren and the other five were even more astonished.

Just who was this human Guardian, and what kind of bizarre abilities did he possess?

Looking at the six people who were now perfectly identical to himself, Chen Yi took some makeup supplies out of his Storage Ring and tossed them over.

"Put some stuff on your faces. If we show up looking like sextuplets, we'd be far too memorable."

After a simple makeup session, Chen Yi began assigning tasks to the six of them.

The Five Talented Brothers of Xuanlan would continue gathering materials, and they were to keep one of Chen Yi's doppelgangers with them, in order to use the doppelganger trait tag's mechanic for "real-time communication."

During the material-gathering process, they absolutely had to do it under the banner of the Dragon-Man Race—though that was already quite obvious.

At the same time, they should deliberately and casually spread rumors that they were collecting these materials to forge even more powerful Dragon-Man weapons—it was common knowledge that the Dragon-Man tribe of the Void Realm excelled at crafting all sorts of bizarre weaponry.

Sotuofeiren, meanwhile, would continue following Chen Yi as his assistant, helping with miscellaneous tasks.

"Everyone clear on their missions?"

The six of them raised their right fists above their heads—this was the Winged Clan's gesture for "understood," similar to Earthlings' "OK" sign.

"Understood!"

With that, the Five Talented Brothers of Xuanlan brought Chen Three along and flew off in the direction Chen Yi had indicated.

Sotuofeiren asked.

"Senior, what are we doing now?"

"You said it yourself, who's the most important person in the Holy Dragon Clan?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like, if there's a Holy Dragon person, and I were to kill him, some important figures in the Holy Dragon Clan would be absolutely furious, the kind of 'we won't rest until one of us is dead' fury."

Sotuofeiren looked at Chen Yi with the kind of gaze that said "why would anyone deliberately cause themselves this much trouble."

But he quickly understood.

The current Chen Yi was sporting the appearance of a Dragon-Man!

Sotuofeiren immediately grasped what Chen Yi was planning.

"The heir!"

"Elaborate."

"No matter which world it is, the most powerful beings at the top care most about their heirs.

Take our Winged Clan's Furry Divine, for example—if someone killed Furry Divine's son, our Winged Clan's divine prince, Furry Divine would be consumed by raging fury!"

"Perfect! Grab a few Holy Dragon people and ask them who their 'divine prince' is around here, and then... whack him!"